"What kind of spiritual vine is this? It's being protected so carefully. It seems like it must have been a precious treasure, but it's a pity it lost its vitality many years ago. It must have been a failed cultivation," Lu Yuqing sighed.

"Hmph, this is a case of 'man proposes, God disposes.' That person who came here before us didn't manage to get this thing either," Leng Yan Old Ancestor said with a bit of schadenfreude.

Han Li simply stood to the side in silence, his gaze constantly moving up and down the withered vine.

But then he seemed to discover something, staring intently at the object, his eyes even flashing with a hint of blue light.

"Brother Han, what's wrong?" Lu Yuqing asked, a look of surprise on her face.

Han Li didn't answer, and he flew down.

Lu Yuqing hurriedly followed, and Leng Yan Old Ancestor's eyes flashed with a strange color as he also followed immediately.

Han Li landed next to the vine, picking up a section of the withered vine and examining it carefully, the blue light in his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

"Sigh…"

He suddenly sighed, his face showing an extremely regretful expression, and he put down the withered vine in his hand.

Leng Yan Old Ancestor and Lu Yuqing were full of doubts, each picking up a section of the withered vine and looking at it carefully, their expressions both shifting slightly.

Some curved patterns could be vaguely seen on these withered vines, resembling characters but not characters, resembling paintings but not paintings, somewhat similar to Silver Tadpole Script and Golden Seal Script, but even more mysterious, like the embodiment of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

These patterns were very faint, and they would definitely not have been able to discover them unless they were brought up close.

"This is… Mysterious Mark!" Leng Yan Old Ancestor gasped, speaking slowly.

"There's no mistake, these patterns that contain the aura of the Great Dao only appear on Mysterious Objects born from heaven and earth in legends. This withered vine is probably a Profound Immortal Vine, but the Mysterious Object on it was taken away, causing it to wither automatically into this state," Lu Yuqing said with a wry smile.

Han Li pointed to a spot on the withered vine.

Leng Yan Old Ancestor and Lu Yuqing followed his finger and looked, only to see a thin break in the withered vine. Although it had become less obvious because the vine had withered, it could still be seen upon closer inspection.

This break was clearly formed after something had been plucked off.

"Sure enough, we're still a step late…" Lu Yuqing also sighed.

Mysterious Objects could be refined into Prime Immortal artifacts, how precious, just a little bit short, and they missed out on it.

Leng Yan Old Ancestor also revealed an extremely regretful expression, stamping his feet in frustration.

"Forget it, it's already been taken away, there's nothing we can do. It seems our luck is a bit lacking," Han Li said calmly.

At that moment, a yellow flash appeared on top of the stone altar, and the two Dao soldiers flew in, holding two bulging storage bags in their hands.

The Thunder Swamp Breath Soil outside was basically all collected into them.

Han Li reached out and took the two storage bags, then with a wave of his hand, he put away the two Dao soldiers, about to say something.

Just then, an anomaly occurred!

The star restriction above the medicine garden flickered and trembled, fluctuating violently, emitting a huge rumbling sound.

Han Li and the other two were startled and looked up.

They only heard a loud "boom" as a terrifying attack struck the star restriction, causing countless cracks to appear on the restriction that had only recovered a little bit of its power, before it suddenly shattered.

"Hahaha! What a rich aura of spirit medicine, this must definitely be the medicine garden." A loud laugh came from above, the voice belonging to Xue Han.

Leng Yan Old Ancestor's face turned pale, and his hands immediately formed a hand seal, his mouth rapidly chanting an incantation.

At the same time, a light flashed on his body, and his entire person instantly merged into the ground, disappearing.

Seeing this, Han Li frowned slightly, also forming a hand seal, rubbing his hands together.

A stream of dim light enveloped his and Lu Yuqing's bodies, and the two of them instantly disappeared.

The star restriction shattered, turning into countless streams of light that scattered.

Almost as soon as Han Li and the others used their secret techniques to hide, a group of cultivators flew down, it was Xue Han and the other Ghost Cry Sect cultivators.

As soon as Xue Han stabilized his body, his gaze looked downward, and the smile on his face suddenly froze, his flying figure stopping in mid-air.

The others were the same, stunned in place.

Where could they see even a single spiritual herb in the various medicine fields in the garden? Even the roots of the herbs had been dug up, and even the spiritual soil used to cultivate the spiritual herbs had been scraped off a layer. It was a complete mess everywhere. If not for the layout here, they would probably not be able to tell that it was a medicine garden.

"Damn it, someone beat us to it!" Next to Xue Han, a sallow-faced middle-aged man said resentfully.

The expressions on the faces of the others didn't look good either.

Xue Han's face was even more extremely ugly, with rolling anger accumulating between his eyebrows.

Seeing Xue Han's face, the others immediately fell silent.

"Don't all just stand here like idiots, look around to see if anything was left behind," Xue Han took a deep breath, the anger on his face slightly diminished, and said.

The others hurriedly agreed and dispersed, searching in the medicine garden.

Xue Han stood in mid-air without moving, his gaze looking towards all parts of the medicine garden, and his spiritual sense also spread out.

Behind a large rock in the corner of the medicine garden, a ball of phantom was suspended there.

Two blurry figures stood in the phantom, precisely Han Li and Lu Yuqing.

Han Li's expression was solemn, and he was muttering incantations, his ten fingers rapidly forming hand seals, and streams of spells flew out.

The dim light fluctuated gently, slowly merging with the void.

Xue Han and the others' spiritual senses swept past here, without stopping at all, obviously not discovering anything unusual.

Han Li's face relaxed slightly, but the movements of his hands did not relax at all, and he was still constantly forming hand seals and casting spells.

At this moment, Xue Han's gaze suddenly condensed while in mid-air, looking towards the stone altar in the depths of the medicine garden, and with a wave of his hand.

A black light flew out, flashing and disappearing into the stone altar, quickly flying out, wrapping the withered vine inside, and landing in front of him.

The others searched everywhere, but found nothing. Seeing Xue Han's actions, they all flew over.

"This is… Profound Immortal Vine!" Xue Han looked at the withered vine, his body suddenly shook, and he spoke.

"Profound Immortal Vine? Looking at the patterns on it, it's indeed very likely! Damn it, the Mysterious Treasure on it was also plucked off by that thief!" A sallow-faced middle-aged man's face changed, and he said angrily.

"Lord, the spiritual herbs here and this Mysterious Treasure must have been taken away by Leng Yan and his group. Fortunately, this Nethercold Palace isn't that big, and looking at the situation here, that person should have just left not long ago, we should chase after them quickly, we should be able to catch up," another tall, thin Daoist immediately said.

"That's right!" The others also spoke up one after another.

In the shadows behind the big rock, a hint of joy flashed in Han Li's eyes.

As long as Xue Han and the others left, he could take the opportunity to escape without anyone knowing.

In fact, it wasn't that he was really afraid of this Xue Han. With his current strength, even if he couldn't defeat him head-on, he was confident that he had some chance of protecting himself and escaping. But if that happened, Lu Yuqing would not be able to protect herself, and he was still quite interested in the map on her body.

After listening to the words of the people around him, Xue Han slowly raised his head, looking towards all parts of the medicine garden, and suddenly formed a hand seal in his hand and waved.

A ball of black light flew out from his hand, flying into the mid-air.

The black light squirmed for a moment as if it were alive, and then expanded with a "哗啦" sound, turning into a black net, covering the sky above the medicine garden.

In the shadows, Han Li's face sank.

"Lord?" The tall, thin Daoist asked suspiciously.

"That's right, the person who picked the spiritual herbs and the Mysterious Treasure may not have gone far, but there is also a possibility that he is still hiding here. No possibility can be let go, that Mysterious Object must be seized!" A flash of fiery light flashed in Xue Han's eyes.

After all, if he could possess an Immortal artifact refined from a Mysterious Object, his strength would greatly increase. In that case, his say in his own faction would be greater, and he might even be able to rise above certain people.

"But there's no one here?" The yellow-faced middle-aged man frowned.

"It's possible that they used some kind of secret technique to hide their tracks, preventing us from detecting them. The Lord is right, no detail can be let go," the tall, thin Daoist said, his eyes looking around.

"There is indeed such a possibility." The yellow-faced middle-aged man nodded upon hearing these words.

Xue Han ignored the discussions of the people around him, and sneered, muttering incantations in his mouth.

A ball of silver light flew out from his body, but it was a flawless white pagoda, half a foot high, with mysterious patterns engraved on it.

"Violet Tower!" The tall, thin Daoist's eyes lit up.

The white pagoda rapidly grew larger, turning into a pagoda more than one person tall in the blink of an eye, and all the patterns on it lit up, spinning around.

Circles of dazzling white ripples emerged from the pagoda, and then spread out towards the surroundings.

The void suddenly rippled like water waves, and the earth's spiritual energy also trembled, as if it resonated with these white ripples.

The white ripples quickly filled the entire medicine garden, and the place where Han Li and the other two were located was also affected by the white ripples.

The dim light around the two people suddenly trembled, and they gradually emerged from the void, their figures becoming clearer and clearer.

Han Li's expression changed, and the incantation in his mouth became more urgent, his hands forming hand seals like wheels.

But no matter how he cast spells, he couldn't stop the appearance of the two figures.

At this moment, a ball of dim light emerged in another corner of the medicine garden, followed by a muffled sound. The dim light shattered, revealing Leng Yan Old Ancestor's figure, his face full of panic.

"Leng Yan, it really is you." Xue Han looked at Leng Yan Old Ancestor, a cold light flashing in his eyes.

Leng Yan Old Ancestor's body trembled, a hint of despair appeared in his eyes, and his gaze suddenly looked around, as if searching for something.

"The fate of a traitor is only death. Kill him," Xue Han said calmly.

The Ghost Cry Sect crowd agreed and rushed towards Leng Yan Old Ancestor.

The two in front were the tall, thin Daoist and the yellow-faced middle-aged man.

The tall, thin Daoist waved his hands, and balls of cyan light flew out, flashing with streaks of cyan lightning, shooting towards Leng Yan Old Ancestor.

The yellow-faced middle-aged man's body shone with blood-colored light, and his entire person instantly turned into a blood-colored pillar of light.

A huge ghost phantom emerged in the blood-colored pillar of light, its mouth biting down fiercely towards Leng Yan Old Ancestor.

"Bone Flame Scatter, Jing Ming True Man… you two thieves…" Leng Yan Old Ancestor's body shone with starlight, flying backwards, shouting sternly.

Before he could finish speaking, streams of spiritual treasure light had already arrived with a bang, engulfing his figure.