As soon as the youth saw this scene, he smirked.
"Since I've already taken your attacks, isn't it my turn to attack now?" He said with a sneer, as he retracted his shield, clasped his hands together, and suddenly pulled them apart, conjuring a huge crescent-shaped blue arc of light between them.
"Let's try my Azure Arc Slash!" The youth said sinisterly, and the light blade immediately whistled towards the two opposite him.
The onlookers couldn't help but gasp at the youth's attack. Everyone could see that the Mu Rong brothers were completely unable to cast spells at this point, let alone defend themselves.
The youths panicked and, after a quick glance around, split up and ran into the crowd on both sides.
"Open!" The youth shouted suddenly.
The flying blue arc split in half in response to his shout, and with a wave of his hand, the youth directed each half to continue pursuing the youths.
Interestingly, one of the youths, recognizing Han Li's relatively deep cultivation among the onlookers, immediately rushed towards him, startling Han Li.
Han Li had no intention of getting involved in the situation. He knew that even if the youth was arrogant, he wouldn't dare to openly harm the Mu Rong brothers. At most, he would just intimidate them. So Han Li simply dodged, causing the youth to miss his attack and curse in frustration as he continued to flee.
With a loud rumble, the ground shook where another youth was fleeing, and dust rose up as a man's cursing voice could be heard, indicating that someone had failed to escape like Han Li did.
When the dust settled, a thick earthen wall several zhang high appeared in front of the fleeing youth, with a crescent-shaped groove several feet long on the wall. Behind the wall stood a young man in his twenties, carrying a strange wooden crutch, angrily cursing while pressing his hand against the breach in the wall. Standing beside him was another smiling Mu Rong youth.
"Lü, what's the meaning of this? Can't you see there are other people here? You actually attacked!" The short young man asked angrily.
Lü snorted and ignored the short young man's questions, instead wearing a dark expression as he fully controlled the remaining half of the blue arc blade, suddenly accelerating to chase the youths on Han Li's side. Judging by the momentum of the blue arc, he intended to leave a mark on Han Li.
"Stop!" A young woman's angry shout came from above, followed by a blazing firebird descending from the sky, devouring the blue arc behind the youth in one gulp before turning into a ball of flames and disappearing.
"Who? Who broke my spell?" Lü, the young man, looked up angrily.
Above the crowd, a woman with skin like jade and a radiant appearance, like a celestial being, appeared out of nowhere. She had a slender waist, a beautiful neck, wore a blue palace dress, and had her hair styled high, giving her a transcendent aura.
"It turns out to be Senior Sister Nie! I was wondering who had such high magical power!" The originally angry Lü changed his expression immediately upon seeing the woman in red, becoming courteous and graceful.
"Lü Senior Brother, since it's Senior Sister Nie's wish, let's end this contest here, shall we?" The woman in palace dress said coldly, stepping on a magical device.
"Hehe, since it's Senior Sister Nie's wish, then of course I'll comply," the youth said with a smile all over his face.
The woman in palace dress nodded and said nothing more, descending from the sky and walking towards the Mu Rong brothers.
"Senior Sister Nie, you came just in time. Otherwise, we would have been in big trouble!" The youth who had just escaped disaster ran over with a smile. Another one grinned and ran around the earthen wall.
"After we return, reflect on your actions in seclusion. You're not allowed to go out before you've cultivated the Nine Layers Technique." The woman said calmly, showing no hint of emotion, making it impossible to discern any fluctuations in her mood.
The Mu Rong brothers immediately became dejected and hung their heads in agreement.
After dealing with the Mu Rong brothers, the woman turned to the short young man and suddenly smiled, causing everything nearby to pale in comparison. She slightly opened her lips and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother, for your help. If anything happened to the Mu Rong brothers, I would have felt ashamed to face the sect!"
"N-No problem..." The short young man was stunned by her unmatched beauty, stammering as he spoke.
The surrounding men couldn't help but envy the special treatment he received, regretting why they hadn't acted just now. Their jealous gazes almost pierced through him.
Seeing this, Lü's eyes flashed with
a vicious look, but he quickly concealed it and maintained his elegant demeanor. Except for his female companion, and Han Li, who was watching coldly on the side, no one else noticed his anomaly.
Although the Chen Senior Sister was also charming and beautiful, compared to the woman surnamed Nie, she appeared inferior. So when the woman in blue appeared, the Chen Senior Sister was afraid that Lü Senior Brother would be enchanted by her, so she immediately ran to Lü's side, hugged one of his arms, and stared at the woman with hostility.
The woman in blue naturally sensed the hostility, but she didn't care. Instead, as she left with the Mu Rong brothers, she glanced lightly at Han Li and then whispered in his ear with a pleasant voice.
"Although your magical power is not weak, I cannot condone such selfish behavior! I hope next time we meet, Senior Brother will change his ways."
After hearing the woman in blue's words, Han Li frowned slightly. It seemed that his evasive actions had been completely seen through by her, leaving her with no good impression, and even a somewhat unfavorable impression.
However, he was not a saint. Knowing that he was being used and not avoiding it far away, wouldn't that be foolish? Although the short young man was not selfish, he might have been targeted by that guy surnamed Lü, and he might die at any time. By then, could this beauty take revenge for him? Han Li thought contemptuously.
For some reason, Han Li was not very fond of this stunning beauty, but rather found the delicate and charming type of women more pleasing. Therefore, he didn't care about the impression this Senior Sister Nie had of him, he just hoped that she would pay less attention to him.
At this point, Senior Sister Nie and the others had disappeared, and Lü Senior Brother, glaring at the short young man, also left with his female companion. So the remaining people dispersed without any excitement to watch.
Han Li also left the place and flew back to the Hundred Herb Garden.
Entering his own residence, Han Li couldn't wait to take out the two jade cylinders, picked out the duplicate containing the method of refining the Foundation Establishment Pill, and began to read it word by word.
Although Han Li's mind was active, his expression remained unchanged, until several hours later when he finally breathed a sigh of relief and put down the jade cylinder. But immediately after, he fell into deep thought, concentrating on pondering.
After a while, he suddenly stood up with a "whoosh," furrowing his brows and walking into the herbal garden, scanning the flowers and plants in the garden, muttering to himself:
"Qianjie Flower, Black Peony Grass, Golden Spirit Ginseng, and thirty-one other auxiliary medicinal materials are not a problem, they are all in the herbal garden, it's just that they need to be several hundred years old. But as for the main medicinal materials such as Jade Marrow Mushroom, Purple Monkey Flower, and Celestial Spirit Fruit, it's a bit tricky! There's not a single plant here, and I've never heard of them either."
Han Li hesitated for a long time, but decided to ask someone. Naturally, it couldn't be anyone other than the old man who was knowledgeable about medicine!
