"I can't be wrong. That hunchbacked old man isn't from the Demon Clan. He's a beast that's infamous in the Celestial World. It's called the 'Mountain-moving Fiend' or 'Mountain-moving Fiend'. It likes to carry mountains on its back. The more powerful it is, the higher the mountain it carries. It uses this to cultivate and comprehend the Dao. Some of them can even carry the entire mountain range." Han Li replied.
"No wonder he didn't come out to clean up the tremors when he wasn't here.
He came back as soon as the tremors stopped. "Shi Chuankong thought for a moment and said.
"It's said that in the Celestial World's Green Leaf Celestial Realm, an elder of a celestial sect killed a young Mountain-moving Fiend in order to refine a celestial weapon. He then used the power of his sect to injure an adult Mountain-moving Fiend that came to take revenge.
After repelling the Mountain-moving Fiend for the last time, everyone thought it was over. Who would've thought that in less than ten thousand years, the entire mountain range where their sect is located would be destroyed by the Mountain-moving Fiend that snuck into the mountain range. It directly carried the mountain range into the sea. "Han Li continued to transmit his voice.
"I didn't expect this beast to be so ferocious …" Shi Chuankong could not help but turn around to look in the direction of the town.
"But looking at the people in the town, they seem to have lived here for generations. They should be used to the frequent tremors in the town. It's obvious that this Mountain-moving Fiend has already cultivated. Not only is its cultivation comparable to a Grand Heavenly Realm cultivator, but its ferocious nature seems to have been tempered by the passage of time." Han Li transmitted his voice.
"I'm afraid it's living in seclusion here because it doesn't want to be recognized. As the saying goes, a great hermit lives in the city.
No matter what, it's fine as long as it's not here to cause trouble for us. "Shi Chuankong nodded and said.
However, just as he finished speaking, he saw a figure appear soundlessly on the mountain path in front of him. The figure was skinny with a hunched back and his hands were behind his back. It was the old man from the tea stall in the town.
"Brother Shi, has your mouth really been blessed before?" Han Li smiled bitterly and asked.
Shi Chuankong was instantly dumbfounded. He wanted to give himself a slap.
"Greetings, Senior. I had eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai. Please forgive me."
After a moment of hesitation, Han Li took the initiative to take a step forward and bowed to the hunchbacked old man from afar.
Shi Chuankong didn't say anything. He lowered his head with an ugly expression and bowed as well.
"You can rest assured that I have no ill intentions towards you." The old man's hands were still clasped behind his back as his lips moved slightly. His voice was abnormally hoarse.
Han Li didn't dare to relax in the slightest and asked carefully, "I wonder if Senior has any instructions for me?"
"I don't have anything to tell you. It's just that I've been in the Devil Region for a long time and haven't seen anyone from the Immortal World for many years. I just have some things to ask you." The old man waved his hand, revealing a wrinkled face under his messy hair.
"Senior, feel free to ask. As long as I know, I will tell you everything I know. However, if it's something I don't know, I won't dare to say anything." Han Li considered his words and said.
The old man looked at Han Li and asked, "Where are you from?"
"Senior, I'm from the Black Mountain Celestial Region," Han Li answered without any hesitation.
The old man fell silent for a moment. A hint of reminiscence flashed across his face. After a while, he said,
"The Black Mountain Celestial Region … I've stayed there for a period of time. Although it was a miserable period, I have to say that I'm quite reluctant to part with that place … By the way, have you been to a place called Idle Cloud Mountain? Do you know how it is now?"
"I happened to stay there for a period of time. Could it be that Senior has stayed at Idle Cloud Mountain before?" Han Li raised his eyebrows and asked.
"That's right. However, I can't remember how long ago it was.
I only remember that there were only a few of us living in the entire mountain at that time. Later on, there were people who opened up cave abodes on the mountain, and the entire mountain was no longer peaceful, "the hunchbacked old man said slowly.
"Idle Cloud Mountain has changed greatly. There are many people living on the mountain, and it has almost become a self-contained place outside of the law.
Unfortunately, when I left that place, the situation had changed. The Heavenly Court seemed to have strengthened their control over that place, and many people had left the mountain.
I'm not too sure about the specifics, "Han Li sighed and said.
"It's just a matter of the past. It doesn't matter how it changes … You should have already seen through my true body, right?" The hunchbacked old man suddenly changed the topic.
As soon as Han Li heard this, he couldn't help but feel nervous again.
Han Li composed himself and said, "I don't dare to say anything about Senior's true body, but I can see that Senior's cultivation is extremely high and his realm is extremely high."
Although it was just a simple compliment, it was just right. After the hunchbacked old man heard it, he nodded to himself and said,
"I heard from your conversation earlier that you're looking for a place to refine a Dao Weapon in seclusion?
Actually, there are many uninhabited valleys in this Baxia Mountain Range. You can go and use them. You don't have to worry about any external disturbances. "
"How would we dare to trouble Senior? We're just refining some Dao Weapons roughly. We'll find a remote place. We won't dare to disturb Senior," Han Li quickly said.
"In that case, it's not fated. Just pretend we've never seen each other," the hunchbacked old man said meaningfully.
"Don't worry, Senior. We've never seen you before," Han Li immediately understood and said while cupping his fists.
"That's right, we've never been here before," Shi Chuankong naturally knew what he was implying and quickly said.
When the hunchbacked old man heard this, he looked at Shi Chuankong deeply and said, "Brat, you've reincarnated into a good life … Alright, you can go."
When Han Li and Shi Chuankong heard this, they immediately bid farewell and turned into a stream of light without any hesitation.
When they flew out of the entire Baxia Mountain Range, the two of them heaved a sigh of relief. They looked in the direction of the small town and saw that the entire mountain range was undulating and trembling violently.
A purple light lit up in Han Li's eyes. He looked down at the foot of the mountain and saw that under the verdant mountain range, he could vaguely see a huge figure with an arched back. It was carrying the entire Baxia Mountain Range on its back.
The hunchbacked figure was mostly prostrated on the ground, and its body was covered with vegetation. It was almost one with the mountain. If it wasn't for the Spirit Eyes, it would be almost impossible to distinguish it.
When Han Li was looking from afar, he suddenly saw a huge mountain with a round outline at the front of the mountain range. It suddenly turned slowly. The trees on the mountain were torn apart, and the soil and stones collapsed. Two huge eyes were revealed on the mountain. The eyes were golden and showed a hint of indifference.
Seeing this, Han Li immediately withdrew the Demon Eyes of the Ninth Hell and quickly flew away with Shi Chuankong.
The two of them did not rest for even a moment. After flying for three days, they finally stopped and temporarily stayed on an ordinary mountain nearby.
The reason why they had stopped so quickly wasn't because they thought this place was safe. Instead, it was because Daoist Xie had reached the most critical stage of his refinement of the Dao Weapon, and Han Li had to carve the runes as quickly as possible.
After descending from the mountain, Han Li didn't even have time to build a temporary cave abode, so he could only ask Shi Chuankong to look after the cave abode while he entered the Flower Branch Paradise and entered a bamboo pavilion near the spirit medicine garden.
Within the second floor of the bamboo pavilion, a string of thunderclaps rang out incessantly, and purplish-golden lightning had virtually filled the entire room. Han Li took a deep breath when he arrived at the entrance of the room, and he felt as if a Bone Cleansing Lightning Pool had appeared before him again.
However, this feeling only lasted for an instant. After all, the purplish-golden lightning before him only possessed an aura that was similar to that of the Bone Cleansing Lightning Pool, but it was still vastly inferior in nature.
Even so, such a strong aura of lightning was enough to intimidate countless evil spirits and ghosts.
"Friend Han, if you had taken any longer, I would've lost control of this purplish-golden lightning pool," Daoist Xie heaved a sigh of relief at the sight of Han Li.
"My apologies, leave the rest to me," Han Li said.
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure flashed and he moved horizontally into the house, entering the spell formation.
Daoist Xie immediately withdrew his hands upon seeing Han Li enter the formation, then stood outside the door and looked on in silence.
Han Li was already very familiar with the runes that he was going to engrave, so there was no need for him to say anything.
Han Li's chanting became louder and louder, and the formation formed by the lightning runes on the ground below him became clearer and clearer. It gradually peeled off from the ground and floated up into the air.
In mid-air, all of the golden beans were also hovering in the air, and they were all connected by Han Li's Spiritual Sense Translucent Threads into a massive golden tree that stood at the center of the bamboo building.
At this moment, the lightning rune formation spiraled all the way up to the top of the roof, where it combined with the light released by all of the beans and enveloped the entire golden tree.
Han Li changed his hand seal upon seeing this, and blue light immediately surged out of his eyes. The Spiritual Sense Translucent Threads surged out of his glabella, and his hands began to engrave runes back and forth in the air before him.
His movements became faster and faster … He was so proficient that it was as if he had already engraved the formation thousands of times.
In reality, after learning about this rune formation, Han Li had already practiced it hundreds of times so that he could engrave the runes as smoothly as a boat sailing along the current.
However, engraving runes was an extremely slow process, and Han Li had already experienced it once, so he wasn't in a hurry.
Three months passed by in the blink of an eye.
Han Li had successfully completed the engraving of the runes, and thousands of brand new dao soldiers were born.
After handing the dao soldiers over to Daoist Xie to manage, Han Li immediately left the Flowery Branch Paradise and continued on his journey with Shi Chuankong.