Chapter 152: Two Years Later

This was the first time Han Li had seen mid-tier spirit stones. One was a fire-attribute spirit stone flashing with red light, and the other was an earth-attribute spirit stone of deep yellow, both of which were the most common mid-tier spirit stones.

They looked completely different from those low-tier spirit stones that only had faint attribute colors. Not to mention that their luster was different, their own powerful spiritual waves would never cause any confusing blunders.

And those three magic tools were also not bad. They were not worthy of being refined by a Foundation Establishment stage expert, and they were much stronger than those trashy goods Han Li had seen at the Tainan Assembly.

One was a ring that looked like it was made of refined steel. After being driven by magic power, it could automatically fly out to lock onto the enemy, and it could also change in size within a certain range. Han Li once had a whim and injected his whole body's magic power into it. As a result, the ring actually emitted a faint yellow light and expanded to a terrifying extent that could cover the thatched cottage he lived in, which made Han Li click his tongue for a long time.

The other was a small black triangular flag. The use of this magic tool was even simpler. Just inject magic power into the flag, and then wave it, and it would immediately conjure up groups of black mist around the flag owner, making the enemy attacking in front of him lose their sight, and it could cover his own tracks. It was a very good defensive magic tool.

The first two magic tools were already rare fine products in the outside world, but the one that made Han Li ecstatic at first was the last auxiliary magic tool, a yellow copper bottle that could keep the spiritual power of the items inside from flowing away.

As soon as this bottle-shaped magic tool was in his hand, Han Li immediately thought of the storage method for the mysterious green liquid that had troubled him for a long time.

You must know that ever since Han Li learned of the existence of spiritual power, he had long suspected that the natural spiritual energy that the little bottle absorbed and condensed every night was this kind of thing, but he was troubled by the lack of suitable means to verify it, so this idea could only be buried in the bottom of his heart as a guess.

Now with the appearance of the yellow bottle magic tool, he finally had a way to verify this guess. Therefore, he put the green liquid condensed that night into the yellow copper bottle, wanting to see if this magic tool could retain the green liquid.

But the result of this test still disappointed him greatly.

That yellow copper bottle only delayed the storage time of the green liquid from the original quarter of an hour to a whole day. After this time limit, the liquid would still disappear from the bottle without a trace. Looking at it this way, this liquid was not just a condensation of natural spiritual energy, there must be more complex things mixed in it.

Han Li, who had finished this test, had self-knowledge and knew that this mystery was definitely not something he could easily solve at his current stage. Therefore, he simply stopped racking his brains on this problem and prepared to go with the flow and let nature take its course in the future. Anyway, the current function of this little bottle was already enough for Han Li to enjoy.

Han Li, who had untied the knot in his heart, began to use the effect of the green liquid to concoct batches of "Yellow Dragon Pills" and "Golden Marrow Pills," preparing to take these medicinal pills with greatly reduced efficacy first, while finding ways to find more miraculous alternative medicinal pill formulas in the sect.

However, Han Li knew very well that this matter could not be rushed.

Because as a newly entered disciple, if he went around asking for medicinal pill formulas so openly, wouldn't that be clearly telling others that there was no silver here? It would definitely arouse others' suspicion and speculation, thereby inviting a fatal disaster!

So Han Li prepared to cultivate honestly in this herb garden for a few years, and after thoroughly figuring out the matters in the sect and becoming an old man in Yellow Maple Valley, he would not attract others' attention before considering the formula problem.

As for the medicinal herbs that Han Li had to hand in every period of time, he didn't have to worry about them at all. With the help of this diluted green liquid, what kind of medicinal herbs couldn't he ripen overnight? This was completely a small matter. He had already prepared to live in this herb garden for a long time, and he thought that Uncle-Master Ma would not have any opinions on this.

Thus, Han Li busied himself with his own affairs regularly every day.

After reading the old man's insights and notes during the day, he began to run to that Senior Brother Wu Feng who taught the techniques, and learned many practical formulas for low-tier magic techniques there, and then returned to the herb garden to study and comprehend them himself.

And Han Li took the "Yellow Dragon Pill" and "Golden Marrow Pill" as sugar beans in large quantities every day. According to Han Li's own idea, since the quality was not good, couldn't he offset it with quantity? If these medicinal pills were accumulated, they would also have an effect.

Just like that, time flew like an arrow! Before he knew it, Han Li had joined the Yellow Maple Valley of the seven immortal sects for more than two years.

In these two years, many things happened. Not long after Han Li went into seclusion, it happened to be the ten-year opening of the mountain gate to recruit new disciples. More than a thousand teenagers with good bone attributes from various related cultivation families entered Yellow Maple Valley. Among them, there even appeared a pair of "different spiritual root" twin brothers with the same attributes, and they were the "lightning spiritual roots" known for their destructive power among the different spiritual roots.

The appearance of these brothers completely attracted the attention of the high-level figures in the valley. Even a Core Formation stage elder who had been in seclusion for a long time broke his seclusion for this and publicly stated after examining the brothers' bones: as long as these two could successfully establish their foundation, he would take them as his disciples and teach them personally.

Once this statement was made, it naturally made other fellow disciples envious. But besides these two brothers, there were several other genius figures among this batch of disciples.

For example, a teenager surnamed Li from a small family was only eleven or twelve years old, but he had already practiced his basic cultivation technique to the peak of the ninth layer without taking any medicinal pills, which could be called rapid progress, and it seemed he was not inferior to the possessor of the different spiritual root at all.

Another seven or eight-year-old child surnamed Wang was even more extraordinary. He was not only a direct bloodline of the Wang family, a large cultivation family, but also a natural "Mysterious Yin Eye," and could practice the "Scolding Eye Divine Light" that had been lost for hundreds of years, which could restrain all ghosts and monsters in the world.

Of course, besides these two, there were other outstanding talents who were obviously a cut above ordinary disciples. Compared with the previous recruitment of new disciples, this time could be called a remarkable harvest, which made Sect Master Zhong unable to close his mouth for several days. He even once thought whether heaven had opened its eyes, intending to let Yellow Maple Valley surpass other sects!

But when news came from outside the valley that the "Yanyue Sect," the strongest among the seven sects, had discovered a little girl with "Heavenly Spiritual Root" among the newly recruited disciples, this Sect Master Zhong, who had just been ambitious for a few days, was choked and couldn't speak for a long time.

But no matter what, this batch of new disciples completely attracted the attention of everyone in Yellow Maple Valley. Even those low-level disciples who entered the sect earlier discussed every day which genius Junior Brother had made progress in his basic cultivation technique today, or what amazing actions he had made!

Thus, under the light of so many dazzling new stars, Han Li, a disciple who could only enter the sect by carrying an Immortal Ascension Token, was completely forgotten by Sect Master Zhong and the managers in the valley.

Plus, Han Li spent his whole day in the herb garden and was unwilling to go out to see people, so the number of people who knew him was pitifully small. Perhaps only that Senior Brother Wu Feng who taught the techniques and Deacon Yu of the Hundred Machines Hall occasionally remembered Han Li. After all, these two would still meet him when asking about cultivation techniques and collecting spirit stones every month.

No matter how others viewed him, Han Li was very satisfied with his current semi-secluded cultivation, and that short old man who came to collect a certain amount of medicinal herbs every few months was even more satisfied with him! After all, where else could he find a garden management disciple like Han Li who could hand in the specified items on time every time and never owed anything?

Thus, in order to tie down this garden management genius, the spirit stone reward the old man gave him became heavier and heavier, from the original two low-tier spirit stones per month to five low-tier spirit stones per month now. This made Han Li a high-income earner among the low-level disciples. You must know that the average income of other ordinary disciples was only three spirit stones per month. This made Han Li have more good feelings for this Uncle-Master Ma.

As for that Hall Master Ye who went back on his word and embezzled most of his items, it was said that his grand-nephew, on whom he had pinned great hopes, still failed to establish his foundation after taking the Foundation Establishment Pill and had to stay at the peak of the Qi Condensation stage, which made him very annoyed. And after Han Li heard about this, he sneered secretly, feeling much more comfortable.

In addition, under the strong push of countless medicinal pills, Han Li's Everlasting Spring Technique finally broke through two layers stubbornly and entered the eleventh layer, reaching the middle level of the low-level disciples in the valley. And at this time, the "Yellow Dragon Pill" and "Golden Marrow Pill" had completely lost their efficacy, and even if he took more, they would have no effect at all!

In this way, Han Li had to advance his plan and set his sights on other medicinal pills.

Fortunately, at this time, no one in the sect would be interested in him, a nobody, so as long as he was a little cautious and careful, his behavior would not attract others' attention.

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