Chapter 248: Leaving the City (2/2)

Li Ye waited for her to disappear from his sight, then snorted and said to Nie Tian, “Watch out for this woman, Hua Tian. I’ve heard about some of the stuff that she’s done. She’s not a simple person. If it weren’t for the fact that she had agreed to take one of my Heart Crushing Pills, I wouldn’t have let her go with you. She can’t do anything to you while you’re in Shatter City, but it’s hard to say when you leave the city.”

“Are you afraid that she’ll kill me?” Nie Tian sounded surprised.

“I can’t rule out that possibility if she hadn’t taken the Heart Crushing Pill,” Li Ye replied. “You’ve got to remember that there isn’t a single person in the Realm of Split Void who doesn’t have a complicated past, especially a woman like her.”

“Oh, but why do you think you can trust me?” Nie Tian was curious.

“Because Mr. Hua brought you here, and his relationship with my master…” Li Ye didn’t finish his sentence. “Umm… You’re no outsider to me. Let’s just leave it at that. Come on, time to go.”

A short while later, Nie Tian and Li Ye arrived at the grand inter-spatial teleportation portal in the central square of Shatter City, where Hu Han had already been waiting.

On their way to the square, Li Ye had given Nie Tian some advice, along with a green jade bracelet and a map, on which a safe route had been marked out for him.

After Li Ye handed a number of spirit stones to Liu Kang, the Blood Skull member who managed the portal, he beckoned for Nie Tian and Hu Han to step into the portal.

Seconds later, the spell formation was activated, and Nie Tian and Hu Han disappeared in a cluster of blindingly bright light.

In the next moment, the two of them appeared in the small teleportation portal Pei Qiqi had set up in the Void Illusion Mountain Range.

After switching to another environment, Hu Han suddenly became much more talkative. She shot a glance at Nie Tian and said, “I’ve never seen Li Ye behaving so friendly toward anyone.”

Nie Tian smiled and said, “I’m only here to practice cultivation. I have no interest in exploring. The region I’m going to has long since been fully explored. Therefore, there won’t be any strong spirit beasts or explorers in that region.”

“Okay, I see.” Hu Han looked deeply at him, as if she wanted to see through what was special about him. However, the young man in front her seemed every bit as ordinary as any other.

She couldn’t figure out why Li Ye, who had a high opinion of himself, would attach such importance to Nie Tian.

Hu Han took out a hollow, diamond-shaped stone and handed it to Nie Tian, saying, “Here, take this Sound Stone. You can use it to communicate with me as long as we’re within five kilometers of each other. But if we’re any further apart, they’ll stop working. I’ll try my best to remain within that distance from you while I explore. Should you encounter any trouble, use it to call me, and I’ll be there as soon as I can.”

Nie Tian grabbed the Sound Stone and held it close to his mouth. As soon as he whispered into it, he heard his voice coming out of the Sound Stone in Hu Han’s pocket.

“Remember, be safe.” Hu Han said with a straight face. “If you die, no matter how, I’ll suffer the same fate.”

“Of course!” Nie Tian said, smiling. “I didn’t come here to die. I like living.”

Just as Hu Han was about to turn around and leave, she hesitated. After a moment of pondering, she said, “Forget it. I’ll escort you to the place you’re going to first, in case something happens to you on your way there.”

“Alright,” Nie Tian said.

Then, Nie Tian put on the green jade bracelet. When he was enveloped by a green power shield, he walked out of the cave with Hu Han.

Right before Hu Han stepped out of the cave, a faint red light shield surrounded her, keeping the poisonous spiritual Qi away.

After Nie Tian showed Hu Han the route on the map, Hu Han led the way for Nie Tian. From time to time, she would unleash her psychic awareness to scan the vicinity, and lead Nie Tian away as soon as they saw any spatial rifts.

The two of them marched cautiously through the Void Illusion Mountain Range. After all, unlike Pei Qiqi, neither of them had mastered any secret magics. They had to be extra careful to steer clear of spatial rifts and spirit beasts.

It took them six full hours to arrive at the the place Li Ye had marked out for Nie Tian on the map.

“This is it. I just checked. As Li Ye said, there isn’t any sign of life in this area. You’ll be safe here.” After escorting Nie Tian to his destination, Hu Han only said a few words, then rapidly left the place.

It was already deep into the night.

Numerous stars were shining brightly in the sky.

Nie Tian was so eager to refine his vortex of star power with the starlight that he didn’t even take surveillance before rapidly finding a spot and starting to use the Fragmentary Star Incantation to channel starlight from the sky.