Chapter 697: Devouring the Pill Sand

A contemplative look appeared on Han Li's face as he stared at the spherical silver box and the golden talisman.

A short while later, he suddenly raised a hand to cast a few incantation seals into the talisman, thereby allowing him to remove it, and the silver box sprang open with a faint crack.

In the instant that the box was opened, a wave of heat surged out from within before spreading in all directions, drastically elevating the air temperature in the entire room.

Inside the box was a trio of longan-sized beads that were crimson, orange, and purple in color.

Is this Rainbow Fire Pill Sand?

Han Li wondered to himself with an uncertain expression.

According to ancient records, Rainbow Fire Pill Sand came in a total of seven colors that corresponded with the colors of the rainbow. They were extremely rare fire-attribute objects that were more powerful than any natural flame, and they were truly capable of melting mountains and evaporating seas.

On top of that, these things were naturally occurring objects, and they could emerge high up in the heavens, or in impossibly deep valleys. It was impossible to reliably track them or create them artificially, making them as rare and precious as Profound Heavenly Treasures.

The problem was that there were only three of these beads here, and they didn't appear to be special in any way aside from the intense heat that they were giving off, so Han Li was rather hesitant about identifying them.

Right as Han Li was pondering how he should proceed, a burst of silver light emerged on his shoulder, and the tiny silver figure appeared, then rushed over to the spherical silver box and began running in circles around it in an ecstatic fashion.

"You want to eat this?" Han Li asked with a surprised expression.

The silver figure turned around and nodded firmly at him while gesturing frantically. At the same time, it was darting constant glances at the three beads, as if it were afraid that they would disappear if it looked away for too long.

"I can let you have them, but the problem is that I still don't know exactly what they are yet... Let's do it this way: you can have one of them for now, and if there are no adverse effects, then you can eat the other two as well," Han Li decided.

The silver figure was absolutely overjoyed to hear this, and it gave Han Li another firm nod before hurriedly turning back to the silver box, then began walking in circles around it, seemingly unable to decide which one it wanted to eat first.

Han Li was rather amused to see this, and he made no effort to hurry the silver figure as he set the silver box onto the ground and began to examine the other objects.

If he were dealing with Jin Tong, then she would most likely devour all three of the beads at once as soon as he turned his back on her. However, the Essence Fire Raven had always been very obedient to him, so he wasn't concerned.

Gongshu Tian's giant sword and those ten fiery flags were already in Han Li's storage bracelet, and there were still seven or eight more treasures in Gongshu Tian's storage bracelet, but most of them were ungraded immortal treasures.

There was only a golden bell that appeared to be an ninth-grade immortal treasure, and it contained some time law powers.

After refining the bell, Han Li discovered that when shaken, the bell would release bursts of golden ripples capable of hindering the spiritual sense of all targets that they came into contact with. If one were at or below the early-High Zenith Stage or possessed weak spiritual sense, then they would be completely immobilized.

However, this bell was far less effective against those cultivating time law powers or were at or above the mid-High Zenith Stage, and that was presumably why Gongshu Tian never used it against Han Li.

After sorting through these treasures, Han Li turned his attention back to the Essence Fire Raven, upon which he discovered that it had one hand resting on the crimson bead and the other on the orange one, while its gaze was fixed on the purple bead, and it still hadn't made a decision.

An amused smile appeared on his face as he flipped a hand over to produce a white talisman, which was something that he had found from the top of Gongshu Tian's head.

Earlier, he had noticed that the talisman was giving off peculiar aura fluctuations that were similar to spiritual power, and after a close examination, he was ecstatic to discover that it was an eighth-grade immortal treasure that could protect one from spiritual sense attacks.

This was what Gongshu Tian had used to ward off Han Li's Spiritual Sense Cage.

However, even with Gongshu Tian's cultivation base, he wasn't able to unleash the treasure's full power as it had a rather interesting property, which was that it drew upon the spiritual sense of the user, so the most powerful the user's spiritual sense was, the more formidable the treasure would be.

Han Li picked up the white talisman before pressing it to his own glabella, and a burst of white light flashed past as the talisman vanished into his consciousness, where it transformed into a white mountain.

The runes on its surface were flashing incessantly, and at its very center was a string of golden characters that read "Imperial Peak Spirit Restriction Talisman".

After that, Han Li flipped a hand over to produce a golden plate, and as soon as it emerged, a burst of formidable time law power fluctuations immediately spread through the entire room.

Even the silver figure's attention was drawn to the time law power fluctuations, and it looked up from the three beads to see what was happening, but it then quickly turned its attention back to the three beads.

Han Li gently stroked the golden plate to discover that its surface was riddled with subtle patterns, and the golden needle protruding out of its center was still revolving on its own. With each revolution that it made, a layer of golden light would flow over its surface.

Han Li attempted to refine the object, but was surprised to discover that he was completely unable to do so.

How could this be? Is it because this is a treasure of too high a caliber, so normal refinement incantations don't work on it?

Right as Han Li was pondering this subject, a burst of powerful energy fluctuations suddenly erupted behind him, and he hurriedly turned around to find the fiery silver figure with its fists tightly clenched, throwing its head back in a silent roar to the heavens.

Radiant red light was erupting out of all of its orifices, causing the concealment array that Han Li had set up to tremble violently.

Han Li made a beckoning motion to draw the silver box on the grand into his grasp, and he discovered that only the orange and purple beads remained, so it was clear that the crimson one had already been devoured by the Essence Fire Raven.

After stowing the silver box away, he heard a resounding boom ring out as the surrounding space shuddered violently, but the commotion was contained by the concealment array.

He turned to discover that the fiery silver figure was currently laying spread-eagled on the ground, and its body was swelling rapidly in size as it reverted back to its fire raven form.

At the same time, it was as if an outer garment of crimson flames had emerged over its body, and the silver and crimson flames were intertwining with each other to give off incredible heat that even Han Li was astonished by.

A string of loud thumps rang out as the array that he had set up completely collapsed, following which the entire bamboo building began to tremble and sway violently.

Mo Guang's eyes instantly sprang open as he detected this wave of heat and violent tremors, and he immediately stood up from the ground with tightly furrowed brows, then flew straight out of the bamboo building to avoid the scorching heat.

The walls and ground in the silent cultivation chamber were being scorched by the waves of fire, and it looked as if they were on the verge of exploding from the waves of tremendous heat.

Han Li was quite startled to see this, and he hurriedly conjured up layers of azure light barriers that forcibly suppressed the waves of fiery power erupting out of the Essence Fire Raven's body.

At the same time, the bamboo forest in the entire domain began to rustle incessantly, sending countless bamboo leaves raining down from the sky.

Wisps of spiritual qi were constantly being funneled toward the bamboo building through the underground roots of the bamboo trees, and the parched bamboo walls of the building were instantly revitalized.

Simultaneously, the water in the pond in front of the bamboo building was churning violently as if it were boiling, and all of the golden lotus flowers were swaying incessantly while releasing plumes of white spirit mist that enveloped the entire bamboo building from all directions.

The entire area was quickly enshrouded in mist, making it resemble an ethereal immortal abode.

Over at the newly constructed bamboo building near the spirit medicine garden, Daoist Xie was also snapped out of its meditation, and it flew onto the top of the bamboo building to see what was happening.

Inside the bamboo building, the crimson flame around the Essence Fire Raven's body gradually receded while fusing as one with its silver flames, and the fire-attribute energy fluctuations that they were releasing were also constantly diminishing.

Han Li was quite relieved to see this, and he began setting up restrictions in the surrounding area once again.

Some time later, the silver and crimson flames around the Essence Fire Raven's body completely receded, and it had transformed into a silver ball that was riddled with crimson patterns and was hovering in mid-air.

Han Li was ecstatic to see the constantly flashing crimson patterns on the silver ball.

It seemed that he really had obtained three balls of Rainbow Fire Pill Sand.

However, given the Essence Fire Raven's current state, it most likely wasn't going to be able to wake up anytime soon.

He communicated briefly with Mo Guang through voice transmission, then departed from the bamboo building to make his way over to the spirit medicine garden.

"What just happened, Fellow Daoist Han?" Daoist Xie asked while standing outside its bamboo building.

"The Essence Fire Raven devoured a ball of Rainbow Fire Pill Sand," Han Li replied in a truthful fashion.

"I see. No wonder there was such a massive commotion," Daoist Xie mused.

"Brother Xie, here are some storage tools that I don't have the time to sort through, so I'll have to trouble you to examine their contents for me. Aside from items that contain time law powers, you can take anything that catches your fancy without having to consult me," Han Li said with a smile.

"Alright, leave it to me," Daoist Xie replied with a nod.

Han Li swept a sleeve through the air, and a large pile of storage bracelets and storage rings appeared in front of Daoist Xie.

Daoist Xie very rarely expressed any emotion, but even it couldn't help but display a look of surprise at the sight of all of the storage tools.

Han Li was rather amused to see this, and he bade farewell to Daoist Xie, then made a trip to the spirit medicine garden, where he planted all of the spirit plants that he had acquired.

After that, he picked out a good spot to plant the ruined remnants of the Twin Birth Tree, then watered it with some spirit liquid that he had prepared earlier.

He knew that the chances of reviving the tree like this were extremely slim, but he didn't have access to the Heaven Controlling Vial's spirit liquid for now, so this would have to suffice.

Seeing as he was currently in the Gray Realm, Han Li didn't dare to stay in the Flower Branch domain for too long for fear of something happening in the outside world, so he quickly emerged from the domain.