Chapter 953: Flat Mountain Seal

"What does this fellow daoist mean?" The female cultivator in the silver light immediately turned icy cold. Net

The other cultivators were all stunned when they saw this scene.

Han Li smiled slightly, kept one hand on the wooden box, and with the other hand, he patted his storage bag, and another jade box flew toward the other party.

"I only exchange for Demon Marrow Diamond; I'm not interested in other things," the woman said unhappily.

"Fellow daoist, why don't you take a look at what's in the box before saying that?" Han Li said confidently.

The woman opened the lid of the box a crack with some suspicion and took a casual look. As a result, a cry of surprise came from her mouth, filled with joy.

"Good! The Five-Element Jade belongs to you, fellow daoist." The woman gave a satisfied laugh, immediately closed the lid she had only opened halfway, quickly put away the jade box, and walked back as if nothing had happened.

The surrounding cultivators were all bewildered.

They hadn't seen what was in the third jade box Han Li took out, so they were all puzzled as to why this woman had inexplicably agreed to the Five-Element Jade trade.

Among them, some guessed whether Han Li had taken out a third piece of Demon Marrow Diamond. But one person being able to take out two pieces was already shocking; having a third piece was too unbelievable. Most still felt it was unlikely and just thought Han Li had taken out other treasures to move this female cultivator.

However, just like that, many strange gazes circled Han Li, with envy, jealousy, and ill intentions.

Han Li ignored all of this, but stared at the graceful figure of the woman flickering in the silver light, and frowned involuntarily. He hadn't noticed it before, but now looking at the woman's blurred back, it suddenly gave him a familiar feeling.

Could it be her? Han Li suddenly had a strange thought, and he was startled himself.

Although the voice didn't sound like it at all, for cultivators like them, changing their voice was easier than eating.

His mind turned rapidly, but Han Li still couldn't help but have blue light flash in his pupils. With the divine ability of the Clear Spirit Eye, although he couldn't completely penetrate the light, he could see the other party's figure much more clearly than before.

As a result, Han Li had a strange expression on his face.

Although it wasn't very clear, this female cultivator really seemed to be that Heavenly Saintess.

But this woman didn't have Han Li's spiritual eye divine ability, and Han Li had changed his voice, so she didn't discover Han Li's identity at all. At this moment, she was satisfied and returned to her seat with Han Li's third piece of Demon Marrow Diamond.

Han Li felt a sense of irony.

The materials he had sought with such great difficulty were ultimately obtained from his enemy, which was truly a mockery.

Han Li felt a strange sense of irony in his heart, but his movements were not slow at all. He quickly put away the Five-Element Jade and Geng Gold and walked back to his seat.

He didn't care whose hands these materials had come from. Now that he had finally achieved his goal for this trip and unexpectedly exchanged for such a large piece of Geng Gold, it saved him a lot of trouble in the future. This Geng Gold was enough to complete the refining of most of the sword array. As long as he collected some more Geng Gold in the future, he could re-refine the thirty-six Bamboo Cloud-Bee Swords. This made Han Li very satisfied.

In the subsequent exchanges, thirty or forty more cultivators went up to exchange treasures, but apparently because materials of the tier of Demon Marrow Diamond and Five-Element Jade had already appeared, all the cultivators seemed somewhat absent-minded and basically did things in a hurry. Even fewer people succeeded in exchanging for things.

Although several decent things appeared later, they could no longer stir up the interest of other cultivators.

Finally, when a cultivator returned to his seat, no one walked up again.

The figure in the white light who had been hosting the exchange, seeing this, walked back behind the jade table unhurriedly.

"Since all fellow daoists have finished exchanging, now, let's start the auction for the last treasure of this exchange, which is also the most precious heavy treasure of this exchange." After saying this, he clapped his hands twice, and then spiritual light flickered at the entrance of the hall, and two male cultivators walked in.

To everyone's surprise, these two cultivators didn't have any talismans on them and walked toward the center, revealing their true faces directly.

There was a commotion in the hall. Most of the cultivators present could call out the names of these two. They were none other than the old man with the crow-like crown and the square-faced middle-aged man who had appeared at a certain mansion in the Imperial City. One was at the early Nascent Soul stage, and the other was at the mid-stage; both were Nascent Soul elders of the Imperial Ye Clan who often came forward to deal with outsiders.

While most cultivators were puzzled, a few people knew what was going on and weren't surprised at all. They had all received news in advance and had come specifically for this treasure, so they were naturally spirited at this moment.

At this moment, the old man with the crow-like crown had walked a few steps to the table, nodded to the figure in the white light, turned to face the cultivators, and said slowly:

"No need for much introduction, I believe eight or nine out of ten of you recognize the two of us, so I will keep it short. This heavy treasure is actually a treasure that our Ye Clan spent countless manpower and material resources to prepare for over a hundred years, and it has only just been refined. However, recently, several sects that are on good terms with the Ye Clan have simultaneously requested to purchase this item. Our Ye Clan cannot afford to offend or refuse any of these sects. Helplessly, after the Council of Elders discussed it, we decided to auction this treasure at this exchange to see which fellow daoist has the fortune to obtain this heavy treasure."

After the square-faced middle-aged man finished speaking, he immediately gave a wink to the old man with the crow-like crown. The old man with the crow-like crown then slowly took out a square box about a foot long from his sleeve, glanced at it with some reluctance, and then gritted his teeth and handed it to the figure in the white light.

"Hehe, since I've already said enough before, I naturally won't say any more nonsense. Let everyone see the true face of this treasure first." The figure in the white light smiled, shook the jade box in his hand, and immediately the lid flew into the sky. Then, a mass of dazzling yellow light slowly floated out from the box. But as soon as it left the box, this mass of yellow light seemed to be spiritual, expanding and contracting, emitting a low, buzzing sound.

Seeing this scene, the figure in the white light solemnly pinched several spells, and several magic formulas were cast in succession, then pointed at the yellow light, and let out a low shout.

The light mass flashed wildly, and suddenly turned around, and the spiritual light converged, revealing its original form. It was actually a small seal about a few inches in size, earthy yellow in color.

This seal was square and flat, looking as warm and moist as jade, but between the dim and bright flashes on its surface, layers of miniature golden and silver magic arrays were vaguely revealed. What was strange was that every time the spiritual light flashed, the runes of these magic arrays were completely different, and after a closer look, they all felt profound and miraculous.

Besides this, the spiritual energy emitted from this small seal, although peaceful and stable, was so immense that everyone couldn't help but change their expressions after sensing it.

"This treasure is called the Flat Mountain Seal, refined by imitating the 'Palm Heaven Seal', a heaven-defying spiritual treasure from the ancient period. According to tests by Ye Clan cultivators, although this treasure only has one or two tenths of the power of the legendary Palm Heaven Seal, it is absolutely capable of flattening mountains and opening the earth. Even if a cultivator's cultivation is sufficient to exert the power of this treasure beyond the norm, reaching three tenths of the power of the Palm Heaven Seal is not impossible. It's just that doing so will greatly damage this treasure, so it's better not to do so lightly."

The figure in the white light said slowly while manipulating the Flat Mountain Seal in front of him, making it grow and shrink, the astonishing power ready to be unleashed in the yellow misty spiritual light making all the cultivators in the hall feel moved.

Even without this demonstration, the words "imitation of a heaven-defying spiritual treasure" were enough to explain the extraordinary nature of this treasure. Whether they knew about this treasure in advance or not, all the cultivators stared at this small seal without blinking.

When Han Li heard the words "imitation of a heaven-defying spiritual treasure," he was stunned. He had spent so much effort collecting materials everywhere, and hadn't even gathered the materials for the Three-Flame Fan, yet he never expected that a heaven-defying spiritual treasure imitation would already appear at this exchange. This made Han Li very depressed.

Unfortunately, he didn't know much about heaven-defying spiritual treasures, and he knew nothing about the so-called "Palm Heaven Seal," so he really didn't know whether his Three-Flame Fan would be stronger or weaker than this treasure if it were successfully refined.

Seeming to guess what Han Li was thinking at this moment, the Elder Dayan Spirit Lord suddenly spoke:

"Don't worry too much. This Flat Mountain Seal only has one or two tenths of the power of the original magic treasure. The Three-Flame Fan I researched can exert four tenths of the power of the Seven-Flame Fan at its maximum. If you can exert its power like that person said, it is also possible. Although your fan and that Flat Mountain Seal are both attack-type magic treasures, in terms of power, this seal should still be a notch below your Three-Flame Fan."

"Hmm, that's about what I expected. I really hope to refine the Three-Flame Fan as soon as possible. If I have this treasure in hand, I think I shouldn't be afraid even if I encounter a late Nascent Soul cultivator," Han Li nodded secretly and muttered.

"Hmph! You don't think that Great Jin is the same as Heaven South, and that there is only one such imitation, do you?" Elder Dayan suddenly sneered.

"What do you mean by that, Senior?" Han Li was startled and couldn't help but ask.

"According to what I knew when I traveled through Great Jin back then, I'm not clear about other sects, but the righteous and demonic leaders, the Taiyi Gate and the Heavenly Demon Sect, as well as the Ten Thousand Demon Valley where all demons gather, absolutely each have more than one heaven-defying spiritual treasure imitation. The most famous one is the Ten Thousand Demon Banner in the Ten Thousand Demon Valley, which is always stuck in the valley. It is said that because this banner has absorbed too many fierce souls of cultivators, its power is likely no longer inferior to the heaven-defying spiritual treasure Heaven Demon Banner. As for other major sects, if one or two such heaven-defying spiritual treasure imitations also appear, I wouldn't be surprised at all. Otherwise, how could these major sects have stood until today without falling?"

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