Mortal: Li Feiyu, who came from the realm of a supreme being

On the fourth day, the radiance of the Moon Pearl cleared the fog from the forbidden area, and the final bloody struggle began.

After confirming that ordinary disciples were not very profitable, Li Feiyu stopped hunting them and instead set his sights on demonic beasts.

Unfortunately, level one demonic beasts posed no threat to him. If it weren't for the fact that he was disguised as a Qi Refining disciple and was actually a Nascent Soul cultivator, Xiang Zhili, he could have run rampant in this forbidden area.

Li Feiyu did not deliberately collect herbal resources, not because he didn't need them. In fact, the cultivation after the Martial Arts Outer Realm also requires a huge amount of resources, especially in the first three stages of condensing the related acupoints.

However, Li Feiyu wasn't too worried about this. With Han Yunshu as his trump card, he didn't believe he couldn't squeeze more money out of Han Li. Given Han Laomo's future wealth, supporting his brothers and sisters' cultivation was only natural.

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On the fifth day, Li Feiyu stopped hunting.

He began to wander around purposefully, looking for a suitable "opponent" to stage a "lose-lose" drama.

Ultimately, he selected an elite disciple of the Qingxu Sect who possessed considerable strength and exquisite magical artifacts.

After a fierce exchange, Li Feiyu was "accidentally" injured by a powerful talisman from his opponent, and his aura "rapidly weakened," on the verge of collapse.

The Qingxu Sect disciple's face lit up with joy, and he lunged forward, intending to finish him off.

But at the last moment, Li Feiyu launched a desperate counterattack, closing in with unpredictable movements and shattering his heart meridian with a single palm strike.

Li Feiyu himself was also "wounded to the bone," and staggered into a hidden cave, where he lay low with a "weak" breath, perfectly playing the role of a survivor who was too badly injured to reach the exit in time.

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Outside the forbidden area, the leaders of various factions joined forces once again to open a passage. This time it was much easier, and the passage remained stable.

Half an hour later, the surviving disciples began to emerge one after another. Qingxu Sect, Huadao Dock, Spirit Beast Mountain, Tianque Fortress, Yellow Maple Valley... everyone was injured and looked exhausted, returning to their respective teams to recuperate.

After a while, a large group of disciples walked out together, each with a different expression.

Soon, a figure wearing a black demon mask calmly walked out of the passage, immediately causing a low commotion and attracting many scrutinizing gazes. He went straight to Elder Fang of Huadaowu, handed over a storage bag containing a lot of spiritual herbs, and then, without saying a word, boarded the Huadaowu flying boat, sat cross-legged in a corner, and remained indifferent to everything around him.

Next came the main force of the Hidden Moon Sect, then Han Li alone, and finally the old man surnamed Xiang from Yellow Maple Valley.

Before boarding the flying boat in Huangfeng Valley, Han Li couldn't help but glance at the masked figure on the flying boat in Huadao Dock, a strange feeling flashing through his mind.

That figure... seemed slightly different from Brother Li? But his aura was definitely that of a Qi Refining cultivator, and he was also injured... He shook his head, thinking he was just overthinking it.

That was certainly not Li Feiyu, but Xiao Er, an ordinary disciple of Huadaowu who had already been controlled and had his identity stolen by him through mind control techniques. This person was of mediocre talent and no one in the sect paid any attention to him, making him the most suitable "substitute".

His existence was solely to ensure everyone saw Li Feiyu leave the forbidden area, so that he wouldn't be unable to explain himself when he reappeared.

With the departure of the various factions' flying boats, the trial in the Crimson Forbidden Land came to an end.

Overall casualties were slightly higher than expected, but still within an acceptable range.

The main reason is that most of the important "spies" planted by the demonic path were eliminated by Li Feiyu in an equal manner, greatly reducing their ability to cause trouble.

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Once inside the forbidden area and confirming that the passage was completely closed, Li Feiyu immediately leaped out of his hiding place and rushed towards the central area at full speed.

The effects of the Moon Pearl have worn off, and dense fog and poisonous miasma are spreading once again.

Previously, hundreds of Qi Refining disciples were scattered in various places, attracting a large number of dangers from the forbidden area itself.

Now that he is the only one left in the entire forbidden area, any movement could attract the attention of all the dangers.

Fortunately, he had already memorized the route. He used his movement technique to weave through the increasingly thick fog like a wisp of smoke, narrowly avoiding several waves of resurrected poisonous insects and strange plants, and finally arrived at the core area of ​​the forbidden zone once again.

Before my eyes, a majestic pagoda, entirely constructed of unknown gray-white stone, stands silently in the depths of the mist.

The tower is simple and unadorned, yet it exudes an aura of antiquity, desolation, and a deadly majesty.

A nearly transparent, distorted light curtain could be vaguely seen around the tower; that was the legendary restriction.

Li Feiyu did not approach rashly. He recalled the information Nangong Wan had given Han Li in the original novel.

[The Crimson Forbidden Land of yesteryear was actually the secluded abode of an ancient cultivator. The golden box contained the token for entering the towering pagoda at the center of the area. However, even with this token, one must possess late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation to bypass the strange external restrictions that suppress cultivation. When I successfully advanced to the late-stage Nascent Soul realm, I went to the Yue Kingdom and entered the pagoda, obtaining the mantle of this ancient cultivator. Besides this, I also discovered the remains of a cultivator within a certain restriction of the pagoda. Clearly, this person was unaware of the dangers of this place and recklessly entered without the required token, resulting in their demise. Several treasures were found on these remains, each extraordinary. It's evident that the owner of these remains was a person of considerable importance. One of these items is particularly wondrous; I believe it will be of great help to your journey, so I brought it with me.]

"A restriction that suppresses cultivation..." Li Feiyu's eyes flashed. "For cultivators below the late Nascent Soul stage, this restriction forcibly suppresses their cultivation to a certain low point. That fallen cultivator likely encountered a crisis within the tower that a Qi Refining stage cultivator absolutely could not handle after being suppressed, leading to his death. In other words, this restriction itself might be ineffective or have minimal impact on those who are already at the Qi Refining stage!"

To verify this, he gently tossed a lively baby "wind-sniffing rat" that he had caught from the outside towards the light screen surrounding the pagoda.

The baby mouse passed through the light curtain and landed on the grass near the base of the tower. It scurried around in a panic a few times, but did not explode or die, nor did it show any abnormalities. It was just instinctively afraid of its surroundings.

"As expected!" Li Feiyu thought with certainty. The judgment mechanism of this restriction is likely to "suppress cultivation levels above a certain threshold," while letting those below the threshold pass directly.

This ancient hermitage of cultivators was perhaps originally designed to allow only low-ranking disciples or servants to pass through.

Without further hesitation, he adjusted his breathing, maintaining his spiritual energy fluctuations at the pure Qi Refining 12th level, and then stepped into the transparent light curtain.

The anticipated terrifying pressure did not materialize; instead, a slightly cool sensation swept over my body, as if passing through a film of water. There was no sign that my cultivation was suppressed in the slightest.

"It's done." Li Feiyu's spirits lifted, and he began to carefully search the area outside the tower.

Nothing was found, but that's normal. Xiang Zhili has been here several times and has already explored the whole place.

However, he still found a place that seemed to contain the forbidden gold box. It was a mural carved on the outer wall, exactly twelve feet long and half a foot wide.

Li Feiyu did not rashly take out the gold box to try it.

Ancient cultivators used unpredictable and mysterious methods. Even if it is determined that the restrictions outside the pagoda are not aimed at the Qi Refining stage, a triggered defense or trap may still be fatal.

He took a few steps back, dug a hole in the ground nearby with his throwing knife, and hid inside. Then, he took out the strange red candle he had used in the Blue Stone Hall from his storage bag, lit it, and stuck it into the ground in front of him.

The candlelight flickered and cast his long shadow on the stone wall, which twisted and changed with the flickering flame.

Li Feiyu took a deep breath, first releasing the golden box, then sending the last bit of spiritual energy he had been collecting into the shadow, while simultaneously activating the "Shadow-Stealing Divine Skill".

Under his focused control, the distorted shadow on the stone wall slowly "stood up" like a living thing, detached from the stone wall, and transformed into a flat, two-dimensional black humanoid figure, which slid silently along the ground toward the golden box in the hidden compartment.

Shadows have no physical form and are immune to most physical attacks and energy erosion. The arrangements made by ancient cultivators were mostly aimed at intruders with flesh and blood and spiritual power, and the possibility of them being effective against shadows was extremely low.

After all, throughout the entire Human Realm arc, no one is mentioned playing with shadows. It's possible that a world outside the main story exists, but the possibility of it being targeted is small.

This time, the shadow did not sink the golden box into the shadows, as that would consume a huge amount of the world's energy. The shadow also wanted to bring out as many things as possible from the pagoda, so it couldn't waste its power.