Chapter 143
Experiences teach people; one lesson is all it takes.
Chapter 143 Experience teaches people; one lesson is all it takes.
Tens of thousands of miles away from the trading island of Miaoyin Gate, on a deserted, nameless island.
Han Li brought Wang Ning to this place.
Upon arriving at the destination, he snatched the concealment ring from the girl's hand and turned to leave.
"Senior, senior..."
Wang Ning was extremely anxious behind.
Mustering her courage, she grabbed Han Li's sleeve, her eyes full of pleading:
“Senior, my mother didn’t mean to offend you. She’s just too concerned about her disciples. If the Miaoyin Sect loses those elites, it will be a huge blow. Besides, the strength you displayed was just too much like that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, which led my mother to mistakenly believe that you were a Nascent Soul senior, and that’s why…”
What my mother did before was really unethical.
This senior has already done a great service by helping us. We should leave quickly and not make any further requests.
Of course.
This senior colleague is also cautious.
If they are so powerful, why didn't they force back the group of cultivators from Jiyin Island?
"Miss Wang, after this meeting, I'm quite certain that we're not on the same path."
My filter for you is gone!
Without filters, you're nothing!
"I am not worthy of your good fortune, nor can I afford it."
"Let's call it even from now on, and let's not talk about who owes whom anymore."
With a simple hand seal, Han Li completely erased the virginity mark on the girl's arm.
Wang Ning felt something, lifted her sleeve and took a look, and was immediately stunned.
"Alright, didn't your mother escape in the end? Go back to your Tianxing City."
Even now, Han Li still maintains his smile.
"S-Senior..."
The girl gripped the sleeve of the person in front of her tightly, never letting go.
She had a strong intuition that if she gave up now, she would lose the greatest opportunity on her path of cultivation.
This person seems to be very certain that she possesses some kind of extremely powerful immortal cultivation physique?
If we could know the inside story…
“Miss Wang, please have no further contact with Han. Let’s consider what happened before as just a transaction. From now on, we should have nothing to do with each other.”
As Han Li spoke, he quietly conjured a large magical hand and brushed away the girl's small hand that was clutching his sleeve.
"Senior, why?"
How can you just let go like that?
Shouldn't she be very valuable?
Moreover, with this senior's strength, it wouldn't be difficult for him to force back those people from Jiyin Island, right? Why is he being so hesitant?
"Hmph, the reason I valued you was because, theoretically, you could accompany me very, very far. For example, we could ascend to the Spirit Realm together through spatial nodes, and face the interface storms together, thereby increasing each other's resilience. But your and your mother's behavior has disappointed me too much, and I have no obligation to pay for your foolish actions."
Han Li finally suppressed his smile and let out a cold snort.
"You can underestimate Wu Chou and the others, but you cannot underestimate the Extreme Yin Old Monster."
“Wu Chou is Ji Yin’s grandson, and we are connected by blood. He has a backup plan left by Ji Yin. Once Wu Chou is driven to a dead end, Ji Yin will remotely use the Possession Technique to appear in Wu Chou’s body. At that time, I will not be facing the Foundation Establishment and Core Formation disciples of Ji Yin Island, but a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.”
"The number one person below the Nascent Soul stage, but in the end, he is just a Core Formation cultivator."
"Below the Nascent Soul stage, all are but ants."
Even if he had the advantage of his Buddhist background and could put up a fight against a Nascent Soul cultivator, why would he risk his life for this mother and daughter?
Although his path of seeking the Tao does not prohibit women, he will not become addicted to them.
Women were just another tool in his hands.
His initial idea was simply to establish a good relationship with Zi Ling in advance, so that he could use this good relationship in his future journey to the Demon Realm, or perhaps it would make it easier and more convenient for him to reach "Bitter Spirit Island".
But since both mother and daughter are burdens, and ascension is still a long way off, what's the point of talking about a future trip to the Demon Realm?
That's getting way off topic.
Moreover, he has already done everything he could to be kind and righteous.
Leaving behind his disappointment, Han Li used his escape technique to fly straight southwest.
Looking at her empty wrist and watching the figure disappear into the distance, Wang Ning felt a sense of emptiness in her heart for some reason.
She opened her mouth, wanting to speak, wanting to persuade him to stay, wanting to explain.
Before she could say anything more, Han Li's figure had already disappeared into the distant horizon.
...
Carrying this inexplicable emptiness, the girl returned to the Miaoyin Sect in Tianxing City a few days later.
What greeted her was a few words of criticism from her mother, in addition to her concern:
"Ning'er, you asked a senior to save you that day, right?"
"Yes, Mother."
"Then why didn't you ask that senior to step in and protect our Myriad Sound Sect's elites? You know, there are four with dual spiritual roots and one with a special physique among them, they are the future Core Formation seeds of our Myriad Sound Sect..."
To this day, Master Wang still feels great regret, anger, and resentment about the losses suffered that day.
Furthermore, I still feel lingering fear:
"Furthermore, why didn't that senior take me with him when he fled? With such a loss of vital essence, it will take me at least several years to recover..."
Upon hearing this, Wang Ning's mouth opened slightly.
At that moment, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart, as if she had been stabbed with a needle.
It even felt suffocating.
Her mother actually complained to her?
Taking a life-saving favor for granted?
Wait, why does this scene look so familiar?
Sudden.
She also understood why that senior had suddenly become disgusted with her and her daughter.
She did what she could for Miaoyin Sect without compromising her own interests. However, her mother couldn't understand her difficulties and instead complained to her a little.
That senior colleague, while trying his best not to harm his own interests, also lent her a hand. However, she failed to understand the senior colleague's difficulties at the time and instead harbored resentment.
"this…"
So these mother and daughter are such ungrateful people?
For some reason, the feeling of suffocation became even stronger.
Upon seeing her mother, she instinctively wanted to avoid her, just as that senior colleague had felt and acted in the same way.
Then, thinking about how she had lost a powerful backer and a major way to understand her unique physical condition, she suddenly smiled bitterly:
"Mother, I want some peace and quiet..."
Without saying another word, he left the hall.
The sect leader, Wang, was left speechless, puzzled, and then frowned in bewilderment.
...
Han Li, heading towards Kui Xing Island, had long since put aside the matter of Zi Ling and her daughter.
He didn't have the energy to play games with this mother and daughter. He had truly let go and moved on.
As for future plans for the Demon Realm, we can always take another path.
For example: Baohua.
He clearly remembered that the Guanghan Realm contained the healing elixir needed by the precious flower. Otherwise, that person wouldn't have stayed in the Demon Gold Mountains for tens of thousands of years; they should have left long ago. Their continued stay in the Demon Gold Mountains of the Spirit Realm was solely for the silver lotus within the Skeleton Brother's cave in the Guanghan Realm.
In other words, he could easily make a deal with Baohua to obtain everything the Demon Realm needs.
That person is much more reliable than Zi Ling.
In short, it's not like we absolutely have to rely on Zi Ling.
After figuring this out, he felt a sense of relief, as if he had let go of a burden, and a feeling that the future was suddenly clear.
The waters around Kuixing Island.
That nameless island where an ancient teleportation array was built.
When Han Li appeared, everything was still the same.
To avoid being followed by a Nascent Soul cultivator, he dug a tunnel from the depths of the sea to reach the island. Then, using the earth-遁术 (earth-遁术, a technique he had finally mastered), he infiltrated the inner cave where the ancient teleportation array was located.
"Before leaving, Gan Rushuang of the Hidden Moon Sect found the location of the mine by using the mark on the sixth brother of the Ink Dragon."
"I wonder if that person informed the Hidden Moon Sect of the information about the ancient teleportation array?"
"Or perhaps, have the pursuers behind this woman discovered the existence of the ancient teleportation array?"
Touching the damaged corner of the ancient teleportation array, Han Li began the repair work.
He had already decided to first obtain a Spirit-Stabilizing Pill from the Falling Cloud Sect.
Whether you steal, rob, or trade with someone, you only need to obtain one Spirit-Stabilizing Pill.
What if the teleportation array is exposed and the other side is prepared?
He wasn't afraid unless it was a Nascent Soul cultivator personally overseeing things.
And surely the Nascent Soul stage monster wouldn't be so idle as to spend all day guarding an abandoned ancient teleportation array?
Even if there is a Nascent Soul cultivator on the other side, with his current foundation, he may not be able to win in a head-on battle, but escaping will not be a problem.
Ontology, false infancy.
Wind Soul, False Infancy.
The Soul of the Melody, the False Infancy.
Fiendish Soul, early stage of Core Formation.
also…
Mo Jiao, the sixth in line, is at the peak of level seven.
Xiao Bai and Xiao Yu, the peak of level seven.
Mutant Icefire Wolf, Level 7.
Wind Howling Eagle, Level 6.
Jade Mantis, Level 6.
Eighteen Gold-Eating Insects, comparable to level 6 monsters.
There are nearly a hundred Gold-Eating Insects, comparable to level 5 monsters.
Tens of thousands of gold-eating insects, collectively at level four.
It is no exaggeration to say that he could now easily unleash a beast tide consisting of dozens of high-level individuals and tens of thousands of mid-level individuals.
Faced with such a horde of beasts, even a Nascent Soul cultivator would have to retreat.
The gap between the Core Formation stage and the Nascent Soul stage is indeed enormous.
However, once the quantity increases, this gap can be made up.
After all, a Nascent Soul cultivator is not an 8th-level transformed demon cultivator. Their advantage is obvious: Nascent Soul teleportation. Their weakness is also obvious: their physique is not strong enough, and their mana is lower than that of demon cultivators of the same level.
a few days later.
Han Li completed the repair work on the damaged corner of the teleportation array.
Then, with this confidence, they stepped onto the ancient teleportation array:
"Teleport!"
...
In the south, there was the state of Yue.
The location of the mine shaft.
Inside a spacious cave, the ancient teleportation array, covered in dust, suddenly lit up.
The next moment, four figures appeared on the teleportation platform.
Three figures were protecting a person with an ordinary appearance in the very center.
In the man's hand, an ancient token was emitting a blue halo, protecting the four from the risks of spatial compression during ultra-long-distance teleportation.
"arrive?"
As soon as he landed, Han Li, with his powerful spiritual sense, recovered from the discomfort of the teleportation.
He scanned the area around the cave with his divine sense and immediately felt relieved.
This is because the 50% version of the Inverted Five Elements Array he set up back then still exists, without any signs of being damaged; in fact, it can be said to be completely undamaged. Furthermore, because he left behind enough spirit stones when he left, the array is still operating smoothly to this day.
"It seems that Gan Rushuang did not reveal the secrets of this place to the Hidden Moon Sect back then."
"Those who were chasing her also failed to discover this ancient teleportation array..."
Looking up at the hole that should have existed but had long since been repaired, the hole that Gan Rushuang had violently pierced with the Vermilion Bird Ring and then disappeared, Han Li pondered thoughtfully.
"I do owe this woman a small favor."
The divine sense continued to sweep across the surroundings.
Having confirmed that no cultivators were hiding here, and that no powerful formations had been set up in this place, he relaxed considerably.
The air in my hometown is much more reassuring than the salty, damp sea breeze.
The taste of home is still the best.
"It would be best to leave Yue Kingdom first and get out of the sphere of influence of the demonic path."
The main reason is that his cultivation method is too orthodox and his aura is too pure; it's obvious that he's not a member of the demonic path.
If they encounter a demonic cultivator, misunderstandings may arise.
It's just that he's such an upright person.
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