A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 171

Chapter 168 If Han Li can do it, why can’t I?

Is it too late to catch up now?

Judging by the time, it’s definitely too late.

That kid even calculated the time difference.

Last time it was.

This time it’s even more so.

“Senior brothers, would you like some to share?”

Hong Fu took a deep breath, suppressing the turmoil in her heart, and looked at Cheng Tiankun and Lü Luo.

She generously handed the storage bag to them.

“Junior Sister, since these spiritual herbs were given to you by Junior Nephew Han, how can we take what belongs to someone else?”

Cheng Tiankun decisively refused.

“Besides, these are all fire-attribute spiritual herbs, not suitable for Junior Brother Lü and me. Using them on Junior Sister will be much more effective.”

“Moreover, Junior Sister is more skilled in combat than Junior Brother Lü and I, and what our Luoyun Sect has always lacked is a Nascent Soul expert who is good at fighting. From now on, I will be in charge of internal affairs, responsible for coordination, logistics, and alchemy. Junior Brother Lü and Junior Sister will be in charge of external affairs. Junior Brother Lü is quite good at socializing and has made many friends among the Nascent Soul stage. Junior Sister, you should focus on improving your cultivation and strength. When your cultivation advances further, our Luoyun Sect might be able to talk to people with our fists.”

“Yes, Junior Sister Hongfu, what is most suitable for us is the best. With a clear division of labor, we can achieve twice the result with half the effort.”

Cheng Tiankun and Lü Luo’s attitude warmed Hongfu’s heart once again. She

also became more and more convinced of the Luoyun Sect.

This only fueled her desire to bring Han Li into the sect.

She didn’t know what her disciple had experienced or how many adventures he had encountered. All she knew was that, as expected, she was the one being taken care of.

A disciple looking after his master?

In the thousands of years of cultivation, this seemed to be the only case like this.

It was truly shameful.

It stirred complex emotions within her.

…

Cheng Tiankun and Lü Luo exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with inscrutable expressions.

“Junior brother, what do you think?”

“The disciple that Junior Sister Hong Fu took in can be described as repaying a drop of kindness with a spring of gratitude. Such loyal and righteous cultivators are rare in the cultivation world today, and she deserves to join our Luo Yun Sect. Senior brother, next time you must let Song girl try. Being close to the water tower… you get the moon first!”

“No, no rush. We must ask Song girl first. We can’t just arrange things haphazardly, lest it backfire.”

“Absolutely right, absolutely right.”

…

In an underground secret chamber.

Han Li, having refined more than a dozen portions of Mingqing Spirit Water, began to use the spiritual water to cleanse his eyes.

He still had some refining materials.

He could refine his eyes every few days or even every ten days or so.

“The effect is really weak.”

For over a month, he refined them several times.

The effect was negligible.

“This Bright and Clear Spirit Eye can’t be achieved overnight; it needs to be refined for several more years.”

…

In Yue Kingdom, at the location of the ancient teleportation array, Han Li took out the Great Teleportation Token.

“Teleport.”

The array’s spiritual light began to surge.

His figure gradually disappeared in the dazzling light.

When he reappeared, he was already in the Chaotic Star Sea, an unknown distance away.

He didn’t stay on Kui Xing Island for long, but instead traveled through the Gale Layer, taking more than half a month to return directly to Tianxing City.

Interestingly, while flying through the Gale Layer, he saw the Sacred Mountain of Tianxing City.

The Sacred Mountain of the Star Palace had a section that pierced through the continuous clouds and plunged into the bottom of the Nine Heavens Gale Layer, hundreds of thousands of feet above.

“Truly worthy of being the number one peak in the Chaotic Star Sea.”

It could even be said to be one of the top ten peaks in the human realm.

Back in Tianxing City.

He rented another century-old cave dwelling on the 45th floor and renewed the leases for two other cave dwellings for another century.

Entering the new cave dwelling, he opened his spirit beast pouch, releasing Gan Rushuang, who had been imprisoned in a golden treasure chest, and also removing the restrictions on her.

After regaining consciousness and mobility, she forced herself to remain calm and asked,

“Where is this?”

Han Li, standing nearby, took a sip of spiritual tea and calmly replied,

“The other end of the ancient teleportation array, a vast sea called the Chaotic Star Sea.”

“The Chaotic Star Sea? The other side of that teleportation array?”

Gan Rushuang’s beautiful eyes flickered, a hint of surprise on her face.

Han Li didn’t respond further, but instead tossed out a Spirit-Stabilizing Pill and a Divine-Suppressing Token.

“You… what is this?”

“I don’t like to mistreat my own people, and I certainly won’t mistreat my woman,” Han Li said calmly. “Try forming your Nascent Soul first. If you can, you can help me out. If you can’t even get past that hurdle…”

Han Li stopped there.

Across from him, Gan Rushuang raised an eyebrow:

“Aren’t you afraid that after I form my Nascent Soul, I’ll break free from your control and leave you?”

“Then it’s up to you.”

Along the way, he hadn’t let her breathe any fresh air. Coupled with the isolation effect of the golden treasure chest and his sealing effect on Gan Rushuang’s spiritual senses, she couldn’t possibly know the exact location of the ancient teleportation array.

Having come to this Chaotic Star Sea, to return to Tiannan, forming a Nascent Soul was only the first step. At least a mid-Nascent Soul or even late-Nascent Soul cultivator would be needed to withstand the various dangers at sea, first crossing several vast seas to reach the Great Jin, and then turning towards Tiannan.

In other words,

the secret of the ancient teleportation array was still in his hands.

Gan Rushuang’s life, death, and freedom were no longer of any concern.

“Besides, when did I ever try to control you?”

Han Li shrugged.

Why keep someone of little value around?

Besides, he didn’t even know this woman well.

What significant meaning or cost-effectiveness did she hold for him?

If she wasn’t on his side, keeping her around wouldn’t help; instead, she would be a huge hidden danger.

He’d rather go enjoy his wonderful time with Yuan Yao and Yanli.

“Oh, right, this is the cave’s restriction token. I’ve rented it to you for a hundred years. And this is the identity ring of Tianxing City; it binds to its owner with your own blood. As for these jade slips, they’re written in the language of the Chaotic Star Sea; you’d better learn them…” After

leaving these items, Han Li turned and left.

Once gone, he changed his appearance, reverting to Lu Chengfeng’s original handsome face.

As for the restrictions within the woman’s body?

He only removed the obvious ones; the hidden ones remained as a backup plan.

If Gan Rushuang were to collude with outsiders to harm him later, she was courting death; he could take her life with a single thought.

Moreover, this extremely subtle move, with his Great Cultivator level of divine sense concealment, would be impossible for those with divine sense below the mid-Nascent Soul stage to detect.

Even if they did detect it, they couldn’t break it.

Unless they became Great Cultivators, surpassing him in both cultivation and divine sense.

One shouldn’t always have a heart to harm others, but one should never let one’s guard down.

…

Inside the cave.

Gan Rushuang stood rooted to the spot, her face shifting between pale and flushed, her expression unpredictable.

“You actually think I’m just a burden?”

“You think I’ll only take advantage of you and steal your cultivation resources?”

Was Gan Rushuang really that kind of person?

She desperately wanted to throw the Spirit-Stabilizing Pill back to Han Li.

But after careful consideration, she held back.

“Once I condense my Nascent Soul, I will definitely repay all the favors you’ve done.”

Afterwards, Gan Rushuang entered seclusion, using the efficient learning speed of a Core Formation stage cultivator to gain a more detailed understanding of the human geography of the Chaotic Star Sea.

The more she learned, the more delighted she became.

Her eyes gleamed with excitement.

“The Inner Star Sea…”

“The Outer Star Sea…”

Here, high-level demonic beasts exist in large numbers?

“Wait, here, a Foundation Establishment Pill only costs two or three hundred spirit stones? A level five demonic beast inner core, even one with a special bloodline, only sells for around three thousand spirit stones? A level six demonic core with a special bloodline, at most, only costs a little over twenty thousand spirit stones?” A

level seven one, also only sells for tens of thousands?

“The purchasing power of spirit stones in this sea area is actually so high?!”

Turning to look at the more than three thousand mid-grade spirit stones and tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones in her storage bag, her breathing quickened.

Originally, she had accumulated these four hundred thousand spirit stones during her hundred-year stay in the Northern Liang Kingdom as preparation for breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

In Tiannan, this preparation would undoubtedly be far from sufficient.

But in this Chaotic Star Sea, over 400,000 spirit stones are comparable to the purchasing power of over 2 million spirit stones in Tiannan.

The key is that spirit stones have a place to be spent.

They can buy seventh-grade demon cores.

Various pill formulas are also dirt cheap here.

These are all opportunities!

“Moreover, the spiritual veins of the Sacred Mountain in Tianxing City are of much better quality than those of the Linglong Mountain of the Hidden Moon Sect.”

This is another crucial aid for Nascent Soul formation.

“No wonder that little fellow surnamed Han can cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage.”

“No wonder…”

Holding many jade slips, Gan Rushuang said excitedly.

Finally, her gaze pierced through the array restrictions and through the layers of clouds, looking down at the boundless sea:

“If Han Li can do it, why can’t I?”

…

Back in the cave on the forty-eighth floor.

Han Li displayed his late-stage Core Formation cultivation before Yuan Yao and Yan Li.

Upon seeing Han Li and noticing his current cultivation level, the two women were initially stunned, then overjoyed:

“Husband, you’ve recovered your cultivation? And you’ve even reached the late Core Formation stage?”

Years ago, before their separation, Han Li had feigned serious injury and a drop in cultivation, yet the two women remained steadfastly by his side, even preparing to do everything in their power to help him recover.

Unexpectedly, after more than ten years, their husband’s injuries had not only fully healed, but his cultivation had also improved considerably.

“You two are quite good. One is at the peak of the mid-Core Formation stage, and the other hasn’t fallen too far behind,”

Han Li said, recognizing their cultivation levels at a glance.

It should be noted that both of them had completed the second stage of the Third Stage of the Core Formation, their magical power depth and purity surpassing those of their peers. Furthermore, having cultivated the first two levels of the Great Evolution Technique, their spiritual sense was also quite strong. They couldn’t be viewed from the perspective of ordinary Core Formation cultivators.

“Husband…”

The three embraced.

A passionate encounter ensued.

After several more rounds of diligent cultivation,

Han Li was no longer as tired as before.

Afterwards, looking at the various healing elixirs the two women had accumulated over the years through their tireless efforts, Han Li was deeply moved.

The holy healing elixirs of Night Dragon Island…

the precious healing elixirs of the Six-Linked Palace… the

healing elixirs of the Four Seas Merchant Alliance…

among these elixirs were those for treating meridians, those for treating the dantian, and those for treating internal organs…

He didn’t know how many spirit stones he had spent to acquire these various miraculous medicines.

“Two spendthrifts.”

But then he thought about how extravagant he himself had become.

And then he thought about how these precious healing elixirs were all purchased for him.

Well, he immediately felt relieved, and a warm, comforting feeling welled up inside him.

“Indeed, it’s best to cherish yourself.”

And if the two hadn’t been traveling around, delaying their cultivation time, their cultivation levels might have been even higher.

“Thank you for your hard work.” Two women

sat on either side of Han Li’s lap. The two

women didn’t say much, but simply hugged each other tighter.

Afterwards, Han Li gave each of the two women some gifts.

First, a cauldron and a bottle covered in ancient patterns.

“The Three Bronze Cauldrons are the natal magic treasures of Nascent Soul cultivators. Forged from rare materials—primordial bronze, brass, and purple bronze—combined with a large amount of copper essence, they suffered severe loss of spiritual power due to improper maintenance, their strength less than a tenth or a twelfth of their peak. After years of nurturing, their spiritual power has recovered considerably. Although still not comparable to the level of a Nascent Soul cultivator nurtured by their infant fire for hundreds of years, this Three Bronze Cauldrons can now unleash power approaching that of an early Nascent Soul cultivator’s attack.”

“If you two can advance further and reach the late Core Formation stage, you can unleash seventy percent of this cauldron’s power.”

“I dare not say it can directly confront a Nascent Soul expert, but against most late Core Formation or even Pseudo-Nascent Soul stage experts, it will definitely have a fighting chance, and perhaps even defeat them.”

This cauldron was nurtured on Biling Island by the main body and its avatar for decades.

It was also tempered by the infant fire of the Wind Soul Body for over ten years, greatly restoring its spiritual power.

Furthermore, the addition of copper essence from the five metals of magic treasures further enhanced its spiritual power.

This is enough for Yuan Yao or Yan Li to use until the early Nascent Soul stage.

“The Glazed Treasure Bottle is also a magic weapon for Nascent Soul cultivators. It contains two kinds of true water, both with extremely strong corrosive properties.” “

It’s very damaging to metals and flesh.”

He had conducted experiments and discovered one substance similar to a super acid,

and the other similar to a super alkali.

“The bottle itself, besides serving as a container for the two kinds of true water, can also collect various other fluids with the ability to contain vast amounts of liquid within a small space.”

“You two should use it with caution.”

He hadn’t really nurtured the bottle much; his external avatar had refined the two kinds of true water over the years.

“The Water-Fire Gourd is a magic weapon for Core Formation stage cultivators. It can release water and fire to attack enemies, and also release lightning balls to injure enemies.”

If it’s only this much, it’s naturally not enough for the two women to use as a trump card.

But if he later fills the Water-Fire Gourd with the Azure Fire Thunder of the Three Yang Old Demon of the Azure Yang Sect, then its nature will be different.

The power of a few Azure Fire Thunderbolts could withstand a casual strike from a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator like Barbarian. A larger quantity could truly overwhelm a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Back then,

after killing the young master of the Azure Yang Sect and obtaining his storage bag, he acquired over a hundred Azure Fire Thunderbolts.

He didn’t store them in his Water-Fire Gourd for the time being, to avoid any unforeseen complications. He would give some to Yuan Yao and Yanli for self-defense once the Void Heaven Palace opened.

“And this ancient treasure golden brick, with its powerful and expansive attack, is decent.”

One strike of this brick could level a hundred-zhang-high mountain.

Of course,

its movement speed wasn’t very fast;

its only outstanding feature was its blunt force.

“You sisters should divide these four magical treasures and ancient artifacts.”

After the two women finished distributing them, Han Li informed them of his plan to enter the Void Heaven Palace.

“Could it be a magical secret realm that opens only once every three hundred years in the Chaotic Star Sea?”

Yanli’s eyes showed surprise.

(End of Chapter)