Chapter 1256. Unfettered Across the Human World: The Power of the Five Elements

When Ling Yuling's expression returned to normal, the woman walked gracefully through the jade gate.

Han Li naturally followed at an easy pace.

Behind the gate was a cave of staggering size — nearly a thousand zhang across, with the cavern itself rising over a hundred zhang high. Its four walls were composed of an unknown greenish stone, studded with moonlight stones that glowed with a soft, milky luminescence.

But none of this captured Han Li's attention in the slightest. His gaze was fixed entirely on a "small mountain" situated right in the center.

Though called a small mountain, it was more accurately an enormously oversized boulder. The stone stood fifty or sixty zhang tall, tapering to a point at the top while broadening at the base — from a distance, it truly resembled a miniature peak scaled down several times over.

The mountain was dark and unassuming, utterly unremarkable to the eye. It was hard to associate it with the legendary Yuan Magnetic Mountain — it looked more like nothing more than a massive chunk of iron ore.

"This is the Yuan Magnetic Mountain?"

Han Li stopped just inside the jade gate, narrowing his eyes as he scrutinized the "small mountain."

"That's right! This mountain was originally gray-white, but after my parents refined a small portion of it, it somehow took on this appearance." Ling Yuling had only taken a few more steps forward before she too stopped in her tracks.

Han Li stood in place, studying it carefully for quite a while, before stepping past Ling Yuling and making his way slowly toward the mountain.

And Ling Yuling, sensing the moment, remained where she was.

With each step closer, Han Li could feel the power of the Five Elements emanating from the mountain growing noticeably stronger, setting the spiritual energy within his body stirring restlessly once more.

However, with Han Li having come prepared, this level of Five Elements power posed no real threat to him. He cycled his magical incantations several times and was perfectly fine.

In the blink of an eye, he had arrived before the dark little mountain.

Han Li clasped his hands behind his back and circled the mountain at a slow pace. In his narrowed eyes, a faint blue light flickered ceaselessly, as though he intended to see through the Yuan Magnetic Mountain inside and out.

The Clear Spirit Eyes, which had always been remarkably effective, disappointed Han Li this time.

He channeled all the magical power in his body into his eyes, but all he could see was an impenetrable darkness. He couldn't penetrate the mountain's interior in the slightest, let alone study its structure.

As for using his spiritual sense to scan it — that was even more useless. Before his spiritual sense could even approach the mountain, it was forcibly distorted and deflected by the Five Elements power.

Han Li slowed his pace, his face taking on a contemplative expression. After a moment's thought, he suddenly stepped forward a few paces and placed a single hand against the dark surface of the mountain.

To his surprise, the surface beneath his fingertips was warm and cool like jade — a stark contrast to its outward appearance.

A flicker of surprise crossed Han Li's face!

"What's wrong? Surely Brother Han doesn't think it's a fake?" Ling Yuling spoke up from behind with a smile.

"Heh. Anything in this world capable of disrupting a Nascent Soul cultivator's spiritual power — even if it weren't truly the legendary Yuan Magnetic Mountain, it would still be a treasure no less valuable. What would be the point of faking it?" Han Li withdrew his hand and smiled faintly.

"If Brother Han can see it that way, then I'm relieved. But if you truly intend to cultivate the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light, I wonder how you plan to deal with this mountain? The Yuan Magnetic Mountain can only be moved by someone who has cultivated the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light — otherwise, moving it on one's own would be impossibly slow. If you wish to carry it away, then no matter how profound your Magical Power may be, you wouldn't be able to travel far with it. Back then, my father had already cultivated the first several layers of the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light, and only with the assistance of disciples from the Palace was he able to transport this mountain from the outer seas back to the Star Palace — and even that took over ten years. Why doesn't Brother Han cultivate this technique at our Star Palace for a few years first? Master the first two layers, and then consider the matter of moving the mountain." Ling Yuling's bright eyes glimmered for a moment before she suddenly spoke up with this suggestion.

"From what Fellow Daoist Yuling is saying, it seems impossible to take the mountain away without first cultivating the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light. Is it really that troublesome?" Han Li replied with a noncommittal expression.

"Oh my, I wouldn't dare say that for certain. Brother Han's abilities are already no less impressive than my father's — perhaps you have some other secret technique that could move the mountain away. Otherwise, you really would need to think it over carefully." Ling Yuling smiled sweetly, careful not to speak too definitively.

"Let me try first, and we'll see!" After a moment's deliberation, Han Li spoke slowly. Then he formed hand seals with both hands and launched a streak of green magical energy at the dark little mountain before him.

The green light flashed, and just as the incantation was about to penetrate the mountain, it detonated with a muffled "bang" a foot from the surface — distorting violently before exploding into specks of green light that vanished without a trace.

Han Li furrowed his brow. His ten fingers moved with blinding speed, and magical incantations of various colors shot forth one after another in rapid succession.