Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 499: Chapter 296: False Infant

The night at Fire Cloud Valley still featured faint red lights flickering; that was where the ‘Fiery Sun Sky Fruits’ were planted, and it was also the most noticeable landmark of Fire Cloud Valley in the evening.

Thirty li away from Fire Cloud Valley, a person was observing the distant valley.

His aura was obscure, making it impossible for others to sense his realm; furthermore, even the Sect Formation that was very close at hand could not detect his presence.

This man was Supervisor Feng Yi, a powerful being of the Fake Infant Realm.

Though his strength was exceedingly formidable, he had no intention of attacking the Sect Formation of Fire Cloud Valley by force; he didn’t even want Fire Cloud Valley to become aware of his actions.

While Fire Cloud Valley was not a major sect, its influence was extremely terrifying, with connections established through alchemical pills over countless years, spread throughout the entire Beishu Continent.

Offending the Shushan Sect would render the Skywalk Trading Company unable to move an inch within the sphere of influence of the Shushan Sect; offending Fire Cloud Valley, however, could lead to unexpected trouble anywhere on the Beishu Continent.

Besides, if Supervisor Feng Yi’s actions were not discovered and he managed to retrieve the ‘Red Infant Ginseng Fruit’, not only would it avoid offending Fire Cloud Valley, it would also prevent the Shushan Sect from learning about his move against Li Shiming.

Of course, even with a forceful attack, the Sect Formation of Fire Cloud Valley would be able to withstand him for some time, allowing Fire Cloud Valley to send out a distress signal.

Given the relations of Fire Cloud Valley, it would be enough to call upon a Nascent Soul Ancestor for assistance, and then his trouble would be even greater.

Supervisor Feng Yi sat down cross-legged. With a light wave of his hand, an Array Plate appeared beside him, emitting beams of light that covered his figure, swiftly causing him to vanish from sight.

This was a Fourth-grade Array Plate made by an Array Master, with one singular effect: concealment.

This was no ordinary concealment, but one that created an isolated space within the Fourth-grade Array Plate, cutting off everything inside from any connection with the outside world.

Feng Yi’s expression was calm. He closed his eyes slowly, and above his head, a small figure leaped out from his body.

The tiny person bore the same features as Feng Yi but was a mere one inch tall. Upon closer inspection, every detail of the body was proportionally scaled down, with no difference from Feng Yi himself.

Even the clothes on the tiny figure were the same as those of Feng Yi at that moment; this tiny being was indeed Feng Yi’s False Infant.

The False Infant is actually a Nascent Soul too, albeit an imperfect one.

Once the False Infant emerged from Feng Yi’s body, his face betrayed a hint of nervousness, as if he was extremely afraid of the outside world.

A normal Nascent Soul could leave the body of the Nascent Soul Ancestor for short periods during the day, but a False Infant was far too weak compared to a normal Nascent Soul and could only leave the body at night.

Even so, the False Infant still had to be cautious of the faint spiritual winds, undetectable by the average cultivator, that were benign to both cultivators and mortals alike in ordinary environments.

Yet this ubiquitous, faint spiritual wind posed a deadly threat to the disembodied False Infant.

The False Infant hopped onto Feng Yi’s hand, glanced over the Space Ring on the finger, and retrieved a piece of clothing.

This clothing was a magical artifact. The False Infant blew a breath of spiritual power onto the clothing, which instantly wrapped around the False Infant’s body.

With the protection of this magical artifact, the False Infant’s face finally displayed a relieved expression.

The False Infant then took out a talisman and did not retrieve anything else.

It wasn’t that the False Infant didn’t want to bring more items, but Feng Yi intended to sneak into Fire Cloud Valley and thus couldn’t carry objects with strong spiritual power.

The vestment robe on the False Infant was a special Nascent Soul treasure, crafted specifically for Nascent Souls and thus usable by them.

If the False Infant had taken a powerful magical artifact, it would likely be detected by Fire Cloud Valley’s Sect Formation as soon as it left the range of the Array Plate.

Fire Cloud Valley was by no means a poverty-stricken sect; its Sect Formation was also quite ingenious, extremely sensitive to the aura of cultivators.

The False Infant stepped out of the formation. At merely one inch in size, it was difficult to notice the False Infant in the darkness, let alone in broad daylight.

Combined with the effect of the vestment robe, not a trace of the False Infant’s aura leaked out.

The False Infant arrived outside the Sect Formation of Fire Cloud Valley. Its nimble eyes observed the defensive shield hidden in the void, its gaze colored with mockery.

Shortly after Skywalk Trading Company started its cooperation with Fire Cloud Valley, the company took advantage of this relationship to send in an Array Master to scrutinize and study the Sect Formation of Fire Cloud Valley.

In the hands of Feng Yi’s False Infant was an Array Breaking Talisman created by that Array Master specifically for the Sect Formation of Fire Cloud Valley.

This was an Array Breaking Talisman made by an Array Master just for breaking through a tiny slit in Fire Cloud Valley’s Sect Formation, small enough for the False Infant to slip through freely.

Of course, once it was used, if Fire Cloud Valley were to discover the breach in the Formation, they would immediately strengthen the Sect Formation to repair the vulnerability.

Although Feng Yi was the Supervisor of the Skywalk Trading Company’s Beishu Continent division, using such an Array Breaking Talisman was still an act of overstepping his authority.

All intelligence gathered by the Skywalk Trading Company in the Beishu Continent served more important purposes.

But Feng Yi no longer cared about that. What could be more important than retrieving the ‘Red Infant Ginseng Fruit’?

He no longer had time to search for other Spiritual Objects as remarkable as the ‘Red Infant Ginseng Fruit’. Without decades of time, great fortune, and the expenditure of vast wealth, how could such objects be obtained again?