Chapter 235: Ancient Formula

"Exchange for a pill formula?"

The fatty's previously smiling expression immediately froze!

"The disciple knows that pill formulas are things that senior brothers and uncles treasure as their lives, so I'm not picky! As long as it can slightly increase the disciple's cultivation speed during the Foundation Establishment stage, that's enough. I definitely won't be picky!" Han Li said very sincerely.

Ever since Han Li learned about the specific situation of medicinal pill formulas in the cultivation world from a conversation with the little old man, he had been racking his brains to collect some pill formulas for his own use. After all, he possessed the secret method to ripen spiritual herbs; how could he not fully utilize this advantage!

However, slightly better pill formulas were all held in the hands of Core Formation stage cultivators. Even if Foundation Establishment disciples had one or two pill formulas, they could only refine insignificant medicinal pills. Therefore, his original plan had been aimed at his master, Li Li Huayuan. But now that he had met this Uncle-Master Lei, Han Li immediately changed his target.

Because no matter how you looked at it, this Uncle-Master Lei was much easier to deal with than his master.

This wasn't just because Han Li felt Li Li Huayuan was truly too stingy toward him, this named disciple. It was also because they were master and disciple, which made it even more difficult to handle.

It was very likely that if he used the same method on Li Li Huayuan today, the other party would just lightly praise him with a "filial piety is commendable!" and then rightfully collect these two spiritual herbs. Han Li would then have to put on an expression of being moved to tears and thanking his master for accepting the gift.

Now that he had finally met another Core Formation stage cultivator, he naturally had to seize this rare opportunity!

"Want to exchange for a pill formula! This is indeed a very troublesome matter." Lei Lei Wanhe didn't know what he was thinking of, but his expression finally relaxed. However, he changed to a look of tightly furrowed brows and an uncertain expression!

Seeing this, Han Li was not disappointed but instead shouted "There's definitely a chance" in his heart. Otherwise, this Uncle-Master Lei wouldn't have had this expression.

"As long as it's useful to the disciple, any pill formula will do. The disciple won't make it too difficult for Uncle-Master!" Han Li immediately lowered his threshold by another level.

"Han Junior Brother! Uncle-Master does indeed have some good pill formulas here, but these things are all secret, exclusive formulas passed down through my family, so I really can't take them out for exchange!" Lei Lei Wanhe shook his head again, saying regretfully.

Han Li was extremely disappointed! It was presented on his face without any concealment. After the fatty saw it all, he laughed and said:

"Although I can't take the family pill formulas to exchange with you, I do have a few ancient formulas in my hands! Some were found by myself in ruins, and others were obtained through exchanges with friends. Taking them to exchange with you is absolutely no problem."

"Really! Then the disciple thanks Uncle-Master!" Han Li was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him.

"Wait, don't thank me yet until I've finished speaking." The fatty waved his hand, not taking it to heart.

"Since we are exchanging, I, as your Uncle-Master, want to make some things clear first, to save you from regretting it later!" Lei Lei Wanhe glanced at Han Li and said indifferently.

"Please speak directly, Uncle-Master. The disciple will definitely listen to your teachings!" Han Li immediately said respectfully.

"What teachings? I just want to say the ugly words first to save you from regretting it later!" Lei Lei Wanhe glanced at Han Li and said indifferently.

"If you refine medicinal pills according to these ancient formulas, they will indeed all be genuine, top-quality spiritual pills. But the key is, the raw materials for these pill formulas are too hard to find now! I really don't know if you can gather these things. Of course, these raw materials are just hard to find; they definitely still exist in this world. They are not like some other ancient formulas whose raw materials have long since gone extinct. In fact, most of the pill formulas researched recently are just the result of constantly searching for substitute raw materials for the original ancient formulas and re-testing them. This is the helplessness of the cultivation world!"

The fatty's words left Han Li stunned. However, he understood the other party's meaning.

"What does Uncle-Master mean?"

"It's very simple. After you get the pill formula, if you really can't gather the raw materials for refining, you can try to find some substitutes to experiment with. Perhaps there will be some possibility of success!" Lei Lei Wanhe said solemnly to Han Li.

Han Li was speechless! However, he felt in his heart that this Uncle-Master was probably feeling a bit guilty because the pill formula he was going to exchange with him was truly hard to gather raw materials for, so he was giving him a heads-up in advance!

Looking at it this way, this Uncle-Master Lei didn't have a bad heart! Han Li thought secretly. However, on the surface, he still maintained a well-behaved appearance, nodding repeatedly to show that he would never go back on his word after the exchange!

Seeing this, Lei Lei Wanhe was overjoyed, but still felt he was taking too much advantage of this junior disciple and felt a bit guilty! So, after thinking for a moment, he said:

"How about this, you have two spiritual herbs here! Then one herb for one formula! Uncle-Master won't let you suffer too much of a loss!"

Han Li was slightly stunned! But immediately he was overjoyed! His favor for this Uncle-Master Lei soared by a large margin!

He thanked Lei Lei Wanhe repeatedly. This time, Han Li said it wholeheartedly, without any falsehood!

"Alright, this is the pill formula catalog. Pick two! Inside are all the properties of the medicinal pills and the raw materials used. Once you've picked them, I'll copy the real pill formulas for you!" Saying this, the fatty took out a jade slip and threw it to Han Li.

While Han Li excitedly took the object, he was also a bit strange! When did this Uncle-Master prepare this catalog!

But this question only flashed through his mind for a moment. Han Li took the jade slip and searched very carefully for a suitable pill formula.

"I'll take this Spirit Gathering Pill and the Qi Refining Powder!" Han Li said excitedly after withdrawing his mind from the jade slip.

"Spirit Gathering Pill and Qi Refining Powder?"

After hearing this, the fatty nodded indifferently, said nothing, and immediately took out two other jade slips from his storage bag and threw them over.

"Alright, it's getting late, so I should be going back!" The fatty happily collected the spiritual herbs on the table and immediately wanted to take his leave. He now had all the raw materials and was in a hurry to go back to refine his Zengyuan Pills!

Hearing this, Han Li hurriedly stood up to see him off.

But just as he reached the entrance of the cave dwelling, Han Li suddenly remembered something. He asked the other party about the whereabouts of his master, Li Li Huayuan, and the location of his cave dwelling.

The fatty was quite surprised to hear that Han Li was actually a named disciple of Li Li Huayuan, but he still told Han Li the location before flying away in a flash of silver light.

Han Li watched Lei Lei Wanhe disappear completely from the sky before turning back with a happy expression, holding the jade slip containing the pill formulas and playing with it for a while. After a long time, he turned around and wanted to return to the cave dwelling!

However, just as Han Li took two steps, something near the cave entrance attracted his attention. Looking over, it was Senior Brother Lin's corpse lying curled up there, still maintaining the posture he had when the fatty threw him out.

Han Li was stunned for a moment, then walked over without hesitation. Arriving before the corpse, he began to search it.

He remembered very clearly that this Uncle-Master Lei hadn't touched anything on the corpse. He didn't know if it was because he was embarrassed to do so in front of him, a junior, or if he simply didn't look down on the things of a Foundation Establishment disciple.

Sure enough, Han Li found a storage bag in the corpse's chest.

This made Han Li beam with joy! After all, he was very interested in those puppets; he thought there should be a whole bunch of them in the other party's storage bag!

But when Han Li checked the storage bag, the smile on his face gradually disappeared. Because there wasn't a single puppet in this storage bag. Besides a few spirit stones and two bottles of ordinary medicinal pills, there was only an inconspicuous jade slip. This extinguished all of Han Li's enthusiasm!

"He clearly controlled so many puppets that day, how come not a single one is left now? Could it be that they were all destroyed?" Han Li muttered to himself, looking very unhappy.

Han Li had actually guessed correctly.

That day, Senior Brother Lin had originally been able to fight to a standstill because he could control more puppets. But later, the quadruplet brothers of the Thousand Bamboo Sect killed the two cultivators who had fled and came over to support. Seeing that the situation was bad, Senior Brother Lin immediately detonated all the puppets and then, taking advantage of the chaos in the other party's formation, broke out of the encirclement. So, there wasn't a single mechanical puppet left in the storage bag!

Disappointed, Han Li casually took out the jade slip. Then, as if performing a routine task, he probed his mind into it and glanced at it casually.

As a result, Han Li's eyes widened, and the lazy expression on his face instantly froze.

Because as soon as his spiritual sense entered the jade slip, three golden characters appeared: "Great Expansion Sword Art"!

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