Chapter 924

As the most important building of the Artifact Refining Hall, the Earth Fire Hall, although not very large, only about a hundred zhang in size, was divided into three layers: upper, middle, and lower.

The upper layer was a place for storing materials, the middle layer was a place for connecting to the Earth Fire, refining materials, and refining low-tier spirit tools, while the lower layer had already penetrated twenty or thirty zhang underground and was specifically used for refining high-tier spirit tools by borrowing the essence of the Earth Fire in the Earth Fire Pool.

The secret chamber where Han Li usually refined materials was in a secret chamber on the middle layer.

Bringing this Princess Lvxiu, Han Li walked into this secret chamber without haste. The secret chamber appeared a bit messy, and he began to tidy it up on his own.

"Is this where Martial Brother refines items?" The girl curiously looked at everything in the small secret chamber, especially interested in the large tripod in the middle of the secret chamber and the eight gourd-like magic tools distributed on the ground around it. It seemed like the first time she had seen such a place for refining magic tools.

"Why, has the Princess never refined magic tools before?" Han Li raised his eyebrows and said indifferently.

"I have been cultivating cultivation techniques with Aunt Yu since I was young; where would I have time to learn the way of artifact refining? I usually just cultivate in the mansion." The palace-dressed girl reached out and patted the ear of the tripod, smiling.

"Cultivating in the mansion. Is the Prince's Mansion built on a spirit vein?" Han Li asked casually while organizing the material debris in the tripod.

"Eh! So Martial Brother doesn't know my true identity? You wouldn't really take me for a princess of some prince in the Great Jin, would you?" The girl was startled, then suddenly pursed her red lips and laughed.

"I have always been ill-informed and don't know much about the Princess's true identity." Han Li's heart moved, and he said with a laugh.

"Ill-informed? Hehe, that's too good. I don't have to put on any princess airs. Actually, I haven't even met that Great Jin Emperor once, and I only have a little connection with the royal family. I have always been practicing in a secret cave in the mountains with my master, and I have never been to any Prince's Mansion." A playful look flashed in the girl's eyes, and her temperament changed suddenly; from a graceful young lady, she suddenly turned into a strange and clever girl.

"Not royal?" Han Li was stunned. I don't know if he was shocked by the girl's sudden change or surprised by what she said.

"Why, were you startled? Actually, this princess title is not false, but it was personally conferred by the current Emperor. If it weren't for Aunt Yu insisting that I must not lose the royal family's face before I came out, I wouldn't bother to dress up and be so restrained. As a result, I was pestered by these guys on the road, and I had to speak slowly and carefully all day, which was really boring. Now that there is only Martial Brother Han here, I can finally be relaxed. Martial Brother wouldn't be so tactless as to go out and talk nonsense, would you?" The girl sat on the only chair in the secret chamber, tilted her head, and said with a smile.

"Cough..., everything is up to the Princess. I'll just pretend I didn't see anything. However, your ancestor shouldn't be an ordinary person, right?" Han Li coughed a few times, completely speechless.

"The Four Great Rogue Cultivators of the Great Jin, have you heard of them? My grandfather is one of them." The girl didn't have any intention of hiding it, shaking her head and swaying her head, appearing quite proud.

"The Four Great Rogue Cultivators. Even if I were ill-informed, how could I not have heard of them? So the Princess is a descendant of a high person; I am truly disrespectful. This identity is definitely not worse than your princess identity; I suppose you will have a bright future." After Han Li heard this, his expression changed slightly, and he was truly astonished in his heart.

He had heard of these Four Great Rogue Cultivators from Cao Cao Mengrong back then; some were at the late Nascent Soul stage, and some were at the middle Nascent Soul stage, but each of them had extraordinary divine abilities, far from comparable to ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.

"Hmm! Is that so? Almost everyone who knows my grandfather's name says this to me. I suppose it must be true!" The girl didn't be polite and accepted Han Li's flattery.

Han Li touched his nose, feeling a bit of a headache. He immediately ignored the girl, formed seals with both hands, and cast several magic techniques, striking the large tripod.

Suddenly, the tripod hummed, and it floated up slowly, surrounded by red light.

The girl did not hide her curiosity, staring with a pair of beautiful eyes like black gemstones, watching Han Li's actions without blinking.

"Take out the materials!" After Han Li saw that the giant tripod was completely activated, he turned his face and said to the girl.

"Here! Let me tell you first, what is said outside doesn't count; that was just polite words said in front of others. If Martial Brother really ruins the Blood Silk Silver that I found with such difficulty, you must compensate me." The girl blinked her beautiful eyes and laughed lightly. Then she flipped her jade hand and took out something the size of a fist from the storage bag at her waist, throwing it directly over.

It was silvery and bright, as if it were ordinary silver ore, but it was mixed with countless fine threads like blood streaks. Looking at the ore in his hand and hearing the girl's playful words, Han Li could only roll his eyes in his heart.

This kind of rare material, let alone a Qi Condensation disciple, even a Foundation Establishment cultivator might not be able to get one. If he were really a Qi Condensation cultivator, it would be a wonder if he could afford to compensate.

Han Li didn't say anything, raised his hand, threw the thing in his hand into the tripod, and after throwing in other auxiliary materials, he sat cross-legged on the ground.

He slapped a talisman on his body, a faint blue light shield emerged from his body, and incantations came out of his mouth.

As a result, the eight gourd-like magic tools on the ground released spiritual light at the same time, and after red light flickered at the gourd mouths, eight pillars of crimson fire suddenly sprayed out, hitting the lower part of the giant tripod.

Suddenly, a scorching and suffocating heat filled the entire secret chamber.

Just as Han Li was busy refining the Blood Silk Silver, in a quiet and remote pavilion on the top of the mountain, a cold-looking old Daoist nun and a middle-aged beautiful woman were discussing something with solemn expressions.

"It's about time, right? For this plan, our royal family has been planning for a full four hundred years. After seven or eight generations of emperors' painstaking management, we have been able to keep it a secret without a single leak. But if we fail and don't get those two treasures, I'm afraid the entire royal family will immediately bring disaster upon themselves. Don't look at how our Ye family has secretly hidden quite a bit of strength over the years, but if we really collide with forces like the Buddha and Dao, I'm afraid we will still be vulnerable. And don't look at those corrupt Confucian scholars of the Confucian Sect who talk about maintaining imperial power; if it really touches their interests, I'm afraid they will be the first to take action against our royal family. I always feel that this time our Ye family is playing with fire." The Daoist nun said with a solemn expression.

"How could we not know what Aunt said? But this is also the best opportunity for our Ye family to completely get rid of the control of other forces. Don't forget how our Seventh Grand Uncle and the others fell. It wasn't because our royal family's strength was slightly greater and we had a few more Nascent Soul cultivators, so several major forces immediately joined hands to take action against our Grand Uncle and the others in the open and in the dark. Afterward, they just found an excuse to shirk everything. If we don't get rid of this predicament, our royal Ye family is known as the number one family in the cultivation world in name, but in reality, we are just the scapegoats for the compromise of these major forces. As long as that rumor is true and we really get those two Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasures, coupled with the strength our Ye family has painstakingly cultivated over the years, we can make other forces wary and not dare to easily take action against our Ye family again. This risk is still worth taking." The middle-aged beautiful woman sighed and said slowly.

"Hmph! Although it has long been rumored in the cultivation world that the power of Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasures is unimaginably great. But I still find it hard to believe that just two treasures can reverse the situation and allow us to be on equal footing with several major forces. I'm afraid it will be counterproductive, completely provoking the covetousness of other forces and bringing disaster upon ourselves. Don't forget, even with Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasures, these forces still have existences of that level behind them. Although I don't know how many there are, as long as one walks out, they have the ability to wipe out our Ye family." The Daoist nun's eyes flashed with cold light, extremely wary.

"Existences at the Spirit Transformation stage are basically invincible in this world. Even if our Third Uncle and the others hold Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasures, facing these old monsters, I estimate they can only barely protect themselves. However, Aunt doesn't need to worry too much about this matter. Our Ye family started secretly investigating the existence and weaknesses of these old monsters a hundred years ago. As a result, after multi-faceted analysis, we estimate that even if the lifespan of these old monsters is really as speculated, being able to live a thousand years longer than Nascent Soul cultivators. In the past two thousand years in the Great Jin, there haven't been many cultivators who have advanced to the Spirit Transformation stage or who might have advanced to the Spirit Transformation stage. Coupled with the fact that a small portion of them have safely ascended to the Spirit Realm. There are at most two or three left in the mortal world. And these people have paid a great price to stay in the mortal world. Not only can they not easily take action to fight with others, but even if they do, they try their best to suppress their cultivation to the level of the late Nascent Soul stage. Although I don't know the specific reason, this way, these old monsters are not as invincible as rumored. Moreover, these old monsters will mostly not take action for the rise and fall of any force." The middle-aged beautiful woman frowned and said solemnly.

"How do you know these things? Don't tell me these are all your speculations or things you heard. Over the years, I don't know how many cultivators have wanted to figure out the secrets and news of Spirit Transformation cultivators staying in the mortal world, but they have all failed. You have figured it out so clearly in just over a hundred years, and you are so confident. Do you really take me for an old fool, easy to fool? Is there anything else you are hiding?" The old Daoist nun was not happy, but her expression suddenly turned cold.

"But we have no intention of deceiving Aunt at all. Although this news was not found by our Ye family's own people, it was learned from an elder newly recruited by the family a few years ago. We calculated it, and it all matches with other clues we obtained. Therefore, saying it was found by our Ye family is not wrong." Seeing her aunt was angry, the beautiful woman hurriedly explained.

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