Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 791

Han Li was overjoyed to have obtained such an unexpected treasure. However, now was not the time to study it. Han Li immediately placed several talismans on the bone hand, put it in a jade box, and returned to his residence.

Not long after he returned, a light formation appeared at the site of the space storm, and a golden, radiant Golden Court Boat was teleported there. Two Celestial Guards in golden armor stood on the deck.

A middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and a beard, and a woman of outstanding beauty.

“This is the location indicated by the Qiankun Plate [a device for tracking spatial anomalies]. I felt a spatial fluctuation, but the range is narrow, and it seems like an intermittent explosion,” the woman said, surveying the area.

“Hmm, it doesn’t seem like it was a dangerous space storm. The duration was also short. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have ended with just a small mountain disappearing,” the middle-aged man with a long beard agreed, examining the surroundings with his spiritual sense.

“But it’s strange that an explosion occurred in a place that was previously very stable. Why did a space storm appear? Who is the cultivator stationed here?” the woman asked, narrowing her brows.

“Micro-spatial fluctuations are inherently difficult to predict, so it’s not that strange. No matter how profound the Qiankun Plate is, it can’t predict everything. Besides, this place is assigned to a cultivator who has just reached the Nascent Soul stage. Probably a Clear Sky Guard,” the middle-aged man replied calmly, stroking his beard.

“The Spirit Disc isn’t detecting any alien race energy either. It doesn’t seem like an alien race invasion. Should we summon that Clear Sky Guard for questioning?”

“Well, is there a need? It’s not an alien race invasion, and the micro-space storm has already disappeared. The problem isn’t here. We need to go to the place where we predicted a large space storm would appear as soon as possible.”

“Brother Ma is right. I almost wasted time for no reason. Let’s go.”

The woman hesitated for a moment but soon agreed with a smile. The middle-aged cultivator seemed pleased with her answer and turned into a streak of yellow light, returning to the Golden Court Boat. The woman also surveyed the area before following him.

Shortly after, another light formation appeared, illuminating the Golden Court Boat before teleporting it away and disappearing.

Han Li, who was in the east, was completely unaware of what had happened. He didn’t know that two Nascent Soul-level Celestial Guards had been dispatched to investigate so quickly, and that they had skipped the process of summoning him for questioning.

As soon as he returned to his residence, he stopped the operation of the formation and ceased the surveillance of the Myriad Dragon Pearl. He was worried that it might be detected by a cultivator with high cultivation.

Afterward, he entered the secret chamber and began to examine the bone hand.

The bone hand itself was unique, having been refined in a special way, but Han Li wasn’t particularly interested in that. He immediately opened his mouth and summoned the golden sword.

The sword trembled, turning into a thin golden thread, quickly circling the bone hand before suddenly cutting off the thumb of the bone hand. A jade pendant about an inch long emerged from within as if it were alive.

Han Li, anticipating this, activated an invisible golden restriction from all directions, preventing the jade pendant from escaping. He pulled the milky white jade pendant towards him and examined it closely using his Spirit Eye.

The small, winding silver characters were a refining technique he had never seen before. It was such an innovative method that overturned most of the refining knowledge he had learned, and he was unconsciously drawn into it.

The Silver Script was different from ordinary ancient characters, and if he hadn’t studied the remnants of other Golden Palace Jade Books, he probably wouldn’t have been able to grasp it.

After spending three days and nights in the secret chamber, Han Li was able to understand the general content. Besides the detailed explanation of the refining technique, the most important thing was a divine ability called the Hundred Meridian Treasure Refinement Art.

This divine ability was a mysterious technique that could refine each part of the body into different magical treasures based on a person’s meridians, flesh, blood, and bones.

If he had heard about the Hundred Meridian Treasure Refinement Art without seeing the refining technique in the beginning, he might have dismissed it as nonsense. However, after reading the beginning, he suddenly realized something and became quite confident in this secret art.

The bone hand he was holding was proof of that. Otherwise, there was no way a human bone could have escaped a space storm.

According to the Golden Palace Jade Book, this secret art could refine the entire body into a treasure at once, or it could refine each part separately and slowly. Whichever method was chosen, the ultimate goal was to refine the entire body to reach a state like the indestructible Vajra Body of Buddhism [a state of ultimate physical resilience].

If this secret art was mastered, regardless of one’s magical power, one could unleash earth-shattering divine abilities with the power of the physical body alone and become close to immortal.

Although the explanation in the Golden Palace Jade Book was brief, he felt a chill down his spine after understanding the implications. Even without exaggeration, he knew how amazing this secret art was.

Of course, to refine the body into a treasure, immense physical conditions were required. Han Li, who possessed a strong body after mastering the Vajra Art, could barely begin the refinement. To use the immense divine abilities mentioned in the Golden Palace Jade Book, he needed to further strengthen his body.

Otherwise, his body would not be able to withstand the refinement process and would collapse on its own.

Han Li held the jade pendant and thought for a long time.

“I must find another cultivation method and choose the path of dual cultivation of body and magic.”

Now that he had obtained the Hundred Meridian Treasure Refinement Art, there was no need to dwell on other paths. Before, he had been worried about which cultivation method to choose, but now he had decided to choose the dual cultivation method of body and magic that the human and demon races had jointly revised.

He placed a talisman on the jade pendant, which was the Golden Palace Jade Book, and put it in the storage bracelet. This time, he took out a jade slip with a faint red color. It was a jade slip that contained a copy of the Heaven-Supporting Devil Art formulas he had obtained from Wan Huzhi long ago.

“It’s specially divided into three parts, so from now on, I should call it the Brahma Saint True Devil Art,” Han Li muttered, looking at the jade slip. He placed it on his forehead and closed his eyes. He had tried to learn this devil art in the Natural Stone Pagoda, but it was difficult to see significant results without the support of sufficient elixirs.

He spent most of his time in the secret chamber, occasionally checking the spirit herbs and then starting to refine the Jade Purity Pill.

As expected of a Nascent Soul-level elixir, it required a huge amount of spirit herbs, and he only managed to refine two or three bottles. However, it wasn’t a big concern. As the number of refinements increased, he would become more skilled, and his success rate would increase later. Of course, he didn’t forget to study the Hundred Meridian Treasure Refinement Art while practicing the Heaven-Supporting Devil Art.

During this time, no one seemed to bother him, so it seemed that as long as there was no conflict of interest, neither Old Devil Ming nor Old Devil Jin would bother him. This was good news for Han Li.

A few days before half a year had passed, a streak of blue light shot out from the beautiful poisonous mist and flew towards the Natural Stone City. He had to complete another three-month patrol mission before he could return to the east and continue his cultivation.

Three months later, he returned unscathed.

He went straight to the secret chamber for closed-door cultivation, and only after another half a year did he leave his residence again. Time flowed like a river, and 60 years passed.

It was not a long time for cultivators, but in the Spirit Realm, an ominous atmosphere was building.

The high-ranking members of each race frequently held meetings, and those sensitive to news had already sensed the danger before the storm and were preparing for it.

Especially in the Natural Stone City, which was close to the alien races, the changes were even more noticeable.

On this day, a group of people was flying low over the Bu Lye Marsh. All ten cultivators were wearing black armor, but only the old man with a short beard in the center was wearing ancient blue armor.

This was the sign that he was the Clear Sky Guard at the Nascent Soul stage who commanded the squad.

Not only the ten Black Iron Guards but even the Clear Sky Guard old man was looking around with a tense expression. It was as if they were wary of something popping out at any moment.

*Woong!*

They were advancing without a word when the formation disc of one of the Black Iron Guards vibrated. Although it was a small sound, the entire group’s expressions changed as they looked at him.

“Another alien race has appeared. This is happening way too often. What are they up to? Even though the spies keep dying, they keep sending them in. Because of that, two of our squad members died during the last patrol,” the burly man with a fierce face complained, seeing the warning sign on the Spirit Disc.

“Hmph, that’s fortunate. The 4th squad encountered a rare Void Hole Race half a year ago, and most of them, including the captain, died,” another squad member, a middle-aged woman, said coldly.

“The Spirit Disc is warning us, so we can’t just go back without investigating, or we’ll be severely punished. Most of them are alien race spies, not the main force, so everyone be careful and eliminate the spies,” the old man in blue armor ordered, calming the chaotic atmosphere. The Black Iron Guards had no choice but to keep their mouths shut, even if they were dissatisfied with the Clear Sky Guard’s order. The squad, following the old man’s orders, split into several groups and began their pursuit, following the Spirit Disc’s warning.

They changed direction and flew for dozens of miles until they came to a wide rocky area. It looked ordinary, but purple bubbles surrounded the surrounding marsh.

“It seems to be here. Don’t let them escape,” the old man nodded, confirming the Spirit Disc. At the same time, the ten Black Iron Guards protected themselves with treasures and searched the surroundings with their spiritual sense without answering.

After a short while, the faces of all the members, including the old man, darkened.

“We can’t detect them with our spiritual sense even though they’re so close! It seems we’ll have to scatter and search individually. Guard Jin!”

The old man, taking a breath, turned his head and called out to a middle-aged man with very small eyes.

“Captain, don’t worry. I know what to do,” the middle-aged man replied quickly and released a black bead-like object from his storage bracelet. As the bead floated up, the middle-aged man flicked his hand as if scattering something and chanted a spell.

*Tss tss tss!*

Blue lightning crackled on the surface of the object, and as it grew in size, it transformed into hard, metal-made bees. The fist-sized, dark bees flapped their wings and buzzed.

The other members remained hovering in the air, while the middle-aged man with small eyes sat cross-legged on the spot and formed hand seals.

*Buzz!*

Hundreds of bees descended to the ground at once and scattered. Those on patrol had been warned by other cultivators not to descend to the ground easily. If they encountered alien races hiding in various forms on the ground, things would become very complicated.

Therefore, releasing puppets to search was also a viable method.

Not long after the metal bees scattered, the cultivators’ Spirit Discs vibrated rapidly and emitted a very sharp sound. Some Spirit Discs even emitted a dazzling light of spiritual energy.

“Damn it, the alien race is approaching us. They’re already within a hundred yards and getting closer,” the burly man with a fierce face shouted urgently. However, the problem was that no matter how much they looked within a hundred yards, they couldn’t find anything approaching.

“Everyone, use your techniques to break through their concealment. We can’t let them get any closer!” the old man shouted loudly and flipped his hand, taking out a bronze mirror. He threw it above his head, and it shone brightly like the moon, emitting a blue beam of light the size of a bowl.

The beam of light illuminated all directions, but still, nothing happened. The other cultivators also took out flags and various forms of treasures to search, but it was useless.

Yet, the Spirit Discs they were wearing were vibrating even more intensely, emitting sharp sounds. It meant that the enemy had already approached very closely.

Everyone was panicking and didn’t know what to do, and the old man’s face also turned pale. The alien race spies were clearly not trying to escape but were instead planning to kill them.