After a brief conversation, Xie Daoren did not linger and returned to the Flower Branch Grotto Heaven.

Han Li took a few drinks alone, then frowned slightly, put away the wine utensils, got up, pushed open the door of the guest room, and walked out.

Inside a guest room at the end of the third floor of the ship, Mo Guang, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation, suddenly raised his eyebrows and said:

"Fellow Daoist Li, I've been waiting for you. Come in..."

The door creaked open slightly, and Han Li stepped inside.

"You knew I was coming?" After closing the door, he casually set up an isolation barrier and asked.

Han Li glanced around the guest room and found that it was much larger than his own room, and many of the furnishings were more exquisite. On the desk was a plate of jet-black fruits covered with fire patterns.

"I'm new here and don't know the rules. Fellow Daoist Han, please give me some advice and teach me some rules of conduct?" Mo Guang stood up, grabbed a fruit, took a bite, and said with a smile.

Purplish-black juice overflowed from his lips, and wisps of pure black baleful aura immediately emanated from it.

Han Li looked at the handsome face he had conjured, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly involuntarily.

"Fellow Daoist Mo Guang has lived for countless years, with more seniority, experience, and insight than I. Furthermore, we are connected by a pact of Heavenly Demons, so there's no need for me to say much about how to act. I came to you to ask about something else," Han Li said casually.

"Oh, something else?" Mo Guang raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked with some doubt.

"You saw the gray immortal corpse in the bamboo building. This white bone bracelet was obtained from him. It seems to be a storage magic weapon for gray immortals. I tried to refine it with immortal spiritual power, but I couldn't. Afterwards, I also tried to urge it with baleful aura, but I also got nothing," Han Li said, taking out a white bone bracelet and throwing it to Mo Guang.

Mo Guang caught it in his hand, examined it carefully, and then said with a smile: "It is indeed a storage magic weapon..."

Having said that, he chanted a few words in his mouth, and a rich baleful aura surged out from his palm, enveloping the white bone bracelet and began to refine it.

After a while, the baleful aura in his hand dissipated, and the white bone bracelet reappeared. With a wave of his hand, a burst of gray light spewed out, scattering on the ground.

A small pile of gray crystals tumbled to the ground, along with several gray immortal weapons and a pile of strange gray world spiritual materials.

Han Li glanced at it for a moment, then waved his hand, and half of the pile of gray crystals was collected into his storage bracelet, while the rest remained on the ground.

"This is..." Mo Guang asked with some doubt.

"Fellow Daoist Mo Guang can keep these. Surely a high-level cultivator of the 'Xu He Clan' can't be without a storage magic weapon, right?" Han Li said indifferently.

After saying that, he bid farewell, put away all the restrictions, and left.

Mo Guang was left alone in the room, and for a moment he couldn't react. He muttered to himself: "Pact of Heavenly Demons, white bone bracelet... Fellow Daoist Han, are you trying to use both kindness and power?"

...

In the blink of an eye, more than three years had passed.

The Jia Ma ship, which had been flying continuously above the baleful clouds, finally lowered its altitude and began to descend back towards the bottom of the baleful clouds.

You He City had arrived.

Han Li and the others, along with the San Miao Clan, stood on the deck of the ship, looking down.

On a plain, within a range of thousands of miles, were large and small dome-shaped gray-white stone fortresses, interspersed with a dozen black rivers.

The distances between these gray-white stone fortresses were not too far, and there were no surrounding walls, making it look like a relatively concentrated settlement composed of countless stone fortresses.

In the center of the settlement, there was a huge square and a dense collection of stone fortress buildings.

Before long, the Jia Ma ship landed on the square, and Han Li and the others flew down from it.

"It's still early. Senior, why not come with me to see my father, and then I'll arrange for everyone to rest?" Miao Xiu, leading the way, said to Mo Guang.

"As the guest, I'll do as Miss Miao says," Mo Guang said with a charming smile.

Han Li and Shi Chuan Kong followed behind him, looking like well-behaved retainers, even their gazes around were much more restrained.

The group passed through the square, then walked through one ornate corridor after another, arriving in front of a huge stone fortress palace with a dozen steps leading up to the entrance.

An old man in a gray robe walked over, bowed to Miao Xiu with a look of surprise, and said, "Miss, you're back?"

"Uncle Zhong, where is my father right now?" Miao Xiu returned the courtesy with a smile, and asked.

The old man looked at Han Li and the others, stepped aside slightly, pointed to the main hall behind him, and said, "The Lord is meeting guests in the Miao Ying Palace. I'm afraid he can't see you right now."

"I see... Uncle Zhong, these few behind me are members of the Xu He Clan, and they saved my life before. Can you please pass on a message and see if they can be received first?" Miao Xiu said, a hint of hesitation flashing in her eyes.

"So these are the honored guests of the Xu He Clan? Miss, please wait a moment, I'll go and report," the gray-robed old man said, his expression becoming extremely respectful, and he hurried towards the main hall.

After a moment, he jogged back and said to Miao Xiu, "The Lord invites the honored guests to enter the hall for a chat."

A look of joy flashed in Miao Xiu's eyes, and then she led Han Li and the others up the steps and arrived in front of the palace.

Just as the group was about to enter the hall, the door suddenly opened, and a San Miao Clan youth led a tall, dignified middle-aged man out of the hall.

The man's sword-like eyebrows slanted into his temples, his tiger eyes possessed natural authority, and his baleful aura was astonishingly dense.

Upon seeing this, Han Li's gaze narrowed, and he exclaimed in his heart, "It's actually him?"

Although the person in front of him was wearing a black robe and his hair had turned gray-black, Han Li was certain that it was Bai Li Yan, the First Dao Lord of the Candle Dragon Path!

They had met briefly when vying for the Taiyi Pill in the Netherfrost Immortal Mansion, and then had no further interaction. He never expected that he had also come to the Gray World.

Han Li's thoughts raced, but he had already passed by Bai Li Yan, who had lowered his eyes and didn't even look at him, obviously not recognizing him in his current state.

Then, the old man pushed open the door and led them into the hall.

As soon as he entered the hall, Han Li saw a middle-aged man with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, and temples like wings, sitting in the direction of the main seat. His eyebrows and eyes were three parts similar to Miao Xiu, but his lips were nine parts similar, presumably he was Miao Gao, the Lord of Blacktooth Domain.

Beside the man stood several people wearing black feather robes, men and women, who looked to be quite old, with frost on their temples. Each of them showed a loving smile when they saw Miao Xiu.

"Miao Xiu greets Father and all the Clan Elders," Miao Xiu bowed and gave a salute.

"Jiang Gu of the Xu He Clan greets Lord Miao Gao." Mo Guang stepped forward, held one hand across his chest, and lightly touched his shoulder with his fist, and said.

"Greetings, Lord Miao Gao." Han Li and the other two bowed and saluted like Miao Xiu.

Miao Gao had already stood up from the chair, and also held his hand horizontally and lightly touched his shoulder with his fist to return the salute to Mo Guang, and said:

"The Gray-Eyed Harrier had already returned in advance, and informed us of what happened at the Poleng Lake. Thank you, Brother Jiang, for saving the various clans of our Blacktooth Domain and my daughter Miao Xiu. Although our Blacktooth Domain is a small country, we also know the principle of repaying kindness. We have prepared a small gift for you, and I hope Brother Jiang won't dislike it."

As soon as the voice fell, an old man with white hair walked down the hall and presented a white bone ring with both hands.

"Then I won't be impolite." Mo Guang smiled and accepted it without any hesitation.

"Why did Brother Jiang travel thousands of miles from the Shao Hao Domain to our Blacktooth Domain? If you have any needs, you can say them directly. Our San Miao Clan will definitely do our best to help." Seeing Mo Guang accepting the white bone ring, Miao Gao asked again.

Mo Guang did not answer immediately, paused for a moment before saying: "I went out traveling with my retainers, and encountered a very powerful demon along the way, and chased it all the way to the June Grassland, and then settled in the Gray Lizard Clan. Hearing them say that the 'Tamuda' Conference was about to be held, I ran over to join in the fun."

"I see, it seems that Brother Jiang and I are really destined. By the way, I don't know what kind of demon Brother Jiang is hunting, and see if we can help?" Miao Gao raised his eyebrows slightly and asked.

"That fellow has already escaped without a trace, otherwise we wouldn't have settled in the Gray Lizard Clan. Now that it's like this, there's no need to care too much, and then continue the unfinished travel," Mo Guang smiled indifferently and said.

"Since it's a travel, why not stay in our You He City for a while longer, so that we can do our best as hosts," Miao Gao also said with a smile.

"Then I'll disturb you," Mo Guang replied immediately.

"Xiu Xiu, you first arrange for the honored guests to stay, and then go directly back to the inner mansion," Miao Gao looked at Miao Xiu and said.

"Yes, sir."

After receiving the order, Miao Xiu led Mo Guang and Han Li out of the hall and headed to a stone fortress building in the back.

The buildings were surrounded by strange flowers with very large petals, no leaves, and wisps of black baleful aura emanating from the surface. The closer they got to the building complex, the denser they became.

Han Li was not surprised by this. In this Gray World, baleful aura was like spiritual energy. The more concentrated the place, the more conducive it was to cultivation. Therefore, as honored guests, they would naturally be arranged in the place with the most concentrated baleful aura.

Sure enough, Miao Xiu stopped in front of a stone fortress palace at the innermost part of the building complex.

"This is the palace where our San Miao Clan receives the most distinguished guests. Please rest here in peace. If you have any needs, please tell me directly," Miao Xiu said with a smile.

"Thank you," Mo Guang said with a hearty smile.

Miao Xiu still had to see her father, so she bid farewell and left in a hurry.

After Han Li and the others entered the palace and chose their residences, Shi Chuan Kong took the first step back to his room.

Mo Guang followed Han Li to his room.