Mortal's Purple Sky Cave Heaven

Chapter 469 Spirit Tribe
Several armored soldiers holding long spears who were casually chatting nearby were startled and turned to look in that direction with curiosity.

Although this teleportation array is highly valued by the city's high-ranking figures, and is regularly maintained and guarded with exceptional rigor, the exorbitant teleportation fee means that very few people can actually use it.

You can only encounter it a few times a year.

However, those who use this teleportation array each time are naturally not low- or mid-level cultivators.

Therefore, upon seeing two figures appear in the center of the formation, these Golden Core stage guards immediately stood up straight and showed the appropriate respect.

"Is this Sunset City?" A young man who had been teleported out asked a soldier casually after glancing around.

"Reporting to senior, this city is indeed Sunset City. Welcome to our city!" the armored soldier replied respectfully.

These people had already scanned the two people in front of them with their divine sense, but they couldn't tell how deep their cultivation was, so they naturally didn't dare to be negligent in the slightest.

"Hmm." The young man smiled, then ignored the armored soldiers and led the beautiful woman beside him, dressed in a crystal blue palace dress with skin as white as jade, out of the magic circle and headed straight for the gate.

The two of them were naturally Nie Zhaonan and Song Yu, who had been teleported directly from Tianyuan City.

After passing through several layers of guards, Nie Zhaonan and his companion finally emerged from the teleportation hall.

As a result, a huge bluestone plaza appeared before them.

The square was exceptionally simple, with no other eye-catching decorations except for a blue stone tablet standing in the center.

However, there were other buildings resembling pavilions and halls around the square, and apart from a few groups of armored soldiers patrolling back and forth, there were no other cultivators around.

Nie Zhaonan lowered his divine sense to a distance, and his expression shifted slightly.

Sunset City is also extremely large, accommodating tens of millions of cultivators and body refiners, with houses densely packed on both sides of the streets.

In the center of this city, there stands a small palace. Not only is its exterior exceptionally magnificent, but it also exudes a powerful aura, roughly equivalent to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

Clearly, the person in the palace is the city lord in charge of this city.

However, the number one cultivator in Sunset City was not him, but Huangliang Lingjun, who lived in a nearby mountain.

At this moment, Huangliang Lingjun, who was sitting cross-legged on the futon meditating, suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes.

"What's going on? Such powerful divine sense! This level of divine sense strength is probably not much weaker than that of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Which powerful fellow Daoist has arrived in this city?"

"No, I have to go and see for myself."

Huang Lianglingjun muttered to himself in surprise and doubt. With a movement, he disappeared from the futon and left the cave.

In the square, seeing the strange look on Nie Zhaonan's face beside her, Song Yu's red lips parted slightly, and she asked in a gentle voice:
"Has my husband discovered something strange?"

"It is rather strange that my junior brother, whom I've taken for granted, has also appeared in this city." Retracting his divine sense, Nie Zhaonan's voice carried a hint of surprise.

On a street in the city, a young man with an ordinary face and somewhat dark skin was walking slowly. His dark eyes occasionally flashed as he silently observed everything around him.

Who else could this person be but Han Li?

However, he did not emit any magical power at this moment, and just like an ordinary mortal body cultivator, he moved through the crowd.

"Han Li? If I remember correctly, my husband's junior brother only has pseudo-spiritual root aptitude, yet he was able to ascend to the Spirit Realm. He really has quite the luck!" Song Yu thought for a moment, and was also somewhat surprised.

"Who says otherwise?" Nie Zhaonan smiled faintly and nodded noncommittally.

'Did Han Li not use the spatial node of the Beiye Xiaoji Palace, or did he encounter an accident and end up in this city?' After a brief moment of contemplation, Nie Zhaonan stopped thinking about Han Li.

Seeing that Nie Zhaonan had no intention of going to meet Han Li, Song Yu stopped dwelling on the matter and instead said:
"The number of Foundation Establishment and Core Formation level Body Refiners in Sunset City is more than ten times that of cultivators, which is truly astonishing. Should we go directly into the Sunset Tomb to meet up with Fellow Daoist Yan's people, or stay in this city for a while?"

“There’s no need to stay for a while, but we still need a detailed map of the Tomb of Sunset,” Nie Zhaonan said, but his gaze was fixed on the distant horizon.

The next moment, a dragon's roar came from the sky, followed by what sounded like a tiger's howl.

The two sounds intertwined and trembled, spreading throughout the surrounding sky and causing a stir among the mortals and cultivators nearby.

Upon hearing this voice, Song Yu followed Nie Zhaonan's gaze.

A black dot shot towards them at an extremely fast speed, arriving in front of them in a moment.

This is a monster with the heads of a tiger and a dragon, pulling a light blue flying chariot.

As soon as the flying vehicle came to a stop, a man dressed in a wide yellow robe with an unusually pale face shot out from inside and landed in front of Nie Zhaonan, laughing loudly as he said:

"I wondered which fellow Daoist had come to Sunset City, but I never expected it to be the renowned Fellow Daoist Nie. I heard that you need a map of the Sunset Tomb. Could it be that Fellow Daoist Nie has some important business to attend to there?"

"I have some business with my fellow demons, and I need to enter the Tomb of Sunset," Nie Zhaonan said truthfully without hiding anything.

"So that's how it is," Huang Lianglingjun said, his expression suddenly realizing that Nie Zhaonan had done something shady.

After a loud laugh, a jade slip flashed out from his sleeve:
"This is the most detailed map I have. Fellow Daoist Nie, please take a look and see if it is suitable for you."

Nie Zhaonan took the jade slip and examined it; the lakes and mountains on the map were indeed clearly marked.

"Thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Huang Liang. However, I have other matters to attend to, so I will not stay any longer." After expressing his gratitude, Nie Zhaonan took his leave.

"Fellow Daoist's matter is of utmost importance." Huang Lianglingjun remained smiling, offering no objection whatsoever.

Before his very eyes, a cluster of emerald light rose into the air above the plaza, within which faintly appeared a spirit shuttle over thirty feet long. Pointed at both ends, its entire body was emerald green, as if crafted from fine jade, and its surface was imprinted with strange cloud-like patterns and golden runes, exuding an extraordinary aura.

As the Azure Shuttle trembled, the gold and silver runes suddenly burst open and poured into the shuttle without any hindrance.

Then, the azure light flared down, and the Azure Spirit Shuttle circled once before silently flying away in a certain direction.

In the blink of an eye, Huang Lianglingjun could no longer see the spirit shuttle.

"A heaven-reaching treasure! The Azure Spirit Shuttle! If I had such a thing in my hands, why would I need to worry about the next great heavenly tribulation?" Huang Lianglingjun shook his head and smiled bitterly, muttering to himself.

A moment later, the city lord arrived at the place.

"Senior Huang Liang, I was just about to invite you. Why have you suddenly come here?" The city lord looked at Huang Liang Lingjun with a complicated expression and said with some surprise.

"Lord Lan, you invited me? What is it?" Huang Lianglingjun came back to his senses and asked instead of answering.

“A member of the Spirit Race has sought refuge with the Holy Emperor's Palace, but is trapped in the Sunset Tomb. I received orders from the Holy Emperor's Palace to send us to rescue him,” Lord Blue City said without hesitation.

"What kind of thing did that Spirit Clan member bring that would cause the Holy Emperor's Palace to mobilize so much?" Huang Lianglingjun asked calmly.

Upon hearing this, Lord Lan gave a wry smile and said:
"It's not that I don't want to be clear, it's just that I really don't know what that person from the Spirit Clan brought."

"By the way, Lord Lingjun hasn't explained why he suddenly came here?" Lord Lan asked.

"Your cultivation is a bit weak; you couldn't sense Fellow Daoist Nie's divine sense probing." Seeing that City Lord Lan was still somewhat puzzled, Huang Lianglingjun stated directly:
"Nie Zhaonan, Fellow Daoist Nie, currently holds the position of Heavenly Guard in Tianyuan City."

"It's Nie Tianwei!" City Lord Lan's expression changed drastically, then a look of surprise appeared on his face:
"Where is Nie Tianwei now? If Nie Tianwei joins us, this mission will be a sure thing."

"He left in a hurry and should have already entered the Tomb of Sunset. With the astonishing speed of the Azure Spirit Shuttle, we have no chance of catching up with him. He said he was making a deal with the demon race, but I don't know if that's true or not," Huang Lianglingjun said with a light laugh.

"It can't be such a coincidence, can it? What do you think is the chance that Nie Tianwei is a member of the Spirit Clan?" City Lord Lan said solemnly.

"Lord Lan is probably overthinking it. When Fellow Daoist Nie came, he was accompanied by a beautiful Nascent Soul stage female cultivator. He was most likely here for personal matters and it should have nothing to do with what you are talking about."

"I hope so." Upon hearing this, the Blue City Lord's expression lost all trace of joy.

Three days later, deep within the Tomb of Sunset, above an unfamiliar mountain range, the Azure Shuttle flashed by.

The screams and roars of wild beasts in the dense forest below suddenly stopped, and then for a long time there was no sound at all, only silence.

After a while, a flash of blue light appeared on the surface of a large tree nearby, and a cluster of emerald light emerged. In the hazy fluorescent light, there was a tiny figure less than a foot tall.

This tiny figure, dressed in a green dress, with exquisite features and a graceful, curvaceous figure, is actually a beautiful woman whose body has been shrunk several times.

She looked in the direction where the shuttle had disappeared, her brows furrowed.

"What terrifying divine power! The human cultivator on the spirit shuttle is definitely an unparalleled power among spirit generals, and he has already discovered the two of us. But what's strange is why he didn't kill us. With his cultivation level, even if the two of us spirit generals joined forces, our chances of escape would be slim." Another ball of yellow light slowly rose from the ground, and an old man in yellow robes of the same size appeared strangely, leaning on a white cane, speaking with a sense of relief at surviving a calamity.

"Perhaps they completely disregard us and are too lazy to bother with us," the woman in the green dress glanced at the old man and replied indifferently.

"Tianying, from what you're saying, it seems you know who's on the Spirit Shuttle?" The old man in the yellow robe was taken aback upon hearing this, and then asked.

"The spiritual pressure is so strong, and the speed of escape is so fast. Only a Heavenly Treasure of this rank could have such power." The woman in the green dress remained silent for a while before speaking her mind.

"Azure Spirit Shuttle!" The old man in the yellow robe's expression changed drastically, and he suddenly grabbed his cane:
"I had long heard that a new Heavenly Guard with astonishing strength had suddenly appeared among the Heavenly Guards of Tianyuan City, and this person was the one who wielded this spirit shuttle. His name seems to be 'Nie Zhaonan,' and he is also at the early stage of the Void Refinement realm. However, his strength is far beyond that of a Void Refinement cultivator like Huang Lianglingjun, who couldn't even survive the Heavenly Tribulation. The appearance of this person in the Sunset Tomb is really not good news for our Spirit Race."

“If it were Huang Liang Lingjun, the two of us, together with the other three spirit generals of the Five Elements Spirit Clan, would still have a fighting chance. But if we are facing Nie Zhaonan, it would be best if we ended this mission here,” the woman said solemnly.

"The traitor who stole the spirit blood is a member of the Artifact Spirit Clan. It seems the Artifact Spirit Clan also wants to send someone to interfere in this matter. Forget it, even with them, it seems we have no chance of winning." The old man in the yellow robe hesitated for a moment, but finally shook his head.

"Alright, no matter what, as long as Nie Zhaonan shows himself, we'll just flee, ignore the spirit blood, and return to the Spirit Clan," the woman in the green dress said coldly.

“Of course. Even though we have severely injured that traitor and obtained his spirit blood, it is beyond our control. Naturally, we must prioritize preserving our lives.” The old man in the yellow robe nodded, indicating his agreement with the woman’s view.

Afterwards, the two members of the Spirit Clan whispered to each other for a while, and then, with a flash of spiritual light, they disappeared into the forest again.

More than an hour later, the Azure Spirit Shuttle flew for hundreds of millions of miles and then suddenly stopped above an unnamed hill.

At the mountaintop, a pretty young girl sat cross-legged on a smooth rock, meditating with her eyes closed and motionless.

Behind him stood three tall, handsome men and women, who stood like guards. Each of them possessed considerable cultivation, having reached the Nascent Soul stage.

Seemingly sensing someone's arrival, the pretty girl slowly opened her eyelids, her eyes exceptionally clear.

"Is that Senior Nie?" The girl looked at the Jade Spirit Shuttle, somewhat surprised that Nie Zhaonan had arrived so quickly, and asked.

"Are you the person Fellow Daoist Yan mentioned who is in charge of the handover?" Nie Zhaonan slowly stepped out from the front of the Azure Spirit Shuttle deck, with Song Yu standing gracefully beside him.

"It is indeed this junior, Yan Qing. The Fellow Daoist Yan you mentioned is my elder sister." Upon seeing their appearances, Yan Qing had no more doubts and took the initiative to introduce them.

"Where are the Japanese nuclear weapons located now? And what is the quantity?" Upon hearing this, Nie Zhaonan nodded slightly, and then asked the question that he was most concerned about on this trip.

"It's only a month's journey from here, but with Senior's speed using the Azure Spirit Shuttle, we should be able to arrive in just a few days. As for the quantity, although it's not much, it's enough to refine a treasure according to Senior's requirements," Yan Qing replied respectfully, not daring to be negligent.

"Yes, let's not delay, let's set off now." Nie Zhaonan nodded in satisfaction and gave the order without any hesitation.

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