"Isn't that Elder Li of Exquisite Sound Sect?"
Li Feiyu encountered the Yellow Face Core Formation Cultivator he had met once before and stopped, saying, "Fellow Daoist Ge, we meet again. I need to go to Star Plucking Pavilion, could you do me a favor?"
"Not at all." The Yellow Face Cultivator glanced at the ring on Li Feiyu's hand and said with a faint smile, "We're all on the same side."
Li Feiyu chuckled, "Fellow Daoist Ge, I still have matters to attend to here. Let's chat again when we have time."
After the Yellow Face Cultivator left, Li Feiyu flew towards the Heavenly Star City market. After purchasing several decades' worth of Purple Heart Grass and Ice Linghua, he went directly to the teleportation array.
There, he met Xing Yao'er.
"Why are you here?" Both spoke at the same time.
Xing Yao'er said, "I heard Xing Jueyi say you went to do a Star Palace mission? Is it over so quickly?"
Hearing her speak, Li Feiyu knew she didn't know what his mission was, so he said, "Your news is quite well-informed. What's so difficult about this mission? It's just average for me."
Xing Yao'er pouted, somewhat disbelieving.
"By the way, what are you doing in the Chaotic Star Sea?"
"What about you?" Xing Yao'er retorted.
The two looked at each other, and Li Feiyu smiled slightly, "How about we go together?"
The guards of the teleportation array checked their rings, confirming they were indeed from the Star Palace faction, and then proceeded to teleport them. Unexpectedly, their teleportation destination was the same: Qiyuan Island.
Li Feiyu was surprised again.
Amidst the white light, Li Feiyu and Xing Yao'er's figures disappeared.
Unbeknownst to them, a few days later, more than ten Nascent Soul Cultivators from the Sect of Righteousness and Devilry arrived in Heavenly Star City, demanding that Heavenly Star City hand over the culprits who killed Scarlet Fire Old Freak and Wan Wusheng.
It was only then that the people of Star Palace realized that Li Feiyu had already completed his mission. They were still waiting for Li Feiyu's notification, but he had a premonition, decisively gave up the Demon Beast inner core and other items, and directly teleported to the Outer Star Sea.
Now, it would be impossible to find him in a short amount of time.
The Nascent Soul Elders of Star Palace were both surprised by Li Feiyu's methods and praised his decisiveness. If Li Feiyu were still in Heavenly Star City at that moment, Star Palace really might have pushed him out.
After all, if a Nascent Soul battle truly broke out, it could be them who died.
Now, they naturally would not admit that people from Star Palace killed them. After all, currently, no one in Star Palace below the Nascent Soul Stage could confidently kill any one of them in a one-on-one fight, let alone the two of them working together.
An atmosphere of impending storm permeated the vicinity of Heavenly Star City. Later, the aura of the Tianxing Double Sages erupted in Heavenly Star City, which finally startled them away.
The might of the Double Sages was something no one dared to ignore.
Soon after, another matter spread within the Star Commerce Alliance: the direct Young Miss of the Xing Family refused marriage and fled to the Outer Star Sea.
The person in Star Palace who was to become her Dao Companion was furious. He was a Prodigy of Star Palace, at the Major Achievement of Core Formation. He knew that Xing Yao'er had a special Physique, and her primordial yin would aid in forming a Nascent Soul. That's why he had his father, a Star Palace Elder, persuade them to facilitate this matter.
As the time approached, the other party actually fled the marriage, causing him to lose immense face. How could he not be angry?
His faction held considerable power in Star Palace, so he dispatched two Core Formation Middle Stage and one Core Formation Early Stage Cultivators to the Outer Star Sea to search for Xing Yao'er.
Speaking of which, after Li Feiyu and Xing Yao'er were teleported to Qiyuan Island, they separated and did not interfere with each other.
Before entering the city, Li Feiyu heard about the matter of the Insect Devil, knowing it was a ploy by the Nascent Soul Old Freaks to lure Li Feiyu out.
Therefore, he changed his appearance, concealed his aura, and disguised himself as an ordinary-looking Core Formation Early Stage Cultivator to enter Black Stone City.
After spending a few days getting familiar with the area, he planned to go search for Han Li.
This search lasted for two months.
"Mist Island, it should be here."
Under Han Li's deployment of more than a dozen Formations, a large amount of mist permeated the area. The mist on the island connected with the mist above, forming a natural mist Formation. Unless someone specifically used their Divine Sense to sweep or flew at low altitude, they wouldn't discover this Mist Island.
Li Feiyu discovered it by searching with his Divine Sense.
He hovered above the island. The island was not large, only fifty or sixty li, but the environment was complex, with barren land, forests, grasslands, and mountains.
Extending his Divine Sense, he found that the Spiritual Qi quality emanating from the Spiritual Vein here was surprisingly not low.
"He really knows how to pick a place."
Continuing his Divine Sense search, Li Feiyu quickly discovered traces of a powerful Formation. He smiled slightly and flew directly over.
Li Feiyu surveyed the large Formation light shield emitting a faint glow in front of him. He immediately understood and said lightly, "Not bad, it can block a Core Formation Middle Stage Cultivator. It seems Han Li's Formation knowledge has grown considerably."
"Unfortunately… it can't block me."
Li Feiyu did not violently break it. Instead, he summoned hundreds of Spirit Devouring Golden Cicadas from one of his Spirit Beast bags.
A buzzing sound arose. Under the command of the Rank five Golden Cicadas, they all clung to the light shield and bit furiously. Before long, they bit open a large gap, wide enough for Li Feiyu to pass through.
Li Feiyu stepped inside, while the Spirit Devouring Golden Cicadas returned to the Spirit Beast bag. As for the large Formation light shield, it slowly healed with time.
The Spirit Devouring Golden Cicadas tearing open a gap in the large Formation was not breaking the Formation, but temporarily blocking the Spiritual Qi in that area. In just a moment, the large Formation would return to normal.
Unless a Formation Master constantly monitored it, it would be difficult to detect immediately.
Not long after walking, Li Feiyu arrived in front of Han Li's Immortal Cave. There was another layer of Formation Restriction outside the Immortal Cave.
This Formation's defensive capability was not strong, but it combined an illusion Formation and a maze Formation.
Under the illusion of the Formation, Han Li's Immortal Cave appeared to be just a mountain wall. Li Feiyu smiled and transmitted his voice, "Junior Brother Han, Senior Brother has come to visit. Why don't you come out and greet me quickly?"
After a while, a wry smile appeared on Li Feiyu's face, "Is my luck that bad? He's not even home!"
Li Feiyu lowered his head and rubbed his chin, silently thinking, "That's right, Han Li should be hunting Demon Beast inner cores in the Demon Beast Sea Abyss for his secluded Cultivation. He probably won't be back anytime soon."
Han Li, being so cautious, certainly wouldn't hunt Demon Beasts right outside his home. His location must be completely opposite to this sea area, perhaps several months' journey away.
Li Feiyu sighed and built an Immortal Cave about a li away from Han Li's, living adjacent to him.
He must be pleasantly surprised when he returns!
Li Feiyu began Cultivating the Nascent Soul Stage Divine Ability of the Yi Wood Azure Lightning Art. This was much simpler than Cultivating the Blazing Sun True Fire, but only in his opinion.
Because to Cultivate quickly, one must condense a large amount of medicinal essence from Spirit Medicine of three thousand years or more, and even more so from ten-thousand-year-old ones.
However, Li Feiyu only had a few types of Spirit Medicine that could be cultivated to ten thousand years. Most common ones were difficult to grow beyond two or three thousand years. Still, there were some that could reach five thousand years or more, which was sufficient for Li Feiyu's Cultivation.
He Cultivated Divine Abilities during the day and meditated to refine Qi at night, without a single day of rest.
With such dedication, in just two years, Li Feiyu successfully Cultivated the Yi Wood Azure Lightning Nascent Soul Stage Major Divine Ability, B Wood True Lightning.
Although the two only differed by one word, their power differed by more than ten times. In terms of the Rank of lightning Divine Abilities, it was only slightly inferior to the Evil-warding Divine Thunder.
For this, Li Feiyu sacrificed over twenty five-thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine and five or six ten-thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine.
After that, he spent half his day Cultivating and half studying Formations, trying to refine Formation Flags and Formation Plates himself, making clear progress.
Such a simple and monotonous life passed for five years.