Chapter 656: Dead City

Han Li frowned and pondered for a moment, then shook his head and his brow relaxed.

Since he couldn't find Hu San and the others for the time being, he would just look around on his own. He was also very curious about this rumored True Words Sect relic.

As far as he knew, the "True Words Treasure Wheel Sutra" and "Law Words Heaven and Earth" two great divine abilities he cultivated came from here, and were not very complete. Perhaps he could find some clues here, which was not impossible.

"That's right..." Han Li was about to move when he suddenly remembered something and waved his hand.

A ball of green light shot out from his body, and in a flash, it transformed into a verdant gourd.

Han Li made a hand gesture to draw it, and a golden light flew out from the gourd. It was the golden command flag, suspended in front of him, gently rotating.

He raised his hand and took the golden command flag, carefully examining it.

Observing it up close, the golden command flag looked even more extraordinary. The golden star patterns on it flickered like living things, as if they could fly off the flag at any moment.

In addition, he could feel a powerful fluctuation of the law of time emanating from the flag, not at all inferior to the golden little lock given to him by Jingyang Shangren, and even slightly superior.

"It really is a ranked Immortal Artifact!" Han Li was delighted, opened his mouth, and spat out a golden light, enveloping the golden command flag, and took it into his body to refine it with all his strength.

Now that he was in an unfamiliar place, and the future was unknown, any increase in strength was extremely necessary.

Han Li then put away the verdant gourd, looked around again, and then chose a direction and flew away.

Because of the limitations on divine sense and eyesight here, he flew very slowly, sparing no effort to keep his divine sense fully open, while the Nine Nether Demon Eyes were also fully activated, probing all the movements around him.

Although this relic looked quiet, it gave him a kind of inexplicable pressure, making him dare not relax in the slightest.

"Fellow Daoist Han, could it be that you have already entered the True Words Sect relic? When I was by Ma Liang's side, I vaguely heard of the True Words Sect's great name. You are alone now, why not release me?" Mo Guang's voice suddenly sounded in his heart.

"You've finished your seclusion?" Han Li was stunned, not expecting Mo Guang to suddenly speak at this moment.

"After so many years of hard work, I have finally merged with this physical body. Hehe, I will never fall from the Taiyi realm again." Mo Guang chuckled.

"Is that so? Congratulations to you then." Han Li's eyebrows twitched as he replied.

"Hehe, Fellow Daoist Han, I have taken a step ahead in advancing to the Taiyi realm." Mo Guang seemed unable to restrain the excitement in his heart and said somewhat triumphantly.

Han Li smiled faintly, not taking Mo Guang's boasting to heart.

With the law of time in his hands, his strength could not be determined by his cultivation realm. Not to mention Mo Guang had just advanced to the Taiyi realm, even if he reached the mid-stage of the Taiyi realm, he was confident in dealing with him.

"Of course, with Fellow Daoist Han's amazing aptitude, you will soon be able to advance to the Taiyi realm." Mo Guang immediately realized that he was somewhat carried away and quickly said.

"Although Fellow Daoist Mo Guang has successfully stabilized his cultivation, it is best to consolidate it in the Flower Branch Space. If there is anything I need your help with later, I will trouble you." Han Li said through voice transmission.

This True Words Sect relic was quite strange, and it was best not to reveal Mo Guang's Grey Immortal identity casually.

"Alright." Mo Guang sighed, and his voice subsided.

Han Li ignored Mo Guang and focused on exploring the surrounding environment.

Time passed little by little, and in the blink of an eye, more than half a day had passed. The surrounding environment still had not changed much, and it was still a desolate scene.

A hint of fatigue appeared on Han Li's face. In this environment, maintaining his divine sense and Nine Nether Demon Eyes fully open for a long time was a considerable burden for him.

He had just taken out a recovery pill and swallowed it when he suddenly stopped with a twitch of his brow, looking down at the ground, his figure swaying and landing on the ground.

Buried in the ground in front of him was something like a large stone, covered with a thick layer of dust, making it impossible to see what it was.

Han Li made a hand gesture and raised his hand, and a whirlwind several zhang high formed out of thin air.

"Go!" He uttered softly, flicking his sleeve.

Immediately, the whirlwind roared towards the large stone, sweeping away the dust on the stone wherever it passed, revealing the true appearance of the stone.

It was a pale blue remnant wall, seemingly built from some special stone material. Although it had been buried here for who knows how many years, it had not weathered or rotted.

Seeing this, a hint of joy appeared on Han Li's face. He did not stay here for long and soon continued forward.

The further he went, the more green vegetation gradually appeared around him, no longer as desolate as before, and the more remnant walls on the ground.

After a moment, he landed again.

In front of him was a huge palace, occupying an area of several hundred zhang in size, and as high as twenty or thirty zhang. The entire palace was built with that pale blue material.

If it were intact, this palace would definitely look quite magnificent, but this palace was now riddled with holes, and half of it had even collapsed directly.

The ground near the palace was also riddled with holes, as if it had experienced an extremely fierce battle.

After a slight pondering, Han Li released his divine sense to investigate the surrounding situation.

After a long while, his eyebrows suddenly twitched, and with a sway of his figure, he flew to a large stone nearby and raised his hand to push the stone away.

Under the stone was a corpse, which had now turned into white bones.

The white bones were wearing a white robe, which, although weathered for the most part, Han Li could still tell was the True Words Sect's attire, the same as the attire of the True Words Sect disciples he had seen when traveling through time and space.

He looked at the ruins and corpses in front of him and sighed.

Since he had cultivated the True Words Sect's techniques, he could be considered to have some connection with this sect.

From the mouth of Fiery Heat Immortal Venerable, he had also heard some descriptions of the True Words Sect's past glory.

However, the powerful sect of the past had now been reduced to ruins, which was somewhat lamentable.

Han Li quickly put away his thoughts and swept his divine sense over the corpse. There was no storage magic tool on the corpse, and it seemed to have been taken away by someone.

He didn't care about this, turned around, and walked away, continuing to explore other places in the palace, and soon found several more corpses, which, judging by their attire, should all be disciples of the True Words Sect.

The storage magic tools on these corpses had also disappeared.

After a while, Han Li had explored all the ruins of this palace, and there were no gains.

He felt slightly regretful in his heart and did not continue to stay here. With a sway of his figure, he transformed into a streak of blue light and flew forward.

He had not flown far when Han Li's expression changed, and his figure stopped abruptly. The purple light in his eyes shone brightly as he looked forward.

He raised his hand and pointed, and a thick blue sword qi flew out, hitting a void in front of him.

The void there fluctuated violently, and a piece of black light emerged. The blue sword qi bombarded the black light and immediately disappeared, as if it had been swallowed by it.

The black light fluctuated a few times, turning into a half-zhang-sized black arc, wriggling like a living thing for a few times, and slowly disappearing.

"Could this be a spatial rift?" Han Li's eyes flickered as he muttered to himself.

This black arc was hidden in the void, not emitting the slightest aura. If he had not kept his divine sense fully open and activated the Nine Nether Demon Eyes, he would definitely not have been able to discover this thing.

After a slight pondering, he raised his hand and pointed again.

A thick and powerful golden arc of electricity flew out, emitting a rumble of thunder, and struck the position of the black arc.

The black arc emerged, fluctuated slightly, and once again easily swallowed the golden arc of electricity.

Seeing this scene, a hint of surprise appeared on Han Li's face, and he waved his hand again.

A flash of red light, a crimson flying sword emerged, quickly enlarged, and in the blink of an eye transformed into a ten-zhang-sized crimson giant sword, slashed horizontally at the black arc with a flash of crimson light.

Only a soft "chi la" sound was heard. As soon as the giant sword's blade touched the black arc, it immediately broke into two pieces easily.

Seeing this, Han Li's heart shuddered.

Fortunately, he had just discovered this black arc. Otherwise, even if it were him, if he had crashed into it head-on, even if he did not die, he would probably be seriously injured, which would have been too unfair.

Han Li thought so in his heart, casually picked up the two broken swords on the ground, and continued to fly forward, bypassing the black arc.

On the following journey, he became more cautious, and he did not dare to put away his divine sense and Demon Eyes in the slightest.

The further he went, the more architectural relics he encountered, but without exception, these buildings were destroyed by fierce battles.

Han Li explored this way for another half a day.

At this time, his face was somewhat gloomy.

This True Words Sect relic had been destroyed too thoroughly. After searching for so long, he had found nothing except for a few spiritual medicines that were still of decent age, and he had not even found a single living thing.

This vast area was like a dead city.

The ground below was still a flat plain, and some mountain peaks occasionally began to appear.

Han Li flew forward for a while, and his expression suddenly changed.

The ground ahead suddenly sank, forming a huge valley terrain, in which faintly appeared a shadow of a palace, which looked fairly intact.

His spirit was shaken, and he immediately flew over and landed in the valley.

This valley had a very large area, and with his current divine sense and eyesight, he could not fully explore the edges. He could only see the tip of the iceberg.

The ground in the valley was flat, covered with a layer of white jade stone everywhere, extending to the end of the field of vision. Buildings of all sizes were located here, also extending to the end of Han Li's field of vision.

This place seemed to be an important place.

The valley was not exempt from the ravages of war. There were traces of battles everywhere, but the materials used in the buildings here were much better, and most of them were relatively well preserved.

Han Li felt a little excited in his heart. While exploring the surrounding situation, he moved towards the depths of the valley and soon came to the depths of the valley.

As a result, the further he went into the valley, the more intense the traces of battle became. Many corpses were lying here, including not only disciples of the True Words Sect but also many Celestial Court cultivators.

According to the situation he had investigated along the way, this valley was very much like a huge city, with many crisscrossing streets. The buildings on both sides of the streets also looked like shops.

If it had not been destroyed, this should have been an extremely magnificent city.

Along the way, Han Li had also found a few good materials.

He walked to the end of a wide street, and the area ahead suddenly became open. A square with a very large area suddenly appeared in front of him.