"Everyone, what do you think about the Spiritual Insects' sudden attack on the Hu Lion Clan?" Nuo Qinglin glanced at the crowd and asked.
"They spent decades gathering the elites of hundreds of clans in front of the Dark Star Canyon. In the end, after the first wave of attack failed, they abandoned the army of the Insect Clan and attacked the Red Conch Valley alone. This … doesn't make sense …" Wu Lu touched his head and said in a low voice.
"This behavior is indeed puzzling, and it doesn't match the temperament of the Spiritual Insects …" Manlin also said.
Everyone spoke one after another, but in the end, no one came to a conclusion. Nuo Yifan, who had been standing at the side of the hall with the elders, lowered her head and said nothing. She seemed to have understood something.
"When Senior Li was in the Dark Star Canyon, the Spiritual Insects led the army of the Insect Clan to attack the Serene Chen Clan. When Senior Li left the Dark Star Canyon, the Spiritual Insects attacked the Hu Lion Clan … Is there really a connection between the two?"
She remembered that when they first met Senior Li, there was a strange golden insect beside him. The aura on its body was somewhat similar to that of the spiritual insect. However, when she saw that the golden insect didn't show any mercy when it killed the Grey Toad Clan members, she didn't think too much about it. Now, she vaguely began to feel that there were some clues emerging.
Rumor had it that some clans in the Insect Clan liked to eat their own kind. Could it be that the Spiritual Insects attacked the Dark Star Canyon for the golden insect beside Senior Li?
After thinking about this, Noivan was even more shocked. This was equivalent to saying that the unforeseen event in the Dark Star Canyon was completely caused by him …
Her face turned pale and she lowered her head. In the end, she didn't dare to say such an inconclusive guess.
It was not that she was afraid of being reprimanded or even punished by her father or anyone else, but she was afraid that it would cause the other clans to be dissatisfied with the Serene Chen Clan. This was something she couldn't afford to bear.
Time flew by, and more than a few months had passed.
After the battle at the Red Conch Valley, although Golden Immortal Devouring of the Taiyi Realm had seriously injured the Nine Spirits of the Hu Lion Clan, he had also consumed a lot of energy. Therefore, his pursuit of Golden Boy had slowed down a lot, which allowed Han Li to have a relatively easy time.
However, this ease was only relative to the embarrassment he felt when he was being chased by Golden Immortal Devour.
In fact, as they went deeper and deeper into the wilderness, the surrounding environment became more and more complicated. Exotic beasts on the same level as the sand beasts and octopuses they encountered at the beginning could be found everywhere. Naturally, beasts with auras stronger than theirs weren't rare either.
Fortunately, Han Li had learned his lesson from the mistakes of the past and gained some understanding of the complex environment of the Wilderness. He could rely on his powerful Divine Sense to avoid them as soon as he sensed them. He would never trespass into their territory.
Even so, there were still some Ferocious Beasts that took the initiative to attack him. However, no matter how strong their auras were, Han Li was unwilling to get entangled with them. He was afraid that he would waste time and be slowed down.
But even so, their speed inevitably slowed down by a lot.
Daoist Xie sped over a vast plain in the flying jade carriage.
Han Li sat cross-legged at the back of the carriage, gently stroking a black jade slip in his hand.
His brows were tightly knitted together as if he was thinking about something. He seemed to be a little hesitant.
After a while, he let out a sigh of relief, raised the jade slip, and placed it on his forehead.
What was recorded in this jade slip was none other than the fourth level of the 'Spirit Cultivation Art'. Although he had been meditating on this level of cultivation art for a period of time after obtaining it and had resolved the disturbance caused by the backlash at that time, he had not been able to achieve great success. Originally, he wanted to wait until he crossed the Savage World to find a safe place to cultivate it.
But now, he had no choice but to start ahead of time.
There was no other reason other than that he wanted to have a little more life-saving measure when facing a powerful opponent like the Taiyi realm Golden Immortal Devourer. After all, it was very difficult to improve his cultivation in a short period of time. But if he could find a breakthrough in the spirit cultivation method that he was good at, there might be a chance. After all, the Golden Immortal Devourer was also weak in the spirit cultivation method.
As the jade slip brightened, Han Li's expression gradually calmed down and he entered a meditative posture.
Jin Tong sat on the edge of the flying carriage with his back facing him, his feet dangling gently in the air.
As the Golden Immortal Devour of Taiyi realm seemed to have gradually figured out the method of hiding in the Pi Xiu's stomach to change its direction, it simply stayed where it was after it hid, waiting for it to come out before continuing its chase. Therefore, Han Li simply did not let it hide in there all the time, but only used this method at some critical moments.
As a result, the time she stayed outside had increased.
At this moment, Jin Tong's face had lost some of its usual smile. It looked like he had grown up a lot overnight and was also much quieter.
It was definitely not a pleasant experience to be chased by such a powerful enemy for such a long time.
She lowered her head and looked down at the meandering river on the plain below her. Under the moonlight, it glowed with a scale-like white light. She suddenly remembered that she still had a crystal that shone with a similar light that she hadn't finished eating. She quickly took it out and held it in her hand as she nibbled on it. A look of satisfaction immediately appeared on her face.
In the middle of the night, the bright full moon had already passed the middle of the sky, and without the dark clouds, it appeared even clearer.
Bathed in the moonlight, Han Li's body was shrouded in a layer of hazy light as if he was plated with a layer of blurry white light.
However, at this moment, his body was slightly trembling, and there seemed to be a Heavenly Eye between his brows, with strands of crystal threads going in and out, back and forth, looking very strange.
Daoist Xie, who was standing at the front of the flying carriage with his back facing Han Li, could not help but look back when he sensed the strange waves coming from behind him.
He frowned slightly, and a hint of worry flashed in his eyes.
The waves of Han Li's divine sense seemed to be a little unstable, like a constantly expanding and shrinking bubble, and also like a circle of ripples that was constantly expanding and shrinking.
In fact, this was indeed the case in Han Li's sea of consciousness, but the scene was much grander.
All of the power of his divine sense was surging like a tidal wave in his sea of consciousness, and the fluctuations were growing stronger and stronger until they eventually set off gargantuan waves.
After a long while, Han Li suddenly opened his eyes, and he drew a sharp intake of breath before panting heavily.
Jin Tong was quite alarmed to see this, and he hurriedly withdrew his leg before jumping over to Han Li's side, and he asked, "What's wrong, Uncle? Are you alright?"
Han Li didn't immediately reply. Instead, he stowed away the black jade slip in a slightly exhausted manner. He then took out a medicine pill and swallowed it before wiping the sweat from his forehead with a hand.
"I'm fine; I was just a little too impatient when trying to cultivate just then, and something almost went wrong," he replied in a slow voice.
The fourth level of the Spirit Refinement Art wasn't very difficult to understand, but the higher one went, the greater the risk. If one wasn't careful, they could cause a storm in their sea of consciousness and suffer from cultivation deviation.
"That's good … You gave me quite a fright just then," Jin Tong said as he heaved a sigh of relief.
"Is there anything new?" Han Li asked as he collected his train of thought.
"It's still the same as before, sticking to the back like a dog skin plaster. It should be …" As Jin Tong spoke, he carefully sensed the connection between him and the Golden Immortal Devourer, and his expression suddenly became extremely ugly.
Has it caught up to us? "Han Li's expression changed as he immediately realized what had happened.
"Uncle, it didn't do anything earlier, but it suddenly sped up again …" Jin Tong immediately replied.
"How many days will it take for it to catch up to us?" Han Li asked.
"Not many days. At this speed, it'll catch up to us in a few hours at most," Jin Tong replied with a bitter expression.
"Fellow Daoist Xie, take a rest first. Leave the flying carriage to me," Han Li said as he turned to Daoist Xie.
The latter nodded upon hearing this before disappearing up Han Li's sleeve as a streak of golden light without saying anything further.
Han Li glanced at the Immortal Essential Stones in the carriage and estimated that he wouldn't need to replenish them for the time being. As such, he took control of the flying carriage again and urged it to fly forward at a rapid speed.
"Don't worry, go back to Little Bai's stomach and hide your aura. We'll change directions a few times and see if we can shake it off," Han Li said as he turned to Jin Tong.
Jin Tong nodded and took out the Soul Armor Talisman. Just as he was about to place it on his forehead, his hand suddenly stiffened.
It's burning its origin power to increase its speed again … It'll be able to catch up to us in less than six hours, "she exclaimed.
"Looks like it's running out of patience …" Han Li said with furrowed brows.
As soon as his voice trailed off, the Green Jade Flying Carriage came to a stop in mid-air.
"Why did you stop, Uncle …" Jin Tong was perplexed.
Han Li glanced at the dark sky and said, "We can't continue to run like this. We'll definitely be caught."
"But your time dao pattern hasn't fully recovered yet, so we won't stand a chance if we fight it head-on …" Jin Tong was perplexed.
"Who said we're going to fight it head-on? We're just trying to find a way to escape.
Stick the Soul Armor Talisman on your forehead and wait in Little Bai's stomach, "Han Li said as he forced a smile onto his face.
Jin Tong nodded before placing the talisman on his head.
Han Li then summoned the White Jade Pixiu and swallowed Jin Tong, who had transformed into a golden beetle.
After putting away the White Jade Pixiu, Han Li couldn't help but frown and murmur, "It's coming so fast …"
At this moment, there was no need for Jin Tong to sense it anymore. The Golden Devourer had already entered the range of Han Li's divine sense, and the distance between them was very close.
Han Li put away the Green Jade Flying Carriage with a wave of his hand. His eyes narrowed, and strands of silver lightning lit up in his eyes. His hands moved quickly as he made a hand seal.
Soon enough, the bright silver arcs around his body began to entangle and expand, forming a silver lightning array.