I Can Accumulate Proficiency, Starting from Alchemy

Chapter 857: Chapter 367: Immortal Castle Era, The Boundary of Life and Death_1

Two thoughts flickered into existence.

The instant the space changed, Han Yi memorized the face of the middle-aged cultivator.

In just a moment, he was teleported from the Ten-Thousand Battle node back to the Moon Shadow node. Following Du Ruhu’s instructions, he arrived at the side hall.

Half a Chinese hour later, the cultivators of the seventh team of the Moon Shadow Spirit Camp had all gathered.”

Han Yi took a glance, with his formidable memory, he instantly realized that out of around a hundred cultivators, three were missing.

These three cultivators included a Spirit Transformer, a Nascent Soul cultivator, and a Golden Core cultivator.

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A chill ran through his heart.

Generally, this situation signified that the three missing cultivators had met their demise.

Even on seemingly non-dangerous regular tasks, the death rate wasn’t low, serving a harsh reminder to Han Yi.

From his high position in the side hall, Du Ruhu looked at the crowd with a calm face. He had been in this Immortal Castle for over sixty years, witnessing countless Immortal Mansion practitioners perish. Even cultivators of his rank or stronger had fallen, something now he had become accustomed to.

“This time, for the routine mission no. 17, there were 103 cultivators from my seventh team. Three of their tokens have been returned, confirmed to have fallen in the void.”

“Out of the 1097 people in the Spirit Camp, a total of 41 have been confirmed to have fallen.”

“This is your first mission, moreover, it is a lower-rank regular mission.”

“In the void outside the domain, danger lurks everywhere. Even in seemingly harmless missions, there is a risk of death.”

At this point, Du Ruhu paused briefly, then instructed everyone to rest and cultivate well, and exchange their points for spiritual items as soon as possible.

And also,

They must be ready for sudden mission assignments, particularly combat and emergency missions.

In the Immortal Castle, regular missions aren’t usually concentrated but occur after a certain time gap. However, combat and emergency missions could happen at any time.

There was an instance when an emergency mission occurred merely three days after a combat mission ended.

The cultivators nodded in agreement.

Han Yi left the side hall with everyone, retreated to the area behind the side hall, passed through the Tai Chi Mysterious Light Array, and settled into his chamber. Only then did he relax.

In the quiet room

The image of the middle-aged cultivator from the Ten-Thousand Battle hall appeared in Han Yi’s mind.

The murderous intent in the cultivator’s eyes alarmed him.

Just after a fleeting glance, Han Yi, from the trace aura, knew that the middle-aged cultivator was a half-immortal.

However, he had never seen this half-immortal before. And, he had only been in the Immortal Castle from the Immortal Court to the Eastern Battlefield for a few days before he embarked on the regular mission.

During those few days, he was cultivating in solitude.

And in the regular mission, he did not cross paths with other cultivators

Conflict?

Han Yi raised an eyebrow.

Conflict isn’t just about face-to-face killings, there is also a conflict of interests.

As far as interests are concerned….

He recalled an unusual experience where he had shattered an incomplete Mechanical Divine Clan and obtained a large piece of Purple Mysterious Jade Marrow.

If there was indeed a conflict of interests, it would lie in these two points.

The first scenario, the half-immortal could be connected with the divine seed.

Could it be that the other party wanted to cultivate a Mechanical Divine Clan?

Han Yi shook his head, this possibility is quite low.

Given the cultivation base of the half-immortal, he can’t act as a spy. After all, in the Immortal Castle, even a half-immortal can’t access core information.

The second scenario, the other party might be connected with the Purple Mysterious Jade Marrow, this was easier to deduce.

Perhaps they placed the Purple Mysterious Jade Marrow on that shattered land, and for some reason, a crack appeared. This, by pure coincidence, drifted near the divine seed and attracted the absorption of the Purple Mysterious energy.

When the divine seed was metamorphosing, Han Yi happened to be observing the final fusion stage of the Green Reed Sword. Upon discovering it, he destroyed the divine seed and took the Jade Marrow.

It’s also possible that the other party has gotten the news through some channels, knowing that a Purple Mysterious Jade Marrow was hidden nearby, hence rushed over, only to find the Jade Marrow missing.

But this raises another question, how did the other party confirm that he was the one who took it?

Han Yi recalled the scene in the Ten-Thousand Battle hall, there were no anomalies when he entered. He took out the divine seed, exchanged points, and only after he left, was he noticed by the half-immortal.

In other words, the half-immortal recognized him from the divine seed he took out.

Suddenly, he remembered that when the divine seed had shattered, some aura was released. If someone with ulterior motives were to explore the area, it wouldn’t be difficult to discover.

In this way,

The second possibility seems higher.

Of course,

These deductions, in fact, are not important, what matters is the killing intent in the half-immortal’s eyes, indicating that the other party intends to kill Han Yi.

In theory, with the Immortal Castle token, if the other party really killed Han Yi in person, he would definitely be held accountable by the Immortal Court. According to the laws of the Immortal Castle, he would be doomed.

The other party was a half-immortal and unlikely to be so stupid.

But to kill a cultivator, aside from direct killing, there are countless other ways, such as deploying cultivators whose Divine Souls are under their control to attract enemies during a mission, and perish together.

That is why Han Yi maintained a basic level of caution when dealing with other cultivators.

“Half-immortal,” Han Yi murmured quietly.

For him, this was indeed unreachable. With his current cultivation base, he could slay cultivators in the latter phase of Spirit Transformation. When facing those at the Spirit Transformation peak, he at least had the strength to battle.