Chapter 960: Evil Flood Dragon

Hearing the Heaven Talisman Sect cautiously propose this condition, Han Li's mouth twitched, and a faint smile appeared. 【Web】

"Ask me to be the guest elder for your three families. Do you think I will agree?"

"Junior knows that with our small sect, we simply don't have the qualifications to offer such a high-level person as Senior. But our few families only need Senior to step in and solve a trouble before us, and after that, you can just be a nominal member, and we would never dare to trouble Senior for anything else." The Wen-surnamed old man was originally nervous, but seeing that Han Li didn't look angry, he felt relieved and hurriedly explained again:

"You mean, I only need to step in once, and after that, I, Han, don't need to worry about it anymore." Han Li's gaze flashed as he said.

"That's right, that is what we mean. Of course, our three sects will not let Senior step in for nothing. Since Senior is interested in talisman-making, our Heaven Talisman Sect is willing to gift the Spirit Transformation Talisman secret technique to Senior. Golden Glow Mountain and Bright Sun Valley are also each willing to let Senior comprehend one inherited secret technique. In addition, we have also prepared tens of thousands of spirit stones, hoping that Senior will accept them."

At this point, the Wen-surnamed old man simply laid out all the conditions in one breath. He knew very well that playing any more tricks might instead annoy the other party, so it was better to be frank.

"Tens of thousands of spirit stones?" Han Li revealed a faint smile.

"These spirit stones are indeed a bit few. However, our three sects will continue to offer some spirit stones every year as an offering. In addition, our sect is willing to gift the Spirit Transformation Talisman personally refined by our founding ancestor to Senior. I imagine that with Senior's supernatural powers, you will be able to refine this object." The Wen-surnamed old man gritted his teeth and laid out the final bottom line.

"Founding ancestor, could it be the Heaven Talisman True Person?" Han Li finally had a slight change in expression.

"That's right, it is exactly this treasure. To tell Senior the truth, although this spirit talisman once showed great supernatural powers in our sect's ancestor's hands, it is a pity that we, the younger generation of disciples, are useless, and not a single one has been able to refine it. Therefore, this spirit talisman has been passed down in our sect for I don't know how many years, and we can only watch its spirituality gradually fade, with nothing we can do. If Senior can take it for your own use, it is also a win-win situation." This time, it was Yue Zhen who took the initiative to speak.

"Your sect still has such a treasure; I, Han, would like to see it first!" Han Li became interested.

"Yue, my nephew, take out the spirit talisman and show it to Senior." Seeing that Han Li was somewhat tempted, the Wen-surnamed old man was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered. Although he was the one with the highest cultivation in the Heaven Talisman Sect, that spirit talisman used by the Heaven Talisman True Person back then could only be held by the successive sect masters. That was why he said so.

"Yes, Uncle!"

Yue Zhen was very sensible and immediately patted his storage bag. With a flash of cyan light, a pale yellow wooden box appeared in his hand, which he handed to Han Li with both hands.

Han Li raised an eyebrow and didn't stand on ceremony. With a casual wave, he sucked the wooden box into his hand and lowered his head to size it up twice first.

The surface of the wooden box was unremarkable and ancient, and there was a golden talisman stuck on the lid.

Han Li raised an eyebrow and brushed his hand over the lid. With a flash of spiritual light, the talisman drifted down without a sound.

The other cultivators who saw this scene didn't feel anything, but the three Core Formation elders, including the Wen-surnamed old man, were all shocked at the same time.

The ability to easily remove the barrier talisman by using spiritual power like this was not something an ordinary cultivator could do. Not only did one need to have powerful cultivation to a certain level, but one's control over magic power had to be subtle to an unimaginable realm. They had only heard of this kind of means in rumors. Now that they saw Han Li do it without changing his expression, they naturally added a few more points of awe toward Han Li.

And as soon as the lid was opened, a mass of cyan light appeared in the box, followed by a burst of pure wood spiritual energy rushing toward his face.

Han Li felt a burst of surprise in his heart.

According to what the Wen-surnamed old man said, this spirit talisman should have had its spirituality greatly reduced after so many years, but now it still had such power; it was indeed not an ordinary object. However, what made Han Li even more delighted was that this Spirit Transformation Talisman was actually a wood-attribute spirit talisman, which complemented his cultivation technique, making it much easier to cultivate.

Thinking this in his heart, Han Li also saw the spirit talisman in the cyan light clearly.

It was a palm-sized talisman, emerald green and dripping, but there were golden and silver intertwined talisman scripts appearing and disappearing around the edges, looking mysterious. However, what caught Han Li's attention was a small pale purple light spot slowly rotating in the center of the talisman, flickering endlessly.

Han Li raised his palm, his entire palm suddenly wrapped in a layer of cyan light, and he grabbed toward the spirit talisman in the box with his five fingers.

With a flash of light, the spirit talisman trembled and suddenly turned into a cyan ray, shooting out of the box.

Han Li's expression sank, and he grabbed backhand.

A light hand appeared like an illusion and grabbed the spirit talisman into his hand. Before the other cultivators could scream in surprise, the light hand dissipated and disappeared, but the spirit talisman was directly sucked into Han Li's hand.

"This is the Spirit Transformation Talisman. It really has some tricks. I heard that the Heaven Talisman True Person was a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator back then. I imagine the true essence of the Heaven Talisman True Person in this Spirit Transformation Talisman is too powerful, so it is not an easy thing for an ordinary cultivator to refine it. And even if the refinement is successful, the spirit talisman's power will be greatly reduced, and it must be re-cultivated with one's own true essence. This is not something that can be done in a few decades. It is very likely that it will take over a hundred years." Gazing at the spirit talisman that was twisting and shaking like a living fish between his fingers, Han Li gave a chuckle.

"Then Senior thinks this talisman..." Hearing Han Li say this, the Wen-surnamed old man and the others looked at each other, and asked with a sinking heart.

"However, this is for early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. I have already advanced to the mid-stage, and my main cultivation technique is also wood-attribute, so refining this object is somewhat easier. This object is indeed still useful to me." Han Li changed the subject, saying calmly. In fact, there was one sentence Han Li didn't say: although this twice-tempered talisman takes a long time to refine, after it is successfully re-cultivated, its power will surely be far superior to before.

"Then Senior means you have agreed." The Wen-surnamed old man replied with joy.

The other cultivators in the hall, hearing this, were also full of anticipation.

"Whether I agree or not, there is no rush. Let's talk about the trouble you want me to solve first. If it is not too troublesome, stepping in once is not impossible." Han Li said noncommittally, and at the same time, he flicked his wrist slightly, and the spirit talisman wrapped in spiritual energy shot into the wooden box, and then with a wave, the lid was closed again.

"This is natural. In fact, for Senior, this matter is just a matter of lifting a hand. This matter mainly concerns a marketplace of our three families. A few days ago..." Seeing that Han Li looked like he was considering agreeing, the Wen-surnamed old man was overjoyed and hurriedly began to tell everything about the marketplace and the Sha Yang Sect.

Han Li listened quietly!

A quarter of an hour later, Han Li turned into a cyan rainbow and left White Bamboo Mountain, flying straight toward the north.

A few days later, a small but not insignificant matter spread in the Huayun Prefecture cultivation world.

A cultivator surnamed Han, who claimed to be a guest elder of the Heaven Talisman Sect, suddenly arrived at the mountain gate of the Demonic Dao's Sha Yang Sect. With the astonishing supernatural powers of a mid-stage Nascent Soul, he easily defeated the only Nascent Soul elder of the Sha Yang Sect in the name of a friendly match, and then left gracefully.

And the next day, the Lingfeng Sect, which had always been fully supported by the Sha Yang Sect, suddenly hurriedly moved its marketplace from the place near Kaijiang Town to another place ten thousand miles away. Not only that, other small and medium-sized sects were also shocked when they heard this, and after inquiring about the details, they successively withdrew their forces from the ten thousand miles area centered on Kaijiang Town. They automatically ceded this large area to the three small sects including the Heaven Talisman Sect.

For a time, sects like the Heaven Talisman Sect and Golden Glow Mountain naturally held their heads high, and the cultivators in the sect were all exceptionally happy. The sect masters and elders of these families felt even more that the original offerings were not spent in vain. With such a mid-stage Nascent Soul guest elder hanging his name, they imagined that the three sects' power could double within a hundred years.

Just at this time, the Flood Dragon Slaughtering Assembly convened by the Huayun Prefecture's first sect, the "South Sea Sect," finally began. This assembly gathered over two hundred cultivators above the Core Formation stage in just a few days, and there were nearly ten Nascent Soul cultivators. Then, under the organization of the South Sea Sect, they began to divide into several groups to sweep the nearby sea areas, searching everywhere for the hiding places of those few poison flood dragons.

Some low-tier demonic beasts were found from time to time and then killed one by one. For a time, the human cultivators' morale soared, and they had the intention of achieving success in one stroke.

But those few evil flood dragons were exceptionally cunning. Once they saw that the situation was not right, they always hid and did not come out, making these cultivators busy for several months in a row, but they were never able to find the traces of these demonic flood dragons. Finally, a part of the cultivators could not bear it and dispersed on their own.

After another month, the only ones still searching for the evil flood dragons on the sea were over a hundred cultivators. Even Nascent Soul cultivators had left several, leaving only seven people led by the South Sea Sect.

And just in this situation, the manpower in each group naturally began to be greatly insufficient. Those few evil flood dragons saw that there was an opportunity to take advantage of, and immediately began to stir. Not only did they start to frequently attack lone cultivators, but even that Level 8 blue flood dragon directly attacked several groups of cultivators with sparse manpower.

Although these groups had Nascent Soul cultivators leading them, that Level 8 blue flood dragon's supernatural powers were truly not small, and it performed its water escape technique to perfection. Every time after one strike, it immediately dived into the seabed and escaped, not entangling at all. As a result, not only did they not hurt this flood dragon, but several Core Formation cultivators were swallowed by it instead.

This time, the remaining human cultivators were all panic-stricken, and the South Sea Sect had an even greater situation of being unable to get off the tiger. Helpless, they could only try their best to merge several groups of manpower before daring to continue sending people out to sea.

And on this day, another group of over ten cultivators, led by a Nascent Soul cultivator, was slowly flying over a sea area, and each of them was cautiously releasing their spiritual sense, searching everywhere. Especially in the direction of the sea surface, it was the main direction that these cultivators' spiritual sense scanned.

In this group of cultivators, Han Li had transformed into a pale-faced middle-aged cultivator, flying at the very back of the group without haste. Despite his calm appearance, he was feeling very depressed in his heart.

When the Flood Dragon Slaughtering Assembly was first convened, Han Li had mixed into it with the identity of a Core Formation cultivator, preparing to fish in troubled waters. But he never expected that he would have had no gains until now.

The first few months were fine; having no gains was naturally normal. But ever since the evil flood dragons appeared again, other groups had encountered one or two sneak attacks by evil flood dragons, more or less, but the group of cultivators he joined had not encountered even once.

This made Han Li truly speechless; he really didn't know if his luck was too good or too bad.

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