Half a day later, near another stone forest formed by white crystals.

With a sharp, ear-piercing screech, a mournful cry followed.

An Ice Scale Armadillo was pierced by a sharp rock, a large hole ripped through its abdomen. It struggled a few steps forward, before collapsing on the ground.

Han Li walked to the Ice Scale Armadillo, and swiftly removed its horn.

After discovering that the Ice Scale Armadillo liked to eat white ore, his hunting efficiency increased greatly. In just half a day, he had found four Ice Scale Armadillos.

Han Li looked around, his brow furrowing slightly.

There was little time left before the agreed-upon day was over, it was time to return.

However, for the past half day, he had been focused on finding the white ore, and hadn't been searching in the agreed-upon direction. After wandering around, he was a little unsure of his current location.

"The meeting place should be in this direction, right..." Han Li leaped onto a large rock, looked around, and quickly focused on one direction.

The environment within the basin was basically the same, and he couldn't be certain for a moment.

Han Li quickly shook his head, stopped thinking about it, and flew in that direction, while fully spreading his divine sense to search for traces of his passage.

Time passed quickly, the sky soon darkened, and the cold wind grew stronger, making a whistling sound.

Han Li frowned slightly, and quickened his pace, but soon his expression changed slightly and he stopped.

Within the range of his divine sense, two figures appeared, not Chen Yang and Xuan Yuanxing, but Zhuo Ge and Wu Yun, whom he had seen before.

"Why are they here? Could it be that they already discovered our tracks, but pretended not to know, followed us here, and are now trying to harm us?" As soon as Han Li sensed the two, he immediately withdrew his divine sense, his mind racing.

As he pondered, he activated the Myriad Aperture Emptying Technique, and the aura on his body suddenly converged and disappeared without a trace, his whole person transforming as if into a piece of dead wood in an instant.

Han Li's figure swayed, and he flew silently towards the two. After a moment, he arrived nearby, hiding behind a large rock.

Near another large rock hundreds of feet away, Zhuo Ge and Wu Yun stood there, both with tightly furrowed brows, and constantly looking around.

Han Li glanced at the two, and immediately withdrew his gaze, lest he be discovered.

"Judging from their appearance, these two don't seem to be planning to attack us." Han Li was puzzled, and after his eyes flashed, he continued to wait on the side.

He wanted to see what these fellows from Puppet City were up to here.

Time passed bit by bit, and in the blink of an eye, more than an hour passed.

"Swoosh" "Swoosh" two sounds of piercing air rang out, two black figures appeared in the distance, and quickly approached. In the blink of an eye, they arrived nearby, and landed not far in front of Zhuo Ge and Wu Yun.

Han Li looked towards the two, his pupils contracting slightly.

The two there were wrapped in black robes, and wore hoods on their heads, so their faces could not be seen.

"You're late." Zhuo Ge saw the two appear, his face relaxed first, then he snorted coldly and said.

The two black-robed figures did not speak immediately. One of them turned his head and looked around.

Seeing this, Han Li hurriedly shrunk and hid.

"Don't worry, we've carefully explored this area several times, and no one is lurking to eavesdrop." Zhuo Ge said when he saw the two moving.

The man seemed relieved to hear this.

"Sorry, these days E Kui has been watching too strictly. I finally created an opportunity to bring Fellow Daoist Chen out. Sorry to have kept you waiting." The man took off the hood on his face and said with a smile.

Han Li's expression changed. The man was none other than Xuan Yuanxing.

At this moment, Xuan Yuanxing no longer had the silence and timidity he had before. His expression was full of confidence and publicity, as if he had become a different person.

The other person also took off his hood at this moment. It was Chen Yang.

Seeing this, Han Li's mind moved.

Why did Chen Yang and Xuan Yuanxing appear here? Listening to what Xuan Yuanxing just said, it seemed like they had already agreed to meet.

Moreover, what Xuan Yuanxing said about creating an opportunity, could it be that his previous continuous failures in engraving the formation patterns, which led to the exhaustion of materials, were all intentional, with the purpose of leaving the station with Chen Yang and coming here?

At the thought of this, Han Li couldn't help but recall the process of coming out this time. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. In that case, Xuan Yuanxing's mind was really surprisingly deep.

"City Lord Chen Yang, I've heard so much about you." Zhuo Ge looked at Chen Yang and said with a smile.

"There's no need for this kind of polite nonsense. Show me the evidence." Chen Yang said with a cold expression.

Zhuo Ge was not angry either. He took out a blood-red jade plate from his bosom and handed it over.

Han Li's eyes narrowed. Just as he was about to take a closer look, Chen Yang took the jade plate and blocked his view.

Although it was only a fleeting glance, Han Li still saw some things on the jade plate. It was covered with small characters and seemed to have a pattern similar to a formation engraved on it.

Chen Yang carefully examined the jade plate, and his expression seemed to be constantly changing. From Han Li's side, he could only see half of his profile, and vaguely see the emotions of shock, anger, and unwillingness constantly flashing across his face.

After a moment, Chen Yang took a deep breath, and his expression had returned to calm. He put away the jade plate and did not return it to Zhuo Ge, who did not care about this.

"I agree to this, but..." Chen Yang was silent for a moment before speaking.

However, he only said half of what he wanted to say, and changed to voice transmission.

Zhuo Ge also moved his lips slightly and communicated with him through voice transmission. The two talked secretly for a moment, and nodded at the same time, seemingly reaching an agreement.

"That's all that needs to be said, so that's it." Chen Yang said coldly, turned around and left.

Xuan Yuanxing nodded to Zhuo Ge and the other, and followed closely behind, disappearing into the distance soon.

"Zhuo Ge, do you think Chen Yang will do as the master said?" After Chen Yang and the other two left, Wu Yun asked, his voice tender, as if he were really a child.

"This is his only way out. Besides, when has the master's plan ever gone wrong?" Zhuo Ge said lightly.

"Yes." Wu Yun's expression was stern, and he nodded respectfully.

The two did not stay here for long, and soon turned around and left.

Long after the few people left, Han Li came out of his hiding place, his face uncertain.

After standing for a moment, his figure swayed, and he disappeared without a trace.

One night passed quickly.

At the entrance of the basin, Chen Yang and Xuan Yuanxing stood side by side, seemingly waiting for something.

A sound of breaking through the air came, and the two raised their heads and looked over. They saw a figure jumping and flying like a bird over the rocks in the basin. He flew over quickly, and arrived nearby in a few breaths, landing beside the two. It was Han Li.

He looked a little embarrassed at the moment. There were many damages to the clothes on his body, faintly showing bloodstains, and his face was full of fatigue.

"Sorry, yesterday I was chasing the Ice Scale Armadillo and went too far into the basin. I also encountered a few powerful scale beast attacks. After running away, I couldn't find my way back for a while. I couldn't return at the agreed time. I'm really sorry to have kept you waiting." Han Li said with a wry smile.

"Fellow Daoist Li has worked so hard to chase the Ice Scale Armadillo. We are ashamed, let alone saying sorry." Chen Yang said with a smile, with no sign of strangeness in his expression.

Han Li glanced at Chen Yang and smiled slightly.

"By the way, I wonder how Fellow Daoist Li's harvest is?" Chen Yang then asked.

"After working hard for a day and a night, I finally got some harvest and hunted four Ice Scale Armadillos." Han Li took out four crystal clear horns from his bosom.

"Chen hunted three Ice Scale Armadillos, and Fellow Daoist Xuan Yuanxing was unlucky and only hunted one, but it's more than enough." Chen Yang nodded and took out three horns by flipping his hand.

"I'm ashamed. I came here this time to make up for my previous mistakes. I didn't expect to drag you down again." Xuan Yuanxing's face was full of shame, and he took out a horn from his arms.

"Fellow Daoist Xuan Yuanxing, why do you say that? This action is a joint action of the three of us. It's okay to achieve the goal." Han Li saw Xuan Yuanxing's expression and sneered in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face at all, and said with a smile.

"That's right, since enough Ice Scale Armadillo horns have been collected, let's go back. Don't keep Fellow Daoist Liu Hua waiting. Fellow Daoist Li, you are not in good condition right now, can you still support it?" Chen Yang also said.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, don't worry, I'm just a little tired, it's not a big problem, the important thing is the big event." Han Li said with a smile.

So, the three immediately set off and headed towards the way they came.

After walking back and forth twice, the three of them were more familiar with the road conditions. They only spent one day to return to the station.

The scarlet crystals and Earth Tide Stones were all prepared. Han Li and the other three returned and handed over the Ice Scale Armadillo horns, and immediately began to continue arranging the Star Falcon Restriction.

……

Time flies, and another month or so has passed.

On this day, the sky was covered with stars at night, and it was bright in front of the ice and fire canyon.

In front of the canyon, a huge black flying boat was suspended three feet above the ground. There were flying wings protruding and extending on both sides, looking like a giant black bird about to take flight.

On the hull of the flying boat, there were dense white runes everywhere. Although there was no shimmering light flowing on the surface, it looked as if there was a star map attached to it, which was quite extraordinary.

The camps of the two cities, Xuan Kui, still stood in place, but the cultivators of the two cities were ready to go, standing neatly on both sides of the flying boat, each of them energetic and high-spirited.

Han Li stood in the left crowd, not particularly prominent. His eyes shifted, constantly looking towards the opposite side.

On the side of Puppet City, Zhuo Ge and the other three were still the leaders. Behind them, in addition to those women in black skirts and light gauze, there were also many golden puppets, and the number was much larger than last time.

In contrast, there were even more people here than in Xuan City.

Seeing Han Li looking over here, Zhuo Ge turned his head, nodded to him slightly.

Han Li also responded with a smile and nodded.

The two women who had been rescued by him before curved their eyebrows and looked towards this side. There was also some smile vaguely on their cheeks covered with black gauze, which was regarded as a greeting to Han Li, but they had some scruples and did not dare to express it as directly as Zhuo Ge.

The other two people next to Zhuo Ge did not look at Han Li so friendly. Their eyes were full of indifference and disgust.

However, Han Li didn't care about this at all. He found that the three people who had interested him before were also in the team, but their clothes were no different from others, and they looked inconspicuous and did not attract attention.

But at this moment, Han Li's thoughts were not entirely on these three people. As his eyes swept, he was looking for the woman he had seen at that fleeting glance, the one wearing a hat and a black veil.

Unfortunately, this person was not in the queue.