Chapter 1202: Secretly Following

"Master, do you think the Golden Devourer they mentioned could be Gold童?" asked Ti Hun.

"What? You found a clue about Big Brother?" Little White, who was inside the Flower Branch Space, immediately shouted upon hearing Ti Hun's words.

"It's not impossible... Gold童 is clever and resourceful; it's possible he escaped from the Nine Yuan Temple." Han Li said solemnly, ignoring Little White.

But if Gold童 were nearby, why didn't he sense any connection through their spiritual bond?

However, Gold童 had now reached the Great Luo realm, and his soul power had sublimated; it was possible he had refined away the spiritual imprint Han Li had left in his body.

"Master, those people are leaving." Ti Hun's eyes flickered as she spoke.

Han Li turned to look; the six people were now leaving the private room and walking quickly outside.

"Let's go, follow them." Han Li said, standing up without any change in expression.

Although the auction was not even halfway through and many more treasures were sure to appear, he couldn't afford to care about that now.

After the six people had gone some distance, Han Li and Ti Hun left the room and followed, soon exiting the auction venue.

The six people left the Sun and Moon Pavilion and immediately flew off into the distance.

The city was now crowded with night revelers, all wearing all kinds of strange attire, so the six people, though clad in black, did not attract attention.

Han Li and Ti Hun followed far behind, while Little White inside the Flower Branch Space kept making a racket. Han Li had no choice but to let him out as well.

The six people soon arrived at the edge of Liujin City and temporarily stopped.

This place was far from the bustling areas, inhabited mostly by low-level cultivators and some mortals.

One of the black-clad figures stepped forward, took out a blue crystal ball, and, forming hand seals, activated it. Within the blue crystal ball, a vortex of blue light appeared.

At that moment, a barely perceptible golden light flashed within the vortex and vanished.

"That's right, that person is here." The black-clad figure spoke, but the voice was female—it was Lan Yan's voice.

"Good, we've finally found his whereabouts." The petite figure said happily, then immediately formed hand seals and waved.

Streams of silver light shot out from her sleeve, which were silver banner flags that sank into the nearby void.

The void in front trembled slightly, and a transparent hemispherical light curtain emerged, enveloping a large area nearby.

The light curtain was covered with countless silver patterns, looking extremely mysterious and not an ordinary restriction.

As soon as the transparent light curtain appeared, it flickered and vanished, without attracting the attention of nearby cultivators.

"With this Qiankun Yiqi Grand Formation, that Golden Devourer won't be able to escape again." Another black-clad figure laughed.

"Stop the nonsense; catching that person is what matters!" The petite figure snorted coldly, then flew forward first, merging into the void ahead.

Transparent ripples appeared around her but quickly faded away.

The other five followed closely behind, also disappearing into the void ahead.

After the six figures completely vanished, three faint human figures flickered into existence in midair—it was Han Li and his two companions.

All three were enveloped in a faint layer of green light, looking as if they were wearing green coats.

This layer of green light completely concealed their auras, not letting any leak out.

Han Li formed hand seals and waved, sending a golden light shooting from his fingertip into the void ahead.

The void in front shimmered with silver light, condensing into numerous runes that firmly blocked the strand of golden light.

After a brief stalemate, both sides dissipated and vanished.

"What a powerful spatial restriction. Although it wouldn't be hard to break, it would probably alert those five to our presence." Han Li frowned slightly.

"Leave the spatial restriction to me. You two hide in my belly for now." Little White smiled, and with a flash of white light, transformed into his Pixiu form.

Little White opened his mouth wide, swallowing Han Li and Ti Hun. Then he muttered incantations, and a layer of water-like white light appeared on his body surface.

As the white light flickered, Little White's body slowly merged into the surrounding void, turning into a white shadow suspended in the air, drifting forward until it touched the restriction ahead.

The void in front immediately shimmered with silver runes, trying to block the white shadow that Little White had become.

But the white shadow spun around, dispersing like mist, and actually merged into those silver runes, slowly passing through.

In the void behind the restriction, strands of mist-like white light appeared, then converged in one place, condensing into Little White's figure.

He opened his mouth and spat out two figures, which materialized into Han Li and Ti Hun.

"Little White, I didn't know you had such an ability to penetrate spatial restrictions." Han Li said with some surprise.

"Hehe, our Mo Yan Pi Xiu have a space within our bodies, and our bloodline inherently contains some spatial power." White light flickered on Xiao Bai's body as he transformed back into human form, a look of pride on his face.

Han Li smiled slightly, then looked ahead, and his brow suddenly furrowed.

The figures of those six people had vanished without a trace.

"Master, those people haven't disappeared; they've used a spell to conceal their tracks and are now heading forward. Although we've hidden our traces with Xiao Bai's Escape Heaven Talisman, getting too close might still risk discovery," Ti Hun said, a faint glimmer appearing in her eyes as she pointed ahead.

Han Li silently activated his Nine Nether Demon Eyes and immediately spotted the six figures in the distance ahead, converging on a small courtyard in a secluded street.

"Let's go." Han Li's eyes flickered, and he immediately flew toward that place.

Ti Hun and Xiao Bai quickly followed.

The three of them each concealed their auras, and Ti Hun further suppressed their spiritual soul signatures with a secret technique before they approached the small courtyard.

But before they could get close, a violent roar erupted from within the courtyard.

A burst of golden dazzling light suddenly exploded, transforming into a golden vortex that swept out, carrying rolling wind and thunder that blasted in all directions, leveling the courtyard completely and turning it into rubble.

Han Li and the others immediately halted their advance and took cover behind an ancient tree beyond the disturbance.

He focused his gaze and saw, amidst the rolling dust, five or six figures scattering and landing on the open ground around them. They were naturally the same people they had encountered at the Hundred Creations Assembly.

As the residual waves of golden light rippled past, Han Li's brow suddenly furrowed as he detected a familiar aura within them.

"It's not Jintong, it's actually him..." Han Li said in surprise.

"Eh, it's not the boss? Then who is it?" Xiao Bai asked, also puzzled.

As soon as he spoke, a young man in a golden robe appeared on the rubble where the dust had settled.

The man was quite handsome, with the same languid expression Han Li had seen when they first met. It was the Da Luo Devouring Gold Immortal, Qu Lin.

"Alas... why do you people just keep haunting me?" Qu Lin swept his gaze over the people surrounding him, sighed, and asked.

"Fellow Daoist, we really don't have to fight. If you just return to the Heavenly Court with us, you'll know that what I said before is true. We truly only want to treat you with courtesy and invite you to participate in the Bodhi Feast," a woman's voice rang out.

Han Li looked toward the sound and saw that the speaker was a woman in a black robe with a petite, curvaceous figure.

"Are they people from the Heavenly Court? Not from the Nine Yuan Temple?" Ti Hun asked in confusion.

Han Li was also greatly puzzled, wondering why Lan Yan had gotten mixed up with people from the Heavenly Court.

"I've already suffered losses at the hands of the Heavenly Court before. I barely managed to escape from the Time Tower, and now you come knocking again. How can I trust you?" Qu Lin sneered and asked.

"There may have been misunderstandings in the past," the black-robed woman said in a flat tone.

"Stop the nonsense. If you truly want to treat me with courtesy, then since I don't want to go, you can leave," Qu Lin laughed.

"Since you refuse to take the hint, don't blame us," the woman replied coldly, clearly not one to be trifled with.

As soon as she spoke, she raised her hand, and a loud whistling sound erupted from her sleeve. A cloud of crimson mist billowed out, turning into a fiery red cloud that covered the sky above Qu Lin's head.

At the same time, tiny but dense red lights flickered on the ground, and a layer of densely packed red fire ants crawled up from underground. Wherever they passed, the rubble and ruins melted away, turning into a lava-like liquid.

"It's a small world. So it's her?" Han Li's brow furrowed at the sight.

"What, Master, is that woman an old flame of yours?" Xiao Bai asked in surprise.

"Nonsense. That woman is called Chi Meng. She specializes in fire-attribute law power and is also a Da Luo cultivator with formidable skills. We must not underestimate her," Han Li said, giving him a rap on the head.

Xiao Bai rubbed his head and continued to look in that direction.

He saw that the fire ants had surrounded the area, leaving only a circle of empty ground within ten zhang of Qu Lin. It was unclear whether the woman had temporarily refrained from ordering an attack or if these insects were naturally afraid of Devouring Gold Beetles.

"Why waste words with him? Let's attack." Among the six black-robed figures, another man, tall and with an aged voice, was clearly more impatient and shouted angrily.

The others, except for Lan Yan, also cast spells and attacked Qu Lin.

The tall man struck first. He swung his sleeve forward, and a gust of yin wind arose. Rolling black mist surged out, and seven or eight ferocious-looking Luotian Ghost Kings leaped out from within, charging at Qu Lin.

"It seems the one we discovered earlier who cultivates soul-type law power is him. His methods are somewhat similar to mine, but unfortunately, he lacks my natural attributes. By focusing entirely on the yin and ghostly path, he has actually lowered his level," Ti Hun said, quite pleased with herself.

"A mere trick, and you dare to show it off?" Although his opponents were Da Luo cultivators, Qu Lin showed no fear.

He took a step forward, and his footfall was like a mountain collapsing, producing a thunderous "boom!"

A golden ripple suddenly spread from under his feet, turning into rings of shockwaves that blasted in all directions, knocking away the fire ants that had charged at him. He then punched out.

Light blazed at the tip of his fist, turning into a dazzling golden radiance that surged like flames, directly engulfing all the Luotian Ghost Kings.

Amidst a series of miserable screams, all the Luotian Ghost Kings' bodies were torn apart, turning into gray-black dust.

Immediately after, thunderous roars erupted from the red cloud above, and a torrent of blazing fire poured down like oil, directly submerging Qu Lin's body.

At the same time, a golden giant sword over a hundred zhang long, with talisman symbols flickering on its surface and emitting a heart-stopping sharp golden light, fell from the sky, splitting the crimson flames and the void in two, and struck Qu Lin.