Chapter 2349: True Immortal Descends Jingang Wind Demon Array

“But Patriarch, the Scarlet Flame Clan is so powerful. If things continue like this, even if our Sky-Roc Clan isn't exterminated, we'll certainly become incredibly weak. I beg the Patriarch for mercy and to uphold justice for the Sky-Roc Clan.” Jin Yue's expression changed drastically upon hearing this, and she immediately knelt again, pleading.

“Hmph, what, did you not hear what I just said, or do you truly think I’m handling this unjustly?” Yue Long narrowed his eyes, snorted coldly, and at the same time, a terrifying aura suddenly erupted from him.

Jin Yue felt the surrounding space suddenly tighten; her entire body became incredibly heavy, and she was pressed down by this terrifying aura, unable to stand upright.

“Patriarch, please forgive me, this junior absolutely did not mean that.” Jin Yue’s face instantly turned ashen, and she felt extreme dread in her heart.

“Forget it. Fellow Daoist Jin and I have had some dealings after all. For my sake, why not lend her a hand?” Han Li, who had been sitting quietly to the side, flicked his sleeve and suddenly said with a light chuckle.

In an instant, the immense invisible force that had been pressing down on Jin Yue, under the interference of another ripple, vanished as if spring snow had melted.

Jin Yue was greatly startled and looked up at Han Li in astonishment.

“Oh, since Brother Han says so, it’s naturally a small matter. Jin Yue, why don’t you quickly thank Fellow Daoist Han for his intercession?” Yue Long, facing Han Li’s intervention, didn’t get angry; instead, he smiled broadly and agreed completely.

“It’s you!”

Just then, Jin Yue finally recognized Han Li from his somewhat familiar voice, and seeing the tone in which Yue Long, the patriarch of the Flying Spirit Race, treated Han Li, her expression naturally became extremely complex.

“What do you mean, ‘It’s you’? This is Fellow Daoist Han Li of the Human Race. His divine abilities are even greater than mine, the Patriarch’s.” Yue Long’s expression sank upon hearing this, and he let out a low growl, authoritative without being angry.

“Fellow Daoist Han… no, Patriarch Han, please forgive me. This junior was simply flustered by suddenly seeing you again.” It took Jin Yue a while to suppress the thunderous shock in her heart, and she hastily bowed deeply to Han Li.

Although they hadn't met for many years, such a period was nothing to an Integration stage cultivator.

Han Li, the ‘Holy Son’ who should have long since perished in the Abyssal Lands, was naturally expected to be at the Void Refinement stage in her mind. Yet now, not only was he standing alive before her, but he had also become an existence on par with Yue Long, the patriarch of the Flying Spirit Race.

The disparity between them was so vast, and it was so sudden. Even Jin Yue, who was usually very shrewd, was somewhat dazed by the shock.

“All right, you may leave. Since I’ve promised Fellow Daoist Han, I will take the time to mediate the dispute between your two clans.” Yue Long did not give Jin Yue much more time; after a wave of his hand, he instructed her with a stern expression again.

“Yes, this junior will take her leave now.” Though Jin Yue was filled with unanswerable doubts and shock, she dared not disobey and agreed.

But the instant she straightened up, she still couldn't help but glance at Han Li again, to confirm that he was indeed the person she thought he was, and not merely a figment of her imagination or a mistake.

Han Li smiled slightly, seemingly having guessed what was on her mind, and immediately moved his lips silently a few times.

The next moment, Jin Yue heard a telepathic message:

“Regardless of what transpired between me and the Sky-Roc Clan back then, with this intervention, the grievances between us and your clan are now settled. You need not seek me out again in the future.”

Jin Yue’s heart jolted, and just as she was about to say something more, Han Li, with one hand concealed in his sleeve, formed a hand seal and pointed a finger into the void.

With a rumble!

Beneath her feet, a dozen or so silver arcs suddenly appeared, and after a few flashes, they transformed into a small lightning array, with surges of electric light wrapping around her.

The woman felt the surrounding scenery blur, and she vanished from the hall without a trace.

Han Li had actually used a Lightning Array spell. He had directly teleported the woman out of the giant tower.

“What an excellent void teleportation technique. It seems Fellow Daoist’s divine abilities are even greater than I anticipated. However, this only puts me more at ease.” Seeing this, Yue Long’s eyes lit up.

High above a mundane building far from the giant tower, a ripple appeared, and Jin Yue emerged, enveloped in countless silver arcs.

After surveying her surroundings, her face was filled with surprise, and looking back at the distant giant tower, her expression became uncertain again.

The next day, when the sky was still somewhat dim, two streaks of escape light, one blue and one black, flew out from the giant tower, and after circling once, they shot off in a certain direction with whooshing sounds.

After a long while, the two streaks of light flew into a small mountain range, and descended into a depression between two small hills.

“Is this the spiritual land you found?”

The escape light dissipated.

Han Li appeared, and after scanning his surroundings, he asked with a slight frown.

Within this low-lying area, besides countless pits of varying sizes, the ground was conspicuously barren. For several li around, not a blade of grass could be seen, and all the raised areas looked as if they had been forcefully sliced through by something, appearing significantly lower than the surrounding ground.

The only somewhat conspicuous object was a towering bronze pillar standing high in the center of this depression.

This pillar was a hundred zhang tall, its surface inscribed with layers of patterns, but it was also heavily rusted and somewhat dilapidated, appearing to be of ancient origin.

“Brother Han, don’t let this unassuming place deceive you. Previously, this area was not like this. It only became so desolate after being continuously struck by the previous two heavenly tribulations. However, spiritual lands suitable for receiving the power of heaven and earth are truly hard to find, so we’ll just have to make do.” Yue Long, having appeared in a flash at another nearby location, strode towards the bronze pillar, explaining as he went.

“I see. But Fellow Daoist, you won’t rely solely on this magical artifact to draw forth the power of heaven and earth, will you?” Han Li nodded, glancing at the bronze pillar as he spoke.

“Hehe, of course not. This pillar is called the Golden Wind Pillar; it’s one of the auxiliary artifacts I specifically crafted to draw in metallic energy. It wasn’t collected because it sustained some damage during the last failure. Now, to summon new power of heaven and earth, I naturally need to use new artifacts.” Yue Long said with a chuckle, and with a wave of his hand, hundreds of green light orbs flew out across the sky, then simultaneously descended around the depression, transforming into hundreds of bronze pillars scattered across the ground. Each one was incredibly shiny, looking brand new.

Next, Yue Long chanted incantations, and then abruptly formed hand seals with both hands.

A loud rumbling sound echoed from the ground, and all the bronze pillars swayed dazzlingly, instantly arranging themselves into a massive array that surrounded both Yue Long and Han Li in its very center.

“There are a total of 108 Golden Wind Pillars, which can form a Golden Gale Demonic Array. With this array, we can significantly weaken most of the power of the heaven and earth energy drawn from below. If you act as I described last night, Fellow Daoist, you will be able to control this heaven and earth energy more easily.” Once the array was set, Yue Long paused his incantations and explained a few sentences.

“Alright, Fellow Daoist, proceed with your spell. I will act when the time is right.” Han Li replied with a normal expression, then blurred and instantly appeared on top of a nearby bronze pillar, standing there with his hands behind his back, unmoving.

Yue Long was naturally overjoyed to see this, and without another word, he repeatedly flicked his sleeves, causing dense arrays of formation flags and plates to surge forth one after another, transforming into countless streaking lights that shot towards the edges of the depression.

Before long, seven or eight other mysterious restrictions of varying sizes were set up outside the bronze array.

At this point, Yue Long opened his mouth again and spurted out five distinct treasures.

A white jade bottle with a slender neck, a purple-gold gourd, a green compass, a light silver cauldron, and a crimson feather fan.

As soon as these five treasures flew out, they immediately circled and danced around the old man.

“Activate!”

Yue Long pointed a finger remotely at the green compass among them.

With a bang, the compass immediately swelled rapidly against the wind, transforming into a massive object about a zhang in size. After various radiant mists swirled on its surface, it actually projected a vast, pitch-black starry sky, with countless silver points of light flickering within, vaguely corresponding to innumerable stars.

At this moment, Yue Long simultaneously flipped both his hands, and three light silver beads and a black, gauze-like silk net surprisingly appeared in his palms, and without hesitation, he tossed them towards Han Li.

“These are the two treasures I promised you yesterday to resist the power of heaven and earth. If Fellow Daoist utilizes them well, their wondrous uses are boundless.” Yue Long said with a solemn expression.

“Thank you, Fellow Daoist. I will use them carefully.” Han Li grasped both treasures, glanced at them, and said indifferently.

Yue Long nodded, then sat down cross-legged as he was, and began to gaze silently at the compass before him.

Time passed little by little. A full two hours later, the starry sky projected by the green compass suddenly rippled and blurred, and several previously inconspicuous stars on it suddenly burst forth with dazzling light, vaguely transmitting a strange fluctuation through the compass.

“Fellow Daoist, be careful. The astral changes have begun, and I am about to draw forth the power of heaven and earth.” Upon seeing this, Yue Long’s eyes suddenly lit up, and he shouted with a fervent expression.

He abruptly slapped the ground with one hand, and with a muffled bang, an invisible ripple immediately spread out from beneath him, and wherever it passed, the ground beneath rumbled loudly.

All the restrictions that had been set up earlier around them also began to hum loudly at the same time, either forming layers of light screens or spewing forth dense mists that drifted ceaselessly in the void.

As for the 108 bronze pillars in the depression, after flickering wildly a few times, golden runes lit up brightly one by one, emitting extremely dazzling golden light.

Seeing this, Yue Long took a deep breath and stood up, and with a motion of his arm, he quickly beckoned at the purple-gold gourd in the air.

The gourd trembled, then silently inverted, and after points of radiant light swirled at its mouth, it surprisingly spewed forth a stream of glittering, unknown golden powder.