A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu Transmigrates into a Book, the Dao Ancestor of Rein

Chapter 255 Missing
The bearded man wiped his face and looked at Qing Yi with disgust.

He appeared calm, but in reality, he was deeply shaken.

The Void Heaven Cauldron, the number one treasure of the Chaotic Star Sea, has actually been obtained by the sect leader?
That... Azure Ice Flame...

Wait, could the supernatural flames Xiao Cha used be...?

Thinking of this, the bearded man suddenly turned to look at Han Li:
"Did Xiao Cha fuse the Azure Ice Flame into that Asura Sacred Flame?"

Upon hearing this, Qing Yi was stunned for a moment, and then looked at him with a look of surprise.

Han Li stroked the teacup and smiled.

When he fought against the Thunder Whale Beast clan before, he had summoned Xuan Gu Shangren Xiao Cha to fight, and had also used the Asura Sacred Flame to instantly kill an eighth-level Thunder Whale.

Once there's a first time, there's bound to be a second.

Once or twice, Barbarian Beard and Qing Yi might not be able to see the true nature of the Asura Sacred Flame. But if it happens too often, doubts will inevitably arise. At that point, even if he doesn't summon the Blood Jade Spider to fight, the two of them will still associate it with the Azure Ice Flame.

So the question is, where did Xiao Cha's Azure Ice Flame come from?
It can only be the Void Heaven Palace.

Since he is not afraid of the Azure Ice Flame, why can't he take the Void Heaven Cauldron when the Void Heaven Palace is opened?

In other words, it would only take some time for Manhuzi and Qingyi to figure these things out and realize that he might have a cauldron in his possession.

With this second layer of consideration, and in addition to wanting to release two level-eight Blood Jade Spiders for battle, he revealed that he possessed the Void Heaven Cauldron.

Not only that.

Han Li then took out the Void Heaven Cauldron from his storage bag.

Then, without a second thought, he tossed it to the two of them.

"this…"

The bearded man who took the Void Heaven Cauldron first trembled slightly.

So their first secret treasure of the Chaotic Star Sea fell into his hands?

But how can it feel so unreal?

"It's definitely the Void Heaven Cauldron, it's definitely it..."

Stroking the intricate patterns on it, the bearded man tried to activate it, but the cauldron remained unresponsive.

"Huh? What's going on? Is this treasure unusable?"

Barbarian Beard looked at Han Li.

Han Li shook his head:

"I don't know how to use this treasure right now."

Then, he added:
"It might be related to the Dry Blue Ice Flame."

Barbarian Beard thought for a moment and then nodded.

This makes sense.

Then, somewhat reluctantly, he tossed the precious cauldron to the impatient Qingyi Hermit.

The old man in the blue robe took it and examined it carefully, looking at and touching the patterns of flowers, birds, insects and fish on the cauldron, and kept clicking his tongue in admiration.

It's so addictive.

However, in the end, the Void Heaven Cauldron was returned to Han Li.

Han Li then placed the precious cauldron on the table in front of him.

Look if you want, touch if you want, since nobody can use it now anyway.

In short, without the Azure Ice Flame, the Void Heaven Cauldron can only be considered a slightly stronger shield.

"Sect Master, what about the treasures inside the cauldron? Did you retrieve them?"

Qingyi asked curiously.

Fearing that Han Li might misunderstand, he quickly added:
"Sect Master, I merely wish to broaden my horizons; I have no intention of seeking anything."

Barbarian Beard shared the same thought.

They weren't after the ancient treasures inside the cauldron, since they certainly didn't lack them.

The bearded man possessed over thirty magical artifacts and ancient treasures, including the Purple Ice Bracelet, Iron Compass, Resistance Bracelet, Dazzling Cloud Token, Thunder Wristband, Spirit Absorption Bag, and a pair of Black Spirit Snares, all of which were at least of high quality.

Qingyi possesses his natal magic weapon, the Azure Nether Needle, as well as more than ten other magic weapons and ancient treasures, including the Azure Nether Slip, the Forget-Worry Needle, the Falling Treasure Copper Coin, the Collapsing Mountain Seal, and the Ink Spirit Brush. All of these are at least of high quality, and some are even top-tier ancient treasures.

Even though the two still have shortcomings, they are not that bad.

What they lack most is lifespan, and cultivation resources suitable for improving their cultivation in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

of course.

They all hoped to have as many treasures as possible.

Especially having more powerful treasures that suit your needs.

Han Li couldn't help but chuckle when he saw the two of them.

“I did obtain two Heaven-Mending Pills from them. I consumed one myself, and I divided the other in half and gave it to my two sword servants.”

As she spoke, she pointed to Yanli, who was making tea beside her.

"As for the rest of the treasures..."

Han Li shrugged.

"The Void Heaven Cauldron only produces two or three treasures each time. Let's take a look at them together after I refine the Azure Ice Flame." He paused for a moment before continuing, "Actually, by then, we'll probably have advanced to a higher level and might not even care about those high-level ancient treasures anymore."

Upon hearing this, the bearded man agreed wholeheartedly.

Qing Yi stroked his beard and nodded.

They had entrusted their lives and fortunes to the person in front of them, so how could they not understand what he meant at this moment?
When three people work together, they win; when they fight, they lose.

They are now a community of shared interests where everyone prospers.

Moreover, they are not the kind of people who are ungrateful and repay kindness with enmity.

The reason everyone is in such a good position today has never been due to those two. The core of this small group has always been Han Li. Because even without them, Han Li can still lead the others to live very comfortably. On the contrary, without Han Li, they would be unable to move an inch.

This is reality.

"How is the refining of the Azure Ice Flame going?"

"I've refined about half of it."

"so slow?"

“Previously, it would take one or two years to completely refine a trace, but now it only takes half a year to refine a trace.” As the saying goes, one thing is gaining and another is losing: “Decades have passed, and one-third has already been fused into the Asura Sacred Flame. The remaining two-thirds should only take thirty or forty years.”

Because the refining efficiency increases as time goes on.

If we could get help from the Six-Winged Frost Centipede or the Ice and Snow King Silkworm, it might be even faster.

Ice and Snow Silkworm, a spirit insect ranked twenty-fifth on the list of extraordinary insects.

The Ice and Snow King Silkworm is ranked seventh on the list of extraordinary insects.

The extraordinary cold power it possesses surpasses that of the six-winged frost centipede, which ranks eighteenth.

"Xiao Cha is not doing a good job."

"I can't believe it," the bearded man said, pursing his lips.

Xiao Cha, inside the Soul Banner, was so angry he wanted to curse out loud.

He not only had to refine the Azure Ice Flame, but also fuse it with the Profound Soul Yin Fire and the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder. The fused product would then be given to Han Li, who would assist his ruthless master in refining it.

He has been playing the role of a tool for decades.

What more do you want from him?

"By the way, you two, did you gain anything extra back in the inner hall of the Void Heaven Palace?"

He, Yuan Yao, Yan Li, and Gan Rushuang each obtained a ten-thousand-year-old Golden Thunder Bamboo, a ten-thousand-year-old Spirit Eye Tree, a ten-thousand-year-old Soul Nourishing Wood, and a ten-thousand-year-old Golden Magnetic Spirit Wood, respectively. There's no reason why Man Hu Zi and Qing Yi wouldn't have obtained any spiritual materials.

Each of the stone houses in the inner sanctuary contains top-quality spiritual materials or medicines.

Someone once discovered the "Seven-Colored Lotus." A single bloom can cause a person's cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds, from the early stage of Core Formation to the middle stage, and from the middle stage to the late stage. It can drastically increase cultivation regardless of a minor realm, and its medicinal power surpasses even a pot of Azure Flame Wine. Mature Seven-Colored Lotuses that have been cultivated for thousands of years can even be used to refine ancient treasure pills at the Nascent Soul level.

In addition, some people have discovered elixirs that can extend lifespan by two or three hundred years.

There are countless kinds of strange and unusual spiritual trees and plants.

Unfortunately, many rooms have been conquered by predecessors who took their items. Those conquered stone halls, affected by the Void Heaven Palace's restrictions, will be temporarily closed to the outside world, and cultivators cannot enter even with the Void Heaven Map fragments. They will only reopen after at least a ten-thousand-year cycle.

This is also one of the sustainable operating rules that the Ice Soul Fairy prepared for future generations.

"I wasn't very lucky. All I found in the room was a ten-thousand-year-old cedar tree and an ancient puppet."

Qingyi felt quite helpless about this.

He had originally hoped to obtain a rare, ancient herb from the third floor.

However, all they got was a thousand-year-old cedar tree that could only be used for refining weapons.

But he doesn't lack magical artifacts or ancient treasures.

What use would it be to give him a thousand-year-old cedar tree?

What he didn't notice was that a glint of light flashed in Han Li's eyes.

Although ancient cedar wood is not the main material for crafting ancient puppets, it is an important auxiliary material.

"My luck was only so-so. The room I entered contained a towering, ten-thousand-year-old spirit tea tree and a very tall dragon scale fruit tree. Due to time constraints, I could only choose one. Considering that the dragon scale fruit was useless, but the tea leaves from the spirit tea tree could help calm the mind and soothe the spirit, I chose the tea tree and focused all my efforts on breaking the ancient restrictions surrounding it. Before the deadline of the Void Heaven Palace arrived, I barely managed to break a small portion of the restrictions and took about one-tenth of the tea leaves."

"I can't believe it," said the bearded man regretfully.

He then pointed to the brewed spiritual tea on the table.

The tea leaves inside are from that spiritual tea tree.

"No wonder this spiritual tea tastes so good; every time I drink it, I can temporarily clear my mind. What's the name of this tea tree?"

Qingyi asked casually.

"do not know."

Barbarian Beard shook his head, and Han Li also shook his head.

They had always treated it as just ordinary tea.

Little did they know, this magical tea also had a remarkable history.

"Elder, is the restriction on that room still in place? Can we enter again when the Void Heaven Palace opens next time?"

"I'm not sure. But I think it should be possible, since I only destroyed a small part of the restriction with brute force. And the restriction of the Void Heaven Palace has its own healing properties. The fact that I couldn't completely destroy it means that the restriction can repair itself."

This is another of the Ice Soul Fairy's strengths.

"Excellent, excellent..."

At this moment, Han Li's mind was no longer on the spirit tea tree, but on the dragon scale fruit tree.

That's a dragon scale fruit!

He was puzzled as to how the Ice Soul Fairy had managed to transplant a Dragon Scale Fruit Tree into the inner sanctum of the Void Heaven Palace. Did the Ice Soul Fairy also possess the special transplanting techniques of ancient demon cultivators? Or had she used transplanting technology from the Spirit Realm?
Here.

Han Li and the original owner of this body both made a cognitive error.

Imagine, if the ancient human cultivators were able to establish the Spirit Garden and transplant all sorts of delicate and difficult-to-cultivate spiritual herbs into it, how could they not have various transplantation methods? The direction that the ancient demon cultivators specialized in was most likely something that the human race had already finished exploring!

This is due to the outflow of human technology.

The bloodline inheritance of demon cultivators does not teach them how to plant trees.

Although that ancient demon cultivator may have innovated and modified, he remained true to his principles. Ultimately, his methods were based on the various spiritual plant transplantation techniques developed by the ancient human ancestors.

As one of the most outstanding ancient humans in this world, and having returned from the Spirit Realm, the Ice Soul Fairy possesses technology in all aspects that far surpasses the basic version of this world.

The airship was very fast.

More than a month later, the group traveled through several countries and finally entered the territory of Xi Kingdom, reaching Wanli Yunmeng Mountain.

During this time, Han Li inquired about Dong Xuan'er's cultivation progress and asked her why she was still stuck at the peak of the mid-stage Core Formation.

"Junior brother, the reason I'm stuck in this bottleneck is because of fear."

"fear?"

Han Li was puzzled.

"I have always been afraid that Ancestor Yunlu and Grandmother Hongfu will fight each other. Even though I am determined to improve my cultivation and increase my strength, my daily cultivation has been affected since I had this concern. I am troubled by this matter."

Dong Xuan'er said:

"And that's only one aspect. More importantly, once I reach the late stage of Core Formation, I will need to choose a cultivation partner."

"Why?"

“Because none of the top-tier orthodox methods of the Hehuan Sect can be separated from dual cultivation.” Dong Xuan’er sighed softly: “There is a method within the sect that can increase the chances of condensing a Nascent Soul through dual cultivation and mutual supplementation. My two senior uncles, Fei Cha and the Twin Demons, condensed their Nascent Souls through this method. My case is even more special.”

"?"

"Because, because I'm still a virgin..."

At this point, Dong Xuan'er's pretty face flushed slightly.

"!"

Han Li suddenly realized.

No wonder Young Master Tian couldn't forget his senior sister.

“Originally, these things would have been fine. But Tian Buque told me about this when he first blocked the door. When I went to investigate privately, I was blocked at every turn, and I realized that there was a master who didn’t want me to know these things.”

Upon hearing this, Han Li immediately frowned:
"Is Yunlu hiding something from you? Does she not want you to know these things?"

Dong Xuan'er remained silent.

But I don't deny it either.

And this is the biggest reason why she formed a mental block.

She didn't know why Ancestor Yunlu did what she did, only that she was worried she would eventually be used as a political bargaining chip and sold off to someone she utterly despised. Therefore, she hesitated to attempt to break through to the late Core Formation stage. Over time, this created a mental block and a bottleneck in her development.

In other words, what trapped her was herself.

Also during this month, Han Li, Man Huzi, and Qing Yi successively conducted soul searches on Tian Buque.

The intelligence possessed by the second generation of these powerful sects broadened their horizons and gave them more confidence in dealing with the possible counterattack from the Hehuan Sect.

In addition, they were all deeply shocked by another thing:

"The Mysterious Celestial Vine?!"

The righteous and the demonic paths actually found a Mysterious Immortal Vine?
...

The Yue Kingdom was originally the site of the Yanyue Sect's mountain gate.

Two late-stage Core Formation cultivators stood respectfully before a handsome middle-aged man.

"You two came here looking for your second young master? He's gone missing?"

A middle-aged man asked casually.

This is none other than the Old Demon Yunlu.

The two below were filled with trepidation:
"Reporting to Senior Uncle, the Second Young Master went missing while heading to Junior Sister Xuan'er's residence..."

"Oh? You mean, my Xuan'er harmed that brat Tian Buque?"

Yunlu glanced at the two of them, startling them so much that they shuddered.

"No, no, no, Uncle-Master, we just want to know where Junior Sister Xuan'er is, so we can find out where Young Master is..."

"That girl is probably going to Yuanwu Kingdom. You should wait a few more days."

“But Uncle-Master, we have also searched the Yuanwu Kingdom.”

"Ok?"

(End of this chapter)