Ordinary person: What to do with unused treasures? (On Zhuanzhuan)

Chapter 106 The Blacksmith Shop

Just as Qin Fang was catching up with some old friends, at the same time, on the fiftieth floor of the Holy Mountain, inside a giant hall called the "Starry Sky Hall".

A flash of inspiration appeared above the formation.

Two figures appeared in the center of the formation.

The leader had an unremarkable face and a somewhat dark complexion, and at the moment he looked exhausted.

Behind this person stood another person with a cold, expressionless face, like a zombie! This person's left arm seemed to have been bitten off by some immense force, leaving it incomplete.

These two were Han Li and his avatar "Qu Hun", who had been at sea for more than four or five years.

Han Li first glanced around the hall, and seeing that there was no one near the entrance, he calmly led Qu Hun out.

Compared to when he left, Han Li's cultivation level hadn't changed much, and it even seemed to have decreased slightly.

It seems—he suffered some injuries some time ago?

Qu Hun, on the other hand, was completely different! Before heading to the outer sea, Qu Hun's cultivation level was only at the peak of the Qi Refining stage.

But now that he has returned to Tianxing City, his cultivation level has actually reached around the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

Apart from losing a small part of his arm, he is completely different from before.

After leaving the Starry Sky Palace and flying out of the fiftieth level of the Holy Mountain, Han Li felt a sense of dreamlike disbelief for a moment.

Just a few days ago, he was still fighting monsters day after day without a moment's rest.

Unfortunately, after many years at sea, Han Li's good luck seemed to have run out. In the last time he used the Rainbow Grass to lure the monsters, things went smoothly at first, just like before.

Even during the hunt for that level-five water carp beast, nothing unexpected happened.

When Han Li first arrived at the outer sea, he might have been a bit flustered. If it weren't for the help of several extremely powerful formations, he probably would have died in the mouths of the monsters long ago.

But after years of battles, he has honed his combat skills to perfection. Even if there are occasional minor accidents, he can still manage to hold his own against level five monsters.

Han Li was confident—even if the formation temporarily failed for a while, he was confident that he could survive in the mouth of a fifth-order demon beast. He also knew the weaknesses of the demon beast very well.

Unfortunately, after killing the water carp beast, for some reason, a sixth-order unicorn python that shouldn't have appeared suddenly appeared! It almost made Han Li die on the spot with resentment.

If he hadn't decisively abandoned the Reversal of the Five Elements Formation and temporarily trapped that sixth-order demon beast, his final fate would have been far more severe than simply suffering some internal injuries.

Fifth-tier demonic beasts are comparable to early-stage Core Formation cultivators. With the help of these large formations and the fact that demonic beasts are not very intelligent, Han Li can barely handle them.

But a sixth-tier demonic beast—that's comparable to a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator!

No matter what, Han Li is just a Foundation Establishment cultivator; how could he possibly be a match for a level six demonic beast?!

Even with the assistance of numerous formations, Han Li had virtually no chance of defeating a sixth-tier demonic beast.

It was because of this unexpected turn of events that Han Li decisively chose to give up continuing to hunt demons.

Anyway, after several years of hard work, he had collected seventy or eighty demon cores, enough for him to refine into spirit pills to cultivate the Third Revolution Chongyuan Technique.

Adding to the losses from the Reversed Five Elements Formation, even if Han Li still wants to continue hunting demonic beasts, it will be even more dangerous than before!

When Han Li set sail, he carried with him seven or eight arrays, but now most of them have been lost. If he continues to hunt demons, Han Li may very well perish in the outer sea.

In this way, the risks far outweigh the benefits, and continuing to hunt monsters would be a losing proposition.

Han Li is not afraid of taking risks! If it's something with huge rewards, he will jump right in without hesitation!

However, given the clearly low returns, Han Li's choice most of the time became to slowly retreat a few steps and shield everyone in front of him.

"So many years have passed—"

"Shouldn't Caihuan and Xin Ruyin have already contacted Qin Fang?"

"Since I'm currently at a loss and desperately need the method for condensing the Fiend Pill that Qin Fang possesses!"

"The Blood Coagulation Five Elements Pill has been successfully cultivated—"

"The most important thing is to find a way to get Qin Fang's method of condensing the Demon Core as soon as possible."

"However~"

"It seems I'll have to bleed a lot of money to get what I want!"

Han Li sighed inwardly.

Before Qin Fang left in haste, he left Han Li with the technique of "possessing the Fiend Pill clone".

They claimed that Han Li also had a corpse devoid of any soul!

Of course, the cultivation method Qin Fang provided was incomplete. He did provide the method for cultivating and refining the external avatar, but it was stuck at the last step, which was the most crucial method for obtaining the Demonic Core.

This bizarre secret technique requires the condensation of five Blood-Coagulating Five Elements Pills to give the "external avatar" the potential to impact the Fiend Pill.

There are only two ways to obtain the Blood Coagulation Five Elements Pill.

The simplest method, according to Qin Fang, is the one used by the Yue Emperor! This method is the easiest to cultivate; it only requires finding five cultivators with suitable spiritual roots and having them practice a technique called "Blood Condensation of the Five Elements".

This strange cultivation technique can ignore the limitations of spiritual roots and doesn't even require Foundation Establishment Pills, allowing a Qi Refining cultivator to systematically advance their Blood Refining to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Unfortunately, this method is far too evil and heretical. Han Li doesn't consider himself a perfectly orthodox person, but he would never do something like the blood refinement of demonic cultivators.

The second method is much more difficult.

"Using the essence and blood of high-level demonic beasts, it is forcibly condensed into the Blood Condensation Five Elements Pill!"

However, this method requires at least a fourth-tier peak demonic beast's essence blood, and it must be freshly extracted!

Han Li guessed that this evil technique, the Sha Dan cultivation method, was originally created by using the essence blood of demonic beasts to condense the Five Elements Pill.

It's just that later generations couldn't find that much demon blood, so they turned their attention to human cultivators.

After years of hunting demons in the open sea, Han Li discovered that the "Rainbow Grass" has the property of attracting demons. He only needs to cultivate this grass on the Coral Island to continuously attract demons.

Therefore, the essence blood of demonic beasts is not a problem for Han Li at all!

During his four or five years at sea, Han Li not only acquired various demon cores but also spent a great deal of time condensing this Blood Condensation Five Elements Pill. Now that he has all five pills, he is only two steps away from having a Core Formation stage guard.

Firstly, it's about completing the cultivation technique. Han Li believes that as long as he finds Qin Fang—and is willing to pay some price—the other party will definitely give up the technique.

Secondly, there is Qu Hun's cultivation level. Although the creation of the Sha Dan clone does not have high requirements for the clone's cultivation level, it still requires at least the late Foundation Establishment stage. Currently, Qu Hun is only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

Once we get our hands on the cultivation technique, the most important thing is to improve Qu Hun's cultivation level!

Han Li has now reached the late Foundation Establishment stage and is planning to break through to the early Core Formation stage.

Then why is there still such a strong desire for the Demonic Core clone?

There are two reasons!

One reason is that Han Li had witnessed Qin Fang's Demonic Core clone! This method is at least absolutely feasible.

There was another reason: Han Li had doubts about whether he could break through to the early stage of Core Formation.

His aptitude was really too poor. Even if he could find many spiritual objects to help him form his core, Han Li wouldn't have much confidence in successfully forming his core.

That's why Han Li went to cultivate the Three Revolutions Replenishing Yuan Technique!

He even secretly resolved to successfully cultivate the third level of the Great Evolution Technique! This was because Senior Brother Lin had said something before he died: cultivating the third level of the Great Evolution Technique would be of some benefit in breaking through the Core Formation barrier.

However, cultivating the Three Revolutions of the Primordial Technique inevitably requires dispersing one's cultivation and starting over multiple times! During this period, Han Li must be in extreme danger.

Therefore, I have to consider taking out another layer of insurance for myself!

With a clone at the early stage of Core Formation protecting him, Han Li would be much more at ease even if he encountered any danger.

"Qin Fang left behind a portion of his cultivation technique—"

"They're probably just after something they can gain from me!"

"Sigh~"

"We can't possibly offer more elixirs in exchange—they're already with Qin Fang—"

Han Li was conflicted.

The mysterious little green bottle was his most important secret, the kind that he couldn't reveal to anyone.

He had repeatedly revealed his possession of spiritual medicine to Qin Fang, which made him very conflicted!

Otherwise—Han Li wouldn't care about the elixir at all!

"Or~"

"Should we trade some demon beast materials and demon cores?"

"feasible!"

"Having been at sea for many years, it's quite normal for me to have hunted down a few monsters."

Han Li was making plans in his mind.

—One day later.

Han Li walked slowly down a street, looking at the mortals hurrying by, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Why did Qin Fang choose this place?

Most of the people around here are undoubtedly ordinary people without any cultivation.

That's really strange~

If Han Li hadn't repeatedly confirmed the address he got from Xin Ruyin, he would have almost doubted whether he had gone to the wrong place.

Keep moving forward.

As Han Li ventured deeper into the areas where mortals gathered, he finally spotted a shop with the words "Blacksmithing" hanging on its sign.

After scanning his surroundings with his divine sense and finding nothing amiss, Han Li stepped forward.

A few breaths later, Han Li pushed open the door.

"Our shop has just opened, and we are temporarily closed today."

"what?"

"What, it's you here?!"

Inside the house, a man dressed in blacksmith's clothes exclaimed in surprise.

"I just returned from the outer sea. I just heard the news that Brother Qin has achieved Core Formation, so I thought I'd come and offer my congratulations."

Han Li casually cast a sealing talisman.

"Congratulations my ass!"

"Why are we talking about this, you and I are brothers? Come on, find somewhere to sit down."

"I'll explain everything to you after I've settled this matter."

Qin Fang didn't care. Not long after Xin Ruyin left, she sent another message saying that Han Li had returned.

He already knew the news before yesterday!

The reason for Qin Fang's surprise was that he thought Han Li, having returned from his long journey, would rest for at least a few days before coming to find him.

"This is?"

Han Li looked curiously at the strange black stone in Qin Fang's hand.

The black stone was strangely rugged, looking as if water bubbles were bursting inside, making it look extremely bizarre.

"Would you like to weigh it?"

Qin Fang seemed to have no intention of hiding anything and spoke directly to Han Li.

"Is it heavy?"

Han Li was puzzled.

Hehe~

Qin Fang remained silent, only raising his eyebrows and making faces.

"Then I'll give it a try—"

Han Li's curiosity was piqued, so he stepped forward.

Unexpectedly, the moment the black stone was in hand, an incredibly intense chill emanated from it, as if it were—the chilling air from the deepest hell!

"Hiss~"

Han Li subconsciously withdrew his hand and looked at Qin Fang in utter surprise.

"I plan to use this material to forge my natal magic weapon!"

"How is it?"

Qin Fang looked smug.

My Nine Netherworld Mountain-Suppressing Stone is absolutely no less powerful than your Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Thunder Bamboo!

Even in terms of rarity, the Nine Netherworld Mountain-Suppressing Stone is even more superior!

While the Ten Thousand Year Golden Thunder Bamboo does exist in the human realm, the Nine Nether Suppressing Mountain Stone is a precious material that doesn't even exist in the human realm.

"I'm only at the Foundation Establishment stage—how would I know if these materials are any good or bad!"

Han Li waved his hand helplessly.

But deep down, Han Li already felt that this thing was probably not simple.

Although I only touched it briefly with my hand, the strange chill and weight were something that ordinary spiritual materials could not produce.

"It's only a matter of time. You should start thinking about what materials you'll use to forge your future natal magic weapon!"

"One should never be careless with one's natal magic weapon. Now is the time to try and collect one or two, lest we find ourselves in dire straits."

"Where will you find suitable materials then!"

"We can't just use ordinary materials to forge a natal magic weapon!"

Qin Fang chuckled as he placed the "Nine Netherworld Mountain-Suppressing Stone" back into the center of the formation, and then spoke directly to Han Li.

"It's not as easy as you make it out to be—"

"I've come today solely for the matter of the Soul-Slaying Pill."

"Qu Hun is now in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage."

"I've cultivated most of that Blood Condensation Five Elements Pill; I want to try to condense the Demonic Pill into the Soul-Sealing Pill!"

Han Li did not mention that he had successfully condensed the Blood Condensation Five Elements Pill.