Chapter 1613

At night, Xiang Zhili indeed came, and he and Han Li chatted for an entire night. WM net

From Xiang Zhili, Han Li learned much information about Yun City and the Tian Yun Thirteen Tribes that he had not known before.

It was not until the sky was about to brighten that Xiang Zhili finally took his leave, thoroughly satisfied.

But when Han Li escorted him to the door, Xiang Zhili seemed to remember something, suddenly turned around, and with a hint of hesitation said:

"Junior Martial Brother Han, I cannot return to the human race. But you still might have that day. Junior Martial Brother, if one day you wish to leave Yun City and go elsewhere, please come visit me first. I have some things to leave for Junior Martial Brother Han, and there is also a matter I wish to entrust to you. But Junior Martial Brother, rest assured—if you can return to the human race, this matter will be but a trifle for you, and moreover, greatly beneficial."

"Oh, what matter cannot be spoken of now? I really cannot say for sure. If something unexpected happens, I may not be able to come and bid farewell to Senior Brother in time." Han Li was startled by these words, pondered briefly, and then asked thus.

"I will not hide it from Junior Martial Brother, but this matter is currently inconvenient to speak of openly. Moreover, I still need some time to prepare certain things. Junior Martial Brother would do best to come when the time is right. Otherwise, missing this matter, both you and I might feel great regret." Xiang Zhili shook his head and spoke with deep meaning.

Hearing Xiang Zhili say this, Han Li naturally replied, "I will do my best."

Xiang Zhili nodded, then turned and left the room.

Han Li watched as Xiang Zhili vanished in a flash outside the door, yet a strange hue appeared on his face. Suddenly, with one hand he grabbed at the door, and instantly a great force sucked— the wooden door trembled and snapped shut in an instant.

At the same time, Bai Xia flashed on the four walls of the room, and a restriction activated on its own, enveloping the entire chamber.

Han Li walked unhurriedly to a corner of the room, sat cross-legged again on a futon, and for some unknown reason a faint smile appeared on his face, though his eyes hid a flicker of cold light, unknown what he was thinking.

The next day, Han Li stayed in the room to rest, with no intention whatsoever of going out.

It was not until the morning of the third day that the door opened slightly, and he leisurely walked out from within.

He did not go downstairs to the main hall to look for Xiang Zhili, but instead directly exited from an exit on this level, floated lightly down, and arrived at the street of the foreign tribe's inn.

Han Li seemed to have already decided where he wanted to go, casually hauling down a beast-cart, spoke a place name, and the beast-cart immediately galloped wildly down the street.

Through the beast-cart's window, Han Li clearly saw everything on the street.

When his gaze swept again to the enormous sphere far beyond the city wall, Han Li's heart stirred slightly.

After last night's conversation with Xiang Zhili, he naturally knew the true nature of these colossal objects. These gigantic spheres were actually thirteen super-large war puppets, said to possess power so great it could match an early-stage Spatial Tempering cultivator.

And these thirteen puppets corresponded exactly to the Tian Yun Thirteen Tribes, each tribe responsible for controlling one.

With such terrifying war puppets, the strength of Tian Yun City's defenses can be imagined. No wonder the Tian Yun tribes regard this city as the center to resist the Jiao Chi tribe— at least they need not worry about the Jiao Chi tribe sending surprise troops to sneak-attack this city.

Han Li's gaze quickly withdrew from the distant sphere, and he closed his eyes.

His destination was not far; the beast-cart had only traveled for half an hour when it arrived at a somewhat secluded side street.

Han Li casually tossed out a few spirit stones, jumped down from the beast-cart, and glanced left and right.

Though the street looked unremarkable, the number of people passing by was clearly much greater than on the main streets.

And though the shops lining the street were small, the flow of people entering and exiting was similarly large, business seeming quite prosperous!.

Han Li nodded, glanced at a shop right before his eyes, looked at the sign hanging above its door, and immediately entered with a blank expression.

The shop was tens of zhang in size, with shelves all around, completely filled with dense stone slices, jade plates, silver tablets, and all manner of miscellaneous classic-type items. But everything was covered by layer upon layer of sparkling, crystalline light curtains.

This was actually a shop specializing in selling classics.

According to Xiang Zhili, although Yun City has shops as numerous as cow's hair, the few famous shops Han Li is interested in are mostly concentrated on this street.

Now taking a look, indeed it is not false.

Although the shop is not large, various classics seem truly numerous.

Moreover, there were still several other foreign tribe members in the shop, each independently examining something on the shelves, all at the Core Formation level.

These foreign tribe members seemed wholly absorbed in selecting items, and did not notice Han Li, a high-ranking upper-tribe cultivator, entering.

As for the shop owner, she was a young female foreign tribe member.

Appearing only seventeen or eighteen years old, yet her skin was crystalline like snow, her ears pointed, her brows inlaid with a soybean-sized 'milk' white 'color' crystal, her beautiful eyes flashing with profound light, giving an impression of extreme wisdom.

"Crystal Tribe"

Upon seeing the young woman's appearance, Han Li was startled.

Now he, naturally, also had considerable understanding of the Tian Yun tribes.

The "Crystal Tribe" is also one of the Tian Yun Thirteen Tribes. But this tribe is extraordinarily peculiar: not only are its members few to an astonishing degree, said to total no more than a few hundred thousand, and individual strength relatively weak compared to other tribes. Yet this tribe possesses extraordinarily long lifespans— nearly three to four times that of humans—and every Crystal Tribe member has exquisite, beautiful features and extremely high intelligence, nearly everyone able to achieve high accomplishment easily in pill refinement, formation arrays, and talismans.

Therefore, the Crystal Tribe is highly favored by other tribes; even though they themselves have no interest in power struggles, within the Tian Yun Thirteen Tribes they ***are also not considered low.

That Crystal Tribe woman also noticed Han Li; her pair of dark beautiful eyes swept over him, and her face showed a hint of surprise 'color', as if she had discerned Han Li's cultivation realm.

She immediately rose, walked over, and made a delicate salute:

"Welcome, Upper Tribe Senior, to my humble shop. I do not know how this junior may be of service!"

The woman spoke with extraordinary refinement; no movement seemed overly unusual, yet every gesture gave an impression of extreme elegance.

Indeed, as rumored, this tribe truly is greatly different from other foreign tribes I have seen before.

Han Li inwardly clicked his tongue in wonder, but his expression remained unchanged, and he simply said lightly:

"No need for such trouble. I will first look around myself, then speak. Fellow Daoist, attend to your own affairs."

"Then please, Senior, feel free to browse at will!" The Crystal Tribe woman nodded without humility or arrogance, said nothing more, made another salute, and then withdrew on her own.

However, the Crystal Tribe woman's actions just now startled those who had been selecting classics.

With a "swish", they turned their surprised gazes toward him.

The result was that they all involuntarily drew in a breath of cold air. Though they could not discern Han Li's cultivation realm in the slightest, that unfathomable cultivation was enough to let them know Han Li's realm was far beyond their imagination.

These few foreign tribe members all became flustered in expression— some immediately slipped away silently, others casually picked a few classics and hurriedly left this place.

In the blink of an eye, only Han Li and the Crystal Tribe woman remained in the entire shop.

Han Li paid no attention to all this, casually walked to a nearby shelf, and began examining the various classics there.

From the surface, naturally nothing could be seen; Han Li's divine sense stirred, and immediately penetrated the light curtain to sweep across one of the stone slices.

These light curtains were indeed peculiar— divine sense could only see some simple introductory information on the stone slices; when trying to view formal information, a faint sense of restriction hindrance was felt.

Of course, with his divine sense so strong, if he wished to forcibly intrude, these microblog restrictions would naturally be unable to block in the slightest. But similarly, such an action would naturally not go unnoticed by the shop owner. Who with even a bit of status would do such a thing?

Han Li only examined a few on the shelf before him, finding they were mostly introductions to various tribes' customs and habits, naturally not very interesting. He immediately quickened his steps, reached another shelf, and again swept with his divine sense.

This time he seemed to have found the right target— Han Li only looked at two, and a hint of joy 'color' appeared on his face; he immediately beckoned with one hand at a blue 'color' jade plate inside, and instantly this object flew out and landed in his hand.

In this way, Han Li searched through the shop one by one, and in the blink of an eye, he had collected more than twenty volumes of classics.

Then, satisfied, he walked over to the crystal race woman, placed all the items on the table before her, and calmly asked:

"How many spirit stones? I'll take all of these!"

The crystal race woman looked at the pile of things before her, and a hint of surprise could not be concealed on her face. But after her beautiful eyes shifted for a moment, she suddenly smiled and said something that greatly surprised Han Li:

"These things are not worth many spirit stones. Senior, just take them as you wish."

"What, do you think I cannot afford these few spirit stones, Fellow Daoist?" Han Li was first startled, but then his expression darkened and he spoke coldly.

"Junior certainly does not mean that. Rather, junior has another item that perhaps senior might be interested in. If senior wishes for it, then these classics will be considered a gift from junior to senior." The crystal race woman smiled faintly and actually said this.

"Oh, what thing? Then please take it out and let me have a look." Han Li was startled, but his expression eased as he said this.

"Junior, please wait a moment. This item is rather valuable, so junior has placed it inside the inner chambers." Upon hearing Han Li's reply, the crystal race woman smiled faintly and immediately turned and walked into the inner chambers of the shop.

Han Li also did not mind, and waited quietly there.

After a short while, the woman came out holding a box of black metal.

The surface of the box actually had two green talismans crossed and pasted on it, appearing unusually solemn.

"Senior, please look at the item inside the box. Junior believes this item will be extremely useful to senior. Otherwise, junior would not have taken it out voluntarily." The crystal race woman smiled slightly at Han Li and said this, as if she knew something.

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