Chapter 401: Left and Right Envoys

"Robbed?" Han Li's eyes flickered, looking unconvinced.

"It seems Senior doesn't believe what this little girl said, but this is absolutely true!" Madam Fan suddenly put away her smile and revealed a trace of a bitter smile.

"Two months ago, our sect's shop took a big business deal, a deal so big that we wouldn't need to take another one for ten years. So after our sect gathered a large batch of goods, the Sect Master led most of the sect's experts to deliver them. But halfway, they were attacked by a group of masked cultivators. Among these people, there were five or six Core Formation stage cultivators, and each of them had profound evil techniques, and the remaining people were also very good at working together. Our Sect Master was outnumbered and died on the spot, and the storage bag containing the goods was also snatched away. As for the ordinary disciples of the sect, most were killed or injured. If it weren't for the two Elders sacrificing their cultivation to drive secret techniques and fight for their lives, I'm afraid they would have been wiped out by the other party, and no one would have known." When the woman said this, her voice became low, and her face was full of sorrow.

"Wouldn't it be a trap set by the buyer?" Han Li blurted out almost without thinking.

"Impossible! The buyer of this business is one of the four major merchant alliances in the 'Chaotic Star Sea'. Their reputation has always been excellent, so how could they do such a thing as killing and robbing goods? Besides, with their strength, they wouldn't destroy their reputation for this little bit of stuff!" Madam Fan shook her head slightly, denying it with a pale face, and the whole person revealed a sense of weakness and powerlessness.

But Han Li just glanced at the woman coldly and didn't say anything else, not showing a trace of sympathy or comfort.

Seeing Han Li's indifferent appearance, Madam Fan had to put away her sorrow and continue to explain:

"That small section of Heaven Thunder Bamboo was originally the treasure of a small sect, but this sect is now extremely down and out, with only one descendant left. So not long ago, it was sold to our Heaven Sound Sect. And our Sect Master brought it with her when delivering the goods, intending to go to Heaven Star City to auction it off after finishing this big business deal, but unexpectedly, it was robbed together with the rest."

"However, our Sect Master left a little trick on this batch of goods when she brought them out. So, the hiding place of these thieves was quickly tracked down by our sect's disciples. But there are too many Core Formation cultivators among these thieves, and with our sect's strength alone, we can't handle them head-on. So this time, besides purchasing goods, this little girl also shoulders the responsibility of inviting high-cultivation people to help. And the two Seniors look like they have profound magic power. If you are willing to help, this little girl, on behalf of our sect, can give this section of Heaven Thunder Bamboo to the two of you as a reward, how about it?"

After a careful speech, the woman finally stated her intention, which made Han Li's expression remain normal, but his eyes flickered, seemingly pondering something.

Madam Fan saw this and knew that Han Li was weighing the pros and cons, so she hurriedly added another bargaining chip:

"If Senior still feels the reward is too low, our sect is also willing to give a perfect female disciple from the sect to Senior as a maid, how about it?"

"Not interested!" Han Li refused directly without considering it.

Hearing this, the woman revealed a look of disappointment.

"This section of Heaven Thunder Bamboo hasn't been refined, right! Can it continue to grow?" Han Li stared at the woman and asked a question that surprised the woman opposite.

"It hasn't been refined. This Heaven Thunder Bamboo was something that small sect carefully cultivated for over a thousand years, and it was uprooted with its roots, so continuing to cultivate it is naturally no problem. Does Senior not want to use it to refine a magic treasure, but wants to leave it for future generations? But this Heaven Thunder Bamboo grows extremely slowly, increasing by only an inch every thousand years, so it is truly extremely difficult to cultivate!" The woman was slightly startled and asked somewhat strangely.

Hearing this, Han Li didn't answer the other party's question, but lowered his head slightly, continuing to fall into deep thought.

Until Elder Zhao revealed a look of impatience, he finally said with determination:

"Besides that section of Heaven Thunder Bamboo, I also want to pick another item from those goods. After all, Qu Daoist and I are both taking action."

Han Li added another condition with a normal expression.

"No problem, our sect can agree to this condition!" Madam Fan, upon hearing Han Li agree to take action, was immediately full of spring breeze, and agreed to Han Li's condition almost without consideration.

"Since that's the case! When it's time to set off, Madam can send someone to notify me at my cave dwelling. I think your sect should know where my cave dwelling is." After saying these words, Han Li stood up expressionlessly.

Without waiting for Madam Fan to say anything else, he bowed and drifted away with Qu Hun, not mentioning at all that this woman had used charm techniques on him.

Seeing Han Li leave so decisively, the man and woman of the Heaven Sound Sect looked at each other in surprise, and the Madam Fan's eyes revealed a complex look, and her expression was somewhat uncertain.

Returning to the cave dwelling, Han Li didn't just wait for the Miaoyin Sect to invite him, but went to other Core Formation cultivators to inquire about the Miaoyin Sect.

Don't say, these people had actually heard of this sect. There was even one who had dealt with this sect.

According to them, this sect could be called a sect, and it wouldn't be wrong to call it a business alliance.

However, this sect had always been dominated by female disciples, so the Sect Master could only be a female disciple.

The strength of the Miaoyin Sect in the "Chaotic Star Sea" wasn't considered strong. Besides the Sect Master, the highest status in the sect was only the Left and Right Envoys, and of course, they would usually hire two or three Core Formation stage guest elders as backers.

Among many medium-sized forces, it was considered neither too high nor too low!

However, although this was the case, other forces generally wouldn't easily provoke this sect. Because the female cultivators in the Miaoyin Sect were all as beautiful as flowers and talented in many ways.

Outstanding female disciples from the sect often became cultivation partners for forces competing for them, thereby obtaining quite a bit of support, whether bright or dark.

And what Han Li cared about most was that the reputation of this sect was considered quite good, and he rarely heard of any evil deeds of harming other cultivators. However, the fox charm techniques of the Miaoyin Sect were quite famous in the "Chaotic Star Sea," making many male cultivators infatuated with the female disciples of their sect.

After obtaining this information, Han Li had a rough impression of the Miaoyin Sect in his heart. After carefully calculating, he still couldn't bear to part with the Heaven Thunder Bamboo!

It seemed he really couldn't do without taking action once!

Thus, he immediately returned to the cave dwelling and accelerated the refining speed of the Level 3 puppets day and night.

Half a month later, a sound-transmission talisman flew to Han Li from outside.

After reading it, he organized his things unhurriedly and took Qu Hun and the two Blood Jade Spiders out of the cave dwelling.

When he arrived at a certain city gate of Heaven Star City, the girl named Lian'er was waiting there anxiously.

Seeing Han Li and Qu Hun arrive, she hurriedly walked over with joy:

"Two Seniors! The mistress asked me to take you to the island where we gather, and then we will set off together."

Han Li nodded upon hearing this, and without a word, spat out the Green Brilliant Sword, wrapped the girl in the sword light, and flew into the sky.

Qu Hun also followed, transforming into a yellow glow.

This girl named Lian'er seemed to be flying with a magic treasure for the first time, looking around curiously in Han Li's sword light, and pointing out the route to Han Li from time to time.

But when she occasionally met Han Li's gaze, she would shyly lower her head.

In the sword light, this girl stood very close to Han Li, almost pressed against him.

As long as Han Li lowered his head slightly, he could see the girl's snow-white jade neck and smell the daughter's faint fragrance, which gave him quite a bit of an unexpected treat.

This girl seemed to have discovered all this, and the redness on her cheeks became more frequent, which made Han Li reveal a look that was neither a smile nor a frown.

He was already guessing in his heart that Madam Fan sent her close maid to lead the way for him, could it be that she knew he wasn't afraid of charm techniques and switched to using a real beauty trap?

After thinking this, he sneered secretly and took a deep breath of the girl's body fragrance even more wantonly, which made the girl tremble slightly, and her two small, exquisite jade ears turned pink, revealing a trace of panic.

However, Han Li's wanton behavior was limited to this and he didn't take any further action, which finally made the girl feel a bit relieved and continue to guide Han Li with peace of mind.

Several moments later, Han Li landed on a desolate mountain on a nameless small island.

On the mountain top, which was several dozen zhang tall, besides Madam Fan and Elder Zhao, there were a dozen or so people, either sitting and meditating or standing and whispering.

Among these people, there were five Core Formation stage cultivators, and the others were also Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivators. It seemed that the Miaoyin Sect had spent quite a bit of effort to gather these people.

Madam Fan saw that her maid had really brought Han Li and Qu Hun, and couldn't help but reveal joy, walking over with light steps.

"It is the fortune of our sect that the two Seniors are willing to come! This little girl will introduce a few people to you!" The woman said with flowing eyes.

After saying this, she took Han Li and Qu Hun to introduce a Core Formation stage cultivator surnamed Meng and four Foundation Establishment stage cultivators to Han Li.

But strangely, after introducing these people, this Madam Fan didn't introduce the remaining cultivators to him, but instead looked toward a beautiful woman in a lotus-green dress with a somewhat demonstrative look.

Han Li followed the woman's gaze and realized that besides the cultivators Madam Fan introduced to him, the others seemed to be centered around the woman in green.

This woman had eyebrows like ink, phoenix eyes and a straight nose, and her eyes were faintly filled with murderous intent, looking like a woman who had been in a high position for a long time. However, to men, this instead made them feel a desire to conquer.

This woman saw Madam Fan looking over, sneered a few times, but looked at Han Li and Qu Hun with surprise twice, then turned back to talk to a middle-aged cultivator behind her, looking like she didn't want to pay attention to Madam Fan.

"Who is that person?" Han Li asked calmly.

"Zhuo Zhuo Ruting, the Right Envoy of our sect." Fan Fan Jingmei snorted, saying somewhat reluctantly.

"Oh!" Han Li responded lightly, but still couldn't help but look at the woman twice more.

This made Fan Fan Jingmei reveal a look of displeasure!

Han Li wasn't interested in Zhuo Zhuo Ruting, but just felt that the woman's expression and demeanor had a very familiar feeling, which made him fall into deep thought.

Madam Fan saw this and her face sank, turning to talk to Qu Hun.

But Qu Hun just listened to her words expressionlessly, always not saying a word, which made this woman feel even more stifled.

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