A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 145

Chapter 143 Experience teaches people; one lesson is all it takes.

a journey to a deserted, nameless island tens of thousands of miles away from the trading island of the Myriad Sounds Sect.

Han Li arrived there with Wang Ning.

Upon arrival, he snatched the concealment ring from the girl’s hand and turned to leave.

“Senior, Senior…”

Wang Ning cried anxiously from behind.

Mustering her courage, she grabbed Han Li’s sleeve, her eyes pleading:

“Senior, Mother didn’t mean to offend you, she’s just too concerned about those disciples. If the Myriad Sounds Sect loses those elites, it will be a severe blow. Besides, Senior’s displayed strength is too much like a Nascent Soul cultivator, which led my mother to mistakenly believe that you are a Nascent Soul senior, and that’s why she… she…”

Her mother’s previous actions were truly despicable.

This senior had already shown kindness and righteousness by helping them; they should simply leave quickly, why push their luck and make demands?

Of course,

this senior was also cautious.

“Clearly exceptionally powerful, why didn’t you force back the cultivators from Extreme Yin Island?”

“Miss Wang, after this encounter, I’m quite certain that we’re not on the same path.”

My previous romantic notions about you are gone!

Without those notions, you’re nothing!

“Your good fortune is beyond my reach, and I can’t afford it.”

“Let’s call it even from now on, and don’t talk about who owes whom.”

Han Li made a hand seal, and the virginity mark on the girl’s arm vanished completely.

Wang Ning sensed it, lifted her sleeve, and was immediately stunned.

“Alright, didn’t your mother escape in the end? Go back to your Tianxing City.”

Even now, Han Li maintained his smile.

“S-Senior…”

The girl tightly gripped the sleeve of the person in front of her, refusing to let go.

She had a strong intuition that if she let go now, she would lose the greatest opportunity on her cultivation path.

This person seemed very certain that she possessed some kind of extremely powerful cultivation physique?

If he could know the inside story…

“Miss Wang, please have no further dealings with me. Let’s consider what happened before as just a transaction. From now on, we should have no further involvement.”

As Han Li spoke, he subtly conjured a powerful magical hand and brushed away the girl’s small hand that was clutching his sleeve.

“Senior, why?”

How could he just let go like that?

Shouldn’t she be very valuable?

Moreover, with this senior’s strength, it wouldn’t be difficult for him to force back those people from the Extreme Yin Island, right? Why is he being so hesitant?

“Hmph, I valued you because, theoretically, you could accompany me very, very far. For example, we could ascend to the Spirit Realm together through spatial nodes, and face the interface storms together, thereby increasing each other’s resilience. But your and your mother’s actions have disappointed me too much. I have no obligation to pay for the foolish actions of you and your mother.”

Han Li finally suppressed his smile and snorted coldly.

“You can underestimate Wu Chou and the others, but you can’t underestimate the Old Monster Ji Yin.”

“Wu Chou is Ji Yin’s grandson, connected by blood, and carries a contingency plan left by Ji Yin. Once Wu Chou is cornered, Ji Yin will remotely use a possession technique to appear through Wu Chou’s body. At that time, I won’t be facing the Foundation Establishment and Core Formation disciples of Ji Yin Island, but a Nascent Soul cultivator.”

“The strongest below Nascent Soul, yet ultimately just a Core Formation cultivator.”

“Below Nascent Soul, all are ants.”

Even with the support of Buddhism, he could contend with a Nascent Soul cultivator, so why should he risk his life for this mother and daughter?

His path of seeking the Dao may not prohibit women, but he won’t be obsessed with them.

Women are merely another tool in his hands.

His initial thought was simply to establish a good relationship with Zi Ling beforehand, so that he could use this good relationship on his future journey to the Demon Realm, or perhaps more easily reach “Bitter Spirit Island.”

But since both mother and daughter are burdens, and ascension is still a distant dream, what’s the point of talking about a future trip to the Demon Realm?

That’s too far-fetched.

Besides, he’s already done more than enough this time.

Leaving behind a sense of disappointment, Han Li’s escape light flashed, heading straight southwest.

Looking at her empty wrist, watching the departing figure, for some reason, Wang Ning felt a sudden emptiness in her heart.

She opened her mouth, wanting to speak, wanting to stop him, wanting to explain.

But before she could say anything more, Han Li’s figure had already disappeared into the distant horizon.

…

Carrying this inexplicable emptiness, the girl returned to the Miaoyin Sect in Tianxing City a few days later.

What greeted her was a gentle scolding from her mother, besides concern:

“Ning’er, you asked a senior to save you that day, didn’t you?”

“Yes, Mother.”

“Then why didn’t you ask that senior to protect our Miaoyin Sect’s elites? You know, there were four with dual spiritual roots and one with a special physique among them, the future Core Formation seeds of our Miaoyin Sect…”

Sect Master Wang was still deeply regretful, angry, and resentful about the losses that day.

Furthermore, she was still filled with lingering fear:

“And why didn’t that senior take me with him when he fled? Losing so much essence and blood, it will take me at least several years to recover…”

Hearing this, Wang Ning’s mouth gaped slightly.

At that moment, she felt a sudden, sharp pain in her heart, as if pricked by a needle. She

even felt suffocated.

Her mother was actually complaining to her?

Taking the life-saving grace for granted?

Wait, why did this scene seem so familiar?

Suddenly,

she understood why that senior had suddenly become so disgusted with her and her mother.

She did what she could for the Miaoyin Sect without compromising her own interests. However, her mother couldn’t understand her difficulties and instead complained slightly.

That senior, also trying to avoid harming his own interests, helped her out as well. But she didn’t understand the senior’s difficulties either, and instead harbored resentment.

“This…”

Were these mother and daughter really so ungrateful?

For some reason, the feeling of suffocation intensified.

Upon seeing her mother, she instinctively wanted to avoid her, just as that senior had felt and acted in the same way.

Then, remembering that she had lost a powerful backer and a crucial way to understand her unique constitution, she suddenly smiled bitterly:

“Mother, I need some peace and quiet…”

With that, she left the hall without another word,

leaving the sect leader Wang speechless, bewildered, and then frowning in shock.

…

Han Li, heading towards Kui Xing Island, had long since forgotten about Zi Ling and her mother.

He had no energy left to play games with this mother and daughter.

He had truly come to terms with it and let it go.

Regarding the future plans for the Demon Realm, he could always find another way.

For example, the Treasure Flower.

He clearly remembered that the Guanghan Realm possessed the healing elixirs the Treasure Flower needed. Otherwise, that person wouldn’t have stayed in the Demon Gold Mountains for tens of thousands of years; they should have left long ago. Their continued stay in the Demon Gold Mountains of the Spirit Realm was solely for the silver lotus in the Skeleton Brother’s cave in the Guanghan Realm.

In other words, he could easily make a deal with the Treasure Flower to obtain everything the Demon Realm needed.

That person’s character was also far more reliable than Zi Ling’s.

In short, it wasn’t necessary to rely solely on Zi Ling.

Having figured this out, he felt a sense of relief, as if he had shed a burden, and a feeling of clarity about the future.

Kui Xing Island Sea.

That nameless island where the ancient teleportation array was built.

When Han Li appeared, everything was as before.

To prevent any Nascent Soul stage monsters from following him, he had dug a tunnel from the depths of the sea to reach the island. Then, using the earth-遁术 (earth-遁术, a technique he had painstakingly mastered), he infiltrated the inner cave where the ancient teleportation array was located.

“Before leaving, Gan Rushuang of the Hidden Moon Sect found the mine’s location using the mark on the sixth Black Flood Dragon.”

“I wonder if she informed the Hidden Moon Sect about the ancient teleportation array?”

“Or perhaps, did the pursuers behind this woman discover its existence?”

Touching a damaged corner of the ancient teleportation array, Han Li began its repair work.

He had decided to first obtain a Spirit-Stabilizing Pill from the Falling Cloud Sect.

Whether by stealing, robbing, or trading, obtaining a Spirit-Stabilizing Pill was enough.

As for what to do if the teleportation array was exposed and the other side was prepared?

As long as it wasn’t a Nascent Soul cultivator personally overseeing it, he wasn’t afraid.

And a Nascent Soul cultivator wouldn’t be idle enough to spend all day guarding an abandoned ancient teleportation array, would they?

Even if there was a Nascent Soul cultivator on the other side, with his current foundation, a direct confrontation might be difficult to win, but escape wouldn’t be a problem.

Main Body, Pseudo-Nascent Soul Stage.

Wind Soul, Pseudo-Nascent Soul Stage.

Curved Soul, Pseudo-Nascent Soul Stage.

Fiend Soul, Early Core Formation Stage.

Furthermore…

the sixth Black Flood Dragon, peak seventh level.

Little White and Little Jade, peak level 7.

Mutant Ice-Fire Wolf, level 7.

Wind Howling Eagle, level 6.

Jade Mantis, level 6.

Eighteen Gold-Eating Insects comparable to level 6 demonic beasts.

Nearly one hundred Gold-Eating Insects comparable to level 5 demonic beasts.

Tens of thousands of Gold-Eating Insects, all at level 4.

It’s no exaggeration to say that he could now completely unleash a beast tide composed of dozens of high-level individuals and tens of thousands of mid-level individuals.

Faced with such a beast tide, even a Nascent Soul cultivator would have to retreat.

The gap between the Core Formation stage and the Nascent Soul stage is indeed huge.

However, once the numbers increase, this gap can be made up for.

After all, Nascent Soul cultivators are not level 8 transformed demonic cultivators. The advantage is obvious, which lies in Nascent Soul teleportation. The weakness is also obvious, which lies in the fact that the physique is not strong enough, and the mana is lower than that of demonic cultivators of the same level.

A few days later.

Han Li completed the repair work on the missing corner of the teleportation array.

Then, with this confidence, he stood on the ancient teleportation array:

“Teleport!”

…

Tiannan, Yue Kingdom.

The mine was located in a spacious cavern.

Suddenly, the ancient teleportation array, covered in dust, lit up.

The next moment, four figures appeared on the teleportation platform.

Three of them surrounded a seemingly ordinary-looking person in the center.

In that person’s hand, an ancient token emitted a blue halo, protecting the four from the risks of spatial compression during the long-distance teleportation.

“We’ve arrived?”

As soon as he landed, Han Li, with his powerful divine sense, recovered from the discomfort of the teleportation.

Scanning the cavern with his divine sense, he immediately felt relieved.

This was because the 50% version of the Inverted Five Elements Array he had set up years ago was still intact, without any signs of damage; in fact, it was completely undamaged. Furthermore, because he had left enough spirit stones for the array when he left, it was still operating smoothly.

“It seems Gan Rushuang didn’t reveal the secrets of this place to the Hidden Moon Sect back then.”

“Those who pursued her also didn’t discover this ancient teleportation array…”

Looking up at the hole that should have existed but had long since closed, the hole that Gan Rushuang had violently pierced with her Vermilion Bird Ring and vanished, Han Li pondered thoughtfully.

“I do owe this woman a small favor.” He

continued to scan the surroundings with his divine sense.

Confirming that no cultivators were hiding here, and that no powerful formations had been set up, he relaxed considerably.

The air of his familiar surroundings was much more reassuring than the salty, damp sea breeze.

The taste of home was still the best.

“Leaving Yue Kingdom first, and getting out of the demonic sphere of influence, would be best.”

Mainly, his cultivation method was too righteous, his aura too pure; he clearly wasn’t a member of the demonic path.

Encountering a demonic cultivator might lead to misunderstandings. It

was just that he was too upright.

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