Chapter 222: Chapter 122: Return to the Yan Kingdom

The three people, including Ye Jingyu, halted upon hearing the sound, but with his late-stage Core Formation Divine Sense, he found nothing unusual ahead.

“Master Han?”

“To be honest, the reason I’ve managed to survive until now is due to an innate talent—I can sense danger. At this moment, my sense of crisis is extremely intense!” Master Han said solemnly.

The three of them, upon hearing this, had no doubts. Such talents are rare but widely known in the cultivation world.

“It seems that the Demon Sect has probably strengthened the border blockade!” Yu Ziyu slightly frowned.

“No surprise, we four have likely become targets for the Demon Sect’s full-scale pursuit!”

…

In this critical moment, Master Han wasted no time and directly took out four more Tier Three Teleportation Talismans!

“…” The other three’s eyes widened as they saw him take out four Teleportation Talismans again.

Since when did Tier Three Teleportation Talismans become as common as cabbages?

How could Master Han have so many Teleportation Talismans?

At that moment, aside from Ye Jingyu, both Yu Ziyu and Zhou Cang couldn’t help but give Master Han a sidelong glance.

However, after a brief suspicion, Ye Jingyu shook his head: “The opponents witnessed us using Teleportation Talismans to flee, the border may have already activated targeted Arrays, so even more Teleportation Talismans won’t work.”

Master Han slowly nodded: “You have a point, but this time the Teleportation Talismans are not for breaking the blockade line; they are for use after escaping the Wei Kingdom.”

“What ingenious plan does Master Han have?” Zhou Cang asked with anticipation upon seeing Master Han’s confidence.

Master Han didn’t keep them in suspense. He immediately took out four Tier Three Illusionary Truth Talismans and activated them without waiting for the three to react.

“Woosh~” With a flash of flowing light, four “people” with identical auras to them appeared in place.

“These are Illusionary Truth Talismans, capable of simulating the target’s aura and appearance, which even the Peak of Core Formation might find hard to detect in a short time,

but everything is just an appearance without any magical power or Divine Soul; once captured, they will be exposed immediately!

Moreover, if controlled with a Divine Soul, they might only last for a quarter of an hour.

Thus, we must seize that quarter of an hour opportunity!”

“…”

The trio was once again stunned by Master Han’s collection of talismans.

“Could this person be Li Jizhou in disguise?” For a moment, Ye Jingyu was struck by this suspicion.

He had never doubted before, believing that with his Peak of Core Formation Divine Sense, someone at the Early Stage of Core Formation like Li Jizhou couldn’t evade his scrutiny.

However… at this moment, he wavered a bit in conviction.

Li Jizhou was enigmatic; maybe they had been deceived all along,

or perhaps he had some extraordinary talismans to hide from him.

Or he might also possess an exceptional treasure similar to the Wuxiang Sect’s mask.

Apart from Ye Jingyu, Yu Ziyu’s gaze toward Master Han was also filled with doubt.

Such Illusionary Truth Talismans are extremely rare in the market and challenging to produce; apart from a Tier Three experienced Talisman Master like Li Jizhou with mercantile backing, Yu Ziyu couldn’t think of anyone in the entire Yan Kingdom researching such talismans and bringing out four at once.

“Master Han’s relationship with Li Jizhou must be extraordinary!”

Though stunned, the three did not waste this precious opportunity and followed Master Han’s suggestion to move northward.

The four Illusionary Truth Talismans were left in place, their aura conspicuous.

An hour later, Master Han and the other three already reached a position near the northern Yan-Wei border.

At this moment, Master Han used Divine Sense to command the four Illusionary Truth Talismans to start moving towards the border line.

When the aura of the four Illusionary Truth Talismans entered the range detectable by late-stage Core Formation Divine Sense, several Demon Sect members who were closest, hiding in a Concealment Array at the border, opened their eyes.

“Hmph, planning to smuggle into the Yan Kingdom, it seems that little girl from the Joyful Sect is most likely doomed.”

“Imitating my Joyful Sect’s aura so closely; had I not known they colluded with outsiders to kill the Divine Medicine Sect’s allies, I might have been deceived.”

“It seems to be people from the Wuxiang Sect. Recently, on orders from the Demon Monarch, I went to Yan to support the merchant alliance, only to learn about the Wuxiang Sect’s peculiarities. Perhaps I could play with a Wuxiang mask this time; the things they give are quite extraordinary.”

“Eh? Could they also detect our presence? Hmph, no matter what, they’re already too late!”

…

At each lurking spot every three hundred miles along the border, a late-stage Core Formation cultivator was stationed. They’d received orders from the Demon Monarch half a month ago, learning about the Divine Medicine Sect incident.

Based on limited information, they deduced that the group might try to escape Wei for Yan, most likely at a southern point along the Yan-Wei border.

The Demon Sect members were not willing to miss out on this opportunity for merit.

Their reward would likely involve traveling to Yan to support the merchant alliance.

Normally, the Demon Monarch strictly forbade anyone from leaving Wei. Only occasionally, once every decade or so, when cooperation was needed with the merchant alliance to clear Spirit Vein Lands in eastern Yan, a select few lucky ones could leave Wei and rampage in eastern Yan, potentially obtaining Golden Core-level bodies and Divine Souls.

In recent years, due to the merchant alliance and the Wuxiang Sect matters, more and more demon cultivators have left Wei for western Yan.

Every visit to Yan, seeing high-tier cultivators running everywhere, filled the Demon Sect cultivators from Wei with irrepressible excitement.

Especially in recent years, frequent returns of allied sect members from Yan, boasting of acquiring high-level blood food or collecting a large number of Yin Souls,

spoke of even getting their hands on Golden Core Peak corpses and Evil Qi.

“Leave them to me, they’re all mine!” A Blood Evil Sect elder, fearing someone would beat him to it, suddenly shot forward in pursuit.

“Leave me one as well, I’ve long wanted to go to Yan to eloquently challenge all comers.” The thought of possibly battling several late-stage Core Formation cultivators in Yan made the Joyful Sect elder involuntarily follow.

…

The same scene unfolded at each lurking spot every three hundred miles.

And before they could make a move, Master Han had already used Divine Sense to scatter the four Illusionary Truth Talismans in all directions.

In no time, at least ten people at the late stage of Core Formation appeared along the southern border line, all chasing after the four Illusionary Truth Talismans.

Master Han, along with Ye Jingyu and the others, quietly headed towards the northern-south junction of the border.

Feeling the presence of a late-stage Core Formation aura flying towards the direction of the four Illusionary Truth Talismans not far away, the four did not hesitate any longer and rushed towards the border.

At this moment, Master Han made them break into a sweat once again.

As they approached the Tier Two Array at the border, Master Han suddenly pulled out a Tier Three Array-Break Talisman!

“Brother Han, a Tier Three Array-Break Talisman is worth over a thousand Middle Grade Spirit Stones, but that is just a Tier Two Array, no need to waste it!” Zhou Cang said with a pained heart.

Ye Jingyu and Yu Ziyu were also astonished.

Master Han did not explain, nor could he; he couldn’t possibly reveal that his storage only contained Tier Three Talismans, could he?

That would be disheartening.

Moreover, at this moment, sensing with his annual perception, the highest stationed Demon Sect cultivator ahead was merely at the Early Stage of Core Formation, but they feared the delay from the Array would allow a late-stage Demon Sect cultivator to return, making it regretful.

As valuable as a Tier Three Array-Break Talisman was, it was just an external item, at least not more valuable than this substitute puppet!

“Boom~” The next moment, as Ye Jingyu instantly killed that Early Stage Demon Sect steward, Master Han unhesitatingly activated the Tier Three Array-Break Talisman.

The Demon Sect’s Tier Two Grand Array at the border instantly shattered.

“Such wastefulness! Truly using a sledgehammer to crack a nut!” Zhou Cang genuinely felt pain!

Even Yu Ziyu involuntarily twitched her eyelid.

“Danger, quickly activate the Teleportation Talisman!” Just after crossing the Wei border, several late-stage demon cultivators appeared in Li Jizhou’s annual perception.

“Swish~” The four simultaneously activated the Teleportation Talisman!

The next moment, Ye Jingyu, Yu Ziyu, and Zhou Cang appeared in a northern Yan Kingdom valley; however, after waiting three breaths, Master Han had yet to appear.

Clearly, they had agreed on the location the moment they activated the Teleportation Talismans.

“Where’s Brother Han? He’s my patron god!” Zhou Cang was a bit disappointed.

However, the three also knew, Master Han must have deliberately distanced himself from them.

As for the reason…

“Let’s go to Liuyun City!” Yu Ziyu’s mouth drew a hint of a smile as the three soared towards Liuyun City…

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