Rebirth of a Reincarnated Immortal Cultivator

The mysterious rusty sword shone brightly, absorbing all the demonic energy, corpse energy, and vital energy from the zombie's body.

"Not bad, not bad... If a dozen or so more zombies like this came, this sword might be able to advance to a mid-grade magic weapon."

After absorbing all the energy, the mysterious rusty sword's aura gradually dissipated, and it automatically flew back into the scabbard behind Han Li.

"Hey, old man, you said before that you fell into a deep sleep because you couldn't withstand the massive fire-attribute spiritual energy. Now that you've awakened again, do you remember anything?"

Seeing this, Han Li retrieved the lightning-struck wooden sword, spread his five fingers, and a large amount of purple flames flew out and landed on the zombie.

Without the protective aura of corpse energy, the black zombie easily burst into flames, leaving only the cracked earth beneath its feet, scorched by the intense heat, to tell the story of what had just happened.

"How dare you call me 'old man'? You have no manners!"

"I did recall a lot of things when I woke up this time, but most of them were fragments of memories about my identity, and a few were memories of incomplete cultivation techniques."

"These techniques seem to originate from the Imperial Sword Sect, but I can't remember their exact source. I'll share my memories of these techniques with you when you get back. Right now, the most important thing is to find out who's behind them."

Wei Wuji gave a wry smile and said:

"The battle just now was so loud, yet it didn't disturb that person. This means that the cultivator who created this zombie might have some problem. Otherwise, why would he be so indifferent?"

"Well, that's true."

Han Li nodded, picked out a few sharp teeth and claws from a pile of dark ashes, and sealed them in a black box. Although the zombie was powerful, it didn't have anything valuable on it.

However, the fact that its teeth and claws remained unharmed despite being scorched by the Red Lotus Karmic Flame shows that they are extraordinary.

This rare material is essential for crafting magical artifacts of the ghost and demonic paths; it might come in handy sometime.

Han Li's gaze fell on the dark cave entrance not far away. He flicked his finger and shot out seven or eight illumination beads in succession.

Surrounding him were three or four magical artifacts. With a wave of his hand, the light shield formed by the Xuan Guang Shield enveloped his body, and the Taiqing Dongxuan True Light was activated. He held a mysterious rusty sword in his left hand and reached to his waist with his right hand to grasp a large stack of high-level talismans.

After doing all this, Han Li felt somewhat relieved. After a short period of rest and recovery, he began to explore deeper into the cave.

As soon as I stepped into the cave, an extremely dense demonic aura permeated the air, almost tangible. Fortunately, I was protected by the Taiqing Dongxuan, which prevented me from being invaded by the demonic aura.

However, this would render the Three Talents Gathering Spirit Array unusable. Although the Taiqing Cave Profound True Light could isolate demonic energy, using the array's power to absorb spiritual energy would inevitably draw in demonic energy, causing harm to oneself.

Looking at the thick dust under his feet, Han Li frowned. Could Feng Yuye really be found in such a place?

"Elder Wei, can you absorb this demonic energy?"

Han Li, who was walking along the road and looking around, asked a question.

“Absorbing it is not a problem, but if I absorb all of such astonishing demonic energy, I'm afraid I will fall into a deep sleep again.”

"Besides, the situation is unclear right now. If any emergency occurs, I can step in and help you."

Wei Wuji slowly spoke in response.

Upon hearing this, Han Li nodded, but secretly began to make plans. After this battle, he had made up his mind to carefully study the Demon Flame Technique.

After all, whether it is to deal with demonic cultivators or to prepare for the journey to the Heavenly Demon Eye ten years later, practicing this technique is imperative.

It's important to understand that demonic energy entering the body is no small matter. Although cultivating the Demon Flame Technique will shorten one's lifespan, Han Li knows very well which is more important, lifespan or life itself.

Moreover, he doesn't need to cultivate the Demon Flame Technique to a high level; he only needs to cultivate it to the first level of Great Perfection.

In this way, even if lifespan is shortened, it will only be for a maximum of ten years. With the lifespan increase from the Longevity Technique, the loss will be offset by at most four or five years.

Currently, Han Li's lifespan is over two hundred years, which is enough time for him to cultivate to the peak of Foundation Establishment.

As for breaking through to the Core Formation stage, he plans to wait until the late Foundation Establishment stage, then go into seclusion to relearn the several secret techniques he had accumulated in his previous life, and then use a technique called "Forging Source Technique" to compress and deepen his magical power.

In this way, the success rate of Core Formation can be increased to about 30% to 40%.

If there are enough Gathering Pills and Origin Pills, the yield can be increased by another 30% to 40%.

Han Li shook his head, clearing his mind of all distracting thoughts.

The Core Formation stage is far too far away for him now. His most urgent task is to find the mastermind behind this as soon as possible, lest things get complicated.

After walking for about half an hour inside the cave, an ancient and dilapidated stone tablet came into view not far away.

The demonic energy here was not as dense as before. Beside the stone tablet, a huge stone gate, several meters high, stood with an eerie light flickering on it, clearly reinforced by some kind of restriction.

"Distinguished guest, you have come from afar. I am sorry for not being able to greet you properly. Please forgive me, senior!"

Just as Han Li was about to forcefully break through the restriction, the barrier light covering the stone door trembled slightly, and the originally tightly closed stone door slowly opened, revealing the face of a stunningly beautiful woman.

The woman wore a long pink dress, her figure was graceful, her face charming, and every gesture exuded allure. Her pair of fair, jade-like legs were exposed, like exquisitely sculpted works of art.

Her eyes were as clear as autumn water, yet they carried a hint of allure.

The person who arrived was none other than Feng Yuye!

"Miss Yuye, what are you doing here?"

Han Li looked the woman up and down, a glint of green light flashing in his eyes as he scrutinized her.

This woman was completely different from before; her entire body was now radiating the magical power of the seventh level of Qi Refining.

However, Han Li had clearly examined Feng Yuye carefully before and found that there was no spiritual root in his body.

So when Han Li first saw Feng Yuye, he thought he had fallen into some kind of illusion, but now it seems that this is not the case.

"Senior Brother Han, it's been so many years! You've broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage! That's wonderful!"

Upon seeing that the person who came was Han Li, Feng Yuye was overjoyed and walked over barefoot.

Upon seeing this, Han Li's expression hardened slightly. He quietly took half a step back and said coldly into the stone gate:

"Fellow Daoist, are you trying to get me to let you off the hook because we're acquaintances?"

"However, I am very curious about how you managed to transform Miss Feng from a mortal with no spiritual roots into a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator in just a few years."

"I don't believe there could be such a good thing in the world."

"Senior Brother Han, you've misunderstood. Grandma is very good to me..." Feng Yuye stepped forward, her beautiful eyes fixed on the face before her, her pretty face slightly flushed, and said.

"Hehehe... Fellow Daoist, I have no ill intentions toward this young lady. As for how to enable mortals to possess spiritual roots, this involves the secrets of our lineage's cultivation techniques, so I cannot tell you the truth. Please forgive me."

"However, what I didn't expect was that you, fellow Daoist, are so powerful that you were able to defeat the zombie I carefully cultivated."

Just then, a faint, ethereal voice came from inside the stone gate.

"No malice? Do you think I would believe your nonsense? If you truly had no malice, why would you make me fight this black zombie to the death?"

"I won by chance, but I meant no harm. If I had lost, would you have let me off so easily?"

"Don't even think about stalling for time. I don't have time to play along with your act!"

As he spoke, Han Li waved his hand, and a bright blue light shone from his body. Forty-two lightning-struck wooden swords surrounded him, their blades trembling slightly and emitting faint sword chimes, as if they were about to take action.

"Senior Brother Han, please don't do this."

Upon seeing this, Feng Yuye quickly stepped in front of Han Li.

"Miss Yuye, do you know what kind of crisis the Feng family has fallen into because of your departure without saying goodbye?"

Han Li told Feng Yuye about the recent situation of the Feng family, as well as how Feng Yuye had been attacked by demonic energy and her lifespan had been greatly reduced.

Upon hearing this, Feng Yuye stood there stunned, speechless for a long time.