Chapter 474: This Is Mine!

Han Li opened his mouth and spat out a stream of green light, which submerged into the gourd.

The emerald green gourd immediately became covered in a layer of green, shimmering light, with faint, tiny runes flowing and turning unceasingly on its surface, like a gentle stream, soft as water, rippling outward, giving a sense of vitality.

Within the soft green light emanated a faint fluctuation of law power.

A hint of joy appeared in Han Li's eyes, as he vaguely sensed a connection of mind and spirit between himself and this emerald green gourd.

With a thought, a drop of essence blood shot out from his fingertip and fell onto the emerald green gourd.

But the blood did not merge into it; it rolled on the gourd and dropped off.

Seeing this, Han Li did not show disappointment; instead, his eyes brightened, and he nodded. This emerald green gourd was indeed a Xuantian Treasure.

Although he had once possessed the Xuantian Spirit-Slaying Sword, he did not know much about Xuantian Treasures. It was only after arriving in the Immortal Realm that he gradually learned some information about Xuantian Treasures from various texts.

A Xuantian Treasure is an object nurtured by heaven and earth, born of nature, vastly different from ordinary immortal artifacts. One important characteristic is that it cannot be refined with essence blood; instead, one must slowly warm it with one's own immortal spiritual power, gradually refining and gaining control, though this refining process takes a very long time.

Han Li's Xuantian Spirit-Slaying Sword was like this back then; he did not know how many years he had warmed it within his body before he could gradually control it with ease.

Moreover, once the owner of a Xuantian Treasure is killed and the treasure falls into another's hands, that person can immediately activate it, unlike some immortal artifacts that require removing the blood imprint and slowly refining, or even being unable to unleash full power.

Thinking this, Han Li took a deep breath, pressed the emerald green gourd against his forehead, and barely extended a strand of divine sense into the interior of the gourd.

The next moment, his eyes widened slightly in surprise.

Inside the gourd was a rather large space, filled with emerald green light that swirled slowly, forming a massive green vortex.

Deeper within the gourd's space was blurry, but there seemed to be something else faintly visible.

And at the center of the green light vortex floated a green small sword, which was precisely his Green Bamboo蜂 Cloud Sword.

Seeing this, Han Li secretly relaxed, having finally retrieved his natal immortal artifact. Otherwise, if one of the seventy-two flying swords were missing, it would be quite troublesome.

But he did not immediately retrieve his flying sword; instead, he continued to control his divine sense to probe deeper into the space.

However, as soon as the divine sense reached the edge of the green light vortex, it immediately encountered an invisible force that blocked its further progress.

Han Li was somewhat surprised. After a moment's thought, he increased his divine sense power, but found that he still could not advance an inch.

His eyes flickered, and he did not continue his futile efforts.

This invisible barrier seemed unaffected by increasing divine sense power; he would need to find another way to break through, likely by continuing to refine the gourd until he truly mastered it.

But for him, the more powerful and mysterious this green gourd was, the better.

With a thought, he withdrew his divine sense, wrapped it around the green small sword, and pulled outward.

A flash of green light, and a small sword shot out from the gourd's mouth.

A soft green light emanated from the Green Bamboo蜂 Cloud Sword, somewhat dimmer than before.

Han Li frowned, then through the mind imprint within the flying sword, sensed the changes inside the sword, and his expression froze.

The dimming of the flying sword's light was not due to a weakening of the spiritual power contained within.

The vast spiritual power within the flying sword had not diminished at all; instead, the originally somewhat chaotic spiritual power had become much purer and more condensed.

A flash of surprise appeared in Han Li's eyes. He had not expected this green gourd to have the ability to purify spiritual power.

After a moment's thought, he waved his hand and shot out a stream of green light into the green gourd.

The gourd's mouth flashed green, emitting a stream of green light that once again wrapped around the flying sword and drew it back inside.

Han Li's eyes flickered again, and he waved his hand once more.

A flash of golden light, and a miniature three-story pavilion the size of a lantern appeared, precisely the immortal artifact with trapping and sealing abilities he had found earlier in the Youhan Palace.

A roll of green light wrapped around the miniature pavilion and drew it inside as well.

He still needed to experiment further with the gourd's abilities.

Han Li flipped his hand and put away the green gourd, then continued to look at the ground, frowning.

There were too many treasures on the ground, and he did not recognize most of them. Sorting them out would likely take at least a day or two.

After a moment's thought, Han Li softly called out, "Mo Guang."

As the words fell, his shadow twisted and shook, stretching and expanding somewhat around him.

The shadow let out a faint, strange sound, and a dark figure separated from it, quickly standing up and transforming into Mo Guang's silhouette.

"Fellow Daoist Han, what instructions do you have... Eh? Your cultivation has advanced greatly again? How is that possible? It's only been such a short time! You truly are... a rare genius, seldom seen in the Immortal Realm, seldom seen." Mo Guang, sensing Han Li's aura, exclaimed in surprise.

He looked around, noticing the many items before Han Li and the Gold Devouring Beetle beside him, and was startled once more.

Han Li paid no attention to Mo Guang and waved his hand.

A flash of golden lightning, and Crab Daoist's figure materialized.

"Fellow Daoist Crab..." Mo Guang, sensing the aura Crab Daoist now emitted, changed expression again, revealing a hint of unease.

Although his own cultivation had fully recovered, he was only at the mid-to-late True Immortal stage, while Crab Daoist had become a Golden Immortal-level puppet, the Gold Devouring Beetle beside him had also reached the Golden Immortal level, and Han Li was already a true Golden Immortal at the mid-stage. It could be said that he had been left far behind by Han Li and the others.

"I just fought and killed a Golden Immortal, obtaining quite a few things. There are many of them, and most I don't recognize. Both of you know more about the Immortal Domain than I do, so I'd like your help identifying them," Han Li said directly.

"So that's it. No problem. Although my cultivation is not strong, I used to follow Ma Liang and have a fairly broad knowledge," Mo Guang said with a smile.

Crab Daoist also nodded and sat down beside Han Li.

"First, please help me sort these items and inscribe their origins and uses on jade slips for easy reference," Han Li said, taking out two blank jade slips and handing them to Mo Guang and Crab Daoist.

"Ah, so many treasures!" Just then, a crisp voice came from the side. It was the Gold Devouring Beetle, who had stopped cultivating at some point and walked over, her eyes full of delight.

"Gold Devouring Immortal, it's been years. Your cultivation advances by leaps and bounds. With your help, Fellow Daoist Han will surely become a Dao Ancestor and roam the Immortal Domain," Mo Guang greeted the Gold Devouring Beetle, cupping his hands and smiling.

"You look sneaky and annoying. Go away!" The Gold Devouring Beetle furrowed her small brows and said crossly to Mo Guang.

Mo Guang's smile froze at her words.

"Gold Devouring Beetle, don't be so rude. We ascended to the Immortal Realm together back then, and each of us has been through many things since. Meeting again today is also fate," Han Li said in a stern tone, reprimanding her.

The Gold Devouring Beetle glanced at Mo Guang, snorted, and said nothing more. The next moment, she was immediately attracted by the dazzling array of various spirit treasures on the ground, staring at them with wide eyes.

"Gold Devouring Beetle, we've made quite a haul this time," Han Li said with a smile upon seeing this.

At this moment, the Gold Devouring Beetle seemed not to hear what Han Li was saying. She puffed out her cheeks, opened her mouth, and emitted a beam of golden light that instantly swept up seven or eight golden flying knives nearby. These knives were identical in shape, appearing to be a set of spirit treasures.

Each flying knife emitted astonishing spiritual power, clearly extraordinary spirit treasures.

The golden light shot back, wrapping around the knives and flying directly into the Gold Devouring Beetle's mouth.

The Gold Devouring Beetle closed her mouth and immediately began to crunch and chew, swallowing the knives one after another, crushing them and gulping them down.

This scene left Mo Guang and Crab Daoist momentarily stunned. Han Li's face twitched, but he said nothing.

Golden light flickered on the Gold Devouring Beetle's body, then converged on her arms.

Her arms immediately became more solid, and her aura increased accordingly.

Han Li's eyes flickered. He had been about to say something but closed his mouth again.

The Gold Devouring Beetle, beaming with joy, looked around again and soon fixed her gaze on a silver heavy hammer. She opened her mouth and emitted a golden light, sweeping it in front of her.

She sat down on the ground as if no one else was there, hugged the silver hammer, opened her mouth, and bit into it.

Crack!

A corner of the silver hammer was bitten off, and she chewed it noisily, as if gnawing on a carrot, even humming some strange tune through her nose.

Han Li saw that the quality of the silver hammer was even higher than the flying knife spirit treasures from before, not much inferior to ordinary immortal artifacts.

He raised his hand but then lowered it.

"Alright. Hurry up and sort these things. After sorting, put them away," Han Li said, taking out two storage magic tools and tossing them to Mo Guang and the other.

The two agreed, exchanged a glance, and then quickly began sorting the items on the ground.

Han Li scanned the surroundings, as if noticing something. He waved his hand, emitting a green light that quietly swept up a purple long blade, a golden silk net, and a white archway, about to retrieve them.

At that moment, a small hand shot out like lightning from the side and grabbed the purple long blade.

"This is mine!" The Gold Devouring Beetle stared at Han Li with wide, pleading eyes and shouted loudly.

"Gold Devouring Beetle, there are still many treasures here. You can eat as many as you like, but these three are immortal artifacts. If you eat them now, you might not be able to digest them. I'll give them to you next time, okay?" Han Li waved his hand, putting away the golden silk net and the white archway. Seeing that the Gold Devouring Beetle hadn't let go and the green light enveloping the purple long blade hadn't retracted, he smiled wryly.

"So stingy!" The Gold Devouring Beetle still held the long blade tightly, showing no intention of letting go.

"How about this: give me the purple long blade, and I promise to kill a Golden Immortal later and bring you a Golden Immortal Nascent Soul. What do you think?" Han Li said, his eyes shifting.

This time, the Gold Devouring Beetle didn't answer Han Li. Instead, she suddenly lowered her head, opened her mouth, and bit directly into the purple long blade.