Although he didn't manage to capture the opponent's Nascent Soul, the elder's physical body was destroyed. It would take decades to recover his vitality. Moreover, he would need to find a suitable body to possess, which is not an easy task. Whether he can find one in time is uncertain. If he has to settle for any random body, his cultivation will surely drop significantly.
However, he obtained two ancient treasures and the elder's storage pouch, making this venture quite fruitful. Even if he didn't find any treasures in the Celestial Kun Master's cave, this trip to the Mulan Prairie was not in vain.
Thinking of this, he glanced at the spot where the elder's body had turned to dust. A pale silver storage pouch was floating there. Han Li reached out and grabbed the pouch with his spiritual sense, then immediately inspected its contents.
To his disappointment, the pouch contained only a dozen mid-grade spirit stones, some ordinary refining materials, and a few bottles of pills. When Han Li opened the bottles, he found that they were all common pills, nothing special. It seemed the Mulan Prairie was indeed lacking in cultivation resources. Even a Nascent Soul stage cultivator had very few valuable items.
What he had hoped to find were jade slips, but there were none in the storage pouch. This made Han Li sigh lightly in disappointment. He had hoped to gain some spell techniques to see if there were any secrets to instantly casting powerful spells, but it seemed this would not be possible in the short term.
After casually putting away the storage pouch, Han Li looked up, his gaze becoming fiery as he stared at the distant giant peak. Although the original owner, Elder Mu, had escaped with his Nascent Soul, the black peak remained, glowing with spiritual light.
Han Li squinted his eyes slightly and beckoned gently towards the treasure. The ancient treasure, now without an owner, shrank rapidly and flew towards Han Li. By the time it landed in his hand, it had transformed back into a palm-sized miniature mountain.
Han Li curiously weighed the small mountain in his hand. It wasn't too heavy. He then carefully examined it from all angles. On the bottom of the black mountain, three faint golden characters were inscribed: "Thousand Layers Peak." Han Li read them out loud to himself, satisfaction gleaming in his eyes.
Putting away the mountain peak, Han Li also glanced at the Wind Riding Chariot and collected it as well. After casting a few glances in the direction where the elder's Nascent Soul had fled, Han Li thought for a moment, then changed direction and flew off into the distance. Soon, his figure vanished from the nearby sky, leaving no trace.
Three days later, in a remote part of the Mulan Prairie where several hills were connected in a row, only tall wild grass could be seen, with not a person in sight. The area seemed extremely quiet. However, it wasn't long before a streak of green light flashed in the sky. A streak of green light was rapidly approaching from the distance.
Moments later, the green light circled above the hills, then converged, revealing Han Li's figure high in the sky. He looked down at the hills below, frowning slightly. Suddenly, he flicked his sleeve, and several streaks of green light shot down like meteors towards one of the hills below.
The green light exploded twenty or thirty feet above the hill, revealing a faint white barrier. Inside the barrier were four people looking up at him with faint smiles on their faces. They were none other than Nanlong Hou, the white-robed elder, the old woman, and the dark-skinned man.
"Ha ha! It's a great fortune that you arrived safely, Daoist Han!" Nanlong Hou stroked his long beard and laughed heartily. He then waved his hand, causing the barrier to disappear.
"Oh! Have the other Daoists not arrived yet?" Han Li replied with a smile as he descended slowly, landing in front of the four.
"The other Daoists might not have had as easy a time escaping. When we split up, both Daoist Wang and Daoist You were being pursued by spellcasters. Shaking off their pursuers might not be a simple task," the dark-skinned man said calmly, shaking his head.
