Wang Yu
Chapter 1168: Hostility
"Miss Le'er!"
Four guards in azure armor, holding weapons, stood there. Upon seeing Liu Le'er, they respectfully saluted.
Han Li nodded inwardly at the scene.
These four guards were not weak, reaching the mid to late stages of the Golden Immortal realm, yet they were so respectful to Liu Le'er. It seemed her status in the Sky Fox Clan was not low, which reassured him.
Liu Le'er ignored them and quickly walked inside, seemingly impatient, still retaining some of the lively and adorable feeling from her younger days.
Han Li was about to follow when the four guards stretched out their weapons, blocking his path.
"This is an important place. Please halt!"
Han Li frowned slightly and stopped.
"What are you doing?" Liu Le'er noticed the situation behind her, her eyebrows furrowed, and she coldly rebuked.
"Miss Le'er, please forgive our rudeness. This is the Sky Fox Clan's residence. This fellow Daoist is not a member of the Sky Fox Clan. To enter, you must obtain the approval of Elder Mu." The most senior armored guard cupped his fist in a salute to Liu Le'er, speaking neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"Humph! He is my brother. I will explain things to Elder Mu. Now, all of you move aside!" Liu Le'er said coldly.
"Miss Le'er, we are ordered to guard this place. Please do not make things difficult for us." The guard leader hesitated slightly but still did not move aside.
"Bastards!" Liu Le'er was furious, and her jade hand grabbed out.
A surge of greyish-white light flew out like a mad dragon, instantly缠住缠住wrapping around the weapons in their hands and flinging them away.
Han Li's eyes lit up, filled with disbelief.
Liu Le'er seemed to be wearing some kind of treasure that concealed her cultivation level. He had not been able to perceive her realm when they first met, but now he could see it clearly.
Liu Le'er's current strength had actually reached the Grand Yi realm. Although she was only at the early stage, considering her strength in the Spirit寰界, which was worlds apart from his, she had now vaguely caught up with him.
The four guards simultaneously let out a low shout, their bodies emitting a great light as they gripped their weapons tightly.
Although their cultivation levels were only in the Golden Immortal realm, they seemed to be proficient in some kind of combined attack technique. Their figures stood in a swift and staggered formation, and the protective light they emitted instantly merged together, erupting with a powerful aura that actually resisted Liu Le'er's grab, though blood trickled from the corners of their mouths.
Liu Le'er had just advanced to the Grand Yi realm, and the vital energy in her body was not stable. Failing to succeed in one strike, her pretty face immediately darkened, and the greyish-white light on her body surged violently as she prepared to attack again with full force.
"Stop!"
At that moment, a dignified voice rang out, and simultaneously a huge force appeared out of nowhere between Liu Le'er and the four guards, separating them.
An old man with greying hair but sharp eyes appeared out of thin air.
Han Li looked at the grey-robed old man, his eyes flashed, and he secretly activated the Thunder Peng bloodline power to conceal his identity as a human cultivator.
This grey-robed old man was unremarkable, but his aura was profound, clearly a Grand Luo existence.
"Elder Mu!" The four guards quickly put away their weapons and bowed respectfully to the grey-robed old man.
"Elder Mu," Liu Le'er also saluted.
"Now that people from all races are gathered at Eight Desolate Mountain, what kind of decorum is this, fighting at the entrance of the residence!" The grey-robed old man reprimanded in a cold voice.
"Yes. Your subordinates are guilty, but Miss Le'er brought this stranger to forcefully break into the residence. This action is against the rules, so we took action to stop him." The guard leader said immediately.
"Elder Mu, he is my brother. He saved my life before. He is not an outsider..." Liu Le'er said immediately.
"Alright, I know everything. You continue to guard this place. Le'er, bring your brother in." The grey-robed old man raised his hand to stop Liu Le'er, gave the four guards an order, and then glanced at Han Li, a hint of imperceptible light flashed in his eyes, seemingly mocking. He then turned and walked inside.
Han Li saw the expression of the grey-robed old man, frowned slightly, but said nothing, and walked into the gate with Liu Le'er.
Turning a few corners, the three arrived at a magnificent hall.
Tables and chairs were placed in the hall, all made of precious materials. It seemed this place was for entertaining guests.
"Le'er, the Blood Sacrifice Assembly will be held soon, and now is the most critical time. Every moment is very important to you. How can you go out casually? The clan leader is already very unhappy about wasting so much time. Why don't you quickly return to the Sky Fox Palace!" As soon as the grey-robed old man entered the hall, he immediately darkened his face and said.
Han Li's eyes flickered when he heard these words, but he remained silent.
"Yes, Le'er knows she is wrong, but my brother has come to Eight Desolate Mountain. I request a day of rest, and tomorrow I will work harder to practice and will not delay important matters." Liu Le'er lowered her head slightly and then requested.
"Whether it will delay important matters is not something you can judge! This matter concerns the rise and fall of our Sky Fox Clan, and we cannot be careless in the slightest. You go back to the Sky Fox Palace immediately. I will take care of your brother." The grey-robed old man said, but he never looked directly at Han Li.
Liu Le'er frowned slightly, a hesitant look on her face.
"Le'er, since you still have important things to do, there is no need to stay with me." Han Li's mind turned, and he smiled faintly.
"Alright, brother, you stay here. Don't leave. I will be free after the Blood Sacrifice Assembly ends." Liu Le'er looked at Han Li with gentle eyes, then instructed the grey-robed old man to take good care of Han Li before quickly leaving the hall.
Soon, only Han Li and the grey-robed old man remained in the hall.
"I..." Han Li urged the power of the Thunder Peng bloodline more carefully. At the same time, he cupped his hands, about to introduce himself.
"Fellow Daoist Han, I know your situation very well. There is no need to use such concealing tricks. You can deceive those outside clans, but you can't deceive our Sky Fox Clan." The grey-robed old man interrupted Han Li, looked him up and down, and said with a sneer.
"Since Elder Mu already knows Han's identity, that's fine. It will save me some effort." Han Li's eyebrows moved when he heard this, and he smiled frankly, dispersing the Thunder Peng bloodline gathered in his body, and said faintly.
He sighed in his heart. He thought that with his relationship with Liu Le'er, as well as his friendship with Hu San, it would be more convenient to come to the Sky Fox Clan to inquire about some things.
Unexpectedly, the Sky Fox Clan still didn't welcome him, just like before.
"Fellow Daoist Han, why have you come to our Sky Fox Clan at this time?" The grey-robed old man saw that Han Li was so neither humble nor overbearing, and treated him as an equal. A hint of displeasure flashed in his eyes, and the expression on his face became colder.
"Elder Mu, rest assured, although Han is a human cultivator, he has no malice towards the barbaric races. This time I came to Eight Desolate Mountain, I happened to meet Le'er, so I came to the Sky Fox Clan for a short visit. Since the host doesn't welcome me, Han will take his leave now." Han Li stood up and walked outside.
But his figure flashed, and the grey-robed old man appeared in front of Han Li out of thin air, blocking his path.
"The Sky Fox Clan is not a place you can come and go as you please. Explain your purpose first." The grey-robed old man sneered, and the greyish-white light on his body surged, blocking the exit of the hall.
"What do you mean by this? Do you want to detain me?" Han Li's face also turned cold. Five thunder patterns silently appeared in his palm hidden in his sleeve, forming a ring, vaguely forming a thunder formation.
Over the years, he had been refining the Years God Lamp and comprehending the Tong Tian Sword Formation. But always studying the same thing for a long time would also cause fatigue. So, every time his mind was tired, he would take out the 《Five Thunder Orthodox True Scripture》 and read it, as a way to relax his mind.
This scripture contained a huge amount of information. Han Li had not looked at it carefully before, but he looked at it more carefully when he read it again on the road, and he gained a lot.
What made him especially happy was that he found a thunder transmission technique in it, which had the same effect as his Thunder Light Formation.
However, compared to the Thunder Light Formation that Lei Yunzi created himself and then refined and modified, this thunder transmission technique was much more profound and subtle.
After carefully studying this thunder transmission technique, Han Li extracted some of the subtle points and integrated them into his Thunder Light Formation and Julei Wood Transmission Formation, making his two transmission secret techniques much more advanced. Not only did the distance increase a lot, but the time required for transmission was also greatly reduced.
Especially the Julei Wood Transmission Formation, which was particularly compatible with the thunder transmission technique. When the two were combined, it could be used to teleport almost instantly.
The Julei Wood Transmission Formation had been destroyed by Qimozi, but Han Li had re-refined a set with other thunder materials over the years, and it had been set up in a hidden place on the road.
It was precisely because of this set of thunder transmission formation that he dared to venture to Eight Desolate Mountain.
Not only this set of thunder formation, but Han Li's time law was also secretly communicating with the Palm Heaven Bottle on his chest at this moment, in case the thunder transmission formation was blocked, he would immediately use the Palm Heaven Bottle's ability to travel through time and space to escape.
Although using the ability to travel through time and space required consuming time law crystal threads, it was better than losing his life.
"Boy, don't think I don't know what you're plotting. You know that Le'er has now received the careful cultivation of our Sky Fox Clan, so you want to use your previous small favor to her to try to gain some benefits, right? Unfortunately, you have chosen the wrong target. Our Sky Fox Clan is not as easily deceived as the young master of Litchi Ma. Surrender obediently!" The grey-robed old man sneered, the greyish-white light on his body soared, and he was about to make a move.
Han Li secretly sneered in his heart when he heard this. He had no intention of fighting with the grey-robed old man, and was about to activate the thunder transmission formation to leave.
"Elder Mu, stop." At that moment, a dignified voice rang out.
Then the void in the hall moved, and a figure appeared out of thin air. It was the white-clothed middle-aged man who had met Han Li once in the Barbarian Wasteland Region.
"Clan Leader." The grey-robed old man hurriedly stopped and bowed to the white-clothed man.
Han Li's pupils shrank sharply when he saw this person, but he also stopped urging the thunder formation, but secretly raised all the immortal spiritual power in his body.
The last time he met this person, his cultivation level was still low. Although he felt that this person was powerful, he had no specific concept.
Now his cultivation level had reached the peak of Grand Yi, and he could clearly feel the strength of the white-clothed man, far above Chi Meng and the Wonderful Dharma Immortal Venerable. Although it was still quite inferior to the Black Heaven Devil Ancestor, it could vaguely be compared.
Han Li recalled the conversation between Hu San and Liu Qi Old Ancestor in the Gray Realm, and all the power of the time law in his body was quietly operating.
The Palm Heaven Bottle flashed with light, and a pair of green bean-like eyes floated out, flickering gently, ready to travel through at any time.