Chapter 376: Pill Recipes and Demon Core

"Although our Six Paths Hall has not entered the ranks of the Four Great Merchant Alliances, we are also a merchant with a face in the Chaotic Star Sea. These two spiritual items are rare, but they don't enter our eyes. Fellow Daoist Qu, just take them; just treat them as a congratulatory gift from our Six Paths Hall for Fellow Daoist's Core Formation." The bearded big man waved his hand and said boldly.

Hearing this, Han Li didn't feel extremely happy and let Qu Hun accept them, but instead frowned secretly.

"Giving such precious gifts to others for nothing? Han Li doesn't believe there is such a good thing in the world. Even if Qu Hun is a False Core stage cultivator in their mouths, these two people don't need to be so fawning. Could it be that they have other intentions?"

Thinking this way, Han Li became even more careful.

He let Qu Hun shake his head and said righteously:

"How can this be? Qu knows the principle of not accepting rewards without merit. These two things should be what they should be; Qu still has this bit of spirit stones! Or do the two Fellow Daoists have some unspeakable difficulties?" After saying the above words, Qu Hun revealed a smile that wasn't quite a smile.

Seeing Qu Hun so full of caution toward the benefits delivered to his door, Cao Lu and the bearded big man were stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but look at each other.

But after exchanging glances, Cao Lu coughed and said:

"I let Fellow Daoist see a joke. Since Fellow Daoist Qu is a clear person, Cao will tell the truth. The two of us indeed have something that needs Fellow Daoist's help. These two spiritual items are just the initial sincerity of our Six Paths Hall. If the matter is successful, our shop has other big gifts to give."

This time, Cao Lu spoke quite sincerely, and the bearded big man revealed a trace of embarrassment.

But Han Li sneered inwardly, and let Qu Hun refuse with a faint smile:

"Not to hide it from you two, Qu is now focusing all his attention on Core Formation and has no mind to attend to other matters. Truly sorry, the two Fellow Daoists should look for others!"

Qu Hun seemed to have no interest in hearing what the matter was at all, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he blocked the other party's words.

Hearing Qu Hun's reply, Cao Lu and the bearded big man didn't get angry, but instead laughed heartily one after another.

"Hehe, since Fellow Daoist Qu is so concerned about Core Formation, then Fellow Daoist should help with this matter! Because the reward our Six Paths Hall will pay after the matter is successful is a Dust-Descending Pill. This pill is of great benefit to Core Formation and can increase the success rate of Core Formation by a certain probability!" The bearded big man laughed and said.

"Dust-Descending Pill?" Qu Hun murmured, slightly stunned.

"Yes, this time our Six Paths Hall needs six cultivators at the False Core stage, and we have already found five, and now we are just missing one. If Fellow Daoist is willing to go, it couldn't be better. And for every cultivator who takes action, our shop will gift a Dust-Descending Pill." Cao Lu put away his smile and said solemnly.

"Dust-Descending Pill" might indeed be famous in the Chaotic Star Sea, but Han Li, who had just arrived on Kuixing Island and gone into seclusion, how could he know whether this pill was as miraculous as the other party said?

Therefore, Qu Hun pondered for a while before asking cautiously:

"Two Fellow Daoists, can you tell me specifically what help you need from me before I make a decision?"

"This is naturally as it should be. Actually, it's not a complicated matter; it's just that our shop discovered a level-six demonic beast, and our shop wants to obtain the demon core of this beast, so we want to invite some external help to eliminate this beast!" Cao Lu smiled lightly and said lightly.

"Level-six demonic beast?" Qu Hun smiled bitterly. And Han Li on the side almost jumped up and cursed the two.

Thinking back then, a level-four giant mantis demonic beast almost took his life; now a level-six one had come, wasn't that letting them, a group of cultivators, go to their deaths?

"Fellow Daoist, rest assured, our shop has made complete preparations for this action, and there is no great danger. Because apart from the two Core Formation stage guest elders of our shop who will take action, we have also set up the 'Six-Escape Water Wave Formation.' As long as six cultivators at the False Core stage go to preside over the formation, it will be fine." Seeming to see Qu Hun's displeasure, the bearded big man hurriedly interrupted to explain.

"Six-Escape Water Wave Formation."

Han Li felt this formation was somewhat familiar; it seemed that among the formation-setting insights that Xin Xin Ruyin had given him, there was information about this formation.

"Because the matter is of great importance, the two Fellow Daoists please allow Qu to consider it for two days, and then give the two Fellow Daoists an answer in two days, how about that?" Under Han Li's manipulation, Qu Hun still said words of delay.

Hearing Qu Hun's vague words, Cao Lu was stunned first, but immediately agreed with a full face of smiles.

But when Han Li and Qu Hun wanted to leave, Cao Lu and the bearded big man let Han Li take the "Snow Spirit Water" and "Heaven Fire Liquid" with him, and said politely that even if Qu Hun didn't agree to this matter, it didn't matter; anyway, the two of them were determined to make friends with Fellow Daoist Qu.

Hearing the other party say such fawning words, Qu Hun smiled faintly, didn't decline, accepted the jade boxes, and then exchanged polite words before walking out of the palace pavilion with Han Li.

As soon as he walked out of the White Water Tower, Han Li looked back at this pavilion, shook his head lightly, and walked away from the square along a street.

Since these six palace pavilions actually belonged to the same family, Han Li naturally wouldn't go to these places to buy anything and bargain. After all, he had already accepted the other party's free gifts.

Thus, he simply prepared to find small shops on the periphery to gather the things he wanted to buy.

Speaking of which, Han Li came out this time, apart from wanting to buy "Snow Spirit Water" and "Heaven Fire Liquid" for Core Formation, he also wanted to buy some raw materials for manufacturing level-two puppets.

Although the main material, iron wood of several hundred years, he could cultivate himself. But other auxiliary raw materials like iron mother and cloud essence stone still had to be bought in large batches.

In addition, he also needed some medicinal herb seeds for refining "Spirit-Feeding Pills," so that he could refine a batch of pills when he went back to properly adjust the two white spiders.

Holding this intention, Han Li walked into a small sundry shop, bought most of the things he needed, and for the remaining rarer items, he ran to a few more shops and gathered them all.

This made Han Li feel relieved, and he began to look at other types of shops.

However, what he paid most attention to were the shops selling pills and cultivation technique classics.

After all, his pill recipes had been used up, and he hoped very much to receive one or two pill recipes here.

As for cultivation techniques, although it was impossible to buy any top-tier ones here, ordinary ones would allow him to understand what type of cultivation techniques the cultivators of the Chaotic Star Sea practiced.

But after a round, Han Li was astonished in his heart!

When he let Qu Hun stay outside, entered a pill shop, and opened his mouth to ask if there were any pill recipes for the Foundation Establishment stage for sale, the shop assistant actually threw dozens of various types of pill recipes at him, which almost made Han Li bite his tongue in shock.

When he looked at all the pill recipes with an unbelievable expression, he was dumbfounded.

These pill recipes, regardless of whether the pills refined were precious or useful, the main raw materials required were not spiritual herbs, but demon cores of various tiers, especially several rare pills, which even required demon cores of level-six or level-seven demonic beasts to refine.

Although these pills also required some spiritual herbs of several hundred years to refine, in these pill recipes, these spiritual herbs completely became auxiliary materials and could be completely replaced by other spiritual herbs.

Thus, Han Li held this thick stack of pill recipes and was stunned for a long time.

As a result, under the strange gaze of the shop assistant, he bought a few suitable ones at a very low price and walked out blankly.

A moment later, still somewhat unwilling, he ran to several more pill shops, but apart from the low-tier pill recipes for the Qi Condensation stage that didn't need demon cores, all high-tier pill recipes were like this.

Finally, Han Li, who couldn't help it, cautiously asked the shopkeeper of a shop if there were any high-tier pill recipes that didn't need demon cores. The shopkeeper looked at Han Li with a look almost like looking at an idiot for a long time before saying: "High-tier pills are not refined with demon cores, so what raw materials are used to refine them?"

Hearing this, Han Li walked out somewhat dejectedly; he had completely given up.

Clearly, the alchemy path of the Chaotic Star Sea cultivators took a completely different path from Tiannan; they actually used the demonic beasts in the sea as spiritual herbs.

However, thinking about it carefully, this seemed very reasonable!

After all, with the boundless sea, the demonic beasts growing inside were countless, and even the ancients couldn't possibly capture them to extinction. This was naturally much stronger than the situation in Tiannan. These pill recipes must also be ancient recipes passed down from ancient times!

Thinking this way, Han Li stood in a remote corner of a street, found a "Foundation Establishment Pill" recipe from the few he had bought, and read it carefully once.

This pill recipe was mostly the same as the Foundation Establishment Pill recipe in Han Li's memory, but those few types of heaven and earth spiritual herbs that could only be picked in the Scarlet Forbidden Land were replaced by several types of level-five demon cores.

Seeing this, Han Li put away these pill recipes, crossed his arms, and fell into deep thought.

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