Han Li's face flashed with a hint of surprise, and he immediately flicked his finger.

In the next moment, a cyan glow flashed above the yellow-haired man's head, and a cyan small sword emerged out of thin air. Its surface was surrounded by cyan light, and it slashed down with unparalleled speed.

With a "chi la" sound!

The yellow-haired man's body was split in two, and the remnant soul within was shattered by the incomparably fierce sword energy.

The veiled young woman and the obese young man only managed to regain their senses at this moment. They immediately turned around and fled in two different directions, while quickly offering various immortal artifacts, transforming them into rays of light to protect their bodies.

Just at this moment, a red shadow flashed in front of the veiled young woman, and Immortal Hot-Fire's figure appeared out of thin air, blocking her path. He waved both hands.

Rings of golden light waves emanated from his body, covering the veiled young woman's head. The young woman, who was originally flying forward with all her might, suddenly plunged into the golden light waves, and her figure immediately stagnated.

"Weren't you very arrogant just now? Now it's my turn!"

Immortal Hot-Fire revealed a sneer, pinched his fingers with both hands, and pointed. Amidst piercing sharp whistling sounds, several fiery red flying swords shot out, slashing down towards the veiled young woman.

Han Li glanced at Immortal Hot-Fire, then looked at the obese young man, but did not immediately attack.

He turned his gaze to the emerald gourd. After pondering for a moment, he slapped the emerald gourd again.

The obese young man's escape speed was extremely fast. In an instant, he had already flown to the end of the field of vision, and was about to disappear into the distant horizon.

A scarlet ray of light shot out from the mouth of the gourd, moving at an unbelievable speed, appearing behind the obese young man in a flash.

With a crisp "poof" sound, the various colors of protective light on the obese man's body shattered like paper, broken by the scarlet light in one blow.

A large hole was also pierced through the obese young man's abdomen, and the Nascent Soul inside was shattered with a single blow.

Just at that moment, a cyan small sword flashed and appeared above the obese young man's head, slashing down, similarly splitting his body in two and crushing his remaining divine soul.

After splitting the young man's corpse, the cyan small sword emitted a cyan sword light, and the storage magical artifacts on the obese young man's corpse were swept up and flew back.

Han Li stood still on the spot, watching the emerald green gourd, his eyes flickering slightly.

That red light just now was precisely the power of law that had been taken into the gourd after shattering that flame immortal sword earlier.

A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he flipped his hand to put away the emerald gourd.

Beside him, cyan light flashed continuously, and two cyan small swords emerged, each carrying a purple and a yellow storage magical artifact, the belongings of the yellow-haired man and the obese young man.

Han Li waved his hand to put away the two cyan small swords and storage magical artifacts, and then flicked out two balls of flames, turning the corpses of the yellow-haired man and the obese young man into ashes.

Just at that moment, a miserable scream came. Han Li raised his eyes and looked over.

He saw that the veiled young woman had now turned into a silver fire person in the distance, burning fiercely.

She waved her hands in vain, trying to extinguish the flames on her body, but to no avail. In an instant, her entire person turned into ashes.

Han Li's figure swayed, and in the next moment, he appeared beside Immortal Hot-Fire.

"Fellow Daoist Li, is that you? Thank you for your help." Immortal Hot-Fire turned around to look at Han Li and said in a calm voice.

"Now is not the time to chat. Let's leave here first." Han Li pinched his fingers with both hands and waved. Two thick golden electric arcs shot out from his palms, and then transformed into golden electric arcs, which intertwined and flickered, forming a thunder light formation.

With a loud thunderous sound, the thunder light formation shone brightly.

Han Li and the other's figures blurred and disappeared from the formation.

Not long after the two figures disappeared, a point of five-colored electric light flew from afar, and after a flash, it appeared in the sky above the mountain hollow.

With a flash of electric light, Su Liu's figure emerged, accompanied by a Confucian-robed man.

Seeing the situation below, both of their faces sank.

"Although it's very weak, I can feel three strands of death energy and resentment. It seems that Yi Lian and the other three have been killed," Su Liu said indifferently.

"Huo Chizi's cultivation is only in the Golden Immortal Late Stage. With Yi Lian's strength, plus his two Golden Immortal Late Stage subordinates, even if they can't capture him, they should be able to hold him back. How could they be killed... How long has it been..." The Confucian-robed man frowned and said.

Su Liu swept his gaze towards below, his gaze suddenly froze, and his figure flew down, landing beside the bottomless dark hole that Han Li had created with the emerald gourd.

He squatted down, his fingers caressing the wall of the bottomless hole, his expression becoming extremely solemn, and he murmured, "Amazing, amazing!"

The Confucian-robed man also flew down, looking at the bottomless hole, his expression also instantly becoming extremely serious.

"This is definitely not something that Huo Chizi and Yi Lian could have done. It seems that someone killed Yi Lian and the other three and rescued Huo Chizi. This person is not simple," Su Liu stood up and said slowly.

The Confucian-robed man muttered something, and a stream of water-like white light emanated from between his eyebrows, instantly spreading over a range of dozens of miles.

He pinched his fingers with both hands, and the white light seemed to be alive, wandering and flashing everywhere.

"That's right, in addition to Yi Lian and the other four, there is another aura here. It should be the murderer. However, this person is very cunning. The aura left behind is very thin. It seems that he was prepared. In the end, he used a lightning space formation to teleport away with Huo Chizi," the Confucian-robed man quickly stopped and said, as if he had witnessed it with his own eyes.

"Is there a way to find out the destination of that lightning formation?" Su Liu asked upon hearing this.

"I'm afraid not. The teleportation distance of that lightning formation is very long. It has already exceeded my range of speculation," the Confucian-robed man shook his head and said.

Su Liu frowned upon hearing this and fell silent.

"What do we do now?" The Confucian-robed man waited for a while, and seeing that Su Liu still didn't speak, he couldn't help but ask.

"Since we can't find any clues, let's go back first," Su Liu said after another moment of silence.

Before he finished speaking, he waved his hand and shot out a stream of five-colored lightning, enveloping the bodies of the two of them, and shot away in the direction they had come from.

...

Above a patch of dark green primeval forest in the Black Earth Immortal Territory, a silver lightning light curtain cascaded down like a silver waterfall, condensing a lightning teleportation formation in the void. The figures of Han Li and the other flashed out from it.

After the electric light subsided, the two released their escape lights again, and after flying south for several days, they landed towards an ancient town nestled in a mountain hollow.

After the two landed, they did not rush to speak. Each used their own methods to completely conceal the aura on their bodies before walking into the town along the mottled bluestone path outside the town.

The dividing point between inside and outside the town was a badly peeling wooden archway. The black tiles on the top layer were covered with moss, and the lintel below was engraved with the three characters "Qinglin Town".

Han Li stopped under this somewhat sloping archway that had weathered many storms, looking at the characters above, and suddenly thought of "Qingniu Town", the first place he had settled down after leaving the mountain village.

A difference of one character, but already two worlds, separated by tens of thousands of years.

"What's wrong, Fellow Daoist Li?" Immortal Hot-Fire frowned slightly when he saw this.

"It's nothing. I just remembered some past events," Han Li shook his head and said.

"I'm already a frightened bird. Fellow Daoist Li, you still have the mind to recall the past? Such a state of mind, I admire, I admire..." Immortal Hot-Fire shook his head with a wry smile and said.

"Although we have been generally heading south, we have also changed directions several times in the east and west along the way. It seems that we have not been caught up yet. There is no need to be too nervous," Han Li said with a smile.

The two passed through the archway and went all the way inside, discovering that although the area of Qinglin Town was not large, the streets and alleys, which were not too wide, had everything from teahouses, taverns, shops, and pharmacies. It seemed lively and extraordinary.

Before long, the two chose a teahouse, directly ordered a private room on the second floor, and sat down by the window.

The waiter brought a pot of high-quality Yunshan Mist Tea, arranged some rather exquisite snacks, and then left on his own, leaving only Han Li and the other to drink tea opposite each other.

Han Li picked up the teacup, gently sniffed it, and only felt a fresh fragrance penetrate his nose, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"I didn't expect that there would be such fragrant tea in these ordinary mountains and fields..." he said somewhat unexpectedly.

Immortal Hot-Fire heard this, took a sip of the tea, curled his lip, but didn't think there was anything worth praising.

"This time, I am very grateful to Fellow Daoist Li for your help, and I owe you another favor." He glanced at the street below outside the window, then looked at Han Li, and said seriously.

"Instead of saying that, why not tell me, why were you besieged by people from the Immortal Palace?" Han Li asked with a normal expression.

"This... Fellow Daoist Li, please forgive me for not being able to say it clearly..." Immortal Hot-Fire said somewhat embarrassedly.

"It doesn't matter. I can roughly guess a few points. There must be a problem with your sect. You reminded me earlier not to use the identity of the Fire Leaf Sect's outer sect elder, probably because of this matter? You helped me in the valley, so this time it's considered repaying you a favor," Han Li waved his hand and said.

"There are considerations in this regard, but more... I just don't want to create other complications," Immortal Hot-Fire sighed and said frankly.

Seeing this, Han Li revealed a smile, took a sip of tea, and was about to speak when his face suddenly changed.

He suddenly stood up from the table, and with a turn of his wrist, a Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword flashing with electric light appeared in his palm.

Immortal Hot-Fire was only one breath slower than him, and also stood up, pinching a magic seal with both hands, following Han Li's line of sight, and looking towards the entrance of the private room.

At this time, a silver light suddenly appeared out of thin air there, from which bursts of strong spatial fluctuations were transmitted.

A cold light flashed in Han Li's eyes, and the cyan light on his body suddenly brightened.

The fluctuations that erupted from his body in an instant made Immortal Hot-Fire next to him couldn't help but twitch his eyes.

"Fellow Daoist, please don't attack. I am not a member of the Immortal Palace, and I have no malice." At this time, a rather familiar voice suddenly rang out.

Two figures emerged from the silver light, one wearing a purple robe, with curly white hair on his head, but with a handsome appearance, and the other wearing a black robe, with a young appearance and a rather thin figure.

Could it be them?