Recruit black physique to start practice in wasteland

Chapter 2397 Not Expensive at All
That's the rule in the Cangwu Realm: when you have something good, you should give it as an offering to the Houde Realm in hopes of getting more help in return.

But the Sky-Piercing True Venerable remained unmoved. "Heh, offerings... do you really think virtue is rare?"

"We are simply cultivating a sense of equivalent exchange in the Cangwu Realm, telling them that nothing is a given."

This is a classic case of everyone having their own version of the truth; in any case... everyone has their own perspective.

Qu Jianlei simply didn't want to talk to the other party anymore; their positions were different, and saying more wouldn't make a difference.

He glanced at Han Li and then fell silent: You make the decision.

Han Li withdrew his divine sense and looked at Qingkong Zhenzun, "Divine sense relay, or assistance?"

“Anything is fine,” the Great Protector replied casually. “I can help you.”

Achieving divine sense assistance at the same cultivation level is not easy, let alone when both are at the Nascent Soul stage.

Therefore, his words were not only tinged with arrogance, but also with self-satisfaction.

"Heh," True Venerable Han Li sneered with a forced smile, tossing a bead to the other party, "Field enhancement... here you go!"

"Huh?" Venerable Qingkong took the bead, examined it, nodded slightly, and then sighed softly, "You've... reached this point too!"

"So old man, you'd better hurry up!" True Venerable Han Li said expressionlessly, "Don't let me, the latecomer, overtake you!"

"Hehe," Qingkong glanced at him, then crushed the bead, releasing a chilling aura.

With the help of the Frost Bead, he quickly extended his divine sense forward.

Almost at the same moment, the Great Protector's body began to fade away, and the crystalline butterfly slowly reappeared.

The butterfly instantly extended its long proboscis, but the extension speed was not particularly fast.

Moreover, the slender tip of the mouthparts began to atomize, spreading into the shape of a trumpet.

It's obvious that this is for searching, not for directly attacking the boundary barrier or absorbing boundary characteristics.

The cold air continued to emanate, and the butterfly's body became more and more substantial, and then more and more crystalline.

In the blink of an eye, more than a day had passed, and the butterfly's body stopped crystallizing, as if it had reached its maximum output.

Han Li Zhenzun's lips twitched, and he tossed over another bead, "Use it sparingly."

Another half day passed, and the butterfly's open, trumpet-shaped mouthparts gradually formed a thin, long tube. "Found it!"

Han Li suddenly released his divine sense, heading straight for the direction the mouthpiece was pointing.

The slender mouthparts were aligned with his spiritual goal, and the mouthparts were enhanced by the extreme cold, yet each went its own way.

The next moment, True Venerable Hanli flicked his hand, and a beam of bluish-white light shot out.

Ultimately, the two great venerables only cooperated to a limited extent, to the point that each took their own domain characteristics.

Its mouthparts and bluish-white light pierced through the endless void, truly locking onto the area where the realm was located.

Fortunately, Haoran Sect's obsession was not wrong; although this realm was hidden, it moved extremely slowly.

The mouthpiece reached the boundary barrier first, before the blue-white light, and unsurprisingly, it was blocked.

Then came the familiar action: the mouthparts twitched twice, attempting to absorb some of the realm's characteristics.

But after its mouthparts twitched twice, the surrounding chilling aura instantly dissipated, and the butterfly's body instantly lost its crystalline appearance. "Holy crap!"

"Huh?" Even True Venerable Han Li was startled. Without a doubt, the Great Protector had suffered a considerable loss.

This is not surprising. Isn't it normal for realms related to the Haoran Sect to be a bit more powerful?
But the problem is... his bluish-white light's ability to extract the characteristics of a realm is probably not as good as a butterfly's mouthparts.

Should he continue with this attack?
Just as he hesitated, a disdainful snort came from beside him, "Heh, can't you underestimate the Haoran Sect like that?"

"Xiao Qu, do you really want to obtain information about that realm?"

Qu Jianlei replied with his divine sense, "Senior, if you want to go back and take a look, I will try my best. If you don't want to... that's up to you."

"But I always feel that returning to one's roots is simply the way of nature, isn't it?"

“Alright then,” the spirit, though driven by obsession, still retained some emotions and desires. “I’ll lend a hand and make him release Baihui!”

Qu Jianlei did not immediately agree, but instead asked, "Senior, is there anything I can prepare for you?"

"Don't say these things," the obsession of the seemingly Haoran Sect was more aloof than that of the other heroic spirits, or rather... insightful?
"We're already dead. Do you think you can bring us back to life by doing all this?"

Qu Jianlei remained silent for a while before replying, "The seniors have their own sentiments, but we juniors also have our own intentions!"

After a long silence, Zhi Nian said, "Two protective rules... one will do too."

“Then let’s have three dishes,” Qu Jianlei said readily. “We can’t let you, senior, suffer a loss.”

Exchanging three protective rules for a temporary enhanced detection ability seems... really not worth it.

Think back to when Qu Jianlei obtained his first Guardian Rule, it was on the Forgotten Peninsula, and he cherished it like the back of his hand.

But right now, the three guardian rules are not the main operators, but only the assistants... Isn't that a bit too much of a value?
But thinking about it again, is it really not worth the price to explore information about a realm?

It's actually not expensive at all.

Sometimes, when Qu Jianlei looks back on his journey, he feels a little dazed... Why was he so poor back then?

But back then, we were really that poor. Just thinking about how I had obtained the first protective rule made me afraid that someone would kill me and steal my treasure.

People grow up. He is no longer as weak as he used to be. Although he is still desperately poor, a few rules are no longer a big deal to him.

After transferring the three rules, Qu Jianlei looked at Han Li beside him, "Senior said he can bless you..."

After listening, the handsome young man hesitated for a moment, "Release Parkway?"

What is astral projection? It primarily refers to the Baihui point, which is a very sensitive area for the True Venerable One.

However, the blessing of divine sense still involves corresponding operations, which is also very easy to understand.

Han Li hesitated for a moment, but ultimately chose to believe him. He raised his hand, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and said, "Thank you for your trouble, senior."

In a different context, he would never accept such conditions; he even refused the help offered by Qingkong Zhenzun earlier.

However, he also saw Qingkong's frustrated state, and under such circumstances and atmosphere, he could not accept losing to his opponent.

Moreover, Han Li was also clear about what kind of being was about to make a move; it was merely a heroic spirit within a ritual artifact.

Without great perseverance and unwavering determination, one cannot become a heroic spirit, and there is virtually no possibility of them harming others.

Most importantly, why would anyone want to harm him? He's already a heroic spirit destined to vanish; harming him wouldn't bring him any benefit.

Many heroic spirits would react seriously, sacrificing themselves to help their juniors, just like the senior who cut through the path.

However, even so, Han Li could not easily accept such a request.

It was under these circumstances that he really didn't want to lose to Qingkong, so he let go of Baihui.

However, that senior from the Haoran Sect was even more arrogant than him.

He noticed that Han Li seemed somewhat reluctant, so he flickered his divine sense above Han Li's head for a moment before disappearing into the distance.

Han Li understood immediately, and a phantom image appeared from Baihui, closely following the other party.

Although Qingkong Zhenzun suffered some backlash, he was ultimately a butterfly incarnation, so it wasn't too serious, and he saw the whole scene clearly.

The divine sense and the illusory figure disappeared into the space, and after a short while, the bluish-white light became slightly brighter.

It was only slightly stronger than before, but upon seeing this, the butterfly's body began to blur, and soon transformed into a human figure.

The Great Protector has confirmed that the other party can retrieve some of the realm's characteristics.

The journey of a hundred miles is only half complete at ninety; often, we fail to reach our goal simply because we fall short by just a little bit.

Before long, Han Li raised his hand and made a gesture, and the bluish-white light instantly returned.

Almost simultaneously, an extremely faint divine sense swept in and entered Qu Jianlei's pocket.

"I need to rest for a bit," the senior colleague said, and then fell silent.

Han Li began to perform hand seals to process the retrieved boundary characteristics, while the Great Protector looked at Qu Jianlei with a strange light in his eyes.

"Was that... a senior from the Haoran Sect?"

The True Venerable Qingkong could not recognize the true nature of the heroic spirit, but it was always correct to understand it as some kind of remnant soul.

The key is that Xiao Qu can identify the nature of that realm and, under the realm's powerful protection, can assist Han Li in succeeding.

The origin of the remnant soul is self-evident.

"That senior admitted it wasn't him," Qu Jianlei replied in a deep voice, "Perhaps there's some connection between us?"

Actually, the senior had previously denied it, saying that he was not worthy to claim to be from the Haoran Sect, but what he said was not exactly a lie.

“Oh,” True Venerable Qingkong nodded thoughtfully, “This arrogance… is very similar!”

Han Li had already extracted the boundary characteristics, divided them into three parts and sealed them, giving one part to Qu Jianlei and keeping two parts for himself.

He didn't give Qingkong any help—although the other party had offered assistance, it wasn't him asking for it, and he even gave two buffs in return.

However, since it has been divided into three parts, there is room for maneuver. It just depends on what Qingkong is willing to give up.

But the Great Protector didn't pay attention; his eyes kept darting around Qu Jianlei, as if he were deep in thought.

“This is my friend,” Han Li said coldly, “He is about to cross the threshold, so please be dignified, Senior Protector.”

"What are you talking about?" Venerable Qingkong snorted. "I'm thinking about the Haoran Sect."

"Alright, what you, Ling Yun, did," Han Li shook his head dismissively, "is good enough."

He previously said he was unaware of the relationship between Lingyun Sect and Haoran Sect, but... how could he not be unaware?
It was nothing more than wanting to put a bad word to Ling Yun's Grand Protector in front of that senior.

Qingkong Zhenzun understood this, but he was helpless against the other party, so he took out two small orbs of light and held them in his hands.

"These are characteristics of two different realms. When it's convenient later, shall we go together?"

He must understand the principle that you must give before you take. So he had no choice but to show goodwill first.

“My two field enhancements…sigh,” Han Li shook his head helplessly. Even though he made them himself, it still took a lot of time and effort.

“I also consumed three rules,” Qu Jianlei immediately added.