Chapter 1157: Harvest

As soon as Han Li stepped into the Flower Branch Space, he frowned, feeling that something seemed off.

Before he could think further, a rumbling roar surged toward him, penetrating deep into his heart, mixed with sharp, piercing ghostly howls that rose and fell, making him extremely irritable.

His mind wavered, and his hands and feet involuntarily moved. He quickly activated the Spirit Refining Art to stabilize his soul, then looked toward the source of the sound.

The source of the ghostly howls was the attic where the Soul-Devouring Beast was in seclusion.

The attic was now shrouded in a thick, ink-like black qi, spinning violently to form a black qi vortex. Faint ghostly shadows flickered in and out, striking the restrictions around the attic, causing them to tremble incessantly.

Fortunately, those restrictions were personally crafted by Han Li and infused with the power of time law; otherwise, they might not have withstood the impact of the black qi.

"What's going on?" Han Li quickly flew over and released a wisp of divine sense to probe into the restrictions.

But as soon as his divine sense entered the black qi vortex, it was immediately devoured, and a powerful devouring force emanated from the vortex, seemingly threatening to invade his mind.

Han Li hurriedly withdrew the rest of his divine sense, cutting off the strange devouring force from the vortex.

He raised an eyebrow, but a hint of joy appeared on his face.

Without a doubt, this was caused by the Soul-Devouring Beast in the attic. It seemed that after absorbing the primordial qi of the Crow's Nest Ghost King, it had made another breakthrough.

But Han Li then fell into contemplation. Given the current situation, he could not interfere and could only let the Soul-Devouring Beast get through it on its own. With its abilities, it should be fine.

He then raised his hand and waved, sending dozens of golden beams shooting from his hand, landing near the attic and forming another thicker golden light barrier.

This barrier also contained the power of time law, resonating with the inner barrier. The golden light of the two barriers interweaved, immediately stabilizing.

The ghostly howls from within were mostly blocked, and Han Li no longer felt their impact.

He nodded, then went to the newly built attic by the medicine garden.

The three-story attic was filled with various ore materials collected from the Tai Sui Immortal Mansion, along with some spirit treasures and immortal artifacts, packed to the brim.

Some large spiritual materials were placed on the ground outside the attic, piled into several heaps. As for the spirit herbs and spirit medicines transplanted from the Tai Sui Immortal Mansion, they were countless.

He placed Little White on the top floor of the attic and set up a protective restriction nearby before feeling at ease.

Han Li then looked at the many treasures inside and outside the attic, showing a mix of joy and headache.

The treasures collected from the Tai Sui Immortal Mansion this time were too numerous, making them troublesome to handle. But if he sold them all, the amount of immortal jade he would obtain would be unprecedented.

However, since leaving the Tai Sui Immortal Mansion, he had been busy with various matters and had no time to deal with this. Now he finally had some free time.

Han Li flipped his hand and took out a blank jade slip, carefully inventorying the various treasures in the attic, categorizing them, and recording them.

After a day of work, he finally finished organizing the treasures in the attic, then went outside to organize and record the spiritual materials and herbs there as well.

After finishing, Han Li sat down near the attic. With a flick of his sleeve, a pile of dazzling items appeared before him—a collection of storage artifacts of various shapes.

These storage artifacts belonged to the cultivators from various sects who had fallen in the Tai Sui Immortal Mansion. He had collected them along the way, which was also a major gain from this trip.

Among them, the most valuable were the storage artifacts of She Chan and Lan Yuanzi.

Han Li had briefly scanned She Chan's storage artifact before, but only looked at the treasures inside without examining them closely.

He first took She Chan's storage artifact and raised his hand.

With a crash, a large pile of items appeared on the ground.

After a quick glance, Han Li revealed a hint of joy.

She Chan, a Daluo realm existence, did not disappoint. His wealth was immense. Not counting various materials and immortal artifacts, he had over twenty million immortal jade stones.

Among them were thirty to forty special immortal jade stones, larger than medium-grade ones, emitting a flame-like dazzling light containing astonishing immortal spiritual power fluctuations.

"Are these high-grade immortal jade stones?" Han Li's eyes lit up as he picked up one and held it in his hand.

A pure and vast wave of immortal spiritual power emanated from it, making his body feel as if immersed in a hot spring, extremely comfortable, almost causing him to moan involuntarily.

Han Li grinned, fondling the immortal jade stone in his hand with great affection.

Although he had never seen one before, he could confirm that this was indeed a high-grade immortal jade stone. The immortal spiritual power it contained was even richer and purer than that in his body.

If he used this high-grade immortal jade stone to recover his immortal spiritual power, it would likely be fully replenished in just a few breaths.

However, high-grade immortal jade stones were extremely precious, and using them to recover immortal spiritual power would be too extravagant.

Han Li had read in ancient texts that high-grade immortal jade stones had many wonderful uses, such as refining high-grade immortal artifacts, breaking through cultivation bottlenecks, and even severing corpses and preaching the Dao.

After playing with these high-grade immortal jade stones for a while, he carefully put them away.

Han Li then put away the other immortal jade stones, sorted the rest of the items, and then picked up Lan Yuanzi's storage artifact.

Back in the Time Tower, after capturing Lan Yuanzi, he had taken this storage artifact.

Han Li immersed his divine sense into it, took out the contents, and sorted them out.

Lan Yuanzi had fewer immortal jade stones than She Chan, only about six million, and at most medium-grade, with not a single high-grade one.

He then sorted through the other storage artifacts one by one. The owners of these artifacts were of lower cultivation and far less wealthy than She Chan and Lan Yuanzi. All the immortal jade stones combined amounted to just over four million.

Han Li put all the immortal jade stones into his own storage artifact, unable to suppress a smile.

Previously, through killing and plundering, he had accumulated a decent fortune, but his immortal jade stones were less than ten million. Now, it had more than tripled.

Moreover, there were still many treasures around that had not been dealt with. If he sold them all, his wealth would likely double again.

Han Li selected the treasures around him and in the attic that he might need, then took out the Reincarnation Palace mask, opened the trading light screen, and placed the other treasures for consignment in the Reincarnation Palace.

With so many treasures around, he was busy for over a month before selling off most of them, earning over thirty million immortal jade stones.

This was because Han Li was eager to dispose of these items and did not set high prices; otherwise, he would have earned even more.

The remaining items were somewhat obscure and not easy to sell, so he left them on the Reincarnation Palace trading platform, waiting for buyers.

After all, he now had over seventy million immortal jade stones, enough for a long time.

With such a wealth of immortal jade stones, Han Li was not only wealthy among Taiyi cultivators but even among Daluo cultivators. In some small immortal domains, even the largest sects might not have as much wealth.

With these immortal jade stones as backing, his confidence in offering bounties for time law materials was unprecedented.

Unfortunately, materials containing the power of time law were rare and hard to come by. Even with immortal jade stones, he had to wait for opportunities.

At that moment, Han Li's brow twitched, and he flew out of the Flower Branch Space, returning to the tent outside.

"Senior Shi Mu." Sang Tu's voice came from outside, but he did not enter the tent.

Sang Tu and Yun Bao stood outside the tent, each accompanied by over a dozen attendants.

Behind them was a bone flying boat, quite large, about forty to fifty zhang long, but of average material. Beside the boat stood two tiger-shaped demon beasts with wings, apparently used for pulling.

Behind the bone flying boat were several smaller flying boats and flying chariots, also pulled by the same winged tiger beasts, loaded with some goods. It was unclear if Sang Tu and Yun Bao planned to sell them at the Eight Wastelands Mountain.

"Come in." Han Li sensed the situation outside, his expression shifting slightly, knowing it was time to depart. He said calmly.

"Senior Shi Mu, our two clans have made preparations. When do you think we should depart?" Sang Tu asked respectfully.

"Leave immediately." Han Li said.

"Yes." The two replied.

Han Li walked out of the tent and was personally led by Sang Tu and Yun Bao onto the flying boat, where they arranged the best room for him.

Then, with a flash of light, the flying boat rose into the air, pulled by the two winged tiger beasts, shooting forward.

Although these two winged tiger beasts were not strong, only at the Golden Immortal level, they seemed to be a special breed, flying extremely fast, not inferior to some Taiyi cultivators.

Seeing this, Han Li, though he had a better flying boat that could speed up the journey, might expose his identity, so he did not interfere.

"I'll leave the external matters to you. I will be in seclusion here. Do not disturb me unless something important comes up." He instructed Sang Tu and Yun Bao.

"Yes." The two quickly agreed and soon took their leave.

Han Li was quite satisfied with their obedience. He then raised his hand and set up restrictions around the room, opened the entrance to the Flower Branch Space again, flew in, and sat down in the three-story attic.

Although the items he had sold were of considerable value, he did not really care about them.

The greatest gain from the last trip to the Tai Sui Immortal Mansion was not those things.

Han Li sat quietly for a moment, then flipped his hand again, and four items appeared beside him.

The first was a golden scroll, rolled up and loosely tied with a golden thread. It was the scroll that had been placed together with the Time Lamp.

The second was a purple jade slip, which was the "True Scripture of the Five Thunder True Dharma" given to him by the Black Heaven Demon Ancestor.

The third item was an ancient golden lamp, the Time Lamp itself, and the last was the array diagram of the Heavenly Sword Formation.

These four items, along with the white fire bead from the Essence Fire Bird, were the greatest gains from the Tai Sui Immortal Mansion trip.

Han Li set aside the Time Lamp and other items, first picking up the golden scroll.

He had roughly studied the other three items, but this scroll had not been opened yet, and he did not know what it was.

However, since this scroll was placed together with the Time Lamp, it was certainly no ordinary scroll.