Chapter 681: Meeting Lord Nanlong Again

Upon hearing Han Li's words, the forgetful look on the old Daoist's face disappeared without a trace, and he returned to calmness:

"It seems fellow Daoist Han intends to use this to threaten me." (Web)

"Threaten? True Person, these words are wrong. Up to now, I haven't asked for any substantial things from you, but instead sent out several rare Soul Stones first. If you feel it's not worthwhile, just consider that I, Han, never asked the second question. I won't take back these Soul Stones either." Han Li said with a normal expression.

Hearing this, True Person Brother Tianjing's expression stalled, and then he became cloudy and sunny.

Han Li wasn't in a hurry either, standing opposite without any intention of urging.

"I can give you the puppet art, and you can roughly distinguish whether it is true or false. But what you said about the Yin Underworld Beast, how do I know if it is true or false?" After a good while, the old Daoist said coldly.

"To tell you the truth, even if you knew the place of the Yin Underworld Beast, you wouldn't be able to enter. Not only is that place extremely dangerous, but even if you were lucky enough to enter, there would be no return. I was lucky to survive back then. However, even if you don't believe what I said, the Soul Stones are genuine. Using a part of them to exchange for the puppet refining art in your hand, you haven't suffered a loss. Otherwise, even if you have the puppet refining method, without Soul Stones, what is the use?" Han Li said calmly and slowly.

After hearing these words, True Person Brother Tianjing frowned, and a look of hesitation appeared on his face.

"Alright! I don't have the heart to ponder whether the source of the Soul Stones you mentioned is true or false. I only ask fellow Daoist, how many Soul Stones do you intend to use to exchange for the puppet refining art. If the quantity is too small, I'd rather keep it for myself." The old Daoist weighed the pros and cons and finally said with a softened expression.

"This depends on the value of the ancient puppet art you provide. If it can only refine the puppets from the day, even if you give it to me for free, I won't have any interest." Han Li was happy in his heart, but didn't show it on his face.

"The puppets exchanged for things during the day were just defective products I found in the ruins. Listening to fellow Daoist's meaning, it seems that the more powerful the puppets that can be refined, the more Soul Stones you will give." The old Daoist said with a strange look.

"Hmm! That's what I mean. If there is a puppet art that can refine puppets with the power of a Nascent Soul cultivator or above, even if I give you twenty or thirty Soul Stones, what does it matter?" Han Li licked his lips and said calmly.

"Are they all Soul Stones of the quality given at the beginning?" True Person Brother Tianjing actually asked seriously.

"Can ancient puppet art truly refine puppets equivalent to Nascent Soul cultivators?"

Han Li was startled at first, then overjoyed, and said without hesitation:

"Since I, Han, said it, it is definitely not empty words."

"Good, these are the jade slips for ancient puppet refining. No need to borrow them, just give them directly to fellow Daoist." The old Daoist took out a white jade slip from his storage pouch without hesitation and threw it directly to Han Li, then revealed a hint of fox-like cunning.

Han Li was startled by the other party's action. He felt vaguely that something was wrong. But after thinking about it, he didn't stand on ceremony, picked up the jade slip, and swept it with his divine sense.

As a result, after half a while, Han Li's face turned red and white, and after he retracted his divine sense, he stared at True Person Brother Tianjing without saying a word.

"Why. The several types of puppets provided in this puppet art, the highest level can even compare to the attacks of mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, don't they meet fellow Daoist's requirements?" The old Daoist said with a smile.

"Hmph! How can they not meet? But the main materials required for these puppets are heaven-defying things like ten-thousand-year iron wood. And other auxiliary materials, don't say they are rare, I haven't even heard of some of them, where do you want me to find them?" Han Li revealed a look of anger.

"Hehe! In this matter, I am powerless. However, aren't there pictures of various materials on it? Perhaps fellow Daoist has deep fortune and has a chance to gather all the materials for the puppets?" True Person Brother Tianjing said slowly instead.

"Does fellow Daoist Brother Tianjing mean that you have already gathered all the materials mentioned above, otherwise why would you collect Soul Stones everywhere?" Contrary to the old Daoist's expectation, the anger on Han Li's face quickly faded, and he actually asked back.

"When did I say that I wanted to refine puppets myself. I just found two semi-finished high-tier puppets in the ruins, and by integrating the Soul Stones into them, I can use them. Why do I need to do it myself." True Person Brother Tianjing said without changing his expression.

"You..." Han Li was speechless for a moment. This old Daoist was truly difficult to deal with!

"Alright, I have already given the puppet refining art to fellow Daoist Han, then mine..."

"Here!"

Han Li didn't wait for the old Daoist to finish his fox-like smile, and flicked his long sleeve across the table with annoyance. After green light flashed, a small pile of Soul Stones appeared there out of thin air.

Crystal clear and eye-catching.

True Person Brother Tianjing was overjoyed, but felt a bit embarrassed. Just as he wanted to open his mouth to say something else, Han Li waved his hand and said:

"This time I, Han, was careless and suffered a dumb loss. But I don't have any complaints. Now that the items are cleared, I will take my leave." Han Li cupped his hands, turned around with a face full of depression, and walked out of the pavilion without looking back.

The old Daoist looked at Han Li's receding figure, first shook his head with narrowed eyes, then nodded again, and then calmly put all the crystals into his storage pouch.

This time, he actually exchanged so many Soul Stones for a puppet refining art that was basically useless, and he was naturally extremely satisfied.

With this pile of Soul Stones, it was enough to complete those few semi-finished puppets.

However, Han Li taking out so many Soul Stones at once truly surprised him, and he couldn't help but look at Han Li with two more points of high regard.

What the old Daoist didn't know was that Han Li, who was walking several streets away, had long since swept away the depressed look on his face, and instead was fiddling with the white jade slip with one hand, changing into a strange smile.

Ten-thousand-year iron wood, for others, it was not very possible. But for him, it was not a problem. It just took a longer time to spend.

As for the other materials he couldn't name, if he remembered correctly, it seemed that they could all be found from those puppet remains in the Heavenly Void Palace.

If his luck was good, he should be able to piece together the materials for a few puppets. Of course, besides these materials, there were other rare auxiliary materials, which would take some time to collect. Refining these puppets with attacks almost equivalent to Nascent Soul cultivators. Once refined, the power would be infinite. It could make the puppet art he had already given up on become his trump card again.

It was a pity that although the jade slip recorded several refining methods for puppets equivalent to Core Formation cultivators.

But the materials used for these lower-tier puppets were also not something that could be easily found in the current cultivation world. Some materials had already been extinct for I don't know how many years. Otherwise, possessing five or six such puppets at once, although they couldn't pose any threat to Nascent Soul cultivators. But if they could be like before, refining hundreds of them, Nascent Soul cultivators would also have to retreat three feet.

However, Han Li could only think about this kind of thought.

He knew without guessing that even if there were materials to refine this kind of Core Formation puppet, its cost in materials would definitely be equivalent to the price of an ordinary magic treasure. Not to mention hundreds, even dozens, Han Li couldn't afford it.

In the past, refining several hundred level-three puppets for the Thousand Bamboo Sect had almost bankrupted him; he had even sold off seven or eight tenths of the various monster materials he had at the time just to scrape together enough money for the materials. But compared to these puppets now, those were merely small fry.

Han Li thought with a wry smile in his heart. Then, after identifying the direction, he went directly to the West Gate of Tiantian City.

Although it was late now, for him, what was the difference between day and night? He would go find the owner of the Geng Essence first.

Compared to the refining of external objects like puppets, increasing the power of his own life-bound magic treasure was the most important thing to do.

After all, the improvement of life-bound magic treasures had infinite potential.

Hopefully, the conditions of the owner of the Geng Essence wouldn't be too excessive. It would be best if he could exchange it with some demon cores.

Han Li could only think in a good direction in his heart.

Half a month later, the once-in-a-century exchange meeting was officially held. Numerous cultivators from all over Tiannan poured into this city of cultivators.

The auction house in the city auctioned various rare treasures on the second day of the exchange meeting.

The numerous rare items in the hall attracted many wealthy cultivators. A large number of high-tier cultivators poured into this auction house one after another.

Several days of auctions made the auction hall appear extremely hot.

And when it reached the end of the auction today, a few items were especially sought after by many high-tier cultivators. Even some cultivators used the power of their sects to participate.

"Seventy-six thousand spirit stones, this piece of Geng Essence is obtained by this fellow Daoist." A middle-aged cultivator standing at the very front of the auction hall said with a full face of smiles.

On the sandalwood table in front of him was an emerald green tray, inside which was a light golden mineral the size of a walnut, looking inconspicuous.

As a result, a cultivator wearing a silver robe and a blurred face walked out from the stage somewhat excitedly. After paying the spirit stones, he took the Geng Essence away.

Han Li, who was also sitting in the audience, sighed lightly. He stood up abruptly and walked out of the auction hall. No matter how precious the things auctioned below were, they had nothing to do with him.

That night, he easily found the owner of the Geng Essence with his divine sense. But the things the other party wanted to exchange for were a Rank 7 beast egg or another legendary artifact refining material, "Hua Yi Divine Mud." Han Li had neither, and after the conversation was ineffective, he could only return in disappointment.

But from the other party, Han Li had already learned that the piece of Geng Essence was not large, and even if he obtained it, it would only be enough to mix into seven or eight flying swords, which was still not enough.

However, despite this, when the auction meeting with Geng Essence began today, Han Li still participated.

But once the price exceeded fifty thousand spirit stones, Han Li gave up on this item completely.

It seems that his Great Geng Sword Array would not be able to be cast in a short time.

Han Li, who walked out of the auction house, didn't go there again, but went around a few markets again. He took advantage of this exchange meeting to collect some of the materials for refining ancient puppets.

Although many materials were still missing, and the cultivation of ten-thousand-year iron wood also required a lot of time and green liquid. It was impossible to refine Nascent Soul ancient puppets now, but giving him enough time, after refining the puppets in the future, his strength could immediately increase greatly.

Then, Han Li went straight to a corner of Tiantian City.

Today was already the fourth day of the exchange meeting. He remembered the words Lord Nanlong Hou had said to him, and with some curiosity, he walked a distance according to the place recorded in the jade slip and found this place.

After Han Li swept his divine sense over the situation nearby, he stood in front of a seemingly ordinary stone house.

On the surface, this stone house seemed to be just two lonely connected rooms, inconspicuous.

He walked over, pondered slightly, and before he could raise his hand to knock on the door, the door rang lightly, and opened on its own in his surprised gaze.

A person with a jade crown and purple robe walked out with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist Han, you finally came. I will introduce a few fellow Daoists for you to know." Lord Nanlong Hou seemed to have known that it was Han Li standing outside the door, and as soon as he stood in front of Han Li, he greeted him with a full face of spring breeze.

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