Chapter 675: Red Essence Ganoderma

"True Person Brother Tianjing, you are too polite, but I have indeed grown impatient. How about we start with me, old man?" a brocade-robed cultivator sitting to the side of True Person Brother Tianjing said with a faint smile.

"Hehe. Since fellow Daoist is so anxious, then let us begin with you."

True Person Brother Tianjing chuckled and stepped back a few paces, seemingly truly inviting the brocade-robed cultivator to begin first.

As for the rules of the exchange meeting, which of the cultivators present hadn't experienced them countless times? Naturally, there was no need to waste breath introducing them.

"Hehe, since Brother Brother Tianjing has said so, I won't be polite." The brocade-robed cultivator was slightly startled, then stood up generously, cupped his hands to the left and right, and lightly tapped the storage pouch under his robe with one hand.

As a result, a red light flashed, and a wooden box the size of a palm appeared in his hand.

This wooden box was made of some unknown strange wood, its entire body emerald green, with faint flame-shaped red light flickering incessantly. At the lid, gold and silver colored restriction talismans were pasted in a cross, making the wooden box appear even more mysterious.

Seeing this scene, everyone's gaze was drawn to it, and they looked at the box with various expressions.

These cultivators were all knowledgeable people; naturally, they knew the item inside was no small matter. Being able to see such a treasure at the very beginning of the exchange meeting, they couldn't help but feel their spirits lift.

The brocade-robed cultivator swept his eyes across the crowd from behind his mask, revealing a hint of pride. Then, he lightly tapped his finger on the two talismans; the gold and silver talismans drifted down, and the box lid opened on its own.

Suddenly, a fire-red object slowly floated up from the box; it was actually a strange, red-mist-shrouded Ganoderma.

This Ganoderma was only a few inches in size, but its entire body was fire-red and scorching hot, its surface smooth and crystalline, with wisps of red clouds circling above it, as if surrounded by immortal Qi—a look of an item from the immortal family!

While Han Li watched, dumbfounded, someone had already called out the name of this item.

"Red Essence Ganoderma! A Red Essence Ganoderma with a full three thousand years of cultivation! This item only grows within volcanic earth fire; ordinary people couldn't even see it, let alone obtain it. Fellow Daoist truly has great means." A black-robed cultivator sighed and muttered. It was unclear whether it was envy or jealousy!

"Red Essence Ganoderma? This item is the Red Essence Ganoderma among the Ice-Fire Essence Ganodermas. It truly lives up to its reputation; just looking at the fire spiritual energy it emits, one knows it is no small matter." There was a stir among the other cultivators; a few who had come together even whispered without reservation.

Seeing the black-robed cultivator call out his item at a glance, the brocade-robed cultivator's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, but he immediately returned to normal and said:

"Since this fellow Daoist has already recognized my item, I won't say much more. One stalk of three-thousand-year Red Essence Ganoderma, a top-tier alchemy material for fire-attribute spirit pills. One hundred thousand spirit stones, or exchange for top-tier alchemy and artifact refining materials of the same rank with earth-attribute."

"One hundred thousand spirit stones?" Han Li was stunned upon hearing this, then his eyes revealed a strange look.

This wasn't because the price was too high, but rather far lower than Han Li's expectations.

When he was in the Chaotic Star Sea, a single high-tier demon core would cost over ten thousand spirit stones. And this exceptionally rare Ganoderma, apart from that "Nine-Curved Spirit Ginseng" that had already transformed, had absolutely no other spirit medicine comparable to it. This made Han Li's heart pound, and he became somewhat tempted.

Speaking of which, not counting other rare treasures, Han Li alone had hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, all plundered from the storage pouches of those cultivators who had died at his hands. Especially that descendant of the Six Paths; his storage pouch actually contained two or three thousand mid-tier spirit stones. This allowed Han Li to make a huge fortune, far beyond what an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator could compare to.

Of course, no matter how many spirit stones there were, they couldn't compare to those spirit artifacts, magic treasures, or even several ancient treasures. After all, some treasures simply couldn't be bought back with spirit stones.

If he were willing to sell the flower basket, small bell, and other ancient treasures in his hands, exchanging them for hundreds of thousands of spirit stones would absolutely be no problem.

While Han Li was secretly pondering, many others among the cultivators were also tempted by this item.

Immediately, several cultivators went up one after another, whispered to the brocade-robed cultivator via voice transmission, and then each took out a few things for the brocade-robed cultivator to see.

Others couldn't see clearly, but the brocade-robed cultivator only glanced down and refused without hesitation. This made those few cultivators retreat to their original positions somewhat dejectedly.

"Is there anyone else? This three-thousand-year Red Essence Ganoderma was obtained by me after exhausting all my efforts and spending five or six years of hard work. Selling it for only one hundred thousand spirit stones is really not expensive. However, I still hope that everyone can use equivalent earth-attribute materials to exchange. Even if it's slightly inferior, I will accept it. However, if the difference is too great and you want to take a big advantage, don't come over to waste my time." The brocade-robed cultivator seemed to really want to exchange the item in his hand; seeing no one come up for a while, he couldn't help but shout anxiously.

Han Li swept his eyes across the others. Many people had greedy looks in their eyes, yet no one stood up again.

It seemed that either they felt the price was still too high, or they really didn't have suitable materials on them at the moment.

Even the Fire Dragon Child beside him had a face full of regret. He cultivated a genuine fire-attribute cultivation technique. This Fire Essence Ganoderma was also very suitable for him.

Taking all this into his eyes, seeing the brocade-robed cultivator helplessly hold the wooden box, about to put the Fire Essence Ganoderma away again.

Han Li moved his lips slightly and sent a voice transmission over.

"This fellow Daoist, wait a moment. I wonder if you are interested in an earth-attribute demon core?"

The brocade-robed cultivator's action of putting away the Ganoderma suddenly stalled. After sweeping his gaze, he immediately discovered Han Li, who had sent the voice transmission. He immediately replied with some surprise:

"Fellow Daoist has a demon core? However, this is a Red Essence Ganoderma; at the very least, a Rank 7 demon core is needed for an exchange. If it's Rank 6, it must be more than two."

Hearing this, Han Li began to ponder in his heart.

Although he had used almost all his demon cores to refine pills back then, he had also kept some of the most valuable and rare demon beast cores in his hands. It was precisely because he was afraid of having other uses later that he kept them as backups.

Now, exchanging a Rank 7 one for the Red Essence Ganoderma was quite worthwhile. After all, this Ganoderma could be continuously urged to mature with green liquid, but demon cores could not be urged.

As for the value of the two, it was really hard to say.

Although Rank 7 demon cores were also exceptionally rare in the Chaotic Star Sea, compared to the Red Essence Ganoderma, they were clearly a big step behind. However, it was different in Tiannan; let alone Rank 7 demon cores, even Rank 5 or Rank 6 demon cores were things few people could see. After all, where else in the Tiannan land did such high-tier demon beasts exist?

Exchanging a Rank 7 demon core for this three-thousand-year Red Essence Ganoderma could be considered fair.

Having decided in his heart, Han Li suddenly stood up and walked toward the brocade-robed cultivator.

This action startled Lu Luo and the Fire Dragon Child. At the same time, they looked at Han Li in astonishment.

But Han Li walked a few steps to the front of the brocade-robed cultivator, flipped his palm, and a jade box appeared in his hand. Then he threw it directly to the other party, and he himself remained silent without saying a word.

The brocade-robed cultivator was quite composed; he took the jade box, opened the lid, and after carefully identifying it for a good while, a look of surprise and joy appeared in his eyes.

"Deal!"

He reached out and beckoned, resealed the Red Essence Ganoderma into the wooden box, and handed it directly to Han Li. At the same time, he also skillfully put Han Li's jade box into his storage pouch.

Han Li nodded, also put the wooden box away, and returned to his original position calmly.

Lu Luo and the Fire Dragon Child's eyes were full of surprise, but the two were sensible enough not to question Han Li, only sending a few congratulatory voice transmissions.

Han Li responded with a normal expression, showing no signs of anything unusual.

However, at this moment, Han Li had already noticed that many Nascent Soul cultivators present had begun to re-examine him.

Clearly, his unexpected acquisition of this Red Essence Ganoderma had aroused the interest of many people.

However, Han Li didn't care. With his current divine abilities, unless he encountered a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, even if a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator wanted to target him, he had ways to escape steadily.

"Good. The fellow Daoist just now has already finished exchanging. Next, how about we ask this fellow Daoist sitting near the brocade-robed cultivator to proceed in order?" True Person Brother Tianjing suggested with a smile to another female cultivator sitting near the brocade-robed cultivator.

"Of course, I will offer a treasure next." This woman in light green said elegantly. Then she stood up gently.

"I don't have the good fortune of the fellow Daoist just now to obtain such a rare treasure, but I am proficient in artifact refining, so I refined a 'Trapping Immortal Ring' magic treasure that hasn't been claimed yet. As long as you perform the claiming ritual at the end, you can use it as your life-bound magic treasure. It's not that I'm boasting, although this treasure uses ordinary materials, only refined from materials like gold essence, its power is absolutely not small. Using it to trap enemies or protect oneself, the effect is excellent; it is a magic treasure that combines both offense and defense." While the woman spoke slowly, she shook her long sleeves slightly.

Suddenly, a white essence ring the size of a few inches flew out from the woman's sleeve, flickering incessantly, sometimes large and sometimes small.

The woman didn't say much more, pointed lightly at the ring with one hand, and suddenly the essence ring shook, growing in the wind to the size of a zhang. On the huge ring wall as thick as an arm, silver-white runes were clearly visible, emitting astonishing spiritual energy.

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