novelraw Chapter 127 Where did all these 10,000-year-old Heavenly Thunder Bamboo come from in the Chaotic Sta
Chapter 127 Where did all these 10,000-year-old Heavenly Thunder Bamboo come from in the Chaotic Sta
Chapter 127 Where did all these 10,000-year-old Heavenly Thunder Bamboo come from in the Chaotic Star Sea?
Seeing Han Li easily break the formation that had been in place for many years with a mere flick of his wrist, Shi Die couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "Fellow Daoist Han's mastery of formations is truly astonishing."
Although she was only at the Pseudo-Core Formation Realm, she was born into a family of array masters on Red Moon Island, and her father was a renowned Nascent Soul True Person. She had studied arrays since childhood and possessed many rare array detection artifacts. However, she had studied that array for several days but had not been able to find a flaw, while Han Li had simply destroyed it with a few array flags. This skill was truly terrifying.
Han Li waved his hand, his expression indifferent: "It's a trivial matter, not worth mentioning. Exploring the ruins is the priority."
"That's not how it works," Jin Qing interjected with a smile. "If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Han, we don't know how long we would have been stuck in this formation. How about this: if we find any treasures later, let Fellow Daoist Han choose one first. What do you all think?"
Hu Yue was the first to agree, nodding repeatedly: "I have no objection."
Jianming and Shidie quickly followed suit, saying, "Neither do I."
Russell watched this scene from the side and sighed inwardly.
Throughout Han Li's life, he was either running dungeons or on his way to run dungeons. Among his companions, these few were truly rare good people who had no ill intentions towards Han Li. They were warm, honest, and grateful, making them a rare breed in the cultivation world.
Unfortunately, good people don't live long. Who would have thought that a group of Core Formation cultivators would encounter a boss left over from last season in a dungeon and be wiped out in one fell swoop? Their luck is just unbelievable.
Russell shook his head, suppressing these thoughts, and followed the others deeper into the ruins.
In just over an hour, the group broke through formations and slew demons, advancing all the way and soon penetrating deep into the core area of the ruins.
During this time, it was obvious to the naked eye that Fairy Stone Disc had developed an admiration for Han Li and tried every means to strike up a conversation with him. Unfortunately, Han Li's heart was set on the path of cultivation and he was a Sigma man, so he ignored Fairy Stone Disc's many attempts to win him over.
This made Xu Qi'an, who was standing to the side, inwardly exclaim that it was a waste. If it were him, he would definitely take the opportunity to seize the stone disc and, at the same time, get close to Shi Kun Zhenren, a Nascent Soul cultivator. Having a Nascent Soul cultivator as a backer on the outskirts of the Chaotic Star Sea would make many things much easier.
Ahead, a huge stone pillar stood in the center of the hall. It was pitch black and its surface was inlaid with many rare Yin-Yang jades, which were evenly distributed on the entire pillar and shimmered with a faint black and white light. The spiritual energy around the pillar was so thin that it was almost a vacuum, as if all the spiritual energy had been drawn away by this pillar.
"This is—a Spirit Sealing Pillar?" Shi Die examined it closely for a moment, his face showing surprise.
Han Li nodded slightly, and with a swift movement, he landed atop the Spirit Sealing Pillar.
The so-called Spirit Sealing Pillar is actually a giant magical artifact used by ancient cultivators to seal spiritual energy and completely prevent it from leaking out.
This kind of magical artifact is extremely rare and is usually used for only two purposes: one is to seal a certain extremely rare spiritual medicine or herb to prevent its spiritual energy from leaking out and causing it to lose its spirituality; the other is to suppress certain powerful ghosts and demons to prevent them from changing and escaping.
Both of these uses are extremely useful to Han Li now, so it's a good time to collect them.
As soon as he had a thought, Li Feiyu stepped forward, placed his hands on the bottom of the spirit-sealing pillar, and exerted force with his arms.
Rumble!
The pillar trembled slightly, and gravel fell down in a flurry. Then, accompanied by a muffled rumble, the entire Spirit Sealing Pillar was pulled out of the ground inch by inch!
Li Feiyu's expression suggested that she hadn't exerted any effort at all.
Jin Qing, Shi Die, and the others watching from the side couldn't help but grimace and gasp.
The ancient cultivation system was like this: one or two people had high attack but low defense, and their physiques were ridiculously weak. Even a dignified Core Formation stage cultivator's physical strength was only a few times stronger than that of an ordinary person. Even with the use of a Giant Strength Talisman, it was still difficult for them to lift objects weighing several thousand kilograms.
"How dare you!!!"
Just then, a furious shout came from afar, a flash of blue light appeared on the horizon, and a figure swiftly arrived, his aura surging, revealing him to be a Core Formation cultivator as well.
The newcomer carried two swords on his back and a flower basket at his waist. His face was sinister. He was the strange man with the flower basket who had delivered the ancient treasure and the scroll of the spirit of the Zhiyang Bird to Han Li in the original story.
With the Xuan Bone imminent, Han Li had no intention of wasting words with him. He flipped his left hand and took out a blue soul banner from his storage bag, then shook it in the wind.
call! ! !
In an instant, the surrounding spiritual energy surged, and five beams of light of different colors shot out from the banner, transforming into five ghost generals of different shapes upon landing.
Well, rather than ghost generals, they are more like five guardian deities, because from their appearance, there is not a trace of ghosts at all.
The first statue was entirely crimson, with flames surging around it, and it held a giant flaming sword. The second statue was entirely azure, with vines entwining it, and it held a wooden fork in each hand. The third statue was entirely azure, with water vapor swirling around it, and it rode on two water dragons. The fourth statue was entirely golden, with golden light shimmering around it, and it held a long spear. The fifth statue was entirely earthen yellow, covered in rocks, and it held a giant shield.
As soon as they emerged from the Soul Banner, they transformed into five streams of light, surrounding the strange man with the flower basket from five directions. Their auras were intertwined, and the five colors of light—red, green, blue, gold, and yellow—were interwoven, instantly forming a single mass.
The five-colored light flowed endlessly, the five elements generating each other in an inexhaustible cycle, trapping the strange man in the flower basket in the center, no matter how he struggled left and right, he could not break free even a little.
"This is----!"
The Stone Butterfly Fairy exclaimed in surprise, her beautiful eyes widening: "A minor Five Elements Magic Array?!"
Han Li nodded slightly, his tone calm: "Stone Butterfly Fairy is knowledgeable and experienced. Indeed, this is a minor Five Elements Formation."
Russell watched from the side, clicking his tongue in amazement.
This is the true value of a protagonist from an old-school genre.
Everyone says that Han Li's pseudo-spiritual root aptitude is poor and his cultivation speed is ridiculously slow, but this guy's talent and comprehension are just too amazing. He can definitely learn anything he learns, and he can definitely master anything he learns.
But then he encountered a modern scientific system that only considers talent and comprehension and doesn't care about background or qualifications, and there were also four volumes of heavenly books to fill in the gaps in his knowledge.
Now he can even give ghosts attributes and formations.
At this point, the Heavenly Bottle no longer seems to be that important to Han Li.
In just a few breaths, a shrill roar came from the center of the array enveloped in five-colored light, and the five-colored light suddenly contracted and squeezed inward.
After a loud bang, the light exploded, the magic array dissipated, and when the smoke and dust cleared, only a flower basket remained, slowly floating in the field.
Just then, Li Feiyu successfully pulled out the Spirit Sealing Pillar completely, revealing a dark hole below.
Han Li raised his hand and put the flower basket and soul banner into his storage bag. He turned his gaze to Russell, Xiao Yan and Xu Qi'an, and was about to say something like "be careful later" when he suddenly stopped. He remembered that each of the three people in front of him had their own trump cards and seemed to have no need for him to worry about them.
Russell stepped forward, patted Han Li on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "You're about to meet your ancestor, aren't you excited?"
Han Li chuckled and said calmly, "Fellow Daoist Luo, please don't joke. I cultivate the Great Dao of Science and only worship predecessors and giants such as Lord Niu, Father Meng, and Mendeleev. His Xuan Bone is only at the level of prenatal education, how could he be my ancestor?"
Xu Qi'an and Xiao Yan exchanged a glance and shook their heads in unison. With Han Tianzun evolving into Dr. Han, the native cultivators here would have something to do in the future.
"That's all." Han Li withdrew his gaze, looking towards the depths of the cave, a slight smile playing on his lips. "Don't keep this old ghost waiting too long."
As soon as he finished speaking, he moved swiftly and leaped down towards the cave entrance.
Russell and Xiao Yan also spread their Purple Cloud Wings and followed closely behind.
Xu Qi'an calmly took out a page of a magic book from his pocket, which was a gift from a great scholar of Yunlu Academy.
He tore a page from the book, muttering to himself, "I have a pair of invisible wings—"
The paper ignited without wind, turning into specks of light that entered his body. The next moment, a pair of translucent wings of light unfolded from his back, and with a gentle flap, they carried him toward the bottom of the cave.
Jin Qing, Shi Die, and the other three looked at each other in bewilderment and quickly followed.
The cave is very deep.
It took them a full quarter of an hour to finally reach the bottom.
Below was a square hall, about twenty feet in size, with smooth walls that had obviously been polished by hand. The only opening in the ceiling was the hole through which they had come down, while there were two semi-circular side doors on either side, one to the left and one to the right, leading to unknown depths.
In the central pool of the hall, a lotus with only one bud emitted a glow of blue, red, and yellow. A few inches above the lotus, a delicate seven-colored rainbow shimmered and shone brilliantly. The pool water was not clear water, but a thick, white emulsion that emitted a pungent, exotic fragrance.
"Seven-Colored Lotus!" Hu Yue's voice trembled, her eyes widened, and she murmured, "There's no mistake, it's definitely this! I thought it was just a rumor, but it actually exists. Could that pool of water be the legendary thousand-year-old stalactite?"
"No wonder there are so many arrays and restrictions set up above, and it's sealed with the Spirit Sealing Pillar. If I had these two things, I wouldn't mind setting up a dozen more layers of restrictions." Shi Die stared intently at Cai Lian, her face full of infatuation.
Although Jin Qing and Jian Ming did not speak, the scorching self-light had already betrayed their thoughts.
The Seven-Colored Lotus is a legendary treasure of heaven and earth that can improve cultivation and break through bottlenecks, while the Thousand-Year Stone Milk is an essential ingredient for refining many rare pills. Either one of these two items would be enough to make Core Formation or even Nascent Soul cultivators fight tooth and nail for it, yet now they appear before our eyes at the same time.
"You know what, it really does seem like that." Not far away, Russell and his friends gathered in a group, whispering among themselves.
Without having read the original work and not knowing that the Seven-Colored Lotus in front of me is actually the snake crown on the head of the Demon Crown Serpent, it's really hard to tell whether it's real or fake at first glance.
Xiao Yan also agreed with this point. He had been studying alchemy for quite some time, and while he was not a master, he was certainly not a beginner. Yet, even so, he still couldn't distinguish between the real and the fake.
"Taiyin, that's right." Xiao Yan clicked his tongue. No wonder he was the founder of Xuanyin Island.
Xu Qi'an glanced at the Xuan Gu skeleton and asked in a low voice, "So, should we follow the storyline or just go straight for it?"
"Since we're already here, there's no need for pretense." Han Li's gaze calmly fell on the skeleton, his tone indifferent: "It's better for this kind of guy to perish sooner rather than later."
He waved his hand, signaling Jin Qing and the others, who were discussing how to harvest the Seven-Colored Lotus, to step back.
Jin Qing was taken aback and subconsciously wanted to speak, but was silenced by Han Li's calm yet unquestionable gaze.
Han Li stepped forward, patted his storage bag, and a Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Flying Sword shot out, its tip pointing at the skeleton: "Now that we're here, why hide? Show yourself."
Upon hearing this, Jin Qing and the others all changed color!
What?! Those bones aren't inanimate objects?!
A moment of silence fell over the hall.
"Such keen insight."
A sinister voice echoed from the void, seemingly coming from the depths of hell, carrying a hint of surprise.
The skeleton pointed at by the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword trembled violently, and thick mist rose up, enveloping the entire skeleton. As the mist surged, a green figure slowly emerged from the white bones, first illusory, then solidified, transforming into a green figure.
Jin Qing and Hu Yue exchanged a glance, each seeing the shock and lingering fear in the other's eyes.
If they had rashly gone to pick lotus flowers just now, they would probably have been ambushed and killed by these skeletons by now!
Xuan Gu's phantom floated in mid-air, its cold gaze sweeping over Han Li, a strange light flashing in its eyes.
"Boy, tell me, how did you discover me?"
He was indeed curious. With his cultivation level, even if he only had a wisp of a remnant soul left, his concealment technique was something that a mere Core Formation cultivator could not see through. How did this kid discover it?
"That's none of your business," Han Li paused, "but I have a favor to ask of you."
Xuan Gu raised an eyebrow. He had lived for thousands of years and this was the first time he had seen such an interesting Core Formation cultivator. Despite his low cultivation level, he showed no fear in front of him and even dared to make a request.
"What is it?" he asked with interest.
Han Li raised his hand and waved it gently.
Li Feiyu strode forward from behind and stood beside him.
Han Li turned his head and gave Xuan Gu a bright smile: "How about entrusting your life to me?"
"————" Xuan Gu's smile froze, and his face visibly darkened: "What a reckless brat. Very well, he can help me recover some of my energy."
The moment the words fell, Xuan Gu reached out with his right hand and grabbed at Han Li's position in the void. A cold wind howled, ghosts wailed, and the temperature in the hall plummeted to freezing point. Countless phantoms of vengeful spirits and vengeful ghosts surged out of the void, shrieking mournfully. A huge white bone hand condensed in front of Xuan Gu Shangren, with distinct joints and five hook-like fingers.
At this moment, fine golden patterns appeared on Li Feiyu's skin, instantly covering his entire body. His figure also changed. On the outside of his right arm, a dazzling golden blade, about three feet long and flowing with blinding golden light, with fine golden arcs of electricity jumping along its edges, suddenly extended out. On his left forearm, three deep cannon muzzles emerged from under his skin, aimed at the Xuan Bone.
Inside the cannon's muzzle, golden light was rapidly gathering, emanating a terrifying aura that sent chills down one's spine.
"This is... Heavenly Thunder Bamboo!?" Xuan Gu's expression changed drastically!
As an old monster who has lived for thousands of years, how could he not recognize this legendary spiritual object that can suppress all evil spirits?
But the puppet in front of us is not only made entirely of Thunder Bamboo, but every inch of its bones and skin is also covered with dense runes and mechanisms!
What kind of monster is this?!
Where did all these ancient Thunder Bamboo come from in the Chaotic Star Sea?!