A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Starting as a Rogue Cultivator

There was a gaping, bloody hole in his chest.

He had only run a few steps...

"Clang, clang..."

The dark shields behind him fell to the ground, and his body also collapsed.

His eyes were filled with disbelief, as if he were silently questioning: How could this be?

Only then did Wang Li breathe a sigh of relief; however, he didn't intend to linger. The map showed two red dots rapidly approaching. Their strength was unknown, and he didn't want to cause any further trouble. Besides, he needed to catch up with the two quickly.

So he quickly gathered up the storage bags and the spirit beast chameleon from the ground; the giant lizard had been placed there while the stealth talisman was still active. Then, using the corpse of that guy from Tianque Fortress, he adopted a posture of fighting to the death with the people of Spirit Beast Mountain. To this end, he even sacrificed the storage bags of two Spirit Beast Mountain disciples, destroying the storage bag of the Tianque Fortress man.

(He took away two rare spiritual herbs that would be useful to him after he established his foundation, but selectively left behind most of the other spiritual herbs, as well as a lot of other good things, in order to confuse the people who came, or as "hush money"!)

When I went to the clothes, I learned the name and the name.

The two who came from Spirit Beast Mountain are left behind to happily share this bounty.

As for how the two would continue their story after returning to the gate, Wang Li had no say in it.

In any case, everything here in the forbidden area has absolutely nothing to do with him, Wang.

After changing his clothes, he swallowed pills and absorbed mid-grade spirit stones while his Wind Chaser Sword was running at full speed, his gaze fixed on a certain direction.

"Wang Xiao and Xue Pan, right?"

He, Wang, has always been a man of clear principles, distinguishing between gratitude and resentment. Originally, considering the occasional favors Chen Shishu and the Chen family had shown him over the years, and out of gratitude for their connection, he had repeatedly forgiven the two. But after this incident…

"It's truly a case of man having no intention of harming tiger, but tiger harming man's heart!"

If these two really leave the forbidden area, who knows how much trouble they'll cause him afterwards. And given their intelligence, they might not be unaware that he's the one who left the Spirit Beast Mountain group behind; then, it'll be another huge problem.

After all, these two knew he was taking the northwest corner route.

Furthermore, only these two people knew about it!

Therefore, these two must die.

Otherwise, if the two of them were to harbor malicious intentions and spread this information about the forbidden area, he would inevitably incur the wrath of the Core Formation stage patriarch of Spirit Beast Mountain. Furthermore, he might be blackmailed by the two of them, and who knows how many complications might arise afterward.

He didn't want to gamble on their mercy!

Therefore, even if he only has 30% of his magic power left, he will try his best to keep the two of them at the last moment!

Chapter 46 The Last Bloody Moment in the Forbidden Land (5)

The blood-red forbidden land was shrouded in darkness.

There is no sunrise or moonlight here; what exists is a dusky yellow that will never fade.

Near the northwest corner, two figures moved nimbly through a grove of trees; they were Wang Xiao and Xue Pan.

"Almost there, we're almost at the exit."

"Yes, we'll be able to leave this awful place soon. With what we've gained this time, Foundation Establishment is just around the corner."

Filled with anticipation for tomorrow, the two were in high spirits and full of energy.

Before long, they leaped out of the jungle and stepped into a large meadow. Ahead, shrouded in mist, at the edge of the forbidden area, a spatial portal that had been opened was already in sight.

Right now:

"what?"

As Wang Xiao was running, his brow suddenly furrowed, and his divine sense extended to his side and rear. He saw a streak of light flying close to the ground, rapidly approaching from afar.

"Old Xue, be careful, someone's following us."

Upon hearing this, Xue Pan's eyes flashed with a brilliance, and he turned his head to look, seeing it clearly.

"Huh? It's that kid surnamed Wang! But how is that possible? Isn't he trapped inside those high walls?"

The figure in the escaping light was none other than Wang Li, who was wielding the Wind Chaser Sword and constantly unleashing the explosive speed of the wind force.

To catch up with the two ahead, he, who had initially fallen behind, maintained his speed at the limit of the Wind Chaser Sword, even using up two mid-grade wind-attribute spirit stones. Finally, he caught up with them before they left the forbidden area.

To be honest, he was in a sorry state right now.

Not only was he covered in soot and dirt, but he was also covered in scorch marks and bloodstains. His standard Huangfeng Valley clothing was tattered and worn, almost like a beggar's nine-bag outfit pieced together from strips of cloth. In addition, his left eyebrow was burned off.

"Hiss, how did this kid escape?"

It seems impossible for one person to force their way through the high walls and bronze gates guarded by several people.

"But it looks like he's seriously injured!"

Just as the quick-witted Wang Xiao muttered this, the Wind Chaser Sword under Wang Li's feet suddenly dimmed, and he and the sword fell face-first into the grass, a truly pitiful sight.

Having witnessed the entire process, Xue and Wang exchanged a glance, and their previously brisk steps faltered, unable to move any further.

"Brother Xiao, what did Fourth Master and Fifth Master say to us before we entered the forbidden area?"

Xue Pan's eyes darted around, and he asked with a smile.

"When fellow disciples are in trouble, we should help them if we can; we should help each other and move forward hand in hand."

Wang Xiao was serious and upright.

The Chen family's generation, including Uncle Chen, are all intelligent people. In particular, Uncle Chen and Fifth Master Chen are the best at leveraging opportunities to win over others, thus building up many good relationships within the Chen family.

For example, a small family like the Li family.

The Li family doesn't even have a Foundation Establishment stage manager, yet they are still willing to send a cultivator surnamed Li, who is at the Qi Refining 12th level and has the potential to reach Foundation Establishment, to try their luck. This is the reason why.

The original intention of the two members of the Chen family was for Xue and Wang to use their status as members of the Chen family to cultivate good relationships with the disciples who dared to venture into danger. Because, aside from those who came in to slack off, nine out of ten disciples who managed to leave the Crimson Forbidden Land alive were either powerful or possessed great fortune. Befriending such people, and even rescuing one or two along the way, would often turn them into valuable allies in the future.

Once the person they saved successfully establishes their foundation, then without a doubt, the Chen family will have made a huge profit.

At that time, the Chen family could easily win these people over to become family retainers at minimal cost, allowing both sides to continue to benefit each other. Past experience has proven this to be highly feasible.

Otherwise, how could Wang Xiao and Xue Pan, who are not of the same surname, have the blood of the Chen family flowing in their bodies?

But when it came to these two places, the taste completely changed.

“That’s right, Brother Wang is badly injured, we have to help him.”

The two exchanged a brief glance, a fleeting glint of cold light flashing in their eyes.

"Wait, could this be a trap?"

It has to be said that Wang Xiao is quite clever.

Before anything could be decided, Wang Li staggered to his feet again. Upon seeing Xue and Wang for the first time, his expression wasn't one of joy, but rather one of astonishment, followed by deep wariness. He forced a smile, and instinctively took a few steps back, only to lose his balance and fall back to the ground.

His weakened state was on full display.

"He's all alone, yet he dares to trick us? Is he courting death? Besides, the fluctuations in his magical power don't seem fake; he's definitely expended a great deal of energy!"

"Wait a minute, Brother Xiao, why does that kid have several extra storage bags around his waist? And they're all bulging!"

A flicker of greed crossed his face.

"Could it be that they got someone else's bargain?"

"No wonder he looks like this!"

So what is there to hesitate about?

Our side is two against one, and the other side is still in a half-crippled state. Ugh, what's with the "our side" and "the other side"? We're all one family, all disciples of Huangfeng Valley!

"Brother Wang, don't panic. With the two of us here, you're safe."

Wang, whose left eyebrow was half missing, immediately forced a "satisfied" smile that looked worse than crying.

Upon seeing this, the two men from the Chen family felt much more at ease.

In the blink of an eye, the three of them reunited.

"Brother Wang..."

"Don't come any closer!"

Wang Li held a high-level talisman in one hand and touched his storage bag with the other, showing great vigilance.

"Brother Wang, please don't misunderstand. We two brothers just saw that you weren't doing too well, so we kindly came to help you out."

"Yeah, yeah, look at you, what are you doing?"

One played the good cop, the other the bad cop, completely ignoring the warning and showing no intention of stopping. Clearly, they didn't take a mere thirty or fifty spirit stones worth of high-level talismans seriously.

"Don't come any closer! I still have quite a few high-level talismans!"

You have to tell the absolute truth, but you're mistaken for someone who's pretending to be something they're not.

After all, anyone who can still guarantee having several high-level talismans in their possession at this stage of the Blood Trial must be an extremely wealthy person. But as far as they know, Wang Li is a rogue cultivator with no foundation whatsoever. Back then, he only obtained ten high-level talismans of varying offensive and defensive capabilities from his fourth uncle.

Even if the kid in front of me has had some extraordinary encounters in the past two years, let's double it and add ten more high-level talismans.

After five days of consumption within the forbidden area, the land should be almost used up by now, right?

"Hum hum……"

Xue and Wang sneered inwardly.

Wang Li sighed inwardly, severing his last remaining ties with the Chen family. Furthermore, he feigned bravado while feigning weakness: "My injuries are nothing, cough cough, cough cough... wheezing, wheezing... I just had a stitch, don't misunderstand!"

Upon seeing this, Wang Xiao and Xue Pan both stated that they did not misunderstand.

Thus, Wang Li could only retreat step by step, while the two opposite him pressed closer and closer. The former had unknowingly retreated more than fifteen zhang from the place where he had fallen, while the latter had unknowingly approached the place where the former had fallen.

However, the more Wang Li retreated, the closer they became to each other.

"We're all from the same sect, shouldn't we look out for each other and help one another? Considering that I transferred a Foundation Establishment Pill to your Chen family more than two years ago, you don't need to be so ruthless, do you? You two, don't push your luck!"

However, it's getting closer, even closer.

Hold on, we're almost there.

"Don't come any closer!"

He almost roared in despair, so anxious and angry that tears welled up in his eyes. His face was flushed, and he looked both shocked and furious. As he spoke, he bit his tongue, letting a trickle of blood spill from the corner of his mouth, filling his mouth with an enticing, metallic scent. Wang Li had gone to great lengths to ensure that both fish would bite the hook at the same time and that he could kill them both at once.

"Brother Wang, what are you saying? How could we be such petty people who would disregard the bonds of brotherhood?"

He was practically ready to lay bare his heart to prove himself.