Chapter 148 – Gray-clothed Elder
Uncle Wang led Han Li to step on the leaf-shaped magic weapon, and after flying for a few hours, he landed on a lush mountain range and descended into a dense cluster of flat houses. These ordinary mountain stone-built cottages were one by one simple and incomparable, and there was not a single silhouette to be seen within the entire group of houses, all of which seemed to be empty, which caused Han Li to be somewhat puzzled!
”There’s no need to be surprised, these houses are indeed all empty. This was originally a place for new disciples to reside, and only when they have slightly accomplished their magic power will they move out and find another place. And now that it is the ten-year rotation period, none of the new disciples have been initiated yet, so they are all empty for the time being.” Seeing Han Li’s confusion, Senior Uncle Wang said indifferently. Only then did it dawn on Han Li.
Senior Uncle Wang led Han Li around the group of houses, winding Han Li up before stopping in front of a house that was much larger than an ordinary stone house. Then without explaining anything to Han Li, he shouted loudly, “Senior Brother Lin, open the door to the house. I’ve brought a new disciple with me to receive something!”
As soon as this Senior Uncle Wang’s words fell, the door of the house hollered and automatically opened outward. Seeing this, Master Wang did not hesitate to take the lead and walked in, and after a slight hesitation, Han Li also followed into the house.
Only to see the spaciousness of the house, than he saw from the outside, seems to be a few points larger, which makes Han Li secretly surprised, I do not know what has been done to this house.
The specific situation inside the house, give Han Li a feeling, that is a “mess” word.
A variety of miscellaneous items, east a pile of west, was stacked everywhere. Some are clothes, some are swords and other blades, but from the spiritual fluctuations on the blades, they are actually some well-made magic weapons.
In addition to these things, there are some other shovels, hammers and other daily tools in the house, they are also full of spiritual energy, but also be refined into something similar to the magic weapon, so that Han Li opened some eyes, I do not know what magical effect of the use of these tools?
In the middle of the room, a four-sided table of eight immortals was placed, behind the table opposite the door of the house sat an old man with gray shirt and hair. This old man did not pay attention to Han Li two people who entered the room, and concentrated on a small knife with a bright light, carving a palm-sized piece of yellow wood in his hands.
Seeing this, Master Wang frowned slightly, but then his face returned to normal, and he did not go forward to disturb the old man’s work, but instead pulled over a chair from a corner of the room, and sat down across from the old man, quietly waiting for the old man to finish carving the wood.
Seeing this, Han Li blinked his eyes and stood behind Master Wang without a word, waiting together with good sense.
The gray-clothed old man’s hands moved as if they were flying, and wood shavings scattered from between his fingers. After just one tea’s worth of work, a lifelike little monkey appeared in the palm of his hand.
”Master Lin’s carving skills have greatly increased again after not seeing him for some time!” It was then that Master Wang smiled and praised.
”It’s nothing, just killing time with nothing to do! Rather, why did Senior Brother Wang use the time to come to my humble abode?” The gray-clothed old man said unconcernedly, but his eyes were already looking at Han Li, and it seemed that he had guessed some of the duo’s intentions.
”It’s not a big deal, it’s just to receive some of the belongings of the newest disciples to the valley from senior brother, and to bring this senior nephew Han to be equipped with his things.” He said with a smile.
”Haven’t all the new entrant disciples of this Immortal Ascension Meeting received their belongings? How come there’s an extra one coming? And the qualifications are a bit too poor! Could it be that our Sect Leader Zhong’s eyesight has become so low that even such a mediocre talent has to be recruited into the valley!” The gray-clothed old man nonchalantly spoke of Han Li as worthless in front of Han Li, and listening to his tone, he wasn’t very respectful to that Zhong Sect Leader.
When Han Li heard this, he was naturally embarrassed beyond measure, while Master Wang was also in a state of bitter laughter.
He knew that because of that incident back then, this Senior Brother Lin had always held a grudge against the current Sect Leader. However, in front of Han Li’s junior, how could he pick up on this senior brother’s words!
Thus, he had no choice but to dryly cough a few times, and then forked his words.
”Senior brother, this senior nephew Han brought the Immortal Ascension Order to join our Yellow Maple Valley! It’s considered to be an exception to be admitted to the sect, so the issue of qualifications isn’t important, the key is that this sect must keep its promises before it can do so.”
”Immortal Ascension Order!” The gray-clothed old man was greatly surprised and re-sized Han Li in surprise.
”Tsk! So, this brat has great fortune and can still take a Foundation Establishment Pill?” The old man revealed a look of, boy you’ve really gotten lucky, and staggered out!
”Hehe, that’s how it is supposed to be. But Senior Nephew Han made a deal with Senior Brother Ye and automatically gave up this Foundation Establishment Pill.” Senior Uncle Wang said with a smile.
”Giving up the Foundation Establishment Pill?” The old man was stunned at first, but for some reason then his expression darkened, and after a moment of silence, he actually opened his mouth to speak a sentence that caused Han Li to be greatly surprised.
”It’s good to be able to give up! The most important thing to do is to have self-knowledge. To be able to understand the way of trade-offs at a young age, this is much better than me!” The gray-clothed old man’s expression was incomparably silent, and the cold eyes that had originally looked at Han Li had also become a bit more cordial.
However, after Han Li heard these words from the old man, he was a bit puzzled and his heart was greatly unimpressed!
”What do you mean by being self-aware? It was only because one was forced to do so that one’s heart was dripping with blood to offer up the Foundation Establishment Dan! If not for that, who would have given it up!”
Not to mention Han Li’s internal complaints, that old man however suddenly slammed his face together and stood up violently. With his hands, he continued to lightly grab a few times into the surrounding void, and an item suddenly appeared in his hands, and more and more things, the entire process leaving Han Li dumbfounded.
”One Yellow Silk Shirt, one Green Leaf Phantasmal Artifact, one set of Daily Refinement Tools, one each of the Blazing Sun Sword Cold Moon Blades, and one Tenfold Storage Bag.” The old man coldly read out all the items in his hand before placing them on the table.
”The items are all here, little one claim them away! As for Senior Brother Wang, he is a busy man, so I won’t stay much longer. I apologize for not seeing you off!” After saying that, the old man took out another piece of wood from his pocket and carved it once again, no longer paying attention to the two of them.
Seeing this, Master Wang sighed and said nothing more, allowing Han Li to pick up the items and exit the house. And as soon as the two of them exited the stone house, the door to the house clanged shut automatically!
Master Wang looked at the closed door of the house and gently shook his head before preparing to lead Han Li out of here.
”Hehe! You don’t need to hold all these things in your arms, just put them away in the storage bag!” As soon as Master Wang turned around, he saw Han Li holding a large pile full of things, standing dully by his side with a silly look that made him unable to help but feel a bit amused, so he spoke out to remind him.
It was only after Han Li heard the other party’s words that he had the hindsight to place the pile of things in his arms on the ground, while rummaging through it to find a black cloth bag. “This thing is the so-called tenfold storage bag?” Han Li had some doubts in his heart!
He picked up the bag and looked at the incomparably narrow mouth of the bag, and then at the sword items that were oddly large in comparison, and for a moment, he was a bit hesitant, not knowing how to stuff them into the bag.
”It’s your first time using a storage bag, let me demonstrate!” Master Wang was also amiable, and after seeing Han Li’s confusion, he reached out and took the bag.
”Just aim the mouth of the bag at the item you wish to fill it with, then inject some spiritual energy into the bag to lock it in place, and it will be automatically inhaled!” Uncle Wang said as he demonstrated it with his own hands.
He only saw that he turned the mouth of the cloth bag downwards, and a white light flashed slightly in his hand. As a result, a streak of white haze light was ejected from within the bag, covering all the items on the ground within it, and those items immediately shrunk rapidly in the white light, and when they were small enough to reach a certain level, they were inhaled into the bag. Letting Han Li watch from the sidelines with surprise and delight!
”The method of wanting to take out the items is the same, it’s just a matter of locking the items to be taken out with your spiritual energy beforehand.” With that, Senior Uncle Wang returned the bag to Han Li.
”But there are a few taboos about using the storage bag, which you must properly remember, Senior Nephew Han!” Senior Uncle Wang raised his hands behind his back and said solemnly.
Upon hearing this, Han Li naturally nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice.
”First, storage bags all have a certain capacity and limit on the number of times you can shrink an item, and an item that’s too huge or one that’s inhaled too much will render the storage bag ineffective and unable to put anything else into it.”
”Secondly, the storage bag can’t put in living things, if you put in living beings, then they will definitely die!”
”As for the last point is even more important to keep in mind, low grade storage bags do not have the efficacy of recognizing the owner, whoever snatches your storage bag can take the things inside for themselves! So do not easily put the storage bag, in front of other Immortal cultivators show, to their own properly hidden is, otherwise very easy to incur the trouble of killing.”