After composing himself, Han Li shifted his gaze and looked again at the enormous rat skeleton not far away.

At this time, the baleful aura within the skeleton was much thinner than before.

Han Li did not approach immediately, but instead formed hand seals and activated the array around the skeleton, dissipating the baleful aura within.

After about half an hour, the baleful aura within the skeleton was finally completely dispelled, with not a trace remaining.

The giant rat skeleton now looked even more crystalline, emitting waves of soft green light, and one could almost see strands of spiritual power flowing within it.

After scanning it back and forth several times, Han Li waved his hand to collect the array instruments around the skeleton, and his figure suddenly transformed into a streak of azure light, flying upwards.

Above the abyss pit, on a stone cliff.

Jin Tong paced back and forth on the edge of the stone cliff with a look of anxiety, occasionally craning her neck to look down into the abyss below.

"Boss, stop pacing, Master will be fine," Bai Yu Pixiu said, lying lazily on the ground, trying to reassure her.

"What do you know! There's not much time left until those twenty years, and Uncle hasn't moved yet. Something must have happened! ...No, I have to go down and take a look," Jin Tong said, her little face furrowed with determination.

Crab Daoist floated up and stopped Jin Tong, who was about to jump off the cliff, and said:

"Let me go down and take a look, after all, I am a puppet body, and the impact on me will be smaller."

Hearing this, Jin Tong's eyes flashed with a hint of gratitude, and just as she was about to speak, her eyebrows suddenly twitched, and she hurriedly looked towards the bottom of the abyss.

A streak of azure light came speeding from below, breaking through the rolling baleful aura, and soon arrived above the cliff.

The azure light converged, revealing Han Li.

"Uncle, why did you only just... huh, your cultivation?" Jin Tong wanted to complain, but when she sensed the aura on Han Li's body, her expression suddenly changed, and she exclaimed in surprise.

Bai Yu Pixiu and Crab Daoist also noticed the anomaly one after another and surrounded him.

"Peak Golden Immortal Realm...Master, you're only one step away from advancing to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm, aren't you?" Bai Yu Pixiu exclaimed in surprise.

"It seems that Fellow Daoist Han had another fortuitous encounter down in the abyss..." Crab Daoist also praised.

"Uncle, did you find some treasure down there and secretly eat it all by yourself, so your realm has improved so much? By the way, how did your eyes turn gray... they look so powerful!" Jin Tong was speaking when she suddenly noticed that Han Li's eyes had turned grayish-white in an instant, and she hurriedly exclaimed.

Hearing this, Han Li's expression changed slightly. He waved his hand, and water vapor filled his palm, condensing into a water mirror, which he looked into.

Upon seeing this, he found that his pupils were indeed covered in a layer of mist, turning silver-gray, which was somewhat similar to the gray immortals like Mo Yu.

"It seems I was tricked by that old fellow Mo Yu. There's definitely something fishy about this Gray Immortal's *Xuan Sha Ming Ling Gong*..." Han Li's expression remained as usual, but he sighed in his heart and pondered to himself.

"What's wrong, Uncle? Did something happen?" Jin Tong asked, seeing that Han Li was silent.

"I had a slight mishap in my cultivation earlier, I'll tell you the details later. I found something in the abyss that should be of some help to you, come down and take a look with me," Han Li said, retracting his thoughts.

"Is there really a treasure?" Jin Tong exclaimed in surprise.

"Why didn't I sense anything..." Bai Yu Pixiu shook his head, looking puzzled.

"You'll know when you go down and see. Fellow Daoist Crab, I'll have to trouble you to continue guarding the array above," Han Li said with a smile, turning to Crab Daoist.

With that, he glanced at the water mirror in his hand and suddenly found that the gray light in his pupils had disappeared and returned to their original appearance.

Crab Daoist did not speak, but simply nodded.

Han Li cupped his fist slightly, and then a flash of azure light enveloped Jin Tong and Xiao Bai, and with a leap, he flew back down into the abyss, his figure disappearing into the baleful aura.

After absorbing all the baleful aura in the giant rat's body, Han Li's perception of baleful aura seemed to have changed slightly, and his body's rejection of baleful aura had also weakened a lot.

As for the impact of the dense baleful aura on him, it had become negligible, and he could even simply control these baleful auras.

After returning to the bottom of the abyss valley, Han Li came to the side of the giant rat's skeleton, and his hands quickly moved.

An invisible force burst out from his body, forcing back the surrounding baleful aura layer by layer, isolating a space without baleful aura.

He waved his hand, and two rays of golden and white light flashed, and the figures of Jin Tong and Xiao Bai reappeared.

"Such heavy baleful aura..." Jin Tong frowned as soon as her figure appeared, looking somewhat displeased.

"This skeleton..." Bai Yu Pixiu's eyes lit up, and he exclaimed in surprise.

At this moment, Jin Tong noticed the mountain-like jade skeleton, and a look of surprise also appeared in her eyes. A flash of golden light suddenly illuminated her body, and she was about to rush towards the skeleton.

However, she had just taken off when Han Li grabbed her and pulled her back.

"Don't rush, the baleful aura in this skeleton was very strong before. Although I have absorbed it all, I can't guarantee that it won't have any impact on you, so you should take a good look before you start eating," Han Li said slowly.

"Uncle, the remaining baleful aura is not a problem, don't worry, I'm almost drooling to death... If I eat this, maybe my cultivation realm can be improved a lot..." Jin Tong said anxiously, wiping the saliva from the corner of her mouth.

"Master, can you also give me some of this skeleton?" At this time, Bai Yu Pixiu also came forward, shaking his bag, and asked.

"Xiao Bai, the current situation is a bit special. If this great demon skeleton can help Jin Tong break through another realm, then we will have more confidence when facing that Gold Devouring Immortal. You understand this, right?" Han Li hesitated slightly and said.

"Then... okay..." Xiao Bai said with some disappointment.

"If we can survive this calamity, I will find other ways to compensate you, in short, I will never treat you unfairly," Han Li patted Bai Yu Pixiu's head, comforting him.

Jin Tong's attention had been on the great demon skeleton all along, and she didn't notice the movement here at all. At this time, she turned her head and looked at him expectantly, saying, "Can I eat it now, Uncle? I can't wait..."

Han Li didn't speak, but nodded helplessly.

Jin Tong was overjoyed, her figure flashed suddenly, and she transformed into a giant golden beetle, flying up and pouncing on the jade-colored great demon skeleton. The sound of "crack crack" gnawing soon echoed in the abyss.

Bai Yu Pixiu, who was on the side, could only smack his lips a few times, his eyes full of envy.

However, after less than a few dozen breaths, Jin Tong suddenly retracted her golden light and transformed back into a red-clothed girl, flying down from the giant rat's skeleton.

She held a jade-green bone the thickness of an adult's arm in her hand, came to Han Li, and said suspiciously, "Uncle, take a look at what's going on with this tailbone, I almost broke my teeth."

Hearing this, Han Li took the long bone and examined it carefully.

After looking at it for a while, his brows couldn't help but twitch slightly, revealing a hint of surprise.

Immediately afterward, a azure light lit up in his palm, and he poured a wisp of immortal spiritual power into it.

The jade-green bone lit up with a bright light, and a restriction rune that Han Li had never seen before lit up on its surface, emitting waves of rather strong spatial fluctuations.

"Spatial treasure... could it be the giant rat's storage item?"

Han Li's eyes narrowed slightly, and he began to circulate his immortal spiritual power, trying to activate this bone. As a result, the light on the long bone became brighter and brighter, becoming a translucent green, like a flawless jade.

But that was all.

No matter how Han Li tried, this bone just emitted light, neither could it be activated nor refined, and naturally, it could not be explored.

At this time, Jin Tong had already transformed into a giant beetle again, and pounced on the jade skeleton.

After about the time it takes to eat a meal, a golden light flew down from the jade skeleton and transformed back into a red-clothed girl, wiping her mouth, patting her round belly, and letting out a long burp.

"Oh, I'm full, Xiao Bai, you can have the rest," Jin Tong pointed to the remaining half of the skeleton, and said generously.

Hearing this, Bai Yu Pixiu was obviously stunned, and when he reacted, he had already been slapped on the head by Jin Tong.

"What are you still stunned for, if you don't want to eat it, I'll eat it all?"

"But, Boss..." Pixiu was naturally very greedy, but still hesitated.

"Since you call me Boss, I can't treat you badly. Besides, this great demon skeleton is really nourishing, I'm already a bit full after only eating half of it, and it will probably take some time to digest and absorb it... I ate a lot of your immortal artifacts in your belly before, so this is considered compensation," Jin Tong said, patting her round belly, and said casually.

Pixiu's heart was suddenly moved, but he still didn't move immediately, but turned to look at Han Li.

"Just listen to her," Han Li said, nodding to him after he had finished adjusting his breathing.

"Thank you, Boss!"

Bai Yu Pixiu grinned, and his body suddenly swelled up and became larger, and his big mouth became as if it could swallow the heavens and the earth, swallowing the remaining great demon skeleton cleanly in one bite.

Then, the light on his body lit up again, and his body returned to the size of a house dog.

"Xiao Bai, to be honest, I really envy your ability to swallow in one gulp!" Jin Tong said, walking around Bai Yu Pixiu with her hands behind her back, admiring him.

"Okay, for the next period of time, you should all refine it properly," Han Li said with a smile.

"Uncle, you shouldn't have said that, as soon as you said that, I started to feel sleepy..."

Jin Tong was speaking when she already started to yawn, golden light lit up on her body, and she quickly transformed into a palm-sized golden beetle, falling towards the ground.

Han Li stretched out his palm, caught her in his palm, and put her into the spirit beast bag.

"Master, this skeleton is different from other things, I may also need to retreat for a while," Xiao Bai said when he saw this.

Han Li nodded, flipped his wrist, took out another spirit beast bag, and put Bai Yu Pixiu in as well.