Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 661

“I’ll do that for you! But first, you must tell me the incantation for the Takcheon Demonic Art [탁천魔功]. After that, swallow the Extreme Yin’s Nascent Soul and tell me where the rest of the items are.”

Han Li, who had been lost in thought, said as he looked at Wan Huzi’s Nascent Soul.

“Alright. I will do that.”

Wan Huzi’s Nascent Soul replied with a cheer, without hesitation. Han Li nodded, and seeing the haggard Nascent Soul, he formed hand seals with both hands and shot out magic seals. The light of five-colored spiritual energy enveloped the Nascent Soul, and its complexion improved.

“Thank you so much for your help.”

Wan Huzi expressed his sincere gratitude. Han Li waved his hand and tossed him a white jade slip. The Nascent Soul opened its small mouth and spat out golden energy, and the jade slip shrank and was sucked into his hand.

Afterward, Wan Huzi, with his head bowed, began to replicate the magic seals. It was a simple task, as it was an incantation he had recited countless times in his life.

After about an hour, the Nascent Soul opened its eyes and extended a small hand, shooting a white light toward Han Li. When Han Li received the white light, it had returned to its original size.

“You didn’t play any tricks with the magic seals, did you?”

“You’re a good joker. If I were a Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator, I would have noticed something wrong at a glance. What reason would I have to do such a thing? Besides, I’m already in this state, what benefit would I get from harming others?”

The Nascent Soul looked dumbfounded.

At the Nascent Soul’s words, Han Li immediately infused his consciousness into the jade slip. After reading a few lines, his expression changed, and his face brightened.

After a long while, Han Li examined the jade slip for much longer than Wan Huzi had expected and withdrew his consciousness.

“Brother Wan, do you know the origin of the Takcheon Demonic Art [탁천魔功]?”

“Origin? It has been passed down since ancient times, and its reputation is not inferior to the Six Paths Extreme Demonic Art [육도육극진마공]. However, it has always been passed down one-on-one, so I only learned it after meeting my master. Is there a problem?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

Han Li shook his head and flipped his palm, causing the jade slip to disappear.

“Since Brother Han doesn’t have time to cultivate it himself, it would be good if you could take in a suitable disciple and pass it on. It would be a shame if the lineage of the Takcheon Demonic Art [탁천魔功] were to be cut off like this.”

“Now that you’ve confirmed the cultivation method, may I move now?”

The Nascent Soul’s eyes flashed with a red light, revealing a fierce aura.

“Go ahead. But you look too weak, would you like a little help?”

“Thank you for your kindness, but I’m fine. Although my magic power is less than a drop in the ocean compared to before, it’s enough to deal with a cultivator who can’t move.”

“Then do as you wish, Brother Wan.”

With that, Han Li didn’t persuade him further, and his body blurred before appearing at the entrance of the stone chamber, then he went outside. Now alone, Wan Huzi stared at the Extreme Yin in the ice.

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Han Li stood on the steps outside the stone chamber, holding the jade slip, and remained silent.

The stone chamber was quiet, so he couldn’t tell what was happening, but after a while, a tired voice was heard.

“Cultivator Han, you can come in now.”

Wan Huzi called to him in a hoarse voice. Han Li retrieved the jade slip and returned to the stone chamber. The blue ice was still there, but the Extreme Yin trapped inside had the eyes of a dead fish and was out of breath.

Instead, Wan Huzi’s Nascent Soul was half the size it was before and much more vibrant.

“I owe Brother Han a great debt this time. I’ve only recovered some essence, so I must not miss this chance to leave this world! This is the location of the secret cave…”

The Nascent Soul looked at Han Li and immediately mumbled, then lowered his voice at the end and finished with a telepathic message. Han Li nodded with a serious expression.

“Now that I’ve avenged my enemy, it’s really time for me to go. Cultivator Han, please do as you see fit.”

The Nascent Soul took a long breath, calmly finished his words, and went to a corner of the stone chamber, sitting cross-legged. A golden light spread out, fluctuating around the Nascent Soul, becoming intense and then weak.

However, Han Li didn’t pay attention and reached out, exploding the ice with golden lightning, and the Extreme Yin’s corpse disappeared along with the ice fragments.

Han Li checked to make sure there were no remaining soul fragments or a second Nascent Soul, and then turned his head with satisfaction.

At that moment, he could feel the surface of the Nascent Soul, which had been flowing with golden spiritual energy, cracking and golden liquid flowing out.

*Bang!*

In a light explosion, the Nascent Soul scattered, and tiny golden lights flew into the air. Han Li, who had witnessed Wan Huzi’s death, sighed softly and flicked his hand toward the remains on the floor.

A fireball flew out, erasing all traces. Han Li didn’t delay any longer and went out of the steps. He flew up at full speed, pierced through the barrier with his golden sword, and quickly ascended.

But then, a world-shaking roar echoed through the mountain.

Although surprised, Han Li didn’t slow down and went up to the first floor of the pavilion. Outside, he could hear someone’s laughter, shouts, and sharp explosions.

It sounded like someone was fighting fiercely. Han Li frowned, and then a red light flew in from outside the pavilion and shouted.

“It’s a disaster! The demonic beasts of Cheolseok Peak [철석봉] have suddenly attacked… Who are you? Where did Elder Oh go?”

The cultivator was startled to see a strange cultivator standing in the main hall and asked. But when Han Li opened his mouth with a sneer, a golden light flashed, followed by a series of miserable screams.

With just a few words, Han Li could roughly grasp the situation. The sea demonic beasts had suddenly ambushed the Reverse Alliance. However, he didn’t want to get involved in this, so he hid his aura and blurred his figure, going outside the pavilion.

Before he reached the gate, a loud sound, as if deafening, rang out.

“Cultivator Dang, so many Hwayeonggi [화형기] sea clans have come this time, it will be difficult for the Reverse Alliance to stop them with their power alone. If you obediently hand over the top-grade Geukpum Spiritual Stones [극품영석], I will spare your lives.”

Han Li was startled by the words ‘Geukpum Spiritual Stones [극품영석]’ and immediately rushed out of the pavilion gate. The voice was coming from far above in the sky.

The outside was very chaotic, with flashes of spiritual energy and explosions everywhere, and dozens of cultivators and strange-looking demonic beasts were fighting.

In the high sky, a faint blue mist was covering everything, and under the mist, a gaunt old man in a blue robe was holding a blue mirror in one hand, emitting countless blue lights, and with the other hand, he was controlling a blue flying sword like a dragon.

His opponent was a fat ascetic monk with a strangely large body, wearing golden rings on both arms, and emitting yellow mist from a round bowl in his hand, blocking the gaunt old man’s attacks. The thunderous voice was coming from the ascetic monk’s mouth.

Han Li looked with his blue eyes and could see silver, shining scales on the ascetic monk’s neck. And not far away, a bloody mist was raging, with shouts and explosions echoing one after another, and a fierce battle was taking place.

It seemed that the Reverse Alliance had called in Nascent Soul stage cultivators from other islands, perhaps in anticipation of this event.

“What are you talking about, Geukpum Spiritual Stones [극품영석]?”

The gaunt old man calmly asked, manipulating his treasures with power.

“Do you think you can pretend not to know now?”

The fat man burst out laughing and spat out blue energy from his mouth.

“To come all the way here for that, how could such a thing as Geukpum Spiritual Stones [극품영석] still remain in the human realm? To slaughter our alliance’s cultivators for no reason, you will pay the price.”

The gaunt old man’s face hardened coldly.

“Well, even if Brother Dang doesn’t admit it, I won’t stop until I get the Geukpum Spiritual Stones [극품영석]. Besides, I got this news by using a soul-searching technique on the cultivator who directly manages the spiritual stones, so don’t try to gloss over it.”

The fat man sneered, and the fat on his whole body rippled.

“So, it was this protector who died at your hands!”

The gaunt old man was furious and shot out an even thicker beam of light from the blue mirror in his hand.

“Why don’t you deny it now?”

The fat man laughed and pointed at the round bowl, emitting a large amount of yellow energy, absorbing all the light beams.

“What if I admit it? Everyone knows that Geukpum Spiritual Stones [극품영석] have mysterious effects at the bottleneck of cultivation, so how could we hand them over to the demonic beast cultivators? To attack our alliance like this, aren’t you afraid that the Sacred Palace [Seonggung] will take advantage of the situation?”

The gaunt old man calmed his anger and regained his composure.

“Surely you don’t think that our sea clan only attacked the Reverse Alliance? To be honest, the reason we brought our elites this time is to take over the entire spiritual stone mine on this island. Originally, the outer sea was our clan’s territory, and the problem was that it was divided into three parts from the beginning. I thought we had left it alone for a while because we didn’t have enough people.”

The fat man made a strange expression with his fat face, and at his words, Elder Dang’s expression changed drastically. As if to prove the fat man’s words, a long howl was heard from afar, and another blue mist began to rush in from the end of the sky.

“It seems that the cultivators from the Sacred Palace [Seonggung] have already been dealt with. Indeed, it was the right strategy to concentrate our forces and eliminate one side first. Now, you are finished too.”

The fat man laughed wildly, welcoming the numerous demonic beasts faintly visible in the blue mist, and emitted more yellow mist from the round bowl to cover the old man.

And from the golden rings on his arms, phantoms were formed and flew out. It showed his determination not to let them go.

The gaunt old man was surprised and angry, but there was nothing he could do right now. It was clear that it would be difficult for the Reverse Alliance’s Nascent Soul stage cultivators to shake off their enemies and escape in a short time.

At that moment, another blue mist flew in at an incredible speed, and the fierce figures of demonic beasts began to appear within it. Now, the Reverse Alliance also realized that the situation was rapidly deteriorating, and someone shouted a retreat order.

Then, the low-level cultivators scattered in all directions, and the old monsters of the Nascent Soul stage in the air also began to look for opportunities to escape. Some retreated slowly toward the mountain peaks while fighting, and others attacked like crazy, temporarily pushing back the demonic beast cultivators.

Han Li, who had heard the words Geukpum Spiritual Stones [극품영석] from below, gave up his intention to leave immediately. He had never seen the legendary top-grade spiritual stones, but he had read about their rumors and effects in numerous scriptures.

They were essential for deploying powerful ancient formations that remained in the human realm, and there were also rumors that they helped at the bottleneck of cultivation. Anyway, they were necessary items for human cultivators from the Foundation Establishment stage to the Transformation stage.

When one Geukpum Spiritual Stone [극품영석] was discovered in the mine, the Reverse Alliance immediately called in the surrounding Nascent Soul stage cultivators, and the demonic beasts had rushed from ten thousand miles away.

Everyone expected that if the first Geukpum Spiritual Stone [극품영석] had been mined, there would be a second and third Geukpum Spiritual Stone [극품영석] in the mine. Han Li took a breath and quickly grasped the situation. With such a huge treasure appearing before his eyes, he couldn’t give up and leave.

But the problem was, who exactly had the Geukpum Spiritual Stone [극품영석]? Usually, the one with the highest cultivation should have it, so the gaunt old man was the most likely. But on the other hand, it was also possible that they had deliberately entrusted it to an inconspicuous cultivator to deceive the enemy.

Han Li frowned and pondered deeply, then immediately brightened his face. The Hwayeonggi [화형기] demonic beasts had similar intelligence to human cultivators, so they might have had the same thought as Han Li. Even if he didn’t step in, the demonic beast cultivators who had ambushed them would not let a single Reverse Alliance cultivator go anyway.

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