I'm in Yellow Maple Valley, and I have one equipment slot!

But this situation did not last long.

Not long after the Azure Ice Flame broke free from the restrictions of the deep cave of the Cold Li Terrace, it all gathered together to form a blue bead.

The blue bead landed beside the Void Heaven Cauldron.

The bead was entirely azure blue, radiating an astonishing chill; it was the Azure Bead!

Zhou Yuan raised his hand and summoned the Azure Pearl into his palm.

With a thought, he immediately equipped it to his equipment slot!

A pale blue light screen appeared—

[Equipment Slot 2: Azure Bead]

[Effects: Greatly increases the cultivation speed of water and ice attribute techniques! Greatly increases resistance to cold attribute divine abilities! Greatly increases the success rate of refining and fusing with cold flames!]

nice one!

Zhou Yuan nodded in satisfaction, and then put the Void Heaven Cauldron into his storage bag as well.

Han Li stood quietly to the side, offering no objections.

For him, surviving his entry into the Void Heaven Palace was already a pipe dream.

He dared not even dream of having such a treasure as the Void Heaven Cauldron.

"Senior Brother Zhou... Now that we have Barbarian Beard and Wan Tianming ahead of us, which way should we go?" Han Li asked.

"Come with me."

Zhou Yuan removed the large array that sealed the teleportation array and led Han Li into the teleportation array to the fourth level.

……

Somewhere on the fourth floor.

The two hadn't gone far when they encountered a group of people.

It was none other than the bearded man, Wan Tianming, Tian Wuzi, and Qingyi Jushi!

They actually stayed together and didn't fight!

Zhou Yuan's eyes flashed, and he understood. It seemed that the barbarian had probably already swallowed the Heaven-Mending Pill, so those people wouldn't really fight to the death.

"Hmph! If it weren't for the Star Palace's interference, the Void Heaven Cauldron would have already been retrieved by my master and me!"

Zhou Yuan snorted coldly, his face full of anger, and he led Han Li past the group while cursing.

The bearded man glanced at him but didn't pay him any attention.

In their view, "Extreme Yin" had just expressed the same deep hatred for the Star Palace as they had.

Zhou Yuan led Han Li along the route they had previously scouted, and they arrived at the hidden space.

Pushing aside the repaired stone wall and passing through the teleportation array, the two reappeared in the milky white mist.

Han Li's eyes widened as soon as he entered.

"This is... the Spirit Eye Spring?! It's so big?!"

The milky-white pool, over ten zhang in size, was filled with bubbling spiritual spring water, its spiritual energy so rich it was almost tangible.

All of this left him utterly shocked!

Zhou Yuan did not waste any time.

He walked up to the dragon head relief and put away the jade bottle that had been used to collect the millennia-old spiritual milk.

During this period, I've accumulated about half a bottle again.

He then came to the Spirit Eye Spring, took a deep breath, and began to cast the 'Secret Technique'.

He wants to take away this enormous spring of spiritual light!

Han Li stood aside, watching Zhou Yuan's methods with shock in his eyes.

Zhou Yuan formed hand seals, casting spells into the Spirit Eye Spring.

The huge pool began to tremble slightly, and the milky white spring water surged and churned as if it were alive!

A moment later, the entire Spirit Eye Spring—along with the pool that was more than ten feet in size—vanished into thin air!

Zhou Yuan equipped it into the second equipment slot!

Han Li was dumbfounded.

Such a large spiritual spring, just taken away like that?

Senior Brother Zhou's "storage bag" is just too terrifying!

Zhou Yuan did not explain, and turned to walk towards the stone door next to him.

The door was covered with restrictions, and inside was the Soul-Nourishing Wood.

He began to break the restrictions.

With his current mastery of formations, this restriction, though exquisite, is no match for him.

"Senior Brother Zhou, actually, I've always had a great gift for you! To repay your great kindness in giving me the cultivation technique back then!"

Han Li knew that the two of them might have to part soon, so he quickly took out a jade box.

The jade box was opened.

It is a 3,000-year-old purple blood ginseng.

"A three-thousand-year-old elixir? Junior brother, you're so kind!" Zhou Yuan accepted it with a smile.

"Senior brother, I wonder if you'd sell your Thunder Bamboo with roots intact... Well then, if you're willing to sell it to me, I, Han Li, swear that I'll give you half of all the materials I use to refine my natal magic weapon in the future!" Han Li continued.

Zhou Yuan did not respond immediately.

Half an hour later, with a "crack", the restriction shattered.

The stone gate slowly opened.

Inside was a small stone chamber with a small tree about three feet tall in the center.

The small tree was entirely black, with sparse branches and leaves, yet it exuded a peculiar spiritual energy that brought peace to the mind.

Soul nourishing wood!

Zhou Yuan stepped forward, examined it carefully for a moment, then took out the jade knife and carefully cut off the upper half.

"Junior Brother Han, didn't you want the roots of the Thunder Bamboo?" He turned to look at Han Li.

Han Li was taken aback, then overjoyed.

He quickly took out the three-thousand-year-old Thunder Bamboo from his storage bag.

"Senior Brother Zhou, I'll trade this spiritual herb for your section of Thunder Bamboo with its roots intact..."

Zhou Yuan looked at the medicinal herb.

A three-thousand-year-old elixir is indeed a rare and precious item.

"Can."

He took out the section of Thunder Bamboo with its roots still attached and handed it to Han Li.

At the same time, he also accepted the medicinal herb.

Han Li accepted the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, his hands trembling slightly with excitement.

With this Thunder Bamboo with roots, he can cultivate it himself, and maybe in the future he can grow it into a Golden Thunder Bamboo that lasts for ten thousand years!

"Thank you very much, Senior Brother Zhou!" he said solemnly.

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and handed the lower half of the root of the Soul-Nourishing Wood to Han Li.

"This one's for you too, but as usual, one serving of a three-thousand-year-old elixir!"

Han Li was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed.

"Senior Brother Zhou, I'll definitely offer it to you next time we meet..."

"Take it."

Zhou Yuan smiled. "Didn't you just swear that from now on, whatever materials you have for your natal magic weapon, you'll share half with me?"

Han Li was taken aback.

Then, remembering the vow he had just made, he nodded solemnly.

At this moment, Zhou Yuan took out a jade slip from his pocket and handed it to Han Li.

"Junior Brother Han, take this and take a good look. I only found the advancement technique of the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword magic weapon here in the Chaotic Star Sea!"

Han Li took it and probed it with his divine sense.

After a while.

His expression changed.

The jade slip contained the complete method for forging the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword.

And a powerful sword formation!

When he saw that this set of natal magic treasures required the refinement of seventy-two flying swords, he finally understood how much trouble that oath he had just made was.

He just swore an oath.

From now on, whatever materials are needed for a natal magic weapon, he will give half to Zhou Yuan.

But now.

He wants to forge seventy-two flying swords...

Doesn't that mean...?

Is he going to prepare materials for seventy-two flying swords for Senior Brother Zhou in the future?!

Han Li's expression was complicated.

Zhou Yuan couldn't help but laugh when he saw his expression.

"Junior Brother Han, your senior brother is waiting for your materials."

……

Meanwhile, on the fifth floor of the Void Heaven Palace.

Inside the white light barrier, Barbarian Beard and the others returned to this place once again.

They stared at the empty cave, exchanging bewildered glances.

"The Void Heaven Cauldron... is gone?"

Wan Tianming's face was terribly gloomy.

"Could it be that Ji Yin took it?" Tian Wuzi guessed.

"Very likely."

The bearded man shook his head. "This extreme Yin is completely different from what it was like before entering the Ice and Fire Path!"

"Chase!"

"I also think there's something wrong with extreme yin!"

The group rushed out like madmen.