After Han Li and the others left, only Lei Yuce and Su Anxi remained at the scene.

For some reason, as Jin Liu watched Han Li's figure disappear into the horizon, he felt a slight relief, as if his tense nerves had suddenly relaxed.

Regarding this person he could never see through, no matter what he showed on the surface, his vigilance and defensiveness never waned.

Lan Yuanzi and his sister exchanged a glance and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although they were originally ordered to hunt down Han Li, after a confrontation with him, they found that this opponent was more difficult than they had imagined. If they had a choice, they would rather not have encountered him.

"Now what? Which way should we go?" Su Anxi looked at the remaining people and asked.

"Please wait, Fairy Su."

As Lei Yuce spoke, he turned his wrist, revealing a metal disc engraved with many runes and scales in his palm. He held it in one hand, made a hand gesture with the other, and pressed on the disc.

After a moment, a blurry light lit up on the disc, and a flame the size of a fingertip vaguely rose inside. As if guided by some invisible force, it slightly shifted to one side.

Seeing this, everyone, including Su Anxi, was slightly stunned, but Jin Liu's eyes lit up slightly.

Lei Yuce looked in the direction of the flame for a moment, then flipped his palm, put away the disc, and pointed in the direction the flame was pointing, saying:

"We'll go this way."

"Fellow Daoist Lei, what is that?" Su Anxi frowned.

Lei Yuce hesitated slightly upon hearing this, but still explained:

"A small magical treasure that can establish some connection with the Years God Lamp. Following the direction it points will surely lead us in the right direction."

"So, the direction Fellow Daoist Shi took is definitely wrong?" Su Anxi glanced at the direction Lei Yuce was going, which was quite different from Han Li's, and asked.

"Do you remember the fork in the road when we first entered the secret realm?" Lei Yuce changed the subject and asked.

"Are you suggesting... different paths lead to the same destination?" Su Anxi retorted.

"I don't know if Fellow Daoist Shi is right or wrong, perhaps we will still arrive at the same destination in the end." Lei Yuce nodded and said.

Su Anxi heard this, glanced at Lei Yuce, and nodded thoughtfully.

"Time is of the essence. Now that we have a direction, let's set off." Wen Zhong reminded.

...

In the golden desert, in addition to the great interference to divine sense, the speed of flight was also suppressed a lot, making Han Li somewhat unaccustomed.

"Fellow Daoist Xiong Shan, no matter what your purpose is for following me, I must remind you, don't do anything unnecessary. Han doesn't want to kill you again." Han Li glanced at Xiong Shan, who was closely following behind him, and said.

"Fellow Daoist Han, don't blame me. This encounter is really a trick of fate. If the Qimozi Jail Master hadn't suddenly transferred me out, I would probably be on duty in the immortal prison or cultivating in seclusion in my cave. I definitely wouldn't want to come out until I reached the late Taiyi stage." Xiong Shan quickly explained.

"Oh, why did you want to reach the late Taiyi stage?" Han Li raised an eyebrow and asked.

"I originally thought that with the support of the Immortal Palace, I could cultivate to the late Taiyi stage before you and then come to settle the matter of that year. But after truly meeting you, I gave up on that idea. I'm afraid I'll never have the chance." Xiong Shan said with a helpless bitter smile.

"Leaving aside everything else, how did you recognize my identity?" Han Li stared at Xiong Shan and asked.

"Fellow Daoist Han, you should have already fought with the Qimozi Jail Master not long ago, right?" Xiong Shan asked instead.

"That's right. So, when we fought before, he should have left some kind of mark on me, right?" Han Li asked, his heart stirred.

"Fellow Daoist Han is indeed wise. After the Qimozi Jail Master learned that Fellow Daoist Han is good at changing identities with the Reincarnation Palace mask, he decided to leave a mark on you when he fought you again, so that he could track you down later." Xiong Shan nodded and said.

"Fellow Daoist Xiong, you'd better explain clearly, what kind of mark is it that even I can't detect?" Han Li asked in confusion.

"This mark won't emit any spiritual power fluctuations, and it can't be tracked from a long distance. Only when the distance is extremely close can it be sensed through a small seal." As Xiong Shan spoke, he flipped his hand and took out a jade pendant the size of a willow leaf, and respectfully handed it to Han Li.

Han Li took the jade pendant and found that there was no unusual light flashing on it, only a burst of scorching heat was emitted, so he understood.

"Now that you've discovered my identity, shouldn't you avoid me? Why are you still following me?" Han Li directly put away the jade pendant and asked again.

"Well... Firstly, I feel safer by your side, and maybe I can get some benefits that you don't care about. Secondly, I'm thinking that if I encounter the Qimozi Jail Master again, and he sees me by your side, I can be considered loyal to my duty." Xiong Shan hesitated slightly and said.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll kill you again?" Han Li suddenly narrowed his eyes and said.

"You've already killed me once, so all grievances should be written off. This time I didn't take the initiative to be your enemy. I believe you have a clear sense of gratitude and revenge and won't kill innocent people indiscriminately. To put it another way, dying in your hands is my own choice, it's better than dying in this tower for no reason." Xiong Shan said, cold sweat pouring down his back, trying to remain calm.

"Then please remember what you said at this moment, Fellow Daoist Xiong Shan. If I find even a trace of unusual behavior from you later, don't blame Han for being merciless." Han Li curled his lips into a cold smile.

In fact, he would never have allowed Xiong Shan to follow him like this at any other time. If the other party had followed him like this, he would have killed him on the spot without hesitation. However, now that Qimozi's whereabouts were unknown, he would temporarily keep Xiong Shan to see what kind of conspiracy he had, and also wanted to use this opportunity to turn the tables and lure Qimozi out to eliminate future troubles.

"Fellow Daoist Han can kill Xiong on the spot with just a small finger, I would never do such an unwise thing." Xiong Shan hurriedly waved his hand.

Just as he was speaking, Jiao San and the others had already caught up.

"Brother Han, you should tell us clearly, what exactly did you find over there?" Jiao San asked directly.

"Yes! Although your choices are generally correct, if you let us know, we can also have a bottom line in our hearts, so that we can respond to any emergencies that may occur." Hu San also echoed.

"I just sensed a somewhat familiar and somewhat unfamiliar aura, so I wanted to go over and take a look. You don't really need to follow me." Han Li replied noncommittally.

"Forget it, at least you have a direction here, maybe it's the right path." Jiao San thought for a while and said.

So, the group of people flew along the way under the guidance of Han Li.

Flying all the way over the desert, they could occasionally see huge golden bones buried in the desert.

However, after scanning with their divine sense, they found nothing particularly noteworthy, so they didn't pay much attention to it.

"It's over there..."

After flying for about two hours, Han Li saw a blurry outline appearing at the end of his vision, reflecting a brilliant golden light, which seemed to be a rather magnificent palace building.

The aura he had sensed just now had become even more obvious at this moment.

Hu San and Jiao San were both invigorated when they heard this.

The group flew closer for another hundred miles before they finally saw clearly that in front of them was a magnificent hall cast from golden sand, with huge golden horns used for decoration everywhere, obviously the remains of some kind of exotic beast.

On the roof of the golden hall, there were young men dressed in golden robes lying along the ridge.

Their appearances were quite handsome, but the expressions on their faces were somewhat lazy. They were holding a round golden skull in their hands, tossing it up and down listlessly.

The skull was much larger than a normal human skull, and it seemed to be the head of some kind of alien race, but it seemed to have been played with too much, and the surface had been worn very smooth.

The young man threw the golden skull up again, and then caught it again. He propped his elbow on the ridge, and his body stood upright. He looked towards Han Li and the others dozens of miles away, narrowed his eyes slightly, and couldn't help sticking out his tongue and licking his lips.

At this time, a burst of scurrying suddenly came from his chest, and a golden lizard the size of a palm crawled out from his collar and stood on his shoulder, also looking towards this side.

"It really is..." Han Li's eyes narrowed, and a solemn look appeared on his face.

"Brother Han, do you know this person?" Jiao San asked.

"It's not wrong to say I know him, that's the famous Gold Devouring Immortal." Han Li nodded and said.

"What... I see that the aura on his body is already at the Grand Luo Realm. The strength of the Gold Devouring Immortal at this level is not comparable to ordinary Grand Luo cultivators. This is troublesome." Hu San said in surprise when he heard this.

"Alas, Fellow Daoist Han, I knew I shouldn't have followed you." Xiong Shan also sighed and complained repeatedly.

Jiao San didn't speak any more, his eyes flickered slightly, as if he was planning how to deal with the current situation in his heart.

Before Han Li could say anything, the young man had already flashed to hundreds of feet away, suspended in the air, and looked up and down at the few people with interest.

Han Li and the others tightened their expressions one after another, and were carefully on guard.

"You don't need to be so nervous, I won't kill you immediately..." The young man suddenly grinned and said.

After saying that, he took the golden lizard from his shoulder and held it high in his hand, and then said again:

"The days in the prison are really too boring. This golden mongoose lizard has been the only one to accompany me for nearly a million years. Now that you're here, it's just right for you to stay and let me have some fun."

After saying these words, he threw the golden lizard in his hand casually, and a sound of breaking through the air immediately sounded.

I saw that the golden mongoose lizard flew out like a golden shuttle, heading straight for Jiao San's face.

Without seeing any movement from Jiao San, a dark red light lit up in front of him, propping up an invisible light curtain.

The golden mongoose lizard plunged headfirst into the light curtain, like a sharp arrow shot in, directly piercing a deep mark in the entire light curtain. It was only an inch away from the center of Jiao San's eyebrows.

But then, I saw a ripple like a water pattern undulating on the light curtain, suddenly flipped upwards, and then a dark red light wave bounced up, directly bouncing the golden mongoose lizard away.

Just at this moment, I suddenly heard Han Li shout: "Be careful..."