Published: September 2, 2025
Chapter 584: Aura of Spiritual Communication
After hearing the woman’s words, Han Li didn’t immediately respond, only slightly furrowing his brow.
"Fellow cultivator Mei, it seems we have some fate to have been transported here together. But now that Miss Mei has spoken so plainly, I needn’t hide anything. As for Stormwind Mountain, I do have some confidence that I can climb it. Whether it’s the dark wind and the illusionary mist on the mountain, or the flying yin beasts nesting halfway up, I have some small tricks to handle them. However, that only applies if I go alone. If others accompany me, I don’t have the ability to take care of everyone. Should danger arise, I would barely save myself, much less ensure the safety of fellow cultivators. You are young, and it’s better for you to stay here. Perhaps some other opportunity will come along to leave this place!" Han Li said calmly.
The last sentence was clearly meant to console, and even Han Li himself felt it somewhat insincere. But there was no other choice.
Hearing this, Mei Ning’s face suddenly turned pale again. She bit her red lips lightly and fell silent.
Seeing her unable to respond, Han Li sighed softly and closed his eyes again.
To be honest, he had a good impression of Mei Ning. Were it not for his own limitations, he might have actually helped her.
But now, Han Li would not recklessly add to his burdens. He steeled his heart and left her behind.
Fortunately, even if she stayed trapped in this land of darkness and shadows, she wouldn’t be in immediate mortal danger. At worst, she would simply lose the chance to further cultivate.
He felt no unease about that.
The room fell silent for an unknown length of time. Just as Han Li thought Mei Ning had given up and prepared to take a short rest, her voice suddenly came again.
"If I can help you temporarily restore some magical power, would you be willing to take me away from this place?"
"What?" Han Li’s drowsiness vanished instantly. He opened his eyes wide and looked at her in disbelief.
Mei Ning, curled up with her arms around her legs on the stone bed, looked somewhat evasive, as if she herself found her own words hard to believe.
Just when Han Li suspected he had misheard, she stretched her body slightly, raised her head, and with a resolute gleam in her eyes said:
"I have a way to let Brother Han regain some magical power temporarily. It’s only one chance, but it should greatly help you escape. However, in exchange, besides taking me away, you must also agree to one more condition."
After speaking, her expression turned somewhat unnatural, which surprised Han Li and deepened his suspicion.
"It’s not that I distrust you, Miss Mei, but cultivators at the nascent soul stage who come here have no way to recover their magical abilities. Are you really not joking?" Han Li fixed her with a serious gaze and asked.
His face was full of doubt, but also a glimmer of hope.
If he could really regain some magical power temporarily, the original fifty to sixty percent chance of escape would jump to eighty or ninety percent.
Even if the power was limited and the duration short, it would be enough to open his spiritual beast pouch and storage pouch with ease.
Several treasures in his storage pouch could automatically activate without spiritual power, guaranteeing safety when used.
As for the golddevourer worms and blood jade spiders in his spiritual beast pouch, they required spiritual awareness to command and couldn’t be summoned to fight. But the wailing soul beast, with the Soul Resonance Orb inside its abdomen, could be barely controlled.
These shadow beasts, though not vengeful spirits, were formed from the aura of darkness and shadows and would easily suppress the yin beasts.
In this way, the greatest threat—the yin beasts—would no longer be so fearsome.
Thinking this through, Han Li grew excited.
"Brother Han, you may not know, but although I am not a cultivator with an abnormal or heavenly spiritual root aptitude, I do possess a jade wind marrow body. Brother Han should understand what that means. With this constitution, I can use secret techniques to pass you my aura of spiritual communication. The essence of this aura is pure spiritual power, definitely not the so-called aura of absolute spirit extinction that can be instantly suppressed. Of course, over time, once the aura dissipates, you will return to your original state," the woman said hesitantly in a low voice.