A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality

Illusionary Mountain

“Of course I have some confidence in doing so. Besides, do you not dare to take the slightest risk for the spirit fruit, Lady Violet Spirit?” Han Li said with a faint smile.

Violet Spirit faltered slightly upon hearing this before a sweet smile appeared on her face. “With my understanding of you, Brother Han, you definitely wouldn’t take the risk unless you were absolutely certain that you’re safe. Looks like you definitely have some secret technique that allows you to avoid those invisible spatial tears. In that case, I’ll be more than happy to oblige.”

In a flash, she appeared on the Wind Riding Chariot.

Han Li looked at the woman in surprise, but then flew into the carriage without a word.

In an instant, under Han Li’s urging, the Wind Riding Chariot turned into a white streak of light and flew through the air.

It was clear that Han Li’s deduction was correct. After traveling for half a day, they finally caught up with the Ghost Spirit Sect members near an endless stretch of barren land.

As for Elder Zhong and the others, a Ghost Spirit Sect disciple had made a mistake and triggered a small ancient restriction nearby, causing them to be flustered as they tried to save themselves.

With Han Li’s vigilance and the full release of his spiritual sense, he naturally did not let the old man Zhong discover their tracks. Instead, he relied on his powerful spiritual sense to sweep his spiritual sense from afar without anyone noticing. Han Li clearly sensed that the spiritual Qi fluctuation of the ancient restriction was not very strong. It seemed that it could only hold back the Ghost Spirit Sect members for a period of time at most and could not truly trap Elder Zhong, who had a mid-Nascent Soul cultivation.

However, this small delay was a rare opportunity for Han Li. It was enough to shake them off.

Han Li controlled the Wind Riding Chariot and made up his mind. He took the risk to change his original route and take a big detour.

Not long after, bypassing several spatial rifts along the way, Han Li finally left the Ghost Spirit Sect far behind and brought Violet Spirit close to a lush green mountain range.

Seeing this mountain range, Han Li’s divine sense moved and the Wind Riding Chariot slowly listened.

“That’s right, it’s here. Look at the mountain peak that resembles a bird. That’s a good mark.” Violet Spirit recognized a mountain peak that looked like a huge bird among the mountain ranges at a glance and said excitedly. At the same time, she could not help but glance at Han Li.

To tell the truth, although Violet Spirit spoke with complete confidence and seemed to be at ease with Han Li, seeing Han Li drive the Wind Riding Chariot as fast as lightning, her heart was in her throat.

However, she did not expect that the route led by Han Li would be extremely safe. Not only did they avoid all the spatial cracks, but they did not even trigger an ancient restriction. They flew to this place in one breath.

Violet Spirit naturally did not know that Han Li was also secretly feeling lucky.

His Brightsight Spirit Eyes had the ability to avoid spatial rifts, but he hadn’t triggered any ancient restrictions after deviating from his original route entirely because of his luck.

Han Li thought this in his heart, but he did not show it on his face. Now, he only narrowed his eyes and stared at the strange mountain in the distance in silence.

The direction that the bird’s beak pointed to should be the location of the last mark.

“Brother Han, are we still not setting off? Why don’t we destroy this mountain before leaving?” Violet Spirit suggested anxiously after waiting for a while and seeing that Han Li remained silent.

“According to the jade slip, the last mark should be in the desert, and it should be within 500 kilometers of this mountain. Is that correct?” Han Li suddenly asked.

“That’s right. Brother Han, you mean…” Violet Spirit seemed to have come to a realization.

“It’s very simple. If we get rid of this mountain, they’ll know where the mark is as long as they see the newly destroyed mountain. The last mark will be in a desert. They’ll be able to find it as long as they spend some time. The only way to stall for time is to set up an illusion formation to cover this mountain and see if we can confuse them and make the Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators miss the mark,” Han Li said calmly.

Violet Spirit doubtfully said, “Brother Han’s words do make sense, but what kind of illusion formation can be used to conceal such a huge mountain from Nascent Soul cultivators? Could it be that you also cultivate illusion techniques?”

“Hehe, I’m not proficient in illusion techniques, but there are people who are.” Han Li smiled and said calmly.

Then, Han Li shook his sleeve and a white light shot out. When it landed on the ground, it flashed crazily, revealing a graceful and beautiful young woman in white.

“Greetings, Master!” The woman curtsied to Han Li. It was Silvermoon.

“Who is she?” Violet Spirit exclaimed in shock upon seeing Silvermoon.

“This is Silvermoon. She can be considered one of my subordinates for the time being. Silvermoon, do you have a way to set up an illusion formation in a short period of time to cover that mountain?” Han Li explained briefly before pointing to the mountain not far away and asking about the illusion formation.

Silvermoon respectfully said, “With Master’s illusion formation tools and my techniques, it isn’t impossible to conceal this mountain. However, I’m not sure if the illusion formation will be able to conceal itself from a Nascent Soul cultivator’s spiritual sense. Furthermore, my illusion technique isn’t a restriction. It can only exist for two days and will dissipate.”

“Alright, go ahead and do as much as you can. Two days should be enough.” Han Li pondered for a moment and decided to slap the storage pouch at his waist. Two sets of array formation tools appeared in his hand, flashing with various colors of spiritual light. Han Li casually handed them to the young woman.

“Yes, Master!” Silvermoon accepted the formation tools and immediately agreed.

At this moment, Han Li looked at the Flying Bird Mountain not far away. A cold light flashed in his eyes. He suddenly rubbed his hands and raised one hand.

An azure sword Qi that was over 100 feet long shot out from his palm like a flood dragon. After circling around the mountain peak, it flew back with a long cry and disappeared into Han Li’s body.

A buzzing sound suddenly erupted from the bird-shaped mountain, following which the bird’s head and wings collapsed in the blink of an eye. The mountain appeared no different from an ordinary mountain.

Violet Spirit, on the other hand, stared blankly. Although she knew that Han Li’s current abilities were not something that a Core Formation cultivator like her could guess, the fact that Han Li’s sword Qi alone could produce such power out of thin air without using any magic treasures gave her a huge fright.

In the past, although she had often heard that Han Li, a new Nascent Soul cultivator, was exceptional and was an existence only below the three great cultivators, Violet Spirit had never really believed it.

After all, Han Li was only a Core Formation cultivator like her in the past. He had only advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage not long ago, but he was already so famous. Violet Spirit found it hard to believe. She originally thought that Han Li had most likely used some tricks to achieve such a great reputation.

Just as Violet Spirit was feeling apprehensive, Silvermoon had already carried two sets of array formation tools and flew to the mountain peak that had nearly been cut off. She began to set up the array formation.

Silvermoon’s movements were very fast. In the time it took to finish a meal, she had finished setting up the two illusion formations. Immediately, waves of white mountain mist slowly rose, covering most of the mountain peak. Only the mountain peak was exposed.

After doing all this, Silvermoon suddenly turned into a ball of silver light and flew to the top of the mountain. Then, she suddenly opened her mouth and a large amount of pink mist surged out.

As soon as the pink mist left Silvermoon’s mouth, it immediately disappeared without a trace. Silvermoon kept spouting the mist. Not long after, an astonishing scene took place.

All of a sudden, the area around the mountain began to warp and distort, and the mountain disappeared without a trace. In its place was a dense forest.

Seeing this, Han Li nodded in satisfaction.

…

In an underground hall thousands of kilometers away, Marquis Nanlong and Lu Weiying were sitting cross-legged in a corner of the hall, commanding their magic treasures to fiercely attack the golden light barrier that had shrunk to a thin layer.

At this moment, the Buddhist runes on the light barrier that were originally the size of a fist were now the size of a bean. They continuously revolved around the surface of the barrier, appearing extremely solemn.

Outside the golden barrier, there was a white wind dragon and a streak of golden light. There were two blue ice pythons and a huge jade-green ring that were continuously attacking the surface of the barrier. Every attack caused the barrier to tremble and flicker with spiritual light.

Marquis Nanlong and Lu Weiying had pale complexions.

This was no surprise. Anyone who continuously expended magic power day and night, not hesitating to overdraft their essence energy to activate their magic treasures, would become like this. The two had long cursed the abnormal nature of the Minor Sumeru Vajra Formation in their hearts. In order to break through the Buddhist spell formation, it could be said that they had risked their lives. Although the two had suffered a great loss of vitality, the vajra barrier was at the end of its tether. It was clear that it could be broken through at any moment. As a result, the two were able to grit their teeth and persevere.

After an unknown amount of time, an earth-shattering boom erupted, followed by the elderly man’s elated voice.

“We’ve broken through, we’ve broken through. Thankfully, our efforts weren’t in vain.”

The old man who was originally sitting cross-legged stood up and shouted with ecstasy.

The golden light barrier that had obstructed them for the past two days had completely disappeared, and the shimmering runes on the walls had also disappeared.

Marquis Nanlong was sitting cross-legged at the other corner of the room. His complexion was extremely poor, but his eyes also flashed with excitement.

The two people’s gazes then simultaneously fell onto the spirit medicines, alms bowls, and other treasures that had lost their protection.

No matter how cunning the two were, their hearts still began to race.