A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality c1-2248

by Translator: Johnchen

  As he tightly embraced the masked woman in one arm, he raised his head and expressionlessly looked at Wang Chan and the gorgeous man chasing after them.

  Although the masked woman lacked the strength to struggle from his embrace, her eyes were filled with humiliation and resentment as if she was scolding him. However, the youth paid this no mind.

  “So it turned out to be you!”

  “It’s you!”

  Once they clearly saw the male youth’s appearance, Wang Chen and the gorgeous man simultaneously yelled out.

  They had both recognized Han Li, whom they had each attempted to kill before. After glancing at each other in surprise, they charged toward Han Li while using their abilities to the fullest extent without any further hesitation.

  Wang Chan’s blood cloud swelled and expanded to forty meters wide in an instant. At the same time, its bloody scent grew much more intense and its pressure became astonishingly stronger.

  The gorgeous man coldly laughed, and a jade flute suddenly appeared in his hand. With a wave, a clear whistle sounded out, transforming his rainbow streak of light into a pink peacock. As he shot toward Han Li, Wang Chan closely followed behind him, unwilling to be second.

  Seeing that the two were so aggressively chasing him, Han Li finally revealed a trace of panic.

  He suddenly stomped on his small boat, causing it to release a blinding white light. It lightly trembled as if it were strung on a bow.

  With the Devil Dao cultivators’ astonishing offensive, they had already arrived in front of Han Li and blocked off his path of escape. They now clearly saw that the masked woman had given up her struggle and that her eyes were filled with despair.

  This caused the two to feel much more at ease. It seemed that the female Core Formation cultivator no longer had the power to resist!

  In that moment, Han Li’s panicked expression underwent a sudden change, and he revealed a faint, strange smile.

  When the two outstanding Devil Dao cultivators saw Han Li’s expression, their hearts thumped heavily.

  The scene before them suddenly changed as Han Li and the masked woman turned into a cool breeze as if they no longer existed. Then, two huge stones appeared in front of the Devil Dao cultivators, causing them to dodge away in alarm. They couldn’t help but look around in astonishment.

  What they saw caused their complexions to pale. They were surrounded by some kind of forest with countless towering trees similar to stone obelisks. They had been trapped inside of an illusory formation.

  Wang Chan and the gorgeous man were furious.

  Although the might of this illusory formation wasn’t great, they would have to spend a good amount of time to break through it, giving their prey more than enough time to escape. As a result, these two young masters of the Devil Dao developed a bone-deep hatred for Han Li.

  “Senior Brother Wang, let’s quickly break out of this formation. Don’t forget that my Junior Martial Sister Dong is still outside! With her cultivation, she can stall them for a short while. She will give us all the time that we will need.” The gorgeous man suddenly thought of something and coldly smiled.

  Wang Chan’s face grew cheerful for a moment, but then he spoke with doubt, “Ah, that’s right. It seems this young master has forgotten something! That girl was once a Yellow Maple Valley disciple. Will she really block them?”

  The gorgeous man then revealed some hesitation and replied with uncertainty, “She will definitely act! After all, Dong Xuan’er has a high position in my Harmonious Bond Sect, far greater than the status of an ordinary disciple that she had within Yellow Maple Valley! Furthermore, I, this father, treat her quite well!”

  Chapter 361: Mishap

  As Han Li stomped on his Divine Wind Boat with one arm wrapped around the masked woman, Dong Xuan’er blocked his way while covered in pink light.

  “Junior Martial Sister Dong, must you act?” Han Li lightly sighed and spoke grudgingly.

  Her eyes coldly glinted as she glanced down at the unconscious masked woman in Han Li’s embrace. Dong Xuan’er expressionlessly said, “Han Li, if you wish to leave, you must first pass through me! I have always been curious as to why my Master Hong Fu had insisted on marrying me to you!

  “Also, did you really expect me to allow a Masked Moon Core Formation cultivator to easily escape?” Dong Xuan’er’s refined brow gradually frowned, and she wore a baleful expression.

  Once she finished, Han Li didn’t reply with words regarding old affection or other such nonsense. After all, he had used formation flags to hastily trap the other two within a simple illusion formation. It wouldn’t keep them trapped for long.

  Han Li’s expression sunk and he said, “Since it’s like this, then don’t blame me for being ruthless, Young Lady Dong!”

  Han Li then loudly yelled and waved his hand, releasing two black lights and five streaks of white light. In addition, a tortoise shell appeared beside him and blocked his front. Afterwards, four puppet beasts appeared at both his sides. With gaping mouths, they shot out light beams as thick as a bowl.

  He took action with the entirety of his power. He didn’t have any notion of going easy on the fairer sex.

  Once Dong Xuan’er saw Han Li’s ferocious offensive, her expression underwent great change.

  She grit her teeth and waved her flawless hand, summoning a pink muslin cloth. Her hands then emitted a red-orange glow which combined with her muslin cloth to form a huge barrier of sparkling red light surrounding herself.

  Dong Xuan’er was convinced that even if Han Li’s attack was more overbearing, it still wouldn’t be able to break through the powerful barrier created from her “Fire Phoenix Cloth” and devilish arts.

  As Dong Xuan’er was basking in confidence, Han Li’s Divine Wind Boat flashed with white light and streaked past her with a woosh.

  Likewise, the magic tools that were in an overbearing attack made an immediate turn and quickly flew after Han Li.

  Without fighting for even a moment, Han Li had instead used his attack as a misdirection, allowing for an immediately escape.

  This was completely out of Dong Xuan’er’s expectations! She blankly stood in place before her face deeply blushed. Just as she thought to furiously pursue Han Li, the four puppet beasts fired light beams on her.

  Dong Xuan’er could only wait until after the light beams faded away before hastily withdrawing her light barrier. But by that time, Han Li had already turned into a black dot in the distance and was about to disappear from sight.

  Naturally, Dong Xuan’er was unwilling to allow Han Li’s trickery succeed. By making use of her wondrous movement technique, she ignored the four puppet beasts and set off in hot pursuit.

  But a short moment later, that black dot in the sky flashed several more times and disappeared without a trace.

  With a furious expression, Dong Xuan’er swept the vicinity without finding a single trace of Han Li. She had no choice but to give up her pursuit of them and dejectedly return.

  ……

  At this moment, Han Li was hiding in a loose earth mound to rest. A yellow barrier of light covered Han Li from all sides, but it didn’t feel stuffy at all. It was quite fantastic.

  Han Li hadn’t thought that this low grade “Earthsink Talisman”, would prove to be useful someday. It seems that keeping all the talismans he possessed on his body was a correct decision.

  A moment later, he felt that Dong Xuan’er had left. Without leaving concealment, he carefully used his spiritual sense and confirmed that Dong Xuan’er truly wasn’t there before leaving the earth mound and speedily flying away.

  ……

  Many hours later, Han Li carried the masked woman into the dry hollow of a large tree. The tree hollow’s previous master, a huge bear, was lying dismembered outside the cave.

  Han Li gently lowered the masked woman to the ground and gripped her flawless wrist with deep concern, slowly releasing spiritual power into her blood vessels to take a look at her injuries.
/>   However, Han Li regretted having done such a rash action immediately afterwards.

  Upon pouring just a slight amount of spiritual power into her body, a huge attractive force suddenly appeared and caused Han Li’s spiritual power to wildly flood into her like a dam had broken.

  Han Li was greatly alarmed and attempted to let go, but he found that his hands were firmly stuck and was unable to break free. Unexpectedly, his other hand was also helplessly caught by this attractive force, causing his magic power to flow out at double the speed.

  Han Li was aghast as he felt every drop of his bitterly cultivated true essence forcefully sucked out by the masked woman. To make matters worse, the attractive force only grew stronger as time passed, making Han Li lose his head from panic!

  Not daring to repeat the same mistake by trying to by pushing her off with his legs, Han Li was at his wit’s end as his hands continued to be rigidly stuck.

  Han Li could only helplessly stare on as his mid Foundation Establishment cultivation degraded to early Foundation Establishment, and then as early Foundation Establishment fell into Qi Condensation, and...

  As he felt his heart bleed, Han Li found that he could not longer endure and his gaze blackened before he fainted and fell onto the body of the masked woman.

  “Fragrant... and soft!” Before Han Li lost consciousness, this single lustful thought flashed through his mind.

  As such, a man and a woman were intimately tangled with one another in a quiet cave. But since both of them were were unconscious, Han Li’s spiritual power still continued to slowly and uncontrollably flow into the woman’s body.

  ……

  After an unknown amount of time, Han Li eventually woke up in a daze.

  But just as he drowsily opened his eyes, Han Li found himself looking at an attractive, slender silhouette standing outside the tree cave, surveying the scene outside with her back facing Han Li.

  Han Li blankly looked on for a moment before feeling a severe headache. After holding back his voice with great difficulty, he recalled the event before he passed out. Fearful, Han Li hastily used his spiritual sense to examine his body.

  His felt his heart drop to the deepest depths. Not only did his cultivation revert back to Qi Condensation, it had dropped to the third layer. He was left completely dumbfounded as if he had been struck by lightning.

  While Han Li was at a loss, the slender woman softly asked without turning her head, “You’re awake?”

  Han Li woke from his stupor, and with an unsightly expression, he couldn’t help but furiously ask, “Nangong Wan, what happened? I saved you with good intentions yet you absorbed my magic power.”

  “Nangong Wan? You know my elder cousin?” The woman finally turned around. She had already taken off her hood, allowing Han Li to clearly see her face.

  Han Li was shocked!

  Although her extremely beautiful appearance was quite similar to Nangong Wan, her delicate oval face along with her delicate eyebrows were completely unfamiliar to Han Li.

  “Who are you? How is this possible? I clearly heard the Devil Dao cultivators called you ‘Senior Nangong! And your voice...” Han Li blankly murmured to himself in complete confusion.

  But suddenly, his complexion turned deathly pale and couldn’t bring himself to speak further.

  This was because he finally recalled the clear but subtle difference between this woman’s voice and Nangong Wan’s voice. Her voice was more hoarse. At the time, he had believed that Nangong Wan was severely injured, causing her voice to change as a result. However, this oversight had caused this mishap to occur. Not only did he mistakenly rescue someone, but his cultivation had been sucked dry by the person he rescued.

  Over ten years of bitter cultivation had completely disappeared in a day!

  As Han Li felt both dismay and dejection, his complexion alternated between red and white.

  This female cultivator, who claimed to be Nangong Wan’s younger cousin, gave Han Li a dignified smile and said something that left him stunned. “Are you Yellow Maple Valley’s Han Li?”

  “How does Senior know my name?” Han Li’s spirit strongly shook. Since he saw that this woman had no intentions of killing him and with reassuring thoughts of the ‘Three Essence Revolutions Technique’, he managed to calm down.

  “Elder Cousin and I are as close as sisters. We hide nothing from each other. She had spoken to me about your previous incident!” The woman’s expression was indifferent; neither joy nor anger could be made out.

  Han Li was speechless.

  “Did you know? When I found out about this incident, my first thought was to run over to Yellow Maple Valley and dismember you into eight pieces, feeding your corpse to the dogs!” The woman’s eyes suddenly flashed with cold light. Her words were filled with a murderous tone, leaving Han Li pale.

  Chapter 362: Nangong Bing

  The woman appeared as gentle as always, but her words were as cold as a blade’s edge, causing Han Li’s heart to tremble.

  Han Li let out a long sigh, before saying something that left the woman somewhat surprised, “Did Senior change her mind in the end?”

  “It seems you aren’t completely useless! At the very least, you seem to have some brains.” The woman calmly said.

  “If Senior truly wished to kill me, I never would have had the chance to open my eyes!” Han Li chuckled.

  “I am called Nangong Bing. Don’t call me Senior this or Senior that! It will make me seem old.” The woman expressionlessly turned her head back and spoke with an unquestionable tone.

  Han Li was stunned and inwardly insulted her, ‘Since you’re a Core Formation cultivator, doesn’t that make you the age of an ancient woman in mortal’s years?’

  As Han Li’s true essence had been absorbed by her, he naturally held a bellyful of stifled hate towards her. But since his life was currently in her hands, he could only inwardly curse at her.

  “Although I was mistaken for my elder cousin yesterday and was rescued under that presumption, in the end, you are still my savior! Furthermore, I unintentionally absorbed your true essence afterwards which did stabilize my injuries.” The woman leisurely spoke with her back facing Han Li.

  “Let’s leave it be. Since your esteemed self is Nangong Wan’s younger cousin, I was just out of luck!” Han Li wrinkled his brow and spoke with a tone of helplessness. Afterwards, he stretched his arms and stood.

  Papa. Han Li saw a white silhouette flash by, carrying a fragrant wind. The woman then gave him two heavy slaps, causing him to spin in place and fall to the floor.

  “You...” Han Li covered his stinging cheeks in astonishment and looked at Nangong Bing in furious surprise.

  “Yesterday, you actually dared to touch my body with your hands without permission! Furthermore, you dared to lay... lay down on me while I was unconscious! Those two slaps were only to reprimand you!” Nangong Bing spoke with a cold voice. But when she mentioned that Han Li had lain down on her, her face turned slightly red for just a moment.

  Han Li was at a loss for words.

  To give justifications for his breach of etiquette against a female Core Formation cultivator was simply asking for trouble. If he were to dispute it, it was likely he’d be met with another two slaps! And now, with his cheeks feeling raw, there was absolutely no way he could do such a thing!

  Furthermore, he faintly felt that the reason why she was treating him this way wasn’t because of his actions yesterday. She was most likely venting her anger for what had happened between him and Nangong Wan.

  With that in mind, Han Li strongly suppressed the fury in his heart and lightly caressed his swollen cheeks in silence.

  Nangong Bing was somewhat surprised to see that Han Li had decided to tactfully let the matter go.

  She had expected that Han Li would want to argue over yesterday’s actions. In that event, she had planned to further embarrass Han Li without any explanation. But now that Han Li was tactfully silent, she had no excuse to further act. />
  As a result, she could only snort and speak bluntly, “Since that matter has been resolved with the previous slaps, I must address the repayment of your great kindness. You have two choices. One is that I give you enough spirit stones to leave you at a loss for words. This would be payment for both your kind assistance and the loss of your cultivation.

  “As for the second choice, you could follow me back to my evacuated sect members. After our six sects restabilize, I can refine spirit pills and find a young female disciple from my sect for you to pair cultivate with, restoring your original cultivation at the quickest speed. As you’ve only lost your true essence, your recultivation will meet no bottlenecks. According to my estimates, you should be able to recover your original cultivation in less than twenty years. Naturally, I would be happy to perhaps repay you with a few of my own sect’s secret techniques during that time. Our Masked Moon Sect differs from the varied and disorganized techniques of your Yellow Maple Valley. Our sect has many secret techniques that are wondrous beyond imagination which cannot be divulged to outsiders. The technique I used to unintentionally absorb your cultivation yesterday is one of such techniques.” After Nangong Bing said this with pride, she calmly stared at Han Li, waiting for his decision.

  Han Li was lost in amazement. These two choices had a stunningly huge disparity!

  One choice was to just leave him be with spirit stones. As for the other, not only would she assist him with restoring his cultivation, she would also find him a pair cultivation partner and willingly teach him a few secret techniques. As Han Li heard this, he became more convinced that this woman deliberately wanted him to choose the second option! This was truly strange. Could it be that she had arranged a trap for him?

  He hesitantly glanced at Nangong Bing and saw an indistinct but complex expression as if she was both expectant and anxious.

  Han Li’s mind blanked in confusion. He gave his nose a firm rub and then folded his arms. With his right hand grasping his chin, he entered deep contemplation.