A Record of a Mortal s Journey to Immortality

Chapter 1143: Volume 7 Across the Human World Chapter 1139 Spiritual Sense Attaching to Spirit
 

Han Li looked in the direction Chen Jing was pointing and saw that on the southern side of the small city, there indeed was a cluster of buildings quite different from the others. They were exceptionally tall, with the taller ones having four or five stories, and the shorter ones, two to three-story lofts. At the doors of these lofts, there were cultivators constantly entering and exiting, much busier than other parts of the city.

Han Li nodded, but then unexpectedly said to the three people beside him:

“No need for your introduction, I’ll go check it out myself. The three of you can leave now.”

“Yes!” Chen Jing was startled but dared not raise any objections and bowed in agreement.

“I would rather not have others know about my visit here, you should know what to do!” Han Li glanced at the three, his voice suddenly turning cold as he spoke.

“Please rest assured, Senior, we definitely won’t speak a word!” Chen Jing was internally alarmed, but his expression displayed extreme reverence.

Hehe, I hope you are sincere in your heart and words!” Han Li laughed loudly, yet the finger hidden in his sleeve subtly flicked, and with a sway of his body, he vanished mysteriously in a streak of green light.

The expressions of Chen Jing and the others drastically changed as they hurriedly looked around, but there was no trace of Han Li anywhere nearby.

“Uncle Master Chen, we…”

“Hold your tongue, let’s return for now!”

The young woman couldn’t help but try to say something, only to be interrupted by a darkening expression from Chen Jing. With a gesture, he led the two others, changing direction and escaping straight out of the city.

The young woman and the two Foundation Establishment cultivators, although filled with doubts, could only closely follow.

In the blink of an eye, the two flew out hundreds of miles, descending the streaks of light beneath an inconspicuous mountain.

At a hidden part of this small mountain’s base, there unexpectedly was a small cave dwelling carved out.

Chen Jing led the other two into this cave dwelling and activated all its protective formations, then sat in a large hall, closing his eyes to meditate without a word.

The young woman and the white-haired old man exchanged looks, neither daring to say more.

After the time it took to eat a meal, Chen Jing finally opened his eyes, letting out a long breath, his expression finally relaxing.

“We can now be sure that his divine sense is not monitoring this place. Even if his spiritual sense could easily infiltrate here, it would not do so without disturbing the cave dwelling’s protective formations. Niece Yan, you wanted to say something earlier, you can speak now,” Chen Jing slowly asked the young woman.

“Nothing much. This Senior Han’s origins are indeed very suspicious. As a Nascent Soul cultivator, we never heard of such a person before, it seems quite extraordinary. Should we report this to our sect and investigate him? Perhaps the ancestor might know this person’s origins,” the young woman said hesitantly.

The white-haired elder also nodded his head as if he harbored similar thoughts.

“Hmph, what use is knowing this person’s origins? Your grandmaster is currently in seclusion, trying to break through to the later stage of cultivation. Even if this person has issues, it’s not as significant as that. If the grandmaster can’t intervene, why bother provoking this person unnecessarily? From his tone, he seems to understand quite a lot about the people and affairs of the Scattered Stars Sea; he must be a cultivator who has just finished a recluse period of intense cultivation. Such events are not unheard of in our Scattered Stars Sea. We’ve even carelessly revealed his movements after his warning; if his background leaks, do you think that being from the Azure Yang Sect, a Nascent Soul cultivator wouldn’t dare touch us? If we were killed, without the grandmaster more often than not the sect would choose to turn a blind eye. Do you think I would do something so thankless?” Chen Jing snorted coldly, speaking bluntly.

Upon hearing his words, the young woman felt a chill in her heart and could only meekly agree.

“And if this matter were to be reported, it would benefit us not at all, instead possibly…”

As Chen Jing became impassioned, continuing his tirade, he wasn’t aware that the shoe he was wearing, under a faint flickering of golden light, had silently detached from the base of the shoe and burrowed directly into the hall’s stone floor, disappearing without a trace.

Moments later, the speck of golden light dug into the deep ground, unexpectedly encountering a pale blue light screen blocking its path.

This was indeed the protective formation of the cave dwelling.

The golden light halted, then its entire body converged, revealing a thumb-sized Golden Beetle.

It was one of Han Li’s Gold Devouring Bugs.

Once it revealed its true form, it immediately lunged at the light screen and began devouring it voraciously.

This formation was not a high-level one; rather rudimentary indeed, and the bug infiltrated the light screen in an instant, subsequently piercing through and appearing outside the barrier.

From start to finish, it had not activated any of the formation’s defensive measures nor alerted Chen Jing and the others above.

After a flicker, the bug disappeared into the darkness beneath the ground.

A while later, on a street in the southern part of that small city, a slender, tall old man walking leisurely suddenly had a gleam flash through his eyes, and with a flick of his sleeve, a speck of golden light shot up from the ground, quietly disappearing into the man’s sleeve without a trace.

The expression of the old man did not change, but the corners of his mouth slightly curved upwards.

And this person was none other than Han Li, who had altered his appearance.

That speck of golden light was, of course, the Gold Devouring Bug he had just retrieved, on which a sliver of his consciousness resided.

Since achieving great success in the late Nascent Soul stage, although his Divine Sense is vastly different from that of a Divinity Transformation stage cultivator, it’s much stronger compared to ordinary late-stage cultivators.

Therefore, relying on his powerful Divine Sense, he can now attach a strand of his spiritual sense to other objects at will. Of course, this attachment isn’t permanent; it can only last as long as his Divine Sense remains strong, and it can only be attached to spiritually receptive living beings, generally unable to interfere with the actions of the possessed objects.

Naturally, if the possessed being is a spiritual creature or beast like the Gold Devouring Bugs, which have been refined by their masters to respond to mental commands, he can directly control their actions using his spiritual sense.

When Han Li parted ways with Chen Jing and the three cultivators just now, although he didn’t immediately turn hostile and kill them, he attached a strand of his spiritual sense to a Gold Devouring Bug, allowing it to stealthily infiltrate Chen Jing’s body and follow them back to their cave dwelling.

With Han Li’s divine skills and the formidable nature of the Gold Devouring Bugs, naturally, they would not be discovered by a mere early Core Formation stage cultivator.

Having made up his mind, if these three people know their place, he naturally wouldn’t do anything. However, if they plan to secretly meddle and mess around, they can’t blame him for being ruthless. He would then use a part of his mind to prompt the Gold Devouring Bug, eliminating them one by one.

Gold Devouring Bugs that have not evolved into their mature form might be helpless against Nascent Soul cultivators, but their characteristics of being impervious to blade and spear and swallowing everything, make it extremely easy to deal with one early Core Formation and two Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.

Now that the Gold Devouring Bug has returned, Han Li has withdrawn the attached spiritual sense and instantly restored the conversation of the three people from Chen Jing, laughing inwardly, he no longer minded these individuals.

With his long sleeves fluttering, he cast his gaze non-stop towards the buildings on both sides.

Clearly, he was now in what is referred to as the city market. Not only were there many cultivators, but there were also some high-level cultivators occasionally flying up and down this stone street, and some looked hurried entering and exiting these buildings. However, whether entering or exiting, each one appeared extremely cautious, as if afraid of being targeted by others.

Han Li scrutinizing the appearances of other cultivators so unreservedly naturally attracted the attention of some cultivators. However, when they swept him with their spiritual sense, their originally fierce gazes suddenly shrank, and they became panicked, either turning their heads to leave immediately or reluctantly forcing a smile.

With Han Li suppressing his cultivation and posing as a late Core Formation stage cultivator, he was enough to deter other cultivators from provoking him.

After walking a few steps, Han Li suddenly paused, his gaze landing on several buildings, his expression showing a trace of surprise. Here were six two-story tall buildings of the same size lined up along the street, each with a slender flag in front embroidered with different patterns like a blue monster, small golden sword, green Spirit Grass, and six other distinct designs!

“Six United Palaces?” Han Li was taken aback.

If he remembered correctly, this power in Scattered Stars Sea that was not insignificant seemed to have already joined the Starfall Coalition, becoming a part of it. Yet, they could still boldly set up shops under the noses of other powers on the island.

It seems that the influence of the Starfall Coalition is indeed not small, even if they can’t occupy Azure Spirit Island, the island’s powers still dare not refuse the entry of Starfall Coalition’s shops in the city.

Han Li, having some entanglements with several Nascent Soul eccentrics from the Starfall Coalition, naturally wouldn’t seek them out on his own initiative. He immediately shook his head and planned to turn around to visit another shop.

But before he could even lift his foot, several cultivators suddenly came out from one of the buildings of the Six United Palaces, the leading two making Han Li’s expression change slightly.

One was a yellow-robed elder in his fifties, and the other a crane-robed black-robed Taoist in his early twenties, both actually early Nascent Soul cultivators.

Following the two, there were four Core Formation stage cultivators, and a middle-aged steward adorned with the attire of the Six United Palaces followed them, his face full of earnest smiles and flattery.

No wonder, as Nascent Soul cultivators are revered wherever they go, let alone two visiting a shop together.

Yet, what caused Han Li’s expression to change was precisely the young crane-robed Taoist!

Although the Taoist’s appearance became so young, no matter how one looked, this Taoist was the Daoist Master Swift Crane who had once pursued him and nearly took his life, just significantly younger by about twenty years. His appearance hadn’t changed much from before.

This was indeed Daoist Master Swift Crane himself, who had rebirthed through the tongue-twisting!

As for the unchanged appearance of the opponent, Han Li was not surprised; secret techniques that permanently change one’s appearance and figure are commonplace in the realm of immortal cultivators.

Generally, cultivators who have been reborn through assimilation also subconsciously adjust their appearance back to their original form, attempting to make others forget that the body was acquired through assimilation.

After all, although assimilation is not strictly forbidden among high-level cultivators, it does have some impact on one’s reputation if spoken out loud.

The fact that Daoist Master Swift Crane’s appearance is similar to his previous body but much younger indicates that he has recently used a face-changing secret technique and hasn’t had time to adjust his age along with it. After all, facial appearance can be changed in a short time, but changing the appearance of one’s age on the body takes time.

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