"Reporting to the Immortal Envoy, after Elder Lu reported to me, I felt the matter was of great importance and immediately sealed off the news. Currently, only the two of us in the entire sect know about it. Furthermore, to avoid alarming anyone, we have even kept it from the other cultivators currently renting the water mansion in the lake, and haven't let them leave in advance," the handsome young man, who was the Sect Master of the Shu Liu Sect, hurriedly said.

"That's good, then I don't have to bother wiping out the entire sect..." Dongfang Bai nodded, saying thoughtfully.

The handsome young man and the round-faced old man frowned and looked at each other, both suspecting they had misheard something, their eyes full of suspicion.

However, before they could figure it out, they suddenly found their bodies stiff, unable to move at all.

The only part of their bodies that could still move were their eyeballs, and when they looked at each other, they were horrified to discover that a layer of slippery green moss had grown on each other's bodies at some point, with a seductive flower blooming branchless and stemless on top.

"No..."

As the young man let out a painful roar, the seductive flower bloomed, its color turning blood red, with even a few drops of crystal dew condensing on its surface, making it look incredibly delicate and charming.

In contrast, the two people wrapped in moss looked as if their life force had been drained, their skin losing all moisture. Within just a few breaths, they had turned into two shriveled, ugly, and terrifying mummies.

Dongfang Bai glanced at them expressionlessly, then turned his head and asked, "Elder Lu, is that person's aura still here?"

"It's still here," the thin old man, who looked like a rat that had become a spirit, wrinkled his nose and said.

"As long as he's still here, that's good," Dongfang Bai said with a smile, nodding his head.

Tao Ji's gaze fell on the vast body of water in the distance, his eyes somewhat obscure and unclear, and his heart inexplicably felt uneasy.

"Tao Ji, if you have something to say, feel free to say it," Dongfang Bai asked, taking in Tao Ji's change in expression.

"Palace Lord, judging from Han Li's past behavior, he is definitely not a careless person. Why would he leave such obvious traces this time, leading us to track him here? I think there may be something strange about this," Tao Ji said.

"Elder Tao, could it be that you were frightened by what happened last time? Why are you being so cautious? Now that Palace Lord Dongfang is here in person, how could he possibly escape?" A black-robed man said with a sneer.

"Hei Dao, what Elder Tao said is not without reason. Let's just be more cautious," Dongfang Bai said, waving his hand.

Tao Ji quickly bowed in response.

After saying this, Dongfang Bai waved his palm, and a white shuttle suddenly shot out, instantly arriving above the Sanjiang Lake.

"It's that body of water," Lu Yun said, pointing to a spot on the lake.

"Palace Lord, wait a moment. Let me split open this lake to force that rascal to show himself," Hei Dao said, taking the ghost-headed saber from his back and holding it in his hand.

"No need. We are guests, how can we start fighting before even entering the door?" Dongfang Bai stopped him, saying with a faint smile.

With that, he raised a finger and tapped in the void. A stream of green light shot out from his fingertip, flashing and disappearing into the lake.

As the green light entered the water, it was like a dragon entering the sea, violently rotating and diving towards the light curtain area beneath the water.

The originally calm lake immediately stirred up monstrous waves, and a huge spiral cavity appeared in the lake, leading directly to the Ghost Sorrow Water Mansion at the bottom of the lake.

At the same time, a green spiritual domain enveloped the area, surrounding the turbulent area of the lake, like a cage imprisoning it. All the fluctuations were limited to within the spiritual domain.

Outside the spiritual domain, it was still calm and peaceful. Even if someone curiously watched, they could not see the scene inside the spiritual domain.

The dragon-like green light crashed into the white light curtain like an iron cavalry smashing into a formation, emitting a deafening roar. The white light curtain cracked in response, and the small hill standing with the Qingjing Sect's ancestral hall was revealed.

At this moment, Han Li and Ti Hun were sitting at a stone table in the courtyard, the wine glass in their hands shaking slightly, but not a single drop of the amber immortal wine inside spilled out.

"The formation is quite impressive. It seems that your previous guess was correct, it is indeed Palace Lord Dongfang who has arrived. However, how dare you be so arrogant with only peak Taiyi Realm cultivation?" Han Li said with a smile, glancing at the sky.

With that, he emptied the wine in his hand in three sips, put away the wine glass, and stood up from the stone bench.

At this time, the surrounding lake water seemed to be imprisoned by a strange force, opening a vortex around the area above the small hill, rotating on its own without falling towards the center.

Dongfang Bai and the other three flew through the air, hovering above the small courtyard, looking down at Han Li and Ti Hun.

"Fellow Daoist Han, I have long heard of your great name, it is a pleasure to finally meet you today." Dongfang Bai sized up Han Li, seemingly not finding anything special, and said with a faint smile.

"Tsk tsk, when did Han become so famous, that he can make the dignified Palace Lord of the Jinyuan Immortal Domain chase after him for so long? I am truly honored," Han Li said without the slightest bit of politeness, chuckling.

"Bold thief, how dare you speak to Palace Lord Dongfang like that?" Hei Dao, who was standing beside him, said in a fit of rage.

"What, did I say something wrong? Then you tell me, how should Han speak to a deranged and indiscriminate domain lord who kills innocent people?" Han Li glanced at him coldly and said indifferently.

A cold light flashed in Hei Dao's eyes, and he was about to step forward.

Dongfang Bai just glanced at him sideways, and the latter gritted his teeth, holding back his impulse.

Lu Yun, who was slender, squinted his eyes, looked at Han Li, and had a pensive expression.

Han Li's gaze fell on the handsome young man beside him, and he said with some surprise, "Elder Tao, I didn't expect we would meet again so soon. But since you were lucky enough to escape with a glimmer of hope, you should cherish your life..."

Tao Ji noticed Han Li's gaze falling on him, couldn't help but swallow his saliva, felt his mouth was a little dry, and his eyes were rolling with fierce light, but he didn't say much.

"Fellow Daoist Han, with our status and position, why should we care about the lives of those ants? Let's get back to the topic. As long as you are willing to hand over that thing, I can consider letting you go, and even recommend you to join the Jiuyuan Temple. What do you think?" Dongfang Bai said with a laugh, stating the purpose of his trip.

As soon as Han Li heard the three words "Jiuyuan Temple", he immediately understood what "that thing" he was referring to.

His pupils shrank slightly, and he didn't bother to hide the fact that he had the Palm Heaven Bottle, because he didn't plan to let any of these people leave today, otherwise, if even a little bit of news was leaked out, the trouble later would be endless.

Previously, out of various considerations, he didn't want to directly conflict with these Immortal Palace forces, but that didn't mean he was really afraid. Now that the other party had repeatedly touched his bottom line and was chasing him like a shadow everywhere, then he had to settle the score with them properly.

"Let me give you a piece of advice, it's better not to go against the Heavenly Court, after all, it's always better to drink a toast than a forfeit. If you are willing, you can rest easy and practice from now on. With your aptitude, as long as you have enough resources, reaching the Daluo Realm is only a matter of time..." Dongfang Bai said again, seeing Han Li hesitating.

"It seems that you not only like to chase after other people, but you also talk a lot of nonsense, like farting. Han doesn't know what you want, and he doesn't bother to know. Besides, although Han likes wine, he won't drink any of yours," Han Li interrupted Dongfang Bai's words and said lazily.

"It seems that you are determined to go against the Heavenly Court, what a pity, what a pity... Since you don't like a toast, then you can only drink a forfeit," Dongfang Bai sighed, saying with some regret.

As soon as his voice fell, Hei Dao, who had been enduring for a long time, rushed out with a series of afterimages. The ghost-headed saber in his hand was unsheathed, the blood-colored runes on the saber lit up, and a piece of dark and gloomy clouds gushed out from it, slashing down towards the ancestral hall.

A clang sounded, and a dazzling thousand-foot saber energy burst out from the ghost-headed saber, directly tearing through the sky and falling from the sky.

The rolling dark clouds followed and surged down, and huge ghost creatures with terrifying appearances emerged from it, all in a frenzied state eager to devour blood, covering the sky and covering Han Li and Ti Hun.

Han Li ignored Hei Dao's powerful attack, just turned his head to look at Ti Hun, and couldn't hide the smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Since waking up, I have been feeling a little empty in my stomach. I didn't expect that there would be ghost cultivators of this level in the Immortal Palace, it's really... a great meal," Ti Hun said, licking his lips and eager to try.

"Don't eat too fast, pay attention to digestion," Han Li said with a smile, nodding.

Ti Hun responded, his body shot up, like a meteor reversing, and he directly greeted the seemingly unstoppable Myriad Ghosts Saber Energy, slammed into the dark clouds, and disappeared.

The falling momentum of the saber energy suddenly stopped, and then there was no movement.

Dongfang Bai's eyes flickered slightly, and he looked at the black-robed man with some doubt.

"This..." The latter was also a little dumbfounded, he had never seen such a suicidal move.

Before he could figure it out, his expression suddenly changed, and the expression on his face became extremely horrified.

At this time, Dongfang Bai also noticed the strangeness, and looked towards the dark clouds.

I saw that the ghosts that had been aggressive just now were struggling as if they had seen a ghost, trying to escape from the dark cloud saber energy, but they were bound to the saber body, so naturally they could not escape.

Then, I saw two strange horns piercing out from the rolling dark clouds, followed by a huge ape head, its fangs exposed, the flesh on its brow split, revealing a third blood-red demon eye, and three dark bone spurs protruding from its back. The black hair all over its body was upside down like steel needles, and its body was full of gloomy aura.

Compared to those man-eating ghosts, this alien beast was obviously more like a ghost.

"No! This is... a Penal Beast!" Dongfang Bai's eyes flashed and he exclaimed.

At this time, Hei Dao had naturally recognized it, and he was secretly complaining, he really didn't expect to encounter such a natural nemesis.

He quickly pinched a saber tactic, wanting to return the ghost-headed saber in his hand to its scabbard.

However, how could that Penal Beast let it go, the vertical eye in the center of its brow flashed with blood, and a blood-red light gushed out from it, turning into a huge blood-colored chain, shuttling towards the ghosts.