Wang Yu
Chapter 96: The Reappearance of the Green Liquid
As for the Soulbirth Flower needed to refine the Earth Fiend incarnation, he would have to find another way.
Thinking this, he turned around and returned to the secret chamber, standing in front of the wooden table.
On the table was a jade plate containing a head-sized, hazy blue object, the Earth Fiend incarnation head previously enshrined in the forbidden area of Wumeng Island.
A few days ago, when he went to see Luo Feng, he had borrowed the head for research.
He took the head from the jade plate and placed it on the ground, then sat cross-legged on a prayer mat, chanting incantations.
A layer of green light radiated from his body, enveloping the entire blue head and lifting it into the air.
Han Li moved his hands in front of him in strange, ancient gestures, like the movements of uncivilized barbarians worshipping heaven, chanting ancient and obscure spells.
As he moved, a strange blue halo appeared on the surface of the head, flickering with his movements, and faint sounds like countless people chanting in low voices emanated from it.
Specks of blue light appeared in the surrounding void from time to time, continuously gathering into the head.
These blue halos were the power of faith that the Earth Fiend incarnation head was gathering from its believers spread throughout Wumeng Island.
As the blue light flickered, an indescribable invisible force rippled out, causing visible ripples in the void, and even the entire secret chamber and courtyard began to shake.
Han Li's expression remained unchanged, and the incantation he chanted became even more rapid.
The blue light emanating from the blue head flickered a few times before slowly stabilizing.
This force was extraordinary, containing the power of faith accumulated over nearly ten thousand years. Unfortunately, Luo Meng had fallen and could no longer control the power gathered in the Earth Fiend head.
He was only slowly trying to comprehend and feel this power of faith according to the methods recorded in the jade slip, preparing for his own future cultivation of the Earth Fiend incarnation.
At this moment, Han Li's expression changed. He made a grabbing motion with one hand, and a crack appeared in the restriction light around the secret chamber, from which a white, hazy talisman flew in.
He absorbed the talisman into his hand. After scanning it with his divine sense, he immediately stopped his movements, placed the blue head back on the jade plate on the table, and left the secret chamber.
Outside the courtyard, Luo Feng stood respectfully with his hands clasped.
"Clan Leader Luo, you have requested an urgent audience. Could it be that there is news about the advanced Earth Immortal cultivation method?" Han Li asked before the other party could speak.
"Senior Liu guessed correctly. It is indeed about the advanced Earth Immortal cultivation method. Yesterday, I had a small gathering with some familiar friends and inadvertently learned that the next Blackwind Island Grand Auction will have an advanced Earth Immortal cultivation method appear, so I immediately rushed back," Luo Feng said to Han Li with his hands clasped, his face full of joy.
"Clan Leader Luo is kind. The next Grand Auction is still more than ten years away... In the meantime, I will have to trouble you to continue to inquire about any other advanced cultivation methods and news of the Soulbirth Flower," Han Li said, his heart moved as he nodded.
"Yes, Senior Liu, please rest assured, I will give the order," Luo Feng nodded in response and prepared to take his leave.
"Clan Leader Luo, wait a moment," Han Li suddenly called out to Luo Feng.
"Senior Liu, is there anything else?" Luo Feng paused slightly and turned back.
"It's nothing. It's just that you have gone to great lengths for my affairs these days, and Han remembers it all," Han Li opened his mouth to speak, but a subtle strange look flashed across the depths of his eyes. Then, he nonchalantly finished the sentence.
"Senior Liu is too kind. These are all things we should do," Luo Feng said, overjoyed, and quickly waved his hand.
After exchanging a few more casual words, Luo Feng once again took his leave.
After watching Luo Feng leave, Han Li turned around and returned to the secret chamber.
Just now, he wanted to tell Luo Feng about Luo Meng's remains in the secret realm, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt it was inappropriate.
This matter involved quite a bit, especially the existence of that Soulbirth Flower. If those with ulterior motives found out, it would inevitably cause more trouble. He should wait until the time was right before telling them.
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Early one morning half a month later.
A round, bright-red sun slowly rose from the distant intersection of the sea and sky. The slightly warm sunlight penetrated the morning glow, reflecting shimmering light on the sea.
The entire Wumeng Island was enveloped in a layer of warm light. In front of several statues of Luo Meng on the island, a large number of islanders and cultivators gathered, all performing a unified ritual of worship and prayer.
The courtyard in the island also became brighter under the illumination of the sunlight.
At this moment, inside the secret chamber of the courtyard, Han Li, who was meditating, slowly opened his eyes, a gleam of light flashing in his eyes.
After this period of comprehension, combined with the study of the Earth Fiend head left by Luo Meng, he had gained some understanding of how to condense the power of faith and how to transform it.
In other words, if he now possessed his own Earth Fiend incarnation and cultivated a suitable advanced Earth Immortal cultivation method, and then received and transformed the power of faith provided by the believers on Wumeng Island, he would have a fifty to sixty percent chance of breaking free from the mysterious chains binding his nascent soul, thereby restoring his cultivation.
It was just that the Palm Heaven Bottle still could not condense green liquid, and the Soulbirth Flower and advanced Earth Immortal cultivation method of sufficient age could only be hoped for at the Grand Auction more than ten years later.
"Ten years, still a little too long..."
Han Li murmured thoughtfully to himself. As usual, he left the secret chamber and came to a certain place in the courtyard, bending down to pick up a dark-green vial.
However, as soon as he took the vial in his hand, his brow furrowed slightly, and a feeling different from usual came from his hand. It seemed much heavier than usual.
His heart moved, and he immediately placed his hand on the lid, trying to open it.
This time, the lid was effortlessly removed from the vial.
He quickly brought the vial to his eyes, looking inside through the opening.
As a result of this look, his heart couldn't help but be overjoyed!
At the bottom of the vial, a mung bean-sized drop of dark-green liquid was slowly sliding along the inner wall of the vial.
The green liquid had condensed again!
It was just that this drop of green liquid was slightly different from before. Its color seemed to be more concentrated than usual, a little closer to black, making the inside of the vial appear green.
Han Li held the vial and looked at it repeatedly several times, his mood gradually returning to calm.
Although he had made the worst preparations, he always retained a glimmer of luck and expectation deep in his heart. After all, if this vial really lost its effect from then on, it would be a greater blow to him than losing all his magical treasures.
Fortunately, everything seemed to be just a false alarm. This could truly be called a light at the end of the tunnel!
However, adding it all up, it had been almost a month, and compared to the past, the time it took to condense the green liquid was indeed a bit too long.
He didn't know what the effect of the green liquid condensed over such a long time would be.
At the thought of this, Han Li immediately couldn't wait to return to the secret chamber. In one breath, he opened all the restrictions, and then with a wave of his hand, he took out the jade token and opened the passage to the secret realm.
Inside the secret realm, everything was as before.
The purple Soulbirth Flower, as large as a lotus leaf, still stood alone in place. It was just that Luo Meng's remains had been buried by Han Li next to the wooden house, forming a small grave.
Han Li came to the purple flower and, without hesitation, directly opened the lid of the Palm Heaven Bottle and poured the drop of green liquid towards the flower's pistil.
His eyes stared unblinkingly as the drop of green liquid slowly seeped in along the flower's pistil, his mood becoming somewhat uneasy.
This feeling was somewhat similar to the mood he had when he first learned of the green liquid's effects and conducted his first experiment, with a sense of eager anticipation.
After waiting for a day and a night, Han Li entered the secret realm again early the next morning and came to the purple flower.
To his surprise, only a day had passed, and the Soulbirth Flower had already undergone an astonishing change.
On all of its petals, there was an additional thread-like golden silk thread that circled around the edge of the petals, making it look as if a circle of slender gold trim was embroidered around the petals.
According to the jade slip left by Luo Meng, the appearance of a golden pattern on the petals was a phenomenon that would only appear after the age of ten thousand years.
This Soulbirth Flower was originally already eight thousand years old. Calculating it this way, the ripening effect of that drop of green liquid should be at least two thousand years.
Han Li, who came to this conclusion, finally showed a hint of satisfaction on his face.
Although it seemed that collecting green liquid had become extremely slow since coming to the Immortal Realm, the effect of this one drop was dozens of times greater than it had been in the Spirit Abyss Realm.
Next, he spent another month confirming that the Palm Heaven Bottle did indeed take about a month to condense a drop of green liquid. Then, a heart that had been hanging finally settled down completely.
At the same time, he did not slacken his research on the Earth Fiend incarnation refining method, and from time to time he would take out the statue head and carefully study it.
In the blink of an eye, another three months passed.
During this period, Han Li would mentally deduce the detailed refining steps of the Earth Fiend incarnation almost every day.
Now, he had almost completely figured out the refining method, and believed that as long as the Soulbirth Flower matured and the refining materials were completely collected, he would definitely be able to refine the Earth Fiend incarnation in one fell swoop.
Under the ripening effect of the vial of green liquid, a second fine golden line also appeared on all the petals of the Soulbirth Flower.
According to Han Li's estimation, the more accurate ripening effect of this drop of green liquid, which took a month to condense in the Immortal Realm, should be around three thousand years.
If calculated according to this effect, as long as everything went smoothly, in about three or four years, he would be able to obtain a Soulbirth Flower that was more than one hundred thousand years old.
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