Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 760

The last one to enter the valley, enveloped in red light, was unexpectedly Han Li.

Somehow, he, who originally had no magical power, was now emitting a dense fire-attribute spiritual energy and flying at high speed. It was as if he had regained all of his magical power.

As soon as Han Li entered the valley, he understood why this place was called the Chaos Valley. The inside of the valley was entirely shrouded in gray, whether it was the sky or the ground.

He narrowed his eyes and saw several human and demon cultivators flying deeper in. He then formed hand seals with both hands and opened his mouth. Immediately, a silver fireball shot out and soared, transforming into a large firebird that flew around him.

“Should I call it ‘Seoyeom’ or ‘Taiyin True Fire’…? Never mind! First, I fused with the Solar True Fire, and then I swallowed a spirit race called Seoyeom, so let’s call it ‘Spirit Devouring Heavenly Fire.’ It’s fortunate that I subdued the Purple Aurora Flame to the Taiyin True Fire back in the human realm, increasing its power. Otherwise, I might have been defeated instead.”

Han Li muttered with an ambiguous expression as he looked at the silver firebird in front of him. In fact, his consciousness hadn’t been devoured after the spirit race Seoyeom entered his body. It was quite the opposite.

When the fire-attribute spiritual power surged in, the Taiyin True Fire, which had been dormant due to the depletion of his magical power, was activated. The Taiyin True Fire inherently possessed the instinct to devour other flames, so it immediately intertwined with the fire snake without Han Li’s control.

If that was all, Seoyeom, who was a Nascent Soul cultivator, wouldn’t have been defeated. However, it just so happened that Han Li had cultivated the Great Connection Technique as a Nascent Soul cultivator, making his consciousness stronger than that of ordinary cultivators, so Seoyeom had no choice.

For him, who was merely a low-level spirit general, entering Han Li’s body was like throwing his head into a tiger’s mouth. While Seoyeom was struggling against the Taiyin Firebird, Han Li immediately moved his consciousness to bind Seoyeom’s consciousness.

And after swallowing the opponent, he had the Taiyin Firebird fuse even the spirit race’s main body, the dark red Seoyeom bead. This allowed him to completely absorb not only the opponent’s origin but also their memories, and he could imitate Seoyeom’s aura and speech to deceive other spirit races.

The reason he came here was because, thanks to refining Seoyeom, he learned the purpose of the spirit races’ visit to the Setting Sun Mystic Realm and the existence of the divine blood that the spirit race traitor had taken. He was surprised but also greatly pleased.

He wasn’t interested in the spirit race traitor, but the secret hidden within the divine blood was truly remarkable. The divine blood was a mysterious liquid that was created from the origin of a Saint Spirit-level spirit race after it disappeared on its own.

If even a single drop of this was placed on a heaven and earth spirit object, it would immediately develop intelligence and be reborn as a low-level spirit race. Of course, not all spirit races were born this way. Most of them became spirit races through their own efforts.

However, even so, the divine blood was a treasure that was essential for the spirit races to maintain their power. For some reason, one of the Qi Spirit races had the opportunity to guard the divine blood, and at that time, they stole a bottle and contacted the human race. It seemed they wanted to exchange it for something from the human race.

If this was all, Han Li would have been surprised but wouldn’t have bothered to pay attention to it. However, the more important fact was that the divine blood was also greatly beneficial to human cultivators and body refiners.

Cultivators could refine a spiritual medicine called Blood Yang Pill using the divine blood as a raw material. Taking it could replace over a hundred years of cultivation for cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage. And in the case of body refiners, they could cultivate a bizarre secret technique called the ‘Blood Crystal Battle Armor’ by applying the divine blood all over their bodies.

Once cultivated, its power was greater than the Vajra Barrier [a defensive technique], and it could even protect them from all attacks below the Void Refinement stage for a while. Of course, the Blood Crystal Battle Armor was just a one-time secret technique that disappeared on its own when its power was exhausted, like clothes worn during battle.

In addition, if a high-level body refiner consumed the divine blood, it could momentarily stimulate their consciousness, allowing them to overcome cultivation bottlenecks with a high probability. Naturally, there were risks involved in consuming the spiritual objects of other races directly.

The lower the body refiner’s cultivation and the weaker their consciousness, the higher the chance of being counteracted by the spiritual object and going berserk. Therefore, body refiners who tried to overcome bottlenecks in this way needed spiritual pills like the Heavenly Heart Pill, which temporarily amplified their consciousness.

Han Li organized the information he had learned from Seoyeom’s memories and rejoiced. For him, who had the consciousness of a Nascent Soul cultivator and was learning the body refinement techniques, wasn’t this the perfect spiritual medicine?

He believed that it was also possible to gain enlightenment through battle, but he couldn’t estimate how long it would take, and he didn’t know when the Lesser Heavenly Tribulation [a trial of cultivation] would descend, so it was urgent to recover his magical power as soon as possible.

Another reason he had ventured out to seize an opportunity in the midst of the chaos was that after the Taiyin Firebird swallowed Seoyeom, pure fire-attribute spiritual power was absorbed into his body, allowing him to use magical power for a short time. It was about 60 to 70 percent of his original level, but considering the high concentration of magical power, it was comparable to that of an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator.

Han Li could spread that spiritual power throughout his body and use his techniques. However, this spiritual power was not something he had obtained through cultivation, so he could not replenish it as he used it. Moreover, it was fire-attribute spiritual power, making it difficult to control freely.

However, with his divine abilities and treasures, he could easily deal with cultivators of the same level. Since it was fire-attribute spiritual power that he had forcibly absorbed, it would slowly dissipate and disappear even if he didn’t use it now. ‘Perhaps I’ll return to being like a mortal again in about a month.’

Han Li couldn’t let such a good opportunity pass, so he decided to obtain the divine blood before anyone else. Using Seoyeom’s aura, he deceived Ukcheon, a Profound Spirit-level being, and infiltrated among the others according to his orders. Now that he had finally separated from them and entered the Chaos Valley, it was time to search for the divine blood with his eyes wide open.

Han Li gestured towards the Spirit Devouring Firebird in front of him, and the silver firebird flapped its wings and flew towards the cliff face, lightly chirping as it entered and disappeared. Then, Han Li flipped his hand and took out a light yellow spiritual talisman from between his fingers.

With a ‘pop,’ he attached it, and his whole body emitted a yellow light. After forming hand seals, his figure blurred, and he tried to use earth escape to enter the ground. But an unexpected situation occurred. His legs sank about a foot into the ground, but he couldn’t go any further. Something was pushing him back, preventing him from sinking any deeper.

‘The Chaos Valley is even stranger than I thought. I need to be careful.’ Surprised, Han Li hesitated and took out a purple talisman with silver characters sparkling on it from his storage pouch. It was a Silver Tadpole Script, which only a few people in the spirit realm were familiar with.

It was a talisman of the immortal family that Tian Lan’s clone had painstakingly refined by interpreting the remnants of the Golden Jade Book and adding his own insights. It was the simplest concealment talisman among the talismans written in the remnants of the Golden Jade Book, and it was an incomplete talisman that he had barely managed to create by collecting only some of the materials after much effort.

It was too precious and could only be used once, so he hadn’t used it yet. However, now that he was planning to sneak the divine blood in the midst of the chaos, it would be difficult to deceive beings of the same level with ordinary concealment techniques.

After taking out the talisman, Han Li lightly shook it and released it. Then, the purple talisman burst, and silver tadpole characters floated up, circling around his body before scattering again into mist, instantly enveloping Han Li. A moment later, when the silver mist dispersed, no one was left in that spot. At that moment, another sound of air being torn came from the entrance of the valley, and several dull lights flew towards this way.

In the blink of an eye, they passed by the place where Han Li was hiding and went deep into the valley. Han Li showed a happy expression. He hadn’t moved even a step from his spot, but the human and demon cultivators had passed by without sensing him at all. In particular, even the Nascent Soul cultivator dressed as a traveling monk hadn’t sensed him.

However, his current situation was also strange. He was invisible to others, as if he had become a real mist, and his body was so light that it felt like he would fly away with just a gust of wind. He secretly formed hand seals and realized that he couldn’t use secret techniques or magical treasures that consumed a large amount of spiritual power. It was a bit of a pity.

‘But it doesn’t matter.’ It was enough to be satisfied if he could deceive the eyes of beings of the same level. This ‘Taiyi Transformation Talisman’ was not completely refined, so this much was already fortunate. If he could awaken all the remnants of the Golden Jade Book and refine true immortal family talismans, all these shortcomings would disappear.

Han Li’s heart grew hot as he thought of the other mysterious immortal talismans in the Golden Jade Book. But all of that would come after he had smoothly recovered his magical power and safely passed his first Lesser Heavenly Tribulation in the spirit realm. Han Li quickly composed himself and began to fly towards the inside of the valley.

The Chaos Valley was not very wide, only about a hundred miles. The Violet Light Pond was located in the center of the valley, and thick gray mist hung around it. Han Li already knew the location of the pond and did not spread his consciousness to avoid revealing his presence. A short while later, when he reached a deep pond about a mile wide, there were already about a dozen high-level human and demon cultivators confronting each other.

Among the humans were the dark-faced Nam Seong Lord and a traveling monk, and among the demons were a Black Wind Tribe bow-wielding woman and three thin young men who looked exactly alike, like twins. Han Li turned his gaze to the pond. The pond looked very ordinary except for the fact that the water was clear and transparent. While he was examining the pond, Nam Seong Lord scanned the three thin young men in front of him and opened his mouth.

“I heard that a mutated wolf demon with three heads appeared in the Silver Moon Wolf Tribe, and with the help of the tribe, each of those heads became three clones. All of them possess the cultivation of a Nascent Soul, and when they attack together, they are comparable to a Nascent Soul existence… Are you them?”

The three young men smiled at Nam Seong Lord’s words, and one of them replied. “I didn’t expect you to recognize my brothers. Yes, we are the three-headed wolf. We have long admired the Lord’s reputation, so how about we take this opportunity to test our skills?”

“Hmph, this old man doesn’t have time for such things. Little cultivator, you rushed into the valley alone, what do you intend to do now?” Nam Seong Lord did not fall for the black and thin young man’s provocation and asked the woman.

“What do I intend to do? As Senior Huan said, I came to stop the spirit race from finding what they want in the pond first.” “Is that so? If little cultivator has such intentions, then go ahead. We will guard the outside of the pond here and stop the other spirit races.”

Nam Seong Lord looked back and forth between the woman and the pond and chuckled. The bow-wielding woman paused, carefully examined Nam Seong Lord, the traveling monk, and the Nascent Soul cultivators, and then snorted. “If the cultivator hadn’t come, I might have gone in myself! But since Brother Nam has come, I’ll give you the opportunity. Surely you don’t expect a weak woman like me to go in there, do you?

I heard that Brother Nam possesses the Water-Repelling Jade Rhinoceros Horn. Such a mysterious item would be of great help in enduring the Violet Light Pond.” “You want me to go in? It’s not a difficult task. If you take the others and retreat from the Chaos Valley, this old man will do so.”

Nam Seong Lord’s face hardened, and his tone became bleak. The bow-wielding woman’s expression changed as Nam Seong Lord reacted this way, and she closed her mouth. No one had any intention of retreating from this place. Nam Seong Lord subtly moved his lips and exchanged a telepathic message with the old traveling monk, and the look in his eyes as he looked at the woman gradually turned hostile.

Excluding the woman and the three black and thin young men, there were only three Transformation Stage demon beasts among the demon race, while the human race had about seven or eight Nascent Soul cultivators in addition to Nam Seong Lord and the traveling monk, so they would have the upper hand if they fought. Since the spirit races were blocking the outside, it would be difficult for reinforcements to arrive in a short time. If they seized the item first, no one would keep the promise to share it fairly.

They knew that the agreement that had been made between the seniors was just to save face for each other.