Wang Yu
Chapter 29: Withered Vine
In an instant, cracking sounds arose as countless sharp sword energies shot down, striking the restriction.
Leng Yan Laozu also shouted loudly, and flicked his hands repeatedly, summoning those flying knife spirit treasures, chanting incantations in his mouth.
The twelve flying knives shone brightly, and swelled violently against the wind, instantly transforming into twelve giant knives hundreds of feet in size, carrying a strong sound of wind and thunder as they slashed towards the starry restriction.
Rumbling sounds continued one after another. Even though this starry restriction was powerful, it quickly became unsustainable under the swift joint offensive of Han Li and Leng Yan Laozu. The starlight on its surface flashed wildly, and after a moment, it finally shattered with a "bang," revealing the scene beneath.
Han Li's eyes swept over and he was immediately stunned.
Within the spirit field beneath this restriction, there grew more than a dozen blue spirit grasses that were several feet tall.
The main stems and leaves of this grass were crystal clear, as if cast from some kind of translucent blue jade. Between the branches and leaves, they emitted dazzling starlight, making them extremely extraordinary.
These blue spirit grasses had not been taken away by that Golden Immortal.
Lu Yuqing's face also showed a surprised expression, but Leng Yan Laozu, on the other hand, didn't seem surprised at all, as if he had expected this.
"Could this be... Star Brilliance Grass!" After a moment of thought, Han Li recognized these blue spirit grasses, and a hint of joy flashed in his eyes.
This grass is a famous spirit grass containing the power of stars. After countless days and nights of starlight illumination, it contains extremely pure stellar power and is an excellent material for refining star elixirs.
Judging by the size of these spirit grasses, they must be at least 500,000 years old.
As long as he could get some Star Brilliance Grass, even just one or two, and refine it into elixir, it would greatly shorten the time he needed to cultivate the second half of the Great Zhou Celestial Stellar Art.
At that moment, a crystal light suddenly shot out from the side, enveloping these dozen Star Brilliance Grasses. It was Leng Yan Laozu.
His ten fingers moved in quick succession, and these Star Brilliance Grasses were all uprooted and flown back, wrapped in crystal light.
Leng Yan Laozu waved his hand and unceremoniously collected all of these Star Brilliance Grasses.
Seeing this scene, Han Li's expression changed slightly, but he didn't say anything.
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Han, for your help this time. If Fellow Daoist Han needs my help later, I will definitely not refuse." Leng Yan Laozu said with a smile, without mentioning the matter of sharing the spirit grass.
Han Li looked at Leng Yan Laozu and said nothing.
"Fellow Daoist Leng Yan, these spirit grasses are for Brother Han and you..." Lu Yuqing frowned and couldn't help but say.
Halfway through her words, she was interrupted by Han Li raising his hand.
"Since these Star Brilliance Grasses were discovered by Fellow Daoist Leng Yan first, they are naturally his. There's no need to say more." Han Li said lightly, turning around and walking towards the deepest part of the medicinal garden, towards that spirit field.
Lu Yuqing glanced coldly at Leng Yan Laozu and followed.
Leng Yan Laozu always wore a smile on his face and followed, a trace of complacency flashing in the depths of his eyes.
After so many contacts, he had figured out Han Li's temperament. He had originally planned that if Han Li mentioned it, he would go along with the flow and give some of the spirit grass to the other party, using it as a bargaining chip so that Han Li could take care of him in other aspects in the future.
As a result, the other party seemed to care about things like face, and gave up competing for the Star Brilliance Grass after he squeezed him slightly.
But this was even better, and he could just continue to take advantage of this person.
Of course, he would control the degree of it himself.
The three of them soon arrived in front of the last medicinal field.
Han Li looked at the purple restriction in front of him and gave a soft shout, making a hand seal.
The cyan sword lotus shone brightly and became a little bigger again. At the same time, it spun and turned, and one lotus petal after another detached from the sword lotus and shot out, turning into more than a dozen thick, crystal giant swords, striking the purple light curtain.
Each giant sword emitted an extremely terrifying aura and a chilling sword pressure, and the void trembled wherever it passed.
Bang bang bang!
The crystal giant swords struck the light curtain, erupting into bursts of dazzling electric light, but without exception, the crystal giant swords were all bounced away.
The purple light curtain trembled slightly, and then immediately returned to calm.
Seeing this scene, Han Li frowned. This purple restriction was much more resilient than he had expected.
Seeing this, Lu Yuqing immediately took action.
Giant cyan wind blades shot out, striking the restriction in front of her.
Leng Yan Laozu also sacrificed those flying knives at this time, slashing towards the purple restriction.
The three of them joining forces made the momentum much greater, but the purple restriction still didn't have any major reaction, easily blocking all three people's attacks.
"It seems that this restriction is extraordinary, and it may be difficult to break it with ordinary methods. Let's use the Great Five Elements Spirit Absorbing True Light to break it." Han Li said, waving his hand and summoning the three spirit treasures.
Leng Yan Laozu didn't say anything when he heard this, and also summoned the other two spirit treasures, urging them with magic.
After a while, a thick five-colored beam of light descended from the sky, and clusters of five-colored spiritual spheres shot out from it, striking the purple light curtain.
Rumbling sounds continued, and the entire medicinal garden was shaking and trembling.
Although the purple light curtain was extremely resilient, the Great Five Elements Spirit Absorbing True Light was even more mysterious. Under the repeated bombardments, the purple light curtain slowly became thinner, and soon only a thin layer remained.
Han Li's eyes flashed, and he pinched his fingers.
More than a dozen crystal giant swords shone brightly and slashed fiercely on the purple light curtain.
Only a "bang" was heard!
The purple light curtain could no longer withstand it and shattered, revealing the situation inside.
Seeing this scene, Han Li and the others immediately looked inside.
This spirit field was a muddy swamp, filled with purple-black silt, with large purple bubbles popping up from time to time and exploding with a bang.
A purple gas spread out, mixed with rolling heat waves.
A faint purple mist floated above the swamp, with faint arcs of electricity flickering within it, and the air was filled with a trembling aura.
Although this purple-black silt looked filthy, it contained extremely rich spiritual power, and there were also fluctuations of lightning power, which was obviously not ordinary soil.
"Thunder Marsh Breath Soil!" Han Li muttered to himself, looking at the purple-black silt.
In order to cultivate various spirit grasses, he had been painstakingly studying the preparation methods of various spirit soils for many years, and his understanding of spirit soils could be considered at the master level.
This Thunder Marsh Breath Soil is an extremely precious spirit soil, and it is the best spirit soil for cultivating thunder-attribute spirit grasses and elixirs.
However, the preparation method of this spirit soil had been lost long ago. Han Li had also tried to find it before, but had never been able to find it. He never thought he would find it here.
He waved his hand, and golden lightning flashed, and two Dao soldiers emerged.
"Collect this breath soil." Han Li took out two storage bags, threw them to the Dao soldiers, and ordered.
The two Dao soldiers took the storage bags, turned and walked away, quickly starting to collect the spirit soil here.
Leng Yan Laozu's expression changed slightly when he saw Han Li's actions, and he also waved his hand and emitted a beam of light, collecting a piece of purple silt beside him.
Lu Yuqing frowned slightly, seeming to dislike this purple silt very much, and did not take action to collect it.
Han Li glanced at Leng Yan Laozu, then turned his eyes to the center of the spirit field.
There was another purple light cover, shaped like a hemisphere, covering the spirit field.
He moved and flew over.
Lu Yuqing moved her lotus steps lightly and followed.
Seeing the actions of the two, Leng Yan Laozu couldn't bother collecting the Thunder Marsh Breath Soil, and hurriedly followed.
This purple light cover was exactly the same as the purple lightning restriction outside, but it looked much thinner.
Han Li did not use the Great Five Elements Spirit Absorbing True Light, but sacrificed the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords and struck it a few times, breaking it open.
Under the light cover was a purple stone altar, about ten feet high, built entirely of a purple crystal. It was engraved with lightning patterns, which seemed to be some kind of formation runes, looking very mysterious.
At the top of the stone altar was another layer of purple restriction light curtain, like a lid, covering the top of the stone altar, making it impossible to see the situation inside.
"One after another, how many layers of restrictions are there?" Lu Yuqing couldn't help but complain.
Han Li's eyes flashed, and he saw two humanoid puppets lying on the ground beside the stone altar.
These two puppets were dark gold in color and full of power, exactly the same as the bronze puppet Han Li encountered when he obtained the Great Zhou Celestial Stellar Art.
However, one of these two puppets had been split in half from head to toe, revealing the various structures inside, while the other had been beheaded and had already lost its spirituality, becoming a dead object.
The wounds on the puppets looked very fresh, obviously something that had happened not long ago.
Seeing this situation, Han Li's expression darkened.
This place had indeed been visited by that person, and even if there were any treasures in the stone altar, they must have been taken away.
Leng Yan Laozu and the other two also thought of this, and their expressions also sank.
After taking a deep breath, Han Li shook his head slightly and stopped thinking about it. He turned his head and glanced at the two bronze puppets beside him, especially lingering on the beheaded puppet, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.
The next moment, he raised his hand and emitted a cyan light, wrapping the remains of the two puppets and collecting them.
With the remains of these two bronze men, especially the beheaded puppet, whose puppet core was not damaged, the Crab Daoist should be able to repair a puppet.
Han Li was very clear about the power of this bronze puppet. If he had one by his side, it would definitely be of great help at a critical moment.
Leng Yan Laozu's eyes flashed, seemingly a little annoyed, but he quickly regained his composure.
After collecting the puppets, Han Li pointed his finger at the stone altar, and two cyan flying swords shot out, intersecting and slashing on the purple light curtain, twisting fiercely.
This layer of purple restriction was not strong and easily shattered.
Han Li and the others looked inside and were all stunned.
On the ground inside the stone altar, a wooden frame had been built, and a long vine was wrapped around it, which had not been picked yet.
However, although this vine was long, it was withered and brownish-gray, and it had withered and died. Judging from the traces on the surface, it seemed to have died for a long time.