Han Li muttered to himself for a moment before walking over to Jiao Sixteen. He helped him up and fed him a pill.
"Many thanks."
Jiao Sixteen's injuries were quite severe. He nodded at Han Li before sitting down cross-legged and absorbing the pill's power to heal himself.
After Jiao Jiu discovered that the purple-robed elderly man had disappeared, his body swayed, and he arrived in front of the Body Integration Stage cultivator who was still on his last breath in the nearby alley.
Before the Body Integration cultivator had a chance to speak, Jiao Jiu's hand shot forth like lightning and grabbed onto the Body Integration cultivator's head. Blue light flashed from his palm, and the Body Integration cultivator's eyes rolled over into the back of his head.
Jiao Nine used some kind of secret technique and a pale red Nascent Soul with a terrified expression was pulled out of the Nascent Soul's body. The Nascent Soul's eyes were half-closed and it looked quite dispirited.
Jiao Nine returned to the courtyard with the Nascent Soul in his hand. He first looked at Jiao Sixteen, who was meditating with his eyes closed, and then looked at Han Li.
Jiao Jiu nodded toward Han Li, and said, "I didn't think that you would be so proficient in the field of formations and restrictions. I had mistakenly thought that you were running away in fear of me, and I hope you won't take it to heart."
"You flatter me. What kind of formation attainments are you talking about? I just happened to find the weak point of that space.
It's all thanks to your great abilities that you were able to hold off that Bodiless Immortal. That was how I was able to break the formation, "Han Li said with a smile.
Jiao Nine didn't say anything and turned to look at the Nascent Soul in his hand. His eyes turned cold and he raised his other hand.
"Pu!" A thin black thread flew out from his palm and entered the Nascent Soul's head.
The Nascent Soul's body trembled and it let out a miserable scream.
Jiao Jiu remained unfazed. More black threads shot out from his palm and surged into the Nascent Soul's head.
The screams of the Nascent Soul became weaker and weaker, and the expression on its small face gradually became dull, and its eyes became unfocused.
Jiao Jiu frowned slightly and a trace of unhappiness flashed across his face. The black silk on his palm grew.
Right at this moment, a layer of crystalline light suddenly appeared on the surface of the Nascent Soul, causing its body to become translucent.
"Oh no …" When Han Li saw this, he suddenly thought of something and hurriedly spoke.
But before he finished speaking, the nascent soul shattered into a glittering light with a "bang" sound.
The corners of Jiao Jiu's mouth twitched and his expression turned ugly.
"It seems that this person's Nascent Soul has some kind of restriction placed on it. Once the Soul Search touches certain memories, the restriction will be triggered.
Did you discover anything, Fellow Daoist Jiao Jiu? "Han Li sighed.
"I didn't find any useful information. With this person's identity, I'm afraid he wouldn't know much.
However, the Impermanence Alliance members here have indeed been killed by them. "Jiao Jiu shook his head.
Han Li frowned slightly when he heard that.
"What should we do next?" Jiao Shiliu stood up and asked. He had recovered a little.
"Let's search the Tianshui City first.
Since we have been exposed, we don't have to worry about anything else. "Jiao Jiu's eyes flashed and he said in a deep voice.
…
At the same time.
Tens of thousands of miles away from the Tianshui City, a dark red ship was flying through the clouds.
The ship was divided into two levels and each level had a few independent rooms. There were a few pairs of wings engraved on the hull of the ship, transforming into eight pairs of dark red wings that were flapping rapidly.
In one of the rooms on the top floor of the ship, the purple-robed elder who had fought with Han Li and the others was sitting cross-legged with a gloomy face.
After a moment of silence, he flipped his hand and took out a palm-sized jade plate. He tapped it a few times and a large red light appeared on it. Then, a hoarse voice came from it.
"Chou Wu, what's the situation?"
"I have already fought with the people from the Impermanence Alliance." The purple-robed elder said expressionlessly.
"Hehe, it seems that I was right." The person in the jade plate smiled proudly.
"Hmph!
They are much weaker than you expected. There are two Loose Immortals and one Earth Immortal. There are three Perfected Immortals!
If I didn't have some tricks up my sleeves, I would have died in their hands.
Unfortunately, one of my subordinates has fallen into their hands. "The purple-robed elder said angrily.
"Oh, does that person know anything?" The voice in the jade plate also paused.
"How much can a cultivator at the Form Synthesis Stage know?" The purple-robed elder said disdainfully.
"That's good.
Just you alone have three Perfected Immortals. It seems that the Impermanence Alliance did not come with good intentions.
If they retreat in the face of difficulties, then so be it. However, if they continue to pester us, our Holy Master will make sure to teach them a lesson... Alright, you've worked hard this time. Come back first, "the voice in the jade plate said with a cold chuckle.
The purple-robed elder raised his eyebrows. He was obviously dissatisfied with the arrogant tone of the other party. However, he did not say anything and immediately ended the transmission.
He waved his hand and the flying ship shone with red light. It sped up again and flew forward.
…
In a stone hall in Tianshui City.
The area was quite large, but it seemed a little empty. There were stone pillars on both sides of the hall, and there were braziers placed on top of them. However, they were not lit.
Han Li and the other two were standing at the entrance of the hall. They were wearing their masks again.
With their cultivation bases and spiritual sense, they quickly scanned the entire Heavenly Water City and discovered that there were no high-grade cultivators above the Spatial Tempering Stage in the city, nor did they discover anything out of the ordinary. However, they discovered this stone hall in a secluded area in the southern part of the city.
In the center of the hall, there were three corpses arranged neatly. Their skin and flesh were all shriveled and their faces were twisted. It seemed that they had encountered something extremely terrifying when they were alive. There were also several green masks beside them. They looked different from the ones Han Li and the others were wearing.
Looking at the shriveled corpses, it seemed that all the blood in their bodies had been sucked dry.
The other party had arranged these corpses neatly here. It was obvious that they were provoking the Impermanence Alliance.
Jiao Jiu examined the corpses and said slowly, "These should be the infiltrators from the alliance," Jiao Jiu said slowly.
"One Mahayana Stage and two Body Integration Stage cultivators. It seems that they were killed as soon as they fought. Even their Nascent Souls could not escape … It should be the Itinerant Celestial who killed them. However, it seems that this person can use the power of laws," Han Li said thoughtfully as he looked at the three corpses.
"That old fox, Gongshu Hong. It seems that he was prepared.
The restriction from before seemed to be an elaborate trap to lure us in, "Jiao Jiu said hatefully.
"Let's not worry about that for now.
It seems that we won't be able to find any clues in Tianshui City. Before we leave, we need to inform the other three about the situation and discuss what we should do next, "Jiao Jiu said.
After he finished speaking, he made a hand seal with one hand. A layer of blue ripples appeared on the blue goat mask. The ripples flickered and suddenly lit up.
Jiao Jiu immediately closed his eyes and moved his lips.
Han Li and Jiao Jiu stood to the side and did not disturb him.
After a while, the light on Jiao Jiu's mask disappeared and he opened his eyes.
"What did Jiao San say?" Jiao Jiu asked quickly.
"He told us to gather at Dragon Lake City immediately," Jiao Jiu said slowly.
"Were they attacked?" Han Li suddenly asked.
"Jiao San and the other team are quite far away from the target city. They have not arrived yet.
But looking at the situation here, their target contact person is most likely dead as well.
Now that we are prepared, it will not be easy for them to attack us again, "Jiao Jiu said in a deep voice.
Han Li nodded and did not ask any more questions.
"There are no more clues here. Let's go."
Jiao Jiu waved his hand and a blue light appeared. The corpses on the ground were collected and they walked out.
The three of them quickly walked out of the stone hall and quietly left Tianshui City. They came to an open field.
Jiao Jiu was about to use a secret technique to hide himself when he heard Jiao Jiu's voice.
"There is no need for that.
Jiao San said that since the enemy already knows of our existence, there is no need for us to hide anymore.
We will go straight to Dragon Lake City. "
As he spoke, he waved his sleeve. Waves rolled in all directions, and a blue crystal flying ship that was over a hundred feet long appeared in the open space in front of him. It was streamlined, sparkling and translucent, and was overflowing with spiritual light.
Jiao Jiu stopped what he was doing and looked at the flying ship enviously.
Han Li let out a sigh and praised, "This boat is made from Skycloud Blue Crystal. Although it can't be considered an immortal tool, it shouldn't be too far off."
"You are flattering me. It is just a Spiritual Treasure Flying Ship. It is not that impressive." Jiao Jiu laughed.
The strength that Han Li had displayed when he fought with the enemy had impressed him. Jiao Jiu's tone became more polite.
"This flying ship is fast. We will take it.
Jiao Jiu, quickly recover from your injuries. There will be a lot of fierce battles ahead. "Jiao Jiu said and landed at the front of the flying ship.
Jiao Jiu nodded and boarded the flying ship with Han Li.
Jiao Jiu waved his hand and used a technique. The flying ship shone with a blue light and flew forward.
…
Dragon Lake City was much larger than Tianshui City. There was a lake that was more than a thousand acres in the city. It was connected to several rivers in the city and extended out of the city.
It was early in the morning and the city was bustling with people.
By the time Han Li and the others arrived at a remote courtyard in the western part of the city, Jiao San and the monkey-faced Jiao Ba had already arrived with another group of people.
It seemed that Jiao Ba and the other two had just arrived.
Under Jiao San's command, Jiao Jiu told them about the ambush in Tianshui City. He then took out the corpses of the Impermanence Alliance members who had sneaked into the city.