Chapter 1128

That group of cultivators wore the uniform robes of Star Palace cultivators, clearly having just come out of Tianxing City. Han Li was floating carelessly in front, and naturally was seen by this group of cultivators at a glance.

Immediately, they flew over in surprise, arriving before Han Li in a moment.

However, Han Li now employed the Concealment of Breath technique, completely masking his cultivation. Thus, whether Foundation Establishment or Golden Core cultivators swept their divine sense over, they only felt the person opposite was like a cloud of mist, unable to discern Han Li's exact cultivation.

But at this moment, a cry of alarm came from the opposing team.

Han Li's expression stirred, and he likewise gazed at a cultivator opposite wearing a snow-white hood. This person's entire body was covered by a huge hood, making it impossible to distinguish male or female, and even when Han Li's astonishing divine sense swept over, he could not see through the hood.

Han Li was greatly astonished in his heart!

However, the aura this person emitted gave Han Li a hint of familiarity, and he was also the only Nascent Soul cultivator present, so he naturally would not just let it go.

Han Li's azure light flashed, and he prepared to use the Mingqing Lingmu to forcibly see through the other's hood.

"So it turns out to be Fellow Daoist Han, after so many years apart, Fellow Daoist Han has been well?"

But just then, a magnetic, light laugh came from within the hood, and the person opposite suddenly flung off the huge hood, revealing a face like white jade, a charming countenance that was half-smiling.

"Ling Yuling!"

Upon seeing this beautiful face, Han Li was startled and could not help but exclaim.

This person was actually the Star Palace steward who had saved him outside Tianxing City years ago, whose beauty was like that of a maiden!

Gazing at the opposing person's peach-blossom-like face, Han Li rubbed his nose, and a hint of a smile appeared on his face.

"I never expected that after so many years apart, Fellow Daoist Han could still recognize me at a glance; I am truly honored! Furthermore, I first congratulate Fellow Daoist on achieving great completion in Nascent Soul formation!" Ling Yuling laughed charmingly, her phoenix eyes scanning Han Li carefully before flashing a hint of surprise.

Although he likewise could not see through Han Li's exact cultivation, Han Li's cultivation was certainly not inferior to his own, which he naturally knew, and the smile on his face naturally became even more fervent.

"Fellow Daoist Ling is joking. Has Fellow Daoist not also formed a Nascent Soul?"

Ling Yuling smiled faintly, did not immediately respond, but turned her head, her voice turning cold as she ordered:

"You go on ahead; I have a few matters to discuss with Fellow Daoist Han, and I will catch up with you shortly."

"Yes! Elder Ling!" Those Golden Core and Foundation Establishment Star Palace cultivators, upon hearing this, immediately bowed and agreed. Seeing the respectful expression on their faces, it seemed they held this "Elder Ling" in the utmost reverence.

Han Li witnessed this scene, his eyes flickering a few times, but his face showed no strange expression whatsoever.

Those cultivators, led by a late-stage Golden Core elder, continued on their way, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen escape lights vanished into the horizon.

"I have made Fellow Daoist Han laugh; I was ordered to go support a sea island under attack by the Nixing Alliance, so I fear I cannot stay long with Fellow Daoist Han!" Ling Yuling turned her body, sighed, and said.

"Well, on my way here I also heard that your palace and the Nixing Alliance seem to have resumed hostilities. No wonder Fellow Daoist is compelled." Han Li said leisurely.

Upon hearing this, Ling Yuling could only offer a bitter smile, but he immediately reevaluated Han Li with two glances, and suddenly a hint of strangeness appeared on his face.

"Fellow Daoist Han, you are not merely at the initial stage, are you?" He hesitated a moment, then asked.

"Haha, I am merely a step ahead of Fellow Daoist Ling, but with Fellow Daoist's talent, it is only a matter of time!" Han Li chuckled, giving a vague reply.

Upon hearing this, Ling Yuling's expression became somewhat dazed, his heart churning uneasily.

The other party had truly already become a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator, which was truly hard to believe. Knowing that it had been less than two hundred years since he and Han Li parted, to jump straight from Foundation Establishment to mid-Nascent Soul was simply too shocking to hear.

After his expression changed several times, Ling Yuling finally returned to normal, but his mouth still could not help but leak out an envious tone:

"It seems Fellow Daoist Han is that kind of once-in-ten-thousand-years cultivation genius, advancing so rapidly in such a short time; I truly admire him to the point of prostration!"

"I am not what one would call a cultivation genius; I merely had some opportunities." Han Li naturally would not deliberately point out anything, giving a half-true, half-false light laugh in reply.

"This time, Fellow Daoist Han coming here, do you have any important matters? I am not talented, but I can perhaps help a bit." Ling Yuling smiled, no longer dwelling on Han Li's cultivation, and suddenly shifted the topic to ask about Han Li's purpose.

"Nothing much; I wish to make a trip to the outer sea, and fear I will need to borrow your palace's transmission array." Han Li did not conceal it, speaking frankly.

"If that is the case, Fellow Daoist Han meeting me is truly timely. Recently, to prevent Nixing Alliance cultivators from sneaking into our palace via the outer sea, the outer sea transmission array has been mostly closed. Only two backups remain. I will give Fellow Daoist a token; Fellow Daoist Han holding this token can use our palace's transmission array."

Ling Yuling smiled charmingly, her bright eyes flashing, her expression essentially no different from that of an absolute beauty. But her gestures and words, though devoid of any powder or perfume, combined to give her an indescribable strange allure.

Given Han Li's current state of mind and cultivation, he would naturally not be captivated by the opposing person's appearance, but he himself had now infiltrated Tianxing City, and mere restrictions and guards could not hinder him. However, if he could reduce some unnecessary trouble, that would naturally be a good thing.

After laughing, Han Li also unceremoniously accepted the token.

After the two chatted casually for a few more sentences, Han Li set off to take his leave, immediately transforming into a green rainbow and flying straight toward the distant giant island.

Ling Ying gazed in the direction Han Li disappeared, the smile on his face gradually gathering, then after lowering his head to ponder for a while, he suddenly slapped his waist storage pouch, and a pale silver transmission symbol appeared in his hand.

After speaking a few words in a low voice to this symbol, he then raised his hand, and the symbol transformed into a ball of fire that shot through the air, flashing once and vanishing into the void.

Then this person let out a helpless sigh, put the hood back on, and transformed into an escape light, pursuing the direction his subordinates had gone.

After Ling Yuling's escape light had likewise faded into the distance, nearby, a silver light flashed in the air, a faint green shadow appeared through a strange flicker, he lifted his head to look in the direction the transmission symbol had flown, his body moved, and he once again concealed himself.

After the time it takes to finish a cup of tea, in a certain patch of air dozens of li away, a man floated motionless in midair—none other than Han Li himself.

At this moment, his face was expressionless, his hands clasped behind his back.

A human-shaped puppet flickered into existence before him, and as he raised his hand, a flame like a fire snake leapt and jumped in his palm, but was tightly bound by a ball of silver light, unable to move even half a step.

Han Li raised his brow, grabbed with one hand, and with a "puchi" sound, the fire snake was sucked into his hand, then immediately exploded on its own, turning into a raging ball of fire.

His divine sense swiftly swept over the fire ball, and his face immediately darkened.

After his eyes flickered a few times, he suddenly flung the five fingers holding the fire ball outward, scattering it, then turned his head to gaze at the giant island where Tianxing City was located, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"So it turns out that my possession of the Xu Tian Ding is known throughout the entire Luan Xinghai. It seems I must still change my appearance." Han Li muttered, and instantly his face was covered by a layer of lustrous light, his five features instantly becoming blurred, while his body emitted a series of crackling sounds like bursting beans, and his stature suddenly increased by about a foot.

After a moment, he transformed into a burly man with a purplish-black complexion, then stored the puppet, and his body shot toward Tianxing City not far away.

Han Li did not know that, at the very moment he crushed that transmission symbol, in a dark underground cavern on the Holy Mountain of Tianxing City, a faint humanoid figure sitting cross-legged there suddenly moved, then reached forward into the void with one hand, and instantly specks of fire light appeared nearby, then gathered toward his grasp, and the fire ball that Han Li had scattered strangely reappeared, falling into the figure's hand.

The figure silently used divine sense to scan the information in the fire ball for a moment, then turned his hand over, and instantly the fire light vanished.

"What is happening? Why did Yuling use the escape symbol we gave him? This symbol is extremely rare and precious; he should not lightly use it. Could something have happened to him? He should have just left Star City not long ago." Suddenly, a voice came from another corner of the cavern, pleasant and melodious, like a young woman speaking.

"He has nothing; he merely encountered an interesting person nearby and deliberately greeted us, hoping we would bring this person into our Star Palace to serve as assistance!" The first figure also spoke, clearly a man, but his voice was slow and somewhat stiff, as if he did not often speak.

"Oh, what person? Is he worth Yuling having us personally intervene?" Upon hearing that Ling Yuling was unharmed, the woman set her mind at ease, but her figure moved slightly in the corner, and she became curious.

"Over a hundred years ago, do you still remember the matter of the Xu Tian Ding?"

"Naturally I remember; how is this treasure related?" The woman expressed some surprise.

"The person who snatched food from the tiger's mouth of the barbarian Hu and Wantiang Ming, and who once saved this child Yuling, is actually the same person. Now he has come again outside our Tianxing City, wanting to use the transmission array to go to the outer sea, and just happened to be encountered by Yuling." The man briefly explained.

"So that is the case; if I remember correctly, this person seems to be surnamed Han, and back then he was merely a lowly Foundation Establishment cultivator—is this worth our pulling him in?" The woman expressed some confusion.

"Hehe, speaking of which you might not believe it too much. Jade Spirit actually suspected that this person had already become a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator! If that's really the case, to reach such a level in less than two hundred years, this person truly is not to be underestimated." The man chuckled hehe.

"Back when the Xu Tian Ding flowed out from the Xu Tian Palace, we had once specially sent people to investigate the origin of the person who obtained the cauldron, not saying that this person was most likely an outsider cultivator! In the end, he should have returned to the place he came from! Could it be that he is a cultivator from some major sect of the Great Jin Dynasty, otherwise it would truly be a cultivation genius unseen in ten thousand years, impossible to reach mid-stage Nascent Soul in such a short time without a sect's full support behind him." The woman actually seemed to know quite clearly about the Great Jin Dynasty, speaking without hesitation.

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