After Han Li watched the cold, beautiful woman vanish on her flying sword, he immediately turned his palm over to examine the items in his hand.
A blue jade slip, a green jade slip, and a yellow token.
The green jade slip contained notes and methods for cultivating the medicinal herbs in the garden.
Since the herbs here were of a relatively common grade and there weren't many types, it would be quite easy for anyone with half a brain to get the hang of it.
The other blue jade slip contained the "Mystic Ice Technique" left by that woman named Mu.
This technique was certainly not some top-tier cultivation method; it couldn't even be considered second-rate. Its power was truly pitiful.
The only advantage was probably that it was easy to cultivate and its bottlenecks were relatively simple to break through.
All things considered, this woman didn't seem to have ill intentions.
As an Outer Affairs Disciple, his aptitude naturally wouldn't be very good in her eyes. That was probably why she specifically chose this simpler technique for him.
As for the final token, it was used to control a rudimentary protective formation outside this herb garden.
Naturally, he didn't take it very seriously.
After putting away the items, Han Li slowly walked into the three thatched huts, circled around inside, and then unhurriedly walked back out.
Standing before the huts, Han Li swept his gaze around, his eyes settling on the small rocky hill behind the herb garden. A faint smile appeared on his face.
He first slowly closed his eyes and released his powerful spiritual sense, enveloping the area for dozens of li around him. After confirming that no other cultivators were paying attention to this place, he didn't hesitate to wave both hands.
A series of clear humming sounds rang out. Over a dozen green, gleaming flying swords surged forth from his sleeves. Then, under his mental control, they shot towards the rocky hill.
The rocks were carved open by the swarm of flying swords as if they were tofu. In an instant, a deep cave was hollowed out.
Han Li then split his spiritual sense into a dozen threads, each controlling a flying sword to diligently carve out individual stone chambers.
These chambers varied in size and purpose. Han Li had long since become extremely proficient at this and didn't need to think carefully about it.
Several hours later, a brand new, small cave abode had silently appeared within the rocky hill.
Seeing the basic structure of the abode complete, Han Li showed a hint of satisfaction. He immediately took out several sets of formation flags and disks.
He flew back and forth around the small rocky hill for a while, busily laying down several high-level concealment formations.
Although these formations couldn't deceive the attentive eyes of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, a Foundation Establishment or Core Formation stage cultivator wouldn't notice anything amiss in a hurry.
For Han Li, this was temporarily sufficient.
After all, why would a high-level cultivator come to such a dilapidated herb garden without reason?
Besides, these arrangements were only temporary. Once he had thoroughly researched the method for setting up the Spirit-Constraining Formation, he would add another layer of it outside these formations.
By then, even a Nascent Soul stage cultivator wouldn't be able to detect anything unusual.
Once the formations were laid down, Han Li still had no intention of resting. He transplanted the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng to the small herb garden inside the cave abode and carefully placed powerful protective restrictions around it before feeling slightly more at ease.
To condense his Nascent Soul, this Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng absolutely could not be lost.
Next, Han Li placed the gold and silver Devouring Gold Beetles into the insect chamber.
As for the three-colored Devouring Gold Beetles, since he had no way to mature them using the Rainbow Garment Grass, Han Li could only keep them on his person.
Next door to the insect chamber, Han Li carved out a spirit beast room specifically prepared for the Cryhun Beast.
This beast had fallen into a deep slumber within the spirit beast pouch ever since devouring a large number of Yin Beast spirits at the Gale Mountain. Even Han Li himself had been unable to wake it.
This was vastly different from its previous episodes of drowsiness.
However, after a brief thought, Han Li could guess a few things. Because it had consumed too many spirits in succession, the Cryhun Beast was undergoing another advancement.
Regarding such matters, Han Li would naturally never refuse. Now that he had a place to settle down, he immediately arranged for the beast.
At the same time, he decided that while the beast was fast asleep, he would thoroughly refine the Resonance Soul Pearl still in its stomach.
As the beast's powers soared, Han Li was somewhat worried about losing control if the Cryhun Beast advanced again.
Back in the Yin Underworld, when the Cryhun Beast had transformed into a giant silver ape and greedily devoured Yin Beast spirits, there had been several signs of the Resonance Soul Pearl stirring restlessly in its stomach.
Although Han Li had maintained his composure in front of Zi Ling and the other woman, he had been secretly alarmed in his heart.
Now, he didn't dare to continue taking risks. It would be better to make the Resonance Soul Pearl his own.
As for what Yuan Yao had said back then, that refining the Resonance Soul Pearl would cause excruciating headaches, he believed that since his magical power and spiritual sense far surpassed hers, there should be no major issues.