A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 106

Chapter 105 Male and Female

Han Li’s heart skipped a beat upon seeing this person’s appearance: Huangfeng Valley actually has such power? They even managed to mobilize this person.

Something’s not right…

The early Nascent Soul cultivator, Old Monster Linghu, wasn’t this confident and composed.

Could it be that Linghu has broken through?

“Mid-Nascent Soul stage…!”

The appearance of a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator subtly elevated Huangfeng Valley’s status significantly, surpassing Spirit Beast Mountain and second only to the Hidden Moon Sect.

Furthermore, the forbidden area had produced a ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herb over a thousand years ago.

No wonder Old Ancestor Linghu was willing to emerge from seclusion early and even personally participate.

Initially, he worried that three Core Formation cultivators wouldn’t be able to tear a gap in the outer array of the forbidden area. This wasn’t a matter of overall strength, but rather a matter of numbers.

Now, there’s no need to worry.

Perhaps Old Monster alone can tear a passage in the outer array.

“A thousand years ago, a powerful expert discovered that this outer array has five nodes. By fixing these five nodes and then weakening a fixed area, a gap can be created during the array’s weakened state.”

As Elder Linghu explained, he raised his right hand, and a short halberd appeared:

“Go!”

The halberd instantly transformed into a meteor and shot towards the wind-attribute array of the Crimson Forbidden Land. The impact caused the entire outer array to tremble, creating visible spatial ripples. This force far surpassed the combined power of several Core Formation stage cultivators from back then.

Spatial folds rippled for dozens of miles ahead ,

like a giant boulder crashing into a calm lake.

Immediately afterward, the old man in brocade robes threw out a small yellow seal. The seal grew to ten zhang in size and slammed heavily onto the array.

This time, the spatial ripples became even more intense.

“I’ve fixed two array nodes. You three, don’t stand idle either. Each of you fix one of the remaining three nodes.”

“Yes.”

Master Hongfu responded and took action.

The Red Tassel Sword transformed into a crimson streak hundreds of feet long.

Huang Nie also made his move, a banner unfurling into a cloud dragon thirty to fifty feet long.

Uncle Huiming struck out with both palms, two blazing beams of light, several feet thick, shooting towards the array. It was revealed that Uncle Huiming’s palms now possessed a pair of almost transparent magic gloves.

This type of glove-like magic weapon was a rare find.

“Buzz…”

Before long, the wind-attribute array on the outer edge of the forbidden area slowly cracked open. Under the influence of the three experts and an ancestor, it grew larger and larger, eventually forming a dark opening more than ten feet long.

“Go in.”

Ancestor Linghu waved his hand and spoke.

“Whoosh…”

Han Li leaped out first, flashing into the array gap.

The remaining Huangfeng Valley disciples followed like a swarm of bees, rushing in.

Seeing this, the old man in brocade robes stroked his beard and smiled:

“Little ones, now that there are no outsiders in the way, you must bring out some surprises.”

Don’t disappoint him.

There is a great opportunity within the forbidden area.

Once it appears, it will not escape his discerning eyes.

If he can find that great opportunity, reaching the late Nascent Soul stage will not be a problem.

If he can become a great cultivator, he may be able to use his remaining lifespan to venture into the most dangerous place in Tiannan to find the elixir of longevity…

“Senior brother, senior sister, you watch, I will definitely revitalize Huangfeng Valley and bring it back to its former glory.”

Ancestor Linghu looked at the dark forbidden area passage with deep eyes and murmured.

At this moment,

Huang Nie stepped forward to pay his respects:

“Congratulations, Uncle-Master, on your great progress in cultivation, becoming one of the few Nascent Soul stage ancestors in Tiannan.”

Flattery never fails.

Hearing this, Ancestor Linghu nodded with pleasure.

Seeing this, Hong Fu and Hui Ming also stepped forward and bowed again:

“Congratulations, Martial Uncle…”

The other Foundation Establishment stage managers were even more invigorated: “Congratulations, Grandmaster…”

They knew all too well what the mid-Nascent Soul stage meant.

From then on, the disciples of Huangfeng Valley could stand much straighter.

“Hmm.”

The old man in brocade robes stroked his beard and nodded, then turned to look at Hong Fu and the other two:

“Without the Moon Sun Pearl, can those disciples manage?”

“Reporting to Martial Uncle, we had dozens of talisman makers and weapon refiners refine a large number of mist-dispelling talismans and cloud-scattering flags. With the help of those small items, the efficiency of collecting spiritual herbs will be greatly improved.” Huang Nie said.

“Hmm, alright.”

…

The Crimson Forbidden Land.

Inside.

After a dizzying moment, Han Li appeared near a sandy area.

“This is… the southeast of the Forbidden Land?”

Based on the map information and the surrounding environment, he quickly determined his approximate location.

Instead of quickly joining the other Yellow Maple Valley disciples, he reached into his spirit beast pouch and took out a golden treasure chest.

Opening the chest, several afterimages darted out.

It was the Level 2 Wind Howling Eagle, which had shrunk its size thanks to its Level 2 talent, along with a Spirit-Smelling Rat and a Twin-Pupil Rat.

The cramped space inside the chest had been suffocating these spirit beasts.

As for the Ice-Fire Wolf and the Jade Mantis? Their large size meant the limited space inside the chest prevented them from being smuggled into the forbidden area.

“Go, keep an eye on the surroundings for me.”

Upon hearing this, the Wind Howling Eagle spread its wings and soared, growing from two feet to a massive three feet. Reaching an altitude of six or seven hundred feet, its sharp eyes swept across a radius of several miles, quickly locating the three Yellow Maple Valley disciples.

A moment later, it landed back down, shrinking from three feet to one or two feet, perching on Han Li’s shoulder and informing him of the approximate location of the three.

“Well done, you came down to warn me when you spotted someone,”

Han Li praised, patting the eagle’s head.

The Wind Howling Eagle affectionately nuzzled its master’s hand before taking flight again.

The great array of restrictions in the Crimson Forbidden Land was a sphere.

The radius is three to four hundred miles.

In other words, the height of this space reaches a maximum of three to four hundred miles. The depth is the same.

As for the ancient restrictions existing high in the forbidden area, especially some flowing wind-attribute restrictions, as long as the demon beasts and cultivators don’t fly too high, not above three thousand feet, they won’t be hit by those wandering restrictions. Here, the Wind Howling Eagle can fly to a height of a few hundred feet and look down.

It is worth mentioning that it is very difficult for Qi Refining stage cultivators to detect the existence of the Wind Howling Eagle. This is

because the Wind Howling Eagle has a chameleon-like talent.

It can change its body color according to its environment, achieving a similar effect of invisibility. For example, it can be the same color as the white clouds, the same color as the azure sky, or even the same color as the sunset. This is the level 2 Wind Howling Eagle.

Although Qi Refining stage cultivators have keen observational divine sense, the divine sense of low-level disciples can only extend to a hundred or so feet, at most two hundred feet. This range of perception is simply not enough to detect the Wind Howling Eagle hundreds of feet in the air.

“You two can stay on my shoulder.”

Han Li held one small creature in each hand.

He placed the two small creatures on his shoulders.

On the left was a level 2 Spirit-Sniffing Rat.

On the right was a level 1 top-tier Double-Eyed Rat.

The next moment, he mounted a level 3 Giant Wolf Puppet and sped towards the center of the forbidden area.

The few remaining creatures on the outskirts were beneath his notice…

quickly.

In less than half an hour,

the Giant Wolf Puppet, at full speed, carried him to the South Gate.

Before this, he had already retrieved the Wind Howling Eagle.

He dared not let the Wind Howling Eagle cross the city wall.

The seemingly ordinary city wall, only a few feet high, contained extremely terrifying anti-flying restrictions and wind-attribute restriction arrays. Attempting to fly over the city wall would be tantamount to plunging into a dangerous group of restrictions that could kill even Core Formation experts and Nascent Soul elders.

At this moment,

no cultivators had arrived at the South Gate.

According to the sect’s plan, the 170-odd people were to form 30-40 small teams. These small teams were given a day to thoroughly search the outer resource points.

The following day, they would collectively enter the central area.

The city wall of the central area only had four gates.

They would all gather near the gate openings.

Then, they would spontaneously form squads of eight to ten people, with a dozen or twenty squads conducting a carpet search of the central area.

“Although we didn’t have the Moon Sun Pearl this time, we did have small magic flags that could dispel fog in the area, urgently crafted by high-level cultivators and sect weapon refiners, as well as basic fog-dispelling talismans.”

Because it was a full mobilization by the three major sect families,

tens of thousands of low-grade fog-dispelling talismans, costing only half a spirit stone each, were crafted.

Each person received a Cloud-Dispelling Flag.

Even Han Li received a small flag and more than two hundred fog-dispelling talismans.

“Moreover, each of the family disciples entering this time has two top-grade magic weapons and two level 1 top-grade spirit beasts on average…”

The configuration was undeniably luxurious.

The cultivators from Huangfeng Valley participating in the Blood Trial had probably never fought such a well-funded battle before.

This also shows that when a sect is given an opportunity to get serious, its efficiency is astonishing.

While the Huangfeng Valley family members were still leisurely scraping the ground on the outskirts, some even sightseeing, Han Li immediately plunged into the central ring-shaped mountain.

He didn’t need a mist-dispelling talisman or a cloud-scattering flag.

With his late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation combined with the divine sense enhancement from the first level of the Great Evolution Technique, he could completely ignore the central fog and move freely within it.

His eyes couldn’t see, but

his divine sense could capture the details of his surroundings.

In addition, he maintained a defensive shield throughout, and had twenty or thirty level 3 puppets clearing the way. Therefore, for any monster in the forbidden area to harm him, they would have to be extremely powerful and extremely powerful to have even a one in ten thousand chance.

Moreover, he had level 2 spirit-smelling rats and level 1 top-tier double-eyed rats providing early warning.

Despite being a level 2 demonic beast, the Spirit-Sniffing Rat, though small and harmless at only the size of a palm, is actually a genuine Foundation Establishment cultivator. Even if it’s not a combat-type demonic beast, its inherent strength allows it to easily defeat most level 1 demonic beasts.

Furthermore, this top-tier level 1 Twin-Eyed Rat can rely on its innate spiritual eyes to ignore the fog and clearly perceive its surroundings.

It’s not expected to provide any combat power;

a few warnings are sufficient.

“The outer thirty to fifty miles of this central area are mostly the three main raw materials for Foundation Establishment Pills. But the spiritual herbs I need now are no longer the three main ingredients of Foundation Establishment Pills—Purple Monkey Flower, Jade Marrow Mushroom, etc.—but rather the numerous spiritual herbs from the fifty-mile-deepering circular basin.” “

The spiritual herbs there are all designed to help Foundation Establishment cultivators increase their magical power.”

“There’s no shortage of high-quality and even rare spiritual herbs…”

After stroking his chin and pondering for a moment, Han Li solidified his initial idea.

That is: he didn’t take a single spiritual herb from the outer fifty miles, leaving them all for the Qi Refining disciples of Yellow Maple Valley. But for the fifty miles deeper inside, he wouldn’t be polite to anyone; he wanted as many as possible.

” Right.

He still needs to climb over a dozen other thousand-zhang peaks, and even the only three-thousand-zhang mountain in the northwest.

Perhaps a few more ancient snow lotuses can be found on the summits of these mountains.

‘Before parting, should I give you a few more?’

Xin Ruyin has already given him the ‘Mysterious Female Nascent Soul Transformation Technique,’ also known as the ‘Second Nascent Soul Secret Technique,’ and incidentally, the array inheritance as well.

Isn’t Xin Ruyin’s gesture a way of returning the favor?

She definitely wants to go further on the path of immortality, and most likely hopes he can provide some final assistance.

‘With this woman’s intelligence, she must have guessed that I have an ancient teleportation array here, and realized that when chaos erupts in Tiannan, I will use the ancient teleportation array to leave this place of trouble…’

‘And once I leave, no one will be able to provide her with the necessary cold-attribute spiritual herbs.’

In other words,

Xin Ruyin is going all in.

She’s attempting to use this all-in to secure his final assistance. “

“If I were in his shoes, I’d probably go all in too, right?”

Of course, for him, not helping was his right.

After all, it was a transaction where each side got what they needed from beginning to end.

No one lost out; everyone gained, it was a win-win situation.

Helping out was a favor.

If they met again in the future, this act of assistance would be worth mentioning.

…

Ten miles, twenty miles, thirty miles…

a continuous slaughter.

Any blind beasts that dared to block his path were wiped out by his puppet wolf pack.

Whether they were mid-to-lower level 1, upper level 1, or even top level 1, none of them were a match for any of his Foundation Establishment puppets, let alone a group of Foundation Establishment puppets.

Fifty miles, sixty miles, seventy miles…

all the way to more than eighty miles deep inside.

Looking at the soul tablet in his hand that trembled slightly and the unseen master-servant connection, Han Li looked towards a damp underground stone palace.

Here, the map of the forbidden area inside the golden treasure chest records another underground swamp stone palace, nurturing seven or eight kinds of spiritual herbs.

One of them is called the Blood Source Fruit.

It can cleanse and temper the bloodline of demonic beasts, making their bloodline stronger and also enhancing their physical strength.

Even in ancient times, it was quite rare.

The fruit takes a thousand years to mature.

It is a main ingredient in the refining of several ancient pills.

These pills all have the effect of cleansing the marrow and improving the physique of Core Formation cultivators, increasing the upper limit of their magical power to a certain extent.

“Little Six is here?”

“That means it snatched this underground stone palace from another powerful demonic beast?”

As Han Li was pondering, a disturbance came from inside the stone palace.

Sensing the approaching movement, he prepared for battle and casually threw out two fog-dispelling talismans, temporarily dispersing the fog within a radius of twenty or thirty feet.

The next moment, two large mudskippers, one green and one white, appeared.

One was as white as jade, which was none other than the Black Dragon Little Six.

The other, a deep green, was a venomous dragon.

The black dragon and the venomous dragon were similar in size, both over twenty zhang long, and very similar in many ways. However, the black dragon differed from the venomous dragon in that it had four claws and its bloodline seemed purer. The venomous dragon only had a pair of forelegs under its belly, lacking hind legs; its hind legs were merely a pair of protrusions.

“Twenty zhang long? That’s a characteristic of a level three dragon…”

Ten years had passed, and Little Six had actually advanced from a newly promoted level two to a level three demon beast?

What rare treasures had this guy consumed over the years to achieve such rapid progress?

Han Li was greatly surprised.

Of course, what surprised him even more was that Little Six, the male dragon, seemed to have found a female dragon that had also reached level three?

“Roar…”

Upon seeing the human Han Li, the venomous dragon immediately let out a ferocious roar devoid of kindness.

The next instant, it swung its forelegs and pounced.

The result…

Before Han Li could make a move, the Ink Dragon first coiled its tail around the Poison Dragon’s tail, pulling it back. Then, under the Poison Dragon’s puzzled gaze, it stepped forward a few feet and looked at Han Li, who was about ten feet away, playing with a soul tablet and surrounded by a large number of puppets. In

Xiao Liu’s eyes, there was excitement, closeness, but also a complex mix of emotions including hesitation, estrangement, and resistance.

Han Li saw this and wasn’t surprised.

This kind of thing was unavoidable.

After all, the spirit beast he had contracted 10 years ago had only had close contact with him for two or three days before being immediately released back into the forbidden area.

That was a separation of ten years, not ten days.

The fact that the Ink Dragon Xiao Liu didn’t attack him right away was already a sign that the blood contract was reliable enough.

“Ah ah…”

Is that you…?

The Ink Dragon murmured softly.

Han Li immediately activated the blood pact restriction, causing the black dragon to jolt:

It was him, it was him…

“Not bad, he didn’t start off with a fight. Otherwise, I would have been in trouble.”

Han Li muttered to himself, tossing out a few pills and forcing out a drop of blood.

The pills were all high-quality pills suitable for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Pills that humans could take were naturally universal for dragon-type demonic beasts. It’s just that the effect would be somewhat reduced, not as comprehensive and convenient as feeding them “Spirit Feeding Pills”, ancient spiritual pills specifically for spirit beasts and spirit insects.

Simultaneously with the pills, he also released the drop of blood containing the blood pact restriction.

After this drop of blood flew out, it quickly hovered in front of the black dragon’s forehead.

If the black dragon continued to acknowledge him as its master, it would not refuse.

If the giant mudskipper no longer accepted it, it would resist.

He naturally had two plans for this.

One hand: a golden core paired with Green Radiance.

The other hand: pills as a reward.

The two looked at each other.

Mo Jiao’s expression was filled with conflict.

Han Li’s expression, however, remained calm throughout.

In the end, the Ink Dragon didn’t refuse the pills, swallowing several fragrant, high-quality ones in one gulp. It also didn’t resist the drop of blood, letting it, imbued with the blood pact’s restrictions, seep into its brow, reinforcing the master-servant contract from years ago.

“Looks like you’ve gotten quite clever,”

Han Li chuckled.

The Poison Dragon beside it grew anxious, haughtily coiling around the Ink Dragon and looking at it. How could her male dragon show favor to a two-legged sheep?

The Ink Dragon, however, swatted the Poison Dragon away with a claw, came before Han Li, lowered its head, and prostrated itself on the ground.

Seeing this, Han Li leaped forward.

With the master-servant contract reinforced, the Ink Dragon’s life and death were entirely in his hands; what did he need to worry about?

The Poison Dragon, on the other hand, was so anxious its eyes turned red, letting out an angry roar:

“Roar…roar…”

Its male dragon had been kidnapped by a two-legged sheep?

It had to kill this two-legged sheep.

However, before Han Li could control his puppet beast army to destroy the poisonous dragon, the black dragon pounced first, pinning the female poisonous dragon to the ground and communicating with her in the language of dragons.

During the struggle, the poisonous dragon was filled with disbelief, then began to struggle violently.

Above Xiao Liu’s head, Han Li could feel his spirit beast hesitating, reluctant to leave.

After all, they had spent a long time together, even if they hadn’t yet engaged in any i*imate acts due to their youth. But how could they truly have no feelings for each other after so many days and months?

“Woo woo…”

the black dragon whimpered.

Han Li couldn’t bear it any longer and stomped on Xiao Liu’s foot:

“What are you thinking? Do you think your master is that kind of heartless guy? Since your wife doesn’t want to leave with us, then wait until I’ve gathered the spiritual herbs here, and then we’ll leave. If she wants to stay, then let her stay.”

The black dragon: “…”

When did its master become so agreeable?

“Hold it down, I’ll go gather herbs. After we’ve gathered the spiritual herbs, we’ll leave this place.”

Han Li leaped out and entered the underground stone hall.

He didn’t even consider this poisonous dragon worth his attention.

The black dragon had four claws, and its bloodline was undoubtedly purer.

Although the poisonous dragon was already at level three, it only had its first two claws, and its hind legs hadn’t fully grown yet, which meant that its bloodline potential was far inferior

to the poisonous dragon’s. It was only slightly more potential than the silver-armored horned python of Li Huayuan’s martial uncle, but that was all. Right now, he was focused solely on reaching the third level of the Refined Yuan Realm, so where would he find the energy to hunt for the inner cores of high-level dragons to cultivate a second dragon?

Inside the underground stone hall,

Han Li rummaged around and obtained more than a dozen spiritual herbs.

Among them was a mature Blood Source Fruit that was a thousand years old.

“That little rascal didn’t eat several of them in one go, did he?”

Looking at the few places on the Blood Source Fruit’s branches that had been gnawed off, Han Li felt a pang of heartache.

Then, he roughly guessed what was going on with the poisonous dragon outside the hall.

Initially, it was likely just a venomous python containing some dragon blood.

After its bloodline was strengthened multiple times by the Blood Source Fruit here, it transformed into a dragon. However, due to its significantly lower bloodline potential, the transformation was incomplete, and it still hadn’t fully grown its hind legs. It would probably have to wait until it advanced to level 4 or even level 5 to truly transform into a dragon.

This kind of hybrid dragon has limited potential.

Reaching level 6 or 7 would be quite good.

Reaching level 8 transformation would be extremely difficult.

After quickly looting the spiritual herbs and medicines in the underground stone hall, he turned and returned to the outside of the hall.

Not far from the stone hall’s exit, Xiao Liu was still suppressing the venomous dragon.

The venomous dragon was mostly whimpering at this time, not resisting fiercely.

The two dragons’ heads were pressed together, as if they were communicating.

Han Li didn’t disturb them at this moment, but waited quietly for several dozen breaths until the black dragon released the venomous dragon and came to him, bowing its head again.

“Awooo…”

Little Six let out a low growl.

“We’ll come back someday. Let it cultivate here for a few hundred years, that’s fine,”

Han Li comforted, stroking Little Six’s white forehead.

As long as it doesn’t break through to level four, there will be a day when we meet again.

With that, he leaped up and jumped onto the broad back of this now-massive creature.

Just before leaving, Little Six turned back one last time to look at the Poisonous Dragon.

The Poisonous Dragon just lay on the ground, whimpering softly,

full of desolation.

Han Li, witnessing this scene, felt like a heinous villain.

“Let’s go, we still have important things to do.”

(End of Chapter)