Chapter 1067: An Unexpected Encounter

Han Li naturally had no objection to Su Qianxi's suggestion, as he was not a reckless man.

The three of them each released their divine sense to search the surroundings. After finding no danger, they leaped down and carefully investigated everywhere, but still found nothing special.

The palace had no trace of any living creature; only the icy wind and snow remained.

The three investigated as they went, soon arriving at a great hall deep within the palace.

This place was deep inside the palace, where the outside wind could no longer be felt, and the air currents were quite stable.

As Han Li stepped into the hall, his eyes suddenly flickered.

"What is it, Fellow Daoist Shi? Have you found something?" Su Qianxi immediately noticed the subtle change in Han Li's expression and asked.

Jin Liu, hearing this, also looked over. By now, he had set aside his contempt for Han Li, and the change in Han Li's expression made him alert as well.

Han Li did not answer Su Qianxi's question but instead quickly walked a few steps forward and picked up something from a stone crevice in a corner of the hall—a few strands of translucent white fur.

These strands of fur were half a foot long, exceptionally soft, and extremely fine, barely visible to the naked eye. If not for Han Li's powerful divine sense, he probably would not have noticed them.

"What kind of fur is this? It seems to be from some kind of strange beast," Su Qianxi said with a thoughtful expression.

"Hmm, with these strands of fur here, perhaps there really is some strange beast dwelling in this place." Han Li turned his hand to put away the fur, then looked deeper into the hall, his eyes flickering.

Because he carried the bloodlines of multiple true spirits, he was extremely sensitive to the aura of true spirits.

From these strands of fur, Han Li vaguely sensed a hint of true spirit aura, somewhat similar to his own azure phoenix bloodline.

Su Qianxi and Jin Liu exchanged a glance, their expressions turning more serious.

Jin Liu pondered for a moment, then flicked his sleeve. With a "crackle," a green light shot out and landed on the ground ahead.

After the light faded, a small emerald-green beast appeared on the spot. It was shaped like a fox, but its nose was several times longer than an ordinary fox's, and its pair of emerald eyes were very lively, looking extremely clever.

As soon as the fiery red fox appeared, it crouched down and sniffed the ground vigorously, then dashed forward at a rapid pace.

"Azure-eyed Spirit Fox!" Han Li's brow twitched.

"Hehe, Fellow Daoist Shi seems quite knowledgeable, recognizing my spirit beast," Jin Liu said with some surprise.

"I just happened to come across it in some ancient texts," Han Li said.

This fox was a type of fox clan. It was not strong in combat, but its eyes and nose were extremely sensitive, making it very suitable for pathfinding and treasure hunting. However, it was rare, and few people possessed one.

"With the Azure-eyed Spirit Fox scouting ahead, we can follow behind much more safely. Let's go," Jin Liu said.

In the following time, the three continued forward behind the Azure-eyed Spirit Fox, quickly passing through several halls.

The buildings ahead suddenly became sparse, and a long corridor appeared before them.

After passing through the corridor, their faces lit up with joy, and they quickened their pace, arriving at a dim hall behind it.

The hall was about two to three hundred feet in size, quite empty with nothing inside. At its far end stood a stone door, inlaid with a dark red light door, within which rippled a layer of dark red light screen—it was a spatial gate.

There were no restrictions on this spatial gate; it seemed someone had already broken them.

"A spatial gate. This time we found it without any effort," Su Qianxi said with some delight.

Despite her words, Su Qianxi did not approach immediately. Instead, she extended her divine sense to carefully examine the hall.

The easier the gain, the more traps there were; one could not be careless.

Han Li and Jin Liu were doing the same, and Jin Liu even drove the Azure-eyed Spirit Fox to run around the hall scouting.

After examining for a while, the three all looked somewhat puzzled.

No matter how they probed, even when Su Qianxi directly opened her domain, they still found no traps or dangers around.

"It seems something happened on this floor, causing most of this palace to collapse. The being imprisoned here has either perished or already left. Let's go. We'll head directly to the fifth floor," Su Qianxi said, then flew into the spatial gate first. As expected, nothing unusual occurred, and she entered smoothly.

Seeing this, Han Li and Jin Liu followed and entered the spatial gate.

The scenery before their eyes changed, and they appeared on a desolate Gobi desert.

On the Gobi, fierce winds howled, and yellow sand filled the sky. Looking around, there was no end in sight; it was vast and boundless.

In addition, as far as the eye could see, there stood earthen mountains, shaped into various strange forms by the constant wind, looking quite peculiar.

Su Qianxi was now suspended in midair, looking around.

"This place is quite strange," Han Li and Jin Liu also looked around.

The time restrictions in the void here were even stronger; the three could now only probe about ten percent of their usual range with their divine sense.

The time restrictions in the void not only greatly reduced the range of divine sense but also pressed like a stone on the souls of the three, beginning to affect the accuracy of their divine sense probing. The faces of Han Li and the others were very grim.

"Let's go. If this tower really has seven floors, then only the last three remain. I hope this floor can also be passed smoothly," Su Qianxi said with a light sigh.

As the three moved forward, the wind on this floor grew stronger, seeming to have scraped off a layer of the ground. Countless large and small gravel were churned into the wind, blotting out the sky and the sun, like a sandstorm.

Han Li, who was flying, suddenly flickered his eyes and stopped, looking at the rolling wind ahead.

"Fellow Daoist Shi, what's wrong?" Su Qianxi and the other also stopped and asked.

"This wind is strange. It is not naturally formed but is being controlled by someone," Han Li said with a raised eyebrow.

Su Qianxi and the other were startled by this and carefully examined the surroundings. Soon, their expressions also changed slightly.

They also noticed the anomaly in the surrounding wind; it contained traces of spiritual energy fluctuations, indeed influenced by someone.

"It seems this floor won't be as easy to pass as the fourth. What now? Should we go take a look?" Jin Liu said softly.

Being able to cause such a large-scale hurricane, the strength must be extraordinary; it might even be the being imprisoned on this floor.

"Based on previous experience, the spatial gates are all near the imprisoned beings on each floor. To pass this floor, we must go over there; there's probably no shortcut," Su Qianxi said after a moment's thought.

"Right, nothing ventured, nothing gained!" Han Li's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he nodded in agreement.

Jin Liu was only somewhat hesitant. Since both Su Qianxi and Han Li agreed, he did not strongly oppose.

The three soon flew forward, following the spiritual energy fluctuations in the void, tracking them all the way.

The further they went, the stronger the wind, and the more intense the spiritual energy fluctuations within it. So the three had no trouble tracking; they simply advanced toward the areas with strong fluctuations.

The earthen mountains on the Gobi ahead became denser and larger, gradually forming continuous earthy yellow mountain ranges.

After about half an hour, the three finally found the source of the spiritual energy in the wind.

The three stopped at a hidden spot near a canyon several hundred miles in size, each using secret techniques to conceal their auras, and looked ahead.

They saw dozens of thick white tornado columns rolling in the canyon, each a hundred feet thick and dozens of miles long, reaching straight into the sky.

The tornado columns contained terrifying spiritual power and law power, almost capable of destroying heaven and earth. They now waved like tentacles, easily shredding and swallowing everything they touched.

The ground and sky were shaken, rumbling and trembling.

Inside the largest white tornado column, a white figure could be faintly seen, but the tornado column blocked the view, so its appearance was unclear. Law power surged within the column, and divine sense could not penetrate it.

In front of the dozens of tornado columns, a group of cultivators—five or six of them—were flying about, each displaying their abilities to resist the columns.

"It's them..." Han Li's eyes moved.

That group was Lei Yuce and the others who had parted ways with them on the first floor: Lei Yuce, Wen Zhong, a pair of young black-clad man and woman, and the young man who had appeared earlier with Qi Mozi.

Besides these five, there was an unexpected person: Lan Yan, who had escaped from his hands.

Su Qianxi and Jin Liu also showed surprise upon seeing the six ahead.

The dozens of white tornado columns were astonishingly powerful. Although Lei Yuce and the others were doing their utmost, pushing their immortal artifacts and techniques to the limit, they were still firmly suppressed and forced back step by step.

What was even more striking was that Han Li clearly sensed that the figure inside the white tornado column was not using full strength, seemingly playing with Lei Yuce and the others.

"Gaga, with strength like yours, you want to go to the sixth floor? How overconfident! Better stay here and play with me for a while," a sharp, piercing voice came from within the tornado column, laughing loudly.

As soon as the words fell, a loud whoosh arose. The tornado columns that had been dancing separately suddenly merged into one, turning into an enormous white tornado column that swept all six people into it.

The white tornado column was immense, standing like a pillar supporting the sky, and its wind force was several times fiercer, as if heaven and earth were changing color.

The immortal artifacts of Lei Yuce and the others were blown spinning and tilting, unable to exert much power. The bodies of the several people were trapped inside the tornado column, spinning with it, unable to break free.

Seeing this, Su Qianxi and Jin Liu in the distance changed color.

Lei Yuce was a renowned expert in the Golden Origin Immortal Domain, and the others seemed not weak either, yet they were so easily trapped.

Han Li also frowned. The white tornado column did not look particularly extraordinary, and it only contained wind-attribute law power, yet its power was so great that even he would find it very difficult to break.

"Eh, no!"

A purple light flashed in Han Li's eyes, and he exclaimed in surprise.

The fifth floor had too great an impact on divine sense, making perception unclear. It was only when he used his Nine Serenity Demon Eyes that he discovered the secret of the white tornado column.

The tornado column seemed to contain two different wind-attribute law powers, perfectly fused together, indistinguishable from each other.