Chapter 1459: Chapter 1430: Pursuit and Escape

When Li Chen left Auspicious Clear Town, Daai Yan finally found some clues in a certain place in Nanxiang Prefecture.

“The entire Star Continent is searching for this kid now, but those people don’t dare to expose themselves.” Daai Yan stood on a desolate mountain, a sinister smile appearing on his face.

In the Heaven Realm, time is not as pressing as it was before. Prior to this, he had searched for Li Chen for a full six months. But if that kid really has the legendary item, he’d be willing to search not just for six months, but for ten years, a hundred years, or even a thousand years more.

“Only I can openly search for this kid. Moreover, I’m the most likely to find him.” Daai Yan looked at the desolate mountain before him and started his deduction in silence.

Along the way, he finally found some traces of Li Chen.

Up to now, he could nearly confirm that after leaving, Li Chen had interacted with the disciples of the Extreme Wing Sect, and might have even killed several of them.

“Such audacity. He killed my disciples and even dared to kill the disciples of my Extreme Wing Sect.”

Upon entering the cave, Daai Yan found a lot of ashes inside.

If Li Chen were here, he would surely recognize that this cave was the very place where he once secluded himself to study Alchemy Dao and Formation Path.

“Looks like I found it!” Daai Yan sensed the remaining traces in the cave.

Although it had been half a year, the commotion Li Chen caused in this cave was indeed significant, so even after six months, there were still some remaining auras.

Very few people could perceive Li Chen’s aura, and Daai Yan happened to be one of them.

Li Chen’s current cultivation level was still too low. If he could enter the Heaven Following Realm and further his cultivation in the Taoist Magic, he could completely change his aura. By then, even Daai Yan might not be able to find him.

“It should be… this direction!” Daai Yan walked out of the cave, deduced for a moment, and finally locked onto a direction.

During this time, he had been continuously tracking Li Chen’s traces and desperately studying the Method of Deduction, hoping to find Li Chen through some special method.

“Kid, you can’t escape!” With a flicker in his eyes, the whole of Daai Yan disappeared from the spot.

And the direction he headed in was… Heiya Town!

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“This Mengde Mansion indeed looks a bit more advanced than Nanxiang Prefecture.” Li Chen sat inside a flying spirit artifact, traversing through the air, and encountered numerous Martial Artists.

While Li Chen was still in Nanxiang Prefecture, whether inside Baiyue City or outside, most martial artists he saw were at the Mid-Heaven Realm level, with many even at the Earth Level, and not many at the Envy Heaven Realm.

However, within Mengde Mansion, as he traveled, he saw many at the Envy Heaven Realm, and occasionally even encountered one or two Heavenly Realm Powerhouses gliding across the sky without using flying spirit artifacts.

Whenever he encountered such experts, Li Chen had to cautiously restrain his aura, not daring to expose himself at all.

After all, his current identity was quite sensitive, and even if he changed his appearance, he feared being recognized.

Here was no longer the world he used to know; who knows what magical methods those powerhouses might possess.

However, what relieved Li Chen was that since he stayed within the flying spirit artifact, no one seemed to have the intention to come and question him.

As cultivators in the Heaven Realm, most days weren’t very easy. Not to mention the Loose Cultivators, even the martial artists of certain powers faced the problem of insufficient resources. Although the Heaven Realm was vast, the number of martial artists was even greater.

Under the jurisdiction of each piece of Star Continent, there were numerous Realm Gate Passages, and beneath each Realm Gate Passage were worlds like the one where Li Chen originally resided. With so many people, even if one ascends every few hundred or thousand years, countless people ascend from each Star Continent every year.

And if these people never died, they would root themselves in the Heaven Realm, marry and have children, one generation after another. Plus, with the accumulation over countless years in the Heaven Realm, even if the realm were large and had abundant resources, it couldn’t supply so many people’s consumption indefinitely; resources would only become scarcer.

As resources became scarce and martial artists found it difficult to cultivate, they had to strive for their own gain. Except for a few talented disciples from major sects who received focused training and didn’t have to worry about resource issues, almost everyone had to fight desperately for cultivation resources.

This wasn’t a peaceful world, but a much more brutal one.

For example, now, after several days of flying in a flying spirit artifact, Li Chen was finally stopped by someone.

Looking at the group of people ahead, Li Chen’s brows furrowed slightly. A total of three flying spirit artifacts blocked him from three directions.

It seemed like the people in these three flying spirit artifacts had no intention of letting him go.

“Could I have been exposed? Impossible! I’m inside a flying spirit artifact, they can’t sense my aura, and this flying spirit artifact isn’t the original one from those two, it’s one I bought from a nearby city, these people…”

Just as Li Chen was pondering, the people from the three flying spirit artifacts stepped out, standing on the artifacts, looking down at Li Chen’s flying spirit artifact, and sharply commanded, “The person in front, come out now. Don’t force us to act.”

Li Chen hesitated for a moment, but still stepped out of the flying spirit artifact. The flying spirit artifact he was on was shaped like a ship. Standing on the deck, Li Chen’s face showed some confusion: “I was merely passing through; may I ask why you’ve stopped me?”

Hearing Li Chen’s words, the other party seemed taken aback, then looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Hearing the group laugh, Li Chen’s expression darkened slightly.

“He actually asked us why we stopped him? Is this his first day in the Heaven Realm?”

“Interesting, someone in this area who doesn’t recognize the flag of Heisha Ridge.”

Upon hearing this, Li Chen’s heart stirred: “Heisha Ridge? What place is that?”

However, on the surface, Li Chen remained composed: “Friends from Heisha Ridge, I was only passing through, and I’ll be leaving soon.”

“Leaving?” Among the group, the one with the highest cultivation, who was at the late stage of the Envy Heaven Realm, sneered: “You can leave, but you need to hand over your ring. Oh, and your ship also seems fine, so leave that too, and then you can get lost!”

Evidently, the Envy Heaven Realm middle stage cultivation of Li Chen was not taken seriously by this group.

Among the three flying spirit artifacts, there were over twenty people, with the weakest at the late stage of the Mid-Heaven Realm. The one with the highest cultivation, who spoke, was already at the late stage of the Envy Heaven Realm, almost at Perfection, and as if with just one more step, could become a Heaven Following Realm powerhouse.

Li Chen shook his head inwardly, once again encountering a robbery.