Spring passed and winter came, and more than a year had gone by.

On this day, a streak of azure light descended upon the sky above the cave dwelling on Crimson Glow Peak. As the light subsided, Han Li's figure appeared.

He did not conceal his escape light. Before long, the servants inside the dwelling, led by Meng Qianqian, hurried to the hall in the courtyard in front of the cave dwelling to pay their respects. Meng Yungui and Sun Buzheng had not returned.

"Qianqian, when did you return?" Han Li asked, his gaze sweeping over the eight people present.

"Reporting to Elder Li, I only returned less than a month ago. Oh, right, these are some spirit herb seeds that Brother and Brother Sun found and asked me to bring back to you." As Meng Qianqian spoke, she took out a storage bag and handed it over.

"Good. If you have the chance to encounter them, hand these spirit stones and pills over to them. Also, distribute these pills for me." Han Li reached out and took the bag, nodding slightly. He flipped his hand and took out three storage bags, handing them to Meng Qianqian.

"Yes!" Meng Qianqian reached out and took them, nodding in response.

"How has everything been on the peak during the years I was away? Has anything happened within the sect?" Han Li continued to ask.

"Reporting to Elder Li, Crimson Glow Peak is well. Nothing major has happened within the sect, but I heard that a Golden Immortal Dao Lord will be leaving seclusion soon and will be lecturing on the Great Dao at Wide Temple Peak at a chosen date. However, the number of slots is very limited, and generally only true disciples and personal disciples can go to listen to the Dao." Meng Qianqian replied, her face filled with longing.

Meng Xiong, the round-faced fatty, and the other few people also showed longing on their faces, but there was also a hint of disappointment mixed in. After all, if they were fortunate enough to listen to a Golden Immortal powerhouse lecturing, they would definitely benefit greatly.

However, they were also clear in their hearts that there was no possibility of participating for immortal servants like them.

"Having a powerhouse teach the Dao is indeed a kind of opportunity and good fortune, but in the end, everyone's cultivation path is different. Although these predecessors' experiences and insights can be used as a reference, one must ultimately rely on one's own comprehension. To achieve the Great Dao, one must ultimately walk one's own path, do you understand?" Han Li said faintly when he saw this.

Meng Qianqian was slightly stunned when she heard this, and then a few different colors flashed in her bright eyes. The others seemed to have realized something as well, and the previous feeling of loss was swept away.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, you can all go down first." Han Li didn't say anything more and waved his hand to let everyone leave.

Meng Qianqian and the others bowed and retreated.

Han Li stood with his hands behind his back. After standing for a long time, he turned around and entered the cave dwelling. After activating the restrictions, he came to a secret room and sat down cross-legged.

With a wave of his hand, three storage artifacts appeared in front of him. These were the spoils of war he had obtained from Chong Luan and the other three True Immortals in the battle at Saint Puppet Sect not long ago.

Earlier, he was only concerned with rushing on the road, and he had even detoured for some considerations. He had not had time to take stock of these spoils of war. Now that he had finally returned to the cave dwelling, he was naturally eager to see how his harvest would turn out.

Thinking like this, Han Li picked up a storage bracelet and waved his hand. With a "嘩啦" sound, a small pile of things appeared on the ground in front of him.

However, after a glance, his brows furrowed slightly.

This was the possession of the burly man who had initially wanted to fight him one-on-one. He didn't expect that this person's belongings would only consist of a pitiful few materials and spiritual herbs, and a few ordinary spiritual treasures. Apart from that, there were only a dozen or so immortal essence stones and a pile of spirit stones and other miscellaneous items.

This was really too shabby, and it was no wonder he was willing to work for Ten Directions Tower, knowing that he would be used as cannon fodder.

Han Li could only secretly lament his bad luck. However, even mosquito meat was still meat. He still patiently sorted these things into his storage bracelet. Then, he picked up the emaciated old man's storage artifact. Without saying a word, he dumped it on the ground. After a burst of white light, a large pile of things appeared on the ground.

He glanced at it and nodded slightly. The old man's storage artifact looked a bit better, with a lot of things.

Most of them were materials, with a high grade. In particular, there were a few head-sized scarlet crystals inside, emitting a bright red light like flames, like a red-hot iron block.

These scarlet crystals were extremely rich in spiritual energy. Flame-shaped patterns were faintly visible on the surface, and faint strands of fire-attribute laws emanated from them. They were actually spiritual materials containing the power of law.

In addition, there were more than a dozen magic treasures, most of which were spiritual treasure level, as well as a few bottles of pills, more than five hundred immortal essence stones, and a large pile of spirit stones.

Han Li waved his hand and put away these things one by one. Finally, he did the same and dumped out the contents of Chong Luan's storage bracelet.

Although he had expected it, he was still taken aback when he saw the various treasures piled up like a small mountain in front of him.

There were countless kinds of spiritual materials and herbs. Among them, there were many spiritual materials containing the power of law. Not to mention the spiritual treasures, pills, and classics, there were almost five or six thousand immortal essence stones alone.

So many immortal essence stones were flashing with bright spiritual light, illuminating the entire secret room.

With these things, plus his own accumulation over the years, he probably wouldn't have to worry about the pills needed for cultivation for the next few hundred years.

Han Li immediately put away the immortal essence stones first, and then slowly began to sort out the other things.

"Separation Origin Treasure Record?"

When Han Li picked up a white jade slip and scanned it with his spiritual sense, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned. Then, he seemed to have thought of something and quickly put the jade slip on his forehead.

When he took the jade slip from his forehead, more than an hour had passed.

The first part of the jade slip recorded a demonic True Immortal cultivation technique called *Separation Origin Yin Demon Art*. The grade was very high. It was said that it could even be cultivated to the Grand Unity Realm. In terms of rarity alone, it was no less than the *Mantra Transformation Wheel Sutra* that he cultivated.

However, no matter how powerful this cultivation technique was, it was impossible for him to abandon the *Mantra Transformation Wheel Sutra* and switch to this demonic technique. What made him so interested was the few secret techniques recorded at the end of the jade slip. One of them was a secret technique to seal oneself in order to hide one's aura, which greatly inspired him.

However, these secret techniques were profound and difficult to understand in a short period of time.

With this in mind, Han Li put away the jade slip and continued to sort out the other things.

"Huh, what is this?"

Han Li suddenly discovered a strange earthy yellow ball from among the many treasures. It was about half a foot in diameter and was engraved with obscure yellow lines, which looked very mysterious.

This ball was originally pressed under some materials, so he didn't notice it at first. The surface of the ball was also covered with a few white talismans, which were densely covered with talisman paper. It looked like it was used for sealing.

Han Li brought the ball to his eyes and carefully looked at it, but he couldn't see anything.

This thing didn't have any mana or aura fluctuations, and it didn't look like a magic treasure or anything like that.

With a thought, he released his spiritual sense and tried to invade it to find out.

Buzz!

As soon as his spiritual sense touched the surface of the ball, the talismans emitted a dazzling white light, connecting together to form a hidden talisman array that was invisible to the naked eye, and actually blocked the invasion of the spiritual sense.

Han Li became a little interested and carefully looked at the talismans on it.

Although these talismans were extraordinary, they were obviously set up casually in a hurry. With his attainments in the talisman lineage, it was not difficult to understand.

After a slight pondering, he made a hand seal, and a series of magic formulas entered the talismans. At the same time, he opened his mouth and sprayed out a stream of azure flames, covering the golden ball.

After a while, a few muffled sounds of "啪" "啪" "啪" came.

The white talismans shattered in the scorching azure flames and turned into specks of white light, which were swallowed by the azure flames.

The next moment, a circle of spiritual patterns lit up on the surface of the ball, and then a beam of earthy yellow light suddenly emitted from the ball, as dazzling as the sun.

The restrictions around the secret room were stimulated, and countless azure runes instantly appeared on the walls, emitting a great light and condensing into an azure light curtain, trying to restrict the yellow light. However, it didn't have much effect. The yellow light was like thousands of golden needles, and quickly penetrated the restriction.

Han Li was slightly startled and suddenly made a hand seal.

In an instant, all the restrictions around the cave dwelling were activated, and various colored light curtains appeared alternately, wrapping the entire cave dwelling layer by layer.

The surging yellow light spread out with a bang and broke through a few more layers of restrictions before finally being intercepted.

Crack!

The earthy yellow ball made a muffled sound, and bumps bulged on the surface, and then quickly grew and swelled, and began to disintegrate.

In a few breaths, the ball turned into a middle-aged man in a yellow robe, looking in his thirties, with a square face and thin eyebrows, giving people a sense of majesty.

"A person... no, this is an immortal puppet!" Han Li immediately made a judgment.

The yellow-robed man's skin was earthy yellow, with a hint of metallic luster faintly visible inside. His whole body exuded an immortal spiritual aura, like a human-shaped immortal artifact, and looked quite similar to the former Crab Taoist.

"It really is an immortal puppet!" Han Li suppressed the excitement in his heart and focused his eyes on the yellow robe on the puppet.

He had seen some of the patterns on the yellow robe many times on other puppets of Saint Puppet Sect. Could this thing be from Saint Puppet Sect?

Thinking of this, Han Li immediately recalled the situation when he first encountered Chong Luan outside the forbidden area of Saint Puppet Sect. After a slight thought, he immediately had some guesses.

According to his estimation, this thing was probably stolen by Chong Luan when he sneaked into the forbidden area of Saint Puppet Sect.

Speaking of which, he had always been quite interested in puppets, especially seeing that this thing looked so extraordinary. If it was really a True Immortal-level puppet, then he would have made a lot of money.

With this in mind, Han Li waved his hand and cast a magic formula, which entered the yellow-robed man's body.

Two points of light lit up in the yellow-robed man's eyes, and a layer of yellow crystal light suddenly appeared on his body. Immediately, an immense, yet heavy as a mountain aura burst out.

There was a burst of crackling noises in the nearby void, and even Han Li's entire cave dwelling shook.