A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality

Letter From Afar

The disappearance of the Moulan Holy Bird was soon discovered by the cultivators and spell warriors on the battlefield.

Immediately, the spell warriors’ expressions changed drastically, while the cultivators’ spirits were lifted, and their morale soared.

When the shriveled old man and Tian Zhong saw this, they revealed looks of disbelief.

The Holy Bird’s disappearance wasn’t due to a lack of lantern oil. The Heavenly South cultivators must’ve extinguished the Origin Bright Lantern.

These two Divine Sages did not even know that their Moulan Tribe’s legacy treasure had once again fallen into Han Li’s hands.

As far as they were concerned, the late-Nascent Soul cultivators on the side of the cultivators had already been entangled. As for the other cultivators, with the assistance of the Holy Bird, it was impossible for them to break through the defense of Cultivator Le.

The current situation was truly beyond their expectations.

At this moment, Han Li had already quietly flown near the Weeping Soul Beast and reappeared.

The huge ape that the Weeping Soul Beast had transformed into had already reduced most of the refined corpses to ashes. The remaining small portion was hurriedly put away by the black-robed Yin Sifting Sect cultivators.

Otherwise, it would only be a matter of time before the copper-armored refined corpses were completely annihilated.

After absorbing so much corpse Qi, the Weeping Soul Beast had grown even larger, and its fur was glossy black as if it had just been nourished.

During this time, there were naturally several waves of black-robed men and spell warriors who wanted to kill the giant ape first.

However, Long Han knew very well that this strange giant ape was the key to dealing with the copper-armored refined corpses. How could he let the enemy succeed so easily? He immediately sent out a few men to block them.

Occasionally, there would be a few that slipped through the net, but before they could even get close to the giant ape, they would be killed by Silvermoon’s illusion techniques.

When Han Li returned and saw that the Weeping Soul Beast had destroyed the last bronze-armored corpse, he waved at it without hesitation.

Black light flashed from the Weeping Soul Beast’s body and it shrunk in an instant, flying into the spirit beast pouch at Han Li’s waist as a streak of black light.

When Silvermoon saw this, she flew behind Han Li.

After putting away the Weeping Soul Beast, Han Li wanted to turn around and say something to Silvermoon.

All of a sudden, a thunderous boom erupted from the sky, and a dark cloud descended from the sky. Countless green lightning flames that were several thousand feet wide roiled within the cloud, and the color of the sky suddenly changed.

Han Li’s expression turned cold as he looked at the sky.

“Who was it? Who killed my wife? I want to extract his soul and refine it to avenge her.” A thunderous roar sounded from within the dark clouds, and the voice belonged to the Yin Sifting Sect’s Master.

Hearing this, Han Li’s heart skipped a beat and his gaze turned cold.

“The victor has yet to be decided, so why are you in such a hurry to leave? I’d like to experience your devilish techniques for myself!” Devil Concord’s voice soon followed.

Soon after, another burst of greyish-white mist shot down from the sky, blocking the path of the dark clouds.

The Yin Sifting Sect’s Master coldly said, “Get out of the way. I don’t have the mood to spar with you. If you don’t scram, don’t blame me for being impolite.”

“Impolite? Few people have been rude to me in my entire life. If you have any tricks up your sleeve, just bring it on!” Devil Concord sneered with no intention of backing down.

The black-robed man in the dark clouds fell silent. After a long while, he gloomily said, “Good. Since you don’t know when to retreat, I’m not in the mood to waste any more time. I’ll show you the power of my sect’s supreme treasure, the Ghost Sifting Banner.”

The Yin Sifting Sect’s Master was so furious that he began to laugh.

“Ghost Sifting Banner?” Devil Concord’s voice carried a trace of surprise and excitement.

However, the short exchange of a few sentences between the two left all of the cultivators battling below quite shocked.

Some cultivators had only just found out that the Yin Sifting Sect’s Master’s partner had perished at the hands of the Heavenly South cultivators. They were greatly surprised and began to guess who had killed this woman.

Han Li’s expression was calm as usual, as if he was neither surprised nor happy. However, after seeing Devil Concord block the Yin Sifting Sect’s Master, he was greatly relieved.

He didn’t want to be hunted down by a late-Nascent Soul cultivator.

Just as everyone, including Han Li, thought that Devil Concord and this devil cultivator of the Great Jin were about to start a huge battle at a low altitude, something else happened.

A sharp whistle suddenly sounded from the sky behind the spell warriors. Then, light flashed, and a dozen or so streaks of light of different colors shot toward them.

Before they even got close, someone began to shout.

“Divine Sages, stop quickly. Something has happened to the Moulan Plains. Something has changed!”

This person seemed to want everyone to hear him and had actually used a secret technique to shout these words.

Soon after, the streaks of light increased their speed by 30% and entered the battlefield.

All the cultivators and spell warriors heard it clearly. Most of them couldn’t help but stop in shock and look over in surprise.

When the shriveled old man heard this, his heart sank. Long Han and the others also felt greatly surprised and slowed down their attacks.

The old man decisively withdrew and immediately shot over 100 feet away. He coldly glanced at the cultivators in front of him before transforming into a streak of light to meet the dozen or so spell warriors.

Long Han hesitated for a moment and did not chase after them with the other cultivators.

The old man hadn’t been defeated in the slightest and had even gained the upper hand. If he were to give chase now, he wouldn’t be able to gain any advantage.

Furthermore, the spell warrior who had delivered the letter clearly wanted them to hear what he had just said. There was definitely something fishy about it! It was better to see what had happened first.

However, since the Moulan Plains were mentioned, could it be related to the Soaring Tribes?

Long Han thought for a moment and vaguely guessed something.

Han Li also stared at the old man with a strange expression, watching him meet the dozen or so streaks of light.

The streaks of light receded to reveal a dozen or so spell warriors in various attires.

The yellow-robed spell warrior in the lead was actually a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator. This shocked Han Li.

It was quite odd that a spell warrior with such a profound cultivation base hadn’t appeared in the previous battle. Could he be an important figure guarding the rear?

However, this also meant that the probability of the other party bluffing was extremely low.

For some reason, Devil Concord and the Yin Sifting Sect’s Master also hid in the clouds in silence.

When the shriveled old man saw the yellow-robed cultivator, he wore an expression of disbelief.

But before he could say anything ,the yellow-robed spell warrior had flown to the shriveled old man’s side and sent a voice transmission.

The shriveled old man’s expression grew sullen. The yellow-robed cultivator took out a jade slip and handed it to the old man.

After the old man received the jade slip, he immersed his mind into it. A short moment later, his face turned ashen.

He then conversed with the yellow-robed old man through voice transmission for a while.

The old man suddenly turned around and flew toward Long Han with a gloomy expression.

As soon as the Moulan Divine Sage arrived in front of Long Han, he calmly said, “There’s no need for us to continue fighting. Let’s stop immediately. Otherwise, when the sandpiper and the clam fight, the fisherman will reap the benefits.”

“What do you mean? If you want a truce, you have to give me a reason, right?” Long Han’s eyes flickered as he spoke in a nonchalant manner.

Due to Han Li’s unexpected display of power, he had killed the opponent’s Copper-armored Corpses and the green demon bird. However, from the looks of it, the outcome was still fifty-fifty.

Long Han did not feel that the other party had retreated out of fear.

The old man didn’t directly answer Long Han’s question. Instead, he gloomily asked, “Did you send a group of cultivators to rob our Soaring Heavens City’s warehouses?”

Long Han was naturally shocked, but his expression remained unchanged. His eyes flickered a few times before he calmly replied, “That is indeed the case. It seems you’ve discovered it!”

“Discovered it? Hmph, if it weren’t for the interference of a third party, perhaps you would’ve succeeded.” The old man’s face flashed with anger before calming down.

“A third party?” Long Han frowned upon hearing this.

The shriveled old man didn’t say anything else. Instead, his lips moved slightly as he sent a voice transmission to Long Han.

“What? There’s such a thing?” Long Han only heard a few words before he lost his cool and could no longer maintain his composure.

“At this point, is there still a need for this Divine Sage to lie to you?” The old man said angrily.

Long Han frowned and pondered for a moment before resolutely raising his hand and releasing a talisman.

The talisman soared into the air and transformed into several balls of golden light before exploding in the air with blinding brilliance.

When the cultivators saw this, they immediately stopped and quickly retreated in the direction of the cultivators.

The cultivators who had already withdrawn their attacks began to retreat like bees.

The spell warriors on the other side used some other method to notify each other and also silently retreated.

The particularly eye-catching blood ghost and the stone giant were also forcibly separated and stopped fighting!

In the blink of an eye, the space between the two formations immediately became empty.

The two sides seemed to have returned to the situation before the battle and stood on both sides.

It was just that they both had a lot of casualties, which could be considered to have damaged their foundation. However, at the very least, not many high-grade cultivators and spell warriors had perished.

The spell warrior camp was still alright. Although everyone was a little anxious, they were still able to maintain their silence. However, on the side of the cultivators, although everyone had retreated, they couldn’t help but become restless and discuss spiritedly.

A few high-grade cultivators simply surrounded Long Han and asked him what had happened.

However, Long Han only smiled bitterly and remained silent, causing the surrounding cultivators to be greatly dissatisfied.

At this moment, the dark clouds and gray fog in the sky dissipated at the same time, revealing Devil Concord and the black-robed man. They looked at each other coldly.

Meanwhile, the sounds of battle and the strange phenomena in the sky also came to an abrupt stop. Soon after, Wei Wuya and Master Sunreach descended from the sky unscathed.

The cultivators heaved a collective sigh of relief upon seeing this, and all of them felt relaxed.

A short moment later, Scholar Zhong and the short man also returned from the sky. The Moulan people couldn’t help but cheer.

Seeing that the three cultivators had all returned, Long Han finally spoke.

However, in order to avoid causing panic, this information could only be kept a secret among a few people for the time being.

As a result, only a few mid-Nascent Soul cultivators and a few cultivators with special statuses were gathered together. They released a few simple restrictions and discussed the terrible news they had just received from the Moulans.

With Han Li’s performance in today’s battle, he naturally had the right to participate in this meeting.