Chapter 354: Red Thread Escape Light Needle

To tell the truth, Han Li was very curious about the shopkeeper on the sixth floor. Lady Lan on the fifth floor was already at the Foundation Establishment late-stage; could the one on the sixth floor be a senior expert at the Core Formation stage?

Han Li felt a bit of anticipation in his heart!

Standing behind Lady Lan, Han Li was truly stunned when he looked at the sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl in front of him.

The girl was dressed very plainly and was only pretty, at most of above-average appearance. But the shopkeeper of the sixth floor was actually such a mortal girl without a shred of magic power, which was far beyond Han Li's expectations.

Especially when the girl saw Lady Lan come up, she immediately walked over happily and grabbed Lady Lan's arm, calling out "Aunt Lan," "Aunt Lan" incessantly, being extremely intimate with the woman and not even looking at Han Li, which made Han Li feel a bit depressed.

"Alright, Xiu'er! There is still a guest here!" Although Lady Lan said this, anyone could hear the doting tone in her words.

"A guest!" Only then did the girl glance at Han Li casually, with a look of complete indifference.

"That's right, this Fellow Daoist Han wants to buy pill formulas and that complete set of magic tools we received last time. So I brought him to the sixth floor and left him for you to entertain. I still have to go down; perhaps there are other guests on the fifth floor!" The woman said with unusual pity.

"Is that so? Then when Aunt Lan is free, you must come up and keep me company more often." The girl said somewhat reluctantly.

Lady Lan smiled kindly upon hearing this and went downstairs while the girl watched her go.

"What kind of pill formulas do you want, Fellow Daoist? I have seven or eight pill formulas here, but only two are suitable for Foundation Establishment stage use, and the price is also frighteningly expensive; they aren't something you can take away for a few hundred spirit stones." The girl finally turned her head back and looked at Han Li, saying coldly.

Han Li didn't get angry upon hearing the other party's tone; instead, he began to laugh.

"As long as the pill formulas are genuine, the price is not a problem." Han Li's tone was also unusually bold, which made the girl pause slightly and look him over quite seriously.

"Then wait a moment, I will call someone to bring the pill formulas and that set of magic tools." The girl said with a softened expression. After all, a guest who appeared generous was still welcome.

He saw her take out a small copper bell from her body, shake it rhythmically a few times, and then sit down casually against a wooden chair, with no intention of entertaining Han Li at all.

Han Li felt a bit stunned in his heart, but he unhurriedly pulled over a chair and sat down on the other side of the girl, with only a wooden table separating the two.

Han Li's action made the girl's eyebrows furrow slightly. Although she looked a bit unhappy, she didn't say anything in the end.

A moment later, a young female cultivator walked in, holding a large and a small jade box in her hands.

"Put them here, that will do." The girl pointed to the table beside her and said expressionlessly.

"Yes, Miss!" The female cultivator replied respectfully, placed the jade boxes on the table, and retreated on her own.

Seeing the female cultivator being so respectful to the girl who was a mortal, a flash of surprise crossed Han Li's eyes.

"The pill formulas and magic tools are here. You can take a look for yourself, Fellow Daoist. If you are satisfied, I will tell you the price." The girl pushed the jade boxes gently toward Han Li and said calmly.

Since the other party had said so, Han Li didn't stand on ceremony. He reached out and took the smaller jade box into his hand, then lifted the lid, revealing two jade slips, one red and one white.

Han Li grabbed the two jade slips, then closed his eyes slightly and slowly extended his spiritual sense into the jade slips.

Seeing Han Li checking the pill formulas in the jade slips, the girl took out a pure white silk book and began reading it with both hands, as if no one else were present.

After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Han Li withdrew his spiritual sense, a look of contemplation appearing on his face.

Of these two pill formulas, one was actually the ancient formula for "Spirit Gathering Pill" that Lei Lei Wanhe had provided before, which was of no use to him anymore. The other was not an ancient formula but a pill formula for something called "True Origin Pill." Except for the fact that the medicinal herbs required for refining were a bit old, they were actually quite easy to gather, which was just right for him.

However, the price of this pill formula was likely several times that of the ancient "Spirit Gathering Pill" formula. After all, the current Han Li knew very well the value of ancient formulas versus ordinary pill formulas in the cultivation world.

Thinking of this, Han Li put the two jade slips back into the jade box with a normal expression, took the larger box into his hand, and opened the lid.

As a result, Han Li was stunned after looking at the magic tools in the box, because there were actually thirteen glowing red thin needles placed in the jade box. Each thin needle was only an inch long, but they were fiery red all over, with faint fluorescent light flowing within them.

"Flying needle magic tools?" Han Li couldn't help but mutter in surprise.

If one could say Han Li was well-informed about magic tools, this was truly his first time seeing flying needle-type magic tools, and he had never seen anyone else use them, so his interest was immediately piqued.

The girl heard Han Li's self-muttering and couldn't help but look up at Han Li, a flash of displeasure crossing her face, but then she continued to read the silk book in her hand without any expression.

At this moment, Han Li was holding a red needle between two fingers and examining it intently, not noticing the girl's expression. Of course, even if he had noticed, he wouldn't have cared about her spoiled-miss temper.

At this moment, his eyes were half-squinted, and his expression was extremely solemn.

Although Han Li hadn't seen other needle-type magic tools, he had heard rumors from time to time about the viciousness and ruthlessness of flying needle magic tools.

It was said that although the attack power of flying needle magic tools was lower than that of ordinary magic tools, because of their small size and fast flight speed, they were the best weapons for sneak attacks and plotting, so many cultivators also called flying needle magic tools "Yin Tools," and their reputation in the cultivation world was truly not small!

Of course, because of the small size of flying needle magic tools, not only were the materials used for refining relatively special, but the difficulty of refining them was several times that of other magic tools. This type of magic tool was very rare in the cultivation world. Even cultivators who possessed flying needle magic tools treated them as trump cards and were unwilling to let outsiders know about them easily.

And now, thirteen of them had appeared before Han Li all at once; how could he not be greatly surprised!

"This young lady, does this set of flying needles have a name?" Han Li was pleasantly surprised in his heart, but on the surface, he still asked the girl calmly.

"Red Thread Escape Light Needle!" The girl put down the book in her hand upon hearing Han Li's question and said indifferently.

"Good, I want this set of flying needles and that True Origin Pill formula!" Han Li said without hesitation.

"Eh, do you really want this set of magic tools?" A strange look appeared on the girl's face, and she asked somewhat incredulously.

"Why, does your pavilion's set of magic tools have any flaws, or do you simply not want to sell them?" Han Li raised his eyebrows, feeling slightly dissatisfied.

"You misunderstood, Fellow Daoist. Although this set of Red Thread Escape Light Needles is extremely precious, it doesn't catch the eye of our Star Dust Pavilion. The reason I asked is to inform you beforehand that this set of flying needles is quite different from ordinary complete sets of magic tools. They do not have a parent-child distinction. To drive them, you must release all thirteen flying needles at once; otherwise, you will be unable to activate them." The girl looked at Han Li coldly and said icily.

"Release them at once?" Hearing this, Han Li was suddenly enlightened. No wonder this set of rare flying needle magic tools hadn't been bought by anyone until now; it turned out there was such a high restriction on spiritual sense.

"Yes, Aunt Lan was also interested in this set of magic tools, but because she could only control eight or nine of them with her spiritual sense, she gave up." The girl continued without a smile.

"Thirteen of them?"

Han Li chuckled, suddenly extending a hand and beckoning toward the remaining flying needles in the box. Instantly, a red light flashed, and all the flying needles floated up simultaneously. Following that, they transformed into over a dozen red threads invisible to the naked eye, darting around Han Li at high speed, and in an instant, they morphed into a delicate red silk net.

Seeing this scene, the girl's small mouth opened slightly, and for the first time, a look of surprise appeared on her face.

Han Li then waved his hand, and those red threads flew back into the jade box, revealing the original form of the flying needles once again.

"I think I can buy these magic tools now, right?" Han Li said in a deep voice with an unchanging expression.

"Since you can use them, of course you can! Including the True Origin Pill formula, it's four thousand spirit stones in total." After the girl's expression returned to normal, she said again without a smile.

"Four thousand spirit stones!" Han Li looked at the girl and rubbed his nose; this price was truly higher than he had expected.

"The pill formula is fifteen hundred, and the flying needles are twenty-five hundred!" The girl quoted the price without hesitation.

To tell the truth, in this girl's eyes, these four thousand spirit stones were really not expensive. After all, both of these items were rare things in the cultivation world. If it weren't for the fact that the demonic path had just defeated the three-nation coalition, no one would have taken them out for sale!

But just then, Han Li's body suddenly sat up straight, and he asked with a serious expression:

"I wonder how your pavilion acquires thousand-year-old spiritual herbs?"

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