Wang Yu

Chapter 1067 Unexpected Encounter

Han Li naturally had no objection to Su Anqian's suggestion, after all, he was not a reckless person to begin with.

The three of them each released their spiritual sense to search the surroundings. After finding no danger, they jumped down and carefully explored everywhere, but unfortunately, they still didn't find anything special.

There was no sign of living creatures within the palace, only the cold wind and snow.

The three continued their search and soon arrived at a large hall deep within the palace.

This place was located deep within the palace, and the cold wind from outside could no longer be felt; the airflow was quite stable.

Han Li stepped into the hall, and his eyes suddenly flashed.

"What is it, Fellow Daoist Shi, have you discovered something?" Su Anqian immediately noticed the subtle change in Han Li's expression and asked.

Jin Liu also looked over upon hearing this. He had long since discarded his disdain for Han Li, and facing Han Li's change in expression, he also felt a chill in his heart.

Han Li didn't answer Su Anqian, but instead quickly walked a few steps forward, picking up something from a crack in the stone in a corner of the hall: several translucent white hairs.

These hairs were half a foot long, exceptionally soft, and extremely thin, making them difficult to detect with the naked eye. If Han Li's spiritual sense wasn't so powerful, he probably wouldn't have noticed them.

"What are these hairs? They seem to be from some kind of exotic beast," Su Anqian said, her expression changing slightly.

"Mm, since there are these hairs here, there might really be some exotic beast lurking here." Han Li flipped his hand and put away the hairs, looking towards the depths of the hall with a flicker in his eyes.

Because he possessed various True Spirit bloodlines, he was extremely sensitive to True Spirit aura.

From these hairs, Han Li vaguely sensed a trace of True Spirit aura, somewhat similar to his Azure Luan bloodline.

Su Anqian and Jin Liu exchanged a glance, their expressions becoming more solemn.

Jin Liu pondered for a moment, then with a flick of his sleeve, a green light shot out with a "whoosh" sound, landing on the ground in front of him.

After the light converged, a small, emerald-green beast appeared in place. This beast resembled a fox, but its nose was several times longer than a regular fox's. Its pair of emerald-green eyes were also very lively, making it appear extremely clever.

As soon as the fiery-red fox appeared, it lay on the ground and sniffed hard, then quickly ran forward.

"Azure-Eyed Spirit Fox!" Han Li's eyebrows twitched.

"Hehe, it seems Fellow Daoist Shi is quite knowledgeable, actually recognizing my spirit beast," Jin Liu said, somewhat surprised.

"I happened to see it in a classic book." Han Li said.

This fox was a type within the fox clan, not strong in combat, but its eyes and nose were extremely sensitive, making it very suitable for exploring and searching for treasures. However, they were rare, and very few people possessed them.

"With this Azure-Eyed Spirit Fox leading the way, it will be much safer for us to follow behind. Let's go," Jin Liu said.

In the following time, the three followed behind the Azure-Eyed Spirit Fox and continued forward, quickly passing through several large halls.

The buildings in front suddenly became sparse, and a long corridor appeared ahead.

After passing through the corridor, their faces lit up simultaneously, and they quickly advanced, arriving at a dark hall.

The hall was about twenty to thirty zhang in size, and it was quite empty. There was nothing inside except a stone door standing tall at the far end. Inlaid in the stone door was a dim red light gate, with a layer of dim red light curtain rippling inside—the space gate.

There were no restrictions on this space gate, indicating that it had probably already been broken.

"A space gate. We found it without any effort this time," Su Anqian said, somewhat delighted.

Despite saying this, Su Anqian didn't approach immediately but instead spread out her spiritual sense to carefully investigate the hall.

The easier the benefits seem to come by, the more traps there are, and one must not be careless.

Han Li and Jin Liu were doing the same thing. Jin Liu even drove the Azure-Eyed Spirit Fox to run around the hall, exploring the way.

The three investigated for a while, and their expressions became a little strange.

No matter how they investigated, even with Su Anqian directly opening her spirit domain, they still couldn't find any traps or dangers around.

"It seems something happened in this layer, causing most of this palace to collapse. The imprisoned beings have either fallen or left. Let's go, we'll go directly to the fifth layer," Su Anqian said, then took the lead and flew into the space gate. As expected, there were no abnormalities, and she smoothly entered it.

Seeing this, Han Li and Jin Liu followed, entering the space gate.

The scene before the two changed, and they appeared on a desolate Gobi desert.

The wind howled over the Gobi, yellow sand filled the sky, and there was no end in sight. It was extremely vast.

In addition, towering earth hills stood in all directions, shaped into various strange shapes by the perennial wind erosion, appearing quite peculiar.

Su Anqian was currently suspended in mid-air, looking around.

"This place is quite strange." Han Li and Jin Liu also looked around.

The temporal restrictions in the void here were even stronger, and the three of them could only explore about ten percent of the distance with their spiritual sense.

The temporal restrictions in the void not only greatly reduced the range of their spiritual sense but also felt like a stone pressing on their souls, affecting the accuracy of their spiritual sense exploration. The expressions of the three were very heavy.

"Let's go. If this tower really has a total of seven layers, then there are only three layers left. I hope we can pass this layer smoothly," Su Anqian said with a sigh.

As a result, the further the three went, the greater the wind in this space became, as if scraping off a layer of the ground. Countless large and small碎石 were stirred into the wind, covering the sky and the sun, like a sandstorm.

While flying, Han Li's eyes flashed, and he suddenly stopped, looking at the rolling wind in front.

"Fellow Daoist Shi, what's wrong?" Su Anqian and Jin Liu stopped as well, asking.

"This wind is a bit strange. It's not a natural phenomenon, but someone is controlling it," Han Li said with a raise of his eyebrows.

Su Anqian and Jin Liu were stunned upon hearing this, and after carefully examining the surrounding environment, their expressions changed slightly.

They also noticed the abnormality of the surrounding wind, which contained wisps of Yuan Qi fluctuations, indeed indicating that someone was influencing it.

"It seems that this layer won't be as easy to pass as the fourth layer. What should we do now? Should we go over and take a look?" Jin Liu said softly.

To be able to cause such a large-scale hurricane, their strength must be extraordinary. They might even be the beings imprisoned in this layer.

"According to previous experience, the space gates are all near the beings imprisoned in each layer. If we want to pass this layer, we have to go over there. I'm afraid there's no shortcut," Su Anqian said after pondering for a moment.

"That's right, nothing ventured, nothing gained!" Han Li's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he nodded in agreement.

Jin Liu was only a little hesitant. Since Su Anqian and Han Li both agreed, he didn't strongly object.

The three quickly flew forward, following the Yuan Qi fluctuations in the void, and chasing after them all the way.

The further they went, the greater the wind became, and the stronger the Yuan Qi fluctuations became. Therefore, the three didn't have to worry about not being able to track them down. They simply advanced towards the place where the Yuan Qi fluctuations were strongest.

The earth hills on the Gobi in front became more and more dense, and their volumes also became larger and larger, gradually forming some continuous earth-yellow mountain ranges.

After half an hour, the three finally found the source of the Yuan Qi in the wind.

The three stood at a hidden place near a canyon that was several hundred miles in size, and each used secret techniques to conceal their auras, looking towards the front.

They saw dozens of thick white tornado columns rolling in the canyon. Each tornado column was a hundred zhang thick and tens of miles long, shooting straight into the sky.

The wind columns contained extremely terrifying spiritual power and laws, almost capable of destroying the heavens and the earth. At this moment, they were waving around like tentacles, easily crushing and swallowing everything they touched.

The ground and the sky were shaken, rumbling and trembling.

Within the largest white tornado, a white figure could be vaguely seen, but because the tornado was blocking the view, its appearance could not be clearly seen. The laws within the tornado surged, and spiritual sense could not penetrate it.

In front of the dozens of wind columns, a group of cultivators were flying, about five or six people, each displaying their supernatural powers and contending with those wind columns.

"It's them..." Han Li's eyes moved slightly.

The group was none other than Lei Yuche and the others who had separated from them on the first layer, namely Lei Yuche, Wen Zhong, a pair of young black-clothed men and women, and the young man who had appeared with Qi Mozi before.

In addition to these five, there was an unexpected person: Lan Yan, who had escaped from him.

Su Anqian and Jin Liu showed surprised expressions on their faces after seeing the six people in front of them clearly.

The dozens of white wind columns were surprisingly powerful. Although Lei Yuche and the six others had tried their best, using their immortal treasures and supernatural powers to the extreme, they were still suppressed and forced to retreat step by step.

What was even more astonishing was that Han clearly felt that the figure inside the white wind column had not exerted its full strength, as if it was playing with Lei Yuche and the others.

"Giggle, with your strength, you want to go to the sixth layer? You're really overestimating yourselves. Why don't you play with me here?" A sharp and piercing voice came from the wind column, cackling loudly.

As soon as the voice fell, the sound of whistling rose sharply. The wind columns, which had been flying around separately, suddenly merged into one, transforming into an incomparably thick white wind column that swept all six of them into it.

The white wind column was huge, standing like a pillar supporting the sky, and the wind force was several times stronger, threatening to change the color of the sky and the earth.

Lei Yuche and the others' immortal treasures were blown around, spinning wildly, and couldn't exert much power at all. Their bodies were imprisoned within the wind column, spinning with the wind column, unable to break free.

Su Anqian and Jin Liu in the distance immediately changed color when they saw this scene.

Lei Yuche was one of the top experts in the Jin Yuan Immortal Domain, and the strength of the other people seemed not weak either, yet they were so easily imprisoned.

Han Li also frowned. The white wind column didn't look out of the ordinary, and it only contained wind-attribute laws, but its power was so great that even he would find it very difficult to break through.

"Eh, that's not right!"

Purple light flashed in Han Li's eyes, and he exclaimed.

The fifth layer had too much influence on his spiritual sense, and he couldn't perceive clearly enough. He used his Nine Nether Demon Eyes to check, and then he discovered the secret of the white wind column.

It seemed that the wind column contained two different wind-attribute laws, perfectly fused with each other, indistinguishable from each other.