A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 200

Chapter 196 Using the power of the inner palace’s restrictions, a deception

Han Li decisively separated from the three women, turning and flying back to the left of the crossroads at lightning speed.

The three women continued along the main road, their speed more than halved.

As for the path to the right?

It was left empty, reserved for Elder Ximen’s Nascent Soul.

He was kind-hearted and never broke his word.

Since he had said he would only return the favor to the two from Jingxing Palace once, regardless of whether they could withstand the attack, he wouldn’t make things difficult for them again. He was a man of his word, unless the other party deliberately made things difficult for him.

And so,

as expected.

Elder Ximen’s Nascent Soul did not choose to pursue the three women, nor did it flee to the empty path on the right, but instead headed straight for him on the left side of the crossroads.

“Senior, why are you so persistent?”

“Lend me your physical body for a while.”

The Nascent Soul flashed and disappeared from the spot.

Divine Ability: Teleportation.

It instantly evacuated dozens of feet.

This happened several times in succession, rapidly closing in to within three zhang of Han Li.

They were almost ready to forcefully possess Han Li’s body in the next instant.

Beside Han Li was a stone hall, its doors closed, shimmering with white light.

This was a treasure hall that had never been opened.

In other words, anyone carrying a fragment of the Void Heaven Map could use its power to open the door and enter.

Once someone entered, no outsider could enter,

not even with other fragments of the Void Heaven Map.

Every stone hall within the inner palace possessed authentication capabilities.

“As long as I possess this mid-stage Core Formation brat and immediately enter the stone hall, I’ll be temporarily safe.”

“Barbarian Beard, Wan Tianming, Tian Wuzi, Ji Yin…”

“You scoundrels of both the righteous and demonic paths, once I’ve completed the possession and recovered my cultivation, I will not let you off easily.”

Immediately, a Nascent Soul level divine sense pressure, significantly diminished compared to his prime, erupted.

Although this pressure was significantly weaker than at its peak, it was still effective against ordinary late-stage Core Formation cultivators.

It could slow down a late-stage Core Formation cultivator for a moment, leaving them momentarily dazed.

And that one moment was often enough to decide the success or failure of a body-seizing contest.

Logically speaking, this method of the Nascent Soul stage was sufficient to deal with late-stage Core Formation cultivators, and it should be more than enough to deal with a mere mid-stage Core Formation cultivator.

Sure enough,

the mid-stage Core Formation youth from the White Water Sword Sect couldn’t withstand it.

He lost his focus.

The magical shield around his body dissipated.

But what made Elder Ximen’s Nascent Soul extremely uneasy was that just as he was about to succeed, and his Nascent Soul was about to merge into Han Li’s body, this seemingly ordinary young man curled up a contemptuous and cold smile.

The next moment, a large magical hand suddenly appeared and covered him.

“What?!”

How could his divine sense pressure not work?

He realized something was wrong and tried to teleport away quickly.

But at this critical moment, his consciousness inexplicably wavered for a very brief instant.

When he regained his senses, his nascent soul’s face was filled with terror:

“A Grand Cultivator at the Dual Saint level!”

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

How could this unknown Core Formation stage brat from the White Water Sword Sect be a Grand Cultivator? How could he possess the divine sense of a Grand Cultivator?

“Elder Ximen, why did you do this?”

You chose the path to hell when there was one.

Holding the nascent soul covered in numerous restrictive talismans in his hand, Han Li smiled slightly.

Ximen, oh Ximen, this

is exactly what I’ve been waiting for! If you hadn’t come closer, I wouldn’t have had a chance to capture your nascent soul.

After all, even a Grand Cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage would have difficulty chasing a nascent soul’s teleportation.

His Wind Escape technique couldn’t catch up either.

But if the other party delivered itself to his doorstep, then don’t blame him.

He had never seen a nascent soul so eager to throw itself into his arms.

Moreover, it was a nascent soul carrying a storage bag.

…

Of course.

Now is not the time to celebrate.

Opening champagne halfway through is unacceptable.

Barbarian Beard is the best example.

His Nascent Soul, which he had almost obtained, was lost by Wan Tianming, and he was furious.

Therefore,

when he put away Ximen’s Nascent Soul, he summoned the Fiend Core clone in the spirit beast bag, and then, at the cost of sacrificing a wisp of insignificant divine consciousness, used the Fiend Core clone of a high-level puppet to activate a fragment of the Void Heaven Map and send it into the stone hall next to it.

Just after doing this, several figures caught up from the corner a few hundred feet away.

It was Wan Tianming and Barbarian Beard and his group.

“Where is old man Ximen’s Nascent Soul?”

Wan Tianming asked in a deep voice after the six of them arrived in front of Han Li.

However,

Barbarian Beard, Qing Yi, and Ji Yin took the lead and stood in front of Han Li, protecting him behind them.

Their eyes were not blind, and they could see that Han Li had not been possessed.

In that instant, all three inwardly grumbled:

Barbarian Beard: I only protected Xiao Cha because of our past friendship and the subsequent struggle for the treasures of the Void Heaven Palace. Why is Ji Yin so eager to help?

Qing Yi: I wanted to conceal this Nascent Soul cultivator so he wouldn’t be exposed too early, allowing him to be a surprise weapon during the fifth level’s treasure battle, giving the three righteous cultivators a big surprise. Plus, we’d already divided the spoils, and there’s our past friendship, so I took the initiative to protect him. Ji Yin, what’s with your excitement?

Ji Yin asked curiously: I stood up to protect him because he’s my disciple, a top-quality Heavenly Capital Corpse material, a great help in obtaining the cauldron, and I’ll get a larger share of the spoils later. Why are Barbarian Beard and Qing Yi so eager?

The three demonic cultivators each had their own plans.

The three righteous cultivators, however, were united in their hatred.

Only after Wan Tianming and the others calmed down did Ji Yin breathe a sigh of relief and ask,

“Han Li, where’s that old bastard Ximen? Where did he go?”

“Reporting to Master, to protect myself, I had to use a late-stage Foundation Establishment corpse as my shield. It seems that the elder from the Star Palace possessed that corpse and then used a fragment of the Void Heaven Map to enter this secret chamber of the stone hall,”

Han Li

said, spouting nonsense with a straight face. The six looked on with suspicion.

But when they looked at the stone hall beside the passage:

“Someone did go in.”

The six of them stared at each other in disbelief.

“Wan Tianming, look at what you’ve done! Because of you, we’ve lost crucial information about the Star Palace and the Void Heaven Hall!”

The bearded man pointed at Master Wan and cursed.

The three righteous disciples, their faces dark, couldn’t refute him.

Anyone who could enter the stone hall must be able to use magic and carry a fragment of the Void Heaven Map.

Previously, they had personally witnessed the three girls walk down the main road, and now, Han Li hadn’t been possessed by Ximen. Therefore, the possessed entity must be something else entirely.

Thus, Han Li’s words were likely true.

They wanted to search Han Li’s soul to confirm the information’s authenticity.

However, seeing the three demonic cultivators’ protective stance, they knew it was impossible.

“Ximen’s storage bag isn’t here. It seems he really escaped,”

Tian Wuzi suddenly said regretfully.

“He took the storage bag too? That makes sense,”

the dark-skinned old man shook his head regretfully.

“What a pity, what a pity. Alas, if the restrictions on divine sense in the inner hall were weaker, I could have seen what was happening here earlier.”

What a pity.

The Wan Sect Master lamented inwardly.

Here, the divine sense of a Nascent Soul cultivator was greatly limited. Although not as difficult to separate from the body as in the Treasure Light Pavilion, it could only extend a few hundred feet.

Even a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator could only extend a little over a thousand feet.

This was the restrictive method of the ancient powerful beings.

Han Li dared to deceive the six Nascent Soul cultivators because he had considered this point.

Even his divine sense could only extend a little over two thousand feet; the situation for the other Nascent Soul cultivators was unimaginable.

Therefore, as long as he   　increased the

distance to three thousand feet and avoided the sight of others, he could quickly complete his previous operation.

As for where Elder Ximen’s storage bag was hidden?

The fragment of the silk handkerchief magic treasure perfectly concealed the storage bag’s aura!   (End of Chapter)