Chapter 591: The Sword in the Gourd

Seeing this, Han Li took a light breath, slowly closed his eyes, and his divine sense submerged into the emerald green gourd that emitted a green fluorescence, arriving at that emerald green space.

This place was not much different from before; everywhere there were still wisps of emerald green light, swirling and intertwining, forming a green vortex that rotated slowly.

Only these emerald green lights were noticeably denser than before, faintly emitting a special aura, which should be the effect of the ripening by the green liquid from the Bottle Gourd Immortal Wine.

In the center of the green vortex, there were some small cyan swords suspended, precisely the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, and also the miniature pavilion immortal artifact obtained from the Minghan Immortal Mansion.

After years of refinement, all the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords had their spiritual power fully internalized, with the sword bodies emitting a faint cyan spiritual light, like ordinary spirit treasures.

As for the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword that was first placed into the gourd, its spiritual power was even more internalized to the extreme, with almost no luster visible on the surface, like a mundane small sword, appearing somewhat inconspicuous among the flying swords.

But Han Li could connect with this sword through his mind, clearly sensing that once the latent spiritual power within it erupted, it would unleash terrifying might.

After withdrawing his divine sense, Han Li opened his eyes, waved his hand, and a flying sword flew out from the emerald green gourd, landing in his hand.

He raised his hand and grasped the flying sword, slightly urging it, and with a "boom," a thunderous crack suddenly exploded.

A dazzling expanse of golden lightning burst forth, countless fine electric threads shooting out from the flying sword, instantly enveloping a large area of the surrounding void.

These electric threads were extremely glaring, and the nearby entangled baleful qi immediately surged wildly, scattering in all directions.

A flash of surprise and joy passed through Han Li's eyes, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily curled up.

After being refined by this Profound Heavenly Gourd, the power of these Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords had indeed greatly increased.

He waved his hand again, and another eight Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords flew out from the emerald green gourd; the sword in his hand also left his hand and rose into the air with a thought.

Nine small cyan swords hovered and danced in midair, each surface revealing thick golden arcs of electricity. Every time the arcs flashed, they emitted thunderous roars, with an awe-inspiring momentum.

Wherever the nine flying swords passed, the void trembled violently, ripples visible to the naked eye spreading in circles.

Since Han Li advanced to the late Golden Immortal stage, with the increase in his immortal spiritual power, the number of Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords he could control had also increased; now he could simultaneously control nine swords.

This greatly enhanced his strength!

With cyan light flickering on both hands, Han Li controlled the nine Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords to hover and dance in the air before him for a moment, then stored them back into the gourd.

As for that miniature pavilion immortal artifact, its contained spiritual power had also internalized a bit more, but perhaps limited by its own material and grade, the change was far less significant than that of the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.

After withdrawing his hand seals, Han Li stood up, looked at the emerald green gourd, and a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes.

The next moment, he raised his hand and suddenly tossed the gourd into the air, then his hands quickly formed seals, and streams of hand seals entered the gourd, continuously penetrating into it.

The emerald green light on the gourd's surface immediately intensified, and the emerald green runes spun faster, becoming dizzying.

"Go!"

With a soft shout from his mouth, a brilliant crystalline light burst from between his brows, and a thick beam of crystalline light shot out, vanishing into the emerald green gourd in a flash.

With the improvement in his cultivation and the completion of the fourth layer of the Divine Refining Art, his divine sense power had also grown considerably compared to before, so he wanted to try refining this treasure again to see if he could make some progress.

After all, this gourd was a rare Profound Heavenly Treasure, and it could not possibly have only the ability to purify the spiritual power of treasures.

While pondering, Han Li's ten fingers moved like wheels, and the surging immortal spiritual power in his body rapidly penetrated into the emerald green gourd along with dazzling hand seals.

At the same time, his divine sense suddenly expanded, spreading toward the depths of the emerald green space within the gourd.

Before long, Han Li raised an eyebrow.

He found that this refinement of the gourd was no different from before; during the penetration process, it soon encountered a dense resistance and stopped, unable to advance any further.

Moreover, when his divine sense probed into the depths of the green vortex, although it encountered resistance as before, this time the resistance seemed somewhat smaller than before.

A look of excitement appeared on Han Li's face, and he hurriedly activated the Divine Refining Art, pouring a vast amount of divine sense power into the emerald green gourd, spreading toward deeper areas.

Although very slow, his divine sense was continuously advancing forward.

Every bit of progress required a great deal of divine sense power, but he was determined to find out the truth.

Suddenly, the green light on the emerald green gourd wildly flickered, and waves of intense law power emanated from it, causing the nearby baleful qi to churn again.

Han Li ignored the situation on the emerald green gourd, focusing all his mind on his divine sense power, pushing forward with all his might within the green vortex.

Time passed bit by bit, and in the blink of an eye, a full hour had passed.

Just when the vast divine sense power in Han Li's sea of consciousness was more than half consumed, a faint but crisp sound of breaking came from within the emerald green gourd, as if some bottleneck had been broken.

Han Li's struggling divine sense suddenly relaxed, and he felt a flash of cyan light around him, entering another emerald green space.

At the same time, the obstruction before his immortal spiritual power suddenly vanished, and his immortal spiritual power flowed unimpeded deeper into the gourd.

This feeling gave Han Li an incomparably exhilarating sensation from the bottom of his heart.

The green light on the emerald gourd, which had been flashing wildly, now suddenly calmed down, but became even brighter than before.

The emerald runes on the gourd also brightened by half, appearing denser than before.

Han Li did not dare to be careless. He carefully controlled his immortal spiritual power as it penetrated deeper into the gourd, but focused most of his mind on his spiritual sense.

The emerald space his spiritual sense had now entered looked very similar to the previous space, except that this space was larger than the last.

However, this place was quite empty, without a trace of green light, only a single emerald light sphere floating here.

This light sphere floated quietly, emitting a faint green light that flickered gently from time to time, appearing extremely mysterious.

Looking at the scene before him, Han Li felt a strong curiosity and immediately activated his spiritual sense to explore within this emerald space.

He quickly searched the area, but aside from the green light sphere, there was nothing special.

Han Li's "gaze" turned again to focus on the green light sphere. After a moment's hesitation, he urged his spiritual sense to extend toward it.

But as soon as his spiritual sense touched the green light sphere, the sphere let out a "whoosh" and immediately burst with green light, its surface rising with flames of green light.

Then, with a "boom," a vast, formless force erupted from within, violently repelling his spiritual sense.

Han Li felt a dizzying sensation wash over him. He quickly activated his Divine Refining Art to steady himself, then revealed a look of surprise.

But then, he increased his spiritual sense power and once again urged it toward the green light sphere in the space. However, just like before, as soon as it touched, it was easily repelled.

Having learned from the previous experience and mentally prepared, this time he was not shaken in mind, but he was still startled.

In the following time, Han Li refused to give up. He continuously urged his spiritual sense power, even employing techniques such as the Spirit Chain, the Mind Sword Art, and the Spirit Prison, trying to approach the green light sphere, but all without exception were sent flying.

With no other choice, Han Li had to slowly withdraw his spiritual sense power.

Meanwhile, his immortal spiritual power had penetrated a bit further into the emerald gourd but was soon blocked again by a formless force.

Han Li looked at the emerald gourd before him and revealed a faint smile.

Although he still could not fully investigate the mysteries of this gourd, his control over the emerald gourd had become much more effortless, no longer as strained as before.

With this thought, he released his spiritual sense into the first emerald space and made a mental move.

"Buzz."

The emerald vortex immediately began to spin faster, shooting out a bright emerald light that swept across a nearby cliff face.

With a slight "crackle" sound!

A deep mark suddenly appeared on the cliff face. The stone where the light had swept vanished without a trace, absorbed into the gourd.

Seeing this, Han Li nodded.

The stone wall here, having been in contact with the dense baleful aura for years, had become extremely hard. Yet it was easily torn by the green light, showing its formidable power.

Urging the green vortex inside the gourd to spin faster actually enhanced the green light's ability to absorb objects.

The stones absorbed into the gourd appeared at the center of the green vortex. Wrapped by the surrounding green light, they instantly fused together like soft mud, forming a black stone ball.

Han Li urged the vortex to spin, gradually increasing its speed.

The faster the vortex spun, the denser the green light emitted by the gourd became.

A dense green light swept across various parts of the abyss floor, and wherever it passed, everything was easily torn apart and absorbed into the gourd.

Han Li made a mental move and stopped urging the emerald gourd, his face turning pale.

Urging this Profound Heavenly Treasure consumed a great deal of immortal spiritual power. In just this short time, the vast immortal spiritual power within him had been mostly depleted.

He took out a pill and swallowed it, then closed his eyes to meditate. After a long while, his complexion slowly recovered.

As soon as he recovered, Han Li's spiritual sense immediately and impatiently entered the first space of the emerald gourd.

The green vortex had now calmed down, spinning slowly.

Unlike before, when he could not control it, he could now fully control the rotation of the emerald vortex, making it fast or slow as he wished.

Han Li looked at the spinning vortex and, for some reason, a thought suddenly occurred to him. He made a mental command.

The slowly rotating green vortex suddenly stopped, then began to spin again, but this time in the opposite direction.