Chapter 1547: Tenglong Pill

Seeing this, Han Li exhaled a long breath. He then swept his storage bracelet, and with a flash of green light, a jade box appeared.

He carefully opened the lid of the box, revealing several purple berries. Each berry was the size of a fist, plump and round, seemingly filled with transparent coconut milk, and emitted an alluring, exotic fragrance. Inside each one, a lifelike, small dragon-shaped pit was encased, crystal clear and incredibly vivid.

These were precisely the Spirit Dragon Fruits Han Li had obtained during his journey to the Wood Spirit Race. The "Ascending Dragon Pill," refined from these rare spirit fruits, had a miraculous effect, significantly enhancing the cultivation of cultivators in the early to mid-Stage of Void Refinement.

Now that Han Li had advanced to the Void Refinement Stage, he was naturally preparing to begin refining this elixir. However, the complexity of refining this spirit pill was something Han Li had rarely encountered. Just preparing the several auxiliary materials for the pill required separate refinement, which would take over half a month.

Fortunately, the ripening time for the Spirit Dragon Fruit was also extremely long, maturing only once every thirty thousand years. Previously, he had been busy ripening the Golden Lightning Bamboo and the Green Luo Fruit, and hadn't had time to consider ripening these yet. Therefore, he still had to wait several more years.

With these thoughts in mind, Han Li put away the Spirit Dragon Fruits and, with one hand, grabbed something from a nearby wooden shelf. Over a dozen bottles and jars immediately flew steadily towards him.

Han Li remained in the alchemy room for half a month. Upon emerging, he re-entered his private chamber to consolidate the cultivation he had just broken through. Naturally, during this time, he also began to truly comprehend the Spring Dawn Sword Formation!

During this period, the four demons, including the small beast, genuinely delivered a large batch of rare materials to his door. Although these items were valuable, most were of little use to Han Li at his current stage. Naturally, the "Han Li" transformed by the Soul Cryer accepted them without hesitation. The four demons couldn't discern the authenticity of the "Han Li" before them, but they were still full of gratitude, not daring to show any disrespect. Under the instruction of the Second Nascent Soul, Soul Cryer grandly collected the items and then dismissed the demons. As for whether they would soon leave the giant island and embark on their own paths, he simply didn't care.

In the days that followed, everything proceeded as usual.

After several years, the first batch of Spirit Dragon Fruits was finally ripened. Han Li emerged from his seclusion and began to refine Ascending Dragon Pills in large quantities. As a result, not only was the refining process for this spirit pill exceptionally complex, but its success rate was also astonishingly low. Even with his current mastery as an alchemy grandmaster, seven or eight out of ten attempts failed.

Han Li had already anticipated that refining this pill would be difficult, but he was still greatly startled by such a low success rate. Only then did he realize that the difficulty of refining pills capable of enhancing the cultivation of Void Refinement stage cultivators was far greater than rumors suggested. No wonder such high-grade pills were never seen at the Heavenly Abyss City auction house. Even if an alchemist managed to refine a few, they would likely not be enough for their own consumption to break through bottlenecks, so why would they easily offer them for sale? As for using such high-grade pills directly for everyday cultivation, while not unprecedented, it was certainly extremely rare.

Although Han Li felt somewhat frustrated, having the mysterious small bottle at hand and knowing that the other auxiliary materials were not particularly rare, he had no major concerns, as it only meant spending more time. And so, time slowly passed as Han Li cycled between refining pills and going into seclusion.

Forty years later, in the private chamber of his cave dwelling, Han Li sat cross-legged on the ground, his hands forming incantations, a golden aura flowing unsteadily around his body as he cultivated with full concentration. But suddenly, an inexplicable chilling sensation descended upon him, making him shiver, halt his cultivation, and stand up.

"This seems like a powerful cultivator scanning this place with their divine sense! Could it be..." Han Li blurted out, instantly becoming alarmed and uncertain. Only powerful beings could penetrate the layers of restrictions he had set up outside his cave dwelling and directly impose such astonishing pressure. It certainly couldn't be a cultivator of the same rank. But why would cultivators above the Integration stage come to such a desolate island? Could it be those elders from the Heavenly Peng Clan, or other old monsters from the Flying Spirit Race?

Han Li's eyes flickered and his thoughts raced. But after only a moment of deliberation, his figure suddenly flickered. He pushed open the stone door and left the private chamber.

In a moment, Han Li appeared in a hall where a massive magic array was inscribed on the floor. In the center of the array was a stone platform, on which lay a hexagonal bronze mirror, faintly emitting silver light. This was precisely the Myriad Loong Pearl restriction, which Han Li had modified several times since newly comprehending the Nine Palace Heavenly Qian Talisman. Now, this pearl could not only extend its range thousands of miles away, but its subtle profoundness was also far beyond what it was before.

Han Li took a few steps forward, stood in the center of the array, and with both hands forming an incantation, shot a streak of green light into it. Instantly, the entire array buzzed loudly, and various rays of light emerged, all swirling towards the bronze mirror on the stone platform. As the rays of light merged into the mirror, after a low hum, its surface flashed with silver light and suddenly emitted a silver light screen about a *zhang* wide. Within the light screen, numerous light spots of varying sizes flickered continuously.

Han Li's gaze swept over the screen, and his expression suddenly changed slightly as he fixed on two exceptionally dazzling light spots at the very edge of the silver screen.

"What, there are actually two people!" Han Li exclaimed in shock, but he immediately gazed at them without blinking.

After a full cup of tea's time, the two light spots remained motionless on the light screen, showing no intention of approaching Han Li's cave dwelling, nor did they seem to be flying away from the area. Han Li's expression became uncertain.

"It's obvious this terrifying presence isn't looking for trouble with him," he mused, "otherwise, as soon as their divine sense swept over his cave dwelling, they should have flown over immediately. But these two are unwilling to leave this place, and it doesn't seem like they're just passing by. This is quite a headache for Han Li! With their cultivation levels, it's clearly impossible for them to be here for a casual chat for no reason! Who knows if they are foes or friends, or if they have other designs on this island. They are only a few thousand miles from his cave dwelling, and even a powerful divine ability could directly reach his location. He couldn't afford to be caught in the crossfire." As he considered this, Han Li became exceptionally worried. Coupled with the cold sensation he had felt when the divine sense swept over him earlier, he grew even more uneasy, not knowing the duo's purpose.

He thought for a moment with a solemn expression, then looked at the magic array beneath his feet. Suddenly, he gritted his teeth and made a decision.

With one hand, Han Li pointed at the bronze mirror on the stone platform. The mirror trembled slightly, slowly rising into the air and emitting dazzling silver light. Simultaneously, Han Li chanted incantations, then opened his mouth and spat out a ball of vital blood.

With a "poof"! As soon as the ball of blood reached about a foot away from the bronze mirror, it burst open, transforming into a crimson blood mist that instantly enveloped the entire mirror.