Chapter 606 – Snow Cloud Fox
While Han Li was sizing up the other party’s appearance, the man entered the medicinal garden with a smile and greeted him warmly, “Senior brother is also a disciple of Tianquan Peak, right? I see that senior brother’s face is unfamiliar, could it be that he just entered last year? In that case, I can be considered a genuine senior brother.”
”My surname is Han, and I’ve only been in for a few years. Senior brother is a senior disciple of Hidden Sword Peak, right?” Han Li said with a smile after withdrawing his gaze.
”So it’s Senior Brother Han. I’m Qui Huan from Hidden Sword Peak, and I’m working with several senior brothers to take care of a nearby Spirit Beast Farm, which is located within a small basin tens of miles away. If you have the chance, you can go over and take a look. Although I don’t have a high cultivation level, I’ve been initiated for seven or eight years, and there’s nothing I don’t know about the big and small matters of the Lok Yun Sect and the brothers and sisters of the various peaks. In the future, if there’s anything you don’t know, just feel free to ask me.” This one painted a picture of self acquaintance.
Han Li smiled faintly, the man with a mouth in front of him reminded him of the self-proclaimed know-it-all Little Abacus from the Seven Xuan Sect back in the day, with the same eloquence and the same eight-sidedness! Obviously, the two were the same type of person.
While Han Li was amused in his heart, he didn’t have any ill feelings towards this person.
”Thank you for your kind words, senior brother. But what’s so important about Brother Kui coming?” He asked with his hands clasped over his shoulders, blinking his eyes.
Hearing Han Li ask this question, Qui Huan revealed an embarrassed look, hesitating for a moment before scratching his scalp and saying, “I can’t talk about important matters, I came here this time, originally wanting to find senior sister to help out, but I didn’t think that senior sister Yuan, who had been managing this medicinal herb garden for five or six years, would just say she’s leaving, so this can be a bit of a difficult thing to do now.”
”Help?” Han Li frowned and said with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
”It’s actually nothing, senior brother must also know that our external disciples have always been less valued by the sect because of our qualifications. If the door sends down any magic weapons and pills, naturally there can’t be our share. And the spirit stones we worked hard for in a year can’t afford to buy some elixirs that refine our cultivation to catalyze our cultivation. Therefore, I and a few brothers and sisters, in fact, has been not far away from the green trails swamp, catch a rare small animal snow cloud fox sent to the market to sell. Although this small fox is not a demonic beast, but wins in the body of small, lovely appearance, and both human nature, so very popular with the female disciples of the door, but also let our brothers and sisters earned a small. But not long ago, we are in the swamp, found a fae snow cloud fox body actually has a faint aura, seems to have evolved into a low-ranking demonic beast look, which naturally let us a few people are very happy, if we can capture this beast, at least can be sold for hundreds of spirit stones, this is a rare big deal. But unfortunately, we were a bit hasty and didn’t think it through, so we let the beast slip away from our hands. Since then, this demonic beast has been hiding in the depths of the swamp, easily never showing its face again. Although we have rummaged through most of the Green Trace Swamp, and occasionally came across this beast a few times, but before we could get close, he just drilled into the sludge and disappeared.” When he said this, Qui Huan’s face was filled with regret.
But when he saw Han Li reveal a thoughtful gaze, he paused and then continued, “Later, several of us observed for a period of time, and found that this Fae Snow Cloud Fox, very much liked to eat the yellow essence of the last year, especially the yellow essence of more than ten years of medicinal properties, which was even more favorite. After a few of us thought about it, in order to lure this beast out, at the very least it would need more than fifty years of Yellow Essence, so that it could jump into the trap regardless. But senior brother you also know, no matter what herb once on the decades, it is not a few, a dozen pieces of spirit stone can be taken down, we used to have a little savings in hand, but some time ago just joined forces to buy a bottle of refined cultivation pills, hands no longer have extra spirit stone. In desperation, I thought of Elder Sister Yuan’s medicinal garden, which seemed to still have two or three vintage yellow essences, so I came over to take a look. But I didn’t realize that the medicinal garden has been changed to be managed by Senior Brother Han, so I wonder if Senior Brother Han could borrow a strain of Yellow Essence for a while?” When Kui Huan said the last sentence, his voice lowered a bit and he stammered a bit.
It seemed like he also knew that this request was a bit too much.
After listening to the other party’s words, Han Li’s face could not be seen as he did not say he agreed or disagreed, and after a moment of silence, he slowly said, “Within the medicinal garden, there are indeed two yellow essences that have been in existence for more than fifty years, which fully meets Senior Brother’s requirements. According to reason, senior brother Qui first time looking for me to help, as a senior brother, in the next should not refuse, but senior brother should know, this medicine garden all the upper years of the spirit medicine, in the next is not qualified to use, once the lack of, or there is a failure, in the next is not able to explain to the senior uncle above, there may also be a chastisement down. I’m afraid I can’t help with this favor.”
Han Li spoke these words calmly and unusually, causing the yellow-shirted man on the opposite side of the room to hear them and couldn’t help but reveal a look of disappointment.
”Don’t worry, Senior Brother, we will only be borrowing this Spirit Grass for a few days. Once the time comes, it will be returned in its original form. As for lifting out and transplanting the spirit grass, we will definitely be extremely careful and nothing will go wrong. Of course, our brothers and sisters will not take this spirit grass for nothing, and afterward, when we really get it, we will also share a share of the spirit stone, and we will never let our senior brother suffer losses.” He was still somewhat unwilling to continue persuading.
”Sorry! The matter is important, I will not use the spirit herbs from the medicine garden. However, if senior brothers really don’t have many spirit stones in their hands, I have accumulated some, so I can temporarily lend a few senior brothers to go to the marketplace to buy another plant back.” Han Li first refused resolutely, but in the end, his words changed and he lightly smiled as he spoke the words of borrowing spirit stones.
The yellow-shirted man’s face was originally a bit ugly after hearing the words in front of him, but when he heard the words behind him, his spirit perked up and he immediately asked in surprise, “Is Senior Brother serious about this? If you are willing to borrow spirit stones, naturally there is no need to utilize the spirit medicines in the Pill Garden. However, such a decades old spirit medicine would require at least thirty or more spirit stones to exchange for it. Does Senior Brother really have that many?” After Kui Huan’s surprise, he revealed a hint of skepticism.
After all, for a Qi Refining Stage cultivator, this was a considerable amount of money.
”This point of spirit stones was accumulated by Senior Brother before he was initiated, and now he can’t use it for a while, so I’ll lend it to Senior Brother for the time being! After all, if these spirit stones can be doubled in just a few days of effort, Mister Han doesn’t want to miss this rare opportunity.” Han Li said slowly.
”Hehe, it turns out that Senior Brother Han is also a business connoisseur. Please rest assured Senior Brother, as long as we have this Yellow Essence, capturing that Snow Cloud Fox is a sure thing.” Only then did Qui Huan realize that what he had just said was true, and he couldn’t help but smile with joy.
Han Li smiled without saying a word, and with one hand touching towards his storage bag, more than twenty spirit stones of various colors appeared in his hand before handing them over to the other party without hesitation.
Qui Huan cheerfully received the spirit stones in Han Li’s hands, patting his chest in assurance that there would never be a problem. However, after he and Han Li chatted for a few more sentences, he excused himself with something on his mind and left.
Looking at the other party’s fading back, the smile on Han Li’s face converged, then he lightly shook his head. He naturally wouldn’t care about the other party’s promise of twenty or thirty pieces, but he just didn’t want to offend some people when he first came to the Falling Cloud Sect.
He still has to stay in the Falling Cloud Sect for a long time, the other party is also a well-informed generation, maybe there is still an opportunity to use the other party.
Thinking about it, Han Li expressionlessly reopened the prohibition of the medicinal garden, and the person returned to the secret room of the small stone mountain to continue his own cultivation.
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Three days later, Han Li looked at Qui Huan, who had an embarrassed look on his face, and was speechless for a while.
The other party was not coming to the door right now to return the spirit stones, but this one was actually asking Han Li to go out and capture that Snow Cloud Fox together.
”A few of you catching a low-level demonic beast, isn’t there enough manpower?” Han Li pursed his lips, his face coloring with suspicion now.
”Senior brother doesn’t know, this Snow Cloud Fox is exceptionally cunning, running as fast as the wind, ordinary flying magic weapons seem unable to catch up with it. We originally borrowed a number of Misty Trail Formation artifacts from a close inner sect senior brother, just so that we could lay down a small Misty Trail Formation to trap this fox in it. However, one of the senior brothers was suddenly assigned a task by the above yesterday and is no longer in the sect, in this way, this formation is missing a link. If we find someone else, then we have to share a portion of the spirit stone to others, the other senior brothers are reluctant, so I came to ask senior brother to take action. Of course, when the time comes, the spirit stones can be shared more with senior brother.” Qui Huan said with a smile.
Hearing this, Han Li stroked his chin and pondered.
If it were any other time, and the other party had come to him, he naturally wouldn’t have wasted any time on such a trivial matter and would have balked at the first bite. However, some days ago, when he was cultivating the fourth layer of the Great Diffusion Technique within his seclusion chamber, he vaguely felt that his mind was irritable, and he was never able to calm down.
This should be a sign that the cultivation of the technique had reached a certain bottleneck. In that case, going out for a walk with the other party today might be a good idea. After all, the chance of a bottleneck breakthrough was something no one could say.
After finishing his thoughts, Han Li said with a slight nod, “Since Senior Brother Qui has said so, it would be a good idea to take a walk. I’m still a bit curious as to where exactly this Green Trace Swamp is!”
After saying this, a lazy smile appeared on Han Li’s face.