Chapter 1763: Learned the Spiritual Script

Han Li's fingers flickered continuously, shooting out streaks of multicolored spell seals towards the light barrier. Each time a spell seal vanished, the silver light would flicker wildly. After a short while, the light barrier seemed to boil like cold water poured into a hot oil pan. Countless runes emerged and began to arrange and rotate in a regular pattern. Han Li stared at the light barrier without blinking, his hands ceaselessly forming spell seals.

Suddenly, with a low shout, he flicked his sleeve again, and dozens of formation flags shot out from it. After a swirl, they arranged themselves into a peculiar formation above the light barrier. All the formation flags hummed and whirred, shaking slightly while emitting various spiritual lights. With a low shout, Han Li pointed solemnly at the air with one hand.

With a soft pop! All the formation flags burst forth with light, their spiritual energy intertwining and flickering to form an exceptionally complex light formation in the air, which then slowly rotated at a low altitude.

"Go!" A blue light flashed in Han Li's eyes as he pointed his finger at the Guanghan token again. Instantly, the token trembled, transforming into a streak of commanding silver light that vanished into a certain part of the light formation. The next moment, a strange aura emanated from the light formation. Following bursts of wailing, a pillar of gold and silver light shot out from its center, striking precisely on the silver light barrier.

The light barrier, which had been perfectly still, emitted a strange "sizzle" upon contact with the light pillar and began to melt like snow in early spring. But a moment later, runes around the light barrier surged towards the point of impact, causing the melting to stop and even gradually thicken again. Seeing this, Han Li's face showed not anger but rather joy.

With one hand, he tapped his storage bracelet, and two more clusters of gold and silver light flew out, revealing two more ancient, simple tokens. They were, surprisingly, two more Guanghan tokens! One of them was, naturally, a token he had secretly kept earlier, while the other he had found on the body of the hat-wearing Rong tribesman he had trapped in the Primordial Magnetic Polar Mountain. It somewhat surprised Han Li that the one among this group of Rong tribesmen who had refined the Guanghan token was not their most powerful member. After plundering all the contents of their storage bracelets, he incinerated the two Rong tribesmen trapped in the Primordial Magnetic Polar Mountain with the Spirit-Devouring True Flame.

Now, as soon as the two Guanghan tokens were manifested, Han Li flicked them with his finger, and they too trembled and vanished into the light formation on the barrier. The light formation shook violently, and a loud rumbling sound erupted. The commanding silver light pillar sprayed from the light formation immediately became more than three times thicker than before. The silver light barrier, which had originally managed to barely resist, began to melt and dissolve again like ice, with its various runes boiling violently under such immense power.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, and under Han Li's expectant gaze, an earth-shattering "boom" sounded. The silver light barrier finally collapsed and dispersed, flickering a few times before completely vanishing. Overjoyed, Han Li formed a spell seal with one hand and pointed at the light formation in the air. With a muffled sound, the light formation immediately disintegrated and disappeared, reverting to individual formation flags and three tokens. He flicked his sleeve upwards again, and a wave of green mist swept out, instantly clearing away all the formation flags and tokens.

Han Li's gaze shifted to the exceptionally clear, commanding characters on the stone wall below. Even though his mind was usually as calm as water, he couldn't help but show a hint of excitement on his face.

After an unknown period of time, a green rainbow flew out from the great canyon. After swirling in the air, a black mountain peak flew out from the green rainbow. With a flash, it transformed into a gigantic size, identical to a real mountain peak, and smashed down into the canyon below. Several earth-shattering roars followed one after another. After being violently smashed by the gigantic black peak, the entire canyon underwent a violent tremor as if heaven and earth were collapsing, and was forcibly lowered by dozens of zhang. This section of the canyon was almost completely leveled.

As the green light receded, Han Li's figure appeared in the air. He calmly gazed at the canyon below, then made a seemingly casual grasping motion downwards with one hand. The gigantic mountain peak boomed, rapidly shrunk, and transformed into a streak of black light that flew back, instantly disappearing into Han Li's sleeve. As the green light on his body expanded, he once again transformed into a green rainbow and departed, breaking through the air.

A day later, on an island in an endless lake, an old man and a young woman sat cross-legged on a verdant mountain peak, meditating with their eyes closed. Both had solemn expressions; one's body flickered with spiritual light, while wisps of white mist circled and danced around the other. Suddenly, the woman's expression shifted, and the nearby white mist immediately dispersed. Almost at the same time, the spiritual light on the old man's body receded, and he too opened his eyes, his expression slightly changed.

The two were, naturally, Elder Xu and Fairy Yue.

"It seems someone is coming. Could it be Fellow Daoist Han?" the woman whispered, sounding somewhat uncertain.

"Possibly," the old man replied, also sounding somewhat incredulous. "But Fellow Daoist Han has been gone for less than two days. Even with great divine abilities, he shouldn't have succeeded so easily. After all, there are over a dozen beings of our cultivation level there."

"It's hard to say who's coming, but whether it's Fellow Daoist Han, we'll know soon." Fairy Yue's eyes flashed. She lifted one hand, and a white silk handkerchief flew out, transforming into a layer of white light curtain that covered her body. In an instant, the woman's figure and the light curtain flickered simultaneously and vanished from sight. The old man also nodded. He flipped his hand, and a hazy green banner appeared in his grasp. With a shake, it too vanished into nothingness amidst a green light. The vast mountain peak suddenly became empty.

After a short while, spiritual light flashed on the horizon in one direction. A green rainbow emerged and shot straight towards the island. The green rainbow swirled down and landed on the verdant mountain peak on the island. As the light of flight receded, Han Li's figure appeared. After sweeping his gaze around, a faint blue light flashing in his eyes, Han Li smiled.

"Fellow Daoists," he called out, "I have already retrieved the cultivation method. Please show yourselves quickly."

"It truly is Brother Han!""Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Han!"

Fairy Yue's and Elder Xu's surprised voices sounded almost simultaneously. Then, under the flickering green and white light, their figures appeared simultaneously nearby. Great joy was evident on both their faces.

"Brother Han, did you really get all the cultivation methods for the Spirit Refining Technique?" the woman asked, still finding it hard to believe, her voice trembling slightly.

"Hehe, of course. If Fellow Daoist doesn't believe it, you can take a look first." Han Li smiled slightly, raising his hand as a green jade slip shot out from it. Fairy Yue was startled, but still involuntarily raised a hand and caught the jade slip. A hint of hesitation appeared in her beautiful eyes. Han Li had given her the cultivation method so easily, which truly surprised her. Elder Xu, standing nearby, also looked quite surprised. Han Li, however, ignored their surprised gazes, merely maintaining a faint smile without speaking.

"Then I won't be polite!" Fairy Yue composed herself. She swept her divine sense over the jade slip in her hand, and after confirming there were no unusual restrictions, she put away the surprise on her face. Without further thought, she placed the jade slip on her forehead and began to carefully examine its contents. This woman had claimed to understand ancient Golden Seal Script, and it now seemed she spoke the truth.

After a short while, the woman's expression began to change little by little, revealing thoughtfulness and hints of joy. But after a full cup of tea's time, Fairy Yue's expression began to grow solemn. In the end, she even looked somewhat startled and uncertain. Seeing her expression, Elder Xu stroked his beard, his eyes flickering a few times.

She exhaled lightly, then gently lowered her jade arm, removing the jade slip from her forehead, and gave a slight wry smile towards Han Li and the old man. "Fellow Daoist Yue, is there something wrong? Are the Golden Seal characters in the secret cave not the Spirit Refining Technique?" Elder Xu couldn't help but ask.

"The cultivation method is real, and it is indeed that mysterious Spirit Refining Technique," Fairy Yue replied, glancing at Han Li and speaking slowly with deep meaning. "It's just that I've only taken a rough look, but I found that the cultivation conditions are extremely harsh. For us in the Spirit Realm, I'm afraid very few people can cultivate it. This is understandable; this cultivation method was originally a secret art of the True Immortal Realm, so it's normal for it not to be suitable for us. However, the jade slip only contains the first half of the method's content; perhaps there's another solution in the second half!"

Hearing this, Elder Xu's expression changed slightly, and he couldn't help but look at Han Li too. Han Li frowned slightly, but immediately recovered and said calmly: "That's right, there is indeed only half of the cultivation method here. After the two of you teach me the Golden Seal Script, I will hand over the other half to you. Brother Xu, Fairy Yue, what do you think?"

"Haha, of course, no problem," Elder Xu said with a laugh, immediately agreeing. "Fellow Daoist Yue and I originally promised to teach Brother Han this true script in exchange for the cultivation method. However, the Golden Seal Script is exceptionally profound and can only be taught orally, so learning it will probably take some time."

"Since Brother Han has retrieved the cultivation method, I will also keep my promise," Fairy Yue said with a charming smile after hearing Han Li's conditions. "However, this place is too close to the secret cave. We should find another safe place before teaching Brother Han the spiritual script."

"Fairy Yue's words make sense. Let's depart immediately," Han Li said with a smile, nodding in agreement.

Thus, after a brief further discussion, the three's lights of flight rose together, transforming into three shocking rainbows that shot straight towards the horizon and departed.

On the fifth day after Han Li and the others left the island, more than a dozen Rong tribesmen, also covered in long fur, appeared above the distant great canyon. A human-faced elder leading them gazed at the great canyon below, which was almost leveled, his face as dark as water.

At that time, Han Li and the other two had already hidden themselves in a small mountain many thousands of li away. In a large hall excavated within the mountain, the three sat down cross-legged. Relying on his powerful divine sense, which far surpassed those of his peers, Han Li fully mastered the Golden Seal Script in just half a month, thanks to their alternating instruction day and night. After Han Li felt he had thoroughly comprehended it, he very decisively handed over the latter half of the Spirit Refining Technique cultivation method.

Elder Xu and Fairy Yue were overjoyed. After each had copied their own portion, they immediately bade farewell to Han Li and went their separate ways. As there wasn't much time left until the Guanghan Realm closed, they naturally began to look for another hidden place to prepare for secluded cultivation and break through their bottlenecks.