"Hmph! What nonsense. There's nothing wrong with this woman. She and I do share some connection, after all. But it would be best to quietly erase certain memories of today's encounter. Otherwise, if word were to leak out unintentionally, not only would I face trouble—she herself would be courting a death sentence." After a cold snort, Han Li spoke in an irritated tone.
Without another word, a flash of green energy flickered across his face. He pressed his open palm—five fingers spread wide—upon the woman's head and began performing a secret technique recorded in the Profound Yin Scripture: the Dream Induction Technique. It would seal and alter related memories, making the woman believe she had merely encountered a generous senior cultivator today, who had mercifully bestowed upon her a Foundation Establishment Pill and some medicinal pills. Every memory connected to Han Li was completely sealed away.
This secret art for altering another's spiritual sense was naturally far beyond the likes of the Soul Control Technique, or the old Carefree Needle and Dust Forgetting Pill. Unless a cultivator whose power far surpassed Han Li's personally performed a ritual to undo it, there was simply no way to break the seal.
However, this technique could only be executed when the gap in cultivation between the two parties was vast. Otherwise, if something went awry, the target's spiritual sense would be damaged.
It was only because the woman's cultivation was so low that Han Li felt at ease performing the technique.
A full quarter of an hour elapsed before Han Li finally finished, the woman still soundly unconscious.
After placing the woman safely in her chair, Han Li seized the opportunity to visit the attic where memorial tablets for Xin Ruyin and Qi Yunxiao were kept. He paid his respects to the two of them properly, reduced Patriarch Fu's severed head to ashes, and only then quietly departed.
"Master, what exactly is inside that jade slip? You seem to attach great importance to it." Silver Moon had reverted to her artifact spirit form and asked curiously from within Han Li's mind.
"It's a compendium of formation arts from the Ancient Era, containing records of several profound grand formations from antiquity. With my current attainments in formation arts, I won't be able to fully comprehend them in a short time. But besides the formations, there's a peculiar secret technique recorded at the end that I found quite fascinating." Han Li flew onward through the high sky, speaking in a leisurely drawl.
"A secret technique? With your current knowledge and the complete Profound Yin Scripture at your disposal, what secret technique could possibly interest you?" Silver Moon let out a playful giggle, though the curiosity in her voice only deepened.
"Have you ever heard of the famous divine ability 'One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones'?" Han Li smiled faintly and spoke without the slightest hurry.
"What? You mean the Daoist path's foremost mystical art is recorded in there?" Silver Moon's light laughter cut off abruptly, her voice trembling with excitement.
"Of course not." Han Li denied it flatly.
"Oh? Then why did you bring up that Daoist divine ability? Were you just teasing Silver Moon? As I said—a heaven-defying technique like that could never leak out so easily from the Daoist sects! Even they themselves probably don't know whether it's been lost or not!" Silver Moon deflated.
"The technique recorded in the jade slip isn't the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones. But it is a similar demonic-path divine ability called the 'Profound Yin Nascent Soul Formation Method.'" Han Li's previously calm expression turned somewhat peculiar, a hint of excitement gleaming in his eyes.
"The Profound Yin Nascent Soul Formation Method? What kind of technique is that? I've never heard of it." Silver Moon was taken aback, her voice tinged with surprise and doubt.
"I've never heard of it either. But this technique is the genuine article—a secret art for cultivating a Second Primordial Spirit, one that can even nurture a Second Nascent Soul." When Han Li said this, his voice grew solemn.
"A Second Nascent Soul? Really? If this technique can truly accomplish that, then even if it isn't on the level of One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, it's at least a comparable supreme divine ability!" Silver Moon perked up again. The stronger Han Li's abilities grew, the closer she would be to her goal.
"Whether it's real or not, I can't say yet. I'll need to return to the Luoyun Sect and study it carefully. But the formations described in the earlier part of the jade slip are genuinely ancient grand formations. Since they're recorded on the same jade slip, the technique should be authentic as well." After a brief surge of excitement, Han Li's voice returned to its customary calm.