A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality

After the Great Battle

Han Li watched as Long Han released a soundproof barrier and took out a few small flags, forming a wall of fog to isolate them from the outside world. He could not help but remain silent, thinking about something.

There weren’t many cultivators here. Apart from the eccentrics trapped in the blood barriers, there were only twenty or so.

These people naturally represented the majority of the factions participating in the battle.

“Fellow Daoist Long, what on earth has happened? The Moulan people suddenly don’t want to continue fighting,” Master Sunreach said.

“It’s indeed a little strange. We’ve already fought to this point. Could it be that the other party still wants to make peace?” Wei Wuya was also somewhat suspicious.

Long Han bitterly smiled and said, “It isn’t wishful thinking. Rather, it is impossible for us to not make peace with them.”

Devil Concord frowned and asked in surprise, “What’s going on? There are really other factions interfering!”

Long Han solemnly said, “That’s right. The Soaring Tribes took action. It is said that they joined forces with several sects of the Jin Dynasty to attack the Moulans. Moulan’s largest clan that had been defending the rear was exterminated a month ago. It is just that the Soaring Tribes kept it a secret. The other Moulan tribes didn’t know about this. It seems the Soaring Tribes are also interested in our Heavenly South Region.”

When the other cultivators heard this, their hearts sank and the scene fell silent.

Han Li also felt that something was amiss as he frowned.

A tiger enters the front door, and a wolf emerges from the back door!

“Hmph! Is this news true? The Soaring Tribes are very far away from our Heavenly South Region. Could it be that the Moulans are bluffing?” Master Shattered Soul appeared to be in disbelief.

“I don’t think so. Eccentric Heavenvenge’s group that entered the Soaring Heavens City failed. It’s said that the Soaring Tribes’ spy among the Moulan people had the same intentions as us. They also sent a group of people into the Soaring Heavens City to plunder the Moulan people’s warehouses. In the end, they coincidentally ran into Fellow Daoist Heavenvenge, and both sides were exposed. After this battle, I’m sure everyone has seen it clearly. The Moulan people who went all out might be slightly weaker than us, but the other party fought with no fear of self-sacrifice. If it weren’t for Fellow Daoist Han showing his might at the most critical moment and breaking through the Copper-armored Corpses and the Moulan Holy Bird, we might have been defeated. Although our Heavenly South Region has mobilized all the major factions, it can’t be said that we’re going all out. Which sect doesn’t have nearly half of their disciples guarding the base? If we were to really fight, even if we were to completely wipe out the Moulan spell warriors who have no retreat, there would definitely be no way for us to escape if the Soaring Tribes attacked us immediately.”

When they heard that Han Li had destroyed the refined corpses and the demon bird, the cultivators who knew about this for the first time could not help but look at Han Li with surprise.

Han Li’s expression remained unchanged.

“Hmph! The Moulan people want our territory, so how are we going to negotiate? Are we really going to give them half of it?” Wei Wuya said coldly, seemingly displeased.

“It’s naturally impossible to split the territory evenly. However, at the borders of the Moulan Plains, we can randomly give two countries to the Moulans to live in. As such, the Soaring Tribes’ attack will still be blocked by the Moulans. Those two races are mortal enemies, so it’s impossible for them to become allies. Of course, the Soaring Tribes are currently very powerful, so we still have to join hands with the Moulan.”

In the blink of an eye, Long Han had turned the mortal enemies into potential allies. However, none of the cultivators appeared surprised.

They were all old eccentrics that had lived for several hundred years, and they had seen countless scenes of switching sides.

As long as it was in their interest, they naturally wouldn’t act emotionally..

“If it’s near the border, wouldn’t that mean that the Nine Nations Union’s territory would be given to them?” Wei Wuya’s expression darkened.

“There’s nothing we can do about it. Only your union is adjacent to the Moulan Plains. Of course, we can’t let you bear all the losses. Let’s discuss whether we can make up for it,” Long Han explained.

“We’ll talk about this in the future. Let’s see what the Moulan people think first before we discuss this matter.” Wei Wuya was clearly dissatisfied with this matter and casually brushed it off.

When Han Li heard this, he glanced at Master Sunreach and Devil Concord. Although the two of them seemed to be pondering this matter, Han Li could see from their gazes that they were tempted. However, because of Wei Wuya, they could not immediately agree.

Han Li sighed. It seemed that once their respective interests were involved, the various powers would immediately scheme against each other.

When Long Han heard Wei Wuya’s words, he didn’t reveal any surprise. Instead, he agreed with a smile.

“These are only one-sided opinions from me. As for how to deal with this matter, I will need to discuss it with everyone. Of course, we must immediately send people to the Moulan Plains to verify whether this matter is true or false. Only then will we be able to negotiate with the Moulans. As long as this matter is true, we will no longer be able to continue fighting with the Moulans. We will each have to take half a step back. Otherwise, we will have to lose together and benefit the Soaring Tribes.”

Long Han’s words satisfied all of the cultivators present, and Wei Wuya’s expression also eased slightly.

Everyone immediately began to discuss the details.

During this period of time, Han Li did not say a word. He did not give any suggestions or participate in the discussion.

To him, as long as it did not involve him and the Drifting Cloud Sect, he would not waste his energy on it. And with Long Han here, he reckoned that the Heavenly Dao Alliance would not suffer any losses.

It didn’t take long for these eccentrics to come up with a plan. They then removed the restrictions and dispersed the mist.

In the opposing spell warrior camp, the three spell warriors and a few others also had an urgent meeting and ended their discussion.

As a result, both sides sent a representative to communicate with each other and reached a temporary truce.

As for the other matters, they could only be formally negotiated in the future.

However, the sages in the cultivator camp all wore gloomy expressions.

With their escape route cut off, they were completely rootless and felt that their future was bleak. Compared to their morale before the battle, it could be said to be extremely low.

After Han Li and the other cultivators saw the army of spell warriors retreat, they slowly left this place and headed towards Tianyi City.

The battle at the border, which involved over 100,000 cultivators, came to an end.

…

Within the State of Xi, fifty kilometers away from the Dreamcloud Mountains, a streak of azure light shot forward as fast as lightning.

Within the azure streak of light was a humanoid figure.

This person wore a green Confucian robe and had an ordinary appearance, but his expression was calm. He was Han Li, who had returned to the Drifting Cloud Sect.

At this moment, several months had passed since the battle at the border.

After hearing that the Soaring Tribes wanted to reap the benefits, the Moulan people and the various factions of the Heavenly South Region had no choice but to suspend their war despite their reluctance.

After Eccentric Heavenvenge returned to Tianyi City, he confirmed that there were indeed other factions that were targeting the Moulan people.

The large factions immediately sent out several waves of cultivators to the Moulan Plains, only to discover that the Moulan mortals had been driven to the border of the plains. The Soaring Tribes had begun to appear in the Moulans’ original residence.

With this, the leaders of the Heavenly South Region didn’t delay any longer and immediately began an extremely intense negotiation with the Moulan people.

At the very beginning, the Moulan people had demanded a third of the land in the Heavenly South Region. Otherwise, they would risk extermination and declare war on the Heavenly South Region.

For a time, the two sides were unable to come to an agreement.

However, as a large number of Moulan mortals gathered at the border of the plains and the Soaring Tribes openly hunted the Moulan spell warriors, the Divine Sages in charge of the Moulans could only gradually give in.

After all, the cultivators of the Heavenly South Region might be helpless in the future, but the extermination of Moulan would be imminent.

The Moulan Clan and the Soaring Tribes had been enemies for tens of thousands of years. There was no way they would compromise and surrender.

After several rounds of concessions, the two countries they occupied were finally used to settle down the Moulans. The Heavenly South would move all the mortals of these countries to other countries. The three great factions would each set up a few areas to compensate the Nine Nations Union for their losses and settle down the cultivators and sects of these countries.

Of course, on the other hand, when the Moulans faced the Soaring Tribes’ invasion, the Moulan spell warriors had to do their utmost to resist. The Heavenly South factions would assist from the side, and both sides would join forces to resist the enemy.

As such, although the Moulan Tribe had obtained a place to rest, they had to shoulder the same responsibility as the Nine Nations Union did. They had to be careful of the Soaring Tribes’ attacks at all times. Furthermore, because there were only two countries, the Heavenly South factions didn’t have to worry about the Moulan Tribe growing stronger and falling out with them in the future.

After all, enough cultivation resources were required to develop a large faction.

Although the Moulans were restricted to two countries, they were able to avoid the danger of extermination. Furthermore, they no longer had to fight alone against the Soaring Tribes and had powerful helpers from the Heavenly South Region.

Both sides were quite satisfied with this.

However, there were other things related to Han Li.

Firstly, Han Li had killed the Yin Sifting Sect’s Master’s partner, causing the State of Jin’s demonic cultivator to be unwilling to give up. He had sent letters several times, requesting to fight Han Li alone.

However, after Han Li received the challenge letters, he rolled his eyes and immediately turned the jade slip into ashes. He had no intention of replying or agreeing.

A late-Nascent Soul cultivator was challenging an early-Nascent Soul cultivator like him. How could the other party think of such a thing?

Han Li was not a hot-blooded young man, so he naturally scoffed and ignored the challenge.

After the peace talks between the Moulan Tribe and the Heavenly South Region were successful, the Yin Sifting Sect’s Master and the Moulan Divine Sages discussed in detail before immediately leaving with his subordinates. It was said that he had returned to the State of Jin.

This made Han Li finally heave a sigh of relief.

The other matter was about the ancient lantern that Han Li had seized, the Moulan Tribe’s inherited treasure called the “Origin Bright Lantern”.

After the peace talks, the Moulan Divine Sages all expressed that this lantern was an inheritance of the Moulan Tribe and could not fall into the hands of outsiders. They immediately wanted to take it back from Han Li.

Han Li did not have any intention of refusing them. He immediately asked the other party to use a large amount of Auric Essence to exchange with him.

It was a pity that the Moulans did not have many Auric Essences. They could not gather so many of them and only had a small piece.

Reluctantly, Han Li could only ask the other party to replace it with other rare materials before he returned the ancient lantern.

He had no intention of keeping the lantern.

Although this ancient lantern was mysterious and wondrous, it was a hot potato. If he kept it in his possession for a day, he would be coveted by many Moulan spell warriors for another day. If this continued, something would happen sooner or later. It was better to get rid of it as soon as possible.