A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality - Chapter 1168 - Chapter 1168: Volume 7 Dominating the Human World Chapter 1164 Return to Tian Luo

Chapter 1168: Volume 7 Dominating the Human World Chapter 1164 Return to Tian Luo

For a brief moment, Han Li landed on a platform on the side of a small hill and looked at what appeared to be an ordinary rock face. With a flick of his sleeve, a stream of azure mist swept across.

With a “puff”, the azure mist struck the rock face and suddenly exploded into a burst of radiant light.

Immediately, the rock face blurred like a mirage, revealing a huge stone door several meters high. White spiritual light flickered incessantly on the door, clearly augmented by protective spells.

Han Li took a few glances and raised his hand, releasing a streak of flame that flashed and disappeared into the stone door with no trace.

After a short while, a delightful and surprised voice of a woman transmitted from within the stone door:

“So it is Senior Han who has arrived. Please wait a moment, Senior. My husband and I will come out to welcome you shortly.”

Following this voice, after a few moments, the white light on the stone door flashed wildly for a few times and then became ordinary. Then, with a rumbling sound, the stone door slowly opened, and two women and a man walked out from inside.

It was Wen Siyue and her husband, along with the young girl named Tian Qin’er.

After Han Li’s gaze briefly lingered on the girl’s face, he was slightly startled in his heart.

For the originally yellow-faced, extremely thin girl had now transformed into a pretty young girl, her features carrying a hint of her mother’s delicate charm.

It seemed that the girl had been well taken care of after the toxins were removed, and this must be her true appearance.

“Greetings to Senior Han! I did not expect Senior to arrive so soon. Siyue did not come to welcome you from afar, please forgive me!” Since Wen Siyue was somewhat familiar with Han Li among the group, the charming young wife stepped forward to give Han Li a formal bow, her face full of appealing smiles.

“My journey here was quite smooth, without any hindrances, so naturally I arrived earlier than planned.” Han Li waved his hand, indicating that the three need not be overly courteous.

“However, my husband and I have been expecting Senior’s arrival for a long time. Please, Senior, come and sit inside the cave dwelling,” Wen Siyue said with a charming smile, then she graciously moved aside.

“Hmm, that sounds good. I also want to quickly test this girl to see how well she has understood the formation spell book I gave her. If she truly satisfies me, I will take her as my disciple,” Han Li nodded and said calmly, then he glanced at the girl again.

Tian Qin’er blushed and quickly lowered her head when Han Li looked at her like that.

Upon hearing this, Wen Siyue and the man surnamed Tian were overjoyed and hurriedly ushered Han Li into the cave dwelling.

Once inside, Han Li stayed for one day and one night. During this time, four disciples of the Foundation Establishment Stage from Wen Siyue and her husband’s sect also came to meet Han Li and others. Among them, an elder brought a young man about seventeen or eighteen years old. They too entered the cave dwelling but did not come out immediately.

Another day later, a streak of blue light burst from the mountaintop, vaguely revealing a man and a woman within the streak of light. After a few flashes, the blue light disappeared without a trace.

A month later, on a continent many millions of miles away from Scattered Stars Sea, within the State of Yue in Tian Luo, several black-robed cultivators were flying low through a huge canyon in a wasteland. Although their figures moved elegantly, their flying speed was incredibly slow, clearly indicating their low cultivation levels.

After flying for a while, these black-robed cultivators suddenly veered toward the canyon wall and disappeared into a very hidden cave.

A few steps inside, a stone door glowing with a restrictive light appeared before them.

A fierce-looking black-robed large man, apparently the leader, walked up to the stone door. He formed hand gestures and simultaneously muttered incantations. After a while, he raised his hand and released an incantation. It flashed and vanished into the stone door, stirring a few flickers of spiritual light.

The stone door gently shook and then slowly rose.

“Which junior brother has arrived?” Before they could walk in, a lazy voice transmitted over, followed by a burst of black smoke shooting out from the cave, flashing towards the large man before dissipating to reveal a pale-faced elder.

“Oh, I wondered who it was, it turns out to be Junior Brother Meng. Is it your turn for the duty this time?” The elder initially had a grim expression, but upon seeing the large man, he was slightly startled but quickly put on a smile.

No wonder, since the large man was of middle stage Foundation Establishment while the elder was just in the early Foundation Establishment, he naturally couldn’t afford to neglect him.

“Indeed, Brother Fan! I am assigned to replace you in guarding this spirit stone mine. Is the entrance to the mine vein inside here?” The large man was quite direct and asked without any expression.

“Haha, Junior Brother Meng really is impatient. Yes, the entrance to the spirit stone mine is indeed inside. But are you bringing only these few men with you? Seems like too few hands, doesn’t it?” the elder scanned the few people behind the large man, looking somewhat puzzled.

“Nowadays, our Ghost Spirit Sect isn’t what it used to be. Most of our disciples are deployed to guard against Controlling Spirit Sect and Devil Flame Sect; these few were quite difficult for me to obtain from the Affairs Hall. Fortunately, this place is considered our sect’s stronghold, merely overseeing ordinary mortals, so they should be sufficient,” the large man huffed, noticeably unhappy.

“That makes sense, but Junior Brother Meng will have to work harder from now on,” upon hearing the large man’s words, the elder could only helplessly nod.

“Alright, Brother, first show me around the mine so I can get a sense of the situation here,” the large man glanced into the cave and said so.

“Of course. Follow me, Junior Brother,” the elder nodded, formed a hand gesture, and closed the stone door again, then led the large man and his group deeper into the cave.

As they turned left and right in the cave for a short while, a massive crack about several meters wide appeared on the ground ahead. Faint white light flickered inside, seemingly leading straight underground.

At the entrance of the crack, two black-robed Qi Refinement Realm cultivators sat cross-legged on either side. However, when they saw the elderly man and the large man approaching, they were startled and hurried over to pay their respects.

The old man casually waved his hand and led the large man and a few others directly into the crack.

A quarter of an hour later, the old man, guiding the large man, had turned through most of the underground mineral vein passages. These passages were densely packed and extremely complex, with many hired robust ordinary mortals laboriously mining Spirit Stones. The old man led the way while pointing around, seemingly familiar with every inch of the place.

No wonder! Anyone who stays here for more than ten years can probably recognize all the passages even with their eyes closed.

However, the large man remained somber throughout, rarely speaking.

After another turn, suddenly another passage appeared ahead, slanting downwards, as if leading deeper underground.

The black-robed elderly man saw this passage and frowned, shaking his head. He decided not to take the large man and the rest through it, but instead turned around, intending to lead the few behind him back the way they came.

“Senior Brother Fan, where does this lead? Why aren’t we going over there to take a look?” the large man asked curiously after examining the passage, stopping in his tracks.

“Many years ago, this place was once a forbidden area. Our sect used to specifically send some Disciples to guard this place, but it has been abandoned now. The personnel have also been withdrawn,” the old man casually replied.

“A forbidden area? What exactly is inside? Why was it abandoned?” Upon hearing this, the large man became even more interested.

“There’s nothing much inside, just an ancient teleportation formation. However, this formation has been abandoned for a long time and is completely unusable. As for why it was initially a forbidden area and then dismissed later, even I am not very clear. However, it seems to have some relevance to Martial Uncle Wang?” The elderly man hesitated for a moment, seemingly considering the matter insignificant, and told the truth.

“Martial Uncle Wang, that’s the original…” the large man suddenly exclaimed, but his words abruptly stopped, as if he was extremely wary of something.

“Junior Brother knows enough. Matters concerning Martial Uncle Wang are not for us to discuss,” the old man chuckled, implying deep meaning with his words.

“Since that’s the case, Senior Brother, could you first take me to see it? I must admit, I’ve been studying the Dao of Formations these past few years, and I’m quite curious about this ancient teleportation formation,” the large man said after a moment of silence.

“Junior Brother is studying the Dao of Formations? It’s quite far from here, and it will take a lot of time,” the old man responded with a hint of astonishment, his expression becoming somewhat weird.

“Senior Brother Fan needn’t be surprised. I also understand the principle of not biting off more than one can chew. But I’ve encountered a bottleneck in my cultivation recently and need to try various methods to stimulate myself. Perhaps during the study of the Dao of Formations, I might find some insights,” the large man sighed.

“If that’s the case, then as your senior brother, I’ll lead the way for you. However, if we really want to study this teleportation formation, it would be better to find another time,” upon hearing the large man’s words, the old man could only reply thus.

Upon hearing this, the large man showed a hint of a smile on his face.

Thus, the group of them headed towards the aforementioned passage.

In a blink of an eye, they entered a deeper underground passage.

After winding their way for the time it would take to eat a meal, under the guidance of the old man, they entered an interconnected series of stalactite caves, sprawling in all directions.

This place actually resembled a small labyrinth, but by following some clear markings, they eventually stopped in a fairly spacious stalactite cave.

Because in a corner of this cave stood a hexagonal ancient transportation formation.

“Junior Brother, this is the place!” the old man pointed at the ancient transportation formation and said to the large man.

“Tsk, tsk, this is the ancient teleportation formation. I have only seen some brief introductions in some classical books, I’ve never had the chance to see the real thing before,” the large man’s eyes lit up as soon as he saw the transportation formation. Then, he briskly walked over and circled around it a few times, then stared at it in rapt attention.

The old man, stroking his beard, watched him silently with a smile.

As for those few low-level Qi Refinement Realm Disciples, although they were also curious, they naturally didn’t dare to stand beside the large man and just stood obediently at the entrance.

“I’ve heard that this transportation formation is actually intact. The only reason it can’t be activated is probably because the corresponding formation on the other end has some issues. Otherwise, I’d really like to know where this formation leads to. But there will be plenty of time in the future. Junior Brother will be guarding this place for over ten years, so there will be plenty of time for research. Let’s head back now,” after the large man had looked for a while, the old man felt it was about time and said a few casual words before urging the large man to start heading back.

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“Go back, I don’t think so. This place is so secluded, why don’t you stay here forever, Senior Brother?” the large man, with his back to the elderly man, didn’t lift his head but spoke out in a cryptic voice.

Upon hearing this, the elderly man was shocked and suddenly felt a chill in his heart, but before he could react, he felt a cold sensation on his neck.

A flash of short sword’s light, and the head rolled off.

The headless body of the old man swayed and then collapsed to the ground!

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