Published: September 9, 2025
Chapter 828: The Transformed Peak
“I have my reasons for doing this. Besides, if we want to get the spiritual fruit, Miss Zi Ling wouldn’t take even a slight risk, would she?” Han Li’s lips curled slightly in a half-smile.
“From what I know of Brother Han, if it’s dangerous and he isn’t absolutely sure of success, he wouldn’t take the risk. It seems Fellow Cultivator Han must have some secret arts to avoid those invisible spatial rifts. In that case, I have no choice but to respectfully comply,” Zi Ling said with a sudden bright smile after a moment of flashing eyes.
Then, in a flash of white shadow, she gracefully stood on the wind-riding wheel.
Han Li glanced at her, a bit surprised, but without a word, he also flew into the carriage.
In an instant, under Han Li’s urging, the wind-riding wheel transformed into a white shooting rainbow, tearing through the void.
Obviously, Han Li’s guess was correct. After chasing for just half a day, near a vast expanse of barren land, the two finally caught up with the Ghost Spirit Sect group.
At the same time, Elder Zhong and the others were in a panic, busy trying to save themselves because a disciple of the Ghost Spirit Sect had accidentally triggered an ancient minor forbidden seal nearby.
With Han Li’s cautiousness and fully opened spiritual awareness, Elder Zhong did not detect their presence. Instead, relying on his powerful spiritual awareness, Han Li secretly scanned the area from afar.
He clearly sensed the spiritual energy fluctuations of the ancient forbidden seal, which were not very strong. It seemed the seal could at most entangle the Ghost Spirit Sect disciples for a short time and could not truly trap Elder Zhong, who was at mid nascent soul stage, for long.
But this short delay was a rare good opportunity for Han Li—enough time to shake them off.
Piloting the wind-riding wheel, Han Li gritted his teeth and riskily altered the original route, making a large detour.
Soon, after bypassing several spatial rifts along the way, Han Li finally left the Ghost Spirit Sect far behind and, with Zi Ling, approached a verdant, dewy mountain range.
Seeing the mountain range, Han Li moved his divine sense, and the wind-riding wheel slowly descended.
“This is it. Look, that mountain peak resembling a flying bird is the marker, no doubt,” Zi Ling excitedly pointed out, unable to help but glance at Han Li with a hint of emotion.
To be honest, although Zi Ling had previously spoken with full confidence and seemed to trust Han Li completely, seeing him drive the wind-riding wheel at lightning speed had kept her on edge the whole time.
Still, she did not expect the route Han Li chose to be so incredibly safe. Not only did they avoid all spatial rifts, but not a single ancient forbidden seal was triggered, allowing them to reach this place in one breath.
Zi Ling naturally did not know that Han Li was also silently feeling lucky.
If avoiding the spatial rifts was thanks to his Mingqing spiritual eye’s divine effect, the fact that no hidden ancient forbidden seals were triggered after deviating from the route was truly a stroke of luck.
Han Li thought this to himself but showed no expression on his face, only narrowing his eyes slightly as he stared silently at the strange mountain peak far away.
The direction pointed to by the bird’s beak should be where the final marker was located.
“Brother Han, shall we set off now? Or should we destroy this peak before leaving?” Zi Ling, after waiting a while and seeing Han Li lost in thought, anxiously suggested.
“According to what the Jade Slip said, the last marker should be in the desert, and it should be within a thousand miles of this mountain peak. There can be no mistake!” Han Li suddenly asked.
“That’s right. Brother Han means…” Zi Ling gradually understood.
“Simple. If we destroy this mountain, anyone who sees the newly ruined peak will naturally know this is where the next marker is. The last marker is in the desert—a very conspicuous place. They can just spend more time searching nearby, just like we found this place. The only way to delay them more is to set up an illusion formation to conceal this mountain and see if we can confuse them, making the Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators miss this marker,” Han Li calmly explained.