?Chapter 930: Volume 6 Spirit Treasures Chapter 927 Sudden Gusts of Wind Chapter 930: Volume 6 Spirit Treasures Chapter 927 Sudden Gusts of Wind A couple of hours later, the palace-dressed young girl, full of grace and poise, emerged from the Earth Fire Hall, and the men and women who had come with her were already waiting outside, getting somewhat anxious.
The three Artifact Refinement Hall disciples had also respectfully accompanied her the entire time.
Each of these male and female cultivators had extraordinary backgrounds, and they were certainly not ones whom these low-level cultivators could afford to slight in the least.
As soon as the girl elegantly stepped out, the young men immediately crowded around her.
“Commandery Princess, how did it go?”
“The Blood Silk Silver wasn’t ruined by that guy, was it?”
…
They asked enthusiastically one after another.
“It’s fine, thank you all for your concern.
Han Li has already helped me refine the materials, and there were no mishaps,” the girl said with a graceful smile, brushing a strand of blue silk from her forehead-gone was any hint of the tomboyish figure she had presented while with Han Li.
Han Li, also emerging from the Earth Fire Hall, couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth at this scene.
“Hehe!
Han Li, you’re surely cunning, managing to extract the whereabouts of the Crow Phoenix Feathers from the mouth of such a young girl.
So, are you really planning to go after that Island Master’s Crow Phoenix?”
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Now that I know the method to enhance the power of the Three Flame Fan, I naturally have to give it a try.
If, after spending so many rare materials and effort, the power is still not satisfying, wouldn’t that all have been wasted effort?
After all, ordinary ancient treasures are really not very effective against mid to late Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
Let’s go, during the few days they are staying at the Imperial Pure Temple, I shall just stay in the secret chamber.
It’s better to avoid being harassed by these people and delay my cultivation,” Han Li said indifferently, then silently slipped out of the Earth Fire Hall and headed to his own dwelling.
…
In the following two days, the palace-dressed girl secretly sought out Han Li again, wanting him to refine something for her.
But Han Li had already put up a sign indicating he was in closed-door cultivation and had activated a simple restrictive formation at his door, causing the girl to pout and make a round outside his dwelling before reluctantly leaving.
After two days had passed, the young men and women finally left the Imperial Pure Temple with the beautiful woman, and the Artifact Refinement Hall returned to normal.
Occasionally, Han Li would come out to refine materials and completed the monthly tasks on time; the rest of his time was devoted to diligently practicing the King Ming Art.
As time passed month by month, Han Li’s punctuality and ability to complete the refining tasks impressed Old Man Wei more and more.
In the middle, he even took the time to explain some special techniques related to material refinement to Han Li.
Gradually, he began to hand over rare materials for Han Li to refine as well.
Seeing this, Han Li still completed these tasks on time every month without any delay.
This surprised Old Man Wei, who finally recognized Han Li’s talent in Artifact Refining and naturally began to teach him more things from time to time,
simultaneously starting to hand over less critical parts of the materials he needed for his own projects to Han Li to handle.
Soon after, Han Li was surprised to find that all the materials he was given to refine were rare Earth Attribute materials.
This made him somewhat astonished!
After all, apart from a few types of treasures that pursued strength alone, it was rare for all materials in a Magic Artifact or a Daoist paper talisman to be composed of Earth Attribute materials.
However, this had nothing to do with him.
He still undeterred continued with his original plan, gradually practicing the second layer of the King Ming Art and vaguely feeling the astonishing changes in his body.
Just then, the Gan Family from beyond the mountains suddenly sent a message saying that the scholar with the surname Yan, who had escorted him into the mountain, had suddenly fallen ill and passed away.
“A serious illness?
When I examined his body that day, there were no hidden ailments on him,” Han Li muttered in surprise when he received this message.
At the same time, he thought about the fact that unfamiliar cultivators had been appearing frequently in the Imperial Pure Temple recently, stealthily scanning the premises with Divine Sense, giving off a premonition of an impending storm.
“I must not stay here any longer, or else I don’t know what kind of trouble I might get involved in,” Han Li concluded decisively, based on his extensive experience.
Immediately, he practiced the King Ming Art even more earnestly with the time he had left.
…
Over a year later, a minor but still significant incident occurred in the Imperial Pure Temple-a Qi Refinement realm external affairs disciple mysteriously disappeared from within the temple.
This immediately alarmed several high-level members, and even the old Daoist nun who was at the Nascent Soul stage personally inquired about the matter after hearing of it.
A missing disciple of such low rank was originally a minor issue compared to the thousands of disciples within the Imperial Pure Temple.
However, this particular disciple was one of those in the Artifact Refining Hall capable of providing a certain assistance in the temple’s current artifact forging.
It’s no wonder that this had alarmed so many high-ranking elders of the Imperial Pure Temple.
Now, within the loft where the old Daoist nun had once discussed matters with that beautiful woman surnamed Yu, the old Daoist nun sat in the middle on a Taishi Chair, flanked by two other Daoist nuns, both in yellow robes-one in her forties and the other looking to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight.
“What is going on?
Our Imperial Pure Temple is safeguarded by numerous protective formations; yet a disciple has vanished without a trace.
Do you two have nothing to say about this?” the old Daoist nun asked coldly, her face darkening.
“Reporting to Martial Aunt, I have investigated all the temple’s restrictive formations and they are all intact, showing no signs of invasion by external enemies.
It seems that unless it was a master of formation spells who came, that disciple must have left on their own,” replied the middle-aged Daoist nun, hesitating before speaking respectfully.
“A master of formation spells.
Our temple’s sect-wide formations are not something even the Formation Grandmasters from the Great Jin could breach overnight from the outside.
However, leaving from the inside is not so difficult.
What is the name of that disciple, and what background does he have?” the old Daoist nun furrowed her brows, as if remembering something.
“This disciple’s name is Han Li.
Wasn’t he the loose cultivator that Hua Lian brought back to the temple two years ago from the White Dew Academy, just as he was about to take a master?” the younger Daoist nun, seemingly familiar with the relevant information, quickly replied.
“Han Li?
That name is exactly the same as the elder recently recruited by the Ye Clan,” the old Daoist nun suddenly gasped in surprise.
“Yes.
When Martial Niece first heard this disciple’s name, she was also taken aback.
However, it’s most likely a coincidence.
After all, one is at the Nascent Soul Stage and the other the Qi Refinement Realm; it’s highly improbable that there’s any connection between them,” deduced the young Daoist nun.
“A coincidence?
Although coincidences are abundant in this world, it just happens that someone goes missing during the critical period of our forging.
And the missing person coincidentally shares both name and surname with a newly joined elder within our temple.
Regardless of whether it is indeed a coincidence, this matter must be thoroughly investigated.
Send word to the capital asking if there is any unknown connection between ‘Senior Han’ of our clan and this Han Li.
Additionally, summon Hua Lian and I will personally inquire about the process of how this disciple was brought back to our temple, to see whether the White Dew Academy has set any traps for us.
Moreover, the progress of the Artifact Refining Hall must not stop for even a moment, as we must complete the artifact we are responsible for forging within three years, and we can’t afford any delays,” ordered the old Daoist nun, her face expressionless.
“Yes, Martial Aunt!”
“At your command!”
The other two repeated their affirmations, then took their leave to arrange these matters.
Once they had left the loft, the old Daoist nun sighed deeply and leaned back, slowly closing her eyes.
Three months later, at the Taixing Market, the largest in Yi Prefecture, a young man spent a small fortune of spirit stones to purchase a piece of unidentified ore that had been placed in a store there for nearly a hundred years, with nobody showing any interest.
Five months later, at the renowned Fanchuan Trade Conference in Fan County, a masked cultivator used a high price of one hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones to buy three pieces of Fire Tin Wood.
Six months later, in Kailong Prefecture of Fengzhou, a local medium-sized sect known as the Cry of the Sword Sect experienced a theft.
The spiritual horn of an Ironhorn Rhino, stored within their sect, suddenly vanished without a trace.
After eight months, in the most prominent wealthy family of Qu County, a large man in the mid Nascent Soul stage with an exceedingly ugly face suddenly appeared, offering a millennia-old spiritual herb and a seventh grade demon beast’s spirit pill in exchange for Five Lights Wood collected by the family.
The family head, Zong Ping, refused, and brought forth two Nascent Soul elders to take action against the visitor.
However, they were easily turned to two massive ice sculptures by the mid Nascent Soul stage cultivator’s great divine powers.
Astonished, the family head had no choice but transfer the Five Lights Wood painfully.
The ugly large man took the wood, laughed loudly and, leaving behind the spiritual herb and demon pill, he left in long strides.
It took significant effort to free the two trapped elders, and though their lives weren’t in danger, their Qi was greatly damaged.
Nine months later…
In just over a year, Southern Great Jin saw frequent appearances of a young man, a masked cultivator, and an ugly large man.
Their traces could be found everywhere, collecting various rare materials.
The young man only purchased obscure substances that few were familiar with.
Meanwhile, the masked cultivator repeatedly made lavish bids at auctions, seemingly with an endless supply of spirit stones.
The ugly large man unapologetically approached various wealthy families and smaller sects in the area, forcefully exchanging spiritual medicines and demon cores for their collection of various rare heavenly and earthly treasures.
Of course, there were also instances where certain items mysteriously disappeared overnight from the storerooms of medium and large sects.
For the first two individuals, apart from a few people with keen interest, nobody really took notice.
However, the aggressive bargaining and thefts occurring frequently in the realm of immortal cultivators shook the entire Southern Great Jin.
Not only were the robbed sects furiously sending out disciples in search for this mysteriously powerful thief, but the wealthy families who had been strong-armed by the ugly large man, with the backing of their associated sects, were equally vexed and dispatched people everywhere in search of this audacious individual.
(To be continued.
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