Chapter 1589

Han Li hurriedly swept his gaze across the area, only to be stunned. Net

Before his eyes was a massive plaza several thousand feet in size, all paved with a type of white stone, and it was densely packed with people, though he could not tell how many there were.

These beings were all wearing various types of battle armor and looked very much like humans. However, in the finer details, they were vastly different.

Some had exceptionally long ears, like rabbit ears; others were covered in black fur, resembling tall, large gorillas; still others had golden light flashing all over their bodies, as if covered in a layer of golden armor, making it impossible to see their features at all. There were even some among them who had the upper body of a human and the lower body of a snake, like the Wa clan.

But the most numerous among them were a type of alien with pale green skin and ghastly white faces. They all wore uniform green battle armor and held long spears flashing with red light in their hands.

These aliens included both men and women, but they were all whispering to one another, their faces filled with extreme anxiety.

However, these people all had some degree of spiritual power fluctuations, with cultivation bases ranging from high to low, though most were at the Foundation Establishment or Core Formation stages. There were also Nascent Soul and Spirit Transformation stage beings, but only a sparse hundred or so. They gathered separately, forming a large circle of their own.

Most of them stood at the very front of the crowd, also whispering to each other.

Han Li swept his spiritual sense across them rapidly, only to discover three Void Refinement stage aliens among these high-level existences, which gave him a start.

According to what Qing Xiao had said, the other end of the teleportation formation here should be a small transit city jointly managed by several groups.

Logically speaking, the highest cultivation base of those usually stationed here would be no more than one or two Spirit Transformation stage cultivators. The number of cultivators appearing here usually wouldn't exceed four or five thousand.

Yet now, not only were tens of thousands of cultivators gathered in the plaza before him, but there were also so many who were at the same stage as him.

How could this not take Han Li by great surprise?

Could it be that after thousands of years of no contact, this small city called "Green Light City" had undergone some other different changes?

Moreover, his spiritual sense also sensed that there were barrier fluctuations flickering in and out of existence above the entire plaza, and everyone was standing on the ground, with not a single person seen flying up; clearly, there was a no-fly barrier in existence here.

Han Li's gaze flickered a few times, and after taking a deep breath, he immediately began to walk slowly toward the crowd.

Just as Han Li wanted to figure out what had happened here, in the area where those Void Refinement stage aliens were gathered, a dwarf-like alien with an unusually large head and no hair suddenly let out a soft sound of surprise, reached into his bosom with one hand, and pulled out a wooden disk.

On it, spiritual light of various colors flickered, and some strange runes were floating about incessantly.

"What is it, Brother Yuan? Have you discovered something?" another pale green-skinned alien nearby asked.

"A fellow daoist from the upper three tiers of the Upper Clan has suddenly appeared here. If I remember correctly, the teleportation formations in the city that could be used had long been cut off by the Jiao Chi clan. How could someone still teleport here!" A strange look appeared on the face of the big-headed alien.

"There is such a thing? Could the Jiao Chi clan have been careless for a moment and missed that teleportation formation? If that is the case, hurry and find this person so we can ask them carefully," the pale green-skinned alien said with delight, his expression shifting.

"That is impossible. I personally tested all the teleportation formations a few thousand years ago, and they had indeed all lost their effectiveness," the big-headed alien said, staring at the wooden disk in his hand and shaking his head repeatedly.

"No need for nonsense, hurry and find this person. Won't everything be clear once we ask them? Brother Yuan, with the spiritual light disk in your hand, it should be very easy to find where this person is," another alien, shrouded in fiery red light, couldn't help but interject after hearing their conversation.

"Hehe, this person just appeared and is right here in the plaza. I have already locked onto them with a barrier; they are right there," the big-headed alien said, a flash of sharp light in his eyes as he looked toward Han Li's position.

The other two naturally turned their heads to look as well.

Even though there were many people in the plaza and Han Li had used a secret technique to slightly conceal his cultivation, he was still exceptionally conspicuous among the low-level aliens nearby and was immediately identified by the few Void Refinement stage aliens.

Han Li had just reached the side of a few aliens and had only heard those two sentences. Upon being stared at by these Void Refinement aliens, he sensed it and immediately looked back.

He happened to meet the gazes of those few people.

With a frown, he felt slightly surprised that these people could find him so quickly. However, after a moment of contemplation, he walked straight toward the three of them in a swaggering manner.

A moment later, he stood before the four Void Refinement stage aliens and also sized them up for a few moments.

"Fellow daoist, you have just arrived in Green Light City, right? May I ask how to address you?" The big-headed alien's wooden disk flashed with spiritual light and disappeared, and then he asked calmly.

"My surname is Han, and I have indeed just arrived in this city. What has happened here? Could it be that you are about to go to war with someone?" Han Li swept his gaze left and right, asking back without changing his expression.

"So it is Fellow Daoist Han. It seems you teleported here from a very distant place; otherwise, how could you not know about the Jiao Chi clan beginning to annex our Tian Yun Thirteen Clans?" The big-headed man stared at Han Li for a long while before saying this with a strange expression.

"The Jiao Chi clan!" Han Li's expression changed abruptly.

This clan was a super-large clan that could rank in the top ten in the entire Spirit Realm.

"Brother Han, you can learn about other matters later. How exactly did you teleport to Green Light City? Logically speaking, all other teleportation formations leading to this city should have been cut off by the Jiao Chi clan long ago," the green-skinned alien on the side couldn't help but ask.

"I teleported to this city from overseas," Han Li replied slowly, without hiding anything.

"Overseas? Does a small city like Green Light City have such a teleportation formation?" Upon hearing this, the alien shrouded in red light was somewhat surprised.

"There were indeed two overseas teleportation formations, but they had long been abandoned and broken many years ago. Which part of the overseas region did you come from, fellow daoist?" The big-headed alien also showed a look of surprise.

"The Fire Coral Archipelago!"

Han Li's thoughts raced, but he replied cleanly and efficiently.

"So it was there! If I remember correctly, that teleportation formation had been destroyed for thousands of years and had long lost contact with Green Light City. Could you explain a little, fellow daoist?" The big-headed man muttered, inevitably revealing a suspicious expression.

"Actually, it is very simple..." Han Li's expression remained unchanged as he explained a little about the destruction of the teleportation formation back then. However, in his words, he did not mention his own background at all, which instead made these people take it for granted that Han Li was a cultivator from that sea area.

"In the end, although I snatched back the Sky Cloud Crystal by chance, an accident occurred when I repaired the magic formation. I don't know if the recorded teleportation formation was wrong or if the Sky Cloud Crystal underwent some mutation in the belly of the sea beast. After testing, this magic formation can only teleport one person at a time. Moreover, after each teleportation, one must wait seven days before the second teleportation can begin. Otherwise, it will be destroyed immediately," Han Li said with great frustration.

Now, even if he wanted to use the magic formation to leave immediately, it was unlikely.

Upon hearing the first half of his words, the three aliens, who had all revealed looks of excitement, saw their expressions change upon hearing the last two sentences.

"In other words, the teleportation formation you used cannot be opened again," the green-skinned alien said, greatly disappointed.

"That is indeed the case!" Han Li sighed.

"It is not that we don't believe Fellow Daoist Han's words, but this matter is of great importance. We still need to personally verify it. Brother Han, you don't have any objections, do you?" After the three aliens exchanged glances, the big-headed alien said with a dry laugh.

"Of course, no problem," Han Li chuckled.

"Brother Hong, you stay behind for now to restrain the others; we will go and check that teleportation magic formation first," the big-headed alien said after turning his head, speaking solemnly to the alien in the red light.

"Alright. You two hurry and return!" The alien in the fire light hesitated for a moment, but nodded in agreement.

Thus, the two of them followed Han Li and immediately walked toward the edge of the plaza.

A moment later, the three of them returned to the teleportation hall where Han Li had walked out from.

The teleportation magic formation remained there, exceptionally quiet.

"There are traces of spatial fluctuations; someone indeed just activated the teleportation formation here," the green-skinned alien swept his spiritual sense across the entire hall and immediately said.

The big-headed alien walked into the teleportation formation immediately, circled it several times, and then, with a single-handed incantation, struck the magic formation with a green light.

Suddenly, the previously quiet teleportation formation let out a hum and began to flicker with a faint white light.

Upon seeing this, the green-skinned alien immediately widened his eyes, a look of surprise and joy appearing on his face.

But the next moment, the humming of the magic formation stopped abruptly, and the spiritual light on its surface dissipated completely, returning to tranquility.

"It won't work; the magic formation at the other end is indeed unstable and seems to have been closed," the big-headed alien's expression sank as he said slowly.

Upon hearing this, the green-skinned alien's expression also turned gloomy.

"Two fellow daoists, is the situation in this city really so critical? Can you explain a little about the Jiao Chi clan matter to me?" Han Li asked calmly at this moment.

"What is there to say? You have also seen that our small Green Light City has gathered so many cultivators. Most of them are people from nearby who fled here. They originally wanted to use the city's teleportation formation to leave. But they didn't expect the Jiao Chi clan to act so quickly, and all the magic formations connecting to other cities in this city failed at the same time. It is estimated that either those cities have already been conquered, or the Jiao Chi clan sent people to cut off the city's inheritance. But since you were able to arrive here just now, it seems it is mostly the former. And the vanguard of the Jiao Chi clan has already reached the city walls, waiting for the arrival of the main army. We are planning to gather all our manpower and abandon the city to flee. But the key is whether we can really escape with the Jiao Chi clan's vanguard holding us back is another matter. At the very least, they will definitely not let us high-level existences go easily," the big-headed alien explained with a bitter smile.

After hearing these words, Han Li's expression turned ugly.

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