Chapter 171: Chapter 73: Desire to See the True Face

Although Master Han was injured, he easily shook off Jiang Li and the others by burning his blood essence.

Heading north, he soon disappeared without a trace.

After flying straight for more than half a month, he finally slowed down, seeing that he was getting closer to the Sea Domain of Tier Three Demon Beasts, he changed direction and headed west.

It wasn’t until a Spiritual Energy storm erupted in the distance that he urgently found a small reef island to land on and began adjusting his breath.

Having had an arm torn off by a Three-Headed Snake, and poisoned by its dual water and fire toxins, then burning blood essence to frantically escape for his life, his condition was dire.

“Hmph! That little girl from the Jiang family, those treacherous rebels from the Seven Islands… one day, I will slaughter them all to make you pay for the sins of today!”

Master Han gritted his teeth as he regulated his breath.

“Hmm?” Suddenly, he felt a strange sensation. Master Han immediately flew up into the air, hanging in mid-air, suspiciously looking at the spot where he had just been sitting.

He was like a startled bird, keeping his Divine Sense on high alert even while intensively adjusting his breath.

The strange sensation just now made him keenly aware of a slight change in the Spiritual Qi within his body.

However, when he carefully observed the ground below while hanging in the air, there was nothing unusual.

“Hmph! Show yourself, you hidden scoundrel! I have long sensed your presence!”

But he yelled out, following the usual practice in the martial world.

“Could it be that I’m just too nervous?”

After waiting for a moment, no one responded, and Master Han gloomily shook his head and descended once more.

However, as soon as he landed, he suddenly saw a powerful Spiritual Energy storm coming at him.

He didn’t even have the chance to dodge and was instantly swept into the massive storm.

A sense of powerlessness overwhelmed him.

He felt he was about to die.

He wanted to let out an unwilling roar, but his throat felt blocked by a giant stone, turning it into a muffled groan.

The violent energy of the Spiritual Energy storm tore his flesh apart piece by piece. In an instant, he saw his entire body reduced to white bones.

“Ah! I am unwilling! Ancestors, I, Han Guangsheng, have no face to meet you!” Finally, he cried out in despair.

Endless regret surged in his heart.

“Pa!” Unable to bear the sight of his skeletal body, he suddenly slapped his own skull.

“Boom~” A puff of blood mist exploded, and Li Jizhou, standing on top of Guagua, slowly emerged from the water.

Without any hesitation, he went forward to collect the storage bag, erased all traces of Han Di’s aura and blood essence stored in the annual rings, then stored Master Han’s aura, blood essence, and Divine Soul in the annual rings, finally releasing a wisp of True Flame to reduce it to ashes.

Then he returned to Linglong Island with Guagua.

“It seems tier two poison is no longer effective against True Core Masters!”

However, for the half-step Golden Core Guagua, the current Illusion Skill talent has many surprises.

It’s clearly more realistic and powerful than when it was Tier Two.

It could directly cause a True Core Master in a bad state to commit suicide through illusion.

Of course, this had a lot to do with the opponent’s condition.

“As expected of a True Core Master, more so the ancestor who controlled the Sea Domain of the Five Elders Association for over three hundred years, the harvest is abundant!”

Prioritizing the inspection of Master Han’s storage bag, Li Jizhou felt delighted.

The Light Spirit Stones alone numbered a hundred thousand.

There were also three pieces of Tier Three materials, dozens of Tier Two materials,

a top-grade magical treasure, the Stabilizing Sea Needle,

and dozens of top-grade water element spell jade slips…

This made Li Jizhou sigh again that wealth comes from killing and arson.

But he quickly suppressed this feeling of pleasure.

“I must not harbor such thoughts! Otherwise, Heart Demons will breed, making it difficult to cross the Great Dao!”

Forcefully suppressing the rise of an evil thought within, Li Jizhou directed his attention elsewhere,

Currently, he was most concerned about whether the aura and blood essence of Master Han stored in the annual rings could transform.

After all, this was the aura and blood essence of a True Core Master.

The result was very satisfying, no different from before.

With a thought, Master Han seemed reborn, with his aura and Magical Power at their peak condition.

Having this identity will prevent many unnecessary troubles in the future.

Then he checked Master Han’s memory fragments.

Most were related to the Han family clan members, descendants, power struggles…

This made Li Jizhou sigh slightly, that a True Core Master who lived for more than three hundred years had most of his thoughts occupied by his clan, and in the end, he couldn’t face his ancestors.

Quickly skipping over these mundane affairs unrelated to the Great Dao,

suddenly, a memory fragment of great importance to Han Guangsheng caught Li Jizhou’s attention.

“The Shangguan family of the Central Domain… the reincarnated person… the Nascent Soul opportunity…”

After reading the memory fragment, Li Jizhou was momentarily stunned.

The Shangguan family had been searching for the reincarnated person for hundreds of years?

Even offering the Nascent Soul opportunity!

Li Jizhou’s mind raced, countless possibilities flashed through his mind.

But there was not a single traceable clue.

“One of the five most prestigious ancient families in the Central Domain, the Shangguan family!” Without any fruitful thinking, Li Jizhou could only remember it deeply for the time being.

When he returned to his own residence, it was already a month later.

Before he even settled in, Jiang Li arrived.

During this month, Jiang Li had eliminated dissidents with an iron hand, originally planning to weaken the other islands gradually, but due to the destruction of the Kill Array, she succeeded in unifying the Sea Domain of the Five Elders Association strong-headedly, becoming the new queen.

But at this moment, standing in front of Li Jizhou, was still that fisherwoman, dressed in coarse cloth, looking haggard and tired.

“Many thanks to the senior for intervening at the critical moment!” Jiang Li, upon entering, gave Li Jizhou a grand salute.

The power of the Kill Array that day was terrifying, yet how it was broken remained an enigma.

The only explanation Jiang Li could come up with was that Li Jizhou directly intervened to break the Kill Array.

Li Jizhou did not comment, only indicating that she need not be overly ceremonious.

“Senior, I now oversee the primary island with the Spirit Vein Land of Tier Three, and earnestly invite you to settle and cultivate here.”

This time, Li Jizhou did not decline. Having now entered the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, cultivating on a Tier Two Spirit Vein requires four hours daily to reach total saturation, leaving little spare time, which felt a bit cramped.

Higher-grade Spirit Vein cultivation was indeed necessary.

Moreover, now that there were no longer any threats from True Core Masters in the entire Sea Domain, he was mostly safe from death.

That evening, he moved to the main island, which was once Master Han’s domain.

On the same night, Jiang Li visited again.

This time, she came without any disguise, plainly and openly, dressed in a phoenix coronet and robes of rank, with her charming and beautiful face.

“Please forgive me, senior!” Jiang Li, upon entering, first sought forgiveness.

Li Jizhou was slightly puzzled: “What is there to be forgiven?”

“I… I would like to see your true face, senior, so that I may remember my benefactor’s true appearance!” Jiang Li hesitated for a moment, then expressed her firm desire.

“Hmm?” Immediately alert, Li Jizhou watched her with some caution.

“What prompted you to say this?”

Jiang Li, now only at the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment and possessing weaker Divine Sense than his, shouldn’t be able to see through his disguise.

Jiang Li gathered her robe and slowly knelt down: “I dare not hide the truth. It’s because Sister Qi sent a message some time back, informing me she returned to the sect and met the real senior Zhang Ruoyu…”

“Sister also said that even though you are not the real Zhang Ruoyu, senior, you saved her life, and judging by your actions and demeanor after coming to the island, we can be sure you are an acquaintance of Zhang Ruoyu, and possess a commendable character. Initially, I intended to play dumb.”

“However, senior’s great kindness, I have pledged to repay, and I fear that if I cannot behold your true appearance, I may fail in the future to hold up my promises to you…”

Upon hearing this, Li Jizhou couldn’t help but laugh softly.

In fact, he had anticipated this outcome long ago.

But he never minded.

Just as Qi Yuan said, although he was using Zhang Ruoyu’s identity, his actions revealed no transgressions.

Moreover, as things stand now, having or not having the identity of Zhang Ruoyu was already inconsequential.

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