UGB Chapter 184 Wolf-Headed Jade Ruyi
Chapter 184 Wolf-Headed Jade Ruyi
Chapter 185 Wolf-Headed Jade Ruyi
A blood-red cloak, a yin-yang and five-element ring.
One can hide and escape, while the other excels in both offense and defense.
In addition, the divine thunder that wards off evil spirits can suppress ghosts and evil spirits.
They complement each other and form a trinity.
Han Li felt that his skills had greatly improved, and he would probably be hard-pressed to find an opponent among ordinary Core Formation cultivators within this Void Heaven Palace.
Although I've heard the old demon Xuan Gu say that the Five Elements Ring might have limited effectiveness against certain special ghost cultivators, he also has the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder.
Not bad, not bad.
Han Li withdrew his divine sense from the storage bag, feeling quite satisfied with the gains he had made at the Treasure Light Pavilion.
Even though the Demon Lord Xuan Gu is now just a remnant soul, his knowledge, experience, and usefulness are still considerable.
Seeing that Han Li didn't respond, Xuan Gu continued to snort indignantly, "If it weren't for my guidance, could you have found the treasure room on the second floor so easily? Now that you've got the benefits, you think I'm in your way. Don't forget, without my guidance, you wouldn't even have been able to find the inner hall door, let alone—"
Han Li interrupted him calmly, his tone revealing neither joy nor anger, "Alright, alright. Since you care about the Void Heaven Cauldron, you should think about how to help me safely reach the Cold Li Terrace. This place is not safe to stay any longer, let's go."
After saying that, he made a hand seal and added several more streams of warding-off-evil divine thunder to the bell.
Seeing this, Xuan Gu's voice fell silent, but he still gave a reminder.
"The first level is manageable, but if you go any further, you'll encounter the Serpent Guard Puppet. Those things are quite troublesome even for Nascent Soul cultivators, so you'd better put on that blood-red cloak now and follow my instructions to see if you can avoid them."
Han Li remained silent and put on the cloak as instructed, but he did not speed up his movements. He remained highly vigilant and carefully made his way forward through the maze.
When we first entered the first level of the maze, we encountered mostly powerful restrictions and traps.
With his own insights into formations and the guidance of Xuan Gu, he made a relatively safe journey.
However, upon entering the second level, the expected snake guard puppet did not appear; instead, a scene of devastation unfolded before their eyes: severed limbs and remains.
After safely passing several intersections, Han Li finally relaxed a little and bent down to check carefully.
Scattered among them are many emerald green stones that he had noticed and collected on the first floor.
These stones have a warm, smooth texture and are more like gemstones containing special energy than ordinary stones.
"What is the purpose of these stones?"
Han Li pondered to himself, but his hands didn't stop moving as he carefully collected them all.
The bells floating beside him swayed gently. Xuan Gu watched Han Li still picking and pinching things here and there, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
They pluck feathers from passing geese, yet they are also cautious to the point of being mature and prudent.
Could it be that Ji Xuan's traitorous disciple died in some inconspicuous corner, and this kid ended up inheriting his legacy?
We continued walking, picking things up as we went.
Seeing the final result, Xuan Gu couldn't help but say, "Just take out your storage bag and put it away. I scanned it with my divine sense, and all the puppets above the third or fourth level ended up like this."
Han Li ignored them, his hands continuing their work, moving forward slowly and cautiously.
He has no room for error, and he would never entrust his safety entirely to this.
Secondly, Han Li felt that these things must be useful. The core drive or repair materials of a puppet that could make even Nascent Soul stage monsters feel troubled must be a good thing.
It's a pity that its specific use is currently unknown.
To be honest, Han Li wasn't particularly interested in the Void Heaven Cauldron.
He entered the inner hall not to fight with others for treasure, but only to pick up some overlooked or relatively safe opportunities, and it would be enough if he could get one or two more treasures.
In any case, the trip was far more fruitful than expected, truly a rewarding experience.
Knowing when to stop is the wise thing to do.
To avoid being blinded by greed and losing one's senses, there are far too many cases of people falling because of greed in the perilous world of cultivation.
Anyway, he didn't expect that the legendary Void Heaven Cauldron could really have anything to do with him.
The ownership of such a treasure is far beyond the reach of a Core Formation cultivator like him.
If I can go and see what the legendary Hanli Terrace and Xutian Cauldron look like from afar, and broaden my horizons, then this trip will be considered complete.
As for whether or not he could try pulling the cauldron, he didn't really have much desire for it.
If Brother Lu needs anything, he will do his best to cooperate with the Blood Jade Spider; if not, then let the cauldron remain submerged there.
Han Li was intently observing the maze passage ahead when a soft whooshing sound suddenly rang out behind him without warning, followed by a gentle breeze.
A sense of foreboding suddenly arose in his mind, and he instinctively turned around abruptly!
Lu Jianghe's figure appeared silently not far behind him, as if he had been there all along.
"Brother Lu?!"
Han Li blurted it out.
Lu Jianghe did not speak, but simply raised his hand and gestured at him.
A gentle yet irresistible spiritual light instantly enveloped Han Li's entire body.
Han Li felt the scenery before his eyes suddenly blur and lengthen, and his body was swept forward by a tremendous force.
The wind whistled in my ears, and the maze-like stone walls on both sides transformed into a flowing, snow-white light and shadow, rushing backward.
This feeling was faster than any escape technique. Almost the instant Han Li had the thought of "what happened," the power enveloping him suddenly disappeared.
A solid feeling came from underfoot, but what followed was a terrifying chill that pierced to the bone!
Han Li shivered and instantly snapped out of his daze.
He found himself no longer in the maze, but standing beneath a huge, suspended altar covered in snow.
Looking up, there was the legendary Hanli Terrace, suspended in the void.
Han Li was about to use his protective spiritual light to resist when a jade pendant appeared out of thin air.
As the white light shone, it quickly covered Han Li's entire body, instantly shutting out the biting cold.
Lu Jianghe's gaze swept over Han Li, then landed on the floating bell artifact beside him.
"I have slain the extreme Yin, so I have fulfilled my promise."
Lu Jianghe's voice was flat and calm, as if he were talking about a trivial matter.
Inside the bell, the imprisoned remnant soul of Xuan Gu Shangren Xiao Cha began to tremble violently upon hearing these words.
Lu Jianghe showed no reaction to this.
A once powerful Nascent Soul cultivator who dominated the chaotic star sea has been reduced to this inhuman and ghostly state due to betrayal by his disciples. It would be hard for anyone to accept this.
After a moment, the fluctuations within the bell finally subsided, and Xuan Gu's voice carried a sense of relief, as if the dust had settled.
"Thank you, fellow Daoist, for helping me to resolve this hatred and this wish."
Lu Jianghe said nothing more, then turned to look at Han Li.
"Let's go, come with me and retrieve the Void Heaven Cauldron."
Upon hearing those words, Han Li felt the scenery before his eyes flash by once more.
When he swayed and managed to stand up, the surrounding scenery had changed drastically.
The entire Hanli Terrace is circular, with twelve huge stone walls standing around it. The walls are densely covered with ancient and mysterious runes, which subtly echo a transparent barrier hanging down from the dome.
Deep within the large cave below, surrounded by bursts of blue flames, lies an ancient three-legged cauldron, which should be the legendary Void Heaven Cauldron, the number one secret treasure of the Chaotic Star Sea.
Feeling that he couldn't see clearly with his divine sense alone, he leaned over and walked to the edge of the cave, bending down.
A bone-chilling cold instantly swept over me!
An extremely cold and yin aura surged forth. If it weren't for the jade pendant protecting him, he would probably have been completely frozen by the surging cold air.
Despite its flame-like form, it emitted a completely opposite, chilling aura.
Han Li was extremely surprised.
The remnant soul of the Xuan Bone, hovering nearby, slowly explained, "That is the Azure Ice Flame, an extremely yin and cold fire. Not to mention Core Formation cultivators, even old monsters who have reached the Nascent Soul stage dare not touch it. If even a tiny bit is burned, the Nascent Soul will be easily refined. Legend has it that this fire is not something that should exist in our realm, and we don't know where the ancient cultivators who built this Void Heaven Palace found this ball of fire."
Then his voice carried a sense of indifference born of experience, his gaze falling on the white jade pendant in front of Han Li, his tone becoming even more complex.
"By the way, let me tell you something. This white rhinoceros pendant you're wearing was once mine, an ancient treasure that I painstakingly searched for back then. Unfortunately, it was later obtained by that traitor Ji Yin. Now that it's in your hands—ha, it can be considered a return to the lineage of my Xuan Yin Island."
Xuan Gu's words practically regarded Han Li as the sole successor of Xuan Yin Island.
In fact, when Lu Jianghe said those words, Xuan Gu had already seen his fate.
Once the Void Cauldron is lifted, there will be no way for my remnant soul to continue existing.
If it were him, he would never leave such a hidden danger.
If Lu Jianghe really releases him, Xuan Gu will scoff at him and look down on such womanly compassion.
At this moment, Lu Jianghe took two steps forward and took a deep breath.
The cold air was inhaled into the lungs and internal organs, but instead of causing discomfort, the body's aura suddenly changed.
The embroidered black robe on his body vanished instantly, revealing the "Morning Dew" robe, which swirled with yin and yang energies.
An invisible pressure spread out, not only from the oppressive power of the extremely cold world, but also from a sense of overwhelming power.
Upon seeing this, Han Li immediately and tactfully stepped back slightly.
"Han boy, let me out."
Xuan Gu's voice came through the bell, his tone unexpectedly calm.
"Don't worry, I won't run away."
Upon hearing this, Han Li's eyes flickered slightly. He looked at Lu Jianghe, pondered for a moment, and then made a hand seal as instructed, removing the restriction on the bell and withdrawing the binding of the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder.
With the restriction lifted, the remnant soul of Xuan Gu transformed into a more solidified phantom and floated out.
His lower body remained ethereal, and his entire being appeared as a semi-transparent soul.
He stretched his soul and body, as if to savor this brief moment of "freedom".
"Three hundred years—it's only been a blink of an eye, haha, it feels like just yesterday."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Lu Jianghe made his move!
His emerald green robes fluttered and billowed even without wind.
Lu Jianghe raised his hand and pressed it onto the cold ground at the edge of the altar.
"Boom—!"
A muffled sound rang out, and the entire Hanlitai Terrace shook violently, as if it were about to collapse.
The altar, covered with millennia-old ice, crumbled inch by inch, and countless crystal fragments of varying sizes were frozen in mid-air by an invisible force.
The originally calm blue flames suddenly surged and erupted. When they hit the edge of the cave, they were firmly blocked by a thin, seemingly gentle, flowing "boundary" that was impossible to cross.
Inside, the Void Heaven Cauldron was shaken three feet off the ground by a single palm strike. The cauldron shook violently, emitting a muffled hum, before finally falling heavily back to its original position.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Four objects of different colors, radiating spiritual light, shot out from the cracks in the cauldron.
A cloud of seven-colored light shimmered, within which five pills, each the size of a longan, were visible to the naked eye, slowly rotating and swirling.
A jade pendant, entirely dark yellow, engraved with ancient cloud patterns.
A golden, round-on-the-outside-square-on-the-inside ancient coin covered with fine grooves.
The last beam of red light was the most intense, and a huge, two-headed wolf phantom, engulfed in raging flames, appeared.
It lunged forward on all fours, its two ferocious wolf heads howling at the sky as it tried to escape.
However, around Hanlitai, there is a huge transparent barrier called "Tiangang Shield" that covers the entire platform.
No matter how spiritually potent these four treasures were, they were firmly imprisoned within this barrier, like trapped beasts, struggling left and right, yet with nowhere to escape.
Lu Jianghe immediately stood up, his robes shimmering with light, returning to their ordinary black appearance.
He had simply wanted to test whether he could retrieve the Void Heaven Cauldron on his own.
Now it seems that the cauldron is much heavier than he had expected.
Not only is its body incredibly heavy, but it is also suppressed by the "Heavenly Gang Shield" restriction.
The only way is to pull it out step by step; there is no other way.
Unexpectedly, this tentative palm strike actually shook out all the remaining items inside the Void Heaven Cauldron.
Lu Jianghe's gaze swept over the four beams of light, finally settling on the most intense red light.
A massive, two-headed wolf phantom, engulfed in raging flames, materialized. Its four hooves pounded the air, and its two ferocious heads roared silently, exuding an extraordinary ferocity.
But when Lu Jianghe's gaze locked onto it as if it were a tangible object, the two-headed fire wolf's movements suddenly froze.
The fierce glint in its eyes was instantly replaced by fear, and it let out a low whimper.
Immediately afterwards, the fire wolf's body twisted and shrank violently. After a burst of red light, it transformed into a silver unicorn covered in soft silver fur and several times smaller in size.
This silver wolf was incredibly intelligent. Its small eyes darted around, and it seemed to instantly realize how terrifying Lu Jianghe was. Without hesitation, it changed direction, transformed into a streak of silver light, and pounced straight at the seemingly "weaker" Han Li.
Han Li reacted swiftly upon seeing this change. Almost the instant the silver wolf pounced, an ancient treasure shaped like a flower basket appeared out of thin air, instantly growing larger to block his path.
At the same time, a series of five gleaming copper rings flew out of his storage bag like lightning, ringing with a "clang," and accurately landed on the silver wolf's head and limbs.
The silver wolf crashed into the light screen emitted by the flower basket, making a muffled sound, and its momentum was immediately reduced.
The five copper rings tightened further, firmly locking its vitals.
Just as it was being imprisoned, the silver light flashed violently again, and the enormous wolf body vanished instantly, leaving only a wolf-headed jade ruyi radiating a warm, spiritual light in the ancient treasure basket.
"A treasure capable of taking human form?!"
Han Li's face lit up with surprise. An ancient treasure that could change its shape and become sentient was something that every cultivator in the cultivation world dreamed of.