"The design here is truly ingenious. We didn't even notice the slightest spatial fluctuation before entering..." Lu Yuqing nodded, sincerely admiring.

"I have a guess that this place might have originally been a one-way passage. The triggering mechanism is on this side, so you can only go to the garden from here. I wonder if it's because the archway was damaged that it has become a situation where both sides can communicate with each other." Han Li pondered for a moment and suddenly said.

Hearing this, Lu Yuqing immediately probed the archway and soon discovered that there were indeed waves of spatial fluctuations coming from it from time to time.

"Now that we've entered this hidden space, it should be difficult for them to find us." Lu Yuqing retracted her gaze and looked at Han Li.

"We can't be careless. Didn't they use some kind of secret technique to track us down before?" Han Li shook his head.

Lu Yuqing fell silent upon hearing this.

Han Li's eyes narrowed slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he suddenly waved his sleeve.

A golden light flew out from his body, revealing a yellow-robed Taoist, who was none other than Xie Daoren.

"Han Daoyou, although I am a puppet and recognize you as my master, haven't you been summoning me a bit too frequently these days?" Xie Daoren transmitted his voice to Han Li after appearing, glancing at Lu Yuqing.

"With a formidable enemy at hand, I have no choice. This time I'm summoning you to give you some immortal essence stones for emergencies... see if it's enough?" Han Li smiled wryly, flipped his hand, took out a storage bag, and handed it over, saying.

"Besides what's needed to activate some secret techniques, the rest is barely enough for me to repair the previous damage." Xie Daoren's expression remained unchanged as he took the storage bag and examined it, saying.

"Good, then Xie Daoyou should go back and recuperate first. Once I summon you out again, it will probably be a critical moment." Han Li nodded.

Xie Daoren didn't say anything more. His figure transformed into a golden light again and flew into Han Li's sleeve.

Lu Yuqing quietly watched this scene. Although she inevitably felt curious about Xie Daoren's identity, she wisely didn't ask too much.

"In any case, let's figure out where this is first..."

Han Li muttered to himself, his gaze drifting into the distance as he released his spiritual sense to explore the mountains.

After a moment, he retracted his spiritual sense, his brow furrowed, and said:

"This place is a bit strange. It seems to be an independent space. When my spiritual sense flies outside the range of the mountains, it encounters obstacles everywhere. The only area I can explore is the part of the mountains."

"Then what should we do now? Should we go take a look over there?" Lu Yuqing asked.

"If this is a closed area, there won't be just one exit. Let's go look at the mountain peaks over there first, and maybe we can find an exit to leave this place." Han Li pondered for a moment, then said.

Lu Yuqing nodded, naturally agreeing with Han Li's judgment.

After deciding, the two immediately set off, transforming into two flying rainbows, and flew towards the depths of the mountains together.

In mid-air, Han Li realized that what had previously been obscured by the mountain body was that the entire mountain range was not extending in a straight line, but after extending for more than ten miles, it branched out from the middle, turning into two branch mountain ranges.

"Han-dage, which way do we go?" Lu Yuqing looked at the fork in the road below and asked.

Hearing this, Han Li looked at the two mountain ranges below and projected his spiritual sense down again, wanting to explore something from them, but the result was the same as before, with little success.

"For now, I can't see any difference between the two sides, so I can only explore them all. Let's go to this one first..."

Han Li stopped speaking when he suddenly felt something in his heart before his finger could land.

To his surprise, the seventy-two Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords in his body had suddenly become strangely restless, constantly conveying an indescribable emotion to him through his mind.

This emotion was like excitement, surprise, mania, and agitation...

After a little deliberation, Han Li flipped his palm, a flash of green light passed, and a Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword floated in his palm.

However, as soon as the sword appeared, it immediately darted forward, wanting to fly towards the mountain range on the lower right. If Han Li hadn't moved his mind and immediately controlled it, he would have lost a flying sword just now.

"Han-dage, this is..." Lu Yuqing asked quickly upon seeing this.

"I don't know why, but my natal flying sword seems to be responding to something and wants to fly towards that mountain range." Han Li grasped the sword hilt and looked at the mountain range below.

"Since Han-dage's flying sword is quite spiritual, it must have sensed some opportunity, right? We have to choose a path anyway, so since the flying sword has chosen this side, why don't we just follow it?" Lu Yuqing thought for a while and said with a smile.

"Alright." Han Li nodded after pondering for a moment.

With that, the two flew towards the mountain range on the right.

As they approached the fork, Han Li suddenly stopped again and turned to look at the location of the archway.

"Lu Guniang, can you give me a piece of your dress fabric?" He suddenly asked.

Although a trace of doubt flashed in Lu Yuqing's eyes, she did not hesitate. She immediately lifted her dress and tore off a piece of the skirt, handing it to Han Li.

After Han Li took it, he flicked his wrist and summoned two Giant Ape Puppets.

He first tied Lu Yuqing's piece of clothing to the finger of one of the puppets, and then put a section of his own spiritual sense into the other puppet's body, ordering them to fly down towards the mountain range on the left.

Upon seeing this, Lu Yuqing's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but admire: "Han-dage is still more thoughtful. This way, even if those people can catch up here, they may not be able to find us immediately."

"If we're lucky, they'll really go over there. Whether they trigger some mechanism or fight with my puppets, as long as they make a noise, we'll be able to notice it in advance." Han Li said slowly.

Hearing this, Lu Yuqing felt some doubts in her heart. What kind of growth experience does it take to make a person's mind so terrifyingly meticulous?

"Okay, let's go."

After Han Li called out, he continued to fly towards the mountain range on the right, and Lu Yuqing quickly followed.

Just as the two flew above this mountain range, the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword in Han Li's hand suddenly trembled violently, actually generating a great force out of thin air, dragging him down.

As he approached the forest, green light suddenly surged from Han Li's sleeves, stirring up on its own.

Then, the cuffs suddenly opened, and green light gushed out from inside. One Green Flying Sword after another shot out from it, flying towards the bottom.

Han Li couldn't help but feel startled. He quickly tightened his cuffs while using his mind to contact the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword, wanting to summon it back, but the dozens of swords that had already flown out seemed to be completely out of control and refused to obey his orders.

After taking a deep breath, his body was surrounded by green light, and he dashed towards the direction of the flying swords.

Lu Yuqing's eyes narrowed, and without much hesitation, she immediately followed.

After landing, Han Li's heart suddenly tightened.

He suddenly realized that the mental connection between him and those flying swords that had just flown away had suddenly broken in just an instant. At this moment, he couldn't feel those flying swords at all.

He suppressed the anxiety in his heart and glanced around, discovering that he was in a desolate garden overgrown with weeds, surrounded by messy, decaying withered grass and low trees.

Under his feet, there seemed to have originally been a bluestone path, but it had been buried by withered branches and leaves mixed with soil and was almost impossible to see clearly.

Han Li's face was gloomy, and his spiritual sense constantly swept around, but he didn't find anything.

At this time, the remaining flying swords in his hand and sleeves were still tossing and turning, trying to break through his confinement.

Han Li glanced at the still stirring sleeves, and suddenly loosened his palm, releasing the flying sword in his hand.

"嗖"

The Green Flying Sword immediately shot out from his palm and darted into the depths of the garden in a flash.

A light flashed in Han Li's eyes, his mind locked tightly on the flying sword, and his figure darted up, chasing after it.

A strange scene appeared!

The flying sword flew straight through layers of obstacles, all the way to the depths of the garden, and finally pierced straight into a half-person-high Black Tombstone, fully submerged in it.

The Black Tombstone was square and upright. Apart from some mottled traces left by the erosion of time, there was only some smooth, dark green moss. There were no inscriptions on it.

However, behind the tombstone, there was a large bulge, which looked no different from an ordinary grave.

Blue light surged in Han Li's eyes as he scanned the Black Tombstone with his Bright Sight Spirit Eyes. He only felt that there were waves of spatial ripples that were difficult to distinguish with the naked eye.

He frowned and walked forward, raising his hand to press down on the tombstone.

A layer of black light rippled on the tombstone, flashed a few times, and then returned to its original state.

Han Li frowned and pressed around on the tombstone, but no matter how he tried, only black light rippled on the tombstone, and there was no other reaction.

At this time, Lu Yuqing also rushed over, and after converging her escape light, she stopped beside Han Li. After glancing around, her gaze also fell on the tombstone, and she examined it intently.

"This tombstone..." After a moment, she said hesitantly.

"What? Do you recognize this thing?" Han Li turned to look at her and asked.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be a Realm-Crossing Stele. There is also one in our Island King's Mansion." Lu Yuqing said.

"Realm-Crossing Stele? What is that?" Han Li was slightly stunned and asked doubtfully.

"Similar to a teleportation array, it is also a kind of spatial magic weapon. However, it is a one-way transmission. After passing through, you cannot return the same way." Lu Yuqing explained.

"Do you have any way to activate this thing?" Han Li's heart moved and he asked quickly.