Chapter 1365: Gathering

Han Li heard this woman say this and didn't have any objection, but asked lightly:

"How many spiritual herb seeds have you collected this time? The few types Fellow Daoist Yan found last time, although quite rare, were not of much use."

"Fellow Daoist, rest assured, this time, not to mention other seeds, the few types you named, I have collected seven or eight out of ten for you. To tell the truth, if it weren't for the great war being about to start and time being too tight, I wouldn't have paid such a huge price to exchange for these seeds. Now I can't care about other things. It's just that I don't know if the ten-thousand-year spiritual herbs you brought this time are sufficient in quantity." The woman smiled beautifully in the black energy.

"Fellow Daoist has traded with me several times; when have you ever seen me give fewer than one stalk of ten-thousand-year spiritual herb?" Han Li smiled strangely and asked back.

"That's true. However, the seeds this time are indeed extremely rare, and their long-term value is no less than your ten-thousand-year spiritual herbs, it's just that ten-thousand-year spiritual herbs are priceless, otherwise I really wouldn't be willing to take them out to trade with you." The woman giggled a few times, then flipped her palm, and a emerald green wooden box appeared in her hand, throwing it over.

The wooden box was inscribed with various ancient patterns, and there was faint light of runes flickering, clearly not an ordinary object.

Han Li's expression became solemn as he took the wooden box into his hand, and without opening the lid, blue light flashed in his eyes, his gaze directly penetrating the lid, while his powerful spiritual sense also invaded it, sweeping it carefully.

For a time, Han Li stood in the spot motionless, holding the wooden box.

The woman in the black energy wasn't surprised by Han Li's action, nor did she have any intention to urge him, just staring at Han Li with flickering eyes, seemingly wanting to see Han Li's true face clearly through that layer of silver light.

After a while, the woman sighed secretly and withdrew her gaze.

To say she wasn't curious about this person would absolutely be a lie. A person who could provide such a number of ten-thousand-year spiritual herbs must have an identity that is definitely not ordinary.

According to this woman's guess, the other party was most likely one of the most secretive True Spirit families in the human race. Especially the Min family, which was famous for cultivating spiritual herbs, was the most likely.

But the other party was too cautious, and despite her probing during several contacts, not only did she fail to ask about the other party's origin, but she was instead led on by the other party to reveal her own surname.

This made the woman annoyed for quite a long time afterward!

Although it was impossible for the other party to find her origin just by a name, it made the woman give up the intention of exploring, and they never mentioned each other's identities again.

To avoid accidentally revealing more information about herself.

However, thinking about the ten-thousand-year spiritual herbs she had exchanged since trading with the other party, the woman couldn't help but be excited again.

Although her background was somewhat special and she had some status in her race, she would have no hope of collecting so many spiritual herbs in ordinary times, no matter how many spirit stones she had.

As long as this transaction was successful, these spiritual herbs would be enough for her to ask someone to refine several types of urgently needed medicinal pills to break through the bottleneck in front of her.

Of course, she was also very curious about Han Li collecting spiritual herb seeds, but as long as the other party could pay her the agreed spiritual herbs, she naturally wouldn't bother to pursue the reason behind it.

Just when this demon race woman was feeling restless, Han Li on the opposite side had already finished checking the contents of the box and nodded with satisfaction:

"Not bad, indeed most of them are the seeds I mentioned to you before. These are the spiritual herbs you deserve; check them!"

Saying this, he also took out several jade boxes from his body and handed them to the other party one by one.

The woman didn't dare to be careless, and after taking them, she checked them carefully again.

"That's right, they are indeed all ten-thousand-year spiritual herbs. This is the last transaction between us for the near future. But if you can truly escape this disaster, perhaps there will be a chance to cooperate again in the future." The demon race woman smiled beautifully after putting away the spiritual herbs.

"I hope so. Since the two sides are clear, I will see if other fellow Daoists have any good things. Given the current situation, some good collections should be taken out." Han Li swept his gaze over the stalls nearby and said thoughtfully.

"Fellow Daoist truly has a plan. Indeed, many rare treasures have appeared. But I have matters to attend to, so I won't accompany you any longer." The woman immediately said her farewells.

"Please, Fairy!" Han Li cupped his hands indifferently.

The woman in the black energy was also clean and neat, and truly turned around immediately, heading toward the demon race entrance.

After the woman left the hall, Han Li's mouth moved, and a smile appeared.

The original Jade Clear Pill was only effective for the early stage of Spirit Severing, but now through several transactions with this woman, he finally collected two more types of medicinal pills that were very useful for the mid-stage of Spirit Severing. It seemed that he wouldn't need to worry too much about the lack of medicinal pills in the near future.

After settling a major matter in his heart, Han Li felt relaxed, and walked leisurely toward a human race stall nearby.

After turning around, Han Li frowned slightly.

Although there were many stalls, the rare treasures taken out by the cultivators of the two races were much richer than before.

But with his current vision, naturally, he wouldn't easily take a fancy to any magic treasures or materials. And the secret techniques and cultivation techniques he was most interested in were rarely taken out, and even if there were a few, they were not what he was interested in.

Shaking his head a few times, he didn't linger here any longer and slowly left the hall.

After leaving Taixuan Hall, Han Li drove his escape light toward the stone tower where he lived.

In half a month, it would be the day of the Tianguang Hall lecture, and he absolutely didn't want to miss it.

And even without this matter, he had another matter to handle, so he wouldn't leave Tianyuan City immediately.

After returning to the stone tower, Han Li first exchanged the achievement plaque in his hand for a token at a certain hall, then returned to his small team's station, found a quiet room, and sat down to rest.

Three days later, a green rainbow left the stone tower in a hurry, heading straight for a place outside the city.

Half a day later, a green rainbow appeared above a mountain valley outside the city.

This mountain valley was lush and green, but it looked ordinary, with no eye-catching features besides the beautiful scenery.

But the rainbow circled once, and suddenly plunged down into the valley.

The light converged, and Han Li's figure appeared in front of a stone wall more than thirty feet high.

After looking left and right and discovering no abnormalities, he shook his sleeve, and a golden talisman shot out, submerging into the gray wall and disappearing.

Then Han Li waited quietly in front of the stone wall without speaking.

A moment later, an incredible scene appeared.

The surface of the stone wall suddenly flickered with a layer of gray spiritual light, and a two-foot-high passage appeared in front of Han Li out of thin air.

The passage was square, with green stone walls on all four sides, flickering with faint spiritual light.

Han Li smiled slightly, lifted his leg, and walked in.

The passage was a full forty or fifty feet long, and at the end was a white jade gate covered by a milky white light screen.

Han Li didn't hesitate to pinch incantations with both hands, and after chanting in his mouth, the light screen in front of him immediately trembled and split in two.

Only then did he walk in leisurely.

Behind the gate was a hall thirty feet large, and besides more than twenty stone chairs and a huge stone table in the middle, it was empty.

And on these stone chairs, eight or nine cultivators were already sitting. There were men and women, with different costumes, but every one of them had a cultivation base above the Spirit Severing stage.

These cultivators saw Han Li walk in, and immediately several people greeted him with smiles:

"Brother Han has come too!"

"Fellow Daoist came earlier this time."

"I heard that Brother Han captured a Green Shadow alive this time; tsk tsk, this truly adds a lot of face to us flying-up cultivators!"

Han Li returned the greetings one by one with a smile on his face, and then found a stone chair in a corner of the hall and sat down casually.

The other cultivators who didn't greet him were either indifferent, expressionless, or didn't even look at Han Li.

Han Li didn't care about these people at all, instead closing his eyes to rest.

Not long after Han Li sat down, other cultivators entered the hall one after another, and those who knew each other also stepped forward to greet them.

After waiting like this for another two hours, the number of cultivators in the hall reached fifteen or sixteen, and for a long time, no more cultivators walked in. But no one discussed anything privately, instead sitting on their seats as steady as Mount Tai.

After waiting for a while, suddenly a faint man's voice came from outside the hall:

"It seems that everyone who can come has come, and several other fellow Daoists have missions on them, so they couldn't participate in this gathering on time. Brother Zhao, let's start."

"Hmm, it's indeed about the same. Let's follow Brother Wen's words!"

This voice sounded somewhat familiar, and Han Li's heart moved, suddenly opening his eyes.

At this time, two middle-aged men walked in side by side from outside the gate; one was white-robed and smiling, the other was white-faced and beardless, with an expressionless face.

It was actually the Wen-surnamed cultivator whom Han Li had seen not long ago who had evaluated his achievement plaque, and Zhao Wugui.

Seeing these two Void Refinement stage cultivators, there was a slight commotion among the people in the hall; clearly, most of them recognized the two.

"Alright. Originally, the Fellow Daoist Fan who should have hosted your new flying-up cultivator gathering had important matters to attend to, so it was changed to the two of us hosting. Any opinions?" Zhao Wugui swept his gaze all around and said lightly.

The cultivators' hearts tightened, and no one spoke.

The white-robed middle-aged man saw this, but smiled and said amiably:

"Originally, it would have been enough for Fellow Daoist Zhao to host it alone. But the situation has been somewhat special recently, and there are some important matters that need to be discussed with all fellow Daoists, so Wen followed."

"Special situation, is Senior Wen talking about the possibility of an alien attack on the city?" An old man with a red face and a wine-red nose suddenly asked.

Hearing this question from the old man, everyone's hearts tightened, and their gazes stared fixedly at the Wen-surnamed cultivator and Zhao Wugui.

"Hehe, we will talk about this later. According to the usual steps, first hold an exchange meeting, and exchange some cultivation insights. If there are any difficult problems in cultivation, the two of us will also give guidance as appropriate. However, like Fellow Daoist Fan, the price that should be paid cannot be less. Finally, if you think you have any useful news or information, you can also report it to the two of us. As long as it is useful, spiritual pills and spiritual herbs like Dust-Extinguishing Pills will naturally not be lacking." Zhao Wugui said coldly.

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