Chapter 602: Parting Ways

Chapter 602: Parting Ways

Han Li took a glance at his surroundings, then turned to Daoist Xie as he said, "We've already wasted enough time, so let's keep going, Brother Xie."

Daoist Xie nodded in response, then flew onto the green flying carriage before releasing an incantation seal, and the carriage immediately sped away as a streak of green light.

At the center of the carriage, Han Li was seated with his legs crossed, assessing his own internal condition.

Even though his baleful decay had already been delayed by time law powers imbued within the thread of time, the baleful qi in his body still hadn't receded at all, and three of his originally uncontaminated immortal acupoints had also been infiltrated by baleful qi.

Han Li's heart sank slightly upon seeing this, but a thought then suddenly occurred to him, and he opened his eyes before flicking a finger through the air, conjuring up a mirror of water in front of himself.

Through his reflection in the mirror, Han Li could see bursts of gray light occasionally flashing through his eyes, turning his pupils a murky gray color, and it seemed that the frequency at which his pupils were turning gray had increased from before.

With a sweep of his sleeve, Han Li swept away the mirror as a contemplative look appeared on his face.

Given what he currently knew, it appeared that the Northern Glacial Immortal Region was only a small and rather secluded immortal region in the True Immortal Realm, one that had barely any High Zenith cultivators. Hence, even though he had been trying to gather information on the five decays, his efforts had largely proven to be futile.

On top of that, his current situation was rather different from the normal fifth decay that one could expect to experience, and his only option at this point was to try and find a solution after he reached the Black Mountain Immortal Region.

All of a sudden, another thought occurred to Han Li, and he flipped a hand over to produce his Dragon 5 Reincarnation Palace mask before putting it on.

Sure enough, there had already been quite a few responses to the requests that he had made for Origin Void Pill refinement ingredients.

Close to an hour later, as Han Li stowed away the mask again, a small pile of these ingredients had already appeared beside him.

He instructed Daoist Xie and the others to keep a close eye on Jin Tong, then quickly scoured the surrounding area to ensure that nothing was amiss before sweeping a sleeve through the air to summon his silver pill cauldron.

With another sweep of his sleeve, his Flame of Essence was released, and it landed beneath the cauldron in its miniature humanoid form.

A burst of terrifying heat instantly erupted out of the fiery figure's body, and it seemed to have become even more powerful than before.

The fiery figure yelled something unintelligible up at Han Li in an excited voice, then sat down before making a hand seal, and the scorching white flames all over its body instantly surged forth as 12 uniform bursts that evenly coated the underside of the cauldron.

Before long, the interior of the cauldron had become extremely hot.

Thanks to the pill refinement experience that he had accrued back in the Soul Stirring Winds, Han Li was extremely familiar with the process of refining Origin Void Pills. The only problem was that he would have to make some adjustments for balancing purposes as the Black Marrow Crystals that he was using were of a far superior quality to before.

However, this was not a major problem for him, given that he had the power of time laws on his side.

After taking a deep breath to compose himself, Han Li picked up one of the ingredients before tossing it into the cauldron to commence the pill refinement process.

Seven or eight years flew by in a flash.

The green flying carriage continued to race over the boundless primordial land, speeding over all types of different terrains.

The route that had been marked out on the map provided by the patriarch of the Heavenly Fox Race required them to go on a far longer journey than if they were to cross the primordial land in a straight line, but it did prove to be a very safe route.

Occasionally, some primordial beasts would get in their way, but none of them stood a chance against Mo Guang, Daoist Xie, and Xiao Bai.

Han Li cast an incantation seal to withdraw the white flag, and almost immediately thereafter, a series of cracks appeared on the surface of the golden ball, then quickly spread before a massive hole was blasted into its surface, following which a slender figure emerged from within.

It was a young girl who appeared to be in her teens, and she had shoulder-length golden hair and a set of gorgeous facial features.

With her emergence, the golden ball exploded into a vast expanse of golden powder that rained down into the valley below.

The young girl began to make her way toward Han Li and the others, and even though golden powder was falling all around her, none of it was able to land on her at all.

"You're... Jin Tong, right?" Han Li asked as his brows furrowed slightly.

Both this young girl's appearance and aura were completely different from Jin Tong's, and the only similarity that they shared was the color of their hair.

This made Han Li feel as if he were looking at someone completely alien to him, and Xiao Bai was also staring at the girl with a dumbstruck expression at a loss for what to do.

The girl gave Han Li a nod, then stretched lazily as she said, "Even now, when I look back on what happened over these past years, it still feels like a dream."

Her voice had also changed drastically, and it was extremely pleasing to the ears, but was completely devoid of emotion.

Han Li's brows remained furrowed as he scrutinized Jin Tong with his Brightsight Spirit Eyes, and some skepticism still remained on his face.

"Why are you looking at me like that, Uncle? If I'm not Jin Tong, then who am I? The Gold Devouring Immortal that was chasing after us? I've gained a lot of new memories after devouring that thing, but I'm still the same Jin Tong from before," Jin Tong said as a mischievous smile appeared on her face, only to fade immediately thereafter.

"Have you recalled something?" Han Li asked as his brows finally unfurrowed.

Through their spiritual connection, he could tell beyond a reasonable doubt that this was indeed Jin Tong.

Jin Tong was silent for a moment, then suddenly extended a curtsey toward Han Li as she said, "Thank you for looking after me for so long, Uncle. Without you, I would've never been able to make it to this point."

"Why are you suddenly saying this?" Han Li asked with a surprised expression.

"I want to go out on my own and search for other Gold Devouring Immortals," Jin Tong replied.

"Have you already found some other Gold Devouring Immortals?" Han Li asked.

"No, but I have a vague sense of where they are," Jin Tong replied.

"While it's true that you've become significantly more powerful than before, I still don't think its safe for you to go off on your own," Han Li said.

"Master's right, the True Immortal Realm is a really dangerous place! Why don't you stay with Master? You'll always have stuff to eat, and with your combined powers, even if you encounter another late-High Zenith Stage Gold Devouring Immortal, you'll be able to take it down together!" Xiao Bai said.

Jin Tong was completely unmoved, and she shook her head as she said, "Searching for other Gold Devouring Immortals is my destiny. You also have things that you need to do as well, don't you, Uncle?"

Han Li fell silent upon hearing this.

Xiao Bai opened its mouth to say something, but decided against it after seeing the determined look on Jin Tong's face.

After a brief silence, Han Li asked, "Have you made up your mind?"

Jin Tong nodded in response.