Not long after, Han Li's figure appeared in White Jade City, on a somewhat secluded street.

"Fellow Daoist Han, I need to immediately set up a formation to refine this Thunder Soul Crystal," Xie Daoist's voice echoed in his mind.

"What do you need me to prepare?" Han Li asked through divine sense while continuing his pace.

Immediately afterward, a set of information entered his mind, including the array formation method and a list of required materials.

"I understand. I'll gather everything as soon as possible, and then arrange a secret room for you back at Scarlet Cloud Peak," Han Li pondered slightly and replied.

Although there were quite a few materials listed, including some spiritual materials that were not easy to find, it would have taken quite a bit of effort to gather them normally. However, White Jade City was currently crowded with forces and guilds from the entire Gu Yun Continent and even nearby continents. Plus, he had the support of the Faceless Alliance, so as long as he spent more immortal essence stones and spirit stones, it shouldn't be difficult to collect everything.

As for the formation itself, although it looked a bit complicated, it was not a difficult task for him.

"There's no need to go to so much trouble. A secret room in the inn will suffice. I've also solved most of the problems encountered by the puppet, and it should be done within these few days," Xie Daoist said.

Han Li nodded and flew toward the nearest material shop.

It wasn't until nightfall that he returned to the secret room in the inn where he was staying.

Han Li first flipped his palm and took out a stack of array flags. With a seemingly casual wave of his hand, all the array flags flew out in all directions, landing in various parts of the room, forming a strange array.

As he chanted an incantation, five layers of thin and thick restriction light curtains emerged alternately, enveloping the room layer by layer, as if it were an iron bucket.

After doing all this, Han Li waved his hand and released a burst of green light, sending all the tables, chairs, and benches in the room to a corner, clearing a large space in the middle. Then, he took out some Thunder Restraint Wood and a large pile of various colored objects.

"Huh!"

Han Li's expression suddenly changed slightly, and he flipped his hand again, taking out a purple spiritual talisman from his storage bracelet. The talisman was densely covered with silver lines, and it was the Azure Wind Immortal Locking Talisman.

When he was taking things out, he happened to see this item in a corner of the storage bracelet, and something suddenly came to his mind.

Wasn't the masked red-robed woman the Gan Jiuzhen who gave him this Azure Wind Immortal Locking Talisman in the first place?

Although this woman's aura was slightly different from Gan Jiuzhen's at the time, it was probably because she had deliberately changed it, which was why he hadn't remembered it all along.

"Gan Jiuzhen... Jiao San... A high-ranking member of the Faceless Alliance who wears a crimson mask like Lin San. I didn't expect her to come to the Candle Dragon Path as well," he murmured to himself. Then, he shook his head, put away the Azure Wind Immortal Locking Talisman, and ignored it.

He didn't have a deep friendship with Gan Jiuzhen in the first place. He didn't care what she came to the Candle Dragon Path for, and he didn't think it had anything to do with him.

After calming his mind, Han Li began to draw on the ground.

This busy work lasted for two or three hours. Until dawn, a circular magic circle about ten zhang in radius appeared in the middle of the room, which had been empty. It was densely covered with spiritual patterns, and the Thunder Restraint Wood around it had faint flashes of lightning, as if it were about to be unleashed.

Han Li let out a long sigh and patted his storage bag. A golden light shot out and landed in the center of the magic circle, revealing Xie Daoist's current body.

Xie Daoist glanced around and nodded at Han Li before sitting down cross-legged.

"Fellow Daoist Xie, do you need me to protect you during this process?" Han Li asked.

"No need, I can handle this alone," Xie Daoist directly refused.

"Then take care," Han Li nodded upon hearing this.

There were still a few days before the first sermon. He wanted to take this opportunity to try to find some materials for the Dao Pill. If it wasn't necessary, he wouldn't want to waste his time here.

Xie Daoist didn't delay. He immediately made a hand seal and began to chant an incantation.

Crack!

Strands of thick golden electric arcs emerged from its chest and quickly spread to all parts of its body.

The magic circle on the ground also emitted strands of golden electric arcs, which condensed into mysterious lightning runes that echoed the golden electric arcs on the puppet's body. They quickly intertwined and began to slowly rotate.

In the blink of an eye, a golden thunderball flashing with lightning formed around Xie Daoist, with electric arcs surging on the surface. Occasionally, one or two thick bolts of lightning splashed out and struck the surroundings.

Fortunately, the entire room had been covered with five layers of restrictions, and these leaked lightning bolts were immediately blocked by the restrictions.

Han Li didn't leave immediately, but stood in a corner of the room and observed.

As a crackling sound came from the top of Xie Daoist's head, strands of dazzling purple lightning that looked like electric snakes emerged, enveloping its head.

Within the purple lightning, a crystal phantom could be vaguely seen, which was the Thunder Soul Crystal.

These purple lightning bolts were slightly different from the lightning power emitted by the mussel pearl before, and were more crystal clear.

Rumble!

As the purple lightning danced, it quickly spread across Xie Daoist's body. Wherever it passed, the light emanating from the puppet became brighter, as if some key nodes had been opened up.

Seeing this, Han Li nodded slightly and was about to turn around and leave.

At this moment, the phantom of the Thunder Soul Crystal on Xie Daoist's head suddenly jumped, and the purple lightning suddenly surged, accelerating its spread on its body. Strands of purple lightning flew out and merged with the golden thunderball outside.

The originally calm golden thunderball suddenly fluctuated, and a huge bulge appeared on it.

With a loud "bang"!

One of the bulges burst open, and strands of golden lightning mixed with purple lightning shot out in all directions, hitting the first layer of cyan restriction in the room.

Chi la!

The cyan restriction only lasted for one or two breaths before being shattered and torn apart.

The remaining two-colored lightning bolts continued to shoot out, hitting the second layer of yellow restriction.

The yellow restriction's light quickly dimmed and became thin, and it looked like it was about to shatter again.

Not only that, but a second huge bulge on the giant golden thunderball shattered again with a bang.

The roaring sound was loud, and strands of even thicker two-colored lightning bolts blasted towards all directions.

Seeing the series of sudden changes before him, Han Li frowned slightly.

In the next moment, he spun around in place, and four giant Sacred Beast phantoms emerged around him: the Black Tortoise, the Thunder Roc, the Giant Ape, and the Divine Dragon.

At the same time, the four Sacred Beast phantoms opened their mouths and each spat out black, silver, yellow, and red rays of light, which entered the surrounding four layers of restrictions.

The four layers of restrictions seemed to have taken a great tonic, and the light suddenly shone brightly, thickening several times. The originally dim yellow light curtain also instantly regained its brightness, and a giant ape phantom vaguely appeared on it.

噼里啪啦!

Strands of thick lightning struck the yellow light curtain, making huge clang sounds, like the collision of metal and stone.

The yellow light curtain flashed wildly again, and the giant ape phantom on it quickly dimmed. The originally thick light curtain became thin again at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Han Li's face was solemn, and he chanted an incantation while making hand seals like a wheel.

As the four layers of restriction light curtains flickered, a ring of four-colored light rolled out from the center with a "chi la" sound, rippling in all directions.

As the light flickered, the four layers of restriction light curtains actually merged into one, turning into a four-colored light curtain that was several feet thick, emitting metal-like four-colored brilliance.

As soon as it took shape, strands of gold and purple lightning snakes struck the light curtain, but as the four-colored spiritual light flowed on the surface of the light curtain, the originally violent lightning seemed to disappear like a mud cow entering the sea.

The four-colored light curtain only trembled slightly, without the slightest sign of shattering.

Han Li's expression relaxed, but he still did not loosen the hand seals in his hand.

As time passed, the four Sacred Beast phantoms on his body became clearer and clearer, and the continuously spewing four-colored light pillars merged into the four-colored light curtain, making it more and more stable.

From beginning to end, Xie Daoist sat in the center of the magic circle with his eyes closed, surrounded by lightning, seemingly unaware of the surrounding situation.

Seeing this, Han Li couldn't help but feel speechless. If he hadn't acted in time to stop it, the power of the lightning just now would have been enough to tear apart the remaining four layers of light curtain restrictions.

At that time, the entire inn would have been destroyed, and the secret of the Golden Immortal puppet would have been exposed.

After pondering for a while, Han Li asked about the situation through voice transmission.

However, Xie Daoist did not respond at all, as if he hadn't heard him.

Han Li didn't say anything more. Naturally, he changed his original idea of leaving immediately and decided to stay and see what happened.

Time passed little by little, and in the blink of an eye, two or three hours had passed.

The purple lightning flying out of Xie Daoist's head not only did not diminish in the slightest, but became more and more intense and bright.

The surrounding golden thunderball became more and more unstable, rolling violently. Strands of thicker gold and purple lightning struck in all directions, and there was no sign of stopping.

In a corner of the room, Han Li was making hand seals, maintaining the four-colored light curtain, with a somewhat gloomy expression.

Under such circumstances, he obviously couldn't leave.

Three days later.

Han Li sat cross-legged on the ground, making hand seals, still maintaining the four-colored light curtain.

In the center of the magic circle, Xie Daoist was now covered in purple lightning from head to toe, forming a purple lightning armor at first glance.

The golden thunderball formed by the magic circle had also grown a lot, almost filling half of the room. The golden lightning flowed, and there was no sign of ending.

Seeing this, Han Li's expression became even more gloomy.

The sermon was about to begin today, and he didn't know when Xie Daoist would be finished. If he delayed any longer, he might miss the sermon.

If he had known this would happen, he would have taken Xie Daoist back to Scarlet Cloud Peak that day. The restrictions in the cave were set up by him over the years, and their power was far superior to this place. Even if no one was there to support them, they should be able to withstand the overflowing lightning power.

It was too late to say anything now. He couldn't leave rashly at this time, otherwise it was very likely that all his previous efforts would be in vain.

Just at this moment, an unexpected change occurred!

The lightning magic circle suddenly shone brightly, and countless lightning runes emerged in all parts of the magic circle.

This scene fell into Han Li's eyes, but it made his heart move. He quickly looked over.

After a series of crackling explosions, the purple lightning that was originally distributed around Xie Daoist suddenly shone brightly, and then all of them flashed into his body. The surrounding golden thunderball also fluctuated violently, and then all the golden lightning flowed back like a long whale sucking water, vying to enter his body.