Chapter 28: Ink Return Valley

  Han Li had not originally planned to prepare the last two medicines, which were unrelated to his cultivation. However, after careful consideration, he felt that he was, after all, a half-member of the Jianghu community. Who knew when he would encounter some kind of disaster or calamity? Would he be drawn into the fighting and killing in the Jianghu world? It was better to prepare some detoxifying and wound-healing medicines in advance. If he were poisoned or injured and died due to lack of good medicine, wouldn't that be too unjust?

  After thinking about it, Han Li still prepared a small amount of the last two medicines and brought them with him in case of an emergency. After all, everyone's life was only one, and Han Li didn't want to die young.

  Although this will affect the quantity of the other two elixirs, making the cultivation progress slower, it is also an inevitable thing. After all, there can't be so many perfect things in the world, and sometimes people have to make some choices.

  Han Li started taking the "Huang Long Dan" and "Jin Gui Wan" on the same day he finished preparing the medicine, following the instructions on the formula. These two medicines truly lived up to their reputation as sacred medicines, and under their incredibly powerful medicinal effects, without any effort at all, he broke through the bottleneck that very night and successfully cultivated the fourth layer of the Oral Decision.

  As soon as he reached the fourth floor, Han Li immediately felt a completely different sensation from before. His five senses were suddenly elevated to an unimaginable realm. Everything in his eyes became incredibly bright and clear, and things that he couldn't see before were magnified and visible in detail. Even the thin spider silk at the corner of the room was clearly visible. His hearing also became extremely sensitive, and countless sounds that he had heard before or hadn't heard before flooded into his ears. For example, the sound of an earthworm burrowing ten feet away, or the buzzing of an unknown insect flying in front of the house, sounded as if they were right next to his ear, so clear and realistic. In addition, some strange smells that suddenly appeared also made Han Li realize that his sense of smell was also greatly different from before.

  Han Li was both surprised and delighted, this being the first time he felt that the time he spent practicing this incantation had not been wasted, such an extraordinary feeling indicating that this incantation was not useless after all, but rather had its own unique value.

  Before that, the several layers of cultivation had also made his five senses have a certain improvement, but none of them changed as obviously and greatly as the fourth layer, this is simply a qualitative leap, just like completely changing into another person.

  Apart from this, he also felt that his body was much lighter than before, and there was a significant improvement in his spirit. Now, even if Han Li didn't sleep for three to five days, it wouldn't be a big problem.

  Han Li savored the completely different sensation in his body. He stood still, yet he could clearly sense everything that happened within dozens of meters, and this feeling of being able to control everything was extremely intoxicating for Han Li.

  Now he finally understands that it's only when he reaches the fourth level of this oral formula that he can truly be considered to have made some small progress.

  He couldn't help but think that the fourth layer had such an unforgettable taste! What kind of wonderful feeling would practicing the fifth and sixth layers bring?!

  Just as Han Li had just grasped the subtleties of his cultivation technique, his nominal master, Mo Daifu, returned to the mountain valley. He not only came back himself but also brought with him a mysterious figure.

  Han Li had already heard the familiar coughing sound from afar as Mo Daifu entered the Divine Hand Valley. He was currently meditating in his stone chamber, striving to make a breakthrough as soon as possible. Upon sensing Mo Daifu's presence, he hastily withdrew his aura and walked out of the stone chamber, heading towards the valley entrance to pay respects to his master, whom he hadn't seen for almost a year. As a result, he met Mo Daifu not far from the valley entrance.

  As soon as he saw Mo Dafu, Han Li was shocked. The person was still the same, but what entered his eyes was a face with a gloomy and lifeless complexion, without any vitality. Although he had been pale and sickly before, it wasn't as bad as now, when his complexion was at its worst, looking like he was on his last breath.

  What was even more astonishing to Han Li was that behind him, there was a mysterious figure wearing a black hooded cloak, with a large green robe covering his entire body, not revealing any skin. This person was exceptionally tall and majestic, at least two heads taller than Han Li, with an enormous physique like a giant spirit. However, due to the hood, Han Li couldn't see the person's face clearly from the outside, but he vaguely felt that the person's appearance must be ferocious and terrifyingly ugly.

  Han Li suppressed the doubts in his mind and hastily stepped forward to pay his respects to Mo Daifu, then stood respectfully beside him, waiting for Mo Daifu's questions.

  He was well aware that the other party didn't care about his courtesy and respect as a disciple, but for him as a disciple, he still had to fulfill the necessary etiquette between master and disciple, and couldn't abandon it arbitrarily, giving the other party a sense of his own arrogance, which would only put himself in an even more disadvantageous environment.

  According to Han Li's understanding of Mo Daifu, judging from his usual attention to his own mouth formula cultivation, it has been a long time since they last met, and he will probably ask about the situation with his mouth formula as soon as he sees him, in order to determine how much progress Han Li has made.

  As expected, Mo Dafu saw Han Li proactively coming out from the valley and was slightly stunned. He coughed twice before weakly opening his mouth to ask:

  "How's your mantra practice going? Has there been any slight progress?" Anxiety and anticipation immediately appeared on his face.

  Han Li had already made mental preparations and gave the answer he had prepared in advance.

  "It's still the same as before, nothing has changed much." Han Li didn't plan to tell his opponent about his true cultivation situation, because he couldn't explain how he had suddenly made a miraculous leap from the third layer initial stage to the fourth layer without any external help.

  "Put out your hand." Mu Daifu's expression turned gloomy and his tone became harsh.

  Han Li carefully noticed Mo Daifu's expression and suddenly felt a slight unease in his heart.

  However, he was not afraid of the other party personally taking his pulse to check his true energy condition. Because after entering the fourth layer, Han Li unexpectedly discovered that he could freely manipulate the strength and weakness of the strange true energy in his body, and he could completely control the true energy to be at the intensity of the third layer, so he didn't need to be afraid of Doctor Mo's personal examination.