I Can Accumulate Proficiency, Starting from Alchemy

Chapter 457: Chapter 240: Star River Monarch, Mid-stage Golden Core

Of course, it was Han Yi who killed Shi Heng.

Han Yi would never mistake Shi Heng’s aura, especially after his Ninefold Soul Tower had broken through to the “Breaking through the mortal and entering the holy” level. His Divine Soul was as strong as the Golden Core Peak, making him extremely sensitive to auras.

So after moving a little further from the scene he had set, Han Yi decided to strike, killing Shi Heng.

Originally, Han Yi planned to create the illusion of Yuan Shun’s appearance and then quietly leave. As for Qin Wuxian’s whereabouts, it would be hard to find him in the vast Shu Du. However, he did not expect a new discovery.

Fragrance Sect.

Han Yi detested this evil cult very much. The experiences of Zheng Hai and Yan Ru were all related to this evil cult. When he had been in Shu Du previously, he had been hunted down by its preachers and even its hall masters several times.

That’s why Han Yi decisively made his move.

His Traceless Sword severed Shi Heng’s head, and he immediately activated the Soul-searching Secret Skill, condensing Shi Heng’s Divine Soul memories into a soul shadow.

Then, he put away the opponent’s Qiankun Ring, his figure flickered, and he disappeared from the spot.

In a certain huge mansion in Qian Du, an old man with a majestic aura was sitting on a cushion.

When Shi Heng was killed by Han Yi and his Divine Soul was destroyed and condensed into a soul shadow, this old man opened his eyes. In his pupils, stars floated and moons flickered.

“Shi Heng is dead.”

“Is it really Yuan Shun?”

The old man muttered and slowly stood up. Behind him, a star map slowly closed and merged into his robe, forming a pattern of numerous stars.

“It seems that I will have to take action personally.”

“At this critical moment, I can’t let him ruin everything.”

“I want to see if you, a cultivator who has obtained the remains of a half-immortal and is half-human and half-corpse, can withstand my All

Heavens True Form Diagram.”

As soon as he uttered ‘All Heavens True Form Diagram,’ the stars on the old man’s robes shone brightly. A powerful aura shook the surroundings for a moment, then quickly condensed again.

The old man took a light step and disappeared from the spot. In the blink of an eye, he had reached a hundred meters in the sky.

Below was a huge courtyard in the Fourth Immortal Ring of Shu Du.

The plaque hanging on the gate of the courtyard read “Duke Wen Chang’s

Mansion.”

Duke Wen Chang was one of the seven dukes of Daqian, the lowest-key and least noticeable duke.

If there had been other Monarch cultivators from Daqian present, they would have recognized the old man inside the Wen Chang Mansion as the former sect master of the Star Moon Sect, one of the eight major sects of Daqian.

This cultivator had given up the title of Star Moon Monarch and been awarded the title of Star River Monarch.

Having left the Wen Chang Mansion in the Fourth Immortal Ring, Star River Monarch’s steps tore through space, and in less than an hour, he had traveled from the Fourth Immortal Ring to the Eighth Immortal Ring. He suddenly descended to a street corner, and though there was no corpse, he caught the faint aura of destruction, condensing it into a soul guide.

Quietly murmuring a secret art, he wanted to track with the soul guide, but stopped abruptly as the soul guide at his fingertip slowly dissipated.

Star River Monarch’s pupils lifted, his expression slightly solemn, and the stars above his head flickered rapidly.

“Soul Skill?”

“It’s a very clever Soul Skill. It’s rumored that Yuan Shun had some connections with the Soul Hall. It seems that it must be Yuan Shun, no doubt.”

“However, even a Soul Skill cannot reveal the secret of the Holy Hall.”

“But I have to report to the Holy Master that we must speed up our plan.”

Star River Monarch took to the sky again, tearing through space and leaving.

His destination was an even deeper Immortal Ring.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

After changing his mind, Han Yi returned to the collapsed inn and sank his mind into the Sea of Consciousness Space. He summoned the soul shadow he had just condensed and quickly browsed its memories.

However.

What surprised Han Yi was that there were small areas in its memories that were completely dark. It seemed that a restriction had been placed on them, but the other visible parts still contained astonishing information.

In one scene, Han Yi’s soul trembled as he saw a familiar cultivator being killed by another cultivator surrounded by dazzling stars. The cultivator’s soul was swallowed up by the stars and disappeared.

Qin Wuxian.

The cultivator in the scene was none other than Qin Wuxian, whom Han Yi had been trying to find.

And the cultivator who killed him didn’t hide his identity in the scene. He was clearly the Star Moon Sect’s Star River Monarch.

Qin Wuxian’s final roar erupted from the scene, fuelling the rage in Han Yi’s heart.

Moreover, another piece of information was revealed from the memory: A major event was about to take place in the Fragrance Sect in Shu Du. However, every time the major event was mentioned, the scene went dark, indicating that this part of the information was hidden.

While searching through Shi Heng’s memories, Han Yi also discovered a secret about the Fragrance Sect’s hall masters. In the sect, several hall masters had corresponding protectors. Although they knew that there were other protectors and a Holy Master in the sect, they had never seen the other protectors, let alone the Holy Master.

Wen Zhen, Pang Li, and Shi Heng were all under the protection of Star River Monarch.

After thinking for a moment, Han Yi let his soul power surge out to probe the dark memories, only to suddenly find the dark memories boiling and exploding in an instant. However, he had anticipated this and waved his hand to sweep away the exploded memory shadows, which hit the edge of the Sea of Consciousness Space.

In the next instant.

The exploded soul shadow was swiftly absorbed and devoured by the black bead in the sky of the Sea of Consciousness.

Han Yi was not surprised by this. While the soul shadow was condensed using the Soul-searching Secret Skill, the memories of the cultivator had been restricted. When he probed them, he triggered the restriction, causing this part of the information to mutate, with the black bead naturally treating it as foreign soul energy..