Wang Yu
Chapter 541: Seeking Treasure
These white clouds were no ordinary clouds. Once they enveloped the chariot, they completely shielded the spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from it.
From the outside, the flying chariot looked like an ordinary white cloud, rapidly traversing the primeval forest, silently, and without any spiritual energy leaking out.
Han Li nodded with a hint of satisfaction upon seeing this.
This emerald green flying chariot was indeed worthy of being an item of Gongshu Jiu, a Taiyi Jade Immortal. Its uses were truly boundless. He had been constantly researching it for some time, but still hadn't fully comprehended it.
In the following time, he controlled the chariot forward while his divine sense spread out, probing the surrounding situation to quickly confirm his location.
After flying for half a day, a look of joy appeared on Han Li's face as he steered the chariot towards the front left.
A moment later, a vast swamp emerged.
The ground within the swamp was a strange black color, and the vegetation and aquatic plants were also all pitch black, emitting a strange, rotten odor.
This swamp should be the Black Mud Swamp recorded on the map, still quite far from the route given by Jiao San.
But it didn't matter. Now that he had found the correct location, he could just fly all the way there.
Thinking this, Han Li waved his hand and cast a spell. The emerald green flying chariot's light brightened, and it sped forward with incredible speed.
"Uncle, this swamp looks special. There should be a lot of good things inside, don't you want to take a look?" Jin Tong suddenly asked.
"The Black Mud Swamp has already been marked on the map. I'm afraid many wilderness hunters have been here. There's no need to waste time here. There will be plenty of places worth searching for treasure in the future," Han Li said, shaking his head.
"You're right, let's go quickly then!" Jin Tong nodded, rubbing his hands together excitedly.
"Pixiu, since you say you are good at finding natural treasures, show off your skills in this wilderness. I'll give you 30% of the treasures you find," Han Li said, looking at Pixiu, who had been lying down the whole time.
"Really?" Pixiu's body trembled, and he suddenly stood up, saying.
"Of course," Han Li said with a smile.
"Okay, it's a deal." Pixiu grinned, his eyes gleaming with excitement.
"No, Uncle, I want some too!" Jin Tong shouted in dissatisfaction.
"You'll also get a share of the treasures found, but you can't be lazy, you have to help find them," Han Li said with a smile.
Jin Tong then smiled happily.
Five days later, a boundless mountain range appeared in front of Han Li and the others.
The mountains here were not particularly high, nor were they particularly remarkable. However, the peaks were filled with dense white mist, like a boundless sea of mist, making it difficult to see the true appearance of the mountains, and everywhere was filled with a sense of mystery.
"We've finally arrived," Han Li said, taking a light breath as he looked at the misty mountains below.
The mountain range below was a location on the route given by Jiao San.
Although the route Jiao San gave him might not be truly safe, he had no other choice but to follow that route.
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"Master, the water spiritual energy in this mountain range is dense. I have already sensed many spiritual materials. Shall we start searching for treasure now?" Pixiu said, sniffing vigorously with his nose.
"Okay, let's start here then," Han Li nodded and waved his hand, making a hand seal.
The white clouds around the emerald green flying chariot rolled slightly, and it flew into the mountain range.
Relying on the cloud restriction around the chariot, they had not been attacked by any ferocious beasts during their journey these past few days, and they had already flown quite far into the wilderness.
At first, Han Li occasionally encountered one or two wilderness hunters, but these past two days, as they gradually delved deeper into the wilderness, he had not seen anyone else.
Having reached this point, there was no need to rush any further.
The emerald green flying chariot flew into the mountain range, merging into the endless sea of mist, making it even more concealed.
"About three thousand miles straight ahead, there is a spiritual herb, its age should be over a hundred thousand years," Pixiu said, staring at the ground below, sniffing continuously with his nose.
Han Li urged the chariot with a hand seal, flying in the direction Pixiu pointed, and soon landed in a depression in a mountain stream.
In a hidden place in the depression, there grew a dark red spiritual herb, as if carved from red jade, its shape quite peculiar, resembling a deer antler.
Extremely pure spiritual energy emanated from the emerald green spiritual herb. Jin Tong sniffed with his small nose, and golden light burst from his eyes.
"Deer Antler Grass," Han Li raised an eyebrow.
This herb has miraculous healing effects and can be used to refine healing pills above the True Immortal level, so the demand is extremely high, and a hundred thousand-year-old one is naturally even more precious.
"Roar!"
A low roar came from a nearby mountain stream. An evil wind rose, and a dozens-of-丈 long emerald green python sprang out, its eyes flashing with fierce light, and pounced straight at Han Li.
This python's aura was immense, and it was actually a ferocious creature at the True Immortal level.
Han Li did not move. With a wave of his hand, a cyan flying sword shot out, slicing across the python's body.
With a "puchi" sound, the python's head and body separated, falling heavily to the ground, the severed body rolling and struggling violently, and a waterfall of blood spewing from the severed head.
Han Li ignored the python. He carefully uprooted the Deer Antler Grass and put it away, then continued on his way.
Pixiu sensed the surrounding spiritual objects, and after more than half an hour, he spoke again: "Two thousand five hundred miles to the left front, there is an aura of precious spiritual materials underground."
Han Li quickly arrived at the location Pixiu pointed to and used a spell to dive underground.
Before long, he emerged from the ground, holding a fist-sized blue ore in his hand. Blue light flickered inside, faintly emitting the sound of countless water waves crashing, as if this ore contained a large river.
A hint of joy flashed in Han Li's eyes. This thing was called Thousand Layered Profound Crystal, which was excellent material for refining water-attribute immortal artifacts, and was quite valuable.
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In the blink of an eye, Han Li and his party had been in this mountain range for more than half a month.
Pixiu's ability to find treasures was indeed not exaggerated. They had reaped a bountiful harvest these days, having found nearly a hundred kinds of spiritual materials and herbs.
This mountain range was vast, and because Han Li and the others had to search for treasures, their speed was greatly reduced. At this moment, they had only just reached the central part of this mountain range.
"Master, there is an aura of spiritual herbs three thousand five hundred miles ahead... Eh, the number is quite large, there seem to be twenty or thirty plants!" Pixiu stood up a little straighter on the flying chariot, saying with some surprise.
Hearing this, Han Li's eyes lit up, and he accelerated the chariot.
After a few breaths, he landed in an intermountain basin.
In the center of the basin was a flat piece of land, the soil appearing light purple. Twenty or thirty purple spiritual herbs grew here, each spiritual herb radiating spiritual energy, bearing deep purple small flowers, emitting a rich fragrance.
"Violet Nether Grass!" Han Li was both surprised and delighted when he saw these purple spiritual herbs.
This Violet Nether Grass was another main ingredient in the Heavenly Transformation Pill recipe. He never expected to encounter it here, and there were as many as twenty or thirty plants.
He waved his hand and emitted a cyan light, about to collect these Violet Nether Grass.
At this moment, a dense whistling sound exploded, and countless fine blue lights shot out from the vicinity of the basin, raining down on Han Li.
The power of these blue lights was terrifying. Where they passed, the void trembled, not inferior to the methods of ordinary Gold Immortal cultivators.
Han Li was startled. When he had just landed, he had used his divine sense to probe the surroundings, but had not found anyone hiding here.
Although he was surprised, his movements did not hesitate. He was about to cast a spell to resist.
"Uncle, I'll do it!" Jin Tong shot out from the flying chariot, waving her slender fingers.
Countless golden crystal lights shot out, interweaving with each other, and condensed into a huge golden lotus, spinning around and blocking in front of the blue lights.
The blue lights pierced the golden lotus, making a crackling sound.
The golden lotus was extremely tough, only trembling slightly, and easily blocked all the blue lights.
Han Li glanced at it, then withdrew his gaze, changing the hand seal in his hand.
The cyan light emitted from his hand transformed into a cyan giant palm, covering these purple spiritual herbs, and then gently scooped them up, digging out all of them together with the purple spiritual soil below, and putting them away.
He urged the chariot, flew to Jin Tong's side, looked forward, and let out a soft "eh".
The people who had attacked him had already appeared. They were four or five strange people, seven or eight 丈 tall, covered with long blue hair, like apes.
These strange people were shining with blue light, emitting a huge aura equivalent to the True Immortal level. The tallest blue-haired strange person in the lead actually had the strength of a Gold Immortal.
These strange people were chanting strange noises in their mouths, seemingly reciting spells. The blue light on their bodies flickered, forming a blue light cluster in front of them, and fine blue lights shot out from it.
Seeing that Han Li had collected the Violet Nether Grass, the blue-haired strange people showed great anger in their eyes. The blue light cluster in front of them suddenly brightened, and the fine blue lights that shot out doubled.
At the same time, the leading strange person opened his mouth wide and spewed out a dazzling blue light, transforming into a hundred-丈 long huge blue light blade, and slashed down towards Han Li and Jin Tong.
Jin Tong snorted and changed the hand seal in her hand.
As the golden lotus spun around, with a "chichi" sharp whistling sound, countless golden crystal lights shot out from the flower heart, like countless golden needles, colliding with the fine blue lights formed by the hair, colliding in mid-air to produce countless large and small light clusters.
The golden crystal lights were extremely dense and extremely sharp, easily blocking countless fine blue lights, and quickly pressed backward.
The golden crystal lights also collided with the blue giant blade. The blue light blade trembled violently and was pierced with countless small holes, and then shattered with a bang.
Countless golden crystal lights counterattacked in an instant, covering the blue-haired strange people in an instant.
The blue-haired strange people let out a miserable scream, and then the blue light on their bodies suddenly brightened.
With a few loud "bang" sounds, the bodies of these strange people burst open one after another, turning into several streams of water-like blue light, and after a flash, they all burrowed into the ground.
Once underground, the aura of these strange people immediately merged with the underground water veins, almost completely disappearing without a trace, making it impossible to sense even the slightest bit.