Chapter 216: The Bell Rings
"The mountain has been closed to this day. The various spiritual fields in the territory have been deserted before, Sun Buzheng, and after that, you will take some people to start taking care of these spiritual fields. Han Li groaned slightly and commanded.
"Yes. I don't know what kind of spirit grass Elder Li plans to let us plant?" Sun Buzheng replied and asked again.
"You first open up the abandoned spiritual field, and as for what to plant, I will make my own arrangements later. Han Li said.
The crowd immediately agreed, and were about to turn around and retreat.
"Shallow, you come with me. Han Li suddenly spoke, then turned around and walked in the direction of the cave mansion.
"Yes!" Meng Qianqian was slightly stunned, and then a trace of joy flashed on his face and followed, and a series of crisp dingdong sounds came from his body.
Not long after, the two appeared in a stone chamber in the Han Lidong Mansion.
In the center of the stone room, there is a small spirit gathering circle about three zhang in size, which makes the indoor heaven and earth full of spiritual energy, and in the center of the magic circle, there is a white giant egg lying quietly.
Meng Qianqian was still a little excited and curious when he first stepped into the stone room, but then a pair of beautiful eyes were attracted by the white giant egg.
After more than 30 years of cultivation, the vitality contained in this egg has become more and more vigorous, but there is still no sign of hatching.
The girl's apricot mouth opened, as if she wanted to ask something, but then she seemed to think of her brother's advice, and quickly closed her mouth and stood quietly aside, blinking her big eyes, waiting for Han Li's command.
"Shallow, your next task is to find a way to hatch this egg for me, you are practicing the fire attribute exercise, and now the Yuan Infant has been completed, or it may be helpful. During this time, you will be free to enter and exit the cave and the stone chamber. Remember, this matter is not allowed to be mentioned to outsiders, not even your brother, understand?" Han Li looked at the white giant egg for a long time and commanded.
As soon as the words fell, his sleeve robe shook, and a jade plate and a storage bracelet fell into Meng Qianqian's hands.
"Yes! Qianqian will definitely keep his mouth shut and do his best to complete the task assigned by Elder Li!" Meng Qianqian held the jade plate and storage bracelet in both hands, and hurriedly responded.
Han Li nodded, and then left the cave mansion and headed down the mountain.
Moments later, he appeared in the cavern where the underground fire veins were.
Compared to decades ago, it was obvious that the fire attribute spiritual power contained in the air was much more stable, but it was still scorching hot, and even the void seemed to be burning.
Above the tumbling magma lake, the surface of the fiery red cocoon was swirling, rising and contracting rhythmically, still devouring the power of the surrounding flames.
Han Li released his divine sense and sensed the Essence Flame Firebird in it, and a hint of joy flashed across his face.
After absorbing the power of the Pure Flame Flame that was full of the underground fire veins for so many years, the Essence Flame Firebird had recovered a lot, and I believe that as long as it stayed for enough time, it was not impossible for its power and spirituality to increase a few more points.
As if sensing Han Li's approach, a few crisp chirps came from the giant cocoon, and it shook slightly.
"You have a good recovery here, you don't have to rush out. Han Li smiled slightly and spoke.
It seemed that his words had done their job, and the cocoon fell silent.
Han Li looked at the giant cocoon for another moment and was about to turn around and leave.
At this moment, the entire underground cavern shook violently.
An invisible but indescribable force erupted from the ground, like a raging ocean tide.
The top of the cave shook violently, and countless crimson rubble rained down.
Even with Han Li's current cultivation, his face changed slightly as he was shocked by this huge force.
The next moment, the mutation is reborn!
Boom!
I heard a deafening loud sound, like a giant bell ringing, from the depths of the earth.
The underground cave shook violently again, and the magma lake in the cave suddenly rose up a huge wave dozens of feet high, and the hot magma scattered and splashed in all directions.
The cocoon hanging in mid-air shook a few times, but then regained its calm.
"That's ......"
Han Li's heart moved, and the rumors about the Zhongming Mountain Range immediately came to mind.
It is said that this place is named because sometimes one or two strange loud noises are heard underground, similar to the sound of bells.
He has been coming to Candle Dragon Road for so many years, and he has never heard the so-called underground bell ringing, and he didn't expect to happen to encounter it today, and it was really like a rumor.
It's just that the force that gushes out of the ground just now doesn't seem to be like the earth's crust shaking.
Han Li twisted his eyebrows in thought, and then shook his head and smiled.
Whatever his sake, none of these things have anything to do with him, and he has a lot of headaches now.
Han Li glanced at the giant cocoon again, then turned around and walked outside.
At the moment when he took a step, his body suddenly turned around like lightning, and the blue light in his eyes flashed away.
He turned so fast that the air rattled and stared at the magma lake in the distance.
Although it was only for a moment, just now out of the corner of his eye, he saw a huge red shadow faintly flashing at the bottom of the magma lake.
The red shadow was like the tail of something, and it flickered away, and the speed was amazing.
Han Li's face froze slightly.
As early as when he discovered the clues, his divine sense had already spread, but he couldn't detect the trace of the red shadow.
At this moment, it was underground, and all kinds of aura underground were chaotic, which greatly affected the range of his divine sense.
"What's that?" Han Li's heart was full of doubts.
He stood in silence for a long time before he looked up at his surroundings, a smile on his lips.
It seems that this Zhongming Mountain Range is far more complicated than he imagined, but even if there is anything abnormal, it should not pose any threat to the Jingyan Firebird.
As soon as Han Li thought of this, he immediately turned around and walked towards the outside of the cave.
A few hours later, the Taixuan Hall of the Amazing Cloud Peak.
Inside the main hall, the two stone walls of white and blue were crowded with all kinds of elders and disciples, one by one, stretching their necks and looking at the stone wall, trying to choose a task that suited them.
In front of the dark golden stone wall behind the main hall, there was no such lively scene, only a few True Immortal Realm monks stood there, their brows condensed into pimples, and they sighed at the stone wall.
"Why is it so difficult to find a task with a lot of money and little trouble......" A white-bearded old man dressed in an elder's costume sighed heavily, flicked his sleeves and turned to leave.
Another young man, also dressed in the garb of an elder, staggered past him and stopped in front of the stone wall.
It was Han Li.
He looked up at the stone wall, looking down from the top, and his brow furrowed like the others.
The tasks recorded on this stone wall either did not match the difficulty of the execution, or took an extremely long time, so it was no wonder that those True Immortal Realm elders shook their heads and sighed one by one.
Of course, the most conspicuous one of them is naturally to cultivate the "Truth Wheel Sutra" to the second level.
At this moment, a soft sound came from behind.
"Hey, isn't this Brother Li?"
When Han Li heard this, he turned around to see two familiar figures coming together, and it was a bearded man on the left who spoke, it was none other than the Elder of the Inner Gate surnamed Nan who had participated in the Bear Mountain mission with him that day.
"Hehe, it turned out to be Brother Nan, Brother Lu, I haven't seen you for a long time. Han Li bowed to the two.
"Yes, I heard Brother Qi say that you are still in retreat some time ago, but I didn't expect that you would have already been out of retreat today. The bearded man returned the salute and said with a smile.
"Brother Li, are you really a little too diligent, and you didn't live happily for a few days just after leaving the customs, so you immediately rushed to pick up the task?"
"This is not the regular deacon-level task of the sect, the deadline is approaching, I thought about coming over and receiving the task, so that I could complete it as soon as possible. Han Li shook his head and said.
As a result, the two of them looked at each other, and there was a strange look on their faces.
"Ahem...... Brother Li, do you really want to do these three tasks?" the bearded man coughed dryly twice and asked.
"yes, that's how I chose it when I got started...... But what's wrong?" Han Li wondered when he saw that his expression was different.
"This ...... Although the rewards for the regular deacon-level tasks issued by the sect have always been good, the conditions for achieving them have always been quite harsh, and it is not easy to complete, either time-consuming and labor-intensive, or the risk is not small. The bearded man explained.
"Yes, it's not as easy as serving as a deacon for a thousand years. After all, the distribution of regular deacon-level tasks has always depended on luck, and what tasks are ranked on the merit book, you have to take on what tasks, and you can't change them. In Lu's opinion, it is better to take on a few tasks here and earn enough merit points to compensate. Elder Lu added.
"I see...... Thank you both for your kindness. Now there is no suitable task on this stone wall for the time being, let's go and see the situation first and then weigh it, but I don't know where to get it now?" Han Li sighed lightly and then asked.
That being the case, we don't have much to persuade us. There is an ear room on the left side of the apse of the Taixuan Palace, and Brother Li can get it there. The bearded man spoke.
"Thank you, that's where I went. Han Li arched his hand and turned to leave.
He bypassed the wide dark golden stone wall, walked out of a door on the back wall of the hall, came to the apse of the Taixuan Palace, looked to the left, and sure enough, he saw the entrance of the side hall.
He glanced up at the slightly half-hidden door of the temple, walked over, and with a slight push, entered the hall.
The area of the side hall was not large, not much different from Han Li's own courtyard guest room, and there was also a skylight above the roof, and at this moment, a beam of heavenly light was falling from it, impartial, and it was reflected on a potted plant on the right corner of a mahogany table in the hall.
This bonsai is no more than half a foot high, shaped like an ancient pine, and its whole body is bright green, which looks crystal clear in the sunlight, and the pale golden veins extend from the roots to every branch, shining like stars.
As soon as Han Li looked at it, he realized that this thing was full of spiritual energy, and it actually seemed to be a rather spiritual elixir.
It's just that he doesn't know this elixir, and he has never seen this kind of cultivation method, but he can't take his eyes off it for a while.