?Chapter 957: Volume 6 Spirit Treasures Chapter 954 Flatten Mountain Seal Chapter 957: Volume 6 Spirit Treasures Chapter 954 Flatten Mountain Seal “What does Fellow Daoist mean by this?” The female cultivator’s voice suddenly turned icy amid the silvery mist.
The other cultivators watching the scene were also stunned one by one.
Han Li gave a faint smile, kept one hand pressed on the wooden box, and with the other hand slapped his storage pouch, sending another jade box flying towards the other party.
“I am only interested in the Demonic Marrow Drill, not any other item,” the female cultivator said, catching the jade box instinctively but speaking unhappily.
“Why don’t you look at the contents of the box first before saying that?” Han Li spoke confidently.
The female cultivator opened a crack in the lid with some suspicion, glanced inside casually, and immediately let out an exclamation of surprise, filled with delight.
“Good!
The Five Elements Jade is yours, Fellow Daoist,” the female cultivator laughed heartily, closing the half-open lid quickly, pocketing the jade box, and walked back nonchalantly.
The surrounding cultivators were all befuddled.
They hadn’t seen what was inside the third jade box Han Li offered, naturally wondering why the woman had inexplicably agreed to trade the Five Elements Jade, feeling confused.
Among them, some speculated whether Han Li had brought out a third Demonic Marrow Drill.
But someone possessing two was shocking enough, to have a third would be astounding.
Most still felt it was unlikely and thought that Han Li had swayed the female cultivator with some other treasure.
However, many envious, jealous, and sinister glances hovered over Han Li amidst the different gazes.
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But Han Li seemed oblivious to all this, instead fixing his attention on the graceful silhouette of the woman amidst the silvery mist, which was fleetingly visible.
His brow furrowed without meaning to.
He hadn’t noticed before, but now that he saw the blurry figure, it sparked a feeling of familiarity.
Could it be her?
Han Li was suddenly struck with a strange thought, startling himself.
Although the voice didn’t seem at all like her, changing one’s voice was as easy as eating for them immortal cultivators.
His thoughts raced, and Han Li couldn’t help but allow a blue light to flicker in his pupils, making use of the Brightsight Spirit Water.
Although he couldn’t see through the mist entirely, at least he could make out the woman’s figure much clearer than before.
Han Li had an odd expression on his face.
Although still not quite clear, the female cultivator did seem to be the Endless Sky Saintess.
However, the woman, without the brightsight divine skill and with Han Li disguising his voice, failed to recognize him and was now contentedly taking Han Li’s third Demonic Marrow Drill back to her seat.
Han Li suddenly felt a sense of amused irony.
The very materials he had painstakingly sought were ultimately obtained from an enemy-it was indeed an ironic situation.
While Han Li harbored a strange feeling within, his hands didn’t slow down.
He quickly put away the Five Elements Jade and the Auric Essence and started walking back to his seat as well.
He didn’t care whose hands these materials came from; having finally achieved his goals for this trip and unexpectedly acquiring such a large piece of Auric Essence saved him considerable future trouble.
This Auric Essence was enough to complete the crafting of the majority of the Sword Array.
With a little more Auric Essence collected later, he could reform the thirty-six Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords.
This left Han Li extremely satisfied.
In the subsequent exchanges, another thirty to forty cultivators went up to trade treasures, but since materials like the Demonic Marrow Drill and Five Elements Jade had already appeared, everyone seemed somewhat disinterested, hastily concluding their trades.
Even fewer succeeded in making an exchange.
Despite a few decent items appearing later, they failed to ignite interest among the other cultivators.
Eventually, after one cultivator returned to his seat, no one else stepped forward.
The figure who had presided over the exchange meeting, upon seeing this scene, calmly walked back behind the jade table.
“Now that all fellow Daoists have finished their exchanges, let us begin the auction for the last treasure of this exchange meeting, which is also the most valuable item of this event.” This person spoke composedly, then suddenly clapped his hands twice with a “snap, snap,” and following that, with a flash of light at the entrance of the hall, two male cultivators entered.
Surprisingly, these two cultivators were not concealing their appearances with any Daoist paper talisman but walked directly to the center with their true faces showing.
The cultivators present caused a stir at this revelation; most of them could name these two.
They were the black-crowned elder and the square-faced middle-aged man who had previously appeared in a certain mansion in the imperial city.
One was at the early stage of Nascent Soul, and the other seemed to be at the middle stage; both were Nascent Soul elders who often represent the Imperial Ye Family in dealings with outsiders.
While most cultivators were puzzled, a few were well-informed and not at all surprised.
They had received news beforehand and had come to the exchange meeting specifically for this treasure; naturally, they were greatly invigorated at this moment.
At this time, the black-crowned elder had already walked a few steps to the front of the table, nodded towards the figure in the silvery mist, then turned around to face the cultivators and said slowly:
“There is no need for a detailed introduction, as eight or nine out of ten present here recognize us.
I will keep it brief.
The precious item this time is something our Ye Clan has expended countless manpower and resources to prepare for over a hundred years, and has only just recently refined.
However, recently a number of sects with good relations to the Ye Clan have simultaneously approached us with requests to purchase this item.
The Ye Clan cannot afford to offend or refuse any of these sects, and hence after deliberation by our Council of Elders, we have decided to auction off this treasure here at the exchange meeting and see which fellow Daoist will have the fortune to acquire this valuable item.”
As soon as the square-faced middle-aged man finished speaking, he turned his head and gave the black-crowned elder a sign.
The elder slowly took out a square box about a foot long from his sleeve, looked at it reluctantly for a moment, then bit down hard and handed it to the figure in the silvery mist.
“Hehe, since everything has been said, I won’t waste any more words.
Let’s give everyone a chance to witness the true appearance of this treasure.” The figure in the silvery mist chuckled lightly, then flicked the jade box in hand.
The lid of the box flew up instantly, followed by a dazzling fist-sized yellow radiance slowly emerging from the box.
But no sooner had it left the box than the yellow light started expanding and contracting unpredictably, as if sentient, and emitted a series of low humming sounds.
Seeing this, the figure in the silvery mist gestured solemnly with both hands, casting several spells in quick succession, then pointed at the yellow light and let out a low shout.
The light of the sphere flashed wildly a few times, then suddenly spun around as the spiritual light completely retracted to reveal its original form-it was a small earthen-yellow seal several inches in size.
The seal was square and flat, its entire body smooth as jade, but its surface flickered with layers of tiny golden and silver arrays.
Eerily, with each flash of light, the runes in these arrays were completely different, and upon closer inspection, they all appeared profoundly mysterious.
Moreover, the spiritual energy emanating from this small seal was calm and steady, but with such a massive presence that anyone who felt it could not help but have their countenance drastically change.
“This treasure is called the Flatten Mountain Seal, a replica manufactured in imitation of the ancient heavenly skill treasure, the Heaven-Seizing Seal.
According to tests conducted by the Ye Clan’s own cultivators, although this treasure possesses only one-tenth to one-fifth of the alleged power of the true Heaven-Seizing Seal, it’s certainly capable of flattening mountains and splitting the earth.
Furthermore, if a cultivator is sufficiently advanced in cultivation, it is not impossible to bring out one-third of the Heaven-Seizing Seal’s power.
However, such an act would greatly damage the treasure, so it is not advisable to do so lightly.”
While speaking, the figure in the silvery mist manipulated the Flatten Mountain Seal in front of him, which varied in size and seemed ready to burst with impressive force at any moment, causing all cultivators in the hall to be moved by its potential.
Even without this demonstration, the mere words “replica of a heavenly skill treasure” were enough to demonstrate the extraordinariness of this seal.
Regardless of whether they had prior knowledge of this treasure, all cultivators were fixated on this small seal.
Han Li, upon hearing the words “replica of a heavenly skill treasure,” couldn’t help but be stunned.
He had gone to such lengths to collect materials and had yet to gather all the components required to refine the Three Flame Fan when, to his utter surprise, a replica of a heavenly skill treasure had already appeared at this exchange meeting.
This greatly frustrated Han Li.
Unfortunately, Han Li had limited knowledge about the heavenly skill treasures and knew nothing about the so-called “Heaven-Seizing Seal,” so he really had no idea whether his Three Flame Fan, if successfully refined, would be stronger or weaker than this treasure.
As if guessing what Han Li was thinking, Monarch Great Development suddenly spoke up:
“There’s no need to worry too much.
This Flatten Mountain Seal can only exert one-tenth to one-fifth of the original treasure’s might.
The Three Flame Fan I’ve studied can unleash up to forty percent of the Seven Flames Fan’s maximum power.
If, like that person suggested, one is to outperform the norm, achieving full power is also possible.
Although your fan and that Flatten Mountain Seal are both offensive Daoist paper talismans, in terms of sheer power, this seal is likely still inferior to your Three Flame Fan.”
“Mm, it’s about what I expected.
I truly hope to finish refining the Three Flame Fan as soon as possible.
With that treasure in hand, I should have no fear when facing late Nascent Soul cultivators,” Han Li murmured to himself, nodding inwardly.
“Hmph!
Do you really think that in Great Jin, similar to Tian Luo, there is only one of these replicas?” Great Development suddenly said with a cold laugh.
“Senior means…” Han Li was taken aback and asked.
“From what I knew when I traveled across Great Jin, I’m not sure about other sects, but the premier sects like Taiyi Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect, as well as the Ten Thousand Demon Valley where demons gather, definitely each have one or more replicas of heavenly skill treasures.
The most famous one is the Ten Thousand Demon Banner, a replica always planted in the Ten Thousand Demon Valley.
It is said to have absorbed so many cultivators’ souls that its power might already surpass the replica of the heavenly skill treasure, the Heavenly Demon Banner.
If other significant sects also have one or two heavenly skill treasure replicas, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.
Otherwise, these great sects wouldn’t be able to stand tall up to this day.”
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