Chapter 216: The Han Family's Talisman

After Mo Juren left Wanbao Tower, he used all means to avoid being followed. He quickly blended in with the large number of wandering cultivators and his figure suddenly disappeared.

In order to avoid any unnecessary trouble, Mo Juren found the largest inn and booked a guest room with the highest level of protection, where he stayed until the secret city of Lingshou Mountain was opened.

Then, taking advantage of the night, he put on the black clothes that could block detection and search for the entrance to the secret city.

The entrance to the secret city this time was located under the Sword Refining Pavilion of the Giant Sword Gate. Mo Juren followed the crowd, stepped into the familiar purple mist, and came to the secret city.

The opening was still the familiar gambling fight segment, but this time the one sent out was not the No. 5 spiritual slave in the foundation-building period, but a second-level steel-hoofed bull.

The red belt host introduced that the biggest feature of this kind of bull is its thick skin and great strength, but its disadvantage is also obvious, which is that it is simple-minded and stubborn. As long as you pay attention to cooperation and evasion, it can be easily dealt with.

Under the instigation of the host, five Qi-refining monks quickly signed up to participate in the gambling fight, hoping to easily obtain the reward of fifty spirit stones.

But once the fight started, the situation was completely different. This steel-hoofed bull was not just thick-skinned and tough, it was invulnerable to water, fire, swords and guns.

The five people's magic power and magic weapons bombarded it, but could not break its powerful defense at all.

The Steel-hoofed Bull, however, seemed to have gone mad and charged towards the five people frantically.

Everyone simply couldn't stay on the stage for too long and had to keep dodging, so even if they wanted to attack together, they simply couldn't get together.

In the end, the five people came up with a trick to tie the bull with a net. The five of them held a net-like magical weapon and successfully pushed the bull down.

The Steel-hoofed Bull struggled desperately, tangling the five people and the net-like magic weapon together. It flipped over and found an opportunity, then charged forward with brute force, knocking them and the net out of the ring in one fell swoop, ending the fight.

There were no chains tied to the Steel-hoofed Bull, and it wanted to rush out of the ring to continue trampling.

At the critical moment, a guard beside the red-belt host rushed off the stage, snorted, and actually grabbed the bull's horns and fought with all his strength.

This guard must have reached the foundation-building stage. His aura became stronger once he stepped off the stage.

Moreover, his tremendous strength was also extremely impressive. Not only did he block the charging bull, he even used the bull's horns to lift up its hind legs.

The bull's hooves left the ground, making it helpless, and the guard turned around and threw it back into the pen.

After witnessing this fight, Mo Juren actually thought of his own seventh level of Elephant Armor Skill, which was as strong as a nine-ox strength. If he had not given up on body training, his strength at this moment might be comparable to that of this person.

Not only the guarding, but also the way the wild bull used its strength made Mo Juren feel something.

After the warm-up gambling, the hot auction session began again.

Similar to the situation where demand for spiritual herbs and medicines exceeded supply, the items in this auction were all bid up to an extremely high price range without exception, making the red-belt host so happy that he could hardly control his voice, and his shouting was particularly excited.

Although Mo Juren knew in his heart that it was unlikely that the Foundation Establishment Pill would be among the items being auctioned, he still watched the auction from beginning to end with hope until the last ten items were auctioned off.

Perhaps to cater to the needs of independent cultivators, the ten items are all fine magical instruments that can quickly improve one's strength. However, Mo Juren, who has more than 9,000 spirit stones in his pocket, does not care about any of them.

Finally, it came to the free exchange session. After watching for several rounds, Mo Juren took a fancy to the black iron sold by a cultivator. This was a second-level spiritual material, stronger than the black iron that was the main material of his Xuanguan Sword.

After bargaining with the seller, Mo Juren finally won the palm-sized heavy black iron with the highest bid of 300 spirit stones. Just as Mo Juren was handing over the spirit stones, he suddenly heard a familiar voice of a woman beside him,
"Brother, come quickly, that person really has our Jinzhu pen, and is preparing for the next round of auction!"

Jinzhu Pen! Han Family, Han Yunzhi!

Mo Juren was surprised. How could this girl appear here? And her brother Han Shanli.

Besides, didn’t they use the Han family’s heirloom Jinzhu Pen to exchange for spirit stones to buy Huanglong Pills from me?
With doubts in his mind, Mo Juren followed the two of them silently and paid close attention.

They quickly gathered around the auction table. When the seller on the stage finished, the next round of sellers came on stage. Sure enough, one of them took out a talisman pen and started selling it.

"This is a mid-level talisman pen, named Jinzhu. It is an heirloom of a certain talisman-making family. It is made of precious second-level spiritual materials by a foundation-building cultivator."

"This pen has a good effect in increasing the success rate of making talismans. The talisman cultivators who are knowledgeable come to offer a price, and they only exchange it for spirit stones or elixirs."

Han Yunzhi, dressed in black, hurriedly pulled the tall Han Shanli forward and stood in front of the man, wanting to be the first to make an offer.

Mo Juren naturally followed them, but he was curious, since the brothers and sisters had sold it, why did they want to buy it back now?

After the sale started, Han Shanli indeed went up to the seller and whispered a price.

But the seller frowned, obviously disagreeing. Han Shanli seemed to argue for a few words, and finally had to return in disappointment.

As the brother and sister passed by, Han Shanli seemed to say,
"...If he refuses, what can I do? Sister, quickly send a message to Uncle Li... I'll keep an eye on him..."

After the two left, it was Mo Juren's turn to ask for a price. Mo Juren had no interest in this pen, so he asked absentmindedly,

"I wonder what price you plan to sell this talisman pen for?"

The man said proudly,
"You name your own price. Anyone who is accomplished in the art of talismans will know the value of this talisman pen."

Mo Juren chuckled, it seems he is another greedy guy. So he changed the subject and said,

"What kind of elixirs do you want to exchange, my friend?"

"Of course it's a spiritual pill that can improve your cultivation. Either the Soul Gathering Pill or the Yuan Yang Pill will do."

Mo Juren pondered for a moment. The Yangyuan Pill that the seller wanted was basically the same as the Huanglong Pill that he had refined before using ordinary methods, but he now had the Zhenhuang Pill which had stronger medicinal power.

If he really wanted to replace this talisman pen, it would be a piece of cake for Mo Juren.

However, at this moment of hesitation, Mo Juren saw Han Yunzhi rushing back excitedly and excitedly giving Han Shanli some things.

Mo Juren knew that the two of them should have found some solutions, so he pretended that he wanted to go back and think about it carefully.

Then, he pretended to be disappointed and left in the face of the seller's anger, giving the transaction opportunity back to the siblings Han Yunzhi.

(End of this chapter)