A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu Transmigrates into a Book, the Dao Ancestor of Rein

Chapter 313 The Exhilaration Brought by Five High-Grade Spirit Stones

"It wasn't the Mulan people's intention, but rather a provocation and instigation orchestrated by both the righteous and demonic factions?"

“Indeed, I have dealt with the people of Mulan for many years and know that the Mulan leadership would not be so crude.”

Heaven hates the unwavering path.

The bearded man was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage:
"So, the righteous and the demonic paths are trying to use us as pawns?"

Yuan Yaoyan was also stunned for a moment, then both shocked and angry, cursing the cunning of both the righteous and demonic paths. Immediately, her vigilance increased, and she gained a completely new understanding of the murky waters of Tiannan.

The intrigue and deception involved are truly eye-opening.

"I almost fell for their trick."

"Hmph, we certainly won't let those old guys have their way."

Han Li chuckled at this.

"Husband, did you already see it?"

The two women asked each other telepathically.

Han Li nodded slightly.

He had figured it out long ago, which is why he hadn't rushed to speak out.

This little trick might fool a high-level cultivator with a shred of shame, but trying to fool someone as shameless as him is simply misguided.

To be fair, most Nascent Soul cultivators in the Chaotic Star Sea still have a modicum of self-respect when they do things.

For example, seemingly domineering figures like Manhuzi, Qingyi, and Jiyin didn't place any restrictions on the original body when the Void Heaven Palace threatened it. This shows they had some sense of shame. Otherwise, no matter how cunning Han Laomo was in the original trajectory, he would have been a complete waste.

On the other hand, looking at Tiannan:

The cultivator surnamed Yun tricked Marquis Nanlong…

Spirit Beast Mountain betrayed the six factions of the former Yue Kingdom…

The Grand Elder of the Hidden Moon Sect sold high-ranking cultivators from his sect to Wei Lichen…

The Wang family of the Ghost Spirit Sect plotted against the Yan family, placing restrictions on all members of the Yan family...

Which game ended with a shameless attitude?
It's all a ruthless trick that preys on people without spitting out the bones.

"Then, my husband, how should we deal with this?"

"Remain unchanged amidst constant change."

Han Li said calmly.

Then I added some details:
"If the four major powers in Tiannan can afford to offer their resources, we are not incapable of helping them resist the Mulan people. However, if the four major powers in Tiannan are always scheming and lack sincerity, then we can simply remain neutral and observe from the sidelines. The Mulan people are not foolish enough to provoke us."

He was well aware of the purpose of the Mulan people's attack on Tiannan, and understood their true demands and circumstances.

Most importantly, even if the Mulan people really attack, they still have a safe way to retreat.

On the contrary, many forces in Tiannan have nowhere left to retreat.

"We are the anglers, we're not in a hurry to go into the water to catch fish."

His composure eased the tense nerves of everyone in the Xuantian Sect.

Even the three people from the Giant Sword Sect and the other two sects, as well as Tianhen and his group, felt much more at ease at this moment.

...

Time flies, and another month has passed.

While the front lines are in dire straits, the rear is filled with joy and celebration.

On this day, a powerful aura rapidly approached the Xuantian Sect's mountain gate from the south.

"Kid, someone's here."

As Han Li sat cross-legged inside the cave, the reminder from the Great Evolution Divine Lord immediately reached his ears.

Upon hearing this, Han Li instantly left the cave, fully extending his divine sense outwards, and then looked up towards the south.

"Such a strong aura."

On the other side, Barbarian Beard also sensed something.

"A great cultivator has come to visit."

"who is it?"

Not far away, Yuan Yao and Yan Li stepped out of another cave after a few breaths.

Then there's Qingyi and Gan Rushuang.

Finally, there was Old Sun, who had mastered two levels of the Great Evolution Technique.

"This aura... it belongs to the Supreme Yang Master of the Tai Zhen Sect..."

As the old man was filled with doubt and uncertainty, a long howl rose into the sky in the distance, followed by a deep and clear voice coming from beyond the heavens:
"Zhiyang of the Taizhen Sect has come to pay a visit. Are Fellow Daoists Han, Man, Qing, and the other fellow Daoists of the Xuantian Sect present?"

"Indeed, it is extremely yang."

"It seems that all parties in Tiannan have mobilized this person to act as a lobbyist."

Everyone knew the answer perfectly well.

"Master Zhiyang is quite interesting. He released his aura from a great distance, seemingly afraid we might misunderstand..."

That is why everyone could easily sense the presence of this number one righteous person from a great distance.

"Let's go, come with me to greet Fellow Daoist Zhiyang."

In front of the mountain gate.

Just as everyone was eagerly anticipating what would happen...

A dazzling rainbow shot down from the sky.

After the light faded, the figure of a middle-aged Taoist priest with an air of otherworldly refinement was revealed.

The Taoist priest carried a sheathed longsword on his back, and his skin was radiant and rosy; who else could he be but the epitome of Yang?

"Fellow Daoists, I have been searching for you for a long time."

The Taoist priest chuckled.

He is quite approachable.

As the saying goes, one doesn't hit a smiling face, so Han Li and the others politely returned the smiles.
"Huh, Fellow Daoist Han, it's been twenty years, and your cultivation has actually reached the peak of the mid-stage?"

What an alarming rate of progress!

Doesn't this mean that the Xuan Tian Sect Master in front of us has further improved his strength?
"It's just a fluke."

Han Li said modestly.

Then make an invitation gesture:

"Fellow Daoist Zhiyang, please come inside."

Inside the council hall, after the guests and hosts were seated and exchanged pleasantries, Master Zhiyang finally got to the point:
"Fellow Daoist Han, what are your thoughts on the recent large-scale invasion by the Mulan Grasslands?"

After pondering for a moment, Han Li slowly shook his head and smiled:
"The Mulan people shouldn't attack my Yue Kingdom and Zijin Kingdom."

That's a very direct statement.

The middle-aged Taoist priest was almost at a loss for words.

"Fellow Daoist Han, the Mulan people are eyeing our Tiannan with covetous intent. Once the last line of defense of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance falls, the Yue Kingdom, Zijin Kingdom, and other countries in the heart of Tiannan will inevitably be affected. You cannot afford to be negligent in the slightest."

Master Zhiyang said very solemnly.

Han Li did not buy into this:
"Fellow Daoist Zhiyang, please don't be alarmist. Even if the Mulan people really invade, they won't be foolish enough to target my little territory. Even if they do invade, we'll deal with it when the time comes. At worst, I'll just pack up and go back to the far west. If you piss me off, I'll just take my core group back to the Great Jin."

Anyway, as long as he doesn't actively seek out opportunities, he won't get involved in the mudslinging of this war.

If he can't afford to mess with this mess in Tiannan, can't he at least avoid it?
"... "

The middle-aged Taoist priest then spoke at length, offering various earnest and profound words of advice.

However, Han Li remained unmoved by his words.

Not only was he impervious to reason, but so were Man Hu Zi and Qing Yi.

Seeing the cohesion of the entire Xuantian Sect, Venerable Zhiyang was secretly alarmed and had no choice but to show his true sincerity.

"Fellow Daoist Han, please tell me exactly what you want."

"Geng metal, ten-thousand-year-old ironwood, golden flame stone, five-element jade, top-grade thunder spirit crystal, top-grade black gold, dazzling crystal, feathers of a level eight or nine fire-attribute spirit bird..."

Han Li didn't stand on ceremony and made an outrageous demand for many things, which made Old Man Sun, who had only recently joined the group and didn't know them very well, very nervous.

"Fellow Daoist Han, what's wrong with you?"

Even the usually well-mannered Venerable Zhiyang felt an urge to curse at this moment.

Even a top-grade material like ten-thousand-year-old ironwood, which costs at least 100,000 mid-grade spirit stones per piece, has become the lowest-grade item.

A three-pound piece of top-grade black gold would cost 100,000 mid-grade spirit stones.

Next is the Thunder Spirit Crystal, which can only be formed within the body of a level 7 thunder-type demon beast, making it as rare as a level 8 demon core. A high-grade Thunder Spirit Crystal is worth forty to fifty thousand mid-grade spirit stones. A top-grade Thunder Spirit Crystal, once it appears, will be snapped up immediately, fetching a high price of at least thirty to forty thousand mid-grade spirit stones at auction.

Needless to say, Gengjin (庚金) can fetch hundreds of thousands of mid-grade spirit stones with a single piece the size of a walnut, and for sword cultivators, it is often priceless.

Rare treasures like Five Elements Jade and Dazzling Crystal are even more valuable than a fist-sized piece of Geng Metal.

It's worth one or two million mid-grade spirit stones.

Moreover, this kind of top-grade spiritual material has not appeared in the southern region for several hundred years.

As for the Golden Flame Stone?
It can be described as the top of the top materials in this world.

Unpredictable.

Even millions of mid-grade spirit stones couldn't stop it.

Fire-type magical artifacts crafted from Golden Flame Stones, after being nurtured for a hundred or two hundred years, can become incredibly powerful. Even at the level of great cultivators, they would be considered formidable weapons of mass destruction.

If you really come across something this good, you'd never put it up for trade.

"Fellow Daoist Zhiyang, please take a look at this first..."

As Han Li spoke, he handed over a jade slip.

It was the very one that was supposedly sent by the Mulan spy:
"Fellow Daoist, do you think this was sent by the Mulan people, or by other fellow Daoists from Tiannan?"

That's quite a thought-provoking statement.

Zhiyang wasn't stupid; he immediately understood what it meant.

But he had no choice but to bite the bullet and provoke the Mulan people:
"Fellow Daoists, this must be the work of the Mulan people. The Mulan people are always arrogant..."

"Ah."

Han Li smiled, a smile that held amusement.

Everyone laughed, making the middle-aged Taoist priest quite embarrassed.

Clearly, the people from the Xuantian Sect weren't buying his attempt to smooth things over.

This also made Zhiyang secretly resentful of certain self-righteous individuals from the righteous and demonic paths, or from the Nine Kingdoms Alliance.

Their scheme failed, but instead alerted the other party and gave Han Li and his group new leverage:
"Ugh."

Seeing this, Han Li continued to speak, recounting his many hardships:

“Fellow Daoist Zhiyang, it is not that I am unpatriotic, but the despicable methods of some people have chilled my heart. In order to protect myself, I would rather not participate in your game, lest I end up with nothing but bones.”

Upon hearing this, the bearded men kept their eyes down and their minds focused, barely managing to suppress their laughter.

And when they came to their senses, they truly admired their sect leader's ability to make such a big deal out of a small jade slip for communication.

They really know how to seize any opportunity.

And so, without realizing it, they have taken the lead in establishing the moral high ground.

"Fellow Daoist Han, please renegotiate your price. Your previous offer was too high. Many of the items you require are extremely rare, and even the combined strength of the entire Tiannan region would struggle to find them."

Zhiyang sighed softly.

Who was this brilliant strategist who acted without authorization? He no longer cared to investigate further.

He now only wanted to persuade the powerful ally in front of him, who possessed the strength of a great cultivator.

Furthermore, Tianhen and his group from the Purple Gold Kingdom are now on good terms with Han Li and his allies. If Han Li remains unmoved, Tianhen's side will remain as still as a rock. How can this be allowed?
If Han Li, Man Hu Zi, Tian Hen, and three other mid-Nascent Soul stage experts could join Tian Nan and participate in the subsequent battles, their chances of winning would immediately increase by one or two points.

"Fellow Daoist Zhiyang, we are afraid of being stabbed in the back by our so-called selves."

Han Li shook his head.

Upon hearing this, Zhiyang opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

After a moment's thought, he decided to retreat as a strategic move:

"Very well, I have a top-grade Thunder Spirit Crystal here. Consider it an apology on behalf of a certain impetuous fellow Daoist..."

After dropping a smooth piece of jade that crackled with electricity, the middle-aged Taoist priest made a move to get up and leave.

After exchanging glances, Han Li and the others, as the sect leader, spoke up and persuaded Zhi Yang to stop:

"Wait a minute."

Zhiyang secretly breathed a sigh of relief and turned around, his face full of doubt: "Is there anything else, Fellow Daoist Han?"

"Fellow Daoist Zhiyang, would you like to take another look at this jade slip?"

As Han Li spoke, he took out another jade slip containing a message.

The contents of the jade slip were very simple.

This is the price the Mulan people are willing to pay to win over the Xuantian Sect.

The jade slip contained a long list of high-end specialties from the Mulan Grassland.

The total value is around five million mid-grade spirit stones.

Such wealth is almost comparable to the combined wealth of any of the bottom three sects among the Six Sects of Demonic Path.

"Fellow Daoist Han, this..."

Zhiyang was greatly alarmed after reading the contents of the jade slip.

This aroused the curiosity of Barbarian Beard and his men.

They wondered what was recorded in that jade slip that none of them had ever seen before, that could cause such a dignified great cultivator to lose his composure.
“Fellow Daoist Zhiyang, Han and the others are not unreasonable people. We have not taken the Mulan people’s attempts to win us over to heart. You can rest assured about that.”

"really?"

The middle-aged man relaxed slightly.

Once I put my mind at ease, I felt much more at ease.

"Fellow Daoist, if we had anything to hide, why would we hand over this jade slip to you?"

Han Li said with a hint of displeasure.

"Fellow Daoist Han, fellow Daoists, and all of you esteemed sages..."

Zhiyang suddenly stood up and gave a slight bow to everyone.

This left the bearded man and his men completely bewildered, unable to figure it out for a long time.

"Then, Fellow Daoist Zhiyang, let's talk about the price we offered earlier. That price was just a suggestion from me; we are still more inclined to help Tiannan. But we don't know how much the various parties in Tiannan are willing to offer for our assistance?"

The mercenary model is undoubtedly the most suitable for the Xuan Tian Sect members and the old antique team of Tianhen Laoguai.

They contribute as much effort as the benefits they receive from various parties.

Wanting to gain combat power for free is just wishful thinking.

As for that jade slip?

Of course, Han Li created it himself.

It was just a little trick, using the words of the Mulan people, to increase their appearance fees.

The middle-aged Taoist priest may have guessed that there was something fishy going on, but he couldn't really gamble on the truth of it.

If this is true, both the righteous and demonic factions in Tiannan will have deeply offended Han Li. At that point, who knows what stance Han Li and his group will take in making their final choice? He can't afford to gamble, and neither are the various factions in Tiannan.

therefore.

I had to painfully ask for a price:
"Fellow Daoist Han, I have a piece of the root of the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine, which is definitely the top-grade wood-type spiritual material. Fellow Daoist Wei also has a large piece of Geng Metal, and Old Demon Yi has two small pieces of Geng Metal and a superior Radiant Crystal. I wonder if I could ask you all to lend a hand?"

Han Li didn't rush to respond, but instead looked at the barbarian and transmitted their voices to Qing Yi:

“I have a great use for those spiritual materials. Elder, Second Elder, how about I give each of you thirty high-grade spirit stones and a high-level ancient treasure?”

Antiques are one thing, they have plenty of those.

嗏

Thirty high-grade spirit stones?

The two men perked up.

Although high-grade spirit stones are not as valuable as spirit materials, thirty stones per person is still a very generous sum.
"it is good!"

As for Gan Rushuang and Yuan Yaoyanli? He didn't say anything.

The three women offered their unconditional support.

"Old Sun, five high-grade spirit stones, wanna take it?"

"How many?"

"Five dollars!"

"Do it, do it!"

That's five high-grade spirit stones.

Five whole dollars.

(End of this chapter)