Dugu Bo's speed was very fast. After they arrived at the detached courtyard, they only waited for about two hours before he reappeared in front of them.
The carriage started again, slowly heading towards Fanos Province.
Ten days later, Notting City.
An inconspicuous carriage entered the city and stopped in front of a hotel.
Several people wearing clothes that seemed to be from a Soul Master Academy of unknown origin got out of the carriage. The middle-aged man at the head seemed to be a teacher. After booking a few rooms, he led the students into the rooms.
This group was none other than Han Li and the others.
As soon as they entered the room, they unhesitatingly took off their inferior masks and breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, they only wore them for a little while, otherwise, it would have been really unacceptable.
"It's just going home, Xiao Li, do you have to be so cautious?"
Dugu Bo looked at Han Li with some incomprehension.
"It's just a few minutes. This city is too small. There's no need to make a big show of it."
"As for home, I'll take you there tonight. Please bear with it for the next two days."
Han Li looked at the others and casually explained.
"Is something wrong? Do you need our help?"
Shui Bing'er keenly noticed the meaning in his words. This trip seemed to need to be kept secret.
"No need, it's just a small matter. I can handle it myself. Next time, definitely next time." Han Li made a guarantee.
"Don't you need me to come along?" Dugu Bo interjected from the side.
"No, I can do it myself. It's best if you don't easily expose your aura either." Han Li looked at Dugu Bo with a serious expression.
"Another guidance of fate?"
Dugu Bo raised his eyebrows. He was already used to Han Li's special nature.
"Sort of, but this time it's a little different. I think the name 'gift of nature' is more appropriate."
The corners of Han Li's mouth curved slightly, and his eyes showed an obvious smile.
"Gift of nature?"
The others glanced at him and secretly speculated in their hearts what good thing it was this time.
"Alright, you'll naturally know later. It's a big surprise."
Han Li smiled and deliberately kept it a secret. He didn't have the habit of setting a flag for himself before taking action.
After eating something simple, they all returned to their rooms to wait for the night to come.
Notting City under the night quickly fell into silence. This was a unique characteristic of a small border town.
Without anyone noticing, they quietly left the hotel. The receptionist at the front desk was dozing off.
"Why does it feel like we're not going home, but more like we're being thieves?"
Dugu Bo uncomfortably tugged at the robe on his body, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.
He hadn't even done this when he went to exterminate families in his youth.
"Grandfather, what are you saying? Isn't this also very good? It's a novel experience."
Du Gu Yan pouted and looked at her Grandfather beside her, dissatisfied that he was ruining her mood.
"Grandfather misspoke. It does feel alright."
Seeing his Granddaughter angry, Dugu Bo's attitude immediately changed drastically, and he made a 180° turn.
The others all happily looked at the Grandfather and Granddaughter, this could be considered a regular program.
"Let's go, Xiao Li, which direction is your home?"
Du Gu Yan stood at the intersection and looked around, only to realize that she didn't know how to get there. Last time she only went to the City Lord Manor once.
"Let's go, follow me."
Looking at the familiar streets before him, unchanged, Han Li took Xiu'er's hand and started walking forward.
Along the way, he quietly introduced to the others his and Xiu'er's childhood life here, and what they had done in various places.
Listening to his introduction, Xiu'er's previously low mood recovered, and she occasionally chimed in to add things that Han Li had missed.
Two days ago, they had already returned to the village where Xiu'er had lived.
Because it had long been deserted, the village was overgrown with Blue Silver Grass everywhere, looking no different from the wilderness. Only the houses that had not been completely destroyed proved that people had once lived here.
Xiu'er stared blankly at the village where she had lived, quietly walked around the house whose courtyard walls had already collapsed, and finally cried hysterically.
After seven years away from home, she had finally returned here to face the fear and nightmares of that time.
She was no longer afraid, but her loved ones could not return.
Han Li simply watched Xiu'er cry. His parents in this life had also died here. None of them said anything about condolences; such words were meaningless except to tear open someone's wounds again.
"Xiao Li, Fallen Soul Masters, I won't let a single one go."
After crying, this was the first thing Xiu'er said to Han Li, and it was also the second choice she had made on her own since birth, the first being to take care of Han Li.
"Okay, I'll take you to kill people."
Han Li replied with a smile, gently hugging her. Notting City was not large to begin with, and even though they listened to Han Li's stories along the way and stopped from time to time,
Ten minutes later, they stopped in front of a small house.
They wandered around the house for nearly an hour, listening to Han Li and Xiu'er constantly talking about things that had happened in their childhood, and the others listened with great interest.
Han Li and Xiu'er were also very content. It was just a simple residence, mostly influenced by emotions.
Afterwards, they returned to the hotel and fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning, after breakfast, Han Li greeted the others and left alone.
Outside the city, Han Li, guided by his internal navigation, restrained the azure light on his wings and quickly soared through the unnoticed sky.
The direction he was heading was Holy Soul Village.
In the high sky, he merely glanced at Holy Soul Village below and continued to fly without hesitation into the depths of the surrounding mountains.
He had no interest in checking in.
Under the surveillance of the Good Son, Tang Hao and his son, Xiao Wu, had already left.
Walking to Soto City was their choice.
Tang San, now without Soul Master subsidies, was much poorer than in the original story. He hadn't chosen a carriage back then, and even less so now.
This time was planned in advance by Han Li and would be adjusted in real-time according to the situation, so there would naturally be no conflict.
With almost no deviation, Han Li stopped in front of a small waterfall.
As his figure flew straight towards the waterfall, the waterfall automatically condensed into a glacier as he approached, leaving a door in the middle for people to pass through.
The moment he passed through, Han Li retracted the wings behind him and firmly stepped onto the slightly damp ground, leaving no footprints.
He leisurely surveyed the situation of this hidden cave. It was a bit damp, but it was okay, since it was behind a waterfall, moisture was inevitable.
An opening like a skylight was above the cave, with sunlight shining in, making the entire cave not appear dark, but rather very suitable.
Where the sunlight shone, a Blue Silver Grass with golden patterns on its leaves was swaying slightly in the wind on a pile of soil. Everything was normal.
Moreover, Han Li had observed that the cave was very clean, as if it had been cleaned recently.
"It seems that Tang Hao isn't as bad as I thought, just simply stupid."
Han Li shook his head and said softly.
"Is she still conscious?"
Han Li tried to scan the Blue Silver Grass with his Spiritual Power, but found nothing.
"Yes, but you could also say no. The Blue Silver Emperor's consciousness is still dormant, and the soul is not only incomplete. Right now, there are almost only instinctive reactions, and it's no different from a hundred-year-old Blue Silver Grass."
The plane consciousness provided immediate feedback.
"Well, forget it then. I was hoping to have a little chat, but it doesn't matter. All I need is her main body and the Soul Bone."
Han Li stepped forward and, along with the mound of earth below, stored it in his Wristband.
Then, he turned again, extended his right hand, and used his Soul Power to draw a lead box from a hidden spot in the cave.
Clatter. The box opened, and a piece of blue-gold Soul Bone radiating a rich life aura appeared before his eyes.
"The quality, appearance, completeness, and attributes are all excellent. As expected of someone who consciously left it behind during the sacrifice."
Han Li commented, looked it over, casually tossed the lead box on the ground, and then put away the Soul Bone.
Afterward, he surveyed the cave and released several Soul Beasts that were still unconscious in suitable locations.
"Hopefully, the Wind Baboons will be alright."
Leaving those words behind, Han Li walked out of the cave without looking back.
The waterfall behind him unfroze the moment he ascended, and a large amount of water splashed, becoming slightly more turbulent than before.
"Let them destroy it thoroughly, and don't cause trouble for the nearby villagers."
After instructing the Plane Consciousness again, Han Li flew directly toward Notting City.
...
Meanwhile, Tang Hao and Tang San, who were on their way to Soto City, both stopped in their tracks the moment the Blue Silver Emperor was taken by Han Li. Their hearts tightened suddenly, and they felt a sense of loss, as if they had lost something important.
After a long period of blankness, they found nothing and could only attribute it to being too tired from traveling.
...
In the God Realm Central, the members of the God Realm Committee were watching the scene before them, each with different expressions.
Asura remained silent, with no emotion on his face.
In their observation, Han Li's actions had directly caused the luck of Tang San and his father to dissipate by nearly 20%.
Tang San's luck had now fallen below that of the little girl who might inherit the Angel Inheritance.
As for Han Li himself, they couldn't see him clearly due to the interference of the Plane Consciousness, but he was definitely no lower than Qian Renxue.
"Asura, if I'm not mistaken, he should be going to your Land of Inheritance next. I'll accompany you to supervise him."
"I know you also want to find a successor, but it's better to have none than a bad one. You must be strict and not let him off easily."
Destruction suddenly spoke seriously, looking at Asura beside him.
The other members of the God Realm Committee exchanged glances but chose to remain on the sidelines.
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