A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu Transmigrates into a Book, the Dao Ancestor of Rein

Chapter 303 Developing the Forbidden Land, The Stone Tower's Opportunity! (Two chapters combined, please subscribe and vote!)

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Inside the forbidden area, near the Black Dragon Pool, a treasure chest about ten feet in size suddenly crashed down.

Inside the treasure chest, the three people, who had just experienced a dizzying sensation, opened the chest and stepped out.

Upon their appearance, the three were enveloped in a sudden blue light, from which they then sensed an extremely powerful spatial teleportation ability.

This teleportation technique is extremely similar to the spatial teleportation restriction in the Void Heaven Palace's Treasure Light Pavilion.

Just saying.

Its strength is not as great as the forced teleportation restriction of the Void Heaven Palace Treasure Light Pavilion.

"Humph."

Han Li snorted coldly.

Its imposing aura forcefully confronts this spatial teleportation power.

The next moment, the blue aura surrounding the three of them was dispelled to a distance of two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters), and they could no longer get close.

"Spatial teleportation restriction?"

Xin Ruyin's beautiful eyes lit up.

Han Li nodded upon hearing this:
"It is indeed a spatial teleportation restriction."

This is the main reason why, despite the fact that the Crimson Forbidden Land has been accumulating for tens of thousands of years and its spiritual environment is the same as that of the ancient times, no high-level demonic beasts or ancient beasts have ever appeared there.

It's not that they haven't been born yet, but once a monster in the forbidden area reaches level 4, it will be sensed by the ancient array and then moved by the spatial teleportation restrictions hidden in various corners to a special space like the outer garden area of ​​the Void Heaven Palace.

This information was mentioned in the intelligence jade slip inside the golden treasure chest.

To counter the spatial teleportation restriction, it is best to have the cultivation level of the late Nascent Soul stage.

If your cultivation level is below the late Nascent Soul stage, the Lord of the Forbidden Land suggests at least reaching the Nascent Soul stage. Furthermore, you must sneak in using the golden treasure chest when the outer array enters its weakened state. In addition, you must evacuate before the array recovers to its peak state; otherwise, you'll have no choice but to hide inside the chest.

The spatial teleportation restrictions during their peak period were not something a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator could directly confront.

As for the Core Formation stage?
Normally, you shouldn't come in and cause trouble.

The Core Formation stage cannot resist spatial restrictions.

"Sect Master, what should we do? Do we have to stay by your side?"

Xin Ruyin bowed and said.

Han Li patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist, releasing a swarm of level-three gold-devouring insects.

Then, using the Insect Armor Technique, these Gold-Eating Insects were manipulated to form a set of Spirit Insect Armor:
“The spatial teleportation restrictions here are not very sensitive. With this layer of insect armor, you can move around freely.”

As they spoke, Han Li tossed each of them a purple light sensing bead:

"Next, set up as many formations as possible to protect those medicinal herb producing areas. I want this hundreds of miles of blood-red forbidden land to become one of the heart parts of my Xuantian Sect."

The Crimson Forbidden Land is closed to the outside world.

Even during the years when the seven factions of Yue were active, the foundation of this place was not damaged, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within it remained abundant.

In addition, the Hehuan Sect's nearly two hundred years of excellent maintenance has greatly enriched this place.

It has once again become close to the fertile environment of ancient times.

"Sect Master, can this place truly be developed into one of the sect's most important medicinal herb producing areas?"

Xiao Mei spoke with hesitation.

"As long as the Xuantian Sect is reliable in each generation and protects this place, the natural environment here will be continuously improved, and precious spiritual herbs will be produced, even thousand-year-old spiritual herbs and ten-thousand-year-old treasures for future generations."

Han Li said with certainty.

In the Yue Kingdom, only this place can now cultivate the miraculous medicine that lasts for ten thousand years.

Therefore, he was not joking when he said he wanted to develop this place into a heart that would continuously generate valuable blood for the Xuantian Sect.

The ancient-style array is quite strong in isolating the inside from the outside.

Without human intervention, the spiritual energy within did not leak out at all.

It's no exaggeration to say that this place is a large-scale, enhanced version of the Spirit Binding Array.

If it weren't for the existence of the top-grade spirit mineral veins on Biling Island, this would be his most favored location specifically for breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage. The Lord of the Forbidden Land had the same intention back then:

It allows late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators to enter, assisting in the breakthrough to the Divine Transformation stage.

Unfortunately, later generations misunderstood the meaning and ruined this place.

In the past, various factions repeatedly took advantage of the weakened state of the forbidden area's formation to send large numbers of people in to collect herbs and damage the environment. For hundreds or even thousands of years, they only cared about harvesting spiritual herbs and never replenished the depleted spiritual energy within the area. If this had not been the case, the environment inside the forbidden area would be much better than it is now.

However, despite years of only giving out and not taking in, the environment here is still a whole level better than the outside world.

"But Sect Master, you said that this place has already been visited by several senior cultivators at the late Nascent Soul stage and the Deity Transformation stage. They... they could have forced their way in while the forbidden area's formation was weakened..."

Xiaomei seemed worried.

"Are you worried that the situation in Tiannan will be volatile in the future, and that the powerful cultivators and even Nascent Soul stage monsters from various forces will covet the spiritual herbs here? If that happens, will our descendants be unable to protect this place?"

Han Li asked with a smile.

"Ah."

Xiao Mei, dressed in a green palace gown, nodded repeatedly.

"You…"

Han Li's head shaking failed:

Whether future generations can protect this depends on their individual abilities. What we, as ancestors, should do and can do is to improve the cultivation environment of the cultivation world as much as possible within our capabilities, and incidentally leave some legacy for future generations.

If he can elevate the Xuantian Sect to a higher level this time, he will never act like the original owner, becoming a hands-off manager who ignores everything else.

The original owner of this body had somewhat betrayed the Luo Yun Sect. After elevating it to the throne of "Number One Sect in the South," she quickly smuggled herself to the Spirit Realm. Before that, she even sent Nangong Wan, Tian Qin'er, and others to the Chaotic Star Sea with the Yuan Hou Puppet and the Three Flames Fan, effectively stripping the Luo Yun Sect of its greatest strength. She gave the Luo Yun Sect the highest heights, but in doing so, removed several crucial supports.

The faster the Luoyun Sect rose in its early days, the more devastating its fall became during the transition period.

The death of his disciple Shi Jian was an attempt by someone to test whether he was still in the human realm.

To test whether Nangong Wan is still alive.

If either Nangong Wan or Tian Qin'er, both at the late Nascent Soul stage, were still in Tiannan, who would dare to touch Shi Jian? Who would be foolish enough to fight Shi Jian to the death?
Also.

Over the course of a thousand years, many of the most talented disciples of the Luoyun Sect perished in accidents, causing the sect to fall into the ranks of third-rate sects. It wasn't until Han Ming's rise that the Luoyun Sect regained its place among the major sects of Tiannan, and has since prospered for ten thousand years.

The latter was the original owner's attempt to remedy the Falling Cloud Sect.

The former refers to his saying, "Even the wisest person can make a mistake."

However, regardless of the circumstances, the original owner of this body ultimately failed to consider some things thoroughly.

Even though his soul was divided and descended to the mortal realm, and with the help of Han Ming, a descendant of the Han family, he managed to reverse the decline of the Luoyun Sect, many regrets remained.

And whenever he thought of the schemes of certain major sects in Tiannan, he couldn't help but feel a murderous intent towards those powerful forces.

It is impossible to allow this to happen again.

This timeline.

He, Han Li, will not make the same mistakes that the original owner made regarding the Xuan Tian Sect.

Before leaving, he would definitely leave behind anything he wouldn't need to enrich the sect's foundation, and some good items for his Daoist companions, sword servants, and potential offspring. He would steer the Xuan Tian Sect's future development towards the model of the Helian Merchant Guild in the Spirit Realm.

In a word, the existence of the Helian Chamber of Commerce is definitely a great success.

It has been passed down for millions of years and has remained strong and prosperous.

Unfortunately, he ran into the real immortal Ma Liang.

If it weren't for Ma Liang's meddling, the Helian Chamber of Commerce would have continued to exist as one of the "Top Ten Super Powers in the Spirit Realm" for a very long time. Even if the Spirit Realm were destroyed, the Helian Chamber of Commerce might not have perished.

The merchant guild that controls multiple intercontinental teleportation arrays shares a similar advantage with the Xuantian Sect in the human realm, which controls multiple ancient teleportation arrays.

The Xuantian Sect can completely replicate the operating model of the Helian Chamber of Commerce.

The sect leader is the Mingzun.

Elders like Man Hu Zi and Qing Yi, the First and Second Elders, are like Bi Ying and Lei Yuan, secretly cultivating several white gloves similar to Xuan Jiu Ling.

Being able to establish contact with the Integration Stage and Mahayana Stage of the Spirit Realm is similar to contracting a true spirit with the Xuan Tian Treasure.

Only in this way can the inheritance truly endure.

Of course.

Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren.

If he has already done that much, and his children and grandchildren still let him down, then it's not his problem.

He just needs to do his job well.

...

"Come out."

Han Li took out the Human Seed Bag from the golden treasure chest. The next moment, a flash of light appeared, and he summoned hundreds of high-level disciples with early to mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation from the bag.

He had placed restrictions on these disciples beforehand.

Among them, some excel in combat and are specially trained combat talents by the Xuantian Sect. Some are skilled in setting up formations and are formation masters. Others are skilled in transplanting and cultivating spiritual herbs and are pharmacists.

These people will not leave for a short period of time after entering this place.

"Do you remember your respective tasks?"

Han Li asked.

"clear."

"Clear the monsters within the forbidden area..."

"Transplanting the spiritual herb..."

"Set up small arrays to ensure the healthy growth and development of the medicinal herbs..."

"... "

"Then let's work in groups of three to five, and start by renovating the outer perimeter according to the plan."

Han Li gave the instructions.

As he spoke, he took out more than a dozen container-shaped magic treasures and a hundred or so container-shaped magic tools from his accompanying storage bag, releasing all the spiritual energy of the Tianluo Kingdom's spiritual veins stored within them.

The compressed spiritual energy was released, causing a brief tremor in the entire forbidden area.

"From now on, every time the forbidden area opens, we must send some spiritual energy from the outside in, understand?"

Han Li looked at the key managers.

"Yes, Sect Master."

"Well then, go ahead and do your own thing."

soon.

His divine sense detected that someone had set up spirit-sealing pillars on the outer ring, and using these pillars as array cores, constructed spirit fields ranging from tens to hundreds of acres. Within these spirit fields, various spiritual herbs needed for the Foundation Establishment and Core Formation stages were transplanted.

Moreover, this transplanting and planting is carried out according to the actual environment of various areas within the Crimson Forbidden Land.

For example, Wulongtan is only suitable for the growth of yin-attribute spiritual herbs such as tobacco, so here, only yin-attribute spiritual herbs containing tobacco and those that can survive are planted.

The disciples did not forcibly change the growing environment of the medicinal herbs.

Seeing this, Han Li was relieved.

...

In the central area of ​​the forbidden zone, where the four city gates are located, disciples at the Qi Refining stage have already arrived.

These are people who came in to collect medicinal herbs. They are picking the three main medicinal herbs of the Yue Kingdom's Foundation Building Pill, which are ripe in the central area, as well as various herbs unique to the forbidden area.

Speaking of which, it was thanks to Senior Sister Xuan'er's vigorous efforts after she achieved Core Formation that she proposed a sustainable development strategy, which prevented some short-sighted members of the Hehuan Sect from squandering this precious land like the original seven sects of Yue Kingdom.

Han Li took out the Moon Sun Pearl and launched it into the sky.

Then a small sun appeared in the dark sky.

Then a golden rain of light fell.

The fog in the central area dissipated rapidly upon contact with these light rains, revealing a ring of mountains stretching for hundreds of miles.

With the Ming and Qing spiritual eyes clearing the way, Han Li instantly appeared dozens of feet away.

Before long, they entered the central basin and arrived in front of a light curtain in the core area.

Along the way, he dealt with several monsters in monster caves, but he only harvested three medicinal herbs that were seven or eight hundred years old.

“Something’s not right. Although I looted quite a lot back then, I didn’t loot this place clean.”

However, the current harvest is meager.

There is only one possible answer to this situation.

The three great cultivators from Tiannan have visited.

The most likely scenario is that the Old Demon of Hehuan visited this place and looted it.

"When I fought Yi Laomo a few years ago, he seemed to be short of energy, as if he had just recovered from his injuries. Could that old guy have visited this place many times before that?"

Han Li guessed.

...

A quarter of an hour later.

His figure appeared in the center of the crater basin.

That is, the core area of ​​the Crimson Forbidden Land.

Here, a huge cylindrical beam of light connects to the sky.

In the center of the pillar of light, a hundred-foot-tall stone tower stood silently.

There are several groves of trees around the stone tower.

These are various sacred trees planted here.

He took out a golden token that he had refined with his blood essence, activated the restriction on the token, and then a gap appeared in the cylindrical beam of light.

Han Li took a step and entered the interior of the light shield.

Looking around, he sighed inwardly.

The oldest trees here are only three or four thousand years old.

Right.

A thousand years ago, before the decline of both the righteous and demonic paths, this place was discovered and visited by some late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. Truly valuable items rarely survive to this day, unless they are in areas that can block divine sense. The fact that the golden treasure chest and those dozen or so ancient spiritual herbs have survived to this day is truly a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

He explored the core area carefully.

It was discovered that apart from the stone tower, which was sure to contain valuable items, it was virtually impossible to find any treasures in the rest of the core area.

This place has been ransacked by more than one or two bandits.

Therefore, he did not linger and, carrying the golden token, pushed open the stone tower door and went inside.

The tower has four stories.

From the outside, each floor appears to be only twenty or thirty feet long.

Upon entering, one first encounters a straight passage three hundred feet long, its walls shimmering with chilling, restrictive energy. Near the end of the passage, a corpse reduced to mere white bones deeply stung Han Li's Clear and Bright Spiritual Eyes.
"Those are the remains of a great cultivator?"

Could it be the Heavenly Talisman Elder from the Heavenly Talisman Sect of the Great Jin Dynasty?

Immediately.

He was extremely focused.

He stepped into the passageway.

As expected, the surrounding restrictions were immediately activated, and a feeling as heavy as a mountain pressed down on me.

weight.

Extremely heavy.

Even with the soft glow emanating from the golden token helping to significantly reduce this pressure, he still felt as if his legs were filled with lead.

If it were any other mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, unless they were a body-refining mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, without the protection of the golden token's radiance, they would have been suppressed here by the restrictions and would have had no chance of making any further progress.

He's okay.

Although his physical cultivation level was far below that of a demon cultivator in human form, he greatly improved his strength in all aspects by dispersing his wind-attribute nascent soul.

After years of honing his skills and further cultivating the Heaven-Supporting Demon Art, he has acquired a physique at the level of a level 5 demon beast.

With such a physique and the magical power of a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, which is more than three times that of other cultivators of the same level, he was not suppressed or crushed immediately.

"The jade slip left by the Lord of the Forbidden Land says that it is best to wait until one's cultivation reaches the late Nascent Soul stage before bringing the golden token to retrieve the complete inheritance. So that's why."

Han Li pondered to himself.

He was ultimately not a great monk.

Although the golden token granted him the status of an inheritor and reduced the difficulty of his challenge by half, it still brought him considerable trouble.

So, should we continue to delve deeper, or wait until we break through in our cultivation?
I thought about it.

Han Li chose to continue.

He has the golden token; he can retreat when things get really bad and he's close to his physical limits.

So, the second step was taken.

The pressure on me has increased a little more.

"continue."

At the very least, you should loot the corpse before leaving.

The temptation of looting a corpse was too great for him.

One step, two steps...

Halfway through, he was starting to pant, his clothes soaked with sweat.

To counteract the immense pressure from the surrounding restrictions, he burned his mana and fought against the overwhelming force along the way.

One-fifth of the magical power and true essence within his body had been consumed.

Furthermore, the further you go, the greater this loss ratio will become.

Because the restrictions and pressures ahead were even heavier than the stage he had just passed through.

"If I reach the vicinity of the corpses and my mana is more than half depleted, I'm afraid I won't even be able to make it back safely."

Turning back also requires consuming mana to withstand the pressure.

Looking at the corpses ahead, it seems that when they retreated, their magic power was insufficient, and they were crushed to death by the heavy pressure of the restrictions in that area.

He doesn't need to worry about the potential danger of excessive mana consumption.

Because he had two bottles of the Eternal Elixir.

The reason we haven't used it yet is because we're figuring out if we can safely retreat after touching the corpse without using the Ten Thousand Year Elixir to recover.
It's always good to save every little bit of something as precious as the Eternal Elixir.

If he has enough remaining mana to return, there is naturally no need to waste the ten-thousand-year-old spiritual liquid.

If the remaining mana is insufficient, it is not too late to drink a small sip of the ten-thousand-year-old spiritual liquid when he retreats.

More than half an hour later.

Han Li reached a point about 720 feet from the restricted passage.

A little over a hundred feet ahead lies the location of that skeletal corpse.

Beside the corpse, a storage bag and two spirit beast bags lay quietly.

At this point, he had already depleted more than half of his magical power.

His gait appeared slightly unsteady.

"Even with the golden token eliminating half of the restrictive pressure, is this all I can do?"

Looking at the storage bag and two spirit beast bags beside the skeletal remains, Han Li gritted his teeth, took out the jade bottle containing ten-thousand-year-old spiritual liquid, and drank a small sip—five drops in total. The next instant, his previously somewhat listless aura returned to normal.

The previously depleted mana has been mostly restored.

"continue."

The corpse that could travel further than him in life must have been a powerful cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage.

Moreover, he was not an ordinary great cultivator who had just entered the Yuanhou realm, but a powerful old monster who had been around for many years.

He's determined to get the storage bag and spirit beast bag that the opponent dropped upon death today.

...

Another half hour.

Han Li finally arrived at the remaining hundred-odd feet.

However, in the last twenty or so zhang (approximately 10 meters), he no longer used his feet to move forward step by step. Because each step was especially difficult. At this point, crawling little by little using all four limbs was more effective.

"Zizi..."

The divine thunder is released to ward off evil and prevent the possibility of being possessed.

Once he was sure there were no holes in the skeleton, he quickly picked up the storage bag and spirit beast bag, intending to retreat immediately.

As she turned around, she remembered the pair of boots on the skeleton that still shimmered with spiritual light, so she tried to pull them off again. Finally, she couldn't resist using her Mingqing Spiritual Eye to glance at the end of the passage.

That one glance greatly invigorated him.

He saw a small, secluded space.

I saw the exotic flowers and plants and the sky full of light in that space.

"Inside the stone tower, there's actually a space similar to the Spirit Garden sealed away? So many spiritual herbs! And what are those countless orbs of light flying around?"

Despite his many doubts, he had no choice but to abandon his idea of ​​going further.

Now, he can still move forward while kneeling.

But if you stubbornly venture any deeper, you might not even be able to move while lying down.

As he left the stone tower, he held his head high and was in high spirits.

The dust and grime that had settled in the passageway were no longer on their palms and trouser legs.

Touching the storage bag from his predecessor, his steps became lighter and lighter.

"Let me see what's left in the storage bag and the spirit beast bag."

Immediately, divine sense seeped into it.

　1. In the original novel, Han Li's maximum mana at the Core Formation stage was slightly more than two times but less than three times that of his peers at the same stage. This gap narrowed as he reached the Nascent Soul stage. Here, the protagonist's maximum mana at the Core Formation stage was four times that of his peers, but this decreased to slightly more than three times at the Nascent Soul stage.

　　2. The Grand Elder of the Yuling Sect died inside the Blood-Red Forbidden Land Stone Tower. This is a secondary setting.

　　As for the original novel, why didn't Nangong Wan see the Yuling Sect member when she entered the stone tower?
　　The second theory is that the Old Demon of Hehuan had reached the peak of the Yuanhou realm and could reach the vicinity of the end of the passage, thus preempting Nangong Wan from seizing this opportunity.

　　
　
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