Han Li placed the jade slip containing the Four Seasons Water Divination Technique on his forehead, closed his eyes, and remained motionless like an old monk in meditation.
In the beginning, his brows were slightly furrowed, as if he was a little puzzled, but they soon relaxed, as if he had figured out something. But not long after, his brows furrowed again, and then relaxed again, and this repeated over and over again.
As time passed, Han Li's brows furrowed more and more, and they didn't relax, as if he was completely stumped by a difficult problem. Sweat gradually seeped out of the corner of his forehead.
This time, he examined it for an entire three days and three nights.
When Han Li opened his eyes, his back was already soaked in sweat, and his eyes were bloodshot, as if he had consumed a great deal of mental energy.
He removed the blue jade slip from his forehead and muttered to himself, "How could this be …"
There were a total of seven volumes recorded on this Four Seasons Water Divination Technique.
At the beginning of cultivation, one needed to condense a magic treasure like the Wheel of Truth, called the Purified Bottle of Time, which could absorb the essence of the sun and moon in the world to condense Droplets of Time.
When one cultivated to the fourth volume of the technique, they could begin to refine the collected Droplets of Time and condense Threads of Time from them that contained the power of the Laws of Time.
Han Li was actually not unfamiliar with these Threads of Time. Back in the Spirit Realm, he had seen them at the Asura Spider's place, and they were known as the Nine Heavens Treasures. They were rare treasures that could only be born in the so-called River of Time that contained the Laws of Time. They could extend the lifespan of mortals or low-level cultivators, and they could also delay the arrival of the Heavenly Tribulation for high-level cultivators.
From the description of the technique, the Threads of Time that were refined through the Four Seasons Water Divination Technique contained the power of the Laws of Time that were even purer, so their effects were even more obvious. They could even help a True Immortal delay the arrival of the Third Decay.
However, the condensation of the Purified Bottle of Time was the same as the condensation of the Wheel of Truth. Not only did it require an object that contained the Laws of Time, but it also required many other rare treasures. It was a big problem in front of most cultivators, and it was probably because of this that many Cangliu Palace cultivators flinched at the sight of this technique.
This technique wasn't like the Wheel of Truth, which could condense the Immortal Aperture and improve one's cultivation. Instead, it focused more on how to increase the speed of condensation of Droplets of Time.
It was said that when the Water Droplets of Time had accumulated to the point of forming a river, even more indescribable divine abilities would become available. Only, the rate at which they were formed was extremely slow. Take the initial stage of cultivation for example. Every single Water Droplet of Time would take hundreds of years to form. Who knows how long it would take to form a river. It was likely that not even Gold Immortals would be able to do that.
After such a comparison, Han Li discovered that the Four Seasons Water Divination Technique seemed to be slightly weaker than the Wheel of Truth, but it also had its own uniqueness.
Now, he had only skimmed through it a few times and didn't cultivate it all the way like the Wheel of Truth, so his understanding of it was naturally limited.
After taking a deep breath, Han Li temporarily suppressed the doubts in his heart. He opened the Illusionary Star Treasure Tome and slowly flipped through it.
The inner room was silent, and only the rustling of the book could be heard.
In the blink of an eye, more than a day had passed.
Han Li slowly closed the yellowish book and rubbed the area between his eyebrows, but the corners of his mouth slowly curled up, revealing a smile.
This Illusionary Star Treasure Tome was even more peculiar than the previous two time techniques. Although it was called a time technique, in fact, it was more like a refinement treasure tome.
The reason why Han Li felt this way was because after cultivating this cultivation art to a certain degree, he would be able to dissect some objects that contained the power of the law of time and refine something known as "Illusionary Dawn Sand" from them.
As long as this Illusionary Star Sand was refined through a special method, it could create a small enclosed space with sand and be called Illusionary Star Sand Realm. For example, an Illusionary Star Sand Box, Illusionary Star Sand Bottle, and so on.
Within the space within these sandboxes or bottles, the flow of time would change.
If there's enough Illusionary Star Sand, would it be … A thought suddenly appeared in Han Li's mind, and his brows couldn't help but raise up.
After a short moment, his expression quickly returned to normal, and he laughed in self-ridicule. "Let's not talk about whether it can really be done, where would I get so much Illusionary Star Sand?
How could it be so easy to get something that contains the Law of Time? "
After he finished speaking, his gaze moved about to look back and forth between the two jade slips and the ancient book, and he revealed an expression of contemplation.
These three cultivation techniques all cultivated the power of the Law of Time, but they seemed to focus on different aspects. Apart from the True Word Transmutation Scripture, which could be cultivated as a cultivation technique, the other two cultivation techniques were related to treasures of the Law of Time.
Besides that, after comparing and analyzing the three techniques together, Han Li faintly felt that there seemed to be some sort of connection between the three of them.
Of course, the three of them were related to the Law of Time after all, so it was understandable that there were some similarities between them. But along with Han Li's in-depth study, he noticed that the matter wasn't so simple, but when he wanted to corroborate it, he felt that there were some places that didn't match up.
…
Time flashed by, and over 10 days had already passed.
Within the inner room of the cavern, Han Li stood there with an ancient book and a jade slip in his hand, and he revealed a bitter smile on his face.
After days of bitter contemplation, he was still unable to come up with a solution in the end.
"Forget it, if I continue to be so stubborn, I'm afraid it will form a knot in my heart, and it will hinder my future cultivation." After he sighed, he turned his wrist and put away the ancient book and the jade slip.
Since the Law of Time was known as one of the three supreme laws of the Immortal Realm, its related techniques were, after all, different from ordinary techniques. Before figuring out the relationship between them, Han Li didn't intend to rashly cultivate the other two techniques.
Of course, at the end of the day, the current situation wasn't stable, and he didn't have that much time.
With this in mind, he sat down cross-legged again, turned his wrist, and took out a white jade porcelain bottle, poured out a pill that was transparent like jade, and swallowed it.
This pill was called the Snow Soul Pill, and it was one of the Golden Immortal level pills that he obtained from Xiao Jinhan. It had the effect of consolidating one's foundation and promoting one's cultivation, and it was suitable for him to take now.
After a while, Han Li's expression returned to calmness, and after sitting down cross-legged, he began to close his eyes and adjust his breathing.
After his mind calmed down, he stuck the remaining snow-white jade slip engraved with golden patterns to the space between his eyebrows.
Recorded on this jade slip was precisely the fifth level of the True Word Transformation Scripture.
Layers of golden ripples rippled from the jade slip, turning into a soft light that enveloped Han Li.
Compared to the difficulty when he first cultivated the fourth cultivation method, the fifth cultivation method didn't seem that difficult to cultivate. After Han Li memorized all the incantations, he put the jade slip away.
He crossed his hands in front of him and made a hand sign. Immediately, there was a ripple of golden light behind him, and the Treasure Wheel of Truth slowly came out from it and floated in the air.
Because of the barrier formation, the fluctuations of the Treasure Wheel of Truth didn't leak at all, but Jin Tong and Xiao Bai, who were outside, still noticed a trace of strangeness because of the unique connection between them and Han Li. They turned around and looked inside.
On the Treasure Wheel of Truth, there were balls of light shining brightly, like small golden suns, shining brightly.
Time passed quickly, and soon, more than three months had passed.
During this period, the Dark Star Canyon became more and more lively. Apart from the few largest tribes, almost half of the other small and medium-sized tribes had already migrated to the Serene Star Tribe.
The entire Serene Chen Race was naturally quite busy. Noi Fan had visited the Serene Chen Race twice during the first month, only to be told that Han Li had gone into seclusion. After that, he didn't visit the cliff again, and it seemed that everyone had forgotten that there was a human living here.
On this day, inside the cave abode on the cliff, a little girl in red and a white Pi Xiu opened their eyes wide with curiosity. They stood in front of the light barrier that separated the inner and outer rooms of the cave and looked inside.
Just an hour ago, after Han Li ate a round fruit with dense golden dots on its surface, the Treasure Wheel of Truth behind him became even brighter.
On the outside of his thigh, a small golden vortex appeared, and layers of dense golden light gathered around it and surged into the vortex. That was his 61st Immortal Aperture!
And with the creation of this Immortal Aperture, there were two more balls of time Dao pattern on the Treasure Wheel of Truth.
After a while, when the surrounding fluctuations gradually weakened, Han Li also slowly opened his eyes. There was not much joy in his eyes, but some worry.
"With the help of a fruit that contains the power of the Law of Time, I only managed to create an Immortal Aperture with difficulty. I wonder how many resources I will need to cultivate to the Primordial Unity realm …" He could not help but smile bitterly.
However, just as he finished speaking, a green light shone in front of his chest, and the dark green bottle suddenly flew up by itself.
Han Li raised his eyebrows and quickly looked at the Treasure Wheel of Truth. Then, he was surprised to find that there were eleven golden threads wrapped around it, shining with crystal light. They were the threads of time.
The fruit that he obtained from Gongshu Jiu, and he still did not know what it was, had unknowingly given him an additional time thread. This was really a pleasant surprise.
But looking at the posture of the Sky Bottle in front of him, he seemed to be transmigrating again.
Sure enough, with a rumbling sound, a thick green light surged out of the dark green bottle that had already expanded to the size of a millstone, and coincidentally hit the restriction that separated the inner and outer rooms, directly tearing the void and condensing that strange crystal wall.
Jin Tong and Xiao Bai's vision was blocked by the crystal wall and restriction, they could not see the scene inside, nor could they detect the changes inside. They could only return to the stone table with some boredom.
Han Li looked at the green vortex that gradually appeared in the crystal wall and slowly closed his eyes.