Chapter 23 Return to Yanyue Sect
Zhang Tie naturally knew how to use the ancient treasure, and he also knew that once the ancient treasure was broken, it would be completely broken, so although he was very interested in this small sword, he did not pay much attention to it.

"The material is good, but I don't know to what extent it is damaged. Let me ask old man Qiong first." Zhang Tie turned his mind and automatically ignored the woman's voice.

Afterwards, Zhang Tie searched the cave and found that the elixirs and secret manuals he had seen were all illusions. The only valuable things were the small sword and the spirit stone with the weapon spirit.

Zhang Tie was not disappointed. His original purpose was to save people, and now he had some unexpected gains. However, this experience made Zhang Tie want to learn the formation even more.

In the following months, Zhang Tie finally got the basics of the formation.

"Senior, are you leaving now?" Xin Ruyin looked at Zhang Tie in surprise. She had thought that if Zhang Tie was willing, she would continue to teach Zhang Tie the formation. After all, she would be much safer with a foundation-building cultivator by her side.

“Yes, I have now entered the realm of formations, and I realize that I was indeed exaggerating when I said I learned it in three years.” Zhang Tie scratched his head and said with a smile.

After he got the basics of formation, he could use the simplified points. However, the experience required for formation was much more than he thought. According to his estimation, even if all the simplified points were used, it would take more than ten years, which was too much of a loss. So Zhang Tie decided to take it slow.

……

Inside the spirit stone mine, Han Li had just handed in the spirit stones he had dug out today, and then, while no one else was paying attention, he quietly returned to a secret place in the mine.

Han Li flipped his hand and took out a black token. After Han Li injected spiritual power into it, the token lit up slightly, and the stone in front of him suddenly changed, revealing an empty space.

This space was discovered by Han Li accidentally a month ago. When he was bored, he saw this interconnected stalactite cave and took a look around out of curiosity. Unexpectedly, he encountered a white spider. The terrifying aura of this fourth-level monster made Han Li scared to death instantly. Han Li, who had just reached the eleventh level of Qi training, was no match for this thing.

Afterwards, Han Li didn't care about anything and directly used up all the Wuxing needles on his body. The poor Blood Jade Spider didn't even make a sound and lay intact in front of Han Li.

Seeing the terrifying fourth-level monster die instantly, Han Li immediately fell to his knees on the ground, gasping for breath.

Han Li felt a wave of heart-wrenching pain coming over him, making him unable to stop feeling sad!
Han Li felt heartbroken. He didn't expect that the Wuxing Needle that Zhang Tie gave him was so powerful. But he wasted it so easily on a level 4 monster!
Now, every time Han Li passed by the place where the blood jade spider died tragically, his heart would suddenly shrink. The intact corpse and demon pill of the fourth-level monster obviously could not make up for his Wuxing needle talisman.

a long time,

Han Li calmed down a bit and came to a corpse that was shining with strange light. He saw a very mysterious formation next to the corpse.

Han Li had no clue after studying it for a long time, and the Bloody Trial would be here soon, so he came here today to collect the bones and hide this place completely.

There are so many people here and a month is already long enough.

After a while, Han Li made all the preparations and walked out of the mine. Not far away, an old man with foundation building skills was looking at the flashing red token in his hand and staring at the direction where Han Li was leaving.

"He's actually a cultivator in the Qi training stage. I didn't expect that I would have to complete the task of retrieving the black-armored blood-sucking insect!" The foundation-building cultivator smiled sinisterly and then headed straight for Han Li.

"Good, you know that formations are difficult to learn, and you also know to turn back in time." Old man Qiong looked at the disciple in front of him with satisfaction.

Before, he was worried that Zhang Tie would not be able to learn it and would have a bad temper, but now that Zhang Tie directly confessed to him that the formation was too difficult and wanted to take it step by step, he finally felt relieved.

Zhang Tie saw that Old Man Qiong was in a good mood, so he quickly took out the small sword and handed it to Old Man Qiong. He said attentively, "Master, you are knowledgeable. Have you ever seen this kind of magic weapon?"

Old Man Qiong took the small sword from Zhang Tie's hand, looked at it carefully for a while, and shook his head gently, "This is an ancient treasure, the material is good, but it's damaged."

Zhang Tie nodded and thought to himself that it was just as he expected. He was about to talk to Old Man Qiong about the spirit stone with the weapon spirit, but was suddenly interrupted by Old Man Qiong.

"You don't have a magic weapon now, right? This little sword is made of good material. I'll go find my senior sister and see if I can help you make a top-grade magic weapon. When you break through to the Jindan stage in the future, you can use it as your lifelong magic weapon."

Old Man Qiong said this and without waiting for Zhang Tie to answer, he turned into a bubble and disappeared.

“This…” Zhang Tie was touched. “The old man is so good to me! I will make sure he advances to the Nascent Soul stage no matter what!”

"Good boy, your master's love for you is not in vain!" The figure of old man Qiong suddenly appeared in front of Zhang Tie again, making Zhang Tie blush as he was talking to himself.

“But you don’t need to worry about whether your master can advance to the Nascent Soul stage. Just practice hard and spread the reputation of my invisible escape technique throughout the world of immortal cultivation. That will be enough to repay me!” Old Man Qiong patted Zhang Tie’s shoulder, shook his head and said.

“Master, just tell me about it. I’m a genius, maybe I can easily solve it for you.” Zhang Tie said shamelessly. He really wanted to help old man Qiong advance to the Nascent Soul stage. The method of prolonging life he had thought of before would certainly be useful, but if he knew where old man Qiong was stuck, the efficiency would definitely be much higher.

Seeing Zhang Tie's serious expression, Old Man Qiong smiled and said, "Okay, then I will tell you something. However, your cultivation is too low, and you won't understand even if I tell you too much. I will simply tell you two things. One is that I don't have enough talent, and there is no hope for me to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. The second is that I don't have enough lifespan. To solve these two problems, unless you have a magic medicine to make up for talent and lifespan, it will be difficult to do so."

Old Man Qiong sighed when he said this. He had known this many years ago. Although he has let it go now, he still feels a little sad when he talks about it.

“By the way, I will start the Blood Trial in two days. You should study the skills in the sect on your own recently.” As he said this, the figure of old man Qiong flashed and disappeared in front of Zhang Tie again.

“A pill to improve aptitude?” Zhang Tie frowned. “Does Tiannan have a pill to improve aptitude?” Zhang Tie fell into deep thought. “Forget it. I’ll practice first. I’ll find it eventually.”

Then, remembering what old man Qiong said, Zhang Tie sighed again, "The bloody trial, time passed so quickly." He just didn't know how Han Li was doing recently.

(End of this chapter)