"The clan leader is too polite. As for the reward, your daughter has already discussed it with me," Han Li said calmly, his face betraying no emotion.

The white-robed man frowned slightly, turning to look at his daughter with some doubt.

Nuo Yifan moved her lips slightly, using voice transmission to tell her father about the map she had promised earlier, explaining everything in detail.

After hearing this, the white-robed man frowned even more and said to Han Li:

"Fellow Daoist Li, my daughter is still young and lacks consideration, which is why she made such a bold promise. Although my Youchen Clan is not small in scale, it is only a drop in the ocean compared to the various tribes of this desolate wilderness. I am afraid we are not capable of collecting maps from all the tribes. Please come up with another condition. I also know some of the rules of the human race, and Nuo Qinglin will never let you suffer a loss."

"I am not a desolate wilderness hunter, nor do I intend to be an undercover agent. The reason I want the map is to cross the desolate wilderness and go to another immortal domain. Therefore, the map provided by your clan does not need to mark the specific locations of your various tribes, only the terrain and the approximate distribution of fierce beasts," Han Li said slowly, looking at the white-robed man.

Nuo Qinglin frowned in thought, not speaking immediately.

Nuo Yifan stepped forward and exchanged a few more words with him in secret. Only then did the man's brow relax a little, and he nodded slowly.

"In that case, please stay in my Youchen Clan for a few days. It just so happens that other beast tribes will also gather in Dark Star Canyon in a few days, and we will try to collect maps from each tribe for you then," Nuo Qinglin said, sizing up Han Li again. He still couldn't see through his cultivation level. After a moment of thought, he spoke.

"Then I will be bothering you," Han Li nodded and said.

While talking with Nuo Qinglin, he had actually been observing him all along, and found that this person also seemed to be deliberately hiding his aura. It was estimated that his realm was about the equivalent of a human cultivator in the early stage of the Gold Immortal realm.

However, judging from the way these alien races use beasts in battle, their true combat power should be raised by another half-level. As for the other Youchen Clan members following behind, their auras were roughly between the True Immortal mid-stage and the Gold Immortal early-stage, with most of them being in the True Immortal realm.

Nuo Qinglin nodded to Han Li, then turned to Tan Shi, saying with a solemn expression:

"Tan Shi, the Youchen Clan will never forget your clan's kindness in escorting Yifan. After the insect race is wiped out, we will definitely help you return to the land where you have lived and multiplied for generations, rebuild your homeland, and make the Xiang Jing Clan repeat its glory and become even more prosperous."

"Thank you, Clan Leader," Tan Shi said with a grateful expression, placing his hands on his chest and bowing.

"Before that, everyone from the Xiang Jing Clan can regard Dark Star Canyon as your own home and live here in peace," Nuo Qinglin nodded slightly and continued.

Tan Shi and the other members of the Xiang Jing Clan were even more grateful and tearful, bowing and thanking him.

Next, under the guidance of Nuo Qinglin, Han Li and the others crossed the huge castle at the mouth of the valley and flew into the canyon.

While flying over the castle, Han Li saw that behind the several turrets inside the castle, there were alien beasts like giant lizards with two wings on their backs. The scales on their bodies reflected a dark light, and they occasionally opened their eyes and cast cold gazes upwards.

He could clearly feel that all the malice of these alien beasts was directed at him, a human.

After passing the castle at the mouth of the valley, the deep and wide Dark Star Canyon revealed its true appearance to Han Li.

A turquoise torrent more than a thousand feet wide came from the center of the canyon, roaring like thunder, its momentum magnificent. Under the scouring of the river water on both sides, jagged rocks were everywhere, and cliffs were formed.

On the higher cliffs on both sides, there were hollow caves of various sizes and shapes, which were connected to each other by plank roads embedded in the mountain walls, forming a huge and complex architectural complex.

Moreover, these caves were not simple and crude caves. On the contrary, their exteriors were carved with overhanging eaves, pillars, and balustrades, and sealed with wooden doors of various shapes, either round or square, with very exquisite floral and bird patterns and a unique style. Around these cave buildings, there were green moss and vines, surrounded by orchids and flowers, looking like a fairyland.

If the mountain forest where the Kong Ling Clan lived before was a small village, then the Dark Star Canyon where the Youchen Clan lived and multiplied was a prosperous place comparable to a human metropolis.

The Dark Star Canyon followed the trend of the Dark Star River, winding and twisting. The further he went, the more surprised Han Li was. On the surrounding cliffs, there began to appear huge altar-like buildings, with faint fluctuations of magic formations constantly coming from them.

Han Li knew that his identity was sensitive, and out of courtesy and other considerations, he only casually browsed the scenery along the way, without deliberately observing the architectural distribution of the entire canyon, let alone using too much divine sense.

Nuo Qinglin, who had been secretly observing all the way, nodded slightly when he saw this, with a hint of satisfaction on his face.

Near the middle of the canyon, the group arrived at the top of a relatively flat mountain cliff. Nuo Qinglin stopped, turned to Han Li and said, "The environment here is quite quiet. Fellow Daoist Li, please rest here for a few days."

Han Li looked around and found that there were Youchen Clan members living around, although they were not too close, it would be very convenient to monitor or surround this place.

"Thank you," he then smiled and said.

Then Nuo Qinglin did not stay, and immediately led the others to continue flying towards the depths of the canyon.

Nuo Yifan hesitated slightly and did not immediately follow, but came to Han Li and said to him with a slightly apologetic expression: "Senior Li's identity is special, please don't take offense."

"I have one thing I don't understand. Why are you not like the people of your clan, harboring prejudice against the human race?" Han Li asked with a smile.

"This... to be honest, my deceased mother was a human, and I have half human blood in my body," Nuo Yifan explained after hesitating for a moment.

Han Li nodded silently and said nothing more.

After the two separated, Han Li first scanned the surroundings with a flash of blue light in his eyes, and then his figure flickered and landed on the mountain cliff, walking towards the stone cave dwelling on the cliff wall.

Pushing open the two heavy stone doors of the cave, a stale smell of smoke and dust immediately came to his face.

Han Li frowned slightly, and waved his sleeves twice in the void. Immediately, wisps of breeze surged out from his sleeves, sweeping the dust in the room and taking it out of the cave.

Immediately afterwards, in the cave that had not been inhabited for a long time, wall lamps burning some kind of oil lit up one after another, emitting a faint musk scent, illuminating the entire stone room.

Han Li looked around and found that the cave was not too big, divided into inner and outer rooms, both only slightly larger than ordinary houses.

The outer room only had a stone table and a stone chair, and the inner room only had a stone bed. The furnishings were extremely simple.

After Han Li closed the stone door, he took out a number of formation flags and formation plates and began to arrange them in the stone cave.

About half an hour later, the formation that concealed the fluctuations of spiritual power was completed, and Han Li sat back on the stone bed, raising his hand and gently tapping the beetle ring on his hand.

The golden light on the ring lit up, and with a flash, it transformed back into a human form, landing beside Han Li.

"Jin Tong, for the next period of time, I want to retreat temporarily and try to see if I can improve my cultivation further. During this period, I need you and Xiao Bai to protect me," Han Li said to Jin Tong.

"Uncle, why do you suddenly want to retreat?" Jin Tong asked doubtfully.

"During this time, I have been bumping around in the desolate wilderness, and there are too many powerful fierce beasts I have encountered. During the next period of time in this Youchen Clan, although I am still surrounded by alien races, it is always safer than outside. Now that I am preparing for the worst, the Heavenly Court will never give up chasing me, and this desolate wilderness is far more dangerous than imagined. Only by improving my strength as much as possible can I continue to survive," Han Li said slowly.

"Uncle, don't say so much, just retreat with peace of mind. With me here, no one can disturb you!" Jin Tong patted his chest and said.

A smile appeared on Han Li's face, and he took out a storage bag from his sleeve, handed it to Jin Tong, and said, "There are still some old stocks in here, save some."

"Okay."

Jin Tong took the storage bag, smiled, and left the inner room, jumping to the stone table in the outer room, sat down cross-legged, and began to count the storage bag like a miser.

"Boss, don't forget me!"

The white jade Pixiu also jumped down from Han Li's body, trotted to Jin Tong's side, and rubbed against him like a small white dog, but was slapped away by Jin Tong with a look of disgust.

Seeing this, Han Li smiled slightly, slowly moved his gaze away from them, and with a wave of his hand, activated the formation to temporarily isolate the inner room.

After adjusting his breath for a moment, he waved his palm, and two jade slips and a waxy yellow ancient book appeared in his palm.

These two jade slips and ancient books were none other than the time cultivation methods secretly stored by the three major sects of the Northern Cold Immortal Domain: *Water Evolution Four Seasons*, *Mantra Wheel Sutra*, and *Illusionary Star Treasure*.

Previously on the road, he had read these three cultivation methods from beginning to end, and vaguely felt that there seemed to be some internal connection between the three, but he was too busy on the road to investigate it in detail at that time.

Today he intends to carefully compare them to see if he can help himself improve his cultivation as soon as possible by verifying each other.

Among these three cultivation methods, the one that Han Li is most familiar with is naturally the Mantra Wheel Sutra. He has already obtained six layers of this cultivation method, and due to the Palm Heaven Bottle, his cultivation is quite advanced. Although he has not yet cultivated the other two cultivation methods, with the foundation of the Mantra Wheel Sutra, combined with his own understanding of the power of the law of time, he will surely get twice the result with half the effort in comprehension.

After a slight thought, he first picked up the *Water Evolution Four Seasons*, immersed his mind in it, and carefully examined it.