Chapter 416 – Earth Mountain
Hearing this from the other party, Han Li didn’t immediately agree, but instead wrinkled his nose inadvertently and thought for a moment before saying, “Brother Jin, how about letting me think about this matter for a bit? After two days, I’ll give you a reply afterward.”
”All right! Fellow Daoist Han, feel free to consider it carefully. If it really doesn’t work, I’ll go find someone else to try and see if there’s any loose cultivator who knows the way of formations.” Jin Qing said very sympathetically.
He then chatted with Han Li for a few more sentences before he clasped his fists and left.
Han Li looked at Jin Qing’s distant figure and stood in place for a long while without moving, but a pensive expression appeared on his face.
Speaking of which, such locations as ancient cultivator ruins had really been found quite a few times in the Sea of Chaotic Stars. However, inside could either be empty and devoid of anything, or one could find ancient cultivator’s cultivation tips, some rare materials that were now extinct, or magic treasures and other good things.
Overall, most of the ruins are more or less harvested, but of course the good and bad depends on the luck of the person who found it.
However, according to Han Li’s intention, he really didn’t want to go out and look for any ancient cultivator ruins. Because of the chaotic star sea is now turbulent, Tianxing City outside is not very peaceful, and his “green bamboo bee cloud sword” has not been able to cultivate for a long time, talk about what great power.
In this case, now let him go out really some hesitation ah!
If it was someone else, Han Li would have balked, but this Jin Qing, after all, and his relationship is quite good, at first also gave a little cultivation pointers and is the first time he opened his mouth to ask him, how also embarrassed to balk away.
In place to think for a while, Han Li still raised his head and sighed lightly: “Anyway, there are still two days. It’s better to deliberate on this matter a bit more!”
Thinking this way! After shaking his head, Han Li moved his feet and drifted around to turn back into the mansion.
Two days later, Jin Qing did indeed come outside the cave mansion once again, and Han Li eventually agreed to accompany the other party out for a trip.
On the one hand, it was to return the other party’s favor, on the other hand, he did have so much interest in that ancient cultivator’s ruins, who knew what nice things would be found inside!
Jin Qing naturally delighted, the next day and Han Li, Qu Soul together out of Tianxing City. Heading towards that ancient cultivator’s ruins.
The matter of Qu Soul being Han Li’s doppelganger was something that the nearby cultivators had unspokenly guessed after all these years of contact with Han Li, so Jin Qing naturally didn’t have any opinions.
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Two months later, Han Li, Jin Qing, and the others were flying at breakneck speeds on a certain remote sea area in the Sea of Chaotic Stars.
According to that Jin Qing said, after such a long flight, not far ahead should arrive. Sure enough, after flying for half a day, they finally saw a large island.
This island has a huge area, more than a thousand miles in circumference, but the island has a lot of hills and slopes, and there is a gray and yellow piece everywhere at a glance.
”Is this the island?” Han Li looked down from the sky above the island and asked Jin Qing, who was beside him, with some surprise.
”Not bad. When I first followed the map, I found this island. I inquired to the mortals nearby, and this island is a truly barren island, not only can’t find any spiritual veins in the vicinity, but for some reason, ordinary trees can’t survive on the island either.” Jin Qing spoke with a somewhat puzzled look on his face.
Han Li was also slightly stunned when he heard this, but after a moment’s thought, he smiled and said, “The more unusual this island is, the more it means that there might actually be ancient cultivator ruins here, which should be considered good news.”
”Hehe! At that time, we thought the same way, that’s why we were able to search the entire island and find a place that was most likely to be.” Jin Qing said with some self-satisfaction.
Han Li faintly smiled at that. After looking around for a bit, he casually asked, “But where exactly is the place you said was shrouded in formations?”
”Flying out another hundred or so miles to the west, there’s a huge earthen mountain, where there’s a hillside sealed by a large formation.” Jin Qing said without hesitation.
”Let’s go over there then! Maybe that fellow traveler of yours has already arrived and unlocked the formation?” Han Li said with a smile.
”Heh heh! If that’s really the case, it’s not bad, and there’ll be a lot less trouble then! At most, letting them take a few more things is all.” Jin Qing stroked his chin, revealing a hint of a wry expression as he said. For the first time, Han Li saw the other party reveal such an expression, and was somewhat dumbfounded.
The two of them were just talking, as everyone knew that a grand formation set up by an ancient cultivator could not be so easily cracked without a month or two of fumbling.
”Let’s go, fellow Daoist Han! Don’t really keep people waiting.” As soon as Jin Qing greeted Han Li, he took the lead and flew away in a long rainbow of green and white colors.
Han Li smiled blandly, and Qu Soul similarly urged his magic treasure to chase after him.
More than a hundred miles was almost a moment away for a JieDan stage cultivator.
A yellow earth mountain that looked very tall indeed appeared within Han Li’s eyes. This mountain was about a thousand feet tall, covered in earthy yellow, with not a trace of green in sight, giving off an extremely uncomfortable feeling, as if the entire body was piled up with yellow earth.
As soon as Han Li and the others flew close to this mountain, suddenly the winds became violent and the sand flew away.
The boundless strong winds scraped up a layer of the yellow soil on the ground, causing the neighborhood to immediately become dim and dark, unable to reach out and see.
Han Li and the others naturally wouldn’t be afraid of this bit of sand and dust, after a flash of light on their bodies a protective spiritual light appeared, covering them in it, still flying steadily forward.
The wind and sand inexplicably disappeared after they flew out for only ten miles or so, while they had already arrived at the foot of the earth mountain.
Jin Qing led Han Li to fly a small half circle around the earthen mountain, only to stop in front of a few stone houses. These stone houses were extremely simple, and at a glance, they were made with petrification techniques, and their colors were all a thousand shades of gray and white.
Jin Qing and the others had not yet landed down, the stone door of one of the stone houses pushed open on its own, and two men and one woman came out one after the other, three cultivators. The men were all JieDan stage cultivators, while the women were only at the Foundation Establishment stage.
”Fellow Daoist Jin, you guys have arrived as well! This is such a coincidence, we have only arrived a short while ago!” Among the male cultivators, a gentle young cultivator wearing a white shirt immediately greeted Jin Qing with great enthusiasm upon seeing him, appearing to be quite hospitable.
”Fellow Daoist Hu came early, as he should. Unlike Jin, I had to return to Tianxing City before I could find Fellow Daoist Han to come.” Jin Qing seemed to be getting along quite well with this person and said in a very amiable manner.
”Fellow Daoist Han?” The young cultivator immediately ran his eyes back and forth over Han Li and Qu Soul for a few moments, obviously not knowing which one was being referred to for a moment.
”My name is Han Li, and this is my senior brother Qu Soul!” Han Li slightly clasped his fists and said with a smile. On the way here, Han Li had already spoken with Jin Qing that it was best not to reveal Qu Soul’s true identity.
And Han Li realized that this Hu cultivator looked young, with shiny and elastic skin, but there were some fine wrinkles all around the corners of his eyes, so it seemed that he was actually just good at taking care of himself, and his age shouldn’t be light.
This Hu cultivator should be the same fellow who discovered the two pearls together in Jin Qing’s mouth.
”My name is Hu Yue, although this is my first time meeting you two, I hope that in the future I will be able to exchange more cultivation tips with you two, after all, there are too few of us loose cultivators who are able to form a dan. In addition, let me introduce these two daoists to the two of you.”
Hu Yue was obviously very sociable, and after a few words, he allowed Han Li to have a good impression of him. Then, he began to introduce the man and woman to Han Li and the others.
”These two, Fairy Shi Die and Brother Jian. Fairy Shi is a renowned formation expert of Red Moon Island, and I believe that if she joins forces with fellow Daoist Han, she will definitely be able to break this formation. And Brother Jane is already a mid-stage JieDan cultivator, so he will definitely be able to contribute a lot during the process of breaking the formation.” Hu Yue Xian smiled and introduced them one by one.
”Ugly words up front, I’m only responsible for helping you guys break the formation, if there is any danger behind the formation, I, a female streamer in the Foundation Establishment Stage, won’t make a move. And I have to pick one of the things I get this time first!”
The female cultivator called Shi Die was of average appearance, but her demeanor was arrogant, and her mouth was full of nonchalant words, causing Han Li and the others to be slightly stunned.
”Red Moon Island? I don’t know, what is the name of Fellow Daoist Shi and Red Moon Island’s Shi Zhenran?” Jin Qing, however, suddenly asked with a hesitant look.
”That’s my father!” This female cultivator said indifferently after glancing at Jin Qing.
”Hehe, in that case, everything will be according to what Miss Shi said!” Once Jin Qing heard what the other party said, he immediately agreed without hesitation, causing Han Li to glance at him with some surprise.
”Fellow Daoist Han! Real Person Shi had been kind to me in my early years, so please bear with me a bit more, fellow Daoist.” A voice transmission from Jin Qing came from Han Li’s ears.
Han Li didn’t say anything when he heard it, but he gave Jin Qing an unintentional faint smile.