Wang Yu
Chapter 861: Conversion and Absorption
On the way to Qingyang City with Chen Yang and the others, he had intentionally or unintentionally gleaned some information about the Scaled Sky Realm from them. Although they were harboring ulterior motives and would conceal things in their words, they wouldn't dare to lie about matters concerning the ferocious beasts.
Therefore, he had a general understanding of the items listed on the exchange table.
The scaled beasts within the Scaled Sky Realm were naturally gifted. They possessed the strength of the Refining Void Stage or even the Mahayana Stage at birth, and then increased their power by absorbing the power of the stars. Therefore, the people here often distinguished the levels of the scaled beasts by their age. The older the beast, the stronger it was, and the more stellar power its core contained.
From this, it seemed that the Xuan Fighters here, whether they came willingly or were enslaved like Han Li, were all aiming to improve their strength by constantly fighting and exchanging for beast cores and weapons from the list.
Here, as long as one could afford the Xuan Points, even scaled beast cores with tens of thousands of years of age were available. Of course, those cost astronomical numbers of Xuan Points.
Although he was very envious of these things now, he was unfortunately short on cash, with only ten Xuan Points.
He needed to find a way to escape. He had to plan carefully. In adversity, one must not lose composure.
Han Li shook his head secretly, calmed himself, and surveyed his surroundings.
"Eh!" He suddenly let out a soft exclamation, his gaze fixed on an item on the exchange list.
"Taro Beast core, around two thousand years of age, three Xuan Points per piece."
Han Li's eyes lit up, and he immediately walked to the stone platform.
"I want to exchange for three Taro Beast cores of two thousand years age," he said, taking out his identity token and handing it to a crimson-robed staff member behind the stone platform.
The other Xuan Fighters nearby looked over at the sound. Many were first taken aback, and then revealed strange expressions, some even openly displaying sarcasm in their eyes.
"Are you new here? Don't blame me for not reminding you, although the Taro Beast's core contains a lot of stellar power, the beast's constitution is special, which leads to the stellar power in its core being disordered, making it extremely difficult to absorb. Most of it will probably dissipate," the crimson-robed staff member said, glancing at Han Li.
"So that's how it is..." Han Li realized, no wonder the beast's core was so cheap.
"Thank you for the reminder," he said with a smile, without changing his mind.
He didn't have many Xuan Points now, so he could only exchange for the cheapest Taro Beast.
Seeing this, the crimson-robed staff member said nothing more, took out a silver short rod, and tapped it on Han Li's token. The ten Xuan Points on it immediately became one.
Then he rummaged around for a while, and then took out three egg-sized beast cores and handed them to Han Li.
Han Li took the beast cores and put them away, not lingering here, and headed towards the ninth district.
After passing through a dark passage, a spacious area appeared in front of him, looking very much like a wide cave.
The cave was circular, with stone rooms carved along the cave walls, as many as twenty or thirty, each with a number.
Several white fluorite stones were inlaid on the top of the cave, emitting a faint light that only illuminated a small area nearby, while other places were dimly lit.
At the moment, a dozen Xuan Fighters were sitting in the cave, talking loudly, occasionally bursting into laughter. Seeing Han Li appear, they all looked over with surprised expressions, sizing him up.
Han Li ignored these people, his eyes scanning the cave, and soon found the room labeled "332", strode over, and opened the door to enter.
At that moment, a tall, burly man with a scarred face blocked his way, kicking the door shut with a bang.
"Boy, you haven't greeted our boss here yet, and you want to enter? That's not in accordance with the rules," the scarred man said with a grim smile, his face full of arrogance.
"Greet?" Han Li asked expressionlessly.
"You're new here, you have ten points of merit, right? Hand over these ten points to me, and I'll give them to Boss Poison Dragon later. This is the rule here," the scarred man said, clenching his fists, making a series of popping sounds.
The others all looked over with smiles, watching the fun.
Han Li glanced at the nearby crowd, standing still and saying nothing.
"Are you deaf, or is your head not working?" The scarred man glared, and once again punched Han Li's door hard, making a loud bang.
"Get out of the way, a good dog doesn't block the road!" Han Li frowned slightly and said lightly.
"Hehe, Scarface, people don't take you seriously at all, they're calling you a dog!" said a round-faced fat man with a face full of flesh next to him with a smile.
"Scarface, you can't even handle a newcomer, tsk tsk..." Another bamboo pole-like man shook his head and said.
The others also laughed, their laughter full of mockery.
The scarred man's face instantly turned red, his eyes suddenly turned blood red, like an angry bull.
Although he was tall, his strength in this ninth district was only in the middle and lower reaches. He was often laughed at by others.
To this, he could only endure secretly, while finding some weaker guys to vent his anger on.
Bullying newcomers like Han Li, who looked weak, was the scarred man's favorite thing to do. He didn't expect that today he would not only fail to bully him, but also be humiliated.
"Boy, you're looking for death!" The scarred man roared, his arm like a knife, chopping down towards Han Li's head, making a sharp whistling sound.
Looking at this momentum, he wanted to split Han Li's head in half.
A cold light flashed in Han Li's eyes, and he punched out towards the sky, colliding with the scarred man's arm.
Crack! A crisp sound of bone cracking came, and the scarred man's arm suddenly became bent, and at the same time, his arm was bounced back, hitting the burly man's chest hard.
Another muffled loud sound, the scarred man retreated more than ten steps, hitting the opposite wall before stopping, and spat out a large mouthful of blood.
The burly man then reacted, with a look of horror on his face, standing there motionless, staring blankly at Han Li.
The other Xuan Fighters were in an uproar, and stood up all at once, staring at Han Li, their faces changing.
Han Li ignored these people, opened his door and walked in, and then with a wave of his hand, closed the door with a "bang".
The stone room was not large, only three or four zhang in size. Besides a stone bed and a set of tables and chairs, there was nothing else.
A section of white tree root was exposed in the center of the roof, and a steady stream of white light gushed out from the tree root, illuminating the entire stone room.
"This is the power of starlight!" Han Li swept his consciousness over the white light, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
He moved his divine sense and spread it towards the interior of the white number root, trying to explore the source of the starlight power in the white tree root, but the material used for the stone walls of this stone room was peculiar, and it could actually block the spread of divine sense, so he had to give up.
"I didn't expect that there would be such a strange thing in the world that can transmit the power of starlight." Han Li looked at the white tree root and murmured.
Although he couldn't explore with his divine sense, he could see clearly that the stellar power emitted by the tree root was not contained in itself, but transmitted from elsewhere. The white tree root was just a tool for transmission.
However, the stellar power emitted by the tree root was not much, and could only provide for ordinary cultivation.
Han Li's attention quickly shifted from the tree root, and he probed the stone room with his divine sense, and found no traces of tampering, so he felt slightly relieved, and sat down on the bed.
Two sets of Xuan Fighter's clothing, shorts and cloaks, were placed on the bed.
He frowned slightly at the two sets of clothes, but he still took off his clothes and put on a set of Xuan Fighter's clothes.
Han Li placed his original clothes on the head of the bed, his stomach suddenly bulged, and he opened his mouth to spit out a dark green vial, which was the Palm Heaven Bottle.
Looking at the Palm Heaven Bottle in his hand, a smile appeared on his face.
Before arriving at Qingyang City, in order to prevent encountering unpredictable situations in the city, he had swallowed the Palm Heaven Bottle into his stomach in advance.
Fortunately, he had reserved this hand in advance, otherwise the Palm Heaven Bottle would most likely have fallen into the hands of Chen Yang and others at this moment.
Han Li looked at the Palm Heaven Bottle for a moment, then swallowed it into his stomach again, and sat down under the white tree root.
Cultivation is the most important thing now!
Han Li took out a Taro Beast core. The stellar power in the beast core was abundant, but it was very scattered, rolling like boiling water.
He frowned slightly, but still opened his mouth and swallowed it, and closed his eyes to start cultivation.
The Taro Beast core melted quickly after entering his abdomen, turning into a powerful group of stellar power.
This stellar power was like a wild horse, running rampant in his body, and overflowing outwards, which was completely different from when he swallowed other beast cores.
Han Li hurriedly ran the "Feather Ascension Skill" with all his strength to absorb this stellar power.
Although he tried his best to exercise, as the man said before, he could only absorb a small part, and the other stellar power quickly dissipated.
But at this moment, an accident happened!
The Palm Heaven Bottle in his abdomen suddenly trembled, and a soft light radiated from the mouth of the bottle. The stellar power that was overflowing was suddenly attracted and quickly flowed back.
Han Li was stunned when he sensed this situation, and then he was overjoyed. He hurriedly ran the "Feather Ascension Skill" to absorb this stellar power.
But before he could absorb much, this stellar power merged into the Palm Heaven Bottle.
He slapped his forehead and sighed helplessly.
In terms of absorbing stellar power, how could he compete with the Palm Heaven Bottle.
The stellar power of the Taro Beast core rolled into the Palm Heaven Bottle, and a flash of light appeared in the bottle, and a drop of green liquid gradually emerged.
At the moment when the green liquid condensed and appeared, the remaining stellar power stopped entering the bottle, and circled and danced around the Palm Heaven Bottle.
Seeing this scene, Han Li was stunned, and then let out a long breath, and continued to run the "Feather Ascension Skill" to absorb the stellar power near the mouth of the bottle.
This stellar power was much softer after being guided by the Palm Heaven Bottle, and it was quite smooth to absorb.
The stellar power emitted by the white tree root on the top of the stone room also gathered and merged into his body.
Streams of stellar power merged into the second profound aperture of the "Feather Ascension Skill", and the second profound aperture slowly trembled, gradually beginning to open.
While Han Li was cultivating, the atmosphere in the ninth district became a little subtle.
Scarface was sitting cross-legged in front of a closed stone room, as if waiting for something. The broken and twisted arm had returned to normal, but the wound was still black, red and swollen.
He looked towards Han Li's stone room from time to time, a trace of resentment flashing in his eyes.
The other Xuan Fighters in the ninth district who had gathered here originally saw this situation, and a trace of disdain appeared in their eyes. After a brief exchange of words, they also left one after another.