A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu Transmigrates into a Book, the Dao Ancestor of Rein

Chapter 154 Qianjin Valley, Soul Search, News

We arrived in Yuanwu without any obstacles.

Yuanwu Kingdom was a medium-sized country much larger than Yue Kingdom.

It was once occupied by the three major sects, including the Tianxing Sect, but now belongs to the Yuling Sect.

This region has more resources compared to the Yue Kingdom. There are many more spiritual veins and treasure lands, as well as dangerous places that have survived from ancient times.

For example, the famous Panlongjiang Rapids.

The waters, stretching for tens of thousands of miles, cover almost the entire northeastern part of the Yuanwu Kingdom. Within this area, there are numerous demonic beasts, a variety of spiritual herbs and medicines that are extinct in the outside world, and a rich variety of aquatic spiritual plants.

For example, Han Li's main purpose in coming here was Qianjin Valley.

The valley spans thousands of miles, an immense size, with an outer ring of over 5,000 miles, a middle ring of 3,000 miles, and an inner ring of over 1,000 miles. Viewed from above, the entire Qianjin Valley resembles a massive three-sectioned crater carved out by a meteorite.

The valley was filled with golden winds that could blew away at one's physical body and damage one's consciousness. Cultivators' physical bodies could not withstand the golden winds for long, so they could not stay inside for long.

Furthermore, if one's divine sense is projected outwards for an extended period, it will be permanently damaged and weakened by the golden wind.

If the primordial spirit is exposed to the golden wind, it is more likely to dissipate on the spot.

Due to these factors, the sensory advantage that high-level cultivators possess in this place will be greatly reduced.

In contrast, the situation is different for demonic beasts.

Thick-skinned demonic beasts can withstand the damage of the golden wind for a long time. Moreover, after a long period of adaptation, high-level demonic beasts thrive in the golden wind. In addition, demonic beasts do not rely entirely on their divine sense to perceive things; they also rely on their sense of smell, which is not well-developed by humans.

then.

High-level monsters can always detect the approach of humans in advance.

Human cultivators, on the other hand, often react much slower.

In other words, high-level demonic beasts can often successfully evade high-level human beings by making good use of this characteristic.

This place is conducive to the breeding of demonic beasts, but not to human development. Over thousands of years, it has gradually become one of the most dangerous places in the Yuanwu Kingdom. There are quite a few high-level demonic beasts lurking within.

Han Li stepped into the central area of ​​Qianjin Valley, which spans three thousand miles.

As soon as he stepped in, he sensed the difference between the middle circle and the outer circle.

"Wow, this Golden Wind is much stronger now."

If his spiritual sense is released for more than fifteen minutes, he will feel as if he is being pricked by needles.

It takes about half an hour for the pain to subside.

"Moreover, this golden wind can even distort the surrounding void, obstructing vision..."

Han Li was quite surprised by this.

Even for someone at the Nascent Soul stage like him, using the Heavenly Eye Technique, it's difficult to see clearly beyond three miles.

He grabbed a wisp of golden wind, enveloped it with his magic, and let the wind thrash about within the sphere of magical light. Once it stabilized, he immediately manipulated the wisp to enter the protective light barrier, and then used his physical body to withstand the attack.

The physical body quickly provided specific feedback:

This single wisp of energy is comparable to the power of a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining!

Compared to the outer circle of Qianjin Valley, which is only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, the Golden Wind and Wind Barrier in the middle circle is undoubtedly a level higher.

The sixth level of Qi Refining is equivalent to a level 1 puppet of the Thousand Bamboo Sect.

A Qi Refining Level 9 is equivalent to the weakest Level 2 puppet.

The key point is that the golden wind that fills the sky is all-pervasive. If it targets a person, it is equivalent to being subjected to a concentrated attack from a group of Qi Refining Level 9 cultivators from all directions and continuously.

This level of intensity is definitely considered high for cultivators in the early to mid-stages of Foundation Establishment.

After all, the mana of a Foundation Establishment cultivator is limited, and the strength of their protective shield is not very high, so it cannot withstand the attack for too long.

This may be one of the main reasons why Foundation Establishment cultivators rarely appear in the depths of Qianjin Valley.

The outer ring of Qianjin Valley is inhabited mainly by level 2 monsters and low-level monsters below level 2. The middle ring is inhabited mainly by mid-level monsters below level 5. Of course, this is not absolute, because sometimes, mid-level monsters of level 3 or 4, and even high-level monsters of level 5, 6, or 7, may also be active in the outer ring.

Now, he has only recently entered the middle circle, and the damage that Jin Feng has done to his body and mind is already showing.

If we continue to delve deeper, the intensity will undoubtedly increase further.

He used his magic to grab another strand, and then used his nascent soul to touch it. In that instant, it felt like his buttocks had been slashed.

A small knife pulls on your buttocks, the kind that makes your anus tighten.

The pain was obvious during the process, but there was no change in consciousness whatsoever.

He wasn't in a hurry, but continued to try dozens of times. Each time, he meticulously followed the methods passed down in the forbidden area to utilize the wind force here.

He was incredibly patient throughout the entire process.

Finally, after more than eighty attempts, he discovered a very subtle change in the consciousness used for the experiment.

"It actually works?!"

Just now, the part of his divine consciousness that he used for the experiment and was repeatedly hurt by the golden wind seemed to have a tiny bit more resistance to the nearby golden wind. That part of his divine consciousness, which was only about one millionth of his main body, was used for the experiment.

Although it was a subtle change, he noticed it immediately because he paid close attention to it.

Keep trying.

After hundreds of times, the color in his eyes grew brighter and brighter.

At this point, he was quite certain that the golden wind of Qianjin Valley was helpful in strengthening his divine sense and making it more refined.

That's why he was overjoyed.

He clenched his fist excitedly.

"it is good!"

It should be noted that his current spiritual sense is already extremely powerful, comparable to the spiritual sense strength of those Grandmasters who have not cultivated the secret technique of spiritual sense amplification.

With further enhancement, one can completely overwhelm others of the same level in terms of special skills.

The only slight drawback is that the golden wind here isn't particularly effective on the physical body, far less so than the gale-force winds of the Hurricane Desert or the Nine Heavens Gale Layer. The effects of body tempering here are definitely diminished. Unless one continues deeper…

However, if we continue to delve deeper, the damage that Jin Feng inflicts on the divine consciousness will be too great.

Some things are better left unsaid.

"Alright, let's start here for now. Once our spiritual senses have adapted to the golden wind here, we can go deeper and have the best of both worlds."

Han Li made his decision.

He only needs to proceed steadily, build a solid foundation, and progress step by step. There's no need to be impatient for quick results like in the demonic path.

...

A fierce wind enters the body, and the autumn wind scrapes the bones.

The method for tempering the physical body sounds simple: the basic framework involves absorbing golden energy, letting it penetrate the body, and then circulating it through specific meridians to the limbs and bones. However, the details cannot be clearly described in just a few words.

The principle is similar to using golden wind to temper the nascent soul and divine sense.

It involves the nascent soul absorbing the fierce winds and using the special energy within the golden winds to temper its divine consciousness. This process involves damage to and self-healing of the divine consciousness, and the dangers involved cannot be fully explained in just a few words.

Thanks to the guidance and assistance of the forbidden area's secret techniques.

"If I can master the first level, according to the cultivation method, I can gain more than twice the spiritual sense of an ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator."

"The second level of perfection is enough to surpass the divine sense of an ordinary great cultivator."

"Mastering the third level will allow my divine sense to reach a level comparable to the Nascent Soul stage, greatly aiding my breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage..."

Therefore, we must not slack off.

The visible improvements over half a month made him increasingly immersed in it.

While refining their bodies and souls, they also took a spin in the sky.

While strengthening his physical body and refining his spiritual power, he also collected the Nine Heavens Gale Wind to cultivate the Wind Escape Technique.

In one month, he traveled two hundred miles inland.

The divine sense's resistance to the golden wind increased significantly, and its overall strength was enhanced.

Four months later, he had unknowingly ventured over a thousand miles into the central circle.

In this area, the damage the golden wind inflicts on the physical body is comparable to a concentrated attack from a top-tier level 1 demonic beast. The damage to the divine sense is even greater; Core Formation cultivators cannot extend their divine sense beyond twenty breaths in this area, otherwise a portion will be blown away, causing excruciating headaches and permanent damage to the upper limit of their divine sense.

half year later.

With only a few hundred miles left to the inner circle, the strength of his divine sense steadily increased.

The visible progress is truly inspiring and makes it impossible to stop.

Get stronger, get stronger, get stronger.

Cultivation, cultivation, cultivation...

He originally thought he could continue in this peaceful routine for several years, until two or three years before the opening of his planned Void Palace.

But sometimes, unexpected things happen.

This day.

Just as he finished training his divine sense and was withdrawing it all back into his nascent soul to rest, three figures appeared behind him, two chasing and one fleeing.

"Fellow Daoist ahead, please lend me a hand."

Ok?
Upon hearing the cries for help, Han Li immediately turned around.

His divine sense spread out and immediately locked onto three Core Formation stage cultivators.

All three were at the mid-stage of Core Formation.

The one being chased was a middle-aged Confucian scholar; it was unclear which sect he belonged to, or if he was just a rogue cultivator. He was covered in wounds, having likely been through a fierce battle.

The two pursuers behind them were both wearing high-ranking green robes of the Yuling Sect, clearly indicating that they were members of the Yuling Sect.

"Fellow Daoist, please grant me..."

Wait, that’s not right!
"...You're not in the early stage of Core Formation?!"

The middle-aged man at the forefront sensed Han Li's gradually released true cultivation level and suddenly stopped abruptly in mid-air.

The slight sweat that had been on his forehead during his escape was now replaced by large beads of sweat. His teeth even began to chatter.

Are they trying to shift the blame onto a Nascent Soul stage monster?
Someone was on the verge of tears.

The Yuling Sect cultivators behind them, unaware of what was happening, continued to charge towards them.

Han Li narrowed his eyes, and after a moment's thought, he understood the situation of the middle-aged man being chased by the Yu Ling Sect cultivators.

"You wouldn't be trying to shift the blame onto me, would you?"

As he muttered those words, his figure suddenly vanished.

The middle-aged man in the Core Formation stage only felt a blur before his eyes, and then Han Li's figure appeared in front of him.

Before the middle-aged man could speak, a wind blade, composed of dozens of compressed wind blades, slashed straight down, instantly cutting through the seemingly thick protective light barrier and easily cleaving a gash in the scroll of the defensive magic treasure.

Just as the middle-aged man's natal magic weapon, which was connected to his mind and body, was damaged, he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

A hand passed through the tattered protective light barrier and landed on his head.

"Senior, no!"

The middle-aged man's spirit was greatly disturbed.

"Be quiet, listen to me, relax, and you won't die if you cooperate."

Han Li spoke in a calm and gentle voice.

He first used a shocking technique to intimidate them. The middle-aged man, already feeling guilty, panicked and immediately lost his composure, his eyes instantly filled with fear.

Upon seeing this, he immediately activated his spell: Soul Search!
At the same time, he glanced indifferently at the two members of the Spirit Control Sect, causing them to shudder in fright:
"A Nascent Soul stage monster?"

"Nascent Soul cultivator?"

The two exclaimed in surprise and immediately turned to flee the place.

"Don't let those two get away."

He did not make a move.

There was no need for him to take any further action. His true form and the soul of the song moved.

In addition, the two were accompanied by Lao Liu, who emerged from the spirit beast bag, Feng Xiaoying, two blood jade spiders, and an ice and fire wolf.

He certainly didn't want to be bothered by the Nascent Soul stage old ghost from the Yuling Sect.

He didn't want to have any contact with anyone from the outside world, lest he disrupt his cultivation rhythm.

Therefore, it's best to keep those two from the Spirit Control Sect.

"A level seven Ink Dragon, a level seven Blood Jade Spider, a level six Demonic Bird Wind Howling Eagle, a level seven Mutant Icefire Wolf...?"

"How can there be so many high-level spirit beasts?"

Are you kidding me?
None of their sect's supreme elders have ever raised so many top-tier spirit beasts, have they?

"Moreover, there are actually two subordinates at the peak of the late Core Formation stage?"

The fleeing Yuling Sect cultivators felt their mouths and throats were parched.

Just moments before they had been pursuing with great enthusiasm, but now they could only flee in utter defeat, constantly praying for a miracle.

"Roar!"

The main body rode on the sixth brother and pounced forward.

"disease…"

Qu Hun rode the Wind Howling Eagle, tearing through the golden wind in a swift pursuit.

On the ground, Xiaobai, Xiaoyu, and the Ice and Fire Wolves were not much slower.

As the Icefire Wolf leaped, its four hooves seemed to tread on flames, and its feet seemed to generate wind.

"How to do?"

"Go separately."

One person rode on a spirit bird.

One person summoned the swarm of insects he had cultivated, which transformed into a cloud of insects, and hid inside it.

Upon seeing this, the main body released a golden cloud of insects, which were swarms of Gold-Eating Insects comparable to level four individuals.

"Gold-devouring insects on the list of strange insects? How can there be so many golden gold-devouring insects?"

This scene made the person in front of him even more pale.

Two chases and two escapes, quickly disappearing into the distance.

Seeing this, Han Li stopped paying attention to the main body and the soul of the song, and instead focused on searching the soul of the middle-aged man in the scholar's robe.

He quickly understood the cause and effect.

It turned out that this person was a high-ranking cultivator from the righteous sect Haoran Pavilion. Although he practiced Confucianism and Taoism, he also enjoyed studying the art of beast taming. He kept several demonic beasts with extraordinary bloodlines under his command. Among them was even a female silver-armored horned python at the peak of level 4.

This man had long been troubled by the fact that his spirit beast had no adult mate and could not reproduce. He was even more troubled by the fact that his silver-armored horned python had been stuck at the peak of level 4 for decades without making any progress.

Not long ago, I heard that a level 5 high-ranking silver-armored horned python had appeared in Qianjin Valley.

Then I heard that the next big move of the Yuling Sect is to sweep away Qianjin Valley and turn it into a back garden for cultivating spirit beasts, spirit herbs and medicines.

Upon hearing these two pieces of news, how could this man possibly remain seated?
after all.

A hundred years ago, after Yu Ling Sect took over Yuan Wu Kingdom, not long after completing the reorganization, it organized four Nascent Soul stage old monsters, two Nascent Soul stage guardian spirit beasts, and dozens of Core Formation cultivators to lead thousands of Foundation Establishment stage cultivators to carry out a carpet sweep of Panlong River, one of the three most dangerous places in Yuan Wu Kingdom.

Nearly a hundred dragons of various sizes were captured.

This move, while demonstrating strength and deterring villains, also significantly enhanced the future foundation of the Yuling Sect.

After all, any dragon has great potential, and upon reaching adulthood, it becomes a high-level individual. Once it reaches adulthood, becomes a high-level spirit beast, and can be tamed and obey the commands of the sect's cultivators, it can protect the sect for at least two thousand years.

Once one becomes a Nascent Soul level individual, they can protect the sect for nearly ten thousand years.

If a fully grown dragon is fortunate enough to give birth to offspring, it will bring blessings to its descendants for countless years.

It's no exaggeration to say that the Yuling Sect has long coveted the dragons in the Panlong River.

Unfortunately, hundreds of years ago, the internal strife between the righteous and demonic factions in the heart of Tiannan was extremely devastating. All the Grand Masters of the Yuling Sect at that time perished.

At that time, Yuanwu Kingdom belonged to the righteous sects, and naturally, the righteous sects would not allow the opposing demonic sect, Yuling Sect, to benefit from it. After the righteous and demonic sects were taken advantage of and driven out of the southern hinterland by the rising forces such as Tianxing Sect and Shenbing Sect, the three families of Tianxing Sect, Shenbing Sect, and Wanmiao Temple had no intention of helping Yuling Sect.

Until the invasion of the righteous and demonic forces a hundred years ago, the Yuling Sect merged with the Spirit Beast Mountain, greatly increasing its strength.

In addition, the Spirit Beast Mountain made great contributions, and together with the demonic path, they severely damaged the strength of the three major cultivation worlds of Yue Kingdom, Yuanwu Kingdom, and Zijin Kingdom.

At that time, the Yuling Sect demanded to take over the Yuanwu Kingdom, and only the Demon Flame Sect stood in its way.

The Hehuan Sect, the leader of the demonic path, made a choice that was completely different from the original trajectory for some unknown reason, or rather, for some unknown deal reached between the two parties in private!

This time, the higher-ups of the Hehuan Sect did not object!
They did not suppress the Yuling Sect.

Instead, they allowed the Yuling Sect to grow too powerful.

This led to a series of butterfly effects.

The biggest change was that the Panlong River's dangerous shoals were swept away by the Yuling Sect over a period of more than seventy years in three major sweeps.

Closer to home.

The middle-aged Confucian scholar from Haoran Pavilion learned that a high-level Silver-Armored Horned Python existed in Qianjin Valley, and that the Yuling Sect was about to launch a large-scale purge of Qianjin Valley. Naturally, he couldn't sit still after hearing the news.

They hurriedly sneaked into Yuanwu Kingdom to search for clues about the Silver-Armored Horned Python in Qianjin Valley.

If the silver-armored horned python in the valley is male, the scholar thought it would be a perfect match for his own spirit beast.

If it is female, try to tame it first. If you really can't tame it, kill it and take its elixir, then feed it to your own level four horned python to help it break through.

In short, as long as we capture this high-ranking horned python in the valley, the trip will not have been in vain.

After years of searching, we did indeed run into this person once.

Unfortunately, that time, he failed to seize the opportunity and let that silver-armored horned python, which had completed half of its transformation into a dragon and was thus severely underestimated, slip away.

When they turned back to continue their search, they unfortunately ran into a fellow cultivator from the Spirit Control Sect.

The people of the Spirit Control Sect are not only powerful in cultivation, but they also raise even stronger spirit beasts, including two high-level ones.

After a fierce battle, Haoran Pavilion was no match for them and suffered heavy losses.

of course.

The person from the Yuling Sect didn't fare well either; his high-level spirit beast was killed by the self-destruction of a magic weapon.

But it was precisely because of the significant losses that they became enraged and relentlessly pursued the matter.

The middle-aged man from Haoran Pavilion dared not linger and prepared to escape from Qianjin Valley and Yuanwu Kingdom. Unexpectedly, he ran into another mid-stage Core Formation cultivator from the Yuling Sect outside the valley.

It can be described as extremely unlucky.

He can't even beat someone one-on-one, let alone one-on-two.

With no other option, they could only retreat back to Qianjin Valley, using the golden winds and unique geographical environment within the valley to buy time and seek a chance to survive.

In a flash, three days passed.

Just now, the other spirit beast in the scholar's arms sensed a powerful aura fluctuation in the central area of ​​the valley. After learning the general situation, the scholar came here without much hesitation, intending to draw the war here and stage a disaster by diverting the conflict eastward.

The surprise came too suddenly.

At first, the middle-aged man thought that the aura that was making his spirit beast restless was a high-level demon beast that had wandered out from the extremely dangerous inner circle of Qianjin Valley.

Upon arriving here, I discovered that he was merely a cultivator in the early stages of Core Formation.

And just by looking at this person's attire, one could tell that he was not a member of the Yuling Sect.

As the saying goes, a dead Taoist friend will never die if he is a poor Taoist.

Originally, I only intended to trick a bunch of demonic beasts, but it turned out to be a cultivator in the early stage of Core Formation. So, I can only reluctantly trick a bunch of fellow cultivators.

then.

The surprise turned into a shock.

Han Li no longer concealed his cultivation level, and his aura, which was at the early stage of Core Formation, suddenly rose to the Nascent Soul stage.

What are the consequences of bringing the flames of war to a Nascent Soul cultivator? Han Li showed everyone in the most vivid and engaging way.

"Tsk tsk, you really want to drag me down with you?"

This person is quite talented.

After finishing the soul search, he plucked the opponent's golden core and destroyed his primordial spirit. He then set the opponent's physical body ablaze.

If it was just an accident, he would have considered showing leniency and not necessarily resorting to harsh measures.

Unfortunately, it wasn't.

"So it was you, little brat, who discovered me?"

Inside the spirit beast pouch, a level 3 cowardly mouse trembled.

...

Soon.

The original body and the soul of the song returned separately.

Qu Hun brought back a storage bag.

The original body did bring back a dying Core Formation cultivator from the Spirit Control Sect.

Nothing said.

He pressed his other hand against the other person's forehead:
"Alas, although my cultivation has improved, I have lost my integrity in pursuit of convenience and precision."

The next moment: Soul Search!

Through this investigation, he learned more important information.

For example, the Grand Elder of the Nascent Soul stage of the Yuling Sect a thousand years ago left behind a Level 7 Azure Dragon.

After a thousand years of accumulation, the intelligent and human-like azure dragon has reached the peak of level 7.

Recently, it seems that the higher-ups of the Yuling Sect are preparing to help the Azure Dragon overcome its tribulation.

If successful, the Yuling Sect may be able to produce its second demon cultivator to take human form, a feat that began 30,000 years ago.

Furthermore, the Yuling Sect's repeated sweeps of the treacherous rapids of the Panlong River yielded substantial results. Besides capturing nearly a hundred dragons, they also discovered three medium-sized spiritual veins of good quality, each stretching for hundreds of miles, along with several associated mineral veins. Among these mineral veins was a gold essence ore discovered just two years prior—the very raw material used by Core Formation cultivators to refine gold essence, one of the five essential metals for magical artifacts.

This single mineral vein is of immense value.

Furthermore.

The harvest of rare and precious herbs and medicines was plentiful.

Following the distribution of Nascent Soul level cultivators among the major families of the Yuling Sect, a new generation of Core Formation cultivators has emerged. One such example is Han Yunzhi, a newly promoted Core Formation cultivator who entered the Core Formation realm twenty years ago.

"It seems that little sister Han Yunzhi's subsequent growth trajectory has not been affected by my interference in the Crimson Forbidden Land..."

This is a line we might try to get.

At last.

This also made Han Li raise an eyebrow.

It is said that the Yuling Sect will make a move against Qianjin Valley in three years.

They will utilize the spirit beasts cultivated by the sect, and take advantage of their large number of spirit beasts to carry out a large-scale sweep of Qianjin Valley.

Here, high-level cultivators cannot conduct a thorough search, but spirit beasts are different.

Faced with a formation composed of a large number of high-level spirit beasts, the demon beasts lurking in Qianjin Valley no longer had the advantage of terrain and environment.

The good days for the monsters in this place are coming to an end.

"It seems I don't have much time left to stay here."

"correct…"

"And that horned python at the peak of level 5 has already transformed into a silver dragon...!"

　There will be a short chapter tomorrow at 3 PM.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)