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

Chapter 937: Holy Remains

"Sometimes, knowledge can be a burden, Fellow Daoist Li. It won't benefit you at all to ask too many questions here," Gu Qianxun replied.

Han Li raised an arm in silence, and a tremendous aura erupted out of his body, one that was filled with violence and brutality, much like the aura of a fearsome beast that had just awakened from a long slumber.

"Fine, I'll tell you everything," Gu Qianxun sighed.

Han Li stopped what he was doing upon hearing this, but his arm remained held aloft as he waited for Gu Qianxun to continue.

Gu Qianxun opened her mouth as if to speak, but all of a sudden, the bone spear in her hand shot forth without any warning, springing at Han Li like a vicious viper.

Han Li seemed to have already anticipated this, and he casually caught the bone spear, but right as he was about to retaliate, the bone spear suddenly began to tremble violently as all of its star acupoints began to release dazzling white light.

The bone spear exploded with a resounding boom into close to twenty fragments, all of which hurtled toward Han Li like pieces of lethal shrapnel.

At the same time, the tip of the spear split open once again to form a four-petaled white flower, and the petals flew directly at Han Li's chest at a far faster speed than the other fragments of the bone spear.

In the blink of an eye, they were no more than half a foot away from Han Li's chest, and this time, Han Li was caught off guard as he immediately shot back in retreat while throwing a punch forward.

The space ahead of him instantly solidified into an invisible wall that stopped the four white petals cold in their tracks, but they immediately began to struggle and writhe like living creatures, attempting to pierce through the invisible wall.

Ultimately, the four petals ran out of power and clattered to the ground along with the fragments of the bone spear.

"Farewell, Fellow Daoist Li."

Gu Qianxun had already fled into the distance in the same instant that the bone spear was detonated, and Han Li was just about to set off in pursuit when the devilish ape erupted out of the pile of rubble that it had been buried under before pouncing at Shi Chuankong.

The devilish ape let loose a thunderous roar as it swung its massive fist at Shi Chuankong's head, and Han Li's brows furrowed slightly as he was forced to turn his attention away from Gu Qianxun.

A resounding boom rang out as the devilish ape's fist drew to a shuddering halt around half a foot above Shi Chuankong's head. It had been stopped by a hand, which stood in front of it like an immovable mountain.

Immediately thereafter, Han Li swung his other arm through the air, and the devilish ape was sent flying like a rag doll before exploding in mid-air into a cloud of black mist.

At this point, Gu Qianxun had already vanished into the distance.

Han Li took a glance in the direction that she had fled in, and by his estimates, he would have a roughly 50% chance of chasing her down if he were to go after her now, but he refrained from doing so.

Even though Gu Qianxun had refused to talk, he already had a decent idea of why she was aiming to kill Shi Chuankong.

Han Li turned his gaze to Shi Chuankong, and he was just about to say something when Shi Chuankong raised a hand with great difficulty, then reached into the front of his ruined robes to pull out a white jade vial.

He then tipped out a crimson pill from the vial before devouring it, immediately following which a hint of color instantly returned to his cheeks, while all of the wounds on his body also began to glow red.

The wounds were rapidly healing within the red light, and in just a few seconds, all of his external injuries had been healed.

All of a sudden, a serious look appeared on Shi Chuankong's face as he began to chant an incantation while tapping his fingers all over his own body, and a burst of translucent crimson light appeared over his chest.

A hint of elation appeared on Shi Chuankong's face at the sight of the speck of crimson light, and he began to speed up in his chanting and his finger movements.

A faint splashing sound could be heard ringing out within his body, as if there were a river flowing inside, and the speck of crimson light began to flicker before slowly moving from his chest to his left arm.

He immediately raised his right hand and chopped it down viciously upon his own left shoulder without any hesitation, amputating the entire arm.

As soon as his left arm was detached from his body, the speck of crimson light on it immediately erupted into a crimson flame that set the entire arm alight.

Han Li hurriedly grabbed onto Shi Chuankong and dragged him to the side upon seeing this.

The effects of the pill that Shi Chuankong had just taken hadn't run its course yet, and the wound on his left shoulder was instantly sealed, thereby stopping the bleeding.

At this point, Shi Chuankong's left arm had already been incinerated into ashes, and the crimson flames had also faded away, leaving only a crimson jade-like bead behind.

A hint of surprise flashed through Han Li's eyes upon seeing this.

"Don't move!" Shi Chuankong warned, and Han Li did as he was told, remaining perfectly still on the spot.

The crimson bead was trembling slightly as if it were scouring the surrounding environment, only to ultimately give up on its search and vanish into the ground.

Only then did a look of relief appear on Shi Chuankong's face as he reached into the front of his own robe to pull out another crimson pill that he promptly devoured.

The wound on his left shoulder instantly began to glow with radiant crimson light, and a new arm was rapidly emerging.

In less than twenty seconds, a brand new arm had appeared to replace Shi Chuankong's amputated one.

Han Li's eyes lit up slightly upon seeing this. In the outside world, regrowing a limb wasn't a difficult task thanks to the world's origin qi present in the environment, but it was not so simple in the Scalptia Spatial Domain.

Even though Shi Chuankong had regrown a new arm, he was still looking extremely pale, and he sat down with his legs crossed to digest the two pills that he had just taken.

Han Li strode over to his side and also sat down before closing his eyes to rest.

Three days and three nights flew by in a flash.

By the time Shi Chuankong opened his eyes again, his complexion was looking much better, and he took a deep breath as he rose to his feet.

"Are you feeling alright, Fellow Daoist Shi?" Han Li asked as he also stood up.

"You really are my lucky star, Fellow Daoist Li. Without you, I would be long dead by now," Shi Chuankong said with a wry smile.

"It's fine. What are friends for? By the way, what was that crimson bead that came out of your body?" Han Li asked.

"That was a drop of blood essence that E Kuai planted into my body using a blood tracking secret technique, and it can allow him to monitor someone within a certain range. Even though I was severely wounded by the Explosive Space Realm Talisman, its power also destroyed part of the blood tracking secret technique by a stroke of luck, thereby allowing me to expel it from my body," Shi Chuankong explained.

"I see. The Scalptia Spatial Domain may be devoid of spiritual and devilish qi, but there's still no lack of these unorthodox techniques," Han Li remarked.

"It was also because of this blood tracking secret technique that I acted so cold and detached to you in the past. Please forgive me, Fellow Daoist Li," Shi Chuankong said in an apologetic manner.

"There's no need to apologize, I would've done the same thing under those circumstances. Having said that, what I want to know is why E Kuai planted this blood tracking secret technique in your body," Han Li said.

Shi Chuankong's expression stiffened slightly upon hearing this, following which a sullen look appeared in his eyes.

Han Li made no attempt to rush him, merely patiently waiting for him to respond.

"If you hadn't saved me just now, I would already be dead, so I won't keep any secrets from you. Truth be told, I entered the Scalptia Spatial Domain with you not just to help you search for Violet Spirit. Instead, I have another objective, and that's actually my main objective for entering the Scalptia Spatial Domain," Shi Chuankong said after a long silence.

From the conversation that had taken place between Shi Chuankong and Shi Zhanfeng, Han Li had already guessed that Shi Chuankong had an alternate motive for entering the Scalptia Spatial Domain, so he wasn't surprised to hear this, and he asked, "What is it?"

"I came here to search for the Scalptia Holy Remains," Shi Chuankong replied.

"What's that?" Han Li asked.

"I'm not sure of the exact details myself. All I've heard is that it's an exceptional treasure that's extremely helpful for breaking through the Great Encompassment Stage bottleneck, and that there's a very good chance that it's in the Great Ruins. I initially came into the Scalptia Spatial Domain for Pokong's sake, but from now on, I'm going to live for myself.

“I have some information on the Great Ruins given to me by Pokong, and one of the main reasons E Kuai decided to imprison me is because he wanted to get his hands on this information. Would you be interested in coming with me to search for the Scalptia Holy Remains? I'm sure it'll be extremely helpful to you as well," Shi Chuankong replied.

"In that case, E Kuai has also entered the Great Ruins to obtain these holy remains, right?" Han Li asked.

"That's most likely the case. However, he's a man who's harboring many secrets, and I think he has some other objectives as well," Shi Chuankong replied as his brows furrowed slightly.

"If E Kuai is also searching for these holy remains, then we'll be pitting ourselves against him by also searching for it. This is a very significant decision to make, so please allow me some time to think," Han Li said.

"Of course, take all the time you need," Shi Chuankong replied with a nod.

In any case, they weren't going to be able to set off anytime soon. Even though Shi Chuankong appeared to have already made a full recovery, his internal injuries were still quite severe, so he was going to require an extended period of rest and recuperation.

After resting for three more days, Shi Chuankong had only made a halfway recovery, and the two of them began making their way deeper into the plaza.