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

"A thousand-year-old snow lotus, this is a huge windfall! If I hand this over and have the cultivation technique copied at the Transmission Pavilion, I shouldn't have to pay any extra spirit stones."

With the snow halfway up his back, Han Chao stared intently at a lotus flower that had fallen deep into an ice crevice—a lotus flower that was entirely jade white, exuding a strong medicinal fragrance, and had more than nine ice crystal petals. A look of joy appeared on his face.

Having picked hundreds of ice-type spiritual herbs along the way, he was about to head down the mountain to the central area when he unexpectedly caught a whiff of extremely cool spiritual energy as he detoured down the mountain.

Following the scent of spiritual energy for several hundred meters, a crystal lotus flower, still gleaming brightly in the cold wind, appeared gracefully before him.

However, obtaining the Thousand-Year Snow Lotus will still present a slight challenge for the time being. Beneath the rock where the snow lotus grows, there are more than a dozen first-tier snow apes dozing off, one of which is twice the size of the others, and is definitely close to being a second-tier demon beast.

This was definitely not something Han Chao could afford to offend now. So he quietly followed the original path and arrived at a depression exposed to the wind.

He wanted to wait until Han Li made an enemy; as long as he encountered just one, he could advance to the Foundation Establishment stage.

At that time, the mere snow ape will be no match for it.

Amidst the howling wind, Han Chao waited patiently for half a day. Finally, just as dusk was falling, two vast streams of spiritual energy surged forth from within his body, and at the same time, a familiar voice reached his ears.

[Ding! Han Li has become enemies with Yan Da and Hu San. Instantly gain all of their cultivation levels, techniques, and spiritual roots. Obtain high-grade magic weapons such as the Black Dragon Claw and Flying Fork, as well as talismans such as the Vajra Talisman and Fireball Talisman, and five mid-grade spirit stones.]

The sudden wealth did not make Han Chao happy, because at this moment his mind was focused on introspection, and the two streams of spiritual power at the thirteenth level of Qi Refining broke through the bottleneck of Foundation Establishment in an instant without breaking a sweat.

Unlike Han Li's excruciating pain during his breakthrough, Han Chao now felt incredibly comfortable, especially with his divine sense probing range instantly increasing from about two hundred meters during the Qi Refining stage to one or two miles.

Previously, they had to sneak up and observe the snow ape family with their naked eyes, but now they were within Han Chao's spiritual sense detection range.

"This is the power of the Foundation Establishment stage." Han Chao clenched his fist with joy. Now, he could truly roam freely in the Crimson Forbidden Land. "Hehehe, Thousand-Year Snow Lotus, here I come!"

The Foundation Establishment stage has been reached; the mere Snow Ape's death is imminent.

Before long, a series of loud booming sounds echoed across the snow-covered mountain, and the trembling snow swept in, causing a somewhat disheveled figure in blue to quickly move away from the avalanche area.

"Pah, pah, pah!" Han Chao spat in frustration.

He originally wanted to test his Foundation Establishment stage abilities, but he got carried away and forgot he was on a snowy mountain, which caused an avalanche.

An avalanche on a snow-capped mountain that can give birth to thousand-year-old spiritual herbs is not comparable to an ordinary avalanche. Its overwhelming force is like Mount Tai pressing down. If one had not advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage, it is uncertain whether one could even take off.

"Fortunately, we've got the thousand-year-old snow lotus."

With a smug look on his face, Han Chao took out the thousand-year-old snow lotus from his storage bag. The more he looked at the crystal-clear, fragrant snow lotus, the more he liked it.

However, there was no way to save this thing, not to mention that Han Chao never intended to save it. But before handing it over, Han Chao still managed to get a few drops of the blue liquid flowing inside the stem.

After filling the millennium-old ice-type spiritual liquid into a jade bottle, the commotion on the snow mountain also ceased. Taking advantage of the remaining time on the first day, Han Chao, relying on his Foundation Establishment cultivation, showed no mercy.

He searched the mountain range at his feet all night, uprooting all the ice-type spiritual herbs that were over ten years old and stuffing them into his storage bag.

It wasn't until dawn the next day that he took out a map, checked the direction, and began to speed towards the central area.

At the Foundation Establishment stage, he was equivalent to a second-tier demon beast. Only one black dragon had been born in the central area of ​​the forbidden land, so his current cultivation level could be said to be the strongest in the forbidden land besides Xiang Zhili.

It is worth mentioning that, more than halfway through the first night, while he was digging deep into the ground, two notification sounds rang in his ears again, about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Putting aside the top-tier magical artifacts, pills, and talismans he obtained, the two abundant spiritual energies alone caused his cultivation level, which had just broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage, to increase by several times.

The next day, near dusk,

South of the central area, in a place filled with yellow sand, a streak of blue light sped from the direction of the snow-capped mountains and stopped in mid-air with a whoosh.

"What are you doing?"

Han Chao squinted as he watched a man and a woman below, who were constantly poking at the sand with ice spikes.

After poking for a while, the beautiful woman became furious. Ignoring the man's advice, she took out a blue talisman, threw it into the air with a cold smile, and then darted away ten meters away as if her butt was on fire.

Looking at the giant black cloud that covered the surrounding area, which was dozens of feet in size, Han Chao finally slapped his forehead and remembered something.

This is where that little girl, Han Yunzhi, is hiding!

When an acquaintance is in trouble, he, who has already reached the Foundation Establishment stage, naturally cannot ignore it.

He patted his storage bag, and a palm-sized mirror appeared in his hand. He gently shone it downwards, and a burst of blue light shot out, covering the giant ice shard that was about to hit the ground.

"The Azure Condensation Mirror?"

The men and women of the Hidden Moon Sect were terrified and turned to run, but unfortunately, they were only at the thirteenth level of Qi Refining, how could they outrun a Foundation Establishment cultivator? A spinning yellow umbrella descended from the sky, effortlessly stringing the two fleeing individuals together like a candied hawthorn.

Han Chao casually beckoned to their storage bags, rummaging through them while laughing and shouting, "Alright, hurry up and come out. My magic artifact can only hold the ice crystal talisman in place for half a quarter of an hour. If you don't come out soon, it will be pierced through."

The sand remained motionless.

"The little girl is quite alert!" A hint of admiration flashed in Han Chao's eyes.

He truly liked Han Yunzhi. Although she looked weak, she wasn't. For her brother, she was willing to enter the perilous Blood Forbidden Land with her Qi Refining Level 10 cultivation. In the end, she even managed to reach the central area. With that kind of luck and courage, it's no wonder she was able to successfully form her core in the future.

Since the girl wasn't coming out on her own, Han Chao decided to help her. His Qi Refining stage divine sense couldn't detect her location, but his Foundation Establishment stage divine sense could see her clearly.

"Sand blowing technique, go!"

Han Chao let out a wicked shout, and a beam of green light shot out from his hand, blowing away the sand covering Han Yunzhi.

When her hiding place was discovered, Han Yunzhi looked desperate. She gritted her teeth and was about to fight the two men to the death when she got up and found that the disciples of the Hidden Moon Sect who had been chasing her were gone. Instead, Han Chao, who had once flirted with her, was waving at her with a smile.

"Come quick, the icicle is about to fall!"