Chapter 358: Surprising Encounter with an Old Acquaintance

With his mind made up, Han Li flew away from the mountain peak using his magic tool without a sound.

Later, those Qi Condensation stage cultivators who had talked with Han Li were all very surprised when they couldn't see Han Li, the "senior" expert, when the White Pool gathering began.

Han Li first went to the Heavenly Star Sect marketplace to purchase all the materials for repairing the ancient teleportation formation according to the list, and then headed toward the Yue Kingdom.

This time, Han Li didn't enter the Yue Kingdom by the original route. Instead, he took a detour and sneaked in from a very remote border between the Yuanwu Kingdom and the Yue Kingdom.

The current Yue Kingdom was the world of the demonic path. He didn't want to be chased all the way as soon as he entered the dangerous territory.

Han Li didn't know that because of this caution, he had inadvertently avoided another crisis.

Because the demonic path had sent many people to patrol day and night at most of the borders of the Yue Kingdom. If Han Li had rashly returned by the original route, he wouldn't have been able to hide from their eyes and ears. A great escape battle would have been ten-to-nine unavoidable!

Now, Han Li, who had entered the Yue Kingdom safely, chose to travel only in sparsely populated places, and managed to reach the vicinity of the spirit stone mine where the ancient teleportation formation was located without any danger.

This spirit mine had naturally fallen into the hands of the demonic path.

Han Li stole a glance from afar and saw demonic path disciples wearing green and white uniforms.

Judging from the emerald green ghost head and pink peach blossom logo on their sleeves, they should be cultivators from the Ghost Spirit Sect and the Joyous Union Sect.

After knowing the identity of the demonic path occupying the spirit mine, Han Li quietly hid and left, found a secret underground entrance nearby, and sneaked in.

He easily found the cave that had been sealed that day, and after using his magic tool to smash the chaotic rocks, he saw the damaged ancient teleportation formation again.

Seeing that the teleportation formation was still safely there, Han Li felt a bit relieved in his heart.

In the following days, Han Li first used a set of newly obtained illusion formation flags to completely mask the secret entrance. Then, he used the improved "Inverted Five Elements Formation" flags and formation disks to set up a great formation to protect the cave where the ancient teleportation formation was located.

In this way, even if the demonic path cultivators discovered him, he would have time to escape calmly.

Thus, without any worries, Han Li began to repair the teleportation formation.

Because the jade slip stated clearly that the repair of the ancient teleportation formation was an extremely precise project. Even if an inconspicuous rune was off by a thread, it could cause the entire teleportation formation to go wrong, so Han Li's repair process was extremely slow.

A full seven days passed, and the teleportation formation was only less than half repaired. And at this time, a big problem appeared: the materials he had bought beforehand were completely exhausted.

Seeing this situation, Han Li was a bit dumbfounded!

It turned out that the repair materials he had bought, although more than what was on the list, hadn't taken into account the possibility of errors during the repair and the waste of materials.

And he wasn't a specialized refiner or formation master.

As a result, his skills weren't up to par, and more than half of the materials were wasted during the repair. Naturally, they weren't enough.

Han Li sighed slightly. It seemed he had to go out.

However, he remembered that a few days' journey to the east of the spirit mine, there was a small marketplace opened by a cultivation family.

Although it wasn't big, materials like iron mother and crystal jade could be bought there. After all, the core of the teleportation formation wasn't broken; it only needed some ordinary materials.

The only thing he was worried about was whether this marketplace still existed in such a chaotic cultivation world. It would be a waste of time if he risked rushing there only to find the marketplace gone.

After thinking about it, Han Li took advantage of the night to leave the underground cave and flew toward the marketplace using his magic tool.

He had already decided. If this marketplace was really gone, he would just go back to the Yuanwu Kingdom marketplace. This ancient teleportation formation couldn't just be left half-repaired.

But to be safe, Han Li prepared to travel at night and find a place to rest and hide during the day.

This way, he could minimize the danger.

Thus, taking advantage of the pitch-black night, Han Li flew east all night, and only began to look for a place to land when the sky began to brighten.

But just as he was looking down, his expression suddenly changed, and he abruptly turned his head to stare intently in a certain direction.

He faintly felt that someone was flying toward here at high speed, and it didn't seem to be just one person.

Han Li didn't hesitate to step on the Spirit Wind Boat under his feet, and he flew down diagonally, disappearing into the night in the blink of an eye.

He had just hidden his figure and restrained the spiritual energy around his body when a dazzling white light flew over silently like lightning.

And behind the white light, a cloud of blood mist several feet in size, with endless ghost-crying and wolf-howling sounds, followed closely. A bit further back, there was a piece of pink rosy light, faintly emitting a clear sound, also chasing relentlessly.

Han Li, hiding in the mountain forest below, didn't pay attention to the white light in front or the pink rosy clouds behind, but felt that the blood mist was extremely familiar! Wasn't this the protective demonic art of the Ghost Spirit Sect's young master? Could it be him?

Thinking of the Ghost Spirit Sect's young master's power and the suffering he had endured, Han Li's expression turned gloomy.

Just when Han Li thought that these people would fly past his head at high speed, the white light flying in front suddenly paused, then the light faded and stopped, revealing a white-clothed woman standing on a flying sword.

This woman was slender and wore a hood. As soon as she revealed her figure, she said coldly to the back:

"Juniors! You are chasing relentlessly; do you really want to seek your own death?"

The woman's voice was extremely cold, but when it reached Han Li's ears, it almost made him jump several feet high.

"This... this seems to be Nan Nangong Wan's voice. Is it really her?" Han Li was greatly surprised!

Although he had only spoken a few words to this woman with whom he had a union, as the first woman in Han Li's life, he had long since deeply imprinted her voice and appearance in his mind.

And this voice was indeed very similar to Nan Nangong Wan's, only the tone seemed a bit hoarse! Han Li was still a bit suspicious.

Just as Han Li was shocked, the blood mist and the pink rosy clouds chasing from behind seemed to be frightened by the masked woman's words and stopped at a distance of more than ten feet in unison.

Then the blood mist and rosy clouds thinned out, also revealing the people inside.

The one in the blood mist was indeed the Ghost Spirit Sect's young master, Wang Chan. The man and woman revealed after the pink rosy clouds dissipated made Han Li dumbfounded.

The man was the enchanting man who looked as beautiful as a woman he had seen at Yan Ling Castle, and the woman was Dong Xuan'er, who had been missing for many days and was estimated to have long since fallen into the hands of the demonic path.

Dong Xuan'er looked cold, and the original fox-like charm had disappeared without a trace, appearing extremely dignified.

What surprised Han Li even more was that her cultivation had improved from the original Foundation Establishment early-stage to the Foundation Establishment mid-stage.

Han Li looked at Dong Xuan'er and the enchanting man standing side by side, and couldn't help but furrow his brows tightly.

And at this moment, the Ghost Spirit Sect's young master and the enchanting man met the masked woman's cold eyes and both revealed a look of hesitation.

Although the other party had already fought a battle with a Core Formation stage expert of the Ghost Spirit Sect and both were defeated, and should be unable to resist, after all, this woman had killed countless demonic path cultivators in the Yanyue Sect defense battle. If she were to fight to the death and drag them both to die together, it would be too unjust.

The two who had this thought couldn't help but look at each other, and neither had any intention of attacking first.

Seeing this situation, the enchanting man's eyes moved, and he said to the masked woman with a smile:

"If it were in the past, if Senior Nangong said such words, Brother Wang and I would naturally flee with the wind. But now! Even if I, as a junior, look at the connection between the Yanyue Sect and the Joyous Union Sect and want to let Senior go, this Brother Wang of the Ghost Spirit Sect won't give up!"

The enchanting man completely took the stance that we are family and everything is negotiable, but he unceremoniously pushed the Ghost Spirit Sect's young master to the front as a shield.

Wang Chan was furious upon hearing this.

But he was also a person who didn't show his emotions, just looked at the other party coldly before saying unhurriedly:

"I heard that among the secret arts of the Joyous Union Sect, there is a 'Mysterious Moon Yin-Absorbing Technique.' Men who practice it can forcibly absorb a portion of a woman's original yin through the technique of dual cultivation. Although it is not much, with Senior's Core Formation stage cultivation, I think it could allow this Young Master Tian to enter the late-stage from the Foundation Establishment mid-stage bottleneck!"

Wang Chan's words came out, and the enchanting man's expression changed slightly.

He never expected that his purpose for chasing this woman relentlessly would be seen through by Wang Chan at a glance, and he couldn't help but feel a bit annoyed and angry.

At the same time, the masked woman's eyes shot out a look of shame and anger, and she spat out through gritted teeth:

"Birds of a feather, seeking death!"

After saying this, she raised her hand, and a piece of white sword light shot over, covering the sky and the earth.

Wang Chan and the enchanting man on the opposite side were shocked upon seeing this scene, and blood mist and rosy clouds instantly surged out from their bodies, and they were about to flee backward immediately.

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