A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality (Chapter 801-Chapter 1000)

Monarch Soul Divergence chuckled, “Yes, that sounds right. But regardless of their size, they will only occasionally fly out from the High Sun Palace. How do you plan on capturing one of the birds?”


Han Li coldly smiled and said, “Don’t worry. I’ve already used the Dreamtear Technique on one of their disciples. Fearing that the birds would become difficult to control in prolonged confinement, the sect releases the birds every month to stretch their wings. This will be our opportunity to act.”

“Since you already know this, there is no use for any of my advice. However, you mustn’t take too long and miss the trade fair at the Jin Empire’s capital city. It should have many materials that I’m missing for my grand puppet.” Monarch Soul Divergence warned.

“The capital trade fair is one of the three great trade fairs in the Jin Empire and only occurs once every ten years. I wouldn’t want to miss it in any case. When this is done, I’ll hurry over to the empire capital and afterwards, we’ll have to find those flood dragons on the empire’s east shore.” Han Li said his future plans with a calm tone.

“That will do. But nevertheless, your recent actions have earned my respect. I originally believed you would need at least four years in order to reach your current collection of materials. I didn’t think that you’d be able to effectively tackle the problem from two angles. With your hidden and open methods, you were able to gather most of the items you needed in only a single year. Tch tch, your decisiveness to act are beyond my expectations.” It was clear from Monarch Soul Divergence’s voice that he was greatly satisfied with Han Li’s methods.

Han Li paused for a moment as his expression stirred. He then said, “I also wished to use a slower, more reliable method to look for materials, but time was limited. Although Senior’s primal soul has the support of the Soul Nurturing Wood, its effects are clearly too weak. If I wish to create your Nascent Soul-grade puppet, I’ll need to be as quick as possible.”

After a wry chuckle, Monarch Soul Divergence helplessly said, “So you were being considerate. I knew I couldn’t hide it from you. I can only last three or four years at most. My primal soul is on the verge of scattering. But at the speed that you’re collecting materials, I have high hopes my puppet will be refined before I reincarnate.”

After letting out a long sigh, Han Li said with a serious tone, “Ever since I’ve met Senior, you’ve helped me many times. I’m not a heartless person and I’ve committed these acts of kindness to memory. I will do my utmost to fulfill your dreams.”

Deeply touched, Monarch Soul Divergence also let out a sigh and honestly said, “In truth, I was only helping you in self preservation. After all, if I were to fall into someone else’s hands, I feared that nothing good would come of it.”

Han Li smiled and in a flash of azure light, his body disappeared in the wind.

...

Two days later, Han Li discovered a small valley filled with peach trees. The valley was stained pink from the blooming peach blossoms that littered it.

Han Li floated above the valley and observed it in its entirety, then releasing his spiritual sense to cover a fifty kilometer area.

With an expression of satisfaction, he flew to the center of the peach tree forest and muttered, “Not bad, this place is quite remote and there are no High Sun Palace cultivators stationed nearby. This valley is ideal to place down a spell formation.”

Then without another word, Han Li began to set himself to work.

In a single breath, eight sets of various formation flags and plates were placed in the forest. Five of these formations were meant to conceal auras and isolate Qi from the outside while three of them meant to restrain the spell formation. Additionally, he placed down an illusion formation, covering the true appearance of most of the forest.

Monarch Soul Divergence viewed this with great curiosity, but barely managed to keep himself from asking any questions.

With everything set up, Han Li went to the center of the peach tree forest and sat down cross-legged, entering a meditative state.





Chapter 932: Vast Yang Bird


Three days passed, and Han Li stirred awake from meditation.

He raised his head toward the night sky and a moonlight stone appeared in his hand. He flung it into the air and sparkles of moonlight illuminated the nearby peach trees.

Without the slightest noise, he then took out a meter chunk of red coral and tossed it down before planting Rainbow Skirt Grass on top of it.

“This is the method that you’ve prepared?” Although he had seen Han Li feed the Gold Devouring Beetles with the grass to miraculous effect, he was very baffled to see it used now.

When Han Li heard this question, he smiled and said, “In truth, this grass has another name — the Demonlure Grass. Senior should know what I plan on using it for."

“Demonlure Grass? Could it be...” Monarch Soul Divergence suddenly dawned with realization.

“That’s right. In six days, the smaller Vast Yang Bird will be released, and the grass will bloom as well, releasing its bewitching scent. When the time comes...” Han Li coldly snickered.

...

Fang Chu was mid-Foundation Establishment High Sun Palace cultivator. There were nearly a thousand of his kind that could be found in the entirety of the sect. It was reasonable to say that he was an unremarkable character, but in truth, this was quite the opposite. Let alone other Foundation Establishment cultivators, even Core Formation-stage martial seniors had to treat him politely, and even when benefits arose in the palace, he would be the first Foundation Establishment disciple to be considered.

Fang Chu’s unusually high standing in the High Sun Palace was something he was rather proud of, though this was all due to his duties as the caretaker for the sect’s smaller Vast Yang Bird.

He possessed an innate special ability to communicate with birds, and were it not for this rare and irreplaceable talent, he wouldn’t have been assigned this task.

After all, as the bird’s caretaker, he had a certain degree of control over it, something that was heavily valued by the sect.

Although this was the weaker of the two sect’s Vast Yang Birds, it was still able to easily defeat late-Core Formation cultivators and directly pursue Nascent Soul cultivators. It was no wonder the bird was held with such reverence.

Over the thirty years Fang Chu had cared for the bird, he would stay next to it at all times, even cut his cultivation time to follow after the spirit bird when it would liberate its wings, during which not a single problem arose. As this was only another routine flight, he didn’t feel the need to be worried. With the surrounding fifty thousand kilometers of the Heavenpeak Mountain Range were all under the control of the High Sun Palace, what could possibly happen?

With those leisurely thoughts in mind, he distantly followed after the Vast Yang Bird on an early morning.

The Vast Yang Bird was only about three meters long, but its long tail feathers made up over half of its length. From a distance, the bird appeared like a huge peacock, but there wasn’t one with such beautiful fire-red feathers.

The bird was ecstatic. After it was released from the restrictions of the High Sun Palace, it flapped its fire-red wings and continuously flew circles in the sky to ensure no one was following it.

With ordinary methods, Fang Chu wouldn’t have been able to conceal himself from the bird’s spiritual sense, but he was using a Qi Concealment Talisman that the sect had specially refined. As such, he was able to follow after the bird without any fear of being discovered in spite his shallow cultivation.

When the bird let out a clear cry, Fang Chu wore a knowing smile. He had spent a long time with it and knew the Vast Yang Bird was extremely happy at the moment. After this trip, the bird would be docile for the next half month.