Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter 580 Transaction

The crowd didn't harbor much resentment towards Zhou Qi and Song Qiao'er for choosing to leave the inner courtyard; they could understand.

The split and independence of Jiuquyuan is not something everyone can accept.

But Xiao Zhong was different.

He has a good personality and abilities, but he has two hobbies, which can also be called his two major flaws.

First, he loves to drink; second, after drinking, he likes to form sworn brotherhoods with others.

Song Qiao'er and Zhou Qi, as the two outstanding geniuses of Jiuqu Academy, were naturally pulled by Xiao Zhong to become sworn brothers and sisters.

Now it turns out that they didn't take him, their nominal elder brother, seriously at all, and just ran away. This is what really made Xiao Zhong feel frustrated and upset.

Therefore, ever since Song Qiao'er and Zhou Qi ran away, his habit of forming sworn brotherhoods with others vanished without a trace.

"Laugh if you want! I didn't cover your mouths!" Xiao Zhong sullenly took a swig of wine, looking unhappy.

Everyone then burst into laughter...

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The light rain gradually stopped, and the sky cleared after the rain.

Swish!

The figure paused and stepped on the side of the tree trunk, quickly skimming over the damp leaves at a rapid pace.

"This should be it..."

Han Yi slowly stopped and looked at the scene before him.

The pool was crescent-shaped and shallow. At this moment, a spring in the middle of the pool was bubbling out clear water.

Beside the pool, a gnarled and twisted locust tree appeared to be dead, its trunk cracked and black, as if it had been struck by lightning.

Several small animals had built a nest on the huge tree trunk and were chirping.

Click...click...

Han Yi walked over slowly, his boots making a crisp sound like stepping on snow as they crunched on the black ash and leaves on the ground.

He came to the withered tree and took out a thin incense stick.

Snapped!

As soon as he let go, the incense stick fell straight to the ground.

Han Yi sat cross-legged under the withered tree and lit the incense sticks.

Wisps of long, wispy smoke drifted out, carrying with them a refreshing aroma.

The little beasts, who had been busily storing food for the winter on the tree trunks, suddenly froze, crawled out of their dens, and gathered around Xixiang. Han Yi didn't mind and patiently waited.

This place is the trading location that Su Muwan mentioned, and the fragrant incense was also made under her guidance.

Although the transaction location was designated by the other party, Han Yi was not afraid of any shady dealings.

After all, he is currently still in the Yunzhou region, just a bit remote.

Time passes little by little.

When the incense sticks were halfway burned, a series of noises soon came from the direction of the pool.

Han Yi opened his eyes.

A figure completely shrouded in a wide black robe, with even a black conical hat on his head, walked towards them from the direction of the pool.

Although Han Yi couldn't see his figure or appearance clearly.

But he knew Su Muwan had arrived. Even from this distance, the scent of bird feathers emanating from her was still distinct.

"You're dressed very conservatively..." Han Yi said with a smile.

Compared to her daring and revealing attire in the Hundred Flowers Secret Realm, Su Muwan was far more conservative at this moment.

"Aren't you also sneaking around, afraid of being discovered?" Su Muwan's clear voice rang out. She took off her bamboo hat, revealing blonde hair, blue eyes, and a delicate face.

Han Yi immediately smiled.

He could tell from the tone of his voice that it was his sister who was directing the physical actions.

Su Muwan has two souls in one body, but they are actually quite easy to distinguish.

The younger sister is lively and active, and sometimes speaks without thinking. The older sister, on the other hand, is mature and composed, and considers things very carefully.

"Where's your sister? Is she sleeping? Why don't you let her out? You're too naive," Han Yi joked. "I like mature older women, you know." "You...?!" Su Muwan's pretty face flushed slightly, too angry to speak.

"Hmph, do you feel a sense of accomplishment from bullying little girls?" A cold, slightly angry female voice rang out again.

It seems that the younger sister probably knew she couldn't win an argument with Han Yi, so she went to get reinforcements.

"Alright, alright, just kidding." Han Yi grinned. "Did you bring the things?"

“I brought them, but there wasn’t enough time, so I only found a portion,” Su Muwan nodded.

"No matter how much, let me see it first. If it's what I need, then we can talk about other things. Otherwise, if I don't need it, it's just a waste of time," Han Yi said with a smile.

“…Okay.” Su Muwan hesitated for a moment, but still nodded gently.

She took a gold-threaded undergarment from her pouch and gently tossed it to Han Yi. "As you requested, I found it in the family storeroom. Take a look."

Han Yi took it. The undergarment was not large, at most a strapless bra, and it seemed to have a faint fragrance of women on it.

The moment he grabbed the hem of her clothes, he was overjoyed, knowing that he had made the right deal with Su Muwan.

Sure enough, there was yin energy on this undergarment. Although the amount was small, the presence of yin energy meant there was hope.

"Hmm..."

Han Yi held up the undergarment with both hands, pretending to examine it carefully.

After looking at it for most of the day, he finally spoke: "Okay, this will count as one item."

"Anything else?

“Yes, I do… but…” Su Muwan hesitated for a moment, “but did you bring what I need?”

"You mean this?" Han Yi casually took out the black Holy Claw fragment and tossed it around lightly.

"Yes, that's it!" Su Muwan swallowed hard, her gaze following the Holy Claw fragments up and down.

You can tell that she really wants it.

"Do you want it?" Han Yi smiled slightly. "If you want it, then show your sincerity."

"All right…..."

Su Muwan reluctantly looked away, took off her waist bag, and opened it to find a large pile of things inside.

Mirror, calligraphy brush, porcelain bowl, inkstone...

Han Yi flipped through the documents one by one.

"This one won't do, this one won't do either... this one is barely acceptable..."

He picked and chose, and of the ten or so items Su Muwan brought, he found only three that possessed yin energy.

"Huh? Why aren't these acceptable?" Su Muwan asked, puzzled. She was already trying to discern the differences between the items Han Yi had chosen and the rest of the pile.

But no matter how she looked at it, she couldn't see any specific difference.

Year? Condition? Or style?

There is absolutely no pattern to it.

"No means no. I have special methods," Han Yi said calmly.

He naturally couldn't reveal the real reason.

“Okay…” Su Muwan said with some regret.

"And this time..."

“It only counts as four items. It’s settled then, I’ll return the fragments to you once you’ve collected twenty of the items I need,” Han Yi replied decisively.

"Four items? Do you know how much effort I put into finding these things? You're just saying no?" Su Muwan said anxiously. "What exactly do you need? Can't you just tell me your specific requirements? It's too much trouble for me to find them one by one."

"I can't explain it either. I have to check it myself to know if it's really what I need," Han Yi replied helplessly.

"you…..."

Upon hearing Han Yi's explanation, which was hardly an explanation at all, Su Muwan immediately frowned.

She couldn't quite understand this strange demand; even in the thousand-year history of their spirit demon clan, they had never encountered anything like it.

"You're not even sure what you need, so you can't expect me to keep running around like this, can you? What if it's something you need, and you don't tell me? When will this ever end? You don't think it's easy for me to come here, do you?"

"Then what do you want?" Han Yi thought about it and felt that what she said made sense.

Su Muwan was, after all, a different race. If he were to conduct these private transactions with her too often and they were discovered, it would only arouse suspicion. "Next time I will try to bring more. Regardless of whether it is useful to you or not, you must return the items to me," Su Muwan said.

"Hmm..." Han Yi pondered for a moment, "Three times, bring this kind of thing three times. This time counts as one. Regardless of whether I need it or not, I will give it to you then."

"Okay! It's a deal!" Su Muwan quickly agreed, afraid that Han Yi would go back on his word.

"..."

Han Yi smiled in surprise, realizing that he had asked for too low a price.

But it doesn't matter. After all, judging from the amount of Yin energy he just absorbed, absorbing it twice more should be enough for him to advance to the next level of the Inscription stage.

"By the way, do you need any martial arts manuals? I found a few manuals of your human race's martial arts in the storeroom," Su Muwan suddenly asked.

"True martial arts manual? What kind of manual is it?" Han Yi asked back.

Su Muwan shook her head: "I didn't look at it carefully either, but if you want it, I can bring it next time."

"...Okay, if it's useful to me, I'll deduct the value accordingly." Han Yi paused, then nodded in agreement.

He doesn't need any real skills.

However, the martial arts school under his name, with Tao Yaohui and the others, needed real skills to continue their training.

The true skills he is currently cultivating cannot be passed on due to the sect's rules.

If we could find a few suitable martial arts techniques through Su Muwan's channels, that would be great.

"Then wait for my notification next time." Su Muwan put on her bamboo hat and walked back the way she came.

"I don't need these things, you can take them back." Han Yi called out to her back as he looked at the pile of things on the ground.

"I don't need it either, so I'll just leave it here..." Su Muwan's figure gradually disappeared, her voice growing softer and softer.

"Okay." Han Yi also got up, packed his things, and turned back the way he came.

Now that he had the Yin energy, he needed to move on to the next step of his plan as soon as possible.

Based on the intelligence he had gathered recently, Han Yi was increasingly confused about the current situation.

Nowadays, both Zhao Ziyang and Fang Jiulian are too quiet, especially Fang Jiulian, whose whereabouts are unpredictable and hard to fathom.

The calmer things were, the more alarmed Han Yi became.

This perplexing situation suggests that something significant must be happening behind the scenes.

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"The inscription of bone patterns is actually the process of transforming energy. After the bone patterns cover the whole body, the energy transforms, and the transformation between emptiness and fullness becomes true energy."

In a clearing in the forest of Wangshan, Zhong Yunxiu looked at the three people in front of her and said loudly.

The bright sunshine cast dappled light through the woods, resembling large patches of varying shades of ink in an oil painting.

In recent days, the situation has gradually become clearer. After eliminating the biggest obstacles, Jingtianzhuang and the Green Clothes Alliance, Fang Jiulian has been making continuous moves, and the new policies are being implemented more and more smoothly.

The government troops were so focused on implementing the new policies that they had no time to attend to the forces around Huayang City, which relieved everyone.

As a result, the area around the Nine-Bend Gate is now much quieter and more peaceful than before.

This freed Zhong Yunxiu's hands, allowing her time to instruct her disciples in martial arts.

Han Yi, Xiao Zhong, and Zhong Han, the three strongest, were naturally her main focus, receiving constant private tutoring.