A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality

Chen Qiaotian

After spending a night in the forest, the next day, Han Li put away the Heaven Extermination Devil Corpse and went straight to Ten Thousand Ridges Mountain Range.

Yesterday, before he found Violet Spirit and the others, he hadn’t found any traces of the Heavenpeak Sect disciples in the city. As a result, although he had the token given to him by the Heavenpeak Sect elder, he couldn’t use it for the time being, let alone find Marquis Nanlong.

From the looks of it, either the Heavenpeak Sect cultivators had other residences or the sect’s disciples had yet to arrive.

Han Li was not in a hurry. He planned to find a place near the Ten Thousand Ridges Mountain Range to temporarily settle down and refine some Core Formation puppets.

With the Heaven-Earth Ring in his hand, Marquis Nanlong would most likely come looking for him even if he didn’t go.

Now, Han Li faintly understood that the Greatnorth Essence Light that the other party mentioned was definitely not at the entrance of the outer valley. It most likely appeared in the passageway to the inner valley.

Otherwise, no matter how powerful the Ghost Spirit Sect was, it would be impossible for hundreds of cultivators to avoid the Greatnorth Essence Light and enter the valley at the same time.

As Han Li pondered, he turned into a streak of azure light and calmly advanced.

With Han Li’s speed, he was able to leave Yehua City in the distance in a short amount of time, traveling several tens of kilometers away.

With his current speed, it would only take him half a day to reach the Ten Thousand Ridges Mountain Range.

It was said that the markets near the Ten Thousand Ridges Mountain Range had already been opened. Han Li went to these markets to buy some materials for refining puppets.

During the battle at the border, Han Li had used the Moulan legacy ancient lantern to acquire almost all of the rare materials that a mid-grade sect could’ve accumulated. These materials that were worth nearly ten million spirit stones were enough for Han Li to refine a large number of fearsome high-grade puppets.

As such, he went to the market to purchase some materials that were commonly seen when refining puppets.

As for the ancient Nascent Soul puppets that he wanted to refine, although he had found two or three materials that he was lacking from the Thousand Bamboo School in the far west, he had yet to gather them all. There was also a material called Blood Phoenix Wood that he had yet to gather.

This material was a rare top-grade refinement material. Although it was not as difficult to obtain as the Auric Essence, it was still a priceless item. When he could collect it would depend on luck.

Fortunately, Han Li had already instructed the Drifting Cloud Sect disciples to keep an eye out for him. Once there was news of this material, they had to obtain it in time or notify him. It was only a matter of time before they gathered it. However, before he entered Devilfall Valley, they would not be able to make it.

Suddenly, Han Li’s expression changed and he slowed down.

Not far ahead, spiritual Qi surged and light flashed. There were cultivators engaged in an intense battle.

Han Li frowned, but he did not mind.

Right now, this place was filled with all sorts of people, and there was no one to take charge of the overall situation. If enemies were to encounter each other, it would be quite normal for a fight to break out.

With Han Li’s cultivation, in the blink of an eye, he was within a few thousand feet of them. These cultivators were still at a loss and continued to fight.

Four men and one woman were divided into two opposing sides.

Han Li swept his gaze over them and saw that they were all Core Formation cultivators. Furthermore, most of them were at the intermediate stage of Core Formation. However, the grudge between the two parties was not small. Not only were magic treasures flying in the air, but all kinds of talismans in their hands were also exploding non-stop.

However, the two men and one woman were completely suppressed by the other two cultivators. This wasn’t because the cultivators in front of them had profound magic power, but because the two cultivators, one tall and one short, commanded several hundred huge moths to surround the two men and one woman.

As the palm-sized moths flapped their wings, colorful poisonous powder sprayed out from their mouths. The three cultivators had spent most of their energy on protecting themselves, and with the two male cultivators attacking them with their magic treasures, the three cultivators were at a disadvantage.

However, from Han Li’s point of view, although the men and woman were at a disadvantage, the victory was not something that could be decided in a short amount of time.

Furthermore, with the cultivation of these people, apart from the poisonous moths and the huge silver brush and golden scroll that a scholar in embroidered robes took out, Han Li was naturally not interested in the battles of the cultivators.

Although he did not know which sect these cultivators belonged to, Han Li was not interested in meddling in other people’s business. Just as he was about to ignore them, his gaze shifted and he suddenly discovered a yellow maple leaf emblem embroidered on the scholar’s sleeve.

“Yellow Maple Valley?” Han Li was startled and somewhat surprised. He then swept his gaze past the scholar’s face and his expression changed.

However, in this moment of delay, the two cultivators who had the upper hand in the battle finally discovered Han Li, who was already within a thousand feet of them.

In their alarm, the two cultivators hastily swept their spiritual sense over the stranger while controlling their poisonous moths, and their expressions changed drastically.

“I don’t know which senior has arrived here, but I am a disciple of the Controlling Spirit Sect.” The two short cultivators hurriedly put away their magic treasures, leaving behind the moths to tangle with the male and female cultivators. They then flew to the side and cupped their fists towards Han Li.

“Controlling Spirit Sect! You two are cultivators from the Devil Dao?” Upon hearing this, Han Li simply flew above them and stopped, revealing himself.

“You’re Senior Han from the Drifting Cloud Sect!” The tall cultivator among them saw Han Li’s true appearance and immediately cried out involuntarily. He actually recognized Han Li.

“You recognize me?” Han Li glanced at this person and asked indifferently.

The Controlling Spirit Sect cultivator felt greatly uneasy, but he replied with even more respect on the surface, “I’ve participated in the border battles before and have seen Senior Han display his great abilities.”

“It’s good that you recognize me. Although I don’t want to interfere in the affairs of you juniors, I have some friendship with Yellow Maple Valley. Take those spirit insects away, and today’s battle will end here.” Han Li did not hold back. After a flash of light in his eyes, he went straight to the point.

Hearing Han Li’s words, the two of them looked at each other and could not help but look at each other.

“Why? Do you two Fellow Daoists find it difficult?” Han Li’s expression darkened and his tone became unfriendly.

“Since it is Senior’s order, Junior will naturally obey.” The tall cultivator was quite quick-witted. When he saw Han Li’s expression, his heart immediately thumped and he inwardly called himself foolish. Since this person had interfered in this matter, there was no room for hesitation and he immediately agreed.

He then shot a glance at the other cultivator and the two of them formed hand seals before hastily casting spells. At the same time, they summoned two spirit beast pouches into the air.

All of a sudden, the venomous moths that were entangled with the three enemies scattered into the air and swarmed into the spirit beast pouches.

The three cultivators naturally saw Han Li long ago, but they were attacked by the poisonous moths’ powder and did not hear the conversation between Han Li and their opponents. However, now that they had mysteriously escaped, they naturally knew that it had something to do with Han Li, who had just arrived.

The three of them were overjoyed and immediately looked at each other before hurriedly flying towards Han Li.

However, at this moment, the two Controlling Spirit Sect cultivators carefully said to Han Li, either because they were afraid of Han Li or because they were unwilling to stay with the male and female cultivators.

“Does Senior have any other instructions for us? We will do our utmost.”

“There’s nothing else. The two of you can leave now.” Han Li seemed to have guessed their thoughts and waved his hand.

“Then we’ll take our leave first.” When the two heard this, they hurriedly bowed to Han Li as if they had heard the words of amnesty. They immediately turned into two streaks of green light and fled into the distance.

At that moment, the brocade-robed scholar and the other two arrived.

Seeing the Controlling Spirit Sect cultivators flee, the three of them naturally looked at each other in surprise. Then, the middle-aged scholar in the lead stepped forward and bowed before saying with a respectful expression, “Thank you for saving us, Senior. We are extremely grateful. May I know Senior’s name?” When the scholar saw that Han Li was so young, he felt that Han Li’s face was somewhat familiar, as if he had seen the guy somewhere before.

“You’re a Yellow Maple Valley cultivator?” Han Li did not answer him. Instead, he asked with an expressionless face.

“This junior is Yellow Maple Valley’s Chen Qiaotian. These are my sworn siblings. They are disciples of the Saber Transformation Dock. Does Senior know Martial Ancestor Linghu?” The scholar cautiously asked. He saw that Han Li wasn’t an expert of the six sects that he knew, but he had lent a hand. Naturally, he felt that this Nascent Soul senior had a friendship with Martial Ancestor Linghu.

“Chen Qiaotian! You’re from the Chen Clan?” A strange expression appeared on Han Li’s face.

“Senior also knows of this Junior’s clan?” The scholarly man was greatly surprised.

Han Li fell silent and sized up the scholar again. This made the three people opposite him feel uneasy.

“The Chen Clan is one of the three great cultivation clans in Yellow Maple Valley. How could I not know? What is your relationship with Chen Qiaoqian?” Han Li slowly asked after letting out a breath.

“Senior knows my younger sister?” The scholarly man asked with surprise.

“Chen Qiaoqian is your younger sister?” Although Han Li had guessed this, he still revealed an expression of surprise.

As for the Confucian Scholar, he was even more confused. He didn’t know what relationship this expert had with his younger sister.

“Is Chen Qiaoqian alright?” Han Li’s expression wavered for a long time before he slowly asked.

“My sister wasn’t a Core Formation cultivator. She had a strange illness over a hundred years ago and passed away,” Chen Qiaotian replied with a strange expression.

“She passed away!”

When Han Li heard this, he muttered in an inaudible voice. He could not help but think of Chen Qiaoqian’s beautiful face. Recalling the scene of him and this woman traveling the mountains and her expressing her feelings, he could not help but stand on the spot in a daze.

“Senior knows my little sister?” Chen Qiaotian saw Han Li’s strange expression and after a long while, he could not help but ask.

“Of course! When I saw your sister for the last time, I heard that she was about to get married. However, then the Devil Dao invaded. I didn’t know if her wedding was held as scheduled.” Han Li forcefully retracted the faint sadness in his heart and said calmly.