With a flash of golden light, the Mantra Treasure Wheel disappeared without a trace and entered Han Li's body.
Han Li let out a muffled groan and spat out a mouthful of black blood.
He opened his eyes, and the green light around his body flashed wildly. It seemed like it was about to shatter in an instant, and the tendons and bones in his body trembled at the same time.
He quickly made a series of gestures with his ten fingers, and the green light around his body gradually stabilized.
Then, he took out a medicinal pill and swallowed it. His face was gloomy.
Just now, he never felt that he was so close to the power of the law of time. He almost touched the existence of the three supreme laws.
However, in the end, he still fell short of success.
Although he was infinitely close, there was always a trace of a barrier that he couldn't cross.
"How could this be?" Han Li's eyes flickered, and he muttered to himself.
According to the Mantra Transformation Scripture, it was clearly said that when the first layer of the cultivation method was cultivated to perfection, he could try to comprehend the power of the law of time. Of course, whether he could succeed or not was another matter.
It was just that he had the green liquid condensed in the Sky Bottle to supplement it, so it was reasonable to say that it should be easier to succeed.
Perhaps, there was still something that he didn't do enough?
With a thoughtful look, he took out a medicinal pill and swallowed it, and a green light appeared on his body.
One month later.
Han Li held a small bottle in his hand, and another drop of green liquid condensed in it.
He looked at the green liquid in the bottle, and without hesitation, he raised his head and swallowed it again.
The next moment, a dazzling golden light appeared behind him, and the Mantra Treasure Wheel emerged, exuding a dazzling golden light, and the power of the law of time surged out.
He held an Immortal Essence Stone in each hand, and he muttered something. The golden light on his body became brighter and brighter, and the law of time faintly began to gather.
At this moment, the golden light on the Mantra Treasure Wheel suddenly flickered, and a crack appeared on its surface.
The originally turbulent power of the law of time collapsed, and the Mantra Treasure Wheel flashed and disappeared.
Han Li opened his eyes, and his face was abnormally ugly.
Once could be said to be a coincidence, but it happened twice in a row. It seemed that with his current power of time, it was really not enough to support him to comprehend the law of time.
In this way, he could only consider exchanging for the second layer of the Mantra Transformation Scripture.
As Han Li thought so, he turned his hand and took out a medicinal pill.
A few months later.
The eastern part of the Zhong Ming Mountain Range welcomed a prolonged snowfall, and the entire mountain range was covered with a thick layer of snow. The Crimson Afterglow Peak, which had lost its fiery miasma, was also covered with heavy snow, and was now wrapped in silver.
Dream Clouds Master was dressed in a silver-gray long robe in the Spirit Herb Garden at the top of the mountain. She was squatting down beside a spirit field with dozens of Origin Spirit Herbs planted in it. She was inspecting the Nourishing Matrix she had set up around the area.
This type of Spirit Grass was originally a type of Spirit Grass native to this Crimson Afterglow Peak. It liked the warmth and feared the cold. Because it no longer had the protection of the fire miasma, it now needed to be shielded by a spell formation in order to grow safely.
"Brother, when do you think Chief Li will come back?"
Meng Qianqian was dressed in a long green dress. She stood at the side and watched him inspect the foundation of the array. Her eyes were a little unfocused.
At this moment, her eyes were lively, her aura was restrained, and her beautiful face seemed even more beautiful and moving.
"Qian Qian, are you still my sister?
When I went out to search for Spirit Herb seeds for Elder Li, I didn't see you so concerned about me … "Dream Clouds Master turned his head to look at her and pretended to be angry.
"Hehe, of course not … I just wanted to quickly tell Elder Li that I'm already a Soul Formation Stage cultivator.
Brother, you have to work hard too. "Meng Qianqian covered her mouth and laughed softly.
When Dream Clouds Master heard this, he shook his head helplessly. He didn't know where this little sister of his came from, but ever since she successfully condensed her Nascent Soul, her cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds. Now, she had even caught up and succeeded in reaching the Soul Formation Stage not long ago.
Seeing his little sister achieve this, he was naturally happy and happy for her from the bottom of his heart.
However, he didn't want to praise his precious little sister too much in front of her, lest she became too arrogant. After all, although she had stepped into the World of Cultivation for hundreds of years, she had a pure heart. He didn't want to cause her Dao Heart to become unstable because of a few words from him.
When he thought of this, he continued to work at hand.
In an empty space outside the Spirit Herb Garden, the mountain-guarding spirit beast that was as large as a small mountain raised its two heads high and snorted. Then, it bored to death and lay down on the ground again.
But before he could settle down, the two heads raised high one after another and looked towards the sky.
Above the sky, a green light rushed past and flew to the Crimson Afterglow Peak. The mountain sealing formation that shrouded the peak flashed and disappeared like ice and snow melting. The green shadow landed on the side of the mansion.
Dream Clouds Master stood up and looked at his little sister. Both of them revealed happy expressions and hurriedly flew towards the mansion.
When the two of them returned to the mansion, Sun Buzheng had already summoned the others. Everyone gathered in the hall of the mansion and waited for Han Li who had just returned to the sect to give orders.
In the end, he simply asked about the situation on Crimson Afterglow Peak, gave everyone some pills and tools, and then hurriedly left the mansion. This made Meng Qianqian, who had been looking forward to his return, a little depressed. She didn't even have time to tell him about the increase in her cultivation.
After Han Li left Crimson Afterglow Peak, he flew all the way to the nearby Hall of Arrival and immediately turned to Shocking Cloud Peak.
In a side hall of the Profound Zenith Hall, a fat administrator elder was sitting behind a table. He accepted the elder badge that Han Li handed over and said with a smile, "This is the Profound Zenith Hall Elder.
"Elder Li, you've worked hard. The two elders who went to the Floating Mountain Secret Territory to replace you have already sent a message back a few days ago. The conclusion of the investigation is basically the same as what you previously reported.
The sect believes that you have protected the production of spirit herbs in this incident and have made a great contribution. Therefore, they have decided to reward you with 500 merit points in addition to your duty. "
"Thank you." Han Li cupped his fists and said with a smile.
After exchanging a few more words of greeting with the administrator elder, Han Li took back his elder command medallion and left the hall.
The door behind him slowly closed. Han Li was calculating in his heart. In the previous series of tasks, he had already saved a lot of merit points. Adding the merit points from the duty and the reward, he had accumulated almost 4,000 merit points.
It seemed that this number was already very impressive, but it was still far from the 9,000 merit points needed to exchange for the second stage of the Mantra Treasured Wheel Scripture.
Han Li slowly walked towards the front of the hall as he pondered over a method to make up for the five thousand contribution points he had lost.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he remembered something.
On the dark golden stone wall of the Supreme Mystery Hall, there was a task written in red. It was to cultivate the Mantra Treasured Wheel Scripture to the second stage, and the reward for this task was 5,000 merit points.
Han Li's heart was suddenly filled with joy. He quickly passed through the door in front of him and came to the dark golden stone wall in the hall.
The hall was still as lively as usual. Even under the dark golden stone wall, there were more than a dozen people who looked like inner elders gathered, all looking up at the task on the stone wall.
Han Li didn't look at anything else. Instead, he raised his head and looked at the red-lettered missions. Soon, between the two complicated missions, he saw an extremely simple mission. It was as unremarkable as ever.
There were only a few words, but Han Li looked at it for nearly half an hour.
It was not that he did not have the qualifications to exchange for it, but because he was worried that if he publicly exchanged here, his progress in cultivating the Mantra Treasured Wheel Scripture would also be exposed.
After all, although there were many people who cultivated this cultivation method, there were probably only a few who succeeded. In addition, his progress was too shocking. Ordinary True Immortal Realm cultivators, even if they spent a hundred thousand or even hundreds of thousands of years, might not be able to achieve one-tenth of his results.
According to Fang Chen's description of this cultivation method, once he revealed the news that he had cultivated to the second stage, it would definitely set off an unpredictable storm in the Fire Dragon Path.
At that time, not to mention how the Golden Immortals of the sect would treat him, he did not want to attract the attention of countless people for no reason.
At the thought of this, Han Li had a headache. Not to mention that he could not exchange for the 5,000 merit points now, even if he worked hard to save up the merit points in the future, it seemed that he could not go to the Inheritance Hall to exchange for the second stage of the cultivation method.
It was no different from standing in the square and telling others that he had cultivated the Mantra Treasured Wheel Scripture to the second stage. If he did not want to cultivate the second stage of the cultivation method, who would spend 9,000 merit points for no reason?
Could it be … that he could only steal it?
At the thought of this method, Han Li could not help but shake his head, and directly rejected this idea.
After all, this Fire Dragon Path was not like the Leng Yan Sect in the Spirit Huan Domain. Besides those Deputy Path Masters, there were also a group of Golden Immortals with terrifying strength. Moreover, the Inheritance Hall was obviously not an ordinary place, and there must be a powerful restriction. Trying to steal the cultivation method of the sect from there was no different from seeking death.
But if he were to give up and not exchange for it, Han Li was really unwilling. After all, a large part of the reason he joined the Fire Dragon Path was for this Mantra Treasured Wheel Scripture.
After thinking for a while, Han Li turned around and walked out of the hall.
Half a day later, a man who was dressed like a scholar and held a feather fan in his hand and wore a silk scarf on his head slowly walked into the Supreme Mystery Hall.
He strolled leisurely to the dark golden stone wall and looked up with the surrounding inner sect elders. Although his arrival attracted the attention of the surrounding people, they only glanced at him a few times before looking away.
The scholar stood where he was for a while, and while the surrounding people were not paying attention, he flipped his palm and took out an elder's token, and pointed it at the dark golden stone wall.
Immediately, a ray of light flew out from the stone wall and landed on his token.
This person was Han Li, who came here in disguise through the Impermanence Alliance's mask.
He thought about it again and again, and decided to take the reward of this mission first. It would be a waste if he did not take it. This was a whole 5,000 merit points.
He sensed it, and the merit points recorded in the token had already become 9,132 points.
This exchange mission was hidden in the area where red-letter missions were issued, and it was a place that no one often paid attention to. At this moment, the elders below the dark golden stone wall were either talking to each other or looking for suitable missions, and did not notice which mission the ray of light had flown out from.
Since he had come here with this appearance, even if he was discovered, no one would recognize him. As long as he was not discovered in front of others, then this matter would not be discovered. If someone really discovered something, he could just leave.
Han Li put away the token in his hand as if nothing had happened. After letting out a sigh of relief, he turned around and was about to leave the Supreme Mystery Hall.