The flying carriage continued onward, and before long, it had traveled tens of thousands of kilometers into the mountain range.
As it was flying over a golden mountain, a burst of golden light suddenly flashed on the mountain face, and a golden, wolf-like beast abruptly pounced at the carriage like a golden arrow.
Han Li flicked a finger through the air, releasing a streak of golden sword qi that struck the creature, slicing it in half from head to toe.
Large volumes of golden blood erupted through the air, following which the two halves of the creature's body were caught by a burst of azure light.
The creature's body had been warm and pliable just a second ago, but in the wake of its demise, its body quickly began to harden, and it was already beginning to resemble two halves of a golden statue.
"So this is a metal beast?" Weeping Soul asked with a curious expression.
Han Li examined the two halves of the creature's body momentarily, then broke off a piece to discover that it was no different from a piece of metal ore.
Han Li tossed the two halves of the body aside with slightly furrowed brows.
These metal beasts weren't powerful enough to pose any threat to him, but the problem was that they could fuse as one with the mountains, granting them exceptional self-concealment.
This metal beast was only a very low-level one, but he wasn't confident in his ability to detect more powerful ones in this environment.
With that in mind, it seemed like this was not a good place to go into seclusion.
Thus, the two of them continued onward.
Right at this moment, bursts of soundwaves converted from spiritual sense were transmitted through the area from the left.
The voice belonged to a woman, and it was desperately crying for help, striking the listener with a sense of sympathy.
Furthermore, these spiritual sense fluctuations were quite peculiar, and they were able to transmit themselves directly into the hearts of Han Li and Weeping Soul.
This form of spiritual sense conversion was far more advanced than normal spiritual sense voice transmission, and Han Li was rather intrigued.
Weeping Soul turned to Han Li with a hint of pity in her eyes as she asked, "Master, should we..."
Han Li wasn't one to stick his nose into other people's business, but he didn't want to turn down Weeping Soul, so he said, "Let's go take a look."
Thus, the flying carriage swiveled around at his behest, and he used a secret technique to conceal it as it flew toward the source of the sound.
A short while later, the flying carriage drew to a halt beside a canyon, within which a battle was taking place between an azure-robed young woman and five balls of golden light.
The young woman was the one who was calling for help, and it seemed that she was in quite a dire situation.
The protective spiritual light around her had been whittled down to a thin layer, and she was frantically warding off the surrounding attacks while releasing more of those soundwaves to cry for help.
A hint of surprise appeared in Han Li's eyes as he noticed a long azure fox tail trailing along behind the young woman, indicating that she was a being of the fox race, and her cultivation base was at the mid-True Immortal Stage.
She was surrounded by five daoist priests that were dressed in golden robes, and there was a golden horse design emblazoned onto each robe, seemingly the emblem of a certain sect.
The five of them were only at the early-True Immortal Stage, but they held a decisive numbers advantage.
"Senior Martial Brother! How dare you!"
The other four daoist priests were furious to see this, and they unleashed a torrential downpour of attacks upon her.
The young woman displayed no fear at all as she calmly watched all of the attacks raining down upon her, and she was making a hand seal behind her back as a look of finality flashed through her eyes.
Right at this moment, a ball of azure light abruptly appeared above her, and all of the oncoming attacks sank into the azure light as if it were a ball of quicksand.
In the next instant, all of the attacks were sent flying back several times faster than they had come, instantly piercing through the bodies of the four daoist priests to eradicate them on the spot.
The azure-robed young woman was astonished to see this, but she continued to hold the hand seal behind her back.
Right at this moment, Han Li and Weeping Soul descended out of the sky, and the young woman's expression changed slightly as she detected their tremendous auras.
She struggled to her feet with some difficulty, then extended a curtsey toward them.
"Thank you for saving my life, seniors."
"There's no need for formalities, you've exerted yourself far too much already," Weeping Soul hurriedly said as she swept a sleeve through the air, releasing a burst of black light to help steady the young woman.
The azure-robed young woman displayed no aversion to Weeping Soul's kind gesture, and a bright smile appeared on her face as she released her hand seal.
"What's your name? Which power in the Golden Origin Mountain Range do you belong to? And who were those people?" Han Li asked.
He had saved the young woman at Weeping Soul's request, but that didn't mean that she could be spared from interrogation.
"My name is Ye Susu, and I'm from the Azure Fox Tribe. Those people were disciples of the Golden Horse Sect, and they've always been at odds with our Azure Fox Tribe. I was out hunting a Golden Wyrm Beast, and they took advantage of the fact that I was exhausted from my battle to try and capture me. If the two of you hadn't saved me, I would've self-detonated to avoid capture," the young woman explained in a respectful manner.
A thoughtful look appeared in Han Li's eyes upon hearing this.
He had chosen to save Ye Susu mostly for Weeping Soul's sake, but another factor that influenced his decision was that she was a being of the fox race, so he had thought that perhaps she had something to do with the Heavenly Fox Tribe, where Liu Le'er currently was, but it seemed like that was not the case.
"How many people are there in the Golden Horse Sect, and how powerful is the sect?" Han Li asked.
"The Golden Horse Sect is the most powerful sect in this area. It has over ten thousand disciples, with several Golden Immortals among them, and their grand elder is already at the late-Golden Immortal Stage," Ye Susu replied.
Han Li gave a slight nod upon hearing this.
At the moment, Ye Susu was in terrible condition, and her complexion was deathly pale, while her body was trembling slightly, but she still gritted her teeth and remained standing as she answered Han Li's questions.
"You should take a moment to rest and recover from your injuries," Han Li said as he swept a sleeve through the air, releasing a burst of azure light that vanished into Ye Susu's body.
Ye Susu felt a massive surge of warmth enter her body, and the injuries that she had sustained began to rapidly heal. In the blink of an eye, her complexion had returned to normal, and she was no longer trembling.
After healing all of her injuries, the burst of warmth surged into the demon core in her dantian, causing it to expand slightly.
Ye Susu hurriedly sat down with her legs crossed and began channeling her cultivation arts to take full advantage of this opportunity.