A Record of A Mortal's Journey to Immortality

Chapter 509: Returning to the Outer Star Sea Again

The brocade-clad burly men hesitated for a moment upon seeing Han Li approach, then one after another followed him over.

Seeing all seven of them obediently step into the magic formation, the elder surnamed Qian showed a faint smile on his face. He snapped his fingers, and tiny white lights appeared on his fingertips.

“I’ve secretly let you fellows go to the outer star sea. You won’t be saying anything reckless out there, right?” He stared at the white lights on his fingers and suddenly asked in a calm tone.

“Of course not. We’re grateful that senior is so accommodating. We wouldn’t do anything dishonorable. Besides, even if we did say something, what could you two elders really do to us?” The brocade-clad burly man was quite clever and immediately swore with a solemn expression.

“Good, it’s important you understand that. The two of us have some status in the Star Palace. Even if the higher-ups knew, it would at most be a scolding. But if any rumors come out from outside, Gu Dao-you and I won’t be merciful. Also, I heard you all carried sensing beads, fearing we might turn hostile suddenly. That’s thorough planning, but a bit unnecessary. We wouldn’t ruin our reputation just for a few spirit stones.” The elder surnamed Qian fixed the brocade-clad man with a cold look. His gaze briefly swept over the others but somehow skipped Han Li.

“Senior, you are truly reasonable. I was just suspicious of honorable people with a petty heart.” The brocade-clad man forced a smile, cold sweat faintly appearing on his back.

“Hmph! Enough with the nonsense. You’d better be careful!” The elder surnamed Qian didn’t want to continue the conversation. He flicked his fingers, and the faint white spell formation struck the teleportation formation.

Immediately, the spirit stones surrounding the formation glowed brightly, and the seven inside vanished in a dazzling light.

“What’s going on? Didn’t we agree to give them fake teleportation talismans? Why did you take out the real ones? This isn’t what we discussed in the beginning!” The bald burly man’s expression suddenly changed in suspicion upon seeing Han Li and the others actually teleport away.

“If I could have pulled out fake talismans, do you think I’d have been so merciful? The guy who gave us the magical treasures is actually a nascent soul stage old monster. If we took out fake talismans, he would have been furious and immediately destroyed us.” The elder surnamed Qian snorted coldly, displeased. He pulled out a silk handkerchief and wiped the cold sweat now appearing on his forehead.

“Nascent soul stage? Qian brother, you must be joking. That person was clearly only in the late foundation establishment stage.” The bald elder was stunned before his expression dramatically changed.

The skinny man who stayed behind looked even more confused after hearing this.

“Brother Gu should know the spiritual beast I raised, ‘Yan Nao.’ It doesn’t have many skills but is very sensitive in detecting others’ spiritual awareness.” The elder surnamed Qian flipped his palm, and a small beast resembling a kitten appeared on his wrist.

This spiritual beast had ears like a rabbit’s—long and slender. Once it appeared, its bright green eyes scanned around constantly, looking very cute.

“At first, the enemy’s aura and spiritual awareness were indeed very concealed. Even Yan Nao didn’t detect anything abnormal. But after the teleportation formation’s restriction was lifted, the enemy secretly checked the formation with spiritual awareness. That’s when Yan Nao sensed something strange. Even a nascent soul cultivator in mid foundation formation stage can detect sizes of spiritual awareness, and those in late stages generally get a rough response. But this time, it just trembled constantly in my sleeve without any specific signal. It only told me the opponent’s spiritual awareness is unfathomable. I have only seen this when taking Yan Nao to meet elders.” The elder surnamed Qian said this while gently stroking the Yan Nao beast, clearly uneasy.