Chapter 756: Ice Snow Silkworm and Geng Essence

"Junior Brother! Come with me for a moment; there are some things I want to talk to you about alone!" As soon as the others left, the burly man in black robes said to the Yunlu Old Demon with an expressionless face. Then, without looking back, he headed toward the side hall.

The Yunlu Old Demon's eyes flickered, and after hesitating for a while, he followed silently. He seemed to be extremely respectful and fearful of the burly man in black robes.

"Fellow Daoists Han and Bai, we can talk properly now. You two intend to see what you want first before deciding whether to participate in the gambling battle. This kind of thing, I, this Daoist, can understand. After all, this trip is extremely dangerous; if there isn't a sufficient price, no one would easily take the risk. But regardless of whether the items can satisfy you two, I still hope that you two Fellow Daoists can participate in this gambling battle," Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang said solemnly to the two of them in the great hall as soon as the burly man in black robes and the Yunlu Old Demon left.

As for Wei Wei Wuya, he stood with his hands behind his back on the side, looking at the two of them with an unperturbed expression.

After hearing Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang's words, before Han Li could answer, the beautiful woman had already frowned and replied coldly:

"I am just a weak woman alone. I don't care whether the Mulan invade Tiannan or Tiannan invades Mulan. This time, if it weren't for your message saying you had that thing in your hands, I wouldn't have come out of the mountains at all. Let me say the ugly words first: if the thing in your hands doesn't satisfy me, I will turn around and leave immediately."

This woman's words were not polite at all to Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang.

"Fellow Daoist Bai, why must you be like this! As for the matters of that year, although I was somewhat at fault, it was actually for your own good," Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang said gently without getting angry upon hearing this.

"Hmph! I will judge right and wrong myself. Don't mention the matters of that year again. Take the thing out," the woman's expression sank, and she said with a cold snort.

Hearing this, Han Li's expression remained as usual, but he felt astonished in his heart.

It seemed that this woman surnamed Bai and this Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang had some entanglements. He just didn't know what kind of past relationship the two of them had.

Seeing the woman's unkind expression, Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang could only shake his head helplessly and reached out to touch his storage bag, and a white jade box appeared in his hand.

The box looked ordinary on the surface, seemingly no different from ordinary white jade. But the moment the box appeared, the temperature in the entire hall plummeted, and in an instant, it was like a severe winter. Even Han Li, who had long been indifferent to heat and cold, felt extremely uncomfortable. He couldn't help but look at the jade box a few more times.

Sensing the icy cold energy emitted by the box, the woman surnamed Bai showed a trace of excitement on her face.

At this moment, Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang sent the jade box to the woman's front without a word.

Taking the jade box, the woman gently opened the lid and took a look. Even without looking, Han Li sensed the object inside clearly with his spiritual sense.

It was a pair of translucent silkworm cocoons, emitting wisps of white energy.

Han Li frowned slightly. The image of these silkworm cocoons was so peculiar; they seemed to be the cocoons of the Ice Snow Silkworm, which ranked low on the list of strange insects.

Although this strange insect didn't have much power when fighting enemies, it had other unimaginable divine abilities and was extremely difficult to find. If this woman had some matter that required this silkworm to solve, it was understandable that she would agree to Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang's participation in the gambling battle.

"Why are they silkworm cocoons? Not adult snow silkworms." Somewhat beyond Han Li's expectation, upon seeing these cocoons, the woman's expression turned ugly.

"Fellow Daoist Bai. This pair of snow silkworms was discovered in the ice layer a hundred feet below the Cold Ice Cave. They are not ordinary Ice Snow Silkworms, but the best of the snow silkworms, the 'Azure King Silkworm.' If you use your spiritual sense to look carefully, you can discover the abnormality inside the cocoon," Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang said peacefully, his expression unchanged.

"Azure King Silkworm?" The woman's expression moved. She probed into the depths of the cocoon with her spiritual sense with half-belief. After a long while, the expression on her face eased.

"How is it? Although this pair of Azure King Silkworms are still cocoons, once they hatch, even the larvae should be enough for your use," Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang stared at the woman and asked.

"I accept the item. I will participate in the gambling battle," the woman hesitated slightly before putting the jade box away.

"Good, with Fellow Daoist's 'Cloud Snow Technique' divine ability, dealing with mere Dharma Masters will definitely be a victory," Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang breathed a sigh of relief and showed a smile.

Hearing these words, the woman surnamed Bai remained expressionless and said only the two words "farewell" before walking toward the outside of the hall, extremely cold and indifferent.

Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang gave a bitter laugh and shook his head.

And seeing this, Wei Wei Wuya gave a cold laugh but didn't say anything.

"Fellow Daoist Han. I wonder how much Geng Essence you need; do you have an accurate quantity?" After the woman walked out of the hall door, Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang turned his attention to Han Li and asked with a smile.

"I need a lot; it can be said that the more, the better. Of course, this Geng Essence is worth a lot, and as long as you two Fellow Daoists can take it out, I, Han, am willing to exchange it with items of equal value; I won't let you two Fellow Daoists suffer a loss," Han Li said straightforwardly without any intention of covering up.

"Hehe! Judging by Fellow Daoist Han's tone, you seem to have quite a fortune. But Fellow Daoist, you must know that at our realm, there are very few things that can move me and Brother Wei. Otherwise, for the sake of this great war, the three of us wouldn't have taken out so many worldly possessions at once," Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang was startled first, then said with a light laugh.

Han Li smiled and didn't say anything. But Wei Wei Wuya on the side sighed and suddenly said:

"Fellow Daoist Brother Zhiyang, you are exaggerating. Fellow Daoist Han was able to escape safely from the hands of the Mulan Divine Masters with his Core Formation early-stage cultivation; how can he be compared to ordinary cultivators?"

"Hehe, I was abrupt. Regardless of what Fellow Daoist Han intends to use for exchange, let's let you see the Geng Essence first. If you truly have items that can move us, even if you exchange all the Geng Essence, we two have no objections," Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang said indifferently.

Subsequently, he reached out and took off the storage bag from his waist, and with a light shake with the bag mouth facing down, white light flew out from it.

Three light-golden stones of different sizes were sprayed out in the light, grabbed by the Daoist, and immediately handed to Han Li.

Han Li's heart jumped, and he didn't stand on ceremony, taking them and examining the object he had dreamed of for a long time.

One large and two small; these three were indeed Geng Essence.

The larger one was about the same size as the piece he saw at the trading fair, about the size of a walnut. The two smaller ones were only half the size of the large one. This quantity should be enough to mix into a dozen flying swords. However, there was still a gap from the quantity in Han Li's mind, but Han Li's expression remained unchanged, although a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

Seeing Han Li's expression, Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang was somewhat surprised. Could it be that so much Geng Essence wasn't enough for this person to use? That was somewhat strange.

Thinking of this, he looked at Wei Wei Wuya.

Wei Wei Wuya naturally also saw Han Li's expression, and after receiving Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang's look, he shook his sleeve without changing his expression, and a piece of Geng Essence the size of a fist appeared in his hand, which he gently held up.

When Han Li saw the large piece of Geng Essence in Wei Wei Wuya's hand, he was overjoyed in his heart.

Although adding this piece of Geng Essence was still far from enough for seventy-two flying swords, as long as there was a little bit more, there would be great hope for refining thirty-six flying swords. And thirty-six flying swords combined with the divine ability of the Sword Shadow Light Division Technique would be enough to barely set up a small Great Geng Sword Array.

Somewhat excited, Han Li took the Geng Essence thrown by Wei Wei Wuya, took a deep breath to calm his mind as much as possible, and then spoke again.

"It seems these are all the Geng Essence. Although there is still some insufficiency, it is enough for me to participate in the gambling battle for this. You two Fellow Daoists also take a look at the items I am exchanging. Are you satisfied?"

Han Li put away the Geng Essence and took out two jade boxes of different colors from his storage bag, throwing them to Wei Wei Wuya and Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang respectively.

Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang took the jade box and opened the lid carelessly, taking a look. Wei Wei Wuya, on the other hand, weighed the jade box first before opening it without changing his expression.

In one box were numerous bright red scales, and in the other was a black turtle shell the size of a fist.

"What is this?"

"Monster beast materials!"

The two were somewhat surprised.

Seeing this situation, Han Li explained:

"Not bad, what Fellow Daoist Wei has in his hand are the scales of an eighth-level Poison Dragon monster beast, and what Fellow Daoist Wei has is the turtle shell of an eighth-level Turtle monster. I dare not say these two items are heaven-defying existences, but the body materials of such transformed monster beasts are probably hard to find in Tiannan. Exchanging them for this Geng Essence should be more than enough."

Han Li's voice was very calm and very confident.

Eighth-level monster beasts, even in the Chaotic Star Sea, were extremely special existences. Even cultivators who frequently went to the Outer Star Sea rarely saw such level monster beasts, let alone killing them to seize their materials.

And in Tiannan, let alone eighth-level monster beasts, even sixth or seventh-level monster beasts were existences that were almost extinct. Except for a few large sects that raised such a few guardian monster beasts, there had long been no news of high-tier monster beasts appearing elsewhere.

"Eighth-level Poison Dragon scales!" Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang was okay, although he was full of surprise, his expression immediately returned to normal. But as soon as Wei Wei Wuya heard the origin of the scales in the box, he couldn't help but exclaim, his voice full of unspeakable pleasant surprise.

Han Li was startled, but immediately remembered that Wei Wei Wuya seemed to practice poison divine abilities; this Poison Dragon was inherently extremely poisonous, could it be that its scales had other wonderful uses for him?

While Han Li was hesitating, Wei Wei Wuya impatiently stretched out two fingers, picked up a blood scale, and observed it carefully, his face full of expressions of gain and loss.

"Hehe! It seems the items Fellow Daoist Han sent are just to Brother Wei's taste, and I am also quite interested in this Turtle monster turtle shell. If it is truly an eighth-level monster beast material, it is naturally extraordinary. It is the best material for refining magic treasures like battle armor and shields. It is enough to exchange for this Geng Essence," Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang was also somewhat surprised by Wei Wei Wuya's loss of composure, but the strange expression flashed and disappeared, and he instead said to Han Li with a smile. He also held the black turtle shell in his palm, identifying it unhurriedly.

Although he didn't think Han Li would lie to him, the Daoist still couldn't believe that a Core Formation early-stage cultivator could produce eighth-level monster beast materials so easily. He couldn't help but be somewhat suspicious and naturally had to identify the authenticity of the turtle shell first.

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