Chapter 498: Nanming Island

With astonishing escape speed, Han Li finally arrived at the sea area near Heaven Star City, under the eyes of some cultivators who were astonished.

Seeing that there were only a few days left before he arrived at his destination, Han Li instead took off the blood-colored cloak and switched to ordinary escape light.

This sea area must be a mix of dragons and snakes now; it wasn't impossible for there to be Nascent Soul stage cultivators here.

Han Li didn't want to attract the attention of such level figures, so his actions naturally had to be more low-key.

Fortunately, he hadn't heard of Reverse Star Alliance people appearing nearby, so it seemed he wasn't too late, and his mood naturally relaxed a lot.

Ahead was the last transit island before reaching Heaven Star City, "Nanming Island." Although its area wasn't large, a large group of Star Palace cultivators were stationed inside, which could be considered an outer outpost for the Star City.

In the past, the island's port would definitely be filled with ships coming and going, with mortals and cultivators coming and going.

But now, as Han Li scanned from the air, there were only a dozen or so small boats, and as for cultivators, only a few were flying in and out occasionally.

It seemed that those merchants, mortals, and cultivators all knew that a great war was about to break out here and had honestly avoided this period.

The cultivators who dared to enter and leave this island now were mostly people from various forces coming to inquire about the situation.

After such a long journey, Han Li also felt somewhat tired. He prepared to stop on this island temporarily and take the opportunity to replenish a batch of supplies he would use when going to the Outer Star Sea.

After all, he didn't know what Heaven Star City was like now. It was best to replenish everything here, which would save him from being caught off guard if any accidents happened.

As soon as Han Li flew down, he felt that the alert level of "Nanming Island" was significantly higher than before.

As soon as he entered the array range of the port, he felt at least three Core Formation stage cultivators' spiritual senses sweep over him simultaneously, and one even followed him for a long time, only disappearing automatically after seeing he had nothing suspicious.

It could be seen that the Star Palace people were also guarding against a sudden attack by the Reverse Star Alliance.

At this time, Han Li headed straight for the island's market without haste.

The market on Nanming Island was built in a small city not far from the island's port. It was set up entirely for the convenience of passing cultivators and merchants.

Han Li had been here once before.

This place might be far from as famous and vast as the markets on several large islands, but the things sold here were extremely complete, not half a bit worse than other places. It was even slightly cheaper than the things in Heaven Star City.

Because many goods destined for Heaven Star City were simply unloaded on this island, and then merchants from the Star City would pick up the goods from this island.

Han Li didn't have any time to delay, so as soon as he entered the city, he took out the Nine-Curved Spirit Ginseng formula given by the old demon Xuan Gu and read it carefully.

After memorizing the required raw materials and spirit herbs, he unceremoniously began to scavenge through various large and small raw material shops.

"Senior, I am truly sorry! This junior has opened a raw material shop for a long time and has never heard of the raw material 'Thousand-Leaf Dew.' As for 'Agate Horn,' this item is the unique horn born from the rare spirit beast, the Agate Beast. Ordinary cultivators have no chance to see it at all. I am afraid senior can only go to other shops or major auction houses to take a look."

This was a hall that wasn't small, and standing before Han Li was a middle-aged cultivator with upright features, who spoke to Han Li carefully.

"You are the largest raw material shop in this area. If even you don't have this item, other shops won't have it either. As for the various auction houses, I don't have time to wait for any auctions now." Han Li furrowed his brows, sitting on a wooden chair in front of the middle-aged cultivator, tapping his finger on the armrest, somewhat dissatisfied.

The middle-aged cultivator heard this and revealed a hint of embarrassment, but he truly had no way to deal with the things Han Li wanted, so he could only continue to accompany him with a smiling face.

After all, the person in front of him was a rare Core Formation stage expert; he didn't dare to offend him easily.

Seeing the shopkeeper's appearance, Han Li knew the other party truly didn't have these two things. He had to sigh and stand up to walk out.

It seemed the last two spirit herbs missing for refining the Nine-Curved Spirit Ginseng could only be sought through other means.

However, this Nine-Curved Spirit Ginseng only needed to be used when he reached the peak of the late Core Formation stage and began to condense the Nascent Soul, so he wasn't in a hurry for this moment.

However, when the middle-aged cultivator was respectfully sending Han Li to the door, he seemed to recall something and hesitated before suddenly saying to Han Li again.

"Actually, it's not necessarily that this shop doesn't have 'Thousand-Leaf Dew.' It might just have changed its name."

"Oh! What does this mean?" Strange lights flashed in Han Li's eyes, and he stopped his steps to ask curiously.

"I don't dare to boast, but I have been working in this raw material shop for over a hundred years. I have seen all kinds of strange and bizarre raw materials. If there is truly any raw material or spirit herb that I haven't heard of, then it is very likely that the name of this item is the ancient cultivator's way of calling it, and it has now been changed to other names. This kind of thing has happened a few times in the past. Perhaps the Thousand-Leaf Dew senior mentioned is just a very ordinary spirit herb nowadays." The middle-aged man said honestly.

Hearing this, Han Li's heart moved. He felt that what the other party said made a lot of sense.

After all, this Nine-Curved Spirit Ginseng was a legendary immortal spirit herb. Its refining formula was likely passed down from the ancient period. It seemed he could only find the true identity of Thousand-Leaf Dew by checking some ancient classics.

Thinking of this, Han Li's expression softened, and he walked out of the shop silently.

In the following time, Han Li collected all kinds of pill formulas that could be used by Core Formation stage cultivators. He prepared to make preparations for refining pills later.

As for other auxiliary materials needed for refining pills, he prepared a sufficient quantity for everything that couldn't be catalyzed by the small bottle.

If he went to the Outer Star Sea this time, it was impossible to return in a short time. Han Li didn't want his pill refining plan to be aborted because of the lack of some ordinary raw materials, thereby affecting his rapid cultivation progress.

Now he had several ancient treasures in hand, and with the assistance of some array periods, dealing with level 6 or 7 spirit beasts shouldn't be a problem. Of course, if he encountered a level 8 spirit beast, he would still only have the option of fleeing.

After all, once a spirit beast reached level 8, it was said that parts of its body would transform into human form, and its wisdom would become the same as an ordinary person's.

Because of its extraordinary talent, it was even three times more powerful than a Nascent Soul stage cultivator of the same rank.

Han Li didn't want to encounter such a truly refined spirit beast!

After a short half-day, Han Li finished collecting everything and left the market, immediately flying toward the port.

At this time, the sky was already dark, the night was dim, and things were somewhat blurry.

Just as Han Li flew out for a short distance, a burst of radiance suddenly burst out from ahead, and then a rumbling sound came from the port.

Han Li's expression changed abruptly, and he hurriedly opened his magic power, transformed into a cyan rainbow, and flew away.

Before he flew close to the port, his escape light stopped abruptly.

He looked at the scene before him with an ugly expression.

Above the port in the distance, countless cyan, red, and other colored lights were pressing down on the great array at the port, erupting with roars and cracking sounds from time to time.

Looking at this momentum, at least a thousand cultivators were attacking together.

The great array below raised a layer of reddish radiance, hard-headedly blocking most of the attacks.

And under the radiance, there were also many white-clothed cultivators, similarly driving magic tools to fight back desperately against the attackers in the sky.

Han Li felt a burst of wry laughter in his heart.

The Reverse Star Alliance's actions were truly fast; no matter how he rushed, the war still broke out right before his eyes.

Now that the war had started, the Heaven Star City side must have received the news through a special channel immediately.

Now, even if he rushed back to Heaven Star City, it was probably too late.

Han Li, extremely annoyed, had an uncertain expression for a long while. Suddenly, he stomped his foot, and his figure twisted and disappeared without a trace, completely hiding himself.

He didn't want to be involved in the battle between the two major groups.

However, his spiritual sense was quietly released. Slowly released.

If he hadn't guessed wrong, it would soon be lively near this port.

Sure enough, not long after, quite a few escape lights flew out from Nanming Island. But after arriving nearby, they all disappeared without a trace, landing quietly nearby and watching this great battle coldly.

Among them, there were over a hundred cultivators, mostly at the Foundation Establishment stage, and several dozen daring Qi Refining stage cultivators were also mixed in.

As for Core Formation stage cultivators like Han Li, there were only five or six. The one with the highest cultivation base was only a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator seven or eight miles away.

This person was hiding on a hill there, quietly. Han Li's spiritual sense far exceeded this person's, so he didn't discover Han Li's peeping.

Han Li, who had cultivated the Great Expansion Art, had a spiritual sense that, even if not as strong as Ji Yin and the others, wouldn't be far off. Even if there were early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators hiding nearby, Han Li would be able to sense some of it.

And according to what Han Li knew, most Nascent Soul stage cultivators wandered in the early stage for their whole lives and couldn't advance any further.

Seeing that there were no such Nascent Soul stage old monsters, Han Li finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, since the Reverse Star Alliance dared to attack Nanming Island, it seemed that the person in charge would at least be a Nascent Soul stage cultivator. Han Li didn't want to rashly appear and meet this person.

He could only honestly wait for the great battle to end before quietly leaving.

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