Chapter 569: Unkind and Unrighteous

Two months later.

Above a vast primeval forest, a jade flying carriage sped through the air, trailing a long cyan streak before suddenly halting.

On the carriage, Han Li was adding pieces of immortal essence stones into the formation array.

These days, he no longer cared about the consumption of immortal essence stones, only hoping to keep the carriage at maximum speed to avoid being caught up by the Gold Devouring Immortal.

At the moment, Jin Tong was also sitting cross-legged inside the carriage, her face bitter, while the Pixiu lay behind her, its head drooping over the edge of the carriage, lost in thought.

"Uncle, if we really can't shake that guy off, would you abandon me and run away?" Jin Tong asked suddenly, her face full of gloom.

"Instead of letting your mind wander, you'd better recover and adjust quickly, then get back into Little Bai's belly." Han Li's eyes showed a trace of fatigue as he smiled and said.

"That guy has been chasing more urgently today, forcing me to hide in Little Bai's belly most of the time. If I end up not being killed by him but suffocated by Little Bai, that would be too frustrating." Jin Tong wrinkled her small face and sighed.

"Boss, you treat my belly like an inn, coming and going, in and out, lately it's been making me nauseous. I haven't even complained yet, so stop your griping. Don't make me vomit you out next time that Gold Devouring Immortal catches up..." Baiyu Pixiu turned its head to look at her and said mournfully.

"Hehe... Little Bai, if you think it's uncomfortable for me to stay in your belly, you could stay in mine instead. You've eaten so many heavenly treasures and immortal artifacts, maybe you'll be like that alchemy furnace and let my cultivation skyrocket. Then maybe I'll be the one chasing that guy all over the world." Jin Tong's eyes scanned Baiyu Pixiu a few times, saying maliciously.

Hearing this, the latter immediately turned its head away, silent as a cicada in winter.

Seeing this, Jin Tong wanted to tease Baiyu Pixiu further, but her smile suddenly froze. She turned to Han Li and shouted urgently, "Uncle, hurry, hurry... that guy is catching up again."

"Get back into Little Bai's belly first." Han Li's face also showed a trace of tension as he said to her.

With that, he immediately activated his magic formula, and the jade flying carriage turned into a streak of light and fled far away.

On the carriage, Jin Tong quickly took out a soul armor talisman and slapped it on herself.

Then, she turned into a thumb-sized golden beetle, which was swallowed by Baiyu Pixiu in one gulp, while Baiyu Pixiu turned into a white jade pendant that Han Li put into his storage pouch.

"Uncle, from the感应 just now, that guy seems faster than before. Can we speed up any more?" Jin Tong's voice sounded in Han Li's mind through their spiritual connection.

"This is the current极限 speed. By your estimate, how long until it catches us?" Han Li asked.

"If it maintains its current speed, it will definitely catch us within a month and a half." Jin Tong replied immediately.

Han Li frowned deeply and was silent for a long time.

After a moment, he waved his hand and took out the map obtained from the Beast Clan. After examining it carefully, he made an abrupt stop, hovering in midair.

"Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous..."

Han Li muttered to himself, then suddenly turned the carriage around and sped off in another direction.

Time flew, and another month passed quickly.

Thousands of mountains in the wild borderlands flashed by. Han Li drove the jade flying carriage an unknown distance before finally following the map to a red river valley.

Approaching the valley entrance, Han Li stopped from afar and looked over. He saw that on the cliffs on both sides of the valley were carved two huge human-faced lion statues. The left one had its hands crossed over its chest in prayer, while the right one held a sharp axe in a menacing glare.

Between the two cliffs hung a giant stone arch bridge, where many alien beings in bone armor patrolled back and forth.

These aliens were twice the size of humans, all broad-shouldered and sturdy, with faces similar to humans but surrounded by a ring of lion heads, numbering five or six, varying in number.

This place was called the Red Snail River Valley, and the ones living here were the Hu Lion Clan, one of the eight great sacred clans of the Beast Clan.

Below the stone arch bridge, three huge semicircular archways spouted three turbid torrents like dragons spitting water, raising a large mist in the air, faintly reflecting rainbows.

When Han Li checked the map over a month ago, he found that he was not too far from the Hu Lion Clan's territory, so he turned early and rushed all the way here.

Along the way, although Jin Tong intermittently hid in Little Bai's belly to conceal her aura, the Gold Devouring Beetle chased closer and closer, and the distance between them grew shorter.

In recent days, Han Li no longer needed Jin Tong's perception; he could detect its presence through his spiritual sense.

Han Li looked at the valley from afar for a moment, then suddenly formed hand seals and chanted silently. His aura was immediately suppressed to an extremely low level.

Then, he angled his body from the high sky and dove into the fierce turbid river.

With a soft "plop,"

Han Li's figure stirred up an inconspicuous small splash on the river surface, and then he sank into the water.

After landing on the riverbed, Han Li stepped on the soft泥沙, trying not to use any immortal power, walking upstream step by step.

The riverbed terrain was very complex, full of turbulent whirlpools and undercurrents carrying large amounts of sediment, whose impact power was no less than that of magical artifacts. Fortunately, Han Li's physique was strong enough, and even without using immortal power, he moved quite smoothly.

Before long, he followed the gradually rising riverbed to the bottom of the giant arch bridge at the valley entrance.

At that moment, Han Li suddenly raised an eyebrow, noticing irregular strong ripples in the river ahead. Hundreds of huge black fish, each over ten feet long, swam downstream in groups, heading straight for him.

These black fish had dense scale patterns reflecting a metallic luster, obviously polished by the river's sediment to be as hard as steel. With their jagged, interlocking white teeth exposed when they opened their mouths, they looked quite ferocious, fitting the wild borderlands.

Han Li looked at the fierce black fish grinding their teeth at him, frowned slightly, sighed inwardly, and instantly reversed the True Word Wheel within him. His figure blurred and slipped through the group of huge black fish.

Now, after several months, several of his time patterns had recovered, barely allowing him to use the True Word Wheel.

Sure enough, as soon as he used a bit of immortal power, creating some mana fluctuations, the Hu Lion Clan guards on the arch bridge noticed and looked toward the river.

The leader among them pondered for a moment and decisively said, "Quick, blow the Luo Ming horn. There might be an insect clan infiltrator."

"Such a small fluctuation is probably just a stray beast. The black scale fish should be able to handle it." Another Hu Lion clan member hesitated and asked.

"The clan leader is not in the clan right now. We must not be careless. Do not underestimate any small anomaly. Blow the horn immediately." The guard captain of the Hu Lion Clan said with a grave expression.

"Yes." The man responded and quickly ran toward the right side of the valley entrance.

Soon, a desolate, heavy, yet penetrating horn sound echoed through the red river valley. Even underwater, Han Li could hear it clearly.

Then, one horn call after another passed deep into the valley.

From the caves in the cliffs on both sides of the valley, Hu Lion clan members in bone armor flew out continuously, forming teams under the leadership of captains, lining up on both sides of the valley and beginning to investigate the river.

At the same time, large wooden ballistae set up on both sides of the valley were turned to aim at the river. The thick, spear-like arrows glowed with a green light, apparently coated with some kind of wild poison.

Han Li swam all the way to a large rock in the river and stopped.

He sent a telepathic message to Jin Tong: "You can come out now and lure the Gold Devouring Immortal over."

"Alright, Uncle, leave it to me." Jin Tong replied with a sly grin.

Then, Han Li waved his hand, a golden light flashed, and the red-clad girl appeared beside him.

After steadying herself on the riverbed, the little girl closed her eyes and emitted a strong spiritual fluctuation.

On a sacrificial altar on the left bank of the valley, a Hu Lion clan member dressed in a red robe, looking like a priest, was shocked by this fluctuation.

"Elder Yin Tong, this is bad! This fluctuation... it seems... seems to be the Insect Spirit..." he stammered to a nearby elder at the early Golden Immortal stage.

"How is this possible? The clan leader sent word a few days ago that he was confronting the insect army at Dark Star Canyon and couldn't return. How could the Insect Spirit come to our Red Snail River Valley? There must be a mistake..." The elder named Yin Tong also found it hard to believe.

"Wait, it seems a bit different. The aura of this fluctuation..." Before he finished speaking, his expression changed again, as if struck by lightning, frozen on the spot.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Yin Tong's heart tightened, and he quickly asked.

"Another... another one is coming..." The high priest slowly turned his head toward the valley entrance and murmured.

"Another one? Speak clearly." Yin Tong said irritably.

"Another Insect Spirit is coming... This one seems to be at the Taiyi level..." The high priest turned to look at Yin Tong, his face instantly ashen, and said slowly.