Time flew by and in a blink of an eye, a year had passed.
Inside the secret room, Han Li sat cross-legged. The Truth Treasure Wheel behind him was slowly rotating, emitting bright golden brilliance. Countless golden runes were surging on the surface.
A group of time dao pattern on the Truth Treasure Wheel suddenly flashed. The surrounding golden runes lit up and all of them converged into the dao pattern.
The grey time dao pattern immediately brightened up at a speed visible to the naked eye. After a few breaths, it returned to its original bright and lively appearance. However, the other dao patterns were still grey.
Han Li opened his eyes and looked at the recovered time dao pattern. He couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. The boulder in his heart was finally lifted.
These grey time dao patterns could really be recovered. However, according to the current situation, it would probably take almost a year for each dao pattern on the Truth Treasure Wheel to recover.
In other words, it would take at least a hundred years for all the 108 groups of time dao patterns on the Truth Treasure Wheel to recover.
During this period, his cultivation would probably be greatly affected.
Han Li's eyes flickered and he quickly shook his head.
A hundred years would pass in a blink of an eye. He could take advantage of this period of time to comprehend the eight and a half sentences of truth.
For more than a year, he hadn't figured out anything. However, he was more and more convinced that as long as he had time, he would be able to comprehend something.
During this period of time, he could also take the opportunity to solve the problem of raw materials.
As Han Li thought so, he waved his hand and took out a jade box. Inside were six or seven pill recipes that he got from Ping Yaozi last time. Two of them were suitable for the intermediate stage of True Immortal. One was the Cheng Wan Pill that Ping Yaozi used and the other was called Alioth Pill.
He looked at the materials needed for the two pill recipes. They weren't very precious and hard to find. It was just that some spiritual herbs had a high requirement of age.
He had spent more than half of the immortal essence stones and spirit stones that he had accumulated from the Anicca Alliance's mission. Although there were still some left, it was naturally far from enough to buy the two pill recipes in his hand.
"Forget it. I need to restore my Dao patterns as soon as possible. I won't condense the green liquid into crystal particles for now. I'll use it to mature the spirit herbs first …" Han Li thought to himself.
Speaking of which, when the Sky Bottle resonated with the Wheel of Truth, a sudden change occurred, which affected the Wheel of Truth. However, the small bottle was the same as before, there were no abnormalities.
I'll use the small bottle to accelerate the ripening of the main ingredients and some of the rare supplementary ingredients in the two pill recipes.
Han Li stood up and walked out of the secret chamber. He took out a Communication Array Disc and formed a hand seal.
After a while, Meng Yungui and Sun Buzheng arrived at the main hall of the cave residence. They cupped their hands and bowed to Han Li who was sitting by the stone table.
"Greetings, Elder Li!"
"I'm going to cultivate in seclusion for a period of time.
In the meantime, the two of you will go out and collect some materials for me. This is the list. "
Han Li gave each of them a jade slip, which contained some of the supplementary materials of the two pill recipes, as well as some seeds of the main materials and supplementary materials.
The two of them took the jade slip and scanned it with their spiritual perception. Their faces revealed surprise at the same time.
Most of the materials inside were very precious, and it was not easy to collect them.
"I know it's not easy to collect the materials inside, but there's no rush. The two of you can take your time to search. Just find enough within a hundred years.
If there's any progress during this period, you can take it back at any time, "said Han Li as he took out two storage bags filled with Spirit Stones.
"Yes." The two of them relaxed when they heard that. They took the storage bags and nodded in agreement.
After the two of them bade farewell and left, Han Li also stood up and walked towards the secret chamber …
Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred years had passed.
Bell Chime Mountain Range was just like it had been since ancient times. Even though some incidents had occurred, causing some people to come and go, it was extremely normal for the entire Torch Dragon Sect. After all, so long as the 13 Golden Immortal Daolords held down the fort in the sect, everything else was nothing. Even if something happened, there would naturally be corresponding people to deal with it.
The Crimson Afterglow Peak, which was originally located in a remote location, became even quieter. Moreover, as an inner sect elder, Han Li had always kept a low profile. Other than a few people, naturally, no one would remember him, and no one would come to visit him.
Of course, even if someone came to visit, they would find that the Crimson Afterglow Peak had long been sealed.
It was naturally a very common thing for a Perfected Immortal to seal the mountain and go into seclusion for a hundred years. For some Perfected Immortal Elders who went into life and death seclusion, it was normal for them to go into seclusion for a thousand or even ten thousand years.
During this period of time, Han Li had almost never left the cave abode. He had been concentrating on comprehending the eight and a half sentences of the incantation he had heard from the big-eared monk, day after day, year after year.
The only time he stopped during this period of time was when Sun Buzheng or Dream Clouds Gui came back by chance and brought back the seeds of some main ingredients and supplementary ingredients related to the pill recipe. He would instruct the giant ape puppet to adjust them according to his needs.
In the secret chamber, the air was stagnant. Specks of dust floated in the air, as if they were still.
Han Li was dressed in a green robe. He sat cross-legged, and the Wheel of Truth behind him rotated slowly. One hundred and eight clusters of Dao patterns of time on it all lit up, and there were clear waves of laws coming from it.
After a while, he put away the incantation gesture on his hand. With a thought, the wheel behind him flashed and flew into his body.
As if the restriction had suddenly been removed, the air in the secret chamber flowed as usual again, and the flying dust in the light also floated freely.
"I've finally recovered …" Han Li exhaled, stood up, and walked out of the secret chamber.
On the Crimson Afterglow Peak, the sky was clear and blue, just like his mood.
A round sun hung high in the sky, bringing some warmth to the snow-covered mountain peak.
Han Li came out of the cave abode, and with a flash of light, he flew high into the sky. He wanted to go directly to the valley he usually went to, and try out the new magic power he had comprehended from the eight and a half sentences of the incantation, but inadvertently saw Meng Qianqian and five or six people gathered at the spirit medicine field on the mountain.
Thus, his figure flashed and he flew toward the other side.
"Elder Li …" Seeing Han Li fly over, everyone hurriedly came forward and bowed, calling out respectfully.
Han Li waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to be so polite, but his eyes looked at the mountain guard beast in front of him.
Ever since he adopted this beast, he did not pay much attention to it, and only let a group of servants look after it. He did not expect that this beast had unknowingly reached the middle stage of the Unity Stage.
However, it was not this Two-headed Lion Eagle that attracted his attention, but a strange green bird that was riding on its neck.
This bird had an unusually large head, a slender neck, and a body that was close to 20 feet long. Its whole body was covered with feathers that looked like arrows, and there was a pouch that was five feet wide hanging in front of its chest.
Before this, it was riding on a giant beast that was many times larger than it was, looking around, and acting like a tyrant.
However, when Han Li landed, the bird seemed to be greatly shocked, and flapped its wings, a trace of fear flashing in its eyes.
After Meng Qianqian looked at it, it calmed down, but it was already lying on the Lion Eagle's back, covering its head with its wings, and using its eyes to observe Han Li.
"This is … Nian Yu?" Han Li tilted his head to look at Meng Qianqian, and asked hesitantly.
"Yes, it is." Meng Qianqian nodded, and replied with a smile.
"Oh, I didn't think that after a hundred years, you would be close to the Original Soul Stage?" Han Li asked.
"Yes.
Elder Li, you don't know this, but it's eating a lot now. I'm afraid it has something to do with this … However, other than the Wind Spirit Grass in the Spiritual Medicine Garden, I haven't given it any other Spiritual Herbs or pills.
But it will occasionally sneak out of the Crimson Afterglow Peak. As for what it eats outside, I don't know. "Meng Qianqian looked back at the strange green bird and said.
Han Li pointed at the Two Headed Lion Eagle that was lying on the ground, and Nian Yu, who was riding on its neck, and asked:
"Then what's going on with the two of them?"
"Two years ago, Nian Yu once snuck out of the Crimson Afterglow Peak. On her way back, she was chased by a Soul Formation stage demon beast. At that time, it was the mountain guardian beast … who saved her by eating the demon beast.
After that, they seemed to have become friends. "Meng Qianqian explained.
"This little fella doesn't look like she's easy to deal with. She most likely went out to hunt for monsters and was chased back.
By the way, didn't your brother and Sun Buzheng come back? "Han Li smiled and changed the topic.
"They came back seven or eight years ago.
But it seems that this time, they had some encounters. Not long after they came back, they reached the point of breaking through to the late stage of the Original Soul Stage and are now in retreat.
The spiritual herbs they brought back have been planted in the Spiritual Herbal Garden. Oh yes, there are also these seeds. "Meng Qianqian said and handed a storage bag to Han Li.
Han Li took the storage bag and scanned it with his Divine Sense. Then, he came to the Spiritual Herbal Field and walked around the field. He nodded with satisfaction.
The two of them brought back a lot of seeds and supplementary materials this time. With some time, they could make at least ten batches of materials for alchemy.
For the two of them, this was not an easy task. It could be seen that they did their best.
Han Li tossed the medicine pills to Meng Qianqian and said, "They've done well. I may have to go into seclusion after this. When they emerge, they may not be able to see me. Here are two bottles of medicine pills for stabilizing their cultivation. Give them to them in my stead."
The latter hurriedly took it and bowed to Han Li. "Qianqian thanks Elder Li on behalf of my brother and Brother Sun."
Han Li waved his hand casually. Then, his hands lit up and he reached into the Spiritual Herbal Field.
Following a series of faint tremors, over a hundred different spirit medicines rose from the ground, enveloped in streaks of azure light. Their leaves were still dripping with dew, and their roots were still covered in soil. All of them rose into the air and followed Han Li toward his cave abode.