Published: September 5, 2025
Chapter 661: Tracks Exposed
Han Li had indeed already flown far beyond Five Li Ditch, having escaped more than ten miles away. After sending his last few words through the sound transmission, he did not look back, transforming into an azure rainbow as he sped away.
Though the people of the Han family were somewhat connected to him, the true family in his heart had always been his parents, elder brother, and younger sister.
Although the scholars and burly men always treated him with utmost respect, Han Li could not bring himself to feel truly close to them. After all, so many generations had passed, and with the changes in Qingniu Town and Five Li Ditch, he felt a deep sense of alienation, unable to fully integrate into this unfamiliar environment.
However, having returned to his hometown once, the last lingering attachments in his heart finally began to fade. He believed that with the passing of time, even those faint ties would become insignificant.
Han Li thought quietly to himself, then fixed his direction and increased his speed.
Several days later, Han Li passed through Lanzhou and on impulse deliberately detoured to take a look at Jiayuan City.
But after entering the city, he found that it had changed beyond recognition.
Not only had Sun Ergou and the Siping Gang long disappeared without a trace, even the once formidable Five Colors Sect, which had dominated the entire Lanzhou region, had ceased to exist over a hundred years ago. It had been replaced by a newly risen group called the Tianyi Sect.
If he remembered correctly, the Five Colors Sect had once been backed by the influence of Spiritual Beast Mountain. Before the decisive battle with the demonic path, Spiritual Beast Mountain had suddenly switched allegiance and returned to the Imperial Spirit Sect.
Now, Yue Country was controlled by the Ghost Spirit Sect. In this context, the decline of the Five Colors Sect was only natural.
He wondered if Mo Yuzhu and her daughter Ying Ning had suffered any misfortune back then. Unfortunately, those events were too far in the past, and although Han Li tried to inquire a bit, he could find no news.
Han Li could only sigh and hurriedly left.
As for Sun Ergou, although the Sun family once declared him their master, he had never truly demanded anything from them. On the contrary, he had provided Sun Ergou with many benefits. After failing to hear any news about the Sun family, there was no reason to dwell on it too deeply.
So Han Li left Jiayuan City and set off toward Yuanwu Country, his heart free of attachments, preparing to cross Yuanwu Country and then return to Luoyun Sect.
But half a day after leaving Jiayuan City, his expression suddenly stiffened, and he stopped in midair at a high altitude.
He turned his head sharply and glanced toward the distance on one side. His eyes narrowed involuntarily.
At the same time, a group of people two hundred miles away also stopped their flight. Two women in white robes hesitated and exchanged a glance, their jade-like faces clouded with a trace of solemnity.
"Senior Uncles! What’s going on? Is something wrong?" An elder behind the two women asked nervously, seeing their expressions.
"Hmm. Just now, we sensed the other party’s position. The spiritual infant suddenly stopped moving, remaining motionless. We’re unsure if they have discovered our trail," said the white-robed woman with phoenix-like eyes and elegant eyebrows. The laziness usually in her expression had vanished completely; instead, she radiated a sharp, blade-like aura.
"Impossible. Even a nascent soul cultivator can’t sense someone at such a great distance. Could it be that you two uncles used secret cultivation techniques and disturbed the spiritual infant trapped by the formation, which is why the other side sensed something amiss?" guessed a burly man, his face suddenly changing.
"Impossible. Our techniques were personally passed down by our grandmaster. They only allow unilateral sensing of the supreme wood spiritual infant’s position. Unless the other party’s magical power has reached the late nascent soul stage, they can't detect anything abnormal. After all, we’re several hundred miles apart. Even the strongest spiritual awareness of an average nascent soul cultivator can only observe disturbances within about a hundred miles. As terrifying as that is, it’s hard to believe that the cultivator pursuing the formation’s spiritual infant is some late-stage old monster," the woman surnamed Liu shook her head decisively, denying the possibility.