Published: August 27, 2025
Chapter 359: A Shocking Encounter with an Old Acquaintance
Having made up his mind, Han Li silently mounted his magical artifact and flew away from the mountain peak.
Later, when the cultivators in the qi refining stage who had spoken with Han Li gathered at the White Pool, they found that the "senior expert" Han Li was nowhere to be seen, which puzzled them greatly.
Han Li first went to the market district of the Heavenly Star Sect, purchasing all the materials needed to repair the ancient teleportation formation according to the list. Only then did he set off for Yue Country.
This time, Han Li did not enter Yue Country by the usual route. Instead, he took a detour, sneaking in from the very remote border between Yuanwu Country and Yue Country.
Yue Country was now dominated by the demonic path. He couldn’t risk being chased the moment he entered such a dangerous place.
Unbeknownst to Han Li, his cautious approach inadvertently helped him avoid a major crisis.
Most of the borders of Yue Country were now under constant patrol by demonic path cultivators. Had Han Li recklessly returned via the original path, he would surely have been detected. A desperate escape battle would have been inevitable!
Having safely entered Yue Country, Han Li chose to travel through sparsely populated areas, allowing him to reach near the ancient teleportation formation’s spirit ore mine without incident.
Naturally, the spirit ore mine was now in the hands of the demonic path.
From afar, Han Li stealthily observed and saw demonic path disciples dressed in green and white.
Judging by the emerald ghost head and pink peach blossom insignias on their sleeves, they were cultivators from the Ghost Spirit Sect and Heartsong Sect.
Knowing the demonic path identity of those occupying the spirit ore, Han Li quietly withdrew and found a secret underground entrance nearby, slipping inside.
He easily located the sealed cave from that day and used a magical artifact to shatter the rubble, finally seeing the damaged ancient teleportation formation once again.
Seeing the teleportation formation still intact, Han Li exhaled slightly in relief.
In the following days, Han Li first used a newly acquired Illusion Formation Flag to completely conceal the secret entrance. Then, with improved formation flags and plates for the Inverted Five Elements Formation, he set up a grand formation to protect the cave housing the ancient teleportation formation.
This way, even if demonic path cultivators found him, he would have time to escape calmly.
With no worries behind him, Han Li began repairing the teleportation formation.
The Jade Slip clearly stated that the repair of the ancient teleportation formation was an incredibly precise project. Even a slight misalignment of a rune could cause the entire formation to malfunction. As a result, Han Li’s repair work proceeded very slowly.
Seven whole days passed, and only half of the teleportation formation had been restored when a big problem arose—the materials he had bought were completely used up.
Han Li was a bit stunned!
Though he had purchased more materials than the list required, he had not accounted for errors during repair that would cause material wastage.
And since he was neither a professional artifact refiner nor formation master, his lack of skill led to many mistakes, wasting more than half the materials.
Naturally, the supplies were insufficient.
Han Li sighed lightly. It seemed he had to go out again.
However, he remembered that a few days’ journey east of the spirit ore mine was a small market district run by a certain immortal cultivation family.
Although small, this market sold items like Iron Mother and crystal jade materials. After all, the core of the teleportation formation was still intact; only ordinary materials were needed.
His only concern was that the immortal cultivation world was so chaotic now, he wasn’t sure if the market district still existed. He did not want to risk rushing there only to find it gone.
After thinking it over, Han Li waited until nightfall and then, under cover of darkness, mounted his Divine Wind Boat and flew straight to the market district.