The game starts with the player being bound to Han Li, gaining access to all of the enemy's ass

"Brother Han, take this thousand-year-old spiritual herb and use it for cultivation. If you can advance to the thirteenth level of Qi Refining, you will be safer in the Crimson Forbidden Land."

Xin Ruyin held the box of thousand-year-old spiritual herbs without a trace of greed.

"I don't need this thing for my cultivation."

Han Chao touched Xin Ruyin's hand and refused with a smile: "You should keep this thousand-year-old spiritual herb for your own survival, Ruyin. It will come in handy when you advance to the Foundation Establishment stage."

"Foundation Building!"

Xin Ruyin was both amused and exasperated. With her weak constitution, she would die even faster once she reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

Since Han Chao doesn't want to use it right now, she can only put it away for now: "Alright then, I'll keep it here for now. Brother Han can take it whenever he wants!"

"That's more like it!" Han Chao smiled slightly, played with her delicate hand for a while, and finished a cup of tea before saying with satisfaction, "Alright, Ruyin, let's close the Array Pavilion for the next few months. I need to focus all my energy on drawing talismans for the last month or so, and I won't have time to make small array plates."

"Guan, I'll have Xiaomei grind the ingredients for you!"

Upon hearing that it concerned Han Chao's safety, Xin Ruyin immediately took it seriously.

"Forget it." Han Chao waved his hand. "Xiao Mei is helping me grind the inkstone, I'm afraid she'll knock it over."

"Xiao Mei isn't that stupid!" Xin Ruyin said, both amused and exasperated.

"I'm going back inside!"

Without discussing with Xin Ruyin whether Xiaomei was stupid or not, Han Chao quickly got up and went back to his room.

Taking advantage of the few days before Han Li met Senior Brother Lu, he wanted to squeeze every last bit of spiritual energy out of his body, working through the night.

Three days later, at dusk.

Han Chao blew on his tea, feeling quite puzzled. Why hadn't Senior Brother Lu's entire fortune arrived in his account yet?

Fearing that a sudden surge of spiritual power would waste a talisman, he put down his brush just as dusk was falling.

Unexpectedly, half an hour passed during this wait.

"Could it be that my store has created a butterfly effect?"

Han Chao's expression was rather unpleasant.

Senior Brother Lu was the richest tycoon before entering the Crimson Forbidden Land. In addition, he had two Foundation Establishment Pills on him, not to mention that this kid also has a wind-type spiritual root, which greatly enhances his cultivation of wind-type spells and escape techniques.

If his appearance prevented Han Li from meeting Senior Brother Lu, then if he wanted to obtain the wind-type talent, he would have to go to the Chaotic Star Sea and wait for Han Li to meet the Noble Bird.

"What kind of mess is this?!" Han Chao sighed, looking up at the sky. "Damn system, why did it bind to Han Li? If you bind me, I'll go find Xiang Zhili!"

The words are divided into two parts.

While Han Chao was feeling frustrated, Han Li also gasped. Looking at the scene of rape followed by murder in the distance, his first thought was to mind his own business.

But some things can't be avoided just by trying to hide them. As Han Li was crawling on the ground, inching his way out, he suddenly felt something flying silently toward him. Han Li was immediately shocked and furious, and quickly took out a talisman and put it on his body.

[Ding! Han Li has become an enemy of Senior Brother Lu. You immediately gain all of Senior Brother Lu's cultivation, techniques, and spiritual roots. You also obtain the top-tier magic weapon Azure Dragon Banner, Foundation Establishment Pills, spirit stones, aphrodisiacs, talismans, and ordinary magic weapons.]

"Hey, we've got a job." Han Chao suddenly stood up.

At this moment, the spiritual energy within his body surged, and there were even faint signs of him breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

That won't do. After breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, he won't be able to return to Yellow Maple Valley, let alone get free Foundation Establishment stage spells.

Han Chao immediately sat down cross-legged, desperately controlling his spiritual energy to break through the barrier, while simultaneously using the common method of dispersing qi to continuously dissipate the surging spiritual power within his body.

While he was determined to hold off on advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage, Han Li was already facing a series of perilous situations.

Because he was missing a thousand-year-old spiritual herb, Han Li only obtained the Xuan Tie Flying Sky Shield and the Heavenly Thunder Seed from the Myriad Treasures Pavilion. Without any top-tier offensive magical artifacts, he could only use the Black Rope Blade he obtained from the man in yellow to fight. After only a few rounds, the Black Rope Blade had already lost much of its spiritual power.

Seeing this meddlesome young man, who had no choice but to pull out a mid-level attack magic weapon, Senior Brother Lu laughed and mocked, "Hahaha, a mere mid-level magic weapon, die!"

"I was careless. If I had set up the Reversed Five Elements Formation earlier..." A trace of regret flashed across Han Li's face. If it weren't for the protection of the Xuan Iron Shield, he would have died several times over.

In his shock and anger, just as he was about to use the exploding gourd to throw out the Thunderbolt he had just obtained, he touched the two small array plates that he had casually stuffed into his pocket as if they were trash.

"Brother, I hope you're not a swindler."

After hesitating for less than a second, Han Li gripped the array plate and flung out the array flag.

Han Li's array flags didn't concern Senior Brother Lu. In his view, this dark-skinned boy was already at his wit's end. What good could array flags be if they were usable even by a Qi Refining stage cultivator? So he completely ignored them and instead laughed loudly:

"Poor kid, this is the difference between you and me. Don't worry, when you die, I'll bury you and Junior Sister Chen together. That way, as your senior brother, I'll have arranged a marriage for you. Hahaha."

After mocking him, before Han Li, whose face was grim, could retort, he made a hand seal, waved the flag, and pointed it at Han Li. Instantly, more than a dozen crescent-shaped wind blades roared and rushed towards Han Li.

Han Li's expression changed. The wind blade was too fast. Just as it was about to reach him, it finally stopped.

With a buzzing sound.

The Earthbinding Thorn Formation suddenly unfolded, and the blue semi-circular lid instantly trapped Senior Brother Lu and the wind blade in the middle.

puff puff!

The sound of slicing rang out, and after the wind blades disappeared, only slight ripples appeared on the cyan light shield.

"How is that possible?"

Senior Brother Lu was shocked. How could a Qi Refining stage cultivator set up such a high-level formation so easily?

Han Li was overjoyed.

He hadn't expected that the magic array Han Chao had casually gifted him would be so incredibly powerful. If even a top-tier magic weapon couldn't break through the attack array, just how strong must the defensive golden light array be?

"This is truly a treasure trove!"

Han Li murmured something, then looked at Senior Brother Lu, who was trapped in the formation, and a smile appeared on his face.

After attacking the magic array several more times and finding that he couldn't even break it, Senior Brother Lu finally panicked.

He gave Han Li, who was busy fiddling with the array plate, a fawning smile: "Junior Brother Han, I was just joking with you. If you remove the array, I'll give you this woman, okay?"

"Do you think I'm an idiot?" Han Li sneered.

After staring at the array plate for a few seconds, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he tried channeling his wood-elemental spiritual energy into it.

Because it was his first time using the array, he hadn't adjusted the input level properly, and was immediately absorbed by the array, causing his spiritual energy to leak out rapidly.

The array plate, replenished with spiritual energy, shone brightly. With a slight flash of azure light, countless thorny vines sprouted from the array walls and rushed towards Senior Brother Lu at the center of the array.

Senior Brother Lu, whose spiritual power was already nearly exhausted, was caught off guard and instantly torn apart by the vines. He didn't even manage to scream before he died.

Han Li, having absorbed too much spiritual energy, staggered and fell to the side, his mind going black...