Wang Yu

Chapter 697 Devouring Cinnabar Pellet

Han Li looked at the spherical silver box and the golden talisman on it, a thoughtful expression on his face.

After a while, he suddenly raised his hand and unleashed several hand seals in one breath, dispelling the talisman's restrictions and tearing it off.

Then, with a soft "click" sound.

The moment the silver box opened, a surge of heat gushed out, spreading in all directions, and the temperature of the entire room suddenly rose.

Han Li focused his eyes and saw that inside the silver box, there were three round beads stacked in a triangular pattern, their colors being red, orange, and purple respectively.

"Could these be Seven-Colored Fire Dan Sand?" Han Li's eyes flickered slightly, feeling doubtful, but unable to determine for the moment.

After all, it was recorded in ancient books that Seven-Colored Fire Dan Sand had seven colors, corresponding to red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple, respectively. It was an extremely rare fire-attributed law object, and its power was even stronger than any Heaven and Earth Strange Fire. It was a true object capable of incinerating the heavens and refining the earth.

Moreover, this object was born naturally, and its birthplace could be in the Nine Heavens Void tens of thousands of feet high, or in the Nine Nether Deep Valley deep underground. It was untraceable and could not be artificially refined, making it a Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure comparable to Xuan Tian objects.

The round beads in front of him only numbered three, and apart from releasing a suffocating heat wave, they seemed to have no other special features, so he was somewhat unsure.

Just as Han Li was considering how to test them, a silver light lit up on his shoulder, and the Silver Flame Little Man poked his head out, running and jumping towards the spherical silver box, circling around it in a joyous manner.

"What, you want to eat this?" Han Li asked, slightly taken aback.

The Silver Flame Little Man turned around and gesticulated wildly at him. Seemingly afraid that Han Li wouldn't understand, it nodded repeatedly, occasionally glancing back at the three round beads, as if afraid they would disappear in the blink of an eye.

"Actually, I wouldn't mind letting you eat it, but the nature of this thing is unclear... How about this, you can only eat one first. If it's harmless and beneficial, I'll let you eat the remaining two," Han Li said after a moment of thought.

Upon hearing this, the Silver Flame Little Man was so happy that its face almost bloomed. After nodding heavily to Han Li, it busily turned to the silver box.

It walked around the silver box, seemingly hesitating which one to eat first, unable to make up its mind.

Han Li found it a little amusing, but didn't urge it. He simply placed the silver box on the ground and turned to examine the other items.

If it were Jin Tong, he naturally wouldn't be at ease. That fellow would probably swallow them all in one gulp. But this Essence Flame Firebird had always been very obedient, so there was no need to worry too much.

Gong Shutian's Fire Dragon Greatsword and the ten Fire Banners had already been collected into his storage bracelet. There were still seven or eight magical treasures remaining in his storage bracelet, but most of them were Immortal Artifacts that didn't even make the grade.

Only a golden hollow bell seemed to be a Ninth-Grade Immortal Artifact, containing a hint of the power of the Time Laws.

After refining it, Han Li probed it slightly and discovered that when the bell vibrated, golden ripples would ripple out from its surface. Those who were swept by it would have their divine sense stagnate. If their cultivation was below the early stage of the Grand Unity Realm or their divine sense was not strong enough, they would even be unable to move, as if they were locked by a restriction.

However, this item's effect would be greatly reduced for those who cultivated Time-related cultivation methods, and for cultivators above the mid-stage of the Grand Unity Realm. This was probably why Gong Shutian had not used it to deal with Han Li earlier.

After Han Li collected all these magical treasures into their respective categories, he turned back to look at the Essence Flame Firebird. He found it pointing at the crimson round bead with one hand and at the orange round bead with the other, while its gaze was fixed on the purple one, still unable to make a choice.

After offering a wry smile, he flipped his palm, and another white talisman appeared in his palm.

He had found this item from Gong Shutian's head. He had felt that it exuded a strange aura fluctuation, somewhat similar to the power of divine sense. After refining it now, he was pleasantly surprised to find that it was actually an Eighth-Grade Immortal Artifact used to defend against attacks of divine sense.

Gong Shutian had been able to block his Divine Sense Imprisonment attack with this item.

However, with his cultivation, he had not been able to unleash the true power of this treasure, because this treasure had a characteristic: it relied on the power of divine sense to activate it. The stronger the user's divine sense, the greater the power of this treasure.

Han Li pinched the white talisman and pointed it at the center of his brows. A white light converged, and the talisman merged into his sea of consciousness, transforming into a snow-white mountain peak standing in the middle.

Runes flickered on it, and in the very center, a string of golden seal characters appeared:

"Imperial Peak Suppressing Spirit Talisman"

Then, Han Li's heart stirred slightly, and a golden light flashed in his palm, and a golden disc appeared in his hand.

As soon as this object appeared, a strong fluctuation of the Time Laws immediately rippled within the quiet room. The Silver Flame Little Man, who had been struggling to choose which round bead to choose, was also attracted by it and turned its head to look at Han Li.

However, after watching for a while, it turned back to choosing the round beads.

Han Li gently caressed the golden disc with his palm, discovering that it was densely engraved with runes. The golden needle inserted in the center was still spinning on its own. Every time it completed a circle, a layer of golden light flowed across the surface of the disc.

His heart stirred, and he wanted to refine it, but when he tried, he was surprised to find that it could not be refined at all.

"How could this be... Could it be because this treasure's grade is too high? The usual refining incantations are not effective?" Just as he was wondering, Han Li suddenly felt a strong fluctuation coming from behind him and hurriedly turned to look.

He saw the Silver Flame Little Man clenching his fists, looking up to the sky and roaring with all its might. Red light was shooting out from its eyes, ears, and nostrils, causing the concealment formation he had set up to tremble violently.

With a wave of his hand, the silver box on the ground had already flown back into his hand. Only the orange and purple round beads remained inside. The crimson one had obviously been swallowed by the Essence Flame Firebird.

After putting away the silver box, he heard a loud "boom" sound, causing the surrounding void to shake violently, but it was blocked by the formation he had set up.

Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw the Silver Flame Little Man spreading its hands and feet, a red light rolling on its body. Its entire body suddenly grew larger at a rate visible to the naked eye, transforming back into the Firebird state.

It seemed to be covered in a layer of crimson flame, with silver and crimson flames intertwined, incomparably gorgeous. The bursts of scorching power emanating from it made Han Li feel shocked.

"Bang," "Bang," "Bang"

Accompanied by bursts of strange sounds, the formation Han Li had set up earlier exploded continuously, collapsing completely, and the entire bamboo building shook violently.

Mo Guang, who was on the second floor of the bamboo building, was shaken by this heat wave and fluctuation. He suddenly opened his eyes, stood up from the ground, a trace of disgust flashing in his eyes. He flew out of the bamboo building, actively avoiding this scorching heat.

The walls and ground inside the quiet room were baked by bursts of flames, and the surface color quickly became dry. It looked like it was about to give way and be burst open by the heat wave.

Alarmed, Han Li quickly circulated his magic power, transforming it into layers of cyan light curtains, forcefully suppressing the fire power released from the Essence Flame Firebird.

At the same time, the bamboo sea throughout the entire secret realm began to shake, and large swaths of bamboo leaves fell.

Accompanying this was that the strands of spiritual energy in the bamboo forest were continuously transported to the bamboo building through the underground roots. The bamboo walls in the building, which had become dry due to the heat, began to regain their moisture.

In the pond in front of the bamboo building, the water waves churned as if boiling. All the golden lotuses swayed, their light shining brightly, overflowing with a large amount of white spiritual mist, enveloping the entire bamboo building.

The smoke was hazy and indistinguishable. From a distance, it looked like a fairyland.

Crab Daoren, who was in the new bamboo building in the spirit medicine garden, was also awakened from his quiet meditation. Standing on the top floor, he looked towards this side from afar.

Inside the bamboo building, the crimson and silver flames intertwined on the Essence Flame Firebird. The crimson color gradually converged, gradually merging, and the fluctuation of fire power emanating from it was also constantly weakening.

Seeing this, Han Li felt a little relieved and began to re-establish the restrictions around it.

After an unknown amount of time, the two-colored intertwined flames on the Essence Flame Firebird had all converged, transforming into a silver ball with crimson patterns all over its body, quietly suspended in the void.

Han Li was delighted when he saw the red fire patterns constantly flashing on the ball.

He had really found a treasure this time. Those three round beads were probably the legendary "Seven-Colored Fire Dan Sand."

However, looking at the current state of the Essence Flame Firebird, it would definitely not be able to wake up for a while.

After transmitting a message to Mo Guang, who had already run far away, he left the bamboo building and went to the spirit medicine garden.

"Fellow Daoist Han, that powerful fire power earlier was..." Outside the bamboo building, Crab Daoren greeted him and asked.

"It was the Essence Flame Firebird swallowing a Seven-Colored Fire Dan Sand," Han Li said directly, without hiding anything.

"It's this treasure! No wonder it caused such a commotion," Crab Daoren said with some surprise upon hearing this.

"Fellow Daoist Crab, here are some storage magical artifacts. I don't have time to check them for the time being, so I'll trouble you to check them for me first. Besides things related to the Time Laws, if there's anything you can use, feel free to take it without discussing it with me," Han Li said with a smile.

"Okay, leave it to me," Crab Daoren nodded and said.

Han Li then waved his hand, and a large pile of storage bracelets and storage rings appeared in front of Crab Daoren.

Even Crab Daoren, who rarely changed his expression, raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw this scene, looking very surprised.

Han Li smiled inwardly, bid him farewell, and went to the spirit medicine garden, where he sorted the spiritual medicines he had obtained earlier and planted them all.

Then, he deliberately chose an open space and planted the remaining roots of the Two-Life Tree, watering it with some of the prepared spirit liquid.

Although he knew that the possibility of reviving this tree was small, he had no Little Green Bottle liquid available at the moment, so he could only do this.

Because he was worried about changes outside the secret realm, Han Li didn't dare to stay any longer. He immediately waved his hand to summon the silver light door to his front and stepped out of the Flower Branch Grotto Heaven.