Mortal: Transmigrated into Han Li, becoming a person with five spiritual roots

"Han Li, wake up!"

A flash of lightning and a clap of thunder sounded in the sky, followed by what sounded like an angry shout.

Han Li barely managed to open his eyes.

What came into view was not the familiar skyscrapers and bustling traffic.

He was an old man.

Seven black daggers were stuck in the old man's body, and blood kept flowing from the wounds, dripping onto the ground. At the end of the daggers were seven lifelike skulls.

"Where am I? What on earth happened?!"

Han Li was deeply shocked; he had never seen anything like this before.

At that moment, he had only one thought in his mind: "Escape!"

He tried desperately to move his feet, but after a few breaths, his position remained unchanged.

Han Li looked down and found that he was not standing on the ground, but floating in the air, his whole body was very illusory.

Only then did he realize that he seemed to have died long ago.

Just then, the eerie old man shouted.

"Seven Demons Devour Souls!"

The seven strange daggers stuck in his body began to shake simultaneously, and the old man's body visibly withered away. The sound of the daggers grew louder and more piercing, as if they were coming back to life.

Finally, the dagger seemed to have had its fill and stopped shaking. However, the skull at its end opened its mouth, and seven thick streams of black gas shot out forward, surging towards the young man on the other side of the room.

Perhaps it was too dark, but Han Li only noticed the young man at this moment.

The man was dressed simply and had an ordinary appearance.

"This scene seems somewhat familiar... Strange, why can't I remember?"

Han Li tried hard to recall the familiar scene before him, but his mind went completely blank.

The black mist instantly enveloped the young man and quickly surged into his body.

However, things were not that simple. As the black energy surged in, a stream of dark green energy also followed.

A sinister laugh echoed from the dimly lit room.

"Hahahaha, this body will soon be mine!"

However, the laughter soon stopped abruptly.

"Mo Juren, this man is mine."

"Yu Zitong, you really did cheat."

"Ant, how can you, a mere mortal, compete with me?"

"Damn it, this person is actually at the sixth level of Qi Refining! Quick, we must join forces to have any chance of survival!"

The two voices began to argue amongst themselves.

Just then, an invisible vortex appeared in the room, pulling at Han Li's illusory body.

"not good."

Although he didn't know how the vortex came about, Han Li instinctively wanted to escape.

He ran desperately outwards, his feet becoming afterimages in the air, yet his position remained unchanged. Finally, Han Li stopped resisting and was sucked in.

Inside the man's body, at the center of the vortex, two orbs of light, one black and one green, were fighting against a white orb of light.

Han Li wanted to stay away from the fight, because every ball of light terrified him.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned, and he still uncontrollably gravitated towards the ball of light.

"No!"

After a few piercing screams, the secret room fell silent.

...

After an unknown amount of time, Han Li slowly opened his eyes in the dimly lit secret room.

"I'm not dead! I'm still alive!"

"This is...my body?"

Han Li then realized that he had regained a physical body, and that this body belonged to the young man.

"Possession, is it a blessing in disguise?" Han Li murmured.

Unexpectedly, despite their elaborate schemes, he ended up being the one who benefited.

Han Li sat there in a daze for a long time, trying to recall his previous memories.

However, his brain remained blank, and most of his memories had been lost.

I only vaguely remember that I was a civil engineering student at Southern United University, and I unfortunately fell while mixing concrete at a construction site...

Recalling what had just happened, Han Li felt both relieved and somewhat fearful.

If it weren't for good luck, he would have been completely destroyed by now.

Only then did he look around.

It was a dark, secret room with torches burning on the walls. There was no exit except for a staircase leading upwards.

Judging from the furnishings in the room and the clothes worn by the deceased old man, it must be from ancient times.

But considering the strange and vicious magic, Han Li realized that this was most likely a world of cultivation.

Although he lost his memory, he did not lose his cognition or some concepts.

I just don't know what the cultivation system of this world is.

Just as Han Li was about to stand up, he felt a sharp pain in his chest.

Looking down, I noticed a dark palm print on my left chest, visible through my clothes.

"This palm print is poisonous!"

Fortunately, I won't die for now; I need to find an antidote as soon as possible.

Suppressing the smell of blood and the urge to vomit, Han Li approached the old man.

Aside from the possibility of self-harm, the old man is the most suspicious, and presumably only he knows the antidote.

Not long after, Han Li found a small box in a hidden compartment behind the old man.

Inside was a copper bell, a secret manual, and a letter.

There is no antidote!

Setting the copper bell and letter aside, Han Li took out the secret manual.

Although the characters on it were not in a script he was familiar with, he could still understand them.

The cover of the manual prominently displays the three characters "Changchun Gong".

"It really is a celestial technique."

After watching for a while, Han Li discovered that the cultivation technique was incomplete, with only levels one through nine.

After the ninth floor, there was only blank space, leaving a feeling of wanting more.

Putting away the "Eternal Spring Skill," Han Li opened the letter.

"My disciple Han Li, when you see this letter, it means your master is already dead."

"You've been struck by my Demon Silver Hand; the chilling poison in your body requires the Warm Sun Jade to cure. Take this letter to the Mo residence in Jiayuan City, and my wife will provide the Warm Sun Jade as a reward..."

"..."

"Life is short and we all return to dust. Why can immortals roam the world while we mortals can only be frogs at the bottom of a well?"

"Han Li, there are so many beautiful sights in this world, go and see them for your master."

When a person is about to die, his words are also good.

Fine, I'll take care of your wife and daughters.

Han Li looked sorrowful.

......

Yue Kingdom, Seven Mysteries Gate, Divine Hand Valley.

Han Li stood on the mountaintop, overlooking the entire Divine Hand Valley.

Besides him, there was another burly man on the mountaintop, Zhang Tie, who had been trained into a human puppet.

In the past few days, Han Li has gradually recalled the memories of this body.

Coincidentally, the person in this world is also named Han Li, but apart from that, the two have no similarities.

"Zhang Tie, although I'm not the Han Li you know, if you follow me, I guarantee you'll live a life of luxury."

Han Li turned around and patted Zhang Tie on the shoulder.

Zhang Tie, the puppet, remained expressionless after hearing this.

"Smile."

Han Li shook the copper bell in his hand; it was a magical artifact for controlling the puppet.

Upon hearing the order, Zhang Tie gave a stiff smile that looked worse than crying.

"Forget it, let's stop laughing."

"Since you are already dead, I will call you Qu Hun from now on."

Qu Hun still wore that ugly smile.

Perhaps influenced by the original owner of the body, Han Li felt a little like crying.

After a long while, the tears did not fall.

It wasn't that Han Li was emotionally detached; rather, he had obtained an extraordinary treasure! He was overjoyed and couldn't possibly cry.

He took out a small green bottle from his pocket. The bottle had plant patterns on it and looked ancient and mysterious.

This small bottle has only one function—a ripening agent!

In other words, Han Li will never lack cultivation pills again and can easily break through to the next level.

What incredible power!

If one pill doesn't work, then two; if two don't work, then ten.

"This little green bottle is too powerful; it must not be known to a second person, or there will be no chance of survival."

"Qu Hun, do you know?"

Han Li looked at Qu Hun.

Qu Hun nodded blankly.

He has been trained to be a puppet and can only understand some simple commands.

Just then, shouts came from down the mountain.

"Dr. Mo, Dr. Mo, someone here is seriously injured!"

Hearing the sounds from down the mountain, Han Li looked at Qu Hun beside him and said, "Let's go see a doctor."