Seeing these Flying Sickle Blood Mantises, Li Yan finally understood. 'So the river of blood has a nourishing effect on the Flying Sickle Blood Mantises. The three with tattered bodies here should be the ones that were released to fight Zhuo Lingfeng's Black-Armor Demondogs earlier. Adding the ones with complete bodies, there are a total of eight Flying Sickle Blood Mantises. The aura on most of them is at the peak of a first-tier demonic beast, but one of them has actually reached the early stage of a second-tier demonic beast, which is equivalent to the powerful existence of an early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. Its aura fluctuation is also similar to He Manhua's Azure Skywolf. It seems this was Bloodhand Flying Sickle's backup plan. He didn't release this second-tier demonic beast soul's Flying Sickle Blood Mantis. Now it seems I've benefited.' Gazing at the Flying Sickle Blood Mantises that were constantly hissing at him in the river of blood, especially the one that was already at the early stage of the second tier, which was staring intently at the space where Li Yan's Divine Sense was with a pair of cold eyes.
Li Yan, however, smiled inwardly and withdrew his Divine Sense. 'It seems I need to find an opportunity to refine this folding fan, otherwise I won't be able to control those Flying Sickle Blood Mantises at all.' The Flying Sickle Blood Mantises' hostility towards him was now very obvious. Li Yan was very satisfied with this folding fan. It was a rare magical treasure that integrated both offense and defense. No wonder Bloodhand Flying Sickle, with his late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, could withstand Zhuo Lingfeng's attack head-on. Although this was under the condition that Zhuo Lingfeng also had to divide his attention to deal with two other Foundation Establishment cultivators, he also hadn't used his full strength. This magical treasure should have been a great help to him.
'Even as a core figure of a second-rate sect, this Bloodhand Flying Sickle, as a vice sect master, only has one elementary magical treasure,' Li Yan thought.
Then Li Yan turned his gaze to the other two piles of things. There were also more than a dozen bottles and jars there. But next, Li Yan's luck was not so good. Among the dozen or so porcelain vials of the He brothers, a small half contained cultivation pills. It was just that the aura contained in these pills was very tyrannical, clearly the work of a demonic cultivator. There were also a few vials of poison pills, poison, and healing items. These were also the three kinds of pills that cultivators often carried. Their healing pills were similar to Bloodhand Flying Sickle's, considered to be second-rank elementary pills. Such pills were already very good for a second-rate sect, but compared to the healing pills on Li Yan, their effects were much worse. However, they were sufficient for dealing with ordinary injuries. Li Yan gladly accepted them.
Among these porcelain vials, there were three small ones. After Li Yan inspected them, a strange expression appeared on his face. He had never expected the He brothers to be such womanizers, carrying so many aphrodisiac pills with them. This was the first time Li Yan had actually come into contact with them outside of ancient texts. He had just smelled a little of the aura emitted by the pills, and he already felt the blood qi in his body become uncontrollably restless, and even his usually calm breathing had become somewhat disordered. Li Yan immediately burned them with a fire without any hesitation. With a flick of his large sleeve, he blew all the smoke from the burning out the window. Then he sat cross-legged for a long time before he finally calmed down.
"This kind of pill really can't be touched!" When Li Yan opened his eyes, they were clear.
Looking at the last remaining things, Li Yan still put the spirit treasures, spirit artifacts, and a pile of miscellaneous things to one side. There was still a green abacus and a scarred wolf-tooth club on the ground. Li Yan's Divine Sense swept over these two things. He had seen the green abacus and the wolf-tooth club before. At this moment, they were lying on the ground, emitting waves of demonic qi. If he wanted to use them, he would have to remove the demonic qi on them first. But in that case, the power of these two magical treasures would be greatly reduced, especially that wolf-tooth club, which was already half-crippled. Li Yan had no intention of finding someone to re-refine it.
"Both the pills and the magical treasures have too much demonic qi. It seems I can only take them and some other things to the trading city to sell for some spirit stones." Li Yan couldn't help but shake his head. The He brothers' things were not suitable for him at all. Fortunately, the more than fifty thousand spirit stones from before were a considerable gain.
As for those spirit artifacts and spirit treasures, after Li Yan's Divine Sense swept over them again, they were, as he had expected, just ordinary refined artifacts. At this point, Li Yan was planning to put these things away for the time being. But just as he raised his arm, he couldn't help but pause. Because in the pile of miscellaneous items of the He brothers, a piece of brocade handkerchief caught his eye. This handkerchief was as white as jade, with a red maple leaf embroidered on it. It looked very much like something from a young lady's boudoir. Li Yan had seen it before, but because he had thought of those aphrodisiac pills, he had thought it was the brothers' bad taste and had not taken it seriously. But at this moment, because of its pure white color, it was very eye-catching in that pile of things, so he couldn't help but scan it with his Divine Sense again. But this time, Li Yan let out a "huh." Because this handkerchief was not an ordinary object. It had a very faint trace of spiritual energy. The reason why Li Yan was surprised was because it did not emit any demonic qi, which made it so different in the He brothers' pile of cultivation items. And the white handkerchief actually had a hint of sanctity.
Li Yan's eyes were full of doubt. He couldn't help but scan it with his Divine Sense again. And this time, he strengthened the intensity of his Divine Sense. The next moment, Li Yan couldn't help but be shocked. Because in his Divine Sense, this handkerchief had become somewhat illusory. It was clearly there, but it seemed extremely unreal, which was completely different from its appearance. This made Li Yan feel very curious. So he reached out his hand and beckoned, and the handkerchief flew lightly into his hand. The moment it landed in his hand, it was as smooth as silk, and a refreshing feeling entered his body directly from his palm, calming Li Yan's mind a little.
Li Yan carefully examined the handkerchief in his hand for a while. A great black spiritual light suddenly surged from his hand and instantly poured into the handkerchief. The moment his spiritual energy entered the handkerchief, the handkerchief immediately grew larger, reaching the size of a washbasin in the blink of an eye. But no matter how much spiritual energy Li Yan poured into it, it did not grow any larger. Instead, the more spiritual energy was poured in, the more transparent and illusory its body would become, as if it would disappear into the air at any moment.
Seeing this, Li Yan did not continue to pour in spiritual energy. Instead, he pointed at the handkerchief with his finger. The handkerchief flew directly towards the half-crippled wolf-tooth club on the ground. Finally, it landed on the wolf-tooth club as lightly as a feather. But then, nothing happened. It did not produce the imagined hidden effect, nor did the spiritual energy from the two magical treasures clash. In Li Yan's Divine Sense, the wolf-tooth club was still lying on the ground, and the handkerchief was quietly covering a part of its handle, everything as before.
Li Yan squinted. He flicked his finger from a distance, and the handkerchief flew to a spirit artifact next to it. After the spirit artifact came into contact with the handkerchief, the two still remained in peace.
Seeing this situation, Li Yan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He thought to himself, 'It has no attack power against both magical treasures and spirit artifacts. Seeing its illusory appearance at the beginning, I thought it was a magical treasure that could hide and conceal things, but it can't conceal anything either.' While thinking, Li Yan once again took the handkerchief back into his hand from the spirit artifact.
Next, he began to try all kinds of immortal arts he knew that could drive magical treasures. Time passed bit by bit. After nearly an hour, Li Yan looked helplessly at the jade-white handkerchief in his hand.
He had just tried all the artifact-driving techniques he knew, but this handkerchief, apart from growing to the size of a washbasin when spiritual energy was poured into it, had no other function. Li Yan then also sent his Divine Sense into the handkerchief, but only saw threads that were like the ones used to weave the handkerchief. These threads were messy and disordered, but each one shone with a crystal-clear luster. Li Yan looked at it for a long time, and even his Divine Sense became dizzy.
Although he hadn't found any useful clues, the more it was like this, the more Li Yan felt that this handkerchief was somewhat extraordinary. He couldn't help but rack his brains.
"A demonic cultivator actually kept such a girlish item. And the threads inside the handkerchief seem to have some kind of pattern. These seem to be..." After a long time, a flash of lightning suddenly crossed Li Yan's mind. He couldn't help but be shocked. He suddenly remembered the dizzy feeling he had when he was observing those threads earlier. He had always had a feeling of déjà vu. He had thought about it for a long time, and suddenly remembered the time when the He brothers and Huchen Wuding were on guard against each other at the Xuanqing Temple's teleportation formation. During that time, Li Yan himself had been staring at the ancient runes flowing in the white light of the teleportation formation. But when he stared at it for a little longer, he would get this dizzy feeling.
The effect of the ancient runes in the white light and the white threads in the handkerchief on his Divine Sense was surprisingly similar. In the past, Li Yan had always teleported and left as soon as he arrived. He had never observed it as carefully as he had at the Xuanqing Temple.
"Could it be that this handkerchief also has an effect similar to a formation flag, and is a set of formation equipment?" Thinking of this, Li Yan's heart couldn't help but burn with excitement. 'It would be great if it was a set of defensive formations,' Li Yan thought excitedly. Of course, he didn't expect this handkerchief to be a small, non-directional teleportation formation. That kind of thing, even a Nascent Soul ancestor would directly snatch it if they knew about it.
Li Yan directly raised his hand, and this handkerchief fell directly to the ground. Li Yan then once again urged his spiritual energy to strike it, and then he used the hand seal to activate the formation and struck the handkerchief. Just as Li Yan was looking over with hope, he saw that the handkerchief was exactly the same as it had been for the past hour. How could there be any reaction?
"Am I wrong?" Li Yan stared blankly at the handkerchief. Then he sent out a series of different formation hand seals. A dozen or so breaths later, Li Yan looked helplessly at the motionless handkerchief on the ground.
"Forget it. It seems I can only study it later." Li Yan was already at his wit's end with this item. Just as he was about to put it away, his eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of the formation flag in the corner of the wall. It was from the small defensive formation he had set up himself.
"Does this item need to be used with a formation flag to be activated?" Thinking of this, Li Yan casually pointed, and the handkerchief flew directly towards the formation flag in the corner. If this idea didn't work, he had no new ideas. He could only give up for now.
But the moment the handkerchief entered the range covered by the formation flag, Li Yan's originally very casual expression suddenly froze. His Divine Sense hurriedly swept towards that place. But what happened next left him dumbfounded. No matter how he scanned with his Divine Sense, he could clearly see the handkerchief with his eyes, but the handkerchief in his Divine Sense had strangely disappeared. And at the position where the handkerchief was, the originally intact defensive formation instantly had a large hole, allowing Li Yan's Divine Sense to enter and exit freely, without any obstruction.
If this bizarre situation hadn't happened right under Li Yan's nose, he wouldn't have believed it no matter what. But in the next moment, Li Yan's heart couldn't help but beat like a war drum. A look of pleasant surprise appeared on his face. Li Yan stepped down from the bed in one step. First, he flicked his sleeve and put away all the other things on the ground. Then he grabbed the handkerchief, and in the next moment, he disappeared from the room without a trace.
An hour later, Li Yan reappeared in his room. At this moment, the joy on Li Yan's face could not be concealed. He had obtained a treasure this time. Even if he hadn't gotten the fifty thousand spirit stones and the folding fan, he wouldn't have felt any regret at all.