Han Li stood at the edge of the square, looking at the strange scenery in the Secret Territory. His eyes were a little unfocused. His mind was obviously not here.
He had been here for more than a month. He had already explored the entire place. If he wanted to get in or out of this place, he had to go through the only entrance. Thus, he just needed to set up a set of restrictions outside the entrance and leave a wisp of Soul Consciousness. Then, he could sense Gu Jie before he could reach the Secret Territory.
Of course, since there was only one entrance, it would be more troublesome for him to escape from this place.
To solve this problem, before coming here, Han Li had gone to the southern end of the Ancient Cloud Continent. He opened up a cave on the edge of a hidden cliff near the Thunderstorm Sea.
Inside the cave, he used nine pieces of Thunder Restrain Wood to set up a stable Thunder Formation that could teleport over a long distance. He also left a Soul Mark there.
After that, as long as he was near the Ancient Cloud Continent, he could use the Thunder Formation to connect with the Soul Mark on the Thunder Formation and teleport there instantly.
If Gu Jie really chased him to this place, he could teleport there at the fastest speed. Then, he could escape into the Thunderstorm Sea. That way, he would have a higher chance of escaping Gu Jie's pursuit.
However, because this Thunder Formation was active for a long time, it would consume the lightning power of the Thunder Restrain Wood every second. It could only last for less than a hundred years. Then, it would completely lose its function due to the exhaustion of the lightning power.
"Since I'm already here, I should take care of the things at hand first."
Han Li mumbled to himself. He patted the white jade railing and turned around, walking toward the cave mansion on the other side of the square.
Back in the secret chamber of the mansion, Han Li sat down cross-legged. He flipped his palm, and two thin yellow pages appeared in his palm. He started to study them carefully.
What was recorded on these two sheets of paper was none other than the pill formulas for the Unity Pill and the Spring Rain Pill.
If Han Li wanted to increase his strength and cultivation base as soon as possible, he had to refine a large number of Earth-class pellets to support his cultivation.
As of now, he already had some experience in refining the Unity Essence Pill, and his success rate was much higher than before. As for the Spring Rain Pill, even though he had never refined it before, with the help of the Treasure Wheel of Truth, he believed that it would not be too difficult.
Currently, he didn't lack the spiritual herbs to refine these two pellets. However, in order to plan for the long term, he still planted most of the spiritual herbs in the private garden of the cave mansion.
He knew clearly in his heart that even though he already had two Earth-rank pill formulas in his possession, if he were to consume the same pill for a long period of time, he would definitely develop a resistance to it. At that time, the efficacy of the pill would decrease, and not only would it waste the spirit medicine, it would also slow down his cultivation speed.
Thus, he needed different kinds of pellet recipes to refine more Earth-class pellets.
A long time ago, he'd once issued an assignment in the Anicca Alliance to exchange for Earth-rank pill formulas. However, because pill formulas were truly too precious, ordinary Earth Alchemists were mostly unwilling to use them to exchange, so he'd never been able to fulfill his wish.
With this thought, Han Li flipped his hand and a purple jade box appeared in his palm. It was the item he got from Ping Yaozi.
Since this item was sealed so carefully by a person who was close to the level of a Heaven Pellet Master, the item inside could be the pellet recipes that alchemists treasured like their lives.
He glanced at the dense patterns on the purple box and with a flick of his wrist, dozens of small black flags appeared in front of him. The flags were black and seemed to be made of iron. There were many complicated and inexplicable patterns engraved on them.
Han Li picked up these iron flags and inserted them into the stone ground in front of him according to the shape of a ring. Then, he raised a finger and gently inserted them into the ground. He then began to draw on the iron flags.
After a while, a rather complicated small formation appeared on the ground.
Han Li placed the purple jade box in the middle of the formation. Then, he put two fingers together and formed a spell. He began to chant silently.
Accompanied by the chanting, the patterns on the black iron flags and the formation engraved on the ground lit up.
"Activate."
Han Li let out a soft shout.
The entire formation suddenly burst into a dazzling light and submerged the entire purple jade box.
There was a soft "chi" sound.
The silver talisman that was stuck to the jade box shone brightly and was set ablaze.
The purple jade box was burned by the flame and the engraved patterns on its surface also lit up. The entire box was sparkling and translucent like a beautiful amethyst.
Before Han Li could finish admiring this beautiful scene, the jade box suddenly trembled violently. The patterns on its surface became brighter and brighter, as if it was about to crack.
"How could this be …"
Han Li's heart tightened and his eyes lit up with blue light. He immediately activated the Brightsight Spirit Eyes.
He saw that inside the purple jade box, there were hidden runes that were difficult to see with the naked eye. They were glowing brilliantly. It looked like they were about to self-destruct and completely destroy the entire jade box and its contents.
There were actually two layers of sealing technique on this jade box. If only the silver talisman on the surface was eliminated, the hidden runes inside would be activated. It would also cause irreversible consequences.
In this perilous moment, Han Li began to chant the mantra of the Treasured Wheel Mantra and brilliant golden light erupted from his body. A golden wheel that was around a foot in size appeared behind him and slowly rotated.
With a turn of his mind, the Mantra Treasured Wheel rotated quickly. Countless golden ripples spread out and instantly covered the surrounding area of a hundred feet.
In the secret room, except for Han Li, everything suddenly slowed down.
The runes in the purple jade box seemed to be shining for a long time because they were moving too fast. Now that they had slowed down, Han Li realized that it was actually flickering.
He put two fingers together and moved them as if they were flying. His hands moved back and forth on the ground like an illusion. He quickly picked up the black iron flags and arranged a small formation in a flash.
"Activate!"
Han Li let out a light shout, and the formation suddenly shone brightly. Wisps of black light were like small arrows, shooting into the purple jade box from the black iron flags.
Inside the jade box, the hidden rune light converged, no longer flickering, and then dissipated silently. The flame burning outside the jade box also gradually became smaller.
When the flame of the rune was completely extinguished, the patterns on the purple jade box also gradually dimmed and disappeared. There was a soft "pa" sound on the box. It actually opened by itself.
Han Li kept the Mantra Treasured Wheel into his body. He reached out and grabbed. The purple jade box flew into the air and fell into his palm.
Outside the entire secret room, he had already arranged a layer of high-level forbidden array. He was not worried that there were any unknown means in the jade box that would expose his current location.
He looked at it and saw that the entire jade box was empty. There was only a stack of thin pale golden paper lying quietly at the bottom of the box.
When Han Li saw this, he first released his Divine Sense to scan it. When he found that there was no Divine Sense imprint on it, he raised his hand and picked it up. He held it in his hand and carefully looked at it.
He saw that on the top of the paper, the three big words "Cheng Wan Pill" were written in ancient seal script. Below it, the name of the spirit medicine, the year, the dosage, and the refining method were written in a slightly smaller font.
Han Li revealed a look of joy. As he expected, this jade box contained the elixir recipes.
After hastily skimming through the first page, he flipped the pages to the back and looked through another ten or so pages in succession. To his surprise, he discovered that most of these pill formulas were actually Earth-level pill formulas. Including the Enduring Warmth Pill at the very top, there were actually as many as seven of them.
However, when he thought that Ping Yaozi already had the ability to refine Tao Pills, he was relieved.
With these seven Earth-level elixir recipes, in addition to the Unity Pill and Spring Rain Pill, he wouldn't have to worry about finding elixir recipes for a long time.
According to the description of the elixir's properties and appearance in the elixir recipes, Han Li could basically confirm that the bottle of glistening yellow elixir that he had obtained from Ping Yaozi was undoubtedly the Cheng Wan Pill.
In terms of grade, every single one of these pills seemed to be of a higher quality than the Spring Rain Pill. Of course, the spirit herbs used were naturally not ordinary. Not to mention the rarity of the species, the age of the main ingredients were all at least fifty to sixty thousand years.
Fortunately, the Hovering Mountain Secret Domain that Han Li was in was a natural treasure trove of elixirs. Many elixirs could be found here. With his status, the sect naturally wouldn't question him if he only collected elixirs that were less than a hundred years old.
After that, he would use the small bottle of spiritual liquid to mature the main spiritual ingredients. The rest of the spiritual ingredients could be bought with Immortal Essence Stones. It was only a matter of time.
Han Li suppressed the joy in his heart and picked up the jade box. He wanted to keep the elixir recipes again. At this moment, he suddenly caught a glimpse of something strange at the bottom of the jade box from the corner of his eye.
He flipped his palm and took out a dagger that was as thin as a willow leaf. He stuck it along the edge of the jade box and gently pried it up.
A soft "click" sound was heard.
A purple jade plate that was as smooth as a mirror was pried up from the bottom of the jade box.
Han Li picked up the jade plate that was not much thicker than a piece of paper and looked at it carefully.
Through the reflection of the fire in the secret room, he could see that on the seemingly smooth jade plate, there were extremely fine and dense lines. The lines were connected with each other, sketching out a very complicated flower-shaped pattern.
Han Li closed his eyes and gathered his divine sense together, probing the jade plate.
As soon as his divine sense touched the jade plate, the flower-shaped pattern on the plate immediately rippled with a layer of golden light. Golden runes flew out from it and directly bounced his divine sense back.
After a few attempts, it turned out to be the same. He sighed softly and had to give up temporarily.
It wasn't that he couldn't use his powerful divine sense to forcibly break it, but he faintly felt that this jade plate seemed to have a lot of secrets and was unwilling to take the risk of destroying the jade plate.
In desperation, he could only put the jade plate and the elixir recipe back into the jade box and put them away again.