?Chapter 955: Volume 6 Spirit Treasures Chapter 952 Unrest Chapter 955: Volume 6 Spirit Treasures Chapter 952 Unrest Clearly, after reaching the Nascent Soul Stage, not too many cultivators were still interested in crafting puppets and peculiar Daoist paper talismans.
After competing with only three or four other people, Han Li easily secured the item with a bid of 170,000 spirit stones, much to his delight.
In the subsequent auction led by the white light figure, there were two more items that caught Han Li’s attention.
He spent 190,000 spirit stones and 310,000 spirit stones, respectively, to acquire them.
The latter was a material for a very famous spiritual treasure, and Han Li had no choice but to fiercely compete with many cultivators, bidding high amounts before finally securing the item.
These few items had depleted seven to eight-tenths of the spirit stones in Han Li’s storage pouch.
Fortunately, no other puppet materials he needed appeared subsequently, which had Han Li sighing with relief.
When the last item was auctioned off and the storage pouches on the jade table were completely emptied, the figure in the white light seemed quite satisfied with the previous auctions.
After pausing for a moment, they said with a light chuckle,
“All our items have been auctioned off.
If any fellow Daoists have treasures they wish to trade, you may now present them one by one for exchange.
Let me say this beforehand; since it is a free exchange, if there is any forgery in the exchange items or if one makes a mistake in assessing them, it has nothing to do with us.
We only provide the venue, and one must bear all the consequences.
Also, following the usual rules, no matter what you wish to exchange or how many items you prepare to exchange successfully, we will afterwards charge a fee of 10,000 spirit stones per person.
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Now, fellow Daoists, please feel free to proceed, and as long as there is no violation of the rules, I am merely an observer.”
The figure spoke straightforwardly.
After finishing their speech, they immediately moved and suddenly appeared on the edge of the clearing, then sat down cross-legged, appearing to directly enter into meditation.
This scene did not surprise most of the cultivators around; instead, it prompted figures to move, and several streaks of bright light flew out.
One of them was clearly faster than the others, and as the glow subsided, a figure enshrouded in red light appeared behind the jade table.
The figure then smiled with cupped fists and said,
“Thank you for yielding, I have arrived first.
The rest of the fellow Daoists, please wait a moment.”
Seeing this, the other streaks of light could only circle around unwillingly before flying back to their original seats.
Han Li watched with a slight smile.
Generally speaking, being the first to act in trading materials naturally had its advantages, as it could prevent the items one needed from being snatched up by others first.
However, such incidents weren’t too common, and the rarer the materials being traded, the less likely they were to overlap with others’ needs.
Therefore, most cultivators were able to remain calm and didn’t compete overmuch with the few who had rushed to trade earlier.
The few materials Han Li still lacked were rather obscure, and thus he was not too worried.
Those who had preemptively taken their stand were probably trading items with a broad range of uses, prompting their urgency.
Indeed, the cultivator amidst the red glow brought out several rare materials and specifically requested certain alchemical ingredients that could be used in various medicinal pills.
Shortly after, indeed, several people came forth to trade away most of these materials, leaving the person enshrouded in red glow quite satisfied as they stepped down.
The several people who followed also traded rather smoothly, each managing to gain something from the exchanges.
However, when a cultivator with a yellow aura held up a sparkling blue metal, asking to trade for a water-attribute material that Han Li had never even heard of, not a single person came forth to trade even after the request was repeated three times.
This cultivator could only walk back down in dejection.
Following this person, cultivators began returning empty-handed more frequently.
After some three or four dozen went up, the majority came back without any exchange, and those who secured an item were few.
Of course, this didn’t necessarily mean that the items these cultivators sought to trade for weren’t in the possession of others present; it was more likely that those who had the materials assessed that the offerings weren’t worth the trade or that the items weren’t what they desired, so they remained unmoved and didn’t go forward to trade.
Thus, this barter system did not guarantee that one’s prized treasures would easily find a successful exchange.
Certainly, some cultivators saw materials they desired but didn’t possess what the other party wanted, and tried to negotiate secretly to trade with other treasures.
Yet, only a very few succeeded, with most rebuffed coldly; among the successful few was Han Li, who managed to trade just once.
Han Li’s approach was very straightforward; he directly used several rarely seen spiritual herbs and some high-grade demon cores to trade for the materials he needed.
These two things were of great use to any cultivator.
Although one or two could be obtained occasionally in city markets, gathering such a large amount all at once was naturally quite difficult.
Therefore, the other cultivator hesitated only briefly before they stopped insisting on their original plan and nodded in agreement.
Besides that, Han Li also managed to trade some of his stored items for two types of puppet materials.
Now, he was only short of two of the rarest materials to complete his collection of puppet materials.
However, these two items were truly too rare and unlikely to be put up for trade by common cultivators.
“Han Li, what do you plan to use to trade for the materials?
If the treasures you offer are somewhat inferior, I fear others may possess the materials but won’t easily part with them,” Monarch Great Development suddenly transmitted using divine sense to Han Li.
“I’ve already decided on the item.
The monks here are mostly from the Devilish path, and I just so happen to have something considered a treasure by Devilish arts,” Han Li spoke indifferently.
“Are you referring to that material?
Are you willing to part with it?” Monarch Great Development was somewhat surprised.
“I have no choice, even though I’m reluctant.
Now that I’ve collected all the puppet materials up to this point, I must obtain the last two items.
Otherwise, my previous efforts would have been in vain.
As long as the puppet is as powerful as the senior described, it would still be worth it.” Han Li said with a slight smile, transmitting his voice.
Then, he glanced around and felt that the time was about right.
As a monk returned from his attempt somewhat despondently, Han Li finally stood up from his seat.
He walked up calmly to the back of the jade table.
All the seated monks subconsciously looked towards Han Li, curious to see what rare items he could present.
With a flip of his hands, Han Li produced two small jade boxes.
He did not rush to open them but swept his gaze around the room and spoke in a slightly disguised hoarse voice,
“Devilish path’s treasured crafting materials, two Demonic Marrow Drills for exchange-Five Elements Jade and Dazzling Crystal.
If any fellow daoists possess these materials, they may make the exchange.”
After succinctly finishing his words, Han Li’s hands shook slightly, and the lids of the boxes popped off simultaneously.
Two inches-sized gloomy black crystals floated up from the boxes, emitting a faint black mist-these were the two Demonic Marrow Drills that Han Li had obtained from the ten thousand feet deep Demon Abyss.
“Demonic Marrow Drill!
The material for crafting Devil Dragon Blades, did I hear that correctly?”
“Impossible, how could such things truly exist in this world.”
“Is it real or fake?”
…
As soon as Han Li finished speaking, the entire hall erupted into chaos, with many people shouting in shock.
The shadow of a person meditating near the perimeter of the clearing, amidst the white mist, also opened their eyes in surprise, staring unblinkingly at the two Demonic Marrow Drills in front of Han Li.
“To be honest, if I wasn’t practicing a cultivation technique that isn’t a devilish art, I would never have taken these out for exchange.
As for their authenticity, as long as someone can present the items I need, I will allow them to thoroughly verify them,” Han Li said naturally.
Upon hearing Han Li’s confident words, the monks who were initially restless quieted down, all of them looking at the Demonic Marrow Drills with varied expressions.
Five Elements Jade and Dazzling Crystal were indeed hard to find in the world, but compared to this material of Devilish path’s treasured crafting, rumored to exist only in hearsay, they naturally paled in comparison.
This made everyone eager.
“I remember we have a piece of Dazzling Crystal in storage.
It wasn’t brought out for auction due to its extreme value.
I can have someone retrieve it immediately for inspection.
How about I check the Demonic Marrow Drills first?” To everyone’s surprise, the shadow within the white light, who was hosting the exchange, spoke these words after observing the Demonic Marrow Drills from a distance.
“Since it is you who speaks, it can’t be an empty promise.
You may first authenticate it,” Han Li replied with a hint of surprise on his face, not hesitating in the slightest.
It seemed as if the figure amidst the white mist nodded, flicking his hand and sending a dart of fire shooting upward, instantly vanishing at the ceiling.
After that, he slowly rose to his feet and walked towards Han Li.
The other monks, having heard the conversation between Han Li and him, stirred again, but this time no one said anything.
Given the white light monk’s role as the host of this exchange, he was obviously a person of broad knowledge and experience.
Therefore, everyone watched with wide eyes, silently awaiting the result of his evaluation.
The shadow from within the white mist seemed to be quite familiar with the Demonic Marrow Drills.
After skillfully taking one into his hand, he opened his mouth, and a white Nascent flame sprayed onto it.
But as soon as this white flame came into contact with the surface mist of the crystal, it split to both sides as if meeting a natural enemy, unable to come close to the Demonic Marrow Drill for a fiery refinement.
The figure’s face showed a trace of excitement, then he pinched a technique with both hands and drew back the Nascent flame from his mouth, replacing it with a blue misty cold air.
This cold air engulfed the crystal yet was unable to freeze it even slightly.
After his gaze flickered a few times, he raised a hand with a single finger pointing at the crystal.
A torrent of dark Demonic Qi poured into the crystal.
Yet, like a pebble dropped into the sea, there was no reaction from the Demonic Marrow Drill.
“Indeed, these are definitely Demonic Marrow Drills.
I’ll take them.” Whether by coincidence or not, just as this person made his declaration, at a spot about thirty to forty feet away, a figure in a grey robe with a concealed face eerily appeared.
He bowed to the figure in the white mist, handed over a jade box, and then once more faded from sight.
(To be continued…
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