At Yellow Maple Valley, all the disciples participating in the Blood Forbidden Trial had gathered in a plaza.
Among them, Han Li, skinny, dark, and utterly unremarkable, drew the most attention and was bathed in countless gazes.
"Is that Senior Brother Han Li? Why is he going to the forbidden land too?"
"Senior Brother Han has a Four-Element Spiritual Root. To achieve Foundation Establishment, he definitely has to seize every opportunity. If he breaks through successfully, he'll become Patriarch Qin's disciple!"
At the thought of becoming Patriarch Qin's disciple, let alone these Qi Refining disciples, even Core Formation cultivators wished they could take Han Li's place.
Over the past two years, many people had tried to curry favor with Han Li. Some Core Formation cultivators had even considered whether to devote themselves fully to helping Han Li achieve Foundation Establishment and thereby establish a connection with Qin Sheng.
However, fearing that they might overdo things and incur Patriarch Qin's displeasure, those Core Formation cultivators ultimately never acted on their thoughts.
After all, Han Li only had a Four-Element Spiritual Root. What if Patriarch Qin had never expected him to successfully achieve Foundation Establishment?
Yet there was no denying that Han Li had begun living under the spotlight.
At first, Two-Fool found it terribly difficult to adapt. He felt like some shadow creature that had lived in darkness all its life and had suddenly been exposed to the light, leaving him anxious and feeling that everything was wrong.
Why is this person greeting me out of nowhere? Is he plotting something?
He suddenly smiled at me. Does he want to harm me?
*Why is that female cultivator so enthusiastic toward me? She even praised my handsome appearance and invited me to her cave abode tonight to discuss the scriptures. Could she