Han Clan Immortals: I have a hundredfold energy-gathering bottle

Han Jieliu was still processing the snake demon's words when he saw it transform into frost and water, and it had already entered the formation and left.

"Dongyang Tian..."

After organizing what he had learned and seen in the cave over the past few days, Han Jieliu was in a daze.

The snake demon youth who had just reached the Foundation Establishment stage spoke in a cryptic and confusing way, leaving me somewhat bewildered.

Or perhaps it has already made itself very clear, but one's own cultivation is too low, and one's wisdom is obscured, so one cannot understand its meaning.

Han Jieliu shook his head.

"However, the only thing that is certain is that I may have been chosen by some powerful figure who wants me to continue cultivating the new method, the 'Yu Jing San Chuan Jue,' with some unknown scheme."

"And according to what he asked the snake demon to bring, that lord should be from a place called Dongyangtian."

Han Jieliu pondered the name "Dongyangtian" in his mind, searching for a similar location.

In the end, only one place came to mind: Dongyang Valley, the place where Han Jinwei, the head of the Han family, had once told him about the Han family's first ancestor, Han Gonghe, who had made a name for himself by slaying three people with his sword.

"The names are so similar, is there any connection between these two places? We should ask the head of the family when we get back."

"I am but a lowly cultivator, so I will take it one step at a time. It may not be a bad thing if someone of higher status is plotting against me."

"From the fact that the so-called adult did not react when I used the little black bottle many times, it can be seen that his true body can probably only stay in Dongyang Heaven and cannot spy on me. His so-called scheme can only rely on other means and cultivators."

As for the adults staying in Dongyang Heaven, did they use the moves that the Purple Mansion True Men usually like to use?

They used their lives to seduce others, thus taking control of their own destiny.

After learning from the matter of the life-entrusting oath talisman that the little black bottle could absorb life energy, Han Jieliu thoroughly examined his body and found no trace of fate connection or life entering his body.

"Hmm, life is an extremely precious thing, and probably not everyone in the Purple Mansion has it. I am probably just a minor character and don't need it."

"We'll think about those things later; there's something more important to do right now."

Han Jieliu looked at the corpses and bloodstains on the ground, and the Heavenly Spirit Dew in the sky, a slight, barely suppressed smile on his face.

"This time, I'm really going to make a fortune."

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The snake demon boy told him that the cave could last for another three days, so Han Jieliu wasn't in a hurry.

Instead, they planned to temporarily avoid the limelight and wait until the turmoil surrounding the emergence of the Foundation Establishment Cave on the lake had subsided before venturing out.

So he took his time, spending a whole day adjusting his cultivation before he began to leisurely loot the corpse.

After a thorough inspection, Han Jieliu collected all the useful items and put them into his bag.

The corpses fed the evil spirit, making the air in the stone chamber much fresher.

That calamity was a rare object at the early stage of Qi Refining, approaching the middle stage. It was neither a puppet nor any kind of demon, making it quite unusual.

Not only do they lack intelligence, but they can also be manipulated by people.

If a younger generation in the family were to cultivate Xu Niangzi's [Witchcraft] techniques and master this object, it would be a formidable fighting force. Not to mention that the family has a lineage of witchcraft, so there might be opportunities for mutual exchange.

"Other families raise spirit beasts or subdue demons, at least choosing those that are pleasing to the eye. This thing is too filthy, so we have to keep it hidden away, otherwise it would be a disgrace to the clan."

Han Jieliu was somewhat dissatisfied. He manipulated the spiritual water to stun all the swarming and hissing insects and took out an object.

The woman seemed to have anticipated this situation and had prepared a clay box in advance to contain the culprit. It could change size, seemingly for keeping spirit beasts.

After putting away the culprit and finishing everything, Han Jieliu finally took stock of the rich spoils of war.

"First, there's Li Mingjin. His jade ruyi magic artifact is broken, and besides the spirit boat and the array-breaking jade cone, his bag contains only some miscellaneous items."

Fortunately, I managed to save those few talismans in the end, which were worth dozens of spirit stones.

Li Mingjin's items were merely supplementary; the most important one was the Foundation Establishment level jade seal magic artifact.

Han Jieliu took out the jade seal, its surface covered with gentle magical patterns that exuded an ancient charm and seemed to contain something.

The small seal was also heavy; even a Qi Refining cultivator like Han Jieliu found it difficult to lift, suggesting it had some kind of suppressing and calming effect.

"This item belongs to the [Water Virtue] path. There must be a reason why that person placed it here along with the Heavenly Spirit Dew."

"Perhaps it has something to do with the Zhushuihe Prefecture Banner, or with my identity as the 'Lord of the Northern Prefecture'."

This item requires a great deal of spiritual power, and it is currently impossible to examine it. Han Jieliu could only stop his research and put it into his storage bag.

Xu Niangzi's storage bag contained many items, including two magical artifacts, both of which were somewhat damaged.

The chaotic clouds and water on that magical artifact were her tool for disguising herself as a cultivator on the [Pure Qi] path. It was called "Sudden Clouds and Water" and was a mid-stage Qi Refining artifact.

This object is somewhat similar to the Flying Cloud Marsh Wall that I saw in Zhuolang Pavilion; they are of the same nature.

However, while the Flying Cloud Marsh Wall is versatile, this creature excels at escape and has a very special characteristic.

This "Hurting Cloud Water," though a mid-stage Qi Refining artifact, can be used by two early-stage Qi Refining cultivators, with similar effects and speed.

The other flying needle is a set of magical artifacts, of medium quality, called the "Three Killing Needles", which consists of three needles.

Two of them were destroyed in the recent battle, and the remaining one has only fallen to the level of the early stage of Qi Refining.

This woman seemed to have just walked through the Great Stupa Plain. Apart from a few dozen spirit stones, most of her other belongings were items used for witchcraft cultivation.

Poisonous insects and malevolent curses, blood, bones, and wood sap—these are precisely what our family's witchcraft tradition lacks, and there are quite a lot of them.

Han Jieliu nodded, silently thanking Madam Xu in his heart.

"It's really come at the perfect time. Not only has my home been enriched with spiritual resources for cultivation, but I can finally get rid of that 'wind of depression'."

"Otherwise, riding on dark clouds and fierce winds every day, making a howling sound, would make me seem like a demonic figure... This sudden cloud and water is more in line with my image."

Xu Yiyi also had another book in her bag, titled "Guangxiao's Wonderful Answers on Pregnancy and Nourishment," which was the cultivation method she practiced.

Han Jieliu glanced at it a few times.

The origin of this method is said to be mysterious. It is said that in ancient Wunan, a monk named Guangxiao was restless because his wife had been pregnant for several years without giving birth. So he went into the forest to seek a shaman.

He happened to encounter a great shaman sitting alone under a tree, his face unseen. The shaman answered his questions and taught him several methods for nurturing the fetus and cultivating life.

Guangxiao fell seriously ill after returning home. In his dream, a hundred owls cried out in despair. After waking up, he wrote this book: "Guangxiao's Wonderful Answer on Being Born and Nourished".

The book contains not only orthodox methods for nurturing the fetus, but also evil methods such as nurturing a "causing fetus," which are ancient shamanistic practices that can lead to the foundational stage of cultivation.

"It's still the ancient method."

When Han Jieliu first saw the ancient method other than "The Method of Moistening and Immersing with Various Waters", he became quite interested and planned to study it after returning home.