A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 19

Chapter 19 Bribing the Cloudwing Bird

It turned out that Manager Qian’s and Xu Feng’s identities had been discovered by Li Feiyu more than half a year ago, following

the lead of Manager Qian. Li Feiyu’s surveillance had even begun more than a year ago.

Over the past year, through the probing actions of some disciples, he discovered that Manager Qian’s martial arts were mediocre. His martial arts had to be unremarkable, after all, his identity was merely the manager of the Seven Mysteries Sect’s main kitchen.

If his martial arts were too good, he would have been exposed long ago in the Seven Mysteries Sect, where masters abound.

After more than a year of covert observation, Li Feiyu followed this lead and discovered the betrayal of Xu Feng, an inner disciple of the Seven Mysteries Sect.

Due to his own limitations and Han Li’s dissuasion, Li Feiyu didn’t rush to expose him.

Otherwise, this matter would have been a great achievement.

Now, the two of them were perfectly positioned as part of this “golden cicada shedding its shell” plan.

The plan began:

Li Feiyu and Han Li first tricked Xu Feng, knocking him unconscious with acupressure points and taking him to Forest Number 1.

Then, using Xu Feng’s handwriting, they prepared a letter beforehand and sent it to arrange a meeting with Steward Qian. Li Feiyu was intimately familiar with the details of the operation.

Once Steward Qian finished reading the letter and set off, the two only needed to confirm his arrival before lying in wait.

With Han Li’s keen senses, he could roughly sense the target’s approach from afar.

When Steward Qian drew near, the real show began:

Li Feiyu, impersonating Xu Feng, pushed Han Li off the cliff, hundreds of feet high, to silence him.

Whether it was a real push or a feint, only the two of them knew.

After Li Feiyu finished this act, he immediately returned to Forest No. 1, changed back into his own clothes, and dispelled his Bone-Shrinking Technique. Then, he created a commotion, incidentally kicking Xu Feng awake. But before Xu Feng, the traitor of the Seven Mysteries Sect, could regain his senses, he was dismembered and killed on the spot. Let Manager Qian, hiding in Forest No. 2, hear Xu Feng’s screams clearly.

Finally, Manager Qian was taken to the Seven Absolutes Hall for interrogation, while Han Li, who climbed up the cliff using a rope, cleaned up the traces at the scene to avoid overlooking any clues.

After being severely tortured, Manager Qian honestly recounted everything and the “facts,” thus establishing Han Li’s “murder.”

Adding to this was an undelivered intelligence letter found in Manager Qian’s room.

The evidence was overwhelming.

Han Li, thus, successfully became a “dead man,” deceiving everyone except Li Feiyu, temporarily faking his death.

…

Upon receiving the news, Zhang Tie was initially incredulous.

“How could this be?”

“How could such a thing happen?”

Afterwards, Zhang Tie was filled with remorse,

overflowing with guilt and self-blame.

“If I had persisted in my cultivation and stayed by Junior Brother Han’s side, wouldn’t he have been spared the persecution   by the traitor ?”

“If I hadn’t slacked off and had continued to train with Junior Brother Han at the Chishui Peak Waterfall, wouldn’t he have been safe?”

Kneeling before the burning fire, Zhang Tie covered his face and wept bitterly. He was grieving the unexpected death of his close junior brother.   Unconsciously, he placed much of the blame on himself.   ”Alright, it’s too late to say anything now,” Li Feiyu comforted him from the side. “The spies and traitors are either caught or killed. Junior Brother Han’s death actually had some value.”   In the burning fire lay Han Li’s mangled remains.   The remains were only found the next day.   At that time, the body, which had fallen into a canyon at the foot of the mountain, was being devoured by a pack of wild dogs, and was already unrecognizable. The scene was gruesome. If it weren’t for the familiar clothes, even torn to shreds by the wild dogs, making them easy to identify, the Seven Mysteries Sect would have had no way of determining who the victim was.   ”It’s all my fault, all my fault…”   Zhang Tie was still blaming himself.   At the same time, he was filled with fear.   As one of the three disciples of the Divine Hand Valley master, he knew all too well Han Li’s place in Doctor Mo’s heart.   Doctor Mo’s martial arts were unfathomable, his strength unfathomable, and his mind unpredictable.   Facing his mentor, he couldn’t muster even the slightest thought of resistance.   When Master Mo went out, he secretly instructed him to take good care of Han Li.   But now…   Junior Brother Han was murdered!   He couldn’t imagine how angry and resentful the old man would be when he returned to the mountain and learned of Junior Brother Han’s death!   In the days that followed, whenever Zhang Tie saw the everyday items Han Li had “deliberately” left in the valley hut, he was completely dazed. He was in   a daze all day long   …   A few days later.   Han Li’s ashes were sent eastward and returned to the Han family in Wuligou.   The whole family felt as if their world had collapsed.   Because Han Li had become a disciple of Doctor Mo in his early years, the Han family had received a steady stream of subsidies from him since then, with a considerable amount of money being sent home every month. As a result, the family was able to live a life they never dared to dream of before, and the younger sister was even engaged to a wealthy family in a neighboring village.

But the Han family’s prized son suddenly returned with only a jar of ashes.

This was a devastating blow to the Han family.

“Brother Li…”

The youngest sister was heartbroken.

From a very young age, she adored her fourth brother.

She had dreamed of the day when her brother Li would return to the village riding a tall, magnificent horse. But instead, he returned with only a jar of ashes.

The elderly couple in the Han family were also devastated.

After all, he was their flesh and blood, their child:

“Li’er…”

The eldest, second, and third brothers returned from town, their faces streaked with tears.

From then on, the Han family was reduced to their former impoverished state, forced to live a life of frugality. Even

the youngest sister’s engagement was ruined.

After all, the most prominent figure in the Han family was Han Li.

With Han Li gone, the family was forgotten.

Fortunately, when Li Feiyu came to pay his respects, he would bring some simple local specialties to help the Han family. He only said that it couldn’t be too much, only within the bounds of friendship, to avoid arousing suspicion.

And so,

the dust settled.

…

Time rewinds to the night of the incident.

To be on the safe side, Han Li deliberately descended the mountain from the back cliff using vines and ropes prepared by Li Feiyu, cleverly avoiding the checkpoints set up by the Seven Mysteries Sect along the mountain paths. On

his way away from the Seven Mysteries Sect, he constantly kept an eye on his surroundings.

Sure enough,

just as he was leaving the Seven Mysteries Sect’s Caixia Mountain territory, a bird followed him in mid-air.

“A Cloud-Winged Bird? Mo Juren really did arrange this spy to watch me in the shadows.”

Cloud-Winged Bird: a bird with extremely fast flight speed, used for intelligence gathering, and possessing a level of intelligence almost approaching that of a spirit beast.

Doctor Mo had kept it for many years.

Previously, when he went to Chishui Peak Waterfall to practice, and even every time he left Shenshou Valley, Doctor Mo would release this bird to follow and accompany him. Once he makes any move to leave the Seven Mysteries Sect, the Cloud-Winged Bird will fly back to Divine Hand Valley to report the situation briefly.

Raising this bird is effortless; a few yellow chestnut pills are enough to bribe it. It requires no constant attention; it hunts for itself.

With continuous day and night surveillance for four or five months, the bird can easily complete its task.

Furthermore, this bird is very good at hiding itself: in the past few years, he, Zhang Tie, and Li Feiyu hadn’t discovered its existence. Only now, with his rapid departure from the Seven Mysteries Sect, has the bird been forced to reveal itself in the wilderness.

Moreover, compared to carrier pigeons that can travel two thousand miles a day, the Cloud-Winged Bird can travel five or six thousand miles a day.

Therefore,

even from thousands of miles away, Doctor Mo has been able to confirm that Han Li is still within the Seven Mysteries Sect for the past year or two, thus gaining peace of mind.

At this moment,

Han Li, who had run several miles outside the Seven Mysteries Sect, stopped.

The Cloud-Winged Bird immediately perched on a tree, preening its feathers.

Anyone else, at any other time, wouldn’t suspect a harmless little bird.

But Han Li was different.

He knew of the bird’s existence from the very beginning.

Now, he took off the package on his back and pulled out a bag. Inside the bag was a large bag of “Yellow Chestnut Pills.”

He took out two Yellow Chestnut Pills and looked kindly at the little creature in the treetop.

The Cloud-Winged Bird, which was preening its feathers in the tree, immediately stopped.

Its eyes were fixed on the two adorable little pills in Han Li’s hand.

After a second, the Cloud-Winged Bird gave up resisting and flew towards Han Li’s palm.

“Just as I expected,”

Han Li thought to himself.

After landing on his right hand, the Cloud-Winged Bird nimbly and quickly pecked away the two Yellow Chestnut Pills.

He didn’t stop it or intend to harm it.

The next day,

he took out another Yellow Chestnut Pill.

(End of Chapter)