A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality - Chapter 1144 - Chapter 1144: Volume 7: Across the Human World Chapter 1140: Waiting by the Stump for the Rabbit

Chapter 1144: Volume 7: Across the Human World Chapter 1140: Waiting by the Stump for the Rabbit

Han Li’s expression changed for a moment before he quickly regained his composure, casually walking past the front of Six United Palaces as if nothing had happened.

Daoist Master Swift Crane and another yellow-robed elder glanced at Han Li, somewhat surprised by the lean old man’s not insignificant cultivation, but they didn’t take it to heart, proceeding directly towards the city center with the other four Core Formation cultivators.

Similarly, Han Li continued on without turning his head, seemingly just passing by the storefronts of Six United Palaces.

However, at this moment, Daoist Master Swift Crane and the yellow-robed elder’s lips moved slightly, silently beginning to converse through a voice transmission technique.

Han Li’s back to the two of them paused imperceptibly, but then he continued on as before, distancing himself further and further from Daoist Master Swift Crane and the others.

After turning a corner, Han Li entered an imposing-looking pavilion.

A full noon later, he emerged, accompanied by a Sect Master dressed in shopkeeper attire bidding him farewell. Yet, he didn’t leave immediately but instead entered another nearby shop…

By the time Han Li left the fifth shop contentedly, he had already collected over a hundred high-grade spirit stones in exchange for Daoist paper talismans, ancient treasures, and some rare materials.

However, when he emerged this time, he suddenly noticed several identity-concealed Core Formation cultivators nearby, each appearing nonchalant, but with a flicker of unusual glint in their eyes.

Han Li sneered softly, immediately changing his original plan, swaggering down the street out of the city market, and eventually walked out of East Stone City on foot.

Those cultivators used concealment techniques to follow Han Li out of the city gate, but soon looked at each other in dismay.

Because Han Li, who was clearly under their spiritual sense’s surveillance, had eerily disappeared in plain sight, without any sign of a fleeing streak of light nearby.

These cultivators naturally plunged into chaos.

Some were secretly dispatched by the shops, while others took notice of Han Li’s frequent entry and exit from several shops, each time accompanied by the Sect Masters’ respectful send-off, and decided to follow him on their own accord.

Although the old man Han Li was disguised as was a late Core Formation cultivator, the promise of considerable profit was enough for these people not to be too timid. Some had even previously discussed joining forces.

But now, Han Li’s mysterious disappearance left these cultivators staring dumbfounded, only able to search the vicinity for a while without success, and eventually, they had to return to East Stone City in frustration.

Not long after these people left, a green light flashed high in the sky where Han Li disappeared, and a blurry figure appeared. Then, as the sudden thought flashed past, the figure solidified and was none other than Han Li, who had reverted to his original appearance.

Han Li looked towards East Stone City with a hint of mockery at the corners of his mouth.

If it weren’t for a sudden change of plan, not wanting to alert the Nascent Soul cultivators in the city before this, he would never have let the cultivators who followed him out live to return.

That they were unable to see through his concealment technique was an incredibly fortunate thing for them. Otherwise, Han Li would not have hesitated to wipe out those Core Formation cultivators with a wave of his hand.

Han Li surveyed his surroundings in mid-air, then set off in a specific direction as a green light.

A moment later, the green light descended into a depression between two small hills that encircled the little city.

In this place, birds chirped, flowers fragranced, and deep silence prevailed, with thick mountain mist lingering without dispersing.

Han Li glanced around and then nodded slightly.

Raising his hand, a stack of colorful formation flags materialized and shot out more than a dozen beams of light that disappeared into the surroundings.

Subsequently, a layer of white mist swiftly rose from the ground, blending seamlessly with the fog in the depression, indistinguishable from each other.

The mist engulfed Han Li’s figure completely.

Having set up the concealment Array, Han Li patted a spirit beast pouch at his waist.

With a loud buzzing, thousands of Gold Devouring Bugs burst out of the pouch, forming a cloud of golden beetles hovering in front of him.

Han Li sat down cross-legged, muttering quietly, his body beginning to flicker with green Spiritual Power.

With a “boom,” the cloud of beetles transformed into golden flowers and scattered in all directions.

Almost simultaneously, Han Li’s eyes snapped open, their luster initially crystalline, then eerily dimming to an extreme.

This was Han Li’s Divine Sense Transforming into a Thousand, a secret technique he had developed from the Great Development Technique during his time in Devilfall Valley, which allowed a significant portion of his spiritual sense to split into thousands of tiny strands, each temporarily attaching to a Gold Devouring Bug, as if he had suddenly gained thousands of additional eyes and ears.

This Divine Sense Transforming into a Thousand technique, while seemingly similar to Han Li’s previous method of imbuing Spiritual Objects with spiritual sense, was distinctly different.

One is to split the majority of one’s Divine Sense into countless tiny spiritual senses all at once, using Gold Devouring Beetles as eyes and ears to carry out searches that Divine Sense alone cannot accomplish. This can only be executed under the personal command of the Primordial Spirit and cannot exceed a certain range; otherwise, the spiritual senses will automatically retract.

The other method involves attaching a separate Divine Projection onto Spiritual Objects, allowing the Divine Projection to flexibly command the Spiritual Objects to act according to previous instructions without the interference of the Primordial Spirit. It can even directly command refined Gold Devouring Beetles and spirit beasts to attack enemies to a certain extent, somewhat resembling and sharing the profundity of the fiend demon transformation technique. Moreover, as long as the duration of attachment hasn’t expired, no matter how far away from the spell caster, it’s possible to maintain control.

Unless in circumstances inconvenient for the use of spiritual senses, the Divine Sense Transforming into a Thousand is difficult to employ and feels somewhat like a chicken rib–apparently useful but of little real value. In contrast, the technique of attaching to Spiritual Objects is a Great Divine Power rarely mastered by late Nascent Soul cultivators, so profound that it cannot be mentioned in the same breath.

Now, as all Gold Devouring Beetles flew out of the white fog, some burrowed into the ground while others ascended into the sky; in a blink, all of these spirit insects vanished without a trace.

Han Li, seated in the Array, once again closed his eyes, his expression cold and detached.

Time passed by bit by bit. The sun gradually set over the sea, and finally, when night fell, the entire Azure Spirit Island was submerged in darkness.

However, East Stone City was brightly lit with numerous moon light stones infused with Spiritual Power shining brightly, illuminating every corner of the city as if it were daytime. This made the surrounding darkness of East Stone City seem all the darker, with the sound of the sea breeze howling ceaselessly, as if countless demons were lurking in the darkness.

Although cultivators can clearly see at night, expending a little Mana just as they do during the day, the distance they can perceive is far less than in daylight. However, this wouldn’t do in the Outer Star Seas. With numerous demon beasts in the Outer Seas, one wouldn’t just travel over the sea surface during the day; even staying on the island at night could lead to close encounters with demon beasts skilled in concealment techniques, reopening to sudden ambushes!

After all, ordinary cultivators can’t constantly extend their Divine Sense for vigilance, and each year the number of cultivators who perish this way exceeds the number that falls while officially hunting demon beasts by several fold.

Thus, unless there is an urgent matter or one is a high-level cultivator with vast Divine Skills, once night falls, cultivators on the island will generally reinforce their vigilance. Naturally, in places where cultivators gather, restrictive formations are fully activated, and all cultivators who haven’t gone out to sea have retreated back.

In East Stone City, nestled among mountains, eight pagodas lit up simultaneously, and a faint blue barrier enveloped the entire city, protecting it against any demon beasts that might stealthily infiltrate and launch a surprise attack.

But on such a night, several figures wearing cloaks quietly arrived at a city gate.

Guarding the gate was one late Core Formation cultivator and several Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators. The leader merely opened their cloak a bit to reveal their face. Upon seeing this, the guard cultivators immediately hurried to open a crack in the city’s protective formations, respectfully sending out the figures from East Stone City.

Once those figures left the city, they immediately transformed into streaks of light and disappeared into the dark night sky in the blink of an eye.

Their speed was not slow, yet not a word was spoken; they all just pressed on with their journey.

But not long after leaving East Stone City, a faint “Huh” was heard from one of the streaks of light, which suddenly stopped. A slender white line shot out from within the streak of light, flashing by and vanishing into the void behind them.

The other cultivators were taken aback and also brought their streaks of light to a halt, turning their heads to look back.

With a “sizzle” sound, a dazzling golden light exploded in the faraway darkness; the white line seemed to have hit something, and after a strange shriek, a fist-sized golden light fell from a distance.

“What is that?” Another cultivator exclaimed in surprise.

The cultivator who initiated the attack beckoned with his hand, causing the white line to shoot back from afar. After circling in the air, it transformed into a snow-white embroidery needle and fell into his hand. Only then did he slowly speak:

“I don’t know; it looks like some kind of spirit insect, not sure if it’s wild or someone’s tame pet. However, the fact that my White Sorrowful Needle didn’t pierce through it, it’s indeed quite hardy. Go pick up the corpse of that insect for me, I want to see exactly what kind of spirit insect it is.”

The last sentence, however, was directed over his shoulder to two cultivators behind him.

Immediately, the two responded obediently and transformed into two streaks of light heading away towards the dark ground below, in search of the killed golden beetles.

But after the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the two returned with frustration.

“Reporting to Sect Leader, that spirit insect seems not to be dead; we couldn’t find its body there!” One of them reported back with some trepidation.

“Not dead? Do you think my White Sorrowful Needle is just an embroidery needle? To kill a mere spirit insect and yet return without success!” The cultivator who took action spoke with a sinking tone, clearly annoyed.

“Brother Bai, it’s possible that thing really is unharmed, I also didn’t find any trace of that spirit insect.” Another cloaked cultivator suddenly spoke with gravity.

“Really now, let me see!”

The cultivator who released the fine needle artifact was startled and quickly extended his Divine Sense towards the distance, searching meticulously.

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After a moment, his face beneath the cloak turned exceedingly unsightly–there was indeed no trace of the golden spirit insect in that area.

Surprised, he mouthed a couple of words then, without another word, another cultivator raised his hand, one emitting a small green hammer, the other releasing innumerable fine white silks. The two objects rapidly surrounded and protected them in the blink of an eye.

“Which esteemed figure is following us? Stop lurking in the shadows and come out to meet us!” The cultivator who released the white silks shouted loudly, his eyes flashing intensely as he swept his gaze around, suddenly emanating an astonishing aura that pierced the heavens.

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