Chapter 653: Cunning Old Man (2/2)

Mo Wuji startled. How did Yu Minjiang know that he had immortal lattice stones?

This thought only briefly fleeted across Mo Wuji’s mind before he came to an understanding. Previously when Yu Minjiang asked him whether he could acquire the immortal lattice stones, he did not hesitate to say that he could.

It seems like that was the problem. If he didn’t have any immortal lattice stones, he would have to contemplate before deciding that he could do it. Even a brief hesitation was a hesitation. However, he did not hesitate at all. Perhaps an average person might dismiss that. However, for a cunning old fox liek Yu Minjiang, he noticed it immediately.

A sense of helplessness arose in Mo Wuji’s heart. Facing this old man’s plethora of schemes, he was tricked because of a slight carelessness. At least he was in a safety zone previously; so he could slowly deliberate on how he could leave the immortal sealing array. But now, he was facing waves of killing intent all around him.

If the killing intent wasn’t enough, he also needed to be cautious of any kinds of seals. A strand of grass, a wooden twig, a tiny stone…

Anything that appeared in front of him could be a seal. If he was sealed in the immortal sealing array, then he could forget about leaving in his entire lifetime.

As Mo Wuji controlled the Book of Luo to block the occasional killing intent that hit him, he also condensed his spiritual eye as he carefully manoevred with Da Huang.

Yu Minjiang’s voice was calling out continuously, calling for Mo Wuji to trade and to give him some immortal lattice stones. But now, Mo Wuji was more willing to be trapped in the immortal sealing array, then to engage in a trade with Yu Minjiang. He didn’t even bother replying Yu Minjiang as he trodded away quickly.

Yu Minjiang, this old thing, was far too cunning. No matter what he did, he wouldn’t be able to get the upper hand. Since that was the case, then the trade wouldn’t be fair and equal. And since the trade wouldn’t be fair, then what was the need for the trade? Mo Wuji believed in that point strongly and decided to proceed on with his spiritual eye and his instincts.

By now, he didn’t have great hopes of leaving. He only hoped that he could find another safety zone. As for the Immortal Seeking Token, it was directly thrown into his spiritual ring.

As expected, after a complete lack of response from Mo Wuji, Yu Minjiang started to get anxious. He was worried that if Mo Wuji got too far, even if Mo Wuji was trapped in the immortal sealing array, he wouldn’t be able to get hold of Mo Wuji’s storage ring.

Unfortunately for him, his plans might have been meticulous, but Mo Wuji wasn’t a fool. After two hours, Yu Minjiang knew that he had won the battle, but lost the war.

Even though he might have many other methods and ideas up his sleeves, he was completely helpless if Mo Wuji ignored him. Yu Minjiang could only be filled with depression; he had never met a fella like Mo Wuji before. Not only didn’t he not gain anything, he even lost a consciousness crystal and his important green stone.

Fortunately, he still had the spiritual will imprint. As long as he had the spiritual will imprint, he would be able to locate Mo Wuji, then get his ring.

That’s not right…. Yu Minjiang quickly felt that something was amiss. Mo Wuji had given him the spiritual will imprint which should be able to feel Mo Wuji within the immortal sealing array. That’s not right; even if he couldn’t get Mo Wuji’s location, he should at least be able to feel Mo Wuji.

A wave of depression flooded into Yu Minjiang’s mind. He had been played with by an ant twice.

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”Boom!” Another wave of killing intent slammed against the Book of Luo. Even though the killing intent was entire blocked by the Book of Luo, the powerful impact still left Mo Wuji’s chest unsettled and his meridians circulating with difficulty. Fortunately, Mo Wuji was experienced by now. He knew that these waves of killing intent didn’t come consecutively. As long as he defended against one, it would take some time before the next killing intent arrives.

Actually, the killing intent wasn’t the greatest threat here. The greatest threat was that he could easily get sealed if he was ever careless.

If not for his spiritual eye, he probably would have been sealed over a hundred times.

An exquisite stone arch bridge appeared in front of Mo Wuji; below the stone arch bridge was a relatively narrow, dried-up river. That stone arch bridge looked innocuous, but Mo Wuji decided to stop in his tracks.

He had a premonition that if he stepped on that bridge, he would be sealed in the bridge forever.

He wasn’t going to step on that bridge. Just when Mo Wuji decided to skirt over the bridge, a faint red colour appeared on the white pearl in his hand.

This was the bloodline seeking token that Ji Feiqian left behind. Did this red colour mean that Ji Li was nearby? Mo Wuji’s heart started pounding as he hurriedly walked back.

At the instant that Mo Wuji retreated, he saw some faint foot prints in front of him. These foot prints were clearly not his; they were bigger than his by an entire fold. Mo Wuji could catch a faint elemental energy and enigmatic runic energy from those foot prints. A layer of cold sweat instantly formed on his back.

If not for the red colour on the bloodline seeking token, he might have stepped on those foot prints. According to his experience, those foot prints were definitely a seal in the immortal sealing array.

”Thanks.” Mo Wuji silently thanked Ji Li. If Ji Li wasn’t in his surroundings, how could he have avoided that.

From the looks of it, he still wasn’t careful enough.

[TL’s thoughts] I’m rather confused about the Immortal Seeking Token, but here’s how I think it actually is. Yu Minjiang created the Immortal Seeking Token, which was also an unsealing token. (But it needed the green stone for some array). Ji Feiqian also used this token as a bloodline seeking token, so that Mo Wuji could find Ji Li.