A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality

Core Formation-grade Puppet

“Back then, my younger sister was unmarried. At that time, the clan that wanted to marry our Chen Clan suddenly switched to the Devil Dao. Our Chen Clan naturally could not marry Qiaoqian to them. Later on, Seventh Sister became silent and did not bother with men. She remained alone until the end.” Chen Qiaotian hesitated for a moment before telling the expert in front of her about Chen Qiaoqian’s situation back then.

Now, looking at Han Li’s young face, he finally recalled a rumor in the sect and could not help but have a strange expression.

“Never married?” A strange look flashed across Han Li’s eyes, and he looked at the sky in silence.

After a long while, he lowered his head and indifferently said to Chen Qiaotian, “Who am I? From your expression, you seem to have guessed something. I won’t say anything else. Right now, the Righteous and Devilish Dao are gathered here. Since you’ve come for the treasure of Devilfall Valley, you’d better take care of yourselves.” After Han Li said this, he ignored the three of them. Spiritual light flashed around his body, and he turned into a streak of azure light that tore through the air.

The scholar and the other two did not even have the chance to say anything before Han Li disappeared without a trace.

The three men and women were left stunned on the spot.

When the female cultivator regained her senses, she couldn’t help but ask, “Big Brother, what is the background of this Senior? Could it be that he is related to your Chen Clan?”

Chen Qiaotian looked in the direction where Han Li had disappeared and said with confusion, “Related? How could our Chen Clan be qualified to have any relationship with this person? If I’m not mistaken, you should all know this senior’s name. He was once from our Yellow Maple Valley and escaped unscathed from the hands of a Moulan Divine Sage. He defeated the Moulan Holy Bird in the border war and later killed the State of Jin’s demonic cultivator elder. You should be familiar with him. However, from what he said just now, he seems to be related to my Seventh Sister, who passed away many years ago. This is somewhat strange.”

“What? This person is the rumored person? As expected, he is very young. I heard that in terms of seniority, he used to be a fellow disciple of our six sects. It is truly inconceivable that he has such abilities now.” The female cultivator seemed to know that Han Li wasn’t lying. After being greatly shocked, she cried out involuntarily.

Chen Qiaotian sighed and said, “That’s right. When this person entered our Yellow Maple Valley, I had just reached Foundation Establishment. Afterwards, he participated in the Trial by Blood and Fire with Eldest Brother, Seventh Sister, and the others. From then on, things became unstoppable. But now, he has become an existence second only to the three great cultivators of the Heavenly South. It is truly unimaginable.”

A blue-robed male cultivator curiously asked, “I heard that your Martial Senior Linghu wanted to persuade him to return to Yellow Maple Valley, but he didn’t seem willing to return. Is that true?”

After a moment of hesitation, Chen Qiaotian vaguely said, “I’m not too sure about that. Perhaps there is such a thing.”

It seemed that even in the face of his sworn siblings, he was unwilling to mention this matter.

Thankfully, the two cultivators didn’t pursue the matter.

The blue-clothed male cultivator changed the topic.

“This time, we can be considered lucky. Firstly, Eldest Brother had just refined the Gold Tome Silver Brush and used it to block most of the poisonous moth’s powder. Secondly, we had Senior Han’s interference. We were able to survive this calamity without any mishaps. When Eldest Brother completely refines the Gold Tome, we won’t have to fear the Yun Brothers.”

“That’s right. I also knew that the Chen Clan had an ancestral magic tools of the Gold Tome Silver Brush, but I didn’t expect that they would actually have refinement methods. Big Brother only used a flying sword in the past,” the female cultivator said with great interest.

Chen Qiaotian smiled and explained, “Our Chen Clan disciples’ magic tools are only replicas of this set of magic treasures. Although I had wanted to refine this set of magic treasures from the very beginning, I was unable to gather enough materials. I could only refine a flying sword to make do. Fortunately, I’ve managed to refine this set of magic treasures after accumulating them over the years. I hope it will prove useful in Devilfall Valley.”

“Alright, no matter what, we’d better be careful in the future. Just as Senior Han said, the cultivators who dare to attack Devilfall Valley are all extraordinary characters. The three of us should be careful. It would be best if we could find the other disciples of the six sects and form a group.”

“Big Brother’s words are reasonable.”

“Alright, we’ll do as Big Brother says.”

The male and female cultivators nodded repeatedly.

As a result, the three of them didn’t stay any longer and immediately flew off in a streak of light.

…

Han Li, who was far away, finally suppressed his sorrow for Chen Qiaoqian and buried it in the depths of his heart.

Then, he forced himself to continue forward.

Several hours later, he faintly saw the Ten Thousand Ridges Mountain Range.

Because the scenery was still on the outskirts of the mountain range, the miasma on the surface of the mountain range was extremely thin. The verdant trees and towering mountain range were all faintly visible.

Those mountains couldn’t be considered majestic or huge, but the word “vast” was enough to summarize everything.

As far as the eye could see, there was a black line extending to both sides.

Han Li slowed down and looked around. The surroundings were quiet and he did not see any other cultivators.

However, Han Li’s expression did not change. After flying closer, he slowly closed his eyes.

His powerful spiritual sense, which was comparable to that of a late-Nascent Soul cultivator, immediately enveloped an area of fifty kilometers and began to quickly search.

A moment later, Han Li raised his eyebrows and suddenly opened his eyes.

He expressionlessly flew through the air in a streak of azure light toward a certain target.

In the time it took to finish a cup of tea, the azure streak arrived at the top of a small mountain. There were two cultivators, one old and one young, sitting cross-legged facing each other as they conversed.

A piercing azure light flashed above their heads, and Han Li’s figure appeared in mid-air.

The two were naturally startled and hastily jumped up. The old man was still able to maintain his calm, but the young cultivator wore a panicked expression.

Han Li’s gaze swept past the two of them. Their cultivation levels were really not high. The old man was a mid Foundation Establishment cultivator while the young man was only at the fifth or sixth level of Qi Condensation. He really did not know why such a low cultivator would come to this place.

At this moment, the old man also used his spiritual sense to sweep past Han Li. With his cultivation, he could not see through Han Li’s cultivation realm. In his shock, he hurriedly wanted to go forward and pay his respects. However, Han Li’s cold voice had already sounded from above.

“Don’t panic! Where is the nearest market? Just point it out to me.” Han Li’s voice was emotionless and filled with an unquestionable tone.

“There’s a newly opened market 400 kilometers to the west. You can take a look there, Senior,” the old man replied with a respectful expression.

“Four hundred kilometers away? I understand.”

With that said, azure light flashed and Han Li disappeared from the spot.

In his alarm, the old man hastily looked over and discovered that the azure streak of light was already over 1,000 feet away. It quickly flashed several times before turning into a speck of light and disappearing without a trace.

The old man and the youth were dumbstruck.

…

Four hundred kilometers to the west, there was indeed a simple and crude market that had been temporarily constructed with the use of the Fossilization Technique.

There were very few cultivators inside.

Han Li did not care about this at all. After buying a large number of materials from the market, he immediately left the market and went straight to the mountain range.

After he went deeper into the mountain range for more than 10 miles, he saw that the miasma in the mountain had begun to increase rapidly. Han Li casually found an unremarkable small mountain and landed.

Han Li was already familiar with the task of establishing a temporary cave abode.

A dozen or so flying swords flew out at once, and a quarter hour later, a small, crude cave abode appeared in the middle of the mountain.

After completing it, Han Li looked at the cave abode and nodded in satisfaction. He immediately set up two simple formations outside the cave abode and entered.

He first released Silvermoon and allowed her to cultivate on her own in the cave abode. He also released the Heaven Extermination Devil Corpse and had it continue to bury itself deep in the earth in a dark secret room.

Then, Han Li brought a large amount of materials into the secret room of the cave abode.

After sitting cross-legged in the secret chamber, Han Li flipped his hand and took out the jade slip Monarch Great Development had given him. He began to study the two refinement methods of Core Formation puppets.

These two types of puppets were vastly different from the Foundation Establishment stage giant ape that Han Li had refined. The advantages and disadvantages of these two types of puppets were very obvious, and it was obvious that he could refine whatever he needed.

One of them was a puppet in the form of a huge tortoise. Its skin was thick and it could withstand three to five attacks from a Nascent Soul cultivator. Furthermore, it could spit out balls of lightning and fire from its mouth, which were comparable to the full-strength attacks of a mid-Core Formation cultivator. The only disadvantage was that its body was clumsy and its movements were slow. Once a cultivator approached it, it would immediately become a ready-made target without any ability to resist.

On the other hand, the human-tiger puppet was the complete opposite. These puppets didn’t have long-range attacks, and their defensive abilities were only mediocre. However, they were as light as swallows, and their movements were as swift as the wind. Their tiger claws could release a translucent radiance that was half a foot long, and they could easily tear apart Core Formation cultivators’ normal barriers. They were completely close-combat puppets.

After Han Li understood the characteristics of these two puppets, he prepared to refine a few of each type without thinking. This way, he would be able to deal with the complicated situation in Devilfall Valley.

Having made up his mind, Han Li immersed himself in the jade slip and focused all his attention on the refinement methods.

Three days and three nights passed. In the secret room, Han Li sat on the ground with an expressionless face, motionless.

However, on the fourth day, Han Li’s expression changed. He pursed his dry lips and withdrew his spiritual sense from the jade slip. Then, he pondered for a moment and suddenly flipped his palm. White light flashed and the jade slip disappeared.

Afterwards, he took out the storage pouch at his waist and tossed it into the air. White light immediately shot out from the pouch, following which countless refinement materials swarmed out. There were rare wood materials, common iron essences, crystals of various colors, and jade boxes of various sizes…

A moment later, these items were placed in front of Han Li in a dense pile.

Han Li waved his hand at the storage pouch and took it back into his hand, placing it at his waist.

Then, he turned his gaze to the materials in front of him and swept his gaze past them.

A short moment later, his gaze fell upon a pitch-black piece of ironwood. He took a deep breath and pointed at it.

This ironwood silently floated up and slowly flew towards Han Li.