Chapter 1364: Unexplained Space

When Han Li silently appeared on the ground, his gaze swept around, and he found himself halfway up a barren stone mountain.

It was quite strange to find such a barren place, where not a blade of grass grew, especially since it was located on a spiritual vein.

When Han Li had previously surveyed the spiritual land from the air, he had naturally noticed its anomaly. He had even flown down curiously to search the vicinity.

However, finding nothing and being eager to construct his immortal cave, he didn't linger. He simply assumed the mountain naturally had thin spiritual energy. While the likelihood of such a phenomenon occurring on a spiritual vein was extremely low, it wasn't entirely unprecedented.

This left Han Li with a lingering, inexplicable doubt about the area. He had originally planned to return and investigate thoroughly when he had free time. Now, seeing these individuals loitering nearby, it confirmed that there was indeed something amiss with the place.

Han Li frowned slightly, recalling the information his spiritual sense had brought back. Immediately, his body moved, and he floated lightly towards the mountaintop.

With his ethereal form, his movement was as light as air. Moments later, he reached the mountaintop and hovered motionless in the low sky.

His gaze swept downwards. What he saw was merely patches of mountain rock, appearing exactly as it had on his previous visit, with no abnormalities. However, Han Li's eyebrow twitched. After sweeping his spiritual sense around, he still found nothing. He pondered for a moment, then suddenly formed a hand seal with both hands, immediately channeling spiritual power intensely into his eyes.

Instantly, dazzling blue light flashed deep within his pupils. His Bright Clarity Spiritual Eye ability was pushed to its extreme, and things normally invisible to the naked eye now appeared clearly in his sight.

This time, he quickly made a discovery. Around the mountaintop, eight faint pillars of light rose from the ground, forming a strange quadrangular formation that enveloped the entire summit.

He didn't know what rare treasures these light pillars were formed from, but the formation they created was not only invisible and colorless, but also completely devoid of any spiritual energy fluctuations. No wonder even his powerful spiritual sense hadn't detected their presence.

It seemed this temporary restriction was set up by those four individuals. Had Han Li not been constantly monitoring their movements, he truly wouldn't have been able to locate this place or discover this restriction.

While these restrictions were indeed well-hidden, their primary function was a miraculous transformation and concealment, possessing little actual blocking capability.

With his mastery of formations, as soon as Han Li discerned their depth, he unceremoniously formed a hand seal with both hands and plunged downwards without any fear. An incredible scene unfolded.

As soon as the faint formation came into contact with Han Li's ethereal form, it showed no reaction whatsoever, allowing him to easily penetrate the restriction and completely vanish into the mountaintop. Evidently, after his body had been refined to this ethereal state, Han Li could simply ignore ordinary restrictions.

Han Li descended over twenty zhang underground, where a pale blue light orb appeared. It was only the size of a head, but it slowly and continuously spun, with a faint colorful vortex seemingly forming within. Han Li's heart tensed, and he paused, intending to observe it before getting closer. However, something completely unexpected occurred.

The instant his body stopped, the vortex within the blue light orb seemed to sense his presence. Suddenly, it burst forth with brilliant light, emitting a stream of seven-colored rays. With a flash, it swiftly enveloped his ethereal form, pulling him in. "Ah!"

Caught off guard, even Han Li was startled. After a slight struggle, a tremendous force surrounded his body, and for a moment, he found himself unable to break free.

Before he could unleash any powerful techniques, his surroundings blurred, and he found himself instantly transported to an unfamiliar place.

Simultaneously, his ethereal form was dispelled, and his physical body involuntarily materialized. At the same time, a purple light flashed on his chest, and a purple talisman strangely appeared.

Han Li's face darkened, and without hesitation, he grabbed the talisman with one hand.

He brought his hands together, and with a flash of spiritual light, the Taiyi Transformation Cleansing Talisman vanished.

Not far in front of him, two other individuals stood, one to his left and one to his right.

These two were startled when Han Li appeared abruptly without any warning. Upon clearly seeing Han Li's face, one of them immediately exclaimed in surprise, "It's you! How did you find this place?" This was the drooping-browed man. The other individual, corpulent and with a look of shock and uncertainty, was Fatty Jin.

Han Li naturally didn't know that if he hadn't, out of caution, used the Taiyi Transformation Cleansing Talisman to etherealize his body, the instant he was enveloped by those seven-colored rays, even with his Vajra Art cultivated to great perfection, he would have surely vomited several mouthfuls of vital blood and suffered a loss of essence.

These seven-colored rays of light, though seemingly similar to Buddhist spiritual radiance, had a different origin. Ordinary cultivators caught by them would not only find their spiritual power unusable but would also be crushed into a pile of flesh paste under the immense pressure.

To break this restriction and force their way in, the master of the drooping-browed man and his companions had to spend three days and three nights of arduous effort, relying on spiritual power and treasures, to forcibly enter this space.

As soon as Han Li saw the two men, his heart, surprisingly, relaxed.

Since there were no Refined Void cultivators present, he was confident he could handle even the two of them combined. Thus, despite his concealment art being abruptly broken, he chuckled at them and said with a normal expression:

"I wondered who had set up restrictions outside; turns out it's you two fellow daoists. What brings you here? If I'm not mistaken, one of Sky Gauge City's regulations states that outsiders are not allowed to trespass into others' spiritual lands without permission. If you genuinely need to stay in someone's spiritual land, you should greet the owner and obtain permission. Otherwise, if a complaint is filed with the Sky Guard and verified, you'll be subjected to the Poison Whip punishment." As he uttered the last few sentences, Han Li's tone turned sinister, implying ill intent.

Upon hearing of the Poison Whip punishment, both the drooping-browed man and Fatty Jin, even as Spirit Transformation cultivators, couldn't help but slightly change their expressions. However, Fatty Jin's eyes darted slightly, and then he immediately spoke with a full smile:

"Fellow Daoist Han, please don't misunderstand. My junior brother Weng and I were merely passing through your esteemed land. We simply didn't expect that while resting on this mountaintop, we would somehow trigger a restriction and be instantly teleported here. We are just as bewildered as you are."

"Oh, Brother Jin, do you really think I'd believe that? And by the way, if I'm not mistaken, there should be two other fellow daoists here, right?" Han Li clasped his hands behind his back, a half-smile playing on his face. By this point, he had already surveyed everything nearby. He was, in fact, in an inexplicable mysterious space.

This space was a hundred zhang high and about a li in circumference, not overly vast. However, shimmering seven-colored rays of light floated everywhere, both in the sky and all around.

What was even more surprising was that in the high sky of this space, seven huge light orbs, resembling suns, floated. Their milky white light, however, gave a strange feeling of coolness and profundity.

At the center of these seven light orbs, a light gate shimmering with seven-colored light was visible, revealing an extremely blurry and luminous expanse within.

Hearing Han Li's previous words, both the drooping-browed man and Fatty Jin were already greatly surprised. When they saw Han Li's gaze sweep towards the light gate, they exchanged glances, and their expressions suddenly turned grim. "How do you know our number?" Fatty Jin's voice became incredibly cold, and a fierce aura appeared on the man's face. "What, do you two intend to make a move?"

"I forgot to tell you two fellow daoists: before I set off, I left several sound transmission talismans and set up a restriction. As soon as something happens to me here, these talismans will soon appear before some newly befriended friends and Senior Zhao Wugui. Unprovoked trespassing into someone else's spiritual land and unprovoked attacks on fellow cultivators will certainly attract the enforcement team's attention. This is a grave offense, punishable by the Ice Prison Blade Mountain. Moreover, even if you two join forces, are you truly certain you can kill me?" Han Li said, not angered, but rather with a faint smile.

"You know Sky Guard Zhao?" The drooping-browed man's heart tensed, but he immediately looked suspicious.

Fatty Jin was similarly startled upon hearing this.

"I was personally introduced to Sky Gauge City by Senior Zhao. Do you two think I know him?" Han Li replied leisurely, looking as if he had already arranged everything.

Han Li's expression instantly made the drooping-browed man and Fatty Jin exchange bewildered glances.

"Hmph, since you know this place isn't just for the two of us, there's no harm in telling you directly. Besides us two, our sect's elders are also here; they've already entered deeper restrictions. We two are here on orders to guard. How can you, a mere Spirit Transformation cultivator, truly think you can stop us? Those rules of Sky Gauge City are only rules when taken seriously; when not, who would dare offend two Refined Void cultivators simultaneously for the sake of one Spirit Transformation cultivator like you? Even if you know Senior Zhao Wugui, I imagine it's just a casual acquaintance." The drooping-browed man pondered for a moment, then suddenly spoke thus.

"Is that so? Fellow Daoist Weng, you can certainly take that gamble. However, before I entered this place, I did deduce that a fellow daoist was already here. That's why your name was specifically mentioned in the sound transmission talismans. I suppose, Fellow Daoist, that with your powerful spiritual might, you're not afraid of the enforcement team's soul-searching techniques, are you?" Han Li chuckled, completely unmoved.

If these individuals were truly unafraid of Sky Gauge City's enforcement Sky Guards, then why would they go to such great lengths to seize this spiritual land and sneakily infiltrate his own territory?

The moment Han Li uttered these words, the drooping-browed man's face instantly became exceptionally ugly. Fatty Jin also looked somewhat dazed. Without a doubt, if the drooping-browed man became entangled, he wouldn't be able to escape either.

Some matters are fine when handled in secret, but once someone is caught and exposed, it directly challenges the authority of the Sky Guards and the Elder Council.

"Haha, I've heard that Fellow Daoist Han's divine abilities are extraordinary, and your future is exceptionally promising. I imagine you wouldn't be so foolish as to do something that would lead to both our sides suffering. But to be honest, my brother Weng and I are truly not the ones in charge here. If Brother Han has any conditions, why not wait until our elders come out and propose them in person?" Fatty Jin said, rubbing his hands together and narrowing his eyes into slits.

"What, do you two fellow daoists think I dare not stay here? Very well, I also wish to witness the demeanor of the two seniors. I'll simply wait here for a while." Han Li smiled faintly. Then his figure flickered, and he strangely appeared in a corner of the space, where he directly sat down cross-legged. He truly seemed intent on waiting for the other two Refined Void cultivators to emerge.