Hidden Moth-Chapter 417 - 232: Streams of Light in the Dark Night Turn to Faint Smoke (Part 2)

Chapter 417: Chapter 232: Streams of Light in the Dark Night Turn to Faint Smoke (Part 2)

He Kao typically chose to travel at night when there were few pedestrians. In one night, he could cover a lot of ground, the only constraint being his divine power and mana, which required him to stop and rest every half hour or so.

He deliberately mapped out a chart within his primordial spirit, first marking the major cities of the Eastern Country, forming nodes, and then lighting these nodes one by one.

For Hidden Moth, doing this was extremely convenient. He could choose different starting points, such as centering on Kuan Chun, Nanhua, and Qi Yuan, and expand outward in a spiral.

He Kao had already illuminated the major cities and transport nodes surrounding Qi Yuan last year, so this year he was continuing to expand outward, connecting with the northern and southern regions.

There was no significant need to make the network nodes on the map too dense. It was more meaningful to continue expanding his footprint network. Thus, he took time to fly to Xijing, Dian Lake, Shanning, Kashi, and several other cities.

He Kao centered on these cities and expanded his footprint range outward in a spiral.

Sometimes he passed through tropical rainforests, lake marshes, and steep mountains. Remembering the places he had visited wasn’t easy. Using his teleportation technique, many fleeting locations were hard to remember under normal circumstances.

Especially in the sky or over the open water, without reference points, he couldn’t remember unless the surrounding landscape had distinctive references that left an impression.

Initially, every time He Kao traveled about a hundred miles, he would temporarily stop to restore his divine power and mana and leave an impression of the place in his primordial spirit.

Being a Tier Three Sorcerer meant he had the realm of primordial spirit clarity. With his Tier Four cultivation, as long as he intentionally remembered, he could generally recall everything.

But constantly stopping and starting like this was really a waste of time. The various techniques across magic sects were unpredictable, and surely there was a targeted solution... the solution was already available, it was the Heart Plate Skill.

He Kao had put the most effort into cultivating the Heart Plate Skill, even personally receiving guidance from Elder Gu.

During this "illumination" of the map journey, He Kao discovered that the Heart Plate Skill was of great assistance to his invisibility ability, so he didn’t just choose to cultivate one or two applied techniques as he had before, but began to cultivate the Heart Plate Skill from scratch.

Even while using teleportation to travel, he limited the distance of each teleportation to around five hundred meters, with his divine sense arriving first and his body following in teleportation, meaning the routes he traveled were places his divine sense had scanned.

According to the requirements of the Heart Plate Skill, he could build a Heart Plate within his primordial spirit, which was exactly the map he wanted to light up.

Unlike traditional or orthodox Heart Plates, the one he constructed wasn’t a full three-dimensional scene but a series of points and lines.

How to describe it? Like lighting sticks of incense on a large sandbox, these spiraled from a central point, with the ashes falling to form the Heart Plate region.

He Kao already possessed Tier Four cultivation, theoretically allowing him to cultivate additional techniques.

But average Tier Four Sorcerers often chose only one or two applied techniques to cultivate unless their cultivation was stagnant, in which case they might start anew with another technique for insights.

Moreover, in most cases, it wasn’t easy for people to start cultivating something new; first, they had to obtain complete technique transmission. He Kao didn’t have this restriction since he had already obtained the complete ancient technique transmission from the Seven Great Magic Sects.

His way of traveling around and continuously "lighting up the map" was extremely fitting with the Heart Plate Skill, so he quickly reached entry-level cultivation in the Heart Plate Skill... becoming a Tier Three Traveler within less than two months.

Whether or not he inadvertently showed his Heart Plate Skill cultivation realm, no one would doubt that he was a secret disciple of Gu Chun.

He Kao even thought that since Lan Jiwan was registered in the Heart Plate Sect’s roster, he should also cultivate the Heart Plate Skill in the future to avoid exposure.

The reason for his fast cultivation advancement wasn’t just his outstanding talents and Tier Four cultivation. More important were the unparalleled conditions he had compared to typical Heart Plate Sect disciples.

Even Lan Jiwan couldn’t, even if she were to become Yin Niang in the future, she would just be a regular sorcerer in Hidden Moth Sect, not a Hidden Moth.

The process of refining the Heart Plate also involved refining the primordial spirit, with He Kao clearly feeling an increase in cultivation and magical power. A simple reference point was that, after becoming a Tier Three Traveler, the furthest distance his divine sense reached in open areas surpassed one and a half kilometers.

His regular teleportation distance grew, controlling it around eight hundred meters, theoretically supersonic, and building his Heart Plate became much quicker.

Picture it—an aircraft traveling supersonically across a map, selecting a few points as centers and flying outward in spiraled lines spaced roughly a hundred miles apart, able to land, refuel, and maintain anytime without terrain constraints.

In less than two months, the "burning lines" of several "large incense sticks" had touched and intersected, and He Kao’s footprints largely covered the entire Eastern Country, with his reach including many surrounding areas.

The next step is to cover the continent the Eastern Country is on, and after that, to project over all continents on the planet... Although achieving this might be difficult, one must have a goal, right?

Of course, He Kao didn’t recklessly roam everywhere; he intentionally avoided Phoenix Tail Town, with his footprints only passing nearby Shanping County.

Some overly tall peaks and vast lakes and oceans, He Kao also bypassed.

He Kao not only wandered domestically but also abroad. Earlier in the year, he visited regions in both Sawa Country and Maoluo Country, and the central cities he chose now, like Dian Lake and Kashi, were actually not far from the borders.

He Kao’s growth wasn’t just in cultivation but also in experience and perspective, as he witnessed various natural landscapes, customs, social systems, and worldly affairs. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

He was merely a hidden observer; his identity and abilities somewhat affected his character and habits and he tried to only observe from the shadows without easily intervening—unless he couldn’t resist!

That was in the territory of Sawa Country, in a peninsula area in the south of Sawa Country. The population was dense, but social development lagged behind, somewhat resembling the Eastern Country decades ago, despite starkly different social systems.

In summary, though there was order, it was far more chaotic than decades ago in the Eastern Country. That night, He Kao paused at the outskirts of a city on one of its bumpy roads and saw a car speeding toward him.

So-called speeding meant the driver had the pedal pushed to the floor, but given the bumpy road surface, fast wasn’t fast at all, and excessive speed could damage the chassis or even cause the vehicle to lose control.

With one glance, He Kao noted the car was leaking oil, and indeed, after a bump, the engine stalled and the car broke down.

The driver was a young woman in her twenties, nervously trying to start the engine, but it wouldn’t turn over. Then the sound of a speeding motorbike came from behind.

The woman hurriedly abandoned the car and dashed into the roadside thickets, desperately running away, tripping but quickly getting up, coincidentally passing by He Kao.

But the thickets were dense, and the light was dim, and she didn’t notice He Kao at all.

The motorbike quickly reached the car, and its rider, a man without a helmet looking around thirty, saw no one inside, glanced toward the roadside, and hauled a machete from the bike before pursuing into the thickets.

In Sawa Country, things were chaotic, especially in relatively remote non-tourist areas, reportedly even involved in slave trading. A brute with a weapon chasing a beautiful single woman at midnight was evidently no good.

Yet He Kao sensed something odd about the thug—not because he was doing such things in this place, but because he accurately knew the woman’s escape route.

Remember, there were no street lights, the man wasn’t using a flashlight, and the woman had run far, leaving numerous traces in the thickets, which an ordinary person would struggle to find.

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