Chapter Twenty-Three Guinea Pig

  Perhaps it was the blessing of the lucky god. Suddenly, a ray of spiritual light flashed across Han Li's head.

  He rushed quickly to the bag that was thrown far away, ran a few steps and picked it up, opened the mouth of the leather bag with three or two moves, and grabbed the safe symbol given by his parents from inside.

  As soon as his palm touched the peace symbol, a refreshing feeling that penetrated into his heart and soul came from his palm. Han Li's disturbed mind immediately calmed down, and the original depression and discomfort disappeared without a trace. The various abnormal phenomena in his body also automatically dissipated, and everything seemed to have returned to normal.

  Now, Han Li no longer paid attention to all the changes happening on his body. He gently held the Peace Token with one palm and brought it under his eyelid. With his remaining hand, he slowly and softly stroked it, focusing his entire being on gazing at it.

  After a long time, Han Li finally let out a sigh and stopped his gentle stroking motion, shifting his gaze away from the peaceful symbol.

  Han Li did not know that the trouble that nearly cost him his life was not "walking fire into magic", but the invasion of the heart demon by the cultivator. If he had not seen the opportunity early and borrowed external objects to drive away the heart demon, he would have been invaded by the heart demon soon after, controlled and trapped in an illusion, manipulating his body to dance wildly until death. Of course, all this was only known to him later when he embarked on the path of cultivation.

  Han Li examined himself from head to toe and found that everything was fine. What surprised him, however, was that his powers had actually increased significantly. Although he still hadn't broken through the third layer to reach the fourth layer, he had reached the peak of the third layer, and it wasn't far off from reaching the fourth layer.

  Han Li's face revealed a hint of a smile due to this sudden and unexpected surprise, but he quickly suppressed the excitement in his heart. He was afraid that if he lost control of his emotions again, he would have another dangerous experience like before, and he didn't have the confidence to pass through it safely once more. He held onto the leather pouch containing the Peaceful Spirit Symbol, preparing to put the symbol that had just rendered great merit back into the pouch and store it properly.

  "Huh!" Han Li unexpectedly found an item in his bag that he had forgotten for a long time, a collection that had been placed there for several years - that mysterious small bottle.

  This little bottle thing had long been forgotten by Han Li, if he hadn't seen it again now, he still wouldn't have thought of this matter.

  Now, Han Li was vastly different from four years ago in terms of his knowledge and insight. He had greatly broadened his horizons by reading through the various ancient tomes in the House of the Scripture Master, and his mind had become much sharper due to his cultivation of the incantations. At this point in time, he could easily judge that this small bottle was definitely one of the rare and extraordinary objects in the world, possessing an unusual function.

  What he needs to do now is to thoroughly explore the value of this bottle, see if it's useful for himself, and not let it waste its mysterious effect by staying in the bag unnoticed.

  Han Li took out a small bottle and did not hastily open it, but instead re-examined it with the eyes of four years later to see if there was anything he had missed before.

  But unfortunately, after he carefully observed it back and forth several times, there was no new discovery.

  Han Li no longer wasted his time in vain, he carefully opened the bottle cap, and the emerald green ** still quietly stayed at the bottom of the bottle, which was not much different from four years ago.

  Han Li was well aware that all the secrets of the bottle might be contained in this small green liquid, and this drop of green liquid must have some special effects that he had not yet discovered. In order to clarify the secret of this thing, it seemed that he had to find some small animals to do some cruel live experiments.

  It was nighttime, and it was very dark outside, making it really inconvenient to go out and look for living things. Moreover, after the turmoil of the afternoon and the first half of the night, Han Li felt extremely tired. Besides, even if he could find some, under the dim light at night, if he couldn't see clearly the specific changes in the experiment, wouldn't it all be for nothing?

  After the above careful consideration, Han Li decided to go to sleep for a while, have a good rest tonight. After recharging his energy tonight, it's not too late to do the experiment tomorrow. Maybe there will be a big surprise waiting for him after tonight, he hoped so before falling asleep.

  The next morning, Han Li got up and washed up. He went to the large kitchen outside the valley to have a simple breakfast. In the past, when Mo Daifu was on the mountain, he would instruct the kitchen staff to personally deliver meals to Shengshou Valley. As Han Li had stuck with Mo Daifu's light, he didn't need to go out of the valley for meals, and the kitchen staff also sent his food over together. Now that Mo Daifu was no longer in Qixuanmen, it was natural that the kitchen staff would not deliver meals to his door again. This made Han Li feel a pang of emotion at the selfishness of those in charge of the kitchen, sighing at the convenience of power.

  After finishing breakfast, Han Li did not leave the kitchen immediately. Instead, he found the person in charge of the kitchen and spent a few pieces of silver to exchange for two lively gray-haired wild rabbits, which he brought back to Shen Shou Valley.

  Back in the valley, Han Li tied the wild rabbit with a rope in a relatively wide area of the medicine garden, letting it bask in the sun.

  When the wild rabbit was parched and listless, with a dry mouth and tongue, it went to find a large white porcelain bowl, carefully poured the green liquid from the bottle into the bowl, and mixed in some ordinary clear water.

  These pea-sized green liquids easily dissolved into the clear water, turning the entire bowl of water a pale green color. This pale green color made people look at it and involuntarily feel a deep coolness rising from the bottom of their hearts to their forehead.

  Han Li picked up the bowl of diluted water and brought it to the thirsty rabbits, placing the bowl beside them.

  The rabbits, who had been parched for a long time, rushed over and surrounded the ceramic bowl, drinking the water in big gulps. Han Li didn't want them to drink too much at once, so when about half of the water was gone, he took the bowl away from the rabbits again.

  Then hold a ceramic bowl and stand aside, patiently waiting for the rabbit's reaction, to see if there are any interesting changes.

  Time passed quickly, just like the burning of an incense stick. The rabbits started to jump up and down anxiously, their movements becoming more and more agitated and violent. Then, astonishing changes began to appear on their bodies. Under their fur, egg-sized lumps started to bulge out, growing more and more numerous until they covered their entire bodies. These lumps eventually merged into a single piece, making the rabbits' bodies look as if they had suddenly grown a size larger, which was quite comical compared to their small heads.

  The plump body of the rabbit only lasted for a short while, and then slowly swelled up bit by bit. As time passed, the swelling speed also became faster, as if some kind of gas was constantly being injected into their bodies, making them bigger and more swollen. In the end, their bodies were like two big watermelons, puffed up into two round spheres.

  Looking at the rabbits in front of him with their unusually strange bodies, Han Li was somewhat shocked.

  Everything that happened before his eyes was far beyond his expectation. If it were said that this unknown thing was a kind of deadly poison or an elixir that could increase one's power, it would be nothing and all within his imagination. But he never thought that such a terrifying scene would appear in front of him, the rabbit's body had become so terrifying as if someone had blown it up.