Chapter 670: Traces Exposed

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Han Li had indeed flown away from Wuligou and had long since escaped more than ten miles away. After transmitting his last few words, he turned into a streak of green light and departed without looking back.

The current members of the Han family were somewhat related to him, but his true family in his heart had always been his parents, older brother, and younger sister.

Although the scholar and the burly man always treated him with extreme respect, Han Li couldn't feel overly close to them. After all, so many generations of separation, coupled with the changes in Qingniu Town and Wuligou, made Han Li feel a sense of detachment and unfamiliarity.

However, after returning to his hometown, the last bit of lingering concern in his heart finally faded. He believed that with the passage of more time, this connection would eventually become insignificant.

Han Li pondered silently. After setting his direction, he accelerated his flight speed.

A few days later, Han Li passed through Lanzhou on his journey. A thought crossed his mind, and he deliberately took a detour to visit Jiayuan City.

However, upon entering the city, he found that it too had changed completely, with familiar sights remaining but the people no longer the same.

Not only had Sun Ergou and the Siping Gang long since vanished, but even the Five-Color Sect, which once intimidated all of Lanzhou, had ceased to exist over a hundred years ago, replaced by a newly risen "Tianyi Association."

If he remembered correctly, the Five-Color Sect seemed to have the backing of Spirit Beast Mountain back then. Before their decisive battle with the Demonic Dao, Spirit Beast Mountain had suddenly defected and returned to the Spirit Controlling Sect.

Now that Yue Country was under the control of the Ghost Spirit Sect, the decline of the Five-Color Sect was quite normal.

He wondered if Mo Yuzhu and her daughter Ying Ning had met with any misfortune. Unfortunately, too much time had passed since then. Even after making a few inquiries, Han Li couldn't find any news.

Han Li could only sigh. He then departed in a hurry.

As for Sun Ergou, although the Sun family had declared him their master, he had never truly demanded anything from them. Instead, he had given Sun Ergou many benefits over time. After failing to find any news about the Sun family, he had no reason to dwell on it further.

Therefore, Han Li left Jiayuan City with no further worries and headed straight for Yuanwu Country, intending to pass through it and return to Fallen Cloud Sect.

However, just half a day after leaving Jiayuan City, his expression suddenly froze, and he stopped in mid-air.

He turned his head and peered into the distance to one side, his eyes narrowing slightly.

At the same time, a group of people two hundred miles away also halted their flight. Two white-robed women among them exchanged hesitant glances, their fair faces showing a hint of solemnity.

"Two Martial Aunts!" A nervous old man behind the two white-robed women asked, seeing their expressions, "What happened? Is something wrong?"

"Hmm. Just now, we sensed the other party's location, but the Spirit Infant suddenly stopped moving and remained still. I wonder if they've discovered our tracks." The white-robed woman with willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes had lost all trace of her usual languid expression. Instead, her entire demeanor exuded a blade-like sharpness.

"That's impossible. Even Nascent Soul cultivators can't sense such a long distance. Could it be that the two Martial Aunts used a secret technique just now that disturbed the Spirit Infant within the restriction, causing the other party to notice something amiss?" Another seemingly formidable man guessed, his expression changing.

"Impossible," the woman surnamed Liu shook her head, denying it flatly. "Our cultivation technique was personally passed down by your Martial Ancestor. It only unilaterally senses the location of the Wood Spirit Infant. Unless the other party's cultivation reaches the late Nascent Soul stage, they won't detect any abnormalities. After all, we are hundreds of miles apart from them. Even if an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator's spiritual sense is exceptionally powerful, they can generally only perceive activity within a hundred-mile radius at most, no matter how formidable. Could it be that the cultivator with the restricted Spirit Infant we're pursuing is actually an old monster from the late stage?"

"But, Martial Aunt Liu. Then why would the other party..." A green-robed female cultivator, one of the four Foundation Establishment cultivators, still wanted to say something, clearly worried.

But suddenly, Han Yunzhi, who had been silently forming hand seals nearby, spoke out with a startled expression.

"This is bad. The Spirit Infant's location has changed. It's flying towards us."

"What? Coming towards us? Have they really discovered us?" The woman surnamed Liu's face turned pale. She hastily formed hand seals to sense something herself.

"The person with the restricted Spirit Infant is indeed coming, and their speed is incredibly fast. They must be a Nascent Soul cultivator, no doubt." A moment later, she affirmed with a chilling expression.

"Run! We absolutely cannot engage this person, or we'll surely die. I recall that the Ghost Spirit Sect's branch in Lanzhou is located nearby. Let's flee there. Although our two sects have some disagreements, we both belong to the Demonic Dao. Facing this unknown Nascent Soul cultivator, we can only rely on their protective formation to defend ourselves. Moreover, the other party might not dare to openly attack a Ghost Spirit Sect branch, so our chances of escape are good," Han Yunzhi said slowly after a slight pause for thought.

"Martial Aunt Han is right, let's go quickly! Otherwise, it'll be too late." The green-robed burly man swallowed nervously upon hearing a Nascent Soul cultivator was approaching, a hint of panic rising within him.

"Hmph! What are you panicking about? Do I need you to tell me that? The six of us will perform the Spirit Convergence Art, merging our magical powers into one. This will increase our flight speed by nearly half. Hurry and cast the spell!" The woman surnamed Liu raised an eyebrow, her expression cold as she swept a glance at the burly man, and spoke.

The burly man was startled and dared not speak another word.

Then, with Han Yunzhi and the woman surnamed Liu taking the lead, the six immediately began casting spells. Each brought forth their magic treasures and artifacts, incredibly connecting their spiritual energy in mid-air as if they were one, transforming into a streak of yellow light. They soared through the air back the way they came, their speed astonishingly fast!

Meanwhile, at the other end, Han Li was flying at full speed, his face grim.

Even Han Li himself wasn't entirely sure how strong his spiritual sense was now.

He only knew that when he intentionally cast the technique, relying on the fourth layer of the Great Evolution Art, his spiritual sense could completely encompass an area within a hundred-mile radius. Beyond a hundred miles, while he couldn't detect every single detail, he could still sense roughly eight or nine tenths of the general movements within two to three hundred miles.

Just now, while en route, he suddenly felt a peculiar, hidden spiritual energy appear around him, lingering without dispersing. This startled Han Li.

This spiritual energy was incredibly faint and strange; if his spiritual sense hadn't been so powerful, ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators would genuinely find it difficult to detect.

Although he didn't know the exact situation, Han Li knew trouble was coming.

He guessed that either the matter of him wiping out the Fu family in Yuanwu Country had been exposed, or something had happened with the Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators he had casually dealt with in the Taiyue Mountain Range.

So, without a second thought, he spread out his spiritual sense and, sure enough, fortuitously discovered several cultivators furtively following him about two hundred miles behind.

Although it was too far to identify who these people were, Han Li had already formed a killing intent and flew towards them without hesitation.

He would never allow cultivators capable of tracking him to linger behind him; it was better to eliminate them quickly to avoid endless future troubles.

After all, the other party seemed to consist of only two or three Core Formation cultivators; eliminating them should be effortless!

Instantly, a thick yellow streak of light desperately fled in front, while at the far end, a dazzling green rainbow, about ten zhang long, pursued rapidly from behind, emitting a series of clear cries.

But in just a short while, the light Han Li transformed into had already approached within a hundred miles. This caused the woman surnamed Liu, who was intermittently casting spells to sense Han Li's location, to turn pale, finally revealing a hint of terror.

Because at this pursuit speed, the six of them would be caught by the Nascent Soul cultivator behind them before they had even escaped half the distance, with no time to flee into the Ghost Spirit Sect branch.

Anxiously, the woman turned her elegant neck, intending to discuss escape strategies with Han Yunzhi beside her, but Senior Sister Han first whispered with a delighted expression:

"Look! There's a team of Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators ahead, seemingly coming to meet us."

"Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators?"

Han Yunzhi's quiet exclamation not only invigorated the woman surnamed Liu but also delighted the old man and the other four Spirit Controlling Sect cultivators. Although they didn't dare to expect the Ghost Spirit Sect to be powerful enough to confront a Nascent Soul cultivator, it would still be good if they could help block the pursuer for a moment and buy them some time.

Sure enough, in an instant, the others also vaguely saw over a dozen black specks appearing ahead.

Seeing this, the woman surnamed Liu felt a slight sense of relief, while secretly glancing at Han Yunzhi. She inwardly felt a chill, realizing that Senior Sister Han had discovered the Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators much earlier than she had.

There was only one Wood Spirit Infant. Although she and Han Yunzhi appeared to be senior and junior sisters, they were in fact rivals for it. They usually addressed each other affectionately as "Senior Sister" and "Junior Sister," but secretly, their competition was extremely fierce, as each hoped to have the chance to merge with the Wood Spirit Infant. After all, who would willingly give up such a heaven-sent opportunity?

At that moment, the yellow light streak driven by the six instantly arrived before the team of Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators. As their spiritual energy dispersed, the six individuals retracted their light and reappeared separately before the other cultivators.

These Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators had also long since discovered the Spirit Controlling Sect group. Although they didn't immediately make any hostile moves, their group spread out, adopting defensive stances.

"Oh! Aren't these Junior Sister Han and Junior Sister Liu from the Jade Spirit Controlling Sect? For the two junior sisters to come to Yue Country, this is truly a rare visit!" A somewhat surprised voice came from within the black-robed Ghost Spirit Sect team, as three Core Formation cultivators emerged: two men and one woman.