Han Li remained standing on the spot for a moment in silence, and Daoist Xie didn't say anything, either, merely hovering in front of him.

All of a sudden, a thought seemed to have occurred to him, and he flipped a hand over to produce an azure tiger mask.

He looked at the mask in his hand for a moment with a contemplative look on his face, then stowed it away again.

Immediately thereafter, he stowed Daoist Xie away as well before flying away into the distance as a streak of azure light.

Several days later.

Han Li appeared in the sky above his cave abode, and after sweeping his spiritual sense briefly over the area, he heaved an internal sigh of relief.

None of the restrictions around the island appeared to have been touched at all, and the entrance of the cave abode was also tightly sealed. It seemed that no one had been here since he last left.

He swooped down and vanished into the restrictions in a flash, quickly entering the cave abode.

After briefly visiting all of the areas in the cave abode, he made his way into his secret chamber.

Once there, he swept a sleeve through the air, and a yellow light barrier emerged to encompass the entire secret chamber.

Only then did Han Li put...