A Record of A Mortal's Journey to Immortality

Chapter 873: Gaining Spirit Island

Regarding the old demon Heartsong’s words, neither Han Li nor the others had any objections. The group first returned to Spiritual Turtle Island.

Han Li asked Master Zhiyang for a secret chamber, intending to meditate and rest there for the night, while Wei Wuya and the others went to the formation masters to retrieve the formation arrays.

Early the next morning, Han Li received a transmission from Master Zhiyang in the secret chamber and immediately went to the main hall.

There, Wei Wuya and the other two were sitting together, discussing something. Raising his eyebrows, Han Li didn’t hesitate and walked over.

“Fellow cultivator Han, please have a seat. This is the formation array researched based on the sealing formation, with the exact locations where it should be buried. We hope you carry it with you and remember it clearly,” Wei Wuya greeted Han Li politely as soon as he arrived, flipping his palm to place a pale red Jade Slip on the table in front of him.

“Oh! Let me take a look,” Han Li said calmly.

With a flick of his hand, the Jade Slip shot toward him with a “swish” and was caught effortlessly. He then casually sat on another nearby chair, immersing his spiritual awareness into the slip’s contents.

After a while, Han Li’s expression changed. When he withdrew his spiritual awareness from the Jade Slip, his face had grown completely dark.

“Fellow cultivators, you want me to set up the formation array so deep underground. Are you hoping that I go and never return?” Han Li threw the Jade Slip onto the table and looked up coldly.

“How could you say such a thing? Although the array’s location is rather deep, Fellow cultivator Han has the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder to protect you; there should be no problem at all,” the old demon Heartsong said calmly, showing no sign of agitation.

“Is that so? Brother Heartsong, do you think my Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder will never be depleted? Or that once the array is set up, I needn’t worry about returning?” Han Li shot the old demon a sharp glance, his tone tinged with annoyance.

“From your words, it seems your Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder isn’t enough to support a round trip. But I recall during the battle in Fallen Demon Valley against that ancient demon, you deployed quite a few of those divine thunders. It should be enough,” Wei Wuya said slowly, frowning.

“Perhaps you three have entered the demonic energy, but I doubt you have ventured as deep as I did,” Han Li said, a strange expression flickering across his face.

“Eh? What do you mean, Fellow cultivator Han?” Wei Wuya was taken aback.

The old demon Heartsong’s eyes flickered several times but he said nothing. Master Zhiyang lowered his head, seemingly contemplating something.

“If one has really delved to a certain depth, one would clearly know that the deeper into the abyss of demonic energy, the stronger the demonic nature contained within. The Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder will be consumed much faster. This was a conclusion I reached after delving two or three hundred zhang down. Although I have some Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder, in the demonic energy thousands of zhang below, it simply won’t last long,” Han Li said coldly, folding his fingers together in front of his chest.

“Is that so? Brother Zhiyang, among the three of us, you have ventured the deepest into the demonic energy. Is this true?” Wei Wuya asked, furrowing his brows and turning to Master Zhiyang.

“There is indeed such a matter. When I used my secret cultivation technique to delve deeper into the demonic energy, I did sense my magical power depleting faster than when I first entered. I originally thought Fellow cultivator Han hadn’t noticed and was about to remind you,” Master Zhiyang sighed and nodded in confirmation.

“If this is the case, even if we had sent a famous cultivator carrying the Treasure of Demon Exorcism into the demonic energy, though they might be fine at first, once they delved deeper, the risk of demonization would still remain,” the old demon Heartsong’s expression changed slightly.