A Record of a Mortal s Journey to Immortality

Chapter 1132: Volume 7: Across the Human World, Chapter 1128: Whispered Secrets
 

The team of cultivators was garbed in the uniform attire of the Star Palace, evidently having just emerged from Heavenly Star City. Han Li, floating so carelessly in front of them, was naturally spotted by the group at a glance.

They immediately flew toward him with a mix of shock and suspicion, arriving in front of Han Li in just a moment.

However, Han Li had now employed a technique to conceal his aura, thoroughly masking his cultivation level. As a result, whether it was Foundation Establishment or Core Formation experts who swept their spiritual sense over him, they would only perceive the person opposite them as a bank of clouds, utterly incapable of ascertaining Han Li’s true cultivation level.

It was at this moment that an exclamation of surprise came from the opposite party.

Han Li’s expression shifted, and he also looked toward a cultivator opposite him wearing a snow-white cloak. The person was completely enshrouded beneath a huge cloak, making it impossible to differentiate between male and female, and even with Han Li’s extraordinary spiritual sense scanning, he could not see through this cloak.

Han Li was greatly astonished in his heart!

Nevertheless, the aura emanating from this person gave Han Li a faintly familiar feeling, and since Han Li was the only Nascent Soul amongst them, he was naturally not going to let it go.

A blue light flashed in Han Li’s eyes as he was about to forcefully use the Brightsight Spirit Water to peer through the other party’s cloak.

“So it turns out to be Fellow Daoist Han, after so many years without a meeting, how has Han been?”

But just then, a magnetic and light chuckle came from beneath the cloak, and the person suddenly cast off the huge cloak from their body, revealing a face as delicate as white jade, its charming features graced with an enigmatic smile.

“Ling Yuling!”

Upon seeing this beautiful face, Han Li was taken aback and couldn’t help but blurt out.

This person was actually the Star Palace functionary with the appearance of a maiden whom he had saved outside of Heavenly Star City many years ago!

Looking at her face, which was radiant as a peach blossom, Han Li touched his nose and also squeezed out a bit of a smile on his face.

“I never expected that after so many years, Han would still recognize Ling Yuling at a glance, I am truly honored! Moreover, allow me to congratulate you on the great success in condensing your Nascent Soul!” Ling Yuling said with a charming laugh, her phoenix eyes carefully scanning Han Li, showing a faint look of astonishment.

Although she also couldn’t ascertain Han Li’s exact cultivation level, it was clear that Han Li’s cultivation was not weaker than her own, which she understood perfectly well; hence, the smile on her face grew even more eager.

“Fellow Daoist Ling is jesting. Haven’t you condensed your Nascent Soul as well?”

Ling Yuling gave a slight smile without immediately replying, but then she turned her head and gave orders in a colder voice:

“You all go ahead first. I have something to discuss briefly with Fellow Daoist Han, and I will catch up with you shortly.”

“Yes, Elder Ling!” Those Core Formation and Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Star Palace replied upon hearing this, immediately bowing in response. Seeing the reverence that emerged on their faces, it seemed they held this “Elder Ling” in high respect.

Han Li watched this scene, his gaze flickering a few times, yet his expression remained unchanged.

Under the lead of another late Core Formation old man, those cultivators resumed their journey, and in the blink of an eye, over a dozen streaks of light had disappeared into the horizon.

“I hope Fellow Daoist Han finds it amusing. I am on a mission to support an island being attacked by the Starfall Coalition; I’m afraid I won’t be able to keep Fellow Daoist Han company for long!” Ling Yuling turned her body back around, sighing.

“Hmm, on my way here, I also heard that the Star Palace and the Starfall Coalition seem to have started fighting again. No wonder Fellow Daoist Ling is compelled to act,” said Han Li leisurely.

Upon hearing this, Ling Yuling could only respond with a wry smile. However, she quickly gave Han Li another careful look and suddenly, a strange expression appeared on her face.

“Fellow Daoist Han, you are not merely at the early stage of cultivation now, are you?” she asked hesitantly, her curiosity getting the better of her.

“Haha, I may have advanced a bit ahead of Fellow Daoist Ling, but with your talents, it is only a matter of time!” Han Li responded with a laugh, his reply deliberately ambiguous.

Upon hearing this, Ling Yuling’s expression went somewhat blank as waves of turbulence churned within her heart.

The idea that he had already reached the mid Nascent Soul stage was simply unbelievable. Considering the fact that it had been less than two hundred years since they had parted ways, and he had leapt from being a Core Formation cultivator to a mid Nascent Soul stage cultivator, was indeed a shockingly astounding tale.

After her expression changed several times, Ling Yuling finally regained her composure, but she couldn’t help but express her envy:

“It seems Fellow Daoist Han is indeed one of those once-in-a-millennium cultivation geniuses, achieving successive advancements in such a short period. I truly admire you greatly!”

“I am by no means a cultivation prodigy; it’s merely that I’ve had some fortuitous opportunities,” Han Li replied with a half-truthful, half-playful chuckle, carefully avoiding specificity.

“Has Han Li come here for some important matter? I’m not very capable, but perhaps I can offer some assistance,” Ling Yuling said with a smile, deftly shifting the conversation away from Han Li’s cultivation without delving too much into it, and suddenly asked about Han Li’s intentions for coming here.

“Nothing much, I just want to make a trip to the Outer Star Seas and I’m afraid I’ll need to borrow the Star Palace’s Teleportation Array,” Han Li replied straightforwardly, without any attempt to conceal his intentions.

“If that’s the case, Han Li is indeed fortunate to have met me. Recently, wary of the Starfall Coalition’s infiltration, most of the teleportation arrays to the Outer Star Seas have been shut down, leaving only two for backup. I’ll give you a command medallion; with it, you’ll be able to use our Star Palace’s Teleportation Array,” Ling Yuling responded with a smile that combined an exquisite beauty’s allure with a certain peculiar charm, devoid of any powdered affectation, which only served to enhance her unusual appeal.

With Han Li’s current state of mind and cultivation, he was naturally not swayed by her beauty. Given that he had already infiltrated Heavenly Star City, the local restrictive formations and guards were hardly an obstacle, but if a command medallion could save him unnecessary trouble, that was certainly welcome.

After offering a smile, Han Li accepted the medallion without further ado.

The two then exchanged a few more pleasantries before Han Li took his leave, transforming into a streak of aquamarine light as he sped towards a huge island in the distance.

Ling Yuling watched Han Li disappear into the horizon, her smile slowly fading as she pondered. She then tapped on her storage pouch and produced a faint silver Sound Transmission Talisman in her hand.

She whispered a few words to the talisman, then with a flick of her wrist, the Daoist talisman turned into a burst of flame and shot up into the sky, vanishing into thin air.

After letting out a slight, resigned sigh, she put on her cloak and transformed into a streak of light, pursuing the direction that her subordinate had left in.

Once Ling Yuling’s streak of light had also disappeared into the distance, a faint, aquamarine silhouette flickered peculiarly in the nearby space. The silhouette looked in the direction where the Sound Transmission Talisman flew off, then once again disappeared from sight.

A quarter hour later, tens of miles away in the void, a man was seen floating motionless—it was none other than Han Li himself.

At this moment, he stood with no expression on his face, hands clasped behind his back.

In front of him, a humanoid puppet appeared out of thin air. When it raised its hand, it summoned a flame that danced like a serpent but was tightly contained within a silver light, unable to escape even slightly.

Han Li’s brow lifted slightly, and with a pinch of his hand, there was a “puchi” sound as he pulled the fire serpent out of thin air into his grip. It then spontaneously combusted, turning into a fireball that burned fiercely.

Upon sweeping his spiritual sense through the fireball, Han Li’s expression turned somber.

After his gaze flitted a few times, he forcefully scattered the fireball with a flick of his fingers. He then looked towards the direction of Heavenly Star City on the huge island, his eyes narrowing slightly.

“So it seems the fact that I possess the Heavenvoid Cauldron is already common knowledge across the Scattered Stars Sea. It looks like I’ll have to change my appearance,” Han Li murmured to himself. Immediately his face was shrouded in a luminous glow, his features blurring away. At the same time, his body crackled with snapping sounds as his stature increased by a foot or so.

After a brief moment, he transformed into a large man with a dark purple complexion. He then recalled his puppet and flew towards the not-so-distant Heavenly Star City.

Unbeknownst to Han Li, at the very instant he shattered the Sound Transmission Talisman, in a gloomy underground cave on Sage Mountain within Heavenly Star City, a faint silhouette seated there suddenly moved. With a grab into the void, sparks of fire abruptly appeared nearby, gathered into the flame that Han Li had scattered, oddly reassembling the fireball into the silhouette’s hand.

After scanning the information within the fireball with their spiritual sense for a moment, the silhouette flipped their hand, and the flames vanished.

“What’s happened? Why would Ling Yuling use the Sound Escape Talisman we gave him? Such talismans are exceedingly rare; he wouldn’t use them so carelessly. Has something happened to him? He should have only just left Stalwart Star City,” a melodious voice suddenly came from another corner of the cave, sounding like a young woman speaking.

“Nothing’s wrong with him. He just encountered someone interesting nearby and made a point to notify us. He wants us to consider recruiting this person into our Star Palace to bolster our strength,” the first silhouette, clearly a man, spoke. His slow, stiff voice suggested he wasn’t in the habit of speaking much.

“Oh? Who is this person that warrants our personal attention?” The woman seemed relieved to hear Ling Yuling was unharmed, and her figure stirred with curiosity.

“Do you remember the incident with the Heavenvoid Cauldron from over a hundred years ago?”

“Of course, I remember. What about it?” the woman asked, somewhat surprised.

“The man who snatched the Heavenvoid Cauldron from the jaws of Man Huzi and Wan Tianming, and the same cultivator who once saved Ling Yuling, turns out to be the same person. Now he’s arrived outside our Heavenly Star City, seeking to use the teleportation array for a trip to the Outer Star Seas, and Ling Yuling happened upon him,” the man briefly explained.

“Ah, that so. If I recall correctly, his surname seems to be Han. Back then, he was merely a Core Formation cultivator. Is he really worth our effort to recruit?” the woman sounded puzzled.

“Hehe, what I am about to say may surprise you. Ling Yuling suspects that this man has already reached the mid Nascent Soul stage! If that’s true, being able to cultivate to such a level in less than two hundred years is indeed remarkable and not to be underestimated,” the man chuckled.

“After the Heavenvoid Cauldron left the Star Palace, we specifically investigated the background of the person who obtained the cauldron. Wasn’t it said that this person was most likely a foreign cultivator? And didn’t he return to his origin afterward? Could it be that he is from a large sect in Great Jin? Otherwise, he must be a once-in-ten-thousand-years cultivation genius. Without the full support of a sect, it’s impossible for someone to reach the mid Nascent Soul stage in such a short time,” the woman said with notable familiarity with Great Jin, without any hesitation.

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