65: Chapter 65: Core Formation Stage Cultivator – Han Li?

"I did not know Senior's identity just now and caused much offense. I hope Senior is magnanimous enough not to blame this Junior. This Junior is endlessly grateful."

After speaking, he cupped his hands toward Nangong Wan with an air of solemnity and gave a slight bow.

This scene caused quite a few people who were paying attention to him to feel somewhat surprised.

The only two who did not feel surprised were Li Huayuan and Fairy Nishang.

Both of them knew what was going on, but Li Huayuan was more worried that Zhao Changsheng would be resented by Nangong Wan, making it impossible for him to explain things to his Senior Sister later.

Fortunately, after finishing his bow, Zhao Changsheng continued to close his eyes and rest, showing no intention of interacting with Nangong Wan further. This allowed Li Huayuan to breathe a slight sigh of relief.

He took the initiative to greet Nangong Wan, asking what had happened just now.

At the same time, he asked Zhao Changsheng what had occurred. Zhao Changsheng unhurriedly told Li Huayuan the contents of his conversation with Nangong Wan, hinting for Li Huayuan to help cover things up.

Li Huayuan naturally would not refuse this request. Following Zhao Changsheng's hint, he took all the responsibility upon himself.

Since they were both Core Formation Stage Cultivators, Nangong Wan couldn't do anything to him anyway, so Li Huayuan was naturally emboldened.

During this time, Fairy Nishang also chimed in, asking for the reason behind the matter.

After learning the cause and effect, although Fairy Nishang also suspected it was Zhao Changsheng's doing, they had no choice without evidence. They could only push all responsibility onto Li Huayuan, yet they happened to be unable to do anything to him.

And so, this interlude passed.

Of course, such a large commotion naturally caught the attention of the Core Formation Cultivators from the other Sects.

However, neither Li Huayuan nor the two sisters, Fairy Nishang, said much, only stating that they had briefly discussed some cultivation experiences.

Unless one was a fool, it was naturally impossible to believe this excuse.

But they had no other choice. They couldn't perform a Soul Search like a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator, so they could only accept it with suspicion.

After this interlude, the opening time for the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land arrived.

Once the time came, the Seven Sects opened the passage.

This time, the passage did not disappear immediately after opening but remained in its original state.

However, the opening time of the passage was still limited; once the time was up, it would still vanish.

As the passage opened, it wasn't long before Disciples from the Seven Sects flew out, each looking extremely disheveled.

The crowd had long since grown accustomed to this and naturally didn't pay it much mind. Instead, the Core Formation Cultivators of each Sect would ask their Disciples about their harvests.

The Disciples who came out first answered truthfully. Gradually, the Core Formation Cultivators stopped asking as many questions.

Time trickled by, and soon about half of it had passed. Finally, under Zhao Changsheng's expectant gaze, Han Li walked out of the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land, looking almost completely unharmed, which surprised many people.

After all, every time, the Disciples who could emerge from the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land unscathed were few and far between. They either found a place to hide or were so powerful that they were unrivaled.

The possibility of Han Li being the former was low, given his strength; as for the latter, the crowd expressed doubt.

Of course, regardless of their suspicions, as soon as Han Li came out, he first bowed to Li Huayuan and then walked to Zhao Changsheng's side.

The two had no conversation; they merely exchanged a tacit look and knew each other's thoughts—Han Li had gained much in the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land, and Zhao Changsheng told him to wait a bit and discuss it in detail after returning to the Sect.

When the time was up, the passage collapsed and disappeared. The last one to come out was Xiang Zhili.

Then, each Sect began to inspect their Disciples' harvests.

Because Han Li's Realm was different from the original plot, he was among the first few to be inspected.

“One plant, two plants... twenty plants... thirty plants...”

As Han Li continuously took out the harvested heaven and earth spiritual medicine from his Storage Pouch, the crowd's emotions shifted from initial surprise to shock, and finally to astonishment and even disbelief.

When the last heaven and earth spiritual medicine was brought out, the Spirit Medicine Han Li had retrieved had piled into a small hill half a person high, emitting a medicinal fragrance so rich it was almost pungent.

All these heaven and earth spiritual medicines added up to exactly one hundred and twenty-six plants.

Whether it was this time or previous trips to the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land, such a harvest was almost equivalent to the entire intake of a single Sect.

To put it bluntly, both the Cultivators of Yellow Maple Valley and those of other Sects felt shocked and incredulous at Han Li's harvest.

“How is this possible? How can this be? How could he harvest so many heaven and earth spiritual medicines!”

“Exactly, how could he possibly harvest so many heaven and earth spiritual medicines!”

Similar sounds of shock, surprise, and wonder rose and fell among the Cultivators of various Sects; everyone looked completely incredulous.

But the facts were indeed so, and they had witnessed it with their own eyes. Even if they were unwilling to believe it, they had to accept it; even if they didn't want to believe it, they had no choice—simply because the facts were right before them.

At the same time, Zhao Changsheng felt a pair of bright eyes on him that wished they could spit fire and burn him to ashes.

No, it should be said there were two pairs!

These two pairs of bright eyes came from Nangong Wan and Fairy Nishang.

Their gazes were full of fury, and they could now be certain: the matter regarding Nangong Wan must have been told to Li Huayuan by Zhao Changsheng. There was absolutely no mistake about this, absolutely no mistake!

Zhao Changsheng did this to prevent their Yanyue Sect from competing with Yellow Maple Valley's Han Li for the heaven and earth spiritual medicine,

thereby preventing the two Sects from causing mutual destruction.

They even suspected that Han Li was also a Core Formation Stage Cultivator, merely disguised as being in the Qi Refinement Stage.

After all, since their Yanyue Sect could manage to have a high-level Cultivator enter the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land in disguise, Yellow Maple Valley might also have a similar secret Divine Ability.

After all, for so many years, various Sects had been researching how to allow Cultivators above the Qi Refining stage to enter the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land to obtain more precious heaven and earth spiritual medicine and slay higher-level Yao Beasts.

They originally thought only their Yanyue Sect could achieve this by relying on Nangong Wan's Reincarnation Art, but they didn't expect Yellow Maple Valley to have done it as well.

Under these circumstances, they had to suspect that Han Li was a Core Formation Cultivator in disguise.

At the same time, they also felt that Zhao Changsheng was definitely not as simple as he appeared on the surface. He definitely hid unknown secrets—definitely!

At this thought, the hatred in their hearts toward Zhao Changsheng grew even more intense.

“Hateful fellow, what a hateful fellow!”

“Don't let me catch an Opportunity, or I definitely won't let you off!”

Zhao Changsheng had ruined such a great Opportunity. Nangong Wan's hatred for him was already so deep that even the waters of the Yellow River could not wash it away.