Gu Qianxun looked at the approaching figure of Han Li and her expression changed. No one knew what she was thinking.
"You can let go of the thing in your hand. There's no need to die together with me, is there?" Han Li glanced at her and said.
Hearing this, Gu Qianxun's body relaxed and it seemed that she had recovered some of her strength.
She kept the white jade in her hand into her sleeve and fell back to the ground. Using her hands, she slowly pulled her legs out from the ground.
"You and I have already fallen out. Why did you save me?" Gu Qianxun took out a beast dan and asked.
"When I met Madam Liu Hua, he helped me get rid of the Black Calamity Bugs. Saving you this time can be considered as me repaying his kindness." Han Li saw that although her injuries were serious, her life was not in danger and said slowly.
"You saw him?
How is he? "Gu Qianxun hurriedly asked.
"He's fine. He was taken away by Er Ge. Maybe he went to where the Saint's Corpse is." Han Li said slowly.
Hearing this, Gu Qianxun's expression relaxed and she calmed down a little.
"Who are you?" Han Li suddenly asked.
"You should already know, right?
That's right, I am indeed a chess piece that the Third Prince left in the Scale Realm.
If not for him, I would have died together with my mother in the hands of Du Qingyang. It is all thanks to him that I was able to take revenge for my mother.
So this time, he ordered me to get rid of the First Prince and the Thirteenth Prince. "Gu Qianxun hesitated for a moment before answering.
When Han Li heard this, he couldn't help but sigh as he recalled all the details of his past meetings with the third prince, and he truly couldn't find anything wrong with it. "My eyes were truly blind in the past. I wasn't able to see through it…"
Thinking that Han Li was talking about her, Gu Qianxun let out a bitter smile and said:
"If possible, I really do not want to be your enemy."
When Han Li heard this, he frowned and said, "You can go ahead and kill the eldest prince. If necessary, I can lend a hand. But if you attack Shi Chuankong again, don't blame me for disregarding our past relationship and killing you."
Hearing that, Gu Qianxun's gaze was complicated and she did not speak for a long time.
"After waiting for so long, Shi Zhan Feng probably won't come back. Take care of yourself."
As soon as Han Li finished speaking, he leaped into the sky and descended into the distance.
Gu Qianxun was stunned speechless. After a long silence, she slowly stood up.
Her footsteps were somewhat weak as she walked to the side and bent down to pick up her white bone. She took a deep breath and chased after Han Li in the direction that he had left.
Han Li's figure rose and fell between the ruins of the buildings, his movement speed extremely fast.
At this moment, his brows were slightly furrowed and his emotions were in a mess.
This trip to the Jilin Empty Realm had taken up too much time. He had thought that he would be able to return immediately after he found Purple Spirit, but he had not expected to be caught up in the chaotic battle between Xuan Pin City and Xuan Pin City.
The mutual deception between the two cities was already enough to cause a headache. Now, it was clear that the First Prince Shi Zhan Feng and the Third Prince Shi Po Kong were also involved. The situation had become even more complicated.
Compared to Shi Zhan Feng's personal risk, Han Li was more concerned about Shi Pokong's arrangements. From Gu Qianxun, he could tell that Shi Pokong had been operating in the Jilin Empty Realm for a long time.
Both of them were so interested in the Scale Hollow Realm, which had always been regarded as a barren land. Thinking about it, the reason should be related to the sacred remains in the Great Ruins, right?
Thinking about this, Han Li's heart could not help but tighten. Could it be that Shi Chuankong had taken the initiative to follow him here for this?
"Instead of guessing, why don't I think about what's going on with Daoist Xie …" Han Li laughed at himself.
Ever since he entered the Jilin Empty Realm, he realized that the connection between him and Daoist Xie had become weaker and weaker. It was not that the spiritual connection between them had been severed, but he felt that Daoist Xie was becoming more and more unfamiliar.
Thinking back to the contents of the jade slip that Daoist Xie had given him, Han Li became more and more curious about Daoist Xie's motives.
He even felt that the owner that Daoist Xie had mentioned might be the Saint Corpse, or the previous owner of the Great Ruins. Otherwise, why would the jade slip record the precise location of the hollowed ball and the method to obtain it?
At this moment, the route he was pursuing was also roughly mentioned in the jade slip.
After traveling for a few hundred miles, he began to see large areas of ruins along the way. The traces were basically new, and they covered a large area. They seemed to have been left behind by the battle between Er Ge and Sha Xin.
Han Li would stop to investigate for a while before continuing the chase.
…
Time passed by in the blink of an eye, and another half a month had passed.
After endless pursuit, Han Li finally arrived at a white stone plaza that occupied an extremely large area.
The plaza was surrounded by four nine-storied towers that stood at the four corners of the plaza.
In the center of the square stood a majestic palace with a glazed roof that far surpassed all the other palaces and pavilions he had seen in the Great Ruins.
Different from the ruins and ruins that they had seen along the way, this round glass palace was well preserved. Be it the roof tiles or the giant pillars around the palace, they were all as bright as new, without the slightest mottled trace of time.
Han Li looked into the distance and saw that within the palace, there were two massive carved doors that were wide open. Above the tall lintel hung a golden plaque with three large ancient characters written on it.
"Thousand Traps Palace …" Han Li murmured to himself, and he suddenly recalled that Shi Zhanfeng had mentioned this name before.
With that in mind, his brows furrowed, and he suppressed the aura fluctuations around his body before quickly approaching the palace.
As he neared the palace, Han Li noticed that a large number of star runes had begun to appear on the stone bricks on the ground. They spread out in a radius of thousands of feet outside the palace, and it was obvious that it was a very complicated rune formation.
When he reached the corridor below the palace, the rune formation changed again, and another rune formation was integrated into it.
As he neared the palace door, Han Li noticed that there were scorch marks everywhere on the open door. The original restriction had been completely destroyed.
He was not in a hurry to enter the palace. Instead, he stretched his body from the side and looked inside.
He saw that the palace was in a state of chaos. There were stone shelves, tables, and chairs everywhere, and some of them had been completely shattered into powder. It was obvious that there had been a big fight.
Han Li held his breath and listened attentively for a moment. He realized that the palace was completely silent, and there seemed to be no sound at all.
His figure flashed, and he entered the palace.
The hall was empty. There were no signs of Eco and the others, nor Sha Xin and the others. There were only fragments of tables and chairs scattered all over the floor, and tall bone-armored puppets.
Han Li frowned slightly, and he carefully explored the palace.
After a while, he found that these bone-armored puppets seemed to be of the same origin as the ones he had seen in the other ruins of the Great Ruins. They were not puppets controlled by the Puppet City, so they should be the puppets that had originally guarded the palace.
At this moment, he suddenly caught a glimpse of an inconspicuous black stone chair that was still standing in its original place, next to a pile of broken tables and chairs at the back of the palace.
He walked forward and circled around the stone chair, and the corners of his mouth curled into a smile.
Han Li grabbed the back of the black stone chair with both hands, and suddenly twisted it to one side with force.
A "chi chi" sound of friction rang out, and a pitch-black tunnel appeared beside the stone chair, extending underground.
Han Li hesitated for a moment, but he still jumped into the tunnel, and walked down a stone staircase inside.
After walking thousands of feet in the darkness, there was a doorway that was as tall as a person at the end of the stone staircase. There were wisps of wind and bursts of indistinct voices coming from inside.
Han Li first slowed down his pace, and tried to reduce the noise he made. When he was close to the doorway, he used the White Sun Soaring Technique, and his figure suddenly flashed, and he entered the doorway.
As soon as he entered the cave, Han Li's mind relaxed slightly. There was no one lying in ambush in the cave.
He hid behind a strange stone that was half the height of a person, and carefully looked forward.
In front of the strange stone was a huge blood lake that covered an area of thousands of feet. It was filled with dark red blood, and it was slightly rippling like the lake water.
The surface of the lake was covered with a layer of blood-red light, and it flickered in the hazy blood mist.
Han Li searched the surface of the lake for a long time before his eyes suddenly flashed, and he caught sight of a crystal coffin floating at the center of the lake.
The crystal coffin was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and it was over 100 feet in size. It was completely transparent, and there were extremely complex runes inscribed onto its surface.
Han Li carefully examined it and discovered that although the talisman patterns were complex, they had a pentagram at their core. However, there were at least five other talisman formations embedded within it, and they were all interlinked with one another in an extremely intricate manner.
Within the crystal coffin, Han Li saw a corpse that was over 100 feet tall, and its bones were as smooth as jade.
Just from the appearance of the corpse, one could clearly see that there were sharp bones on its head, and there were long fangs in its mouth. There seemed to be a layer of scale-like patterns covering its bones, indicating that it was the corpse of a devilish being.
Right at this moment, Han Li's heart stirred slightly, and he seemed to have detected Daoist Xie's aura, but he was unable to pinpoint Daoist Xie's exact location.
After a brief moment of contemplation, he immediately closed his eyes and began to carefully sense his surroundings with his spiritual sense.
After just a few breaths, Han Li opened his eyes again, and a hint of bewilderment appeared on his face.
He was surprised to discover that the spiritual connection between him and Daoist Xie seemed to be gradually weakening.
Right at this moment, an enraged roar suddenly sounded from the other side of the blood lake. "You traitor! Are you really going to continue to be so stubborn?"
Han Li hurriedly cast his gaze toward the source of the voice, only to discover that the Puppet City cultivators were facing off against Eggy under Sha Xindi's leadership.
Madam Liu Hua was standing behind Eggy, and Shi Chuankong was collapsed at his feet. It was unknown whether he was still unconscious or had been restrained by Eggy.