A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal Realm

Chapter 1005: Rescue

The flying carriage continued onward, and before long, it had traveled tens of thousands of kilometers into the mountain range.

As it was flying over a golden mountain, a burst of golden light suddenly flashed on the mountain face, and a golden, wolf-like beast abruptly pounced at the carriage like a golden arrow.

Han Li flicked a finger through the air, releasing a streak of golden sword qi that struck the creature, slicing it in half from head to toe.

Large volumes of golden blood erupted through the air, following which the two halves of the creature's body were caught by a burst of azure light.

The creature's body had been warm and pliable just a second ago, but in the wake of its demise, its body quickly began to harden, and it was already beginning to resemble two halves of a golden statue.

"So this is a metal beast?" Weeping Soul asked with a curious expression.

Han Li examined the two halves of the creature's body momentarily, then broke off a piece to discover that it was no different from a piece of metal ore.

Han Li tossed the two halves of the body aside with slightly furrowed brows.

These metal beasts weren't powerful enough to pose any threat to him, but the problem was that they could fuse as one with the mountains, granting them exceptional self-concealment.

This metal beast was only a very low-level one, but he wasn't confident in his ability to detect more powerful ones in this environment.

With that in mind, it seemed like this was not a good place to go into seclusion.

Thus, the two of them continued onward.

Right at this moment, bursts of soundwaves converted from spiritual sense were transmitted through the area from the left.

The voice belonged to a woman, and it was desperately crying for help, striking the listener with a sense of sympathy.

Furthermore, these spiritual sense fluctuations were quite peculiar, and they were able to transmit themselves directly into the hearts of Han Li and Weeping Soul.

This form of spiritual sense conversion was far more advanced than normal spiritual sense voice transmission, and Han Li was rather intrigued.

Weeping Soul turned to Han Li with a hint of pity in her eyes as she asked, "Master, should we..."

Han Li wasn't one to stick his nose into other people's business, but he didn't want to turn down Weeping Soul, so he said, "Let's go take a look."

Thus, the flying carriage swiveled around at his behest, and he used a secret technique to conceal it as it flew toward the source of the sound.

A short while later, the flying carriage drew to a halt beside a canyon, within which a battle was taking place between an azure-robed young woman and five balls of golden light.

The young woman was the one who was calling for help, and it seemed that she was in quite a dire situation.

The protective spiritual light around her had been whittled down to a thin layer, and she was frantically warding off the surrounding attacks while releasing more of those soundwaves to cry for help.

A hint of surprise appeared in Han Li's eyes as he noticed a long azure fox tail trailing along behind the young woman, indicating that she was a being of the fox race, and her cultivation base was at the mid-True Immortal Stage.

She was surrounded by five daoist priests that were dressed in golden robes, and there was a golden horse design emblazoned onto each robe, seemingly the emblem of a certain sect.

The five of them were only at the early-True Immortal Stage, but they held a decisive numbers advantage.

Each of them was holding a large golden flag, forming a ring of golden light that suppressed the young woman.

The leader of the five daoist priests was a square-faced man with a lecherous grin on his face, and he chuckled, "Hand over the Golden Wyrm Beast inner core and surrender yourself over to us. It would be a waste to kill you, considering your pure Azure Fox bloodline, so instead, we'll offer you up to our master for his birthday present."

"Your Azure Fox Tribe is only a tiny tribe that could be eradicated by other powers in this mountain range at any moment. Our Golden Horse Sect is hundreds of times more powerful than your tribe, and our master is a Golden Immortal, so you should be honored to become a maidservant of his!" another daoist priest guffawed.

"If I hadn't been worn down during my battle against the Golden Wyrm Beast, there's no way the five of you could trap me!" the young woman spat through gritted teeth.

"Let's not waste any more time here, Senior Martial Brother. Use the Five Gold Radiant Light Array to break through her protective demonic light, then seal her cultivation base so we can offer her up to Master. He's always wanted an Azure Fox maidservant, so he'll definitely be very pleased and reward us handsomely," another one of the daoist priests yelled.

"We can't do that. The Five Gold Radiant Light Array is too powerful, and it could harm her cultivation foundation. If that happens, we won't be able to offer her up to Master. Right now, she's already close to a spent force, so we just need to wear her down a little more," the square-faced daoist priest said with a shake of his head.

"Senior Martial Brother is right!"

"It would be a terrible waste to ruin such a precious gift out of impatience!"

"That's right, all we need to do is wear her down a little more."

All of the other daoist priests immediately chimed in in agreement.

The azure-robed young woman was furious to hear this, and the azure light around her abruptly brightened as a strands of azure fox fur shot out of her tail, screeching through the air before striking the ring of golden light around her.

The golden ring immediately began to tremble violently while being rapidly worn down, and the five daoist priests hurriedly released mouthfuls of blood essence into the flags in their hands upon seeing this.

The golden flags instantly flew out of their grasp before fusing into the ring of golden light, and at the same time, the five of them began to make a rapid string of hand seals, fortifying the golden ring against the strands of fox fur.

This final act of resistance seemed to have exhausted what little remained of the young woman's power, and the azure light around her body quickly faded away, while she began to sway unsteadily on her feet.

The five daoist priests were ecstatic to see this, and their leader flew toward the azure-robed young woman while making a grab for her with a perverted look on his face.

Han Li remained completely unmoved by this, but Weeping Soul was furious, and she turned to him with an urgent expression as she called out, "Master!"

"Don't worry, she'll be fine," Han Li replied with a faint smile.

Sure enough, as soon as his voice trailed off, the situation took an abrupt turn.

The young woman had been swaying unsteadily on her feet, but as soon as the square-faced daoist priest drew close to her, she abruptly steadied herself as a cold look flashed through her eyes.

The daoist priest was very alarmed to see this, knowing that he had fallen into a trap, and he immediately tried to stop in his tracks, but it was already too late.

The azure-robed young woman raised both of her arms, and several streaks of azure light shot out of her hands before striking the square-faced daoist priest.

The streaks of azure light were extremely sharp and pierced through protective spiritual light around the square-faced daoist priest with ease, upon which they were revealed to be a set of fingernails.

The square-faced daoist priest was struck in several vital regions, and blood gushing out of his mouth as he fell to the ground with an indignant expression, following which his aura rapidly faded away.

With that, the azure-robed young woman really had used up the last of her demonic power, and she also collapsed to the ground, completely powerless to resist any longer.

"Senior Martial Brother! How dare you!"

The other four daoist priests were furious to see this, and they unleashed a torrential downpour of attacks upon her.

The young woman displayed no fear at all as she calmly watched all of the attacks raining down upon her, and she was making a hand seal behind her back as a look of finality flashed through her eyes.

Right at this moment, a ball of azure light abruptly appeared above her, and all of the oncoming attacks sank into the azure light as if it were a ball of quicksand.

In the next instant, all of the attacks were sent flying back several times faster than they had come, instantly piercing through the bodies of the four daoist priests to eradicate them on the spot.

The azure-robed young woman was astonished to see this, but she continued to hold the hand seal behind her back.

Right at this moment, Han Li and Weeping Soul descended out of the sky, and the young woman's expression changed slightly as she detected their tremendous auras.

She struggled to her feet with some difficulty, then extended a curtsey toward them.

"Thank you for saving my life, seniors."

"There's no need for formalities, you've exerted yourself far too much already," Weeping Soul hurriedly said as she swept a sleeve through the air, releasing a burst of black light to help steady the young woman.

The azure-robed young woman displayed no aversion to Weeping Soul's kind gesture, and a bright smile appeared on her face as she released her hand seal.

"What's your name? Which power in the Golden Origin Mountain Range do you belong to? And who were those people?" Han Li asked.

He had saved the young woman at Weeping Soul's request, but that didn't mean that she could be spared from interrogation.

"My name is Ye Susu, and I'm from the Azure Fox Tribe. Those people were disciples of the Golden Horse Sect, and they've always been at odds with our Azure Fox Tribe. I was out hunting a Golden Wyrm Beast, and they took advantage of the fact that I was exhausted from my battle to try and capture me. If the two of you hadn't saved me, I would've self-detonated to avoid capture," the young woman explained in a respectful manner.

A thoughtful look appeared in Han Li's eyes upon hearing this.

He had chosen to save Ye Susu mostly for Weeping Soul's sake, but another factor that influenced his decision was that she was a being of the fox race, so he had thought that perhaps she had something to do with the Heavenly Fox Tribe, where Liu Le'er currently was, but it seemed like that was not the case.

"How many people are there in the Golden Horse Sect, and how powerful is the sect?" Han Li asked.

"The Golden Horse Sect is the most powerful sect in this area. It has over ten thousand disciples, with several Golden Immortals among them, and their grand elder is already at the late-Golden Immortal Stage," Ye Susu replied.

Han Li gave a slight nod upon hearing this.

At the moment, Ye Susu was in terrible condition, and her complexion was deathly pale, while her body was trembling slightly, but she still gritted her teeth and remained standing as she answered Han Li's questions.

"You should take a moment to rest and recover from your injuries," Han Li said as he swept a sleeve through the air, releasing a burst of azure light that vanished into Ye Susu's body.

Ye Susu felt a massive surge of warmth enter her body, and the injuries that she had sustained began to rapidly heal. In the blink of an eye, her complexion had returned to normal, and she was no longer trembling.

After healing all of her injuries, the burst of warmth surged into the demon core in her dantian, causing it to expand slightly.

Ye Susu hurriedly sat down with her legs crossed and began channeling her cultivation arts to take full advantage of this opportunity.