A Record of A Mortal's Journey to Immortality

Chapter 145: The Uninvited Guest

"That's right, Senior Brother Wu has a really good idea!" Elder Ye's eyes brightened, excitement evident on his face.

Then he turned his head and looked expectantly at Sect Leader Zhong Lingdao. "Sect Leader, may I meet the owner of the Ascension Command Token? I want to negotiate with him and try to get him to voluntarily give up the foundation establishment pill!"

Sect Leader Zhong Lingdao pondered for a moment upon hearing this, then nodded in agreement. But he reminded the elder once again not to use any improper means to force the transaction. Only after that did he send Junior Disciple Wang to accompany the elder to meet the uninvited guest.

Elder Ye and Junior Disciple Wang left the main hall, immediately stepping onto a leaf-shaped magical artifact and soaring through the air toward the guesthouse in Yellow Maple Valley.

Inside one of the rooms of Yellow Maple Valley’s guesthouse, a young man lay on a bed, staring absentmindedly at the ceiling. This was Han Li, who had come to Yellow Maple Valley along with the winners of the Ascension Immortal Conference.

After Han Li killed the two immortal cultivators who ambushed him, he traveled without incident to a hidden mountain range in Lanzhou to participate in the upcoming Ascension Immortal Conference. There, he witnessed firsthand the arena battles even more brutal than what Aunt Hu Ping had described.

After the fierce life-and-death competitions, each arena produced its final victors. At that moment, the guides from the seven great immortal sects finally revealed themselves. The guide for Yellow Maple Valley was none other than Junior Disciple Wang.

Upon meeting Yellow Maple Valley’s guide, Han Li, after careful thought, decided to take a risk and handed over the Ascension Command Token to the guide, astonishing him greatly.

The guide immediately said he could escort Han Li into the sect. As for how to handle Han Li and the token, that decision rested with their sect leader—after all, the last time such a token was recalled was four or five hundred years ago!

Naturally, Han Li did not object; otherwise, just finding the way to Yellow Maple Valley’s mountain entrance would have been a huge challenge.

So, under the amazed gaze of other cultivators, Han Li and ten other victors boarded a large boat-shaped magical artifact and were escorted by Junior Disciple Wang back to Yellow Maple Valley. Han Li was arranged to stay here while awaiting a response. The other ten were separated and taken elsewhere, their whereabouts unknown.

Han Li stayed here for three or four days, not even stepping outside the door. Aside from a servant boy around eleven or twelve years old who brought him meals daily, he saw no one else.

This was not because Han Li was obedient or timid; after arranging his lodging and testing his attributes, Junior Disciple Wang had clearly told him that since he was not yet a disciple of Yellow Maple Valley, the room was covered by some forbidden spells. He was not to leave, or else the spells would activate and trap him.

Hearing this, Han Li naturally had no desire to bring trouble upon himself. Moreover, after learning that his spiritual root was a false four-attribute one, his mood sank even further.

Although Han Li had long known his cultivation aptitude was poor, hearing it confirmed by others still made him gloomily depressed for an entire day. It seemed that if he wanted to achieve anything on the path of immortal cultivation, he would have to rely on external aids such as pills.

However, after raising his everlasting spring technique to the ninth stage, he noticed that the efficacy of the Yellow Dragon Pill and Golden Marrow Pill had significantly diminished and no longer helped him as much. It seemed he needed to find new spirit medicine formulas to create pills truly suitable for immortal cultivators, so as not to hinder his cultivation progress.

While Han Li was lost in thought, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door—more than one person.