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

Han Jieliu felt that the situation was like having a rope around his neck, and that he was being strangled, a situation beyond human control.

To break this deadlock, it seems that both he and the Han family's chances depend entirely on this small black bottle in their hands.

It seems that only this mysterious object with such an extremely high origin could allow him to maneuver within the layouts of those Foundation Establishment and Purple Mansion stages and find a place to survive.

Han Jieliu put his mind at ease and headed home, passing by the Yinquan Cave.

Seeing that the formation outside the cave had not been activated, he used his divine sense to investigate and found that Han Liwan inside had already broken through to the late stage of the embryonic breathing realm and was focusing all his attention on cultivation.

Although she had been in the dark cave for a long time, she showed no dissatisfaction. On the contrary, her eyes were filled with joy and radiance.

Now, holding the Water-Gathering Pearl, braving the yin wind, he heads down to the Yin Spring to gather Qi.

However, she was only at the embryonic breathing level and could not withstand prolonged exposure to the air. She had to return to the top from time to time to breathe and regulate her breathing.

At this rate, it will probably take more than two years to collect the energy.

"Three or four years is not a slow time to cultivate a righteous cultivator for the family. In fact, with Han Li's current talent, it will be easy for him to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining in the future, and he can handle all matters below the Foundation Establishment stage."

The Qi cultivation he possessed at twenty-two was even greater than the talent he had at twenty-five.

If I get the opportunity in the future, I might even be able to reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

This was just a white talisman, yet it lifted a cultivator with no hope of refining Qi to such a height, demonstrating the truly astonishing effect of that talisman's Qi.

"This is merely an experiment to test the power of the talisman... In the future, we cannot bestow talismans indiscriminately, lest others discover our true intentions."

Han Jieliu prioritized caution, silently reminding himself.

So he put it into a storage bag, which contained enough spiritual resources and food to support his cultivation for several years.

The fetal breathing technique still requires the needs of mortals, and they need to eat something from time to time to satisfy their needs. Then he transmitted his voice.

"Focus on your cultivation and don't worry too much. I will naturally cover for you within the clan... There is a spiritual cloth in the bag that can resist the invasion of yin and cold. Wearing it will double the speed of absorbing qi."

Han Liwan was adjusting his breathing when he suddenly received this message, which made him happy.

"Thank you, Elder. I will definitely cultivate diligently and break through as soon as possible."

She took the storage bag and probed it with the faint trace of divine sense that had emerged after breaking through to the late stage of fetal breathing.

However, they couldn't penetrate the array outside the door, let alone find Han Jieliu's whereabouts, so they had no choice but to give up and continue cultivating.

Han Jieliu inserted a spirit stone to maintain the operation of the formation outside the cave. Then, he transformed into clouds and water, passing Dingshan Hall and heading towards Jianzhu.

However, he found that the aerial view of Huannan Ridge was much more hazy than when he first came here.

The air is now visibly filled with wisps of water vapor, gathering and dispersing in all directions, as if about to fall as rain.

Although there is more water-based spiritual energy, it is much harder, colder, and darker than before, making it unsuitable for water-based magic to operate.

Since absorbing the Heavenly Spirit Dew, Han Jieliu has become more agile to water and immediately realized that it was due to the spiritual atmosphere of Guanglu Lake.

"Snowflakes kept falling on the lake. After the incident at the fake mansion, I originally thought it was just a trick used by that cold snake to plot against the Hao family."

"But unexpectedly, the freezing effect did not dissipate for a year, but instead became more severe, affecting the surrounding areas."

As expected, Han Jieliu had not been wrong in his initial decision to go into seclusion. He kept this in mind and entered Jianzhu Mountain.

Jianzhu Mountain remains largely unchanged, except that there are now more cultivators in Fuyuan Hall and Qingzhu Hall, while there are fewer cultivators in Jixun Hall, making the structure much more reasonable.

After all, the family only had one array formation passed down in the past. Without array flags or array plates to study, it would be difficult to even get started, let alone study it in depth.

But now there is an additional talisman-based inheritance, the "Records of Talismans," and a sword-making technique derived from cultivation methods.

Both dishes have raw materials available at home, and are much cheaper than outside, so they are naturally sought after by the cultivators in the family.

Han Jieliu went straight up the mountain and saw that Han Jinwei had also come out of seclusion and was now at the sixth level of Qi Refining.

He stood in the courtyard, wearing a light blue robe, holding a low-grade bamboo sword in his hand.

Upon seeing Han Jieliu arrive, Han Jin probed him with his divine sense, chuckled softly, and put down his sword.

"Liu'er has recently made great progress in his seclusion; his aura is truly wondrous."

Although Han Jinwei couldn't discern Han Jieliu's cultivation level, he could sense some changes in Han Jieliu, whose aura had become much deeper.

"Patriarch, you are wise. I have indeed gained some knowledge, though it is not as great as your cultivation. I hope you can break through to the late stage of Qi Refining and achieve Foundation Establishment soon."

Han Jieliu entered with a cupped hand, smiled, and looked down to recognize the sword in his hand, asking a question.

"Could this item be made using the sword-making techniques described in the 'Bamboo and Spear Scripture'? It is quite ingenious; although made of wood, it is sharper than gold."

Han Jinwei nodded, looking at the magic sword in his hand with delight.

"Since Chi Jun was injured and went to Lingzhu Hall, he has focused his mind on the art of weapon forging, and now he has made some progress."

"I recently forged this low-grade Qi-refining magic sword, the Azure Bamboo Sword. It took three months, and including the cost of the Azure Bamboo, it only cost me about twenty spirit stones to make. If I take it to the market, I can probably sell it for thirty or forty spirit stones, which is quite profitable."

"Moreover, it is a [Xiaomu] technique, which is good at attacking and producing. It is just right for my family's [Zhu Qing Ling Yuan Gong] technique, which has profound magic power but lacks offensive magic. Combined with my family's [Xiao Lu Tong Qing Jian Jue] technique, it should have even more miraculous effects."

Han Jieliu was not familiar with swordsmanship, but he could tell that this sword was different from ordinary low-grade Qi-refining swords, especially its sharpness.

Seeing that Han Jinwei also praised the sword, he nodded.

Han Jinwei seemed to have thought of something, and looking at the green bamboo sword with some regret, he said.

"This 'Peak Bamboo Extracting the Mango Sutra' is a good cultivation method. Although it is a third-grade technique, it is consistent with the 'Building the Azure Spirit Yuan Gong' passed down in my family, but each has its own merits."

"One is profound, the other is sharp; their intentions are quite different. This technique has a passage before the chapter on sword making, which is quite insightful."

He paused for a moment before speaking.

"There is a hundred-year-old tree, straight and dense, which, when cut, becomes sword material, its green and yellow hues gleaming. The broken pieces, however, are left in the ditch, ashamed to be used as a weapon. Why is this?"

"It is like wood sinking into the heart, its sharpness not in its flesh and bones, outwardly restrained and inwardly stored, containing the color of destruction within. If it is to be a sword, it is to take the special energy of wood, to be made with the intention of soaring to the sky, to surpass all other woods, to take only this meaning, relying solely on one thing."

"Only by discarding everything else and grasping the essence of its sharpness can one become a sword. This is what is meant by comparing a sword to a ditch, which is to say, the difference lies in its nature, and the result will also vary."

"The imagery of this technique is related to the sword energy I have come to understand. Unfortunately, it was passed down from the upper sect and is not complete. Although it has the Qi gathering steps of [Peak Bamboo Qi], it lacks the method of seeking the Immortal Foundation of [Special Gathering of Light]. Otherwise, if I were to seek a breakthrough in the future, I could learn a thing or two from it."

Imagery...

Having heard the term "Han Jieliu" many times, combined with the "nurturing a source of trouble" method I had heard about in the past, and what I had seen and heard, I realized that...

A thought struck him, as if he had grasped some key point related to the next step of foundation building, so he asked.

"Patriarch, what is the connection between the Foundation Establishment path and this so-called imagery?"