Chapter 762 - 121: Escape from Yuanzhou (Part 4)

Just let out a cold snort.

Brought with him his followers and went straight up to the private room on the second floor of the Drunken Immortal Tavern.

It wasn’t until the Saintess’s figure disappeared.

That the oppressive atmosphere inside the Drunken Immortal Tavern slightly eased.

Only then did Li Ji’an straighten up, his face showing some gravity.

"Fellow Daoist Li, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’ve dragged you into this!"

Wang Yuanbao leaned in, looking apologetic.

Li Ji’an ignored him.

Picked up the spirit wine on the table and took a sip.

But in his mind, he was pondering: Why would the Saintess appear in Beichen Immortal City?

Wang Yuanbao, on the other hand, was well-informed.

Clicking his tongue, he said, "It seems this Saintess is also heading to Central Ancestral Origin Province."

"However, the grand array around Yuan Province has been blocked by the Holy Land, not allowed to be opened lightly."

"I guess she plans to leave together when the Lingyun Pavilion’s mining team departs."

Li Ji’an was stirred in his heart and asked, "Does borrowing the path require the Holy Land’s approval?"

"Of course!"

Wang Yuanbao nodded, "Wasn’t it that little thief who stole the Immortal Pill from the Holy Land’s elder half a year ago, causing the Holy Land to be on lockdown for so long? Otherwise, it wouldn’t be so complicated."

Li Ji’an nodded in agreement without showing any emotion.

"I heard this time the Holy Land sent a late-stage Core Formation Ascendant to investigate."

"Late-stage Core Formation?" Li Ji’an, hearing this, felt a slight relief in his heart.

It seems the Holy Land still believes he is only a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator.

They think a late-stage Core Formation elder is enough to see through his disguise and breath concealment.

But what they don’t know is.

Though Li Ji’an is only at mid-stage Golden Core cultivation.

His divine soul foundation already rivals a Nascent Soul and Primordial Spirit.

The divine sense of an ordinary late-stage Core Formation cultivator simply cannot see through his disguise.

The seven days passed in the blink of an eye.

The day to open the grand array arrived.

The east gate of Beichen Immortal City was bustling with people.

The mining team of Lingyun Pavilion, the recruited honored guest elders,

and other cultivators needing to leave by this path, all queued up here waiting for inspection.

Li Ji’an blended into the honored guest elders’ queue, his expression calm.

But secretly, he had raised his vigilance to the highest level.

Wang Yuanbao stood beside him, still with that playful smile on his face.

Yet his eyes occasionally scanned over the queue of people.

Not knowing what he was paying attention to.

The inspection proceeded in an orderly manner.

The cultivators ahead stepped forward one by one to undergo the divine sense inspection of the Holy Land elder.

Once confirmed to be correct, they were allowed to pass through the grand array.

Soon, it was the turn of the cultivators not far in front of Li Ji’an.

It was at this moment that a sudden change occurred!

A mighty Nascent Soul True Monarch aura burst forth abruptly.

Resounding through the heavens and earth like a thunderclap.

Immediately following, a brilliant sword light appeared out of thin air.

Carrying the power to destroy everything.

In a brief moment, it slashed towards the queue of people!

"Not good!"

Li Ji’an’s face changed suddenly.

He instinctively circulated his magical power to resist.

Where the sword light passed, screams echoed.

Many cultivators with low cultivation were too late to react.

They were directly cleaved in two, blood staining the ground red.

Several mid-stage Core Formation loose cultivators didn’t escape.

Amidst the chaos, he finally saw clearly.

The target of that sword light was right beside him, Wang Yuanbao!

"Cangfeng brat, you’ve got quite the skill."

"To actually detect my presence!"

The playful smile on Wang Yuanbao’s face disappeared instantly.

Replaced by a sneer.

His aura surged violently.

The mid-stage Core Formation disguise was completely torn apart.

The pressure of a Nascent Soul True Monarch was unleashed with a bang.

He waved his hand to block the sword light.

His gaze fixed intently on a figure outside the crowd.

There stood a cultivator in a blue-grey Daoist robe, with a fierce expression, hands behind his back.

It was none other than Cangfeng True Monarch, one of the four True Monarchs of Cangyuan Holy Land, in charge of the Hall of Punishment!

It turned out, Cangfeng True Monarch had been secretly examining the cultivators leaving the boundary of the province here all along.

He happened to detect the hidden Nascent Soul aura of Wang Yuanbao.

And immediately struck.

Li Ji’an was caught in the aftermath of the sword light.

His blood surged.

To resist, he instinctively exploded his Golden Core cultivation.

The disguising and breath-concealing secret technique on him also failed as a result.

Revealing his original appearance.

"It’s you!"

Before he could even be shocked that this annoying fat cultivator over the past few days was actually a Nascent Soul True Monarch, a cold voice rang out.

It was that Cangyuan Saintess.

She at this moment also perceived Li Ji’an’s true identity.

A flash of fury crossing her eyes.

Without hesitation, she summoned her long sword.

Chased after Li Ji’an: "Thief, it’s you! So you are indeed here!"

"Let’s see where you escape to today!"

Li Ji’an’s disguise had been shattered by the True Monarch’s sword Qi and was now being firmly targeted by the Saintess.

He frowned silently.

With a slight shift in thought, he turned and left, without hesitation fleeing towards the depths of the Immortal City.