Chapter 148: The Gray-Clothed Elder

After Uncle-Master Wang took Han Li and flew on the leaf-shaped magic tool for about an hour, they landed on a lush mountain ridge and descended into a dense group of flat houses. These flat houses, built of ordinary mountain stones, were extremely simple, and there was not a single shadow of a person in the entire group of houses; they all seemed to be empty rooms, which made Han Li somewhat puzzled!

"Don't be surprised, these rooms are indeed all empty. This place was originally a place for new disciples who have just entered the sect to live. Only when their magic power has achieved some success will they move out to find other places. And now is the ten-year rotation period, and the new disciples have not yet entered the sect, so they are all empty for the time being." Uncle-Master Wang saw Han Li's confusion and said indifferently. This made Han Li suddenly realize.

Uncle-Master Wang took Han Li and turned around in the group of houses, making Han Li dizzy, before stopping in front of a house that was much larger than the ordinary stone houses. Then, without explaining anything to Han Li, he shouted loudly:

"Junior Brother Lin, open the door. I've brought a new disciple to collect his things!"

As soon as Uncle-Master Wang's voice fell, the door opened outward automatically. Seeing this, Uncle-Master Wang took the lead and walked in without hesitation. After Han Li hesitated slightly, he also followed into the room.

He saw that the spaciousness inside the room seemed to be even larger than what he had seen from the outside, which made Han Li secretly marvel, wondering what had been done to this room.

And the specific situation inside the room gave Han Li one feeling, and that was the word "messy."

All kinds of miscellaneous items were piled up everywhere, in one pile here and another there. Some were clothes, and others were weapons like swords and blades. However, judging from the spiritual power fluctuations on the weapons, they were actually some well-made magic tools.

Besides these things, there were other daily tools like shovels and hammers in the room. They were also full of spiritual energy and had actually been refined into things similar to magic tools, which opened Han Li's eyes, though he didn't know what magical effects these tools had when used.

In the middle of the room, there was a square table, and sitting behind the table facing the door was an elder with disheveled gray hair. This elder ignored the two people who entered, but focused on carving a piece of yellow wood the size of a palm with a gleaming little knife.

Seeing this, Uncle-Master Wang frowned slightly, but his complexion immediately returned to normal. He didn't go up to disturb the elder's work, but pulled a chair from a corner of the room and sat down opposite the elder, waiting quietly for the elder to finish carving the wood.

Seeing this, Han Li blinked his eyes and stood behind Uncle-Master Wang without saying a word, waiting together tactfully.

The gray-clothed elder's hands moved like flying, and wood shavings scattered from between his fingers. After only a cup of tea's time, a lifelike little monkey appeared in his palm.

"Junior Brother Lin's carving skills have improved a lot since we last met!" Uncle-Master Wang then smiled and praised.

"It's nothing, just idle time to kill time! But why did Senior Brother Wang come to my humble abode?" The gray-clothed elder said indifferently, but his eyes were already looking at Han Li, as if he had guessed the purpose of the two.

"It's nothing major, just to collect some personal items for the new disciples entering the valley and to equip this Nephew-Disciple Han." He said with a smile.

"Haven't the new disciples from this Immortal Ascension Assembly already collected theirs? Why is there one more? And the aptitude is too poor! Has our Sect Master Zhong's vision become so low that even such mediocrities are recruited into the valley!" The gray-clothed elder rudely described Han Li as worthless in front of Han Li, and judging by his tone, he didn't seem very respectful to that Sect Master Zhong either.

Upon hearing this, Han Li was naturally extremely embarrassed, and Uncle-Master Wang was also caught between laughter and tears.

He knew that because of what happened back then, this Junior Brother Lin had always held a grudge against the current Sect Master Senior Brother. But in front of Han Li, a junior, how could he pick up his Junior Brother's words!

Therefore, he had to cough a few times and changed the subject.

"Junior Brother, this Nephew-Disciple Han brought an Immortal Ascension Token to join our Yellow Maple Valley! It counts as an exception to be admitted to the sect, so the issue of aptitude is not important; the key is that the sect must keep its promise."

"Immortal Ascension Token!" The gray-clothed elder was greatly surprised and looked at Han Li again with astonishment.

"Tsk tsk! In that case, this kid has great fortune and can even take a Foundation Establishment Pill?" The elder revealed an expression of "you really hit the jackpot, kid" and exclaimed!

"Haha, logically speaking, that's the case. But Nephew-Disciple Han made a trade with Senior Brother Ye and automatically gave up this Foundation Establishment Pill." Uncle-Master Wang said with a smile.

"Gave up the Foundation Establishment Pill?" The elder was stunned at first, but for some reason, his expression immediately became despondent. After a moment of silence, he actually spoke a sentence that surprised Han Li greatly.

"It's good to give it up! The most important thing for a person is to know their own limitations. To know how to give and take at such a young age, this point is much better than me!" The gray-clothed elder's expression was extremely lonely, and the cold gaze he had originally directed at Han Li also became a bit more intimate.

But after hearing the elder's words, Han Li was baffled and felt very disapproving in his heart!

"What do you mean by knowing one's own limitations? I was forced to offer the Foundation Establishment Pill with a bleeding heart! If it weren't for that, who would be willing to give it up!"

Not to mention Han Li's inner complaints, the elder suddenly straightened his face and stood up abruptly. He used both hands to continuously grab at the void around him, and items appeared in his hands one after another, and there were more and more things, the whole process leaving Han Li dumbfounded.

"One yellow silk shirt, one green leaf magic tool, one set of daily refined tools, one Cold Moon Sword and one Blazing Sun Blade, one ten-fold storage bag." The elder coldly read out all the items in his hands and placed them on the table.

"Everything is here, little guy, take them away! As for Senior Brother Wang, you are a busy person, so I won't keep you any longer. I won't see you out!" After speaking, the elder took out a piece of wood from his bosom and started carving again, ignoring the two.

Seeing this, Uncle-Master Wang sighed and didn't say anything, letting Han Li pick up the items and exit the room. And as soon as the two stepped out of the stone house, the door slammed shut automatically!

Uncle-Master Wang looked at the tightly closed door, shook his head lightly, and prepared to take Han Li away from here.

"Eh! You don't have to hold so many things in your arms, just put them into the storage bag!" As soon as Uncle-Master Wang turned around, he saw Han Li holding a big pile of things, standing blankly by his side, looking silly, which made him find it somewhat funny, so he reminded him.

After hearing the other party's words, Han Li realized belatedly and put the pile of things in his arms on the ground, and rummaged through them to find a black cloth bag. "Is this thing the so-called ten-fold storage bag?" Han Li was somewhat puzzled!

He picked up the bag, looked at the extremely narrow opening, and then looked at the huge swords and blades in comparison, feeling hesitant for a moment, not knowing how to stuff them into the bag.

"This is your first time using a storage bag, I'll demonstrate it for you!" Uncle-Master Wang was quite amiable. After seeing Han Li's confusion, he reached out and took the bag.

"Just aim the bag opening at the item you want to put in, then inject some magic power into the bag to lock onto the item, and it can be automatically sucked in!" Uncle-Master Wang said while demonstrating it himself.

He saw him point the cloth bag opening downward, and a faint white light flashed in his hand. As a result, a white glow sprayed out from the bag, covering all the items on the ground. Those things immediately shrank rapidly in the white light, and after shrinking to a certain degree, they were sucked into the bag. This left Han Li watching in surprise and joy!

"The method to take out items is the same, just lock onto the item you want to take out with magic power beforehand." Uncle-Master Wang said, and returned the bag to Han Li.

"But there are a few taboos when using a storage bag, Nephew-Disciple Han, you must remember them well!" Uncle-Master Wang put his hands behind his back and said solemnly.

Upon hearing this, Han Li naturally nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice.

"First, storage bags all have a certain capacity and a limit on the multiple of shrinking items. If the items are too huge or too many items are sucked in, the storage bag will become invalid and cannot put in other things."

"Second, storage bags cannot hold living things. If you put in living creatures, they will undoubtedly die!"

"As for the last point, you must remember it even more: low-tier storage bags do not have the function of recognizing their owner. Whoever snatches your storage bag can take the things inside as their own! So, do not easily reveal your storage bag in front of other cultivators, and hide it well yourself, otherwise, it is very easy to invite a fatal disaster."

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