Chapter 137 – Golden Zhu Pen
”Two spirit stones!” A crisp female voice entered Han Li’s ears.
Han Li froze, only then realizing that the stall owner across the street, who had been looking down at the book, was actually a sweet and agreeable young girl.
”There’s nothing lacking in this book, is there?” Han Li asked after returning to his senses.
”No, one to thirteen layers of Evergreen Gong Techniques, one sentence and quite a few.” The young girl said graciously.
Han Li nodded and flipped through a few more pages haphazardly before closing the book.
”Will you accept the Dan Pill exchange?” Han Li asked bluntly.
”Pills?” The young girl was a bit stunned, opening her beautiful eyes wide.
”It depends on what kind of medicine? If it’s a medicine that heals wounds and cures illnesses or something like that, it’s not worth much!” The young girl warmly stroked down her messy hair in front of her forehead.
Upon hearing the young girl say this, Han Li knew that this matter could be accomplished, so he nonchalantly touched out a bottle of “Yellow Dragon Dan” and placed it in front of the young girl.
”A medicine that can refine your mana by strengthening your vitality and cultivating your essence!” Han Li was not modest.
”The Fixing Yuan and Cultivating Capital category?”
The young girl’s expression, which had been calm and unruffled, became a bit nervous. She leaned her body over to Han Li’s body and gently lifted up the jade bottle, pouring out an elixir before lowering her head to identify and smell the medicinal properties.
Han Li stood tall, and saw the young girl’s jade neck clearly, and because the young girl was too close to him, a clear and elegant fragrance of a daughter’s body came to his nose, causing Han Li’s heartbeat to accelerate and his face to blush slightly.
”It really is an elixir for refining mana!” The young girl cried out in surprise after smelling it for a while.
She raised her head and looked at Han Li with a joyful expression, saying expectantly, “Does Your Excellency have any more elixirs like this? If so, exchange it for as many as you have, and I can pick and choose from the things in this stall at will. If I really can’t, I can also purchase them with spirit stones!”
After saying this, the young girl grasped the bottle of medicine to death and stared at Han Li without blinking, afraid to hear the word “no” from the other party’s mouth.
Han Li saw that the originally gentle and lovely young girl was suddenly nervous like this, and laughed. However, he couldn’t help but think to himself that he had underestimated the value of this type of elixir, and would need to be more cautious in the future!
”This girl don’t be in a hurry, let’s finish this business in front of us before we talk about the next one, okay?” Han Li originally wanted to reject the other party, but when he looked at the other party’s clear eyes, he somehow suddenly remembered his little sister at home, and his heart softened a bit, and these words came out of his mouth.
”I’m really sorry! I was a bit out of line.” As if the young girl also noticed her rudeness, her face blushed scarlet.
”For this book, just two of these pills will do.” The young girl said after her complexion calmed down.
Upon hearing this, Han Li felt that the other party’s price was quite fair, so he agreed and then began to sweep his gaze toward the other items on the stall.
”What’s this?”
A small, unassuming gray cloth bag caught Han Li’s interest. This pouch, in particular, was also tied tightly by a thin, silky red rope that bulged inside! Han Li reached out and grabbed it.
”These are the seeds of the Seven Star Grass, and Seven Star Grass over ten years old is the best raw material for making talisman paper.” The young girl explained in a brittle voice.
Han Li’s heart stirred, such things could be of great use, so he put the bag in front of him without hesitation.
”The other things, they’re of no use to me?” Han Li said slowly after roughly looking at it again.
”You really don’t want to choose? This Cold Ice Talisman is very powerful, there’s also this Rejuvenation Talisman, which can allow you to recover your physical strength significantly ……” The young girl was somewhat reluctant and took the initiative to step forward, recommending it to Han Li.
Han Li couldn’t help but be a bit dumbfounded when he saw the young girl’s petulant look of you don’t know what you’re talking about.
”What’s so funny?” The young girl blushed once again.
”I actually just wanted to buy some dan sand and a pen for drawing talismans, but it’s a pity you don’t have any here!” Han Li still spoke the big truth in a rare moment.
”Dan sand and a brush for drawing talismans ah!” The young girl frowned, somewhat hesitant.
She bowed her head and pondered for a moment, as if she had made a great determination, and snapped her head up to say to Han Li, “I don’t have any Dan Sand, but I do have a good talisman brush made from the neck hair of the demonic beast Golden Eyed Ape, it’s just that it’s very high priced, and I don’t know if you have enough pills to trade for it?”
Han Li was a bit surprised when he heard this, but still smiled and said, “As long as the item is good, in terms of pills, I will make the girl happy?”
The young girl was relieved to hear this.
She pulled out a spirit talisman and used her hand to make a few false scratches on the talisman, then threw the talisman into the air and disappeared in a streak of fire.
”Your Excellency wait for a moment, my elder brother will bring the item in a moment!” The young girl was a little embarrassed.
”No problem, as long as it is indeed something good, I won’t care if I wait a little longer!” Han Li said frankly.
After that, Han Li and the young girl had nothing to say for some time, which made the two people feel quite ambiguous.
Han Li was somewhat enamored of this strange feeling, and between his breath and inhalation, he vaguely tasted the ethereal fragrance of the opposite side of the room. The young girl lowered her head, looking at her toes, not knowing what to think about, but Han Li also saw the other side of the white neck, rose a little redness.
”Sister!” A loud voice suddenly broke this delicate atmosphere, causing Han Li to want to give the other party a fierce glare. But when Han Li turned around and saw the visitor clearly, he couldn’t help but jump.
A stature is not inferior to the Qu Soul’s stout giant man, is dashing to this side, along the way to some cultivators knocked to the side, those cultivators had been furious, but wait to see clearly the giant man far beyond the normal human body, all face horrified, hesitated for a moment, but also had to pinch their noses and admit it.
The young girl saw clearly the giant man’s behavior, some headaches. This elder brother was acting a little too recklessly, wasn’t this a case of grudging against other Immortal Cultivators for no reason?
”Here, sister! I brought the stuff.” The giant man rushed to Han Li’s side with a gust of wind, stretching out a bushy hand to hand a slender wooden box to the young girl.
The young girl couldn’t be bothered to complain about her elder brother’s recklessness, but instead turned the wooden box over to Han Li, signaling him to open it and look at it.
Han Li received the box and glanced at the young girl before opening the box, revealing a golden-colored brush that emitted a faint yellow light from the tip to the shaft.
”This pen is said to be Golden Zhu, the nib is made from the neck hair of the second grade demonic beast Golden Eyed Ape, and the quill is made from a mixture of Gold Essence and Woolly Iron, and then sacrificed and refined for three days and three nights by a Foundation Establishment Stage practitioner with Wenwu Fire, before this pen is completed.” The young girl said softly, but stared at the object with a lingering face, and there was quite a sense of reluctance in her expression.
Although he did not fully understand what the young girl said, he also knew that this pen was extraordinary, something with a great origin. He couldn’t help but be surprised that the other party was willing to part with this item, could it be for those pills?
”The girl really want to exchange this pen to the next? This is an exotic treasure!” Han Li caressed the slippery pen with his fingers, measured the “Golden Zhu” character inscribed on the end of the pen, and confirmed in a deep voice.
The young girl could see Han Li’s doubts, and after a moment’s hesitation, she decided to tell the truth, lest the other party think that this item was not of the right origin and did not dare to collect it.
”This pen is a remnant from my clan’s upper relics, used by a certain talisman-making expert. But unfortunately, my brother and sister have little talent in making talismans, wasting this item for nothing, and my brother wants to participate in this Immortal Ascension Conference, his gong method has reached a certain neck, and he has to use medicinal power to break through, so he is willing to use this item to exchange for your Excellency’s elixir.” The young girl said quietly, looking somewhat helpless.
”How come I met another fellow who has reached the bottleneck of his gongfu! This is too much of a coincidence, isn’t it?” Han Li thought suspiciously.
Actually, Han Li wanted to be left!
Anyone who was preparing to participate in the Immortal Ascension Society’s ring competition, seven or eight out of ten people were stuck at the bottleneck, unable to break through again. Because anyone who thinks they still have the potential to dig up and advance a layer, most of them will not immediately participate in the Immortal Ascension Society’s ring competition, but will hide and continue to cultivate hard in the hope of advancing a layer. This way, when they participated in the next conference, they would have a greater chance of breaking through the barrier. This also created a situation where before every Immortal Ascension Conference, all of the pills that could refine their mana were priced out of the market.