Chapter 1139

Han Li looked in the direction Chen Jing's finger pointed, and indeed saw that in the southern part of the small town there was indeed a group of buildings different from the other houses, each unusually tall, some four or five stories high, some two or three stories high, all attic buildings. WWW. feiazw. COM And at the doors of these attic buildings, some cultivators were coming and going, much more lively than elsewhere in the small town.

Han Li nodded, but then said something that greatly exceeded the expectations of the three people beside him:

"No need for you to introduce me; I'll go down and have a look myself. You three can leave."

"Yes!" Chen Jing was startled but dared not raise any objection, and replied with a bow.

"I don't want anyone else to know about my business on this island this time; you should know what to do!" Han Li glanced at the three of them, then suddenly his voice turned cold as he said.

"Please rest assured, Senior, we juniors will absolutely not speak of it!" Chen Jing was startled upon hearing this, but his expression showed extreme respect.

"Hehe, hope your heart matches your words!" Han Li gave a loud hehe laugh, and a finger hidden in his sleeve flicked slightly, then his figure blurred, and he strangely vanished in a green light.

Chen Jing and the three others' faces changed drastically, they hurriedly looked around, but there was no trace of Han Li nearby.

"Uncle Chen, we..."

"Shut up, let's go back first!"

The lovely young woman wanted to say something, but Chen Jing's darkened expression cut her off with a slap. Then he greeted the two, and they suddenly changed direction and fled toward the outskirts of the city.

The lovely young woman and the two Foundation Establishment cultivators, though surprised and doubtful, could only follow closely behind.

In the blink of an eye, the two flew over a hundred li and landed their escape light beneath an inconspicuous small hill.

And at a concealed foot of this small hill, there actually lay a small cave dwelling that had been opened.

Chen Jing brought the two into this cave dwelling, opened all its restrictions, and then sat silently in a large hall, closing his eyes to meditate.

The lovely young woman and the white-haired old man exchanged glances, but neither dared to say anything more.

After a full meal's time, Chen Jing finally opened his eyes, let out a long breath, and his expression finally relaxed.

"Now we can confirm that person's divine sense is not monitoring this place; even if his divine thoughts could easily intrude here, they would certainly not fail to disturb the cave dwelling's restrictions. Junior Martial Nephew Yan, what did you want to say earlier? Now you can say it." Chen Jing slowly asked the lovely young woman.

"Nothing? This Senior Han's background is indeed suspicious; as a Nascent Soul cultivator, we have never heard of such a person before, which seems too unusual. Should we report this to the sect, investigate this person? Perhaps the patriarch would know his origins?" The lovely young woman said hesitantly.

The white-haired old man beside her also nodded slightly, seeming to share the same thought.

"Hmph, what good does knowing this person's background do? Your sect's patriarch is in seclusion, planning to attempt a breakthrough to the late stage; even if this person is problematic, it's not as important as this. If the patriarch cannot act, why should we provoke this person unnecessarily? Judging by his tone, he seems to know something about the affairs of the 'Luan' Star Sea; he must be some ascetic cultivator who has just ended his seclusion! Such things are not unheard of in our 'Luan' Star Sea. On the contrary, we, after being warned by the other party, still casually revealed this person's whereabouts; if the news leaks, do you really think that just because we bear the name of Qingyang Sect, a Nascent Soul cultivator wouldn't dare to move against us? Even if they wiped us out, without the patriarch presiding, the sect would mostly just hold their noses and pretend not to know. Do you think I would do such an ungrateful thing?" Chen Jing snorted, speaking bluntly.

The lovely young woman, hearing this, felt a chill in her heart and could only murmur agreement.

"Moreover, if this matter were told to kill some other Nascent Soul cultivator, we would gain nothing, but might possibly..."

And as Chen Jing spoke, growing more impassioned, he continued his scolding without noticing that, beneath his shoe, a point of golden light flickered weakly, then silently left the sole and sank into the stone floor of the hall, vanishing without a trace.

Shortly, this point of golden light sank deep into the earth, where suddenly a layer of pale blue light curtain appeared, blocking the light's path.

This was precisely the protective restriction of this cave dwelling.

The golden light paused, then its radiance retracted all over, revealing a golden-colored beetle the size of a thumb.

It was actually one of Han Li's Gold Devouring Beetles.

As soon as this beetle revealed its true form, it immediately lunged at the light curtain and began devouring it with big bites.

This restriction was not a high-level one at all, but rather very crude; the beetle slipped into the light curtain in an instant, then pierced through it and appeared outside the curtain.

From beginning to end, it never triggered the restriction's eruption on the light curtain, nor did it alarm Chen Jing and the three others above.

After the beetle flashed, it vanished into the dark earth below given

After a meal's time, on a certain street in the southern part of that small town, a tall, thin old man walking slowly suddenly had a flash of spiritual light in his eyes, shook his sleeve, and a point of golden light shot up from the ground, silently entering the old man's cuff and vanishing from sight.

The old man's expression remained unchanged, but the corner of his mouth twitched slightly upward.

And this person was none other than Han Li, who had altered his appearance.

That point of golden light was naturally the Gold Devouring Beetle he had just recalled, and on this beetle he had attached a strand of his divine sense.

Speaking of which, since he attained the late-stage Nascent Soul perfection, his divine sense, though vastly different from that of a Spirit Transformation cultivator, is nonetheless much stronger than that of an ordinary late-stage cultivator.

Therefore, relying on his powerful divine sense, he has already achieved the ability to casually attach a strand of divine thought to objects. Of course, this attachment is not permanent, but can only last for a time depending on the strength of his divine sense, and it can only be attached to living things with spiritual awareness; generally, it cannot interfere with the movements of the attached living thing.

Of course, if the attached thing is like this Gold Devouring Beetle, a spirit beast or spirit insect whose mind and spirit correspond to its master's refinement, then it can be directly commanded by divine thought to act.

When Han Li parted from Chen Jing and the three cultivators earlier, although he did not immediately change his face and silence them, he did attach a strand of divine sense to this Gold Devouring Beetle, letting it sneak quietly onto Chen Jing's body and follow them all the way back to the cave dwelling.

With Han Li's supernatural powers plus the ferocity of the Gold Devouring Beetle, naturally he would not be discovered by a mere early-stage Core Formation cultivator.

Han Li made up his mind: if these three are sensible, then fine, he naturally won't do anything; but if they plan to scheme secretly and play some tricks, then don't blame him for being ruthless with his divine sense—he will immediately use his separated spirit to drive this Gold Devouring Beetle to burrow in and kill them one by one.

The Gold Devouring Beetle, not yet evolved into its mature form, may be helpless against a Nascent Soul cultivator, but its nature of being impervious to swords and spears and devouring everything makes it extremely easy to deal with an early-stage Core Formation cultivator and two Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Now the Gold Devouring Beetle has returned; Han Li withdraws the attached divine sense, and instantly restores the conversation of Chen Jing and the three others to its original state; then, after a smile in his heart, he no longer pays attention to these three.

He swept his wide sleeves, his gaze scanning the attic buildings on both sides without cease.

Obviously, he is now in what is called the market town. Not only are there many cultivators, but occasionally some high-level cultivators descend and ascend on this stone street, and some with hurried expressions come and go in these attic buildings; however, whether entering or exiting, every person appears unusually vigilant, as if afraid of being watched by others.

Han Li's brazen scrutiny of other cultivators naturally drew attention from some cultivators. But when they swept their divine sense over Han Li's body, their originally fierce gazes instantly shrank, and they all became panicked and flustered, either immediately turning and leaving, or forcing a smile.

Han Li suppressed his cultivation, pretending to be a late-stage Core Formation cultivator, which was enough to make other cultivators dare not provoke him in the slightest.

After walking a few steps, Han Li suddenly halted, his gaze falling on several attic buildings, his face showing a hint of surprise. Here there are six two-story halls of roughly equal size, standing in a row beside the street, each with a slender pole inserted in front, respectively embroidered with blue monsters, golden small swords, green spiritual herbs, and six other different patterns!

"Six Linked Halls?" Han Li's heart startled.

If he remembers correctly, in the 'Luan' Star Sea, this power, though not small, seems to have already joined the Nixing Alliance and become part of it. Yet it dares to openly set up a shop under the noses of other powers on the island.

It seems that even though the Nixing Alliance's power is indeed considerable, even if it cannot occupy this Bi Ling Island, the island's powers still dare not reject the Nixing Alliance's shops settling in the city.

Han Li has some grudges with several Nascent Soul old monsters in the Nixing Alliance, so naturally he won't go looking for trouble himself; he immediately shook his head lightly and planned to turn and go check out a shop ahead.

But before he could even lift his foot, several cultivators suddenly walked out from one of the attic buildings of the Six Linked Halls, the two leaders of whom Han Li recognized at a glance, and their expressions changed slightly.

One was a fifty-something-year-old man in yellow robes, the other a young man in his early twenties wearing a crane-feather robe and a black Taoist robe; both were actually early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

Behind them followed four Core Formation cultivators, and a middle-aged shopkeeper wearing the uniform of the Six Linked Halls followed at the rear, constantly smiling obsequiously.

This is no surprise, for Nascent Soul cultivators are objects of awe wherever they go, let alone two of them jointly visiting a shop.

What caused Han Li's expression to change slightly was precisely that young Taoist in the crane-feather robe!

Although the other party's face has become so young, no matter how you look at it, this Taoist is none other than the Miaohe True Person who once pursued him and nearly took his life, only now he is twenty or so years younger in age. His appearance, however, seems not to have changed much from before.

This is none other than the Miaohe True Person of the Reborn Tongue himself!

As for the other party's unchanged appearance, Han Li found nothing strange about it; regarding the secret arts of permanently altering one's appearance and figure, such things are commonplace in the cultivation world.

Generally, cultivators who seize another's body and are reborn will subconsciously adjust their appearance back to its original form, in order to make others forget that their body was taken through possession.

After all, while body-seizing is not strictly forbidden among high-level cultivators, announcing it still tends to affect one's reputation.

As for True Person Miaohe, although his appearance resembles that of his former body, he has become noticeably younger—clearly having recently employed a visage-altering secret art, not yet having had time to synchronize his age with the transformation. After all, while appearance can be changed in a short time, altering one's outward physical age requires a certain duration.

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