AWB Chapter 468 379: Mutual Benefits
Chapter 468 379: Mutual Benefits
Li Yuanjiao put away the two items and tossed the storage bag back in front of the loose cultivator, who kept kowtowing nonstop. Li Yuanjiao saw the cultivator was indeed practicing righteous cultivation methods. Although he was ragged, his hands were clean and delicate, a sign he possessed a variety of immortal cultivation techniques. Suspicion immediately arose as he said,
"Are you a loose cultivator?"
After Li Yuanjiao's two questions, the loose cultivator immediately realized that Li Yuanjiao was not easily fooled, and thought to himself,
"This person is suspicious and he hasn't killed me immediately, so he must not be a devil cultivator. Either from the Three Sects and Seven Doors or an Immortal Clan noble family, such individuals who are seasoned in affairs would not be easily deceived..."
Thus, he immediately changed his tactics, raised his head and the previous color of mediocrity and cowardice was gone, and he said respectfully,
"This junior was originally a cultivator from Wu Country, my sect was destroyed by devil cultivators, so I fled to Yue Country..."
Li Yuanjiao noted his calm tone and extraordinary bearing and initially had the intention to recruit him. He said to himself,
'If I can treat him with kindness and obtain the Wu Country secret techniques he possesses, I can gain another source of support...'
But as someone naturally suspicious, upon sensing the True Yuan inside the cultivator for just a moment, he felt an intense familiarity. A flash of cold light suddenly surfaced in his mind, shocking him, and he said in a low voice,
"Tujun Sect?!"
The loose cultivator had not expected to be recognized immediately and continued to kowtow, knowing he could not further conceal his identity, and said in a deep voice,
"Indeed it is... I wonder which senior this is..."
In Li Yuanjiao's mind emerged the old monkey and the Tujun Kuiguang he had acquired years ago, and he thought,
"What a coincidence?! How dare my family touch that! The Tujun Sect was also destroyed in the demonic disaster; who knows what schemes are involved?"
"Moreover, this man doesn't seem ordinary, and might well be a lurking flood dragon… Could it be that he bears a destiny upon him!"
With a shift in thought, Li Yuanjiao no longer dared to take advantage of the situation. He threw the damaged magic artifact of the devil cultivator onto the ground, and also emptied out the bottles and jars that were idle in his storage bag.
A few Demon Cultivator Blood Pills, more than ten spirit stones, and two inferior grade magic artifacts, he hastily looked through them all, and stuffed them back, saying in a low voice,
"I have also received benefits from Tujun, what I'm giving you, sell it yourself, consider it repaying the debt of gratitude to Tujun Sect's Taoist lineage. Go away!"
This was the first time the loose cultivator showed shock, utterly stunned for a moment, and quickly said,
"May I know which senior this is?"
Li Yuanjiao said in a muffled voice,
"No need to speak further, leave at once!"
Having said that, he had already risen on the wind. The loose cultivator's eyes reddened slightly, and he only had time to shout,
"The junior Tulong Jian will remember this kindness in my heart, and I will surely repay it significantly one day!"
Li Yuanjiao, fearing any further entanglement, hurriedly rode the wind away. Upon returning to his cave mansion, he felt as if a burden had been lifted and relaxed completely, and thought to himself,
"Regardless of whether there's a significant repayment or not, as long as it does not bring harm to my family... Considering there's the Immortal Sect behind the devil cultivators, the matter of Tujun Sect is probably like the Xiao Family's, with other hidden secrets. I have already been overly anxious with the two inheritances I picked up, and I'd have to be crazy to involve myself with a Tujun heir..."
Li Yuanjiao took a cursory look at the Runyang Method in Tulong Jian's hands, which seemed to be a way of converting one Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire into another, requiring the assistance of various spiritual objects, extensive in content and overwhelming in size. Fearing any traps, he dared not read it in detail and had to let it go.
After carefully considering for a while, he decided it should not cause any delay and then laid out the three storage bags, filled with glee.
The father and daughter's storage bags were ordinary, but the determined devil cultivator's storage bag was of the finest quality. Li Yuanjiao glanced at it suspiciously and muttered,
"I'll find someone at home to open it. There's no need for me to take this risk."
The magic artifacts of the father and daughter were given to Tulong Jian, and Li Yuanjiao didn't have much left, only two jade bottles.
The narrowly escaped devil cultivator left behind a Mysterious Pattern Bottle that was only two fingers wide, adorned with dark silver mysterious patterns, small and charming. When Li Yuanjiao injected True Yuan into it, the brilliance on its surface twinkled one by one, emitting a cloud of white mist.
The rising mist was unceasing and faintly revealed a sense of concealment, enveloping it until everything around vanished, leaving the cave mansion empty.
Perhaps because of the Immortal Foundation Jing Dragon King, the mist seemed extremely affectionate to him, circling around him. Li Yuanjiao realized,
'It's the devil cultivator's invisibility magic artifact! No idea where he got it from, the patterns on it look quite uncommon.'
He turned the Mysterious Pattern Bottle upside down, and the sound of rainwater thundered as the bottle ejected clear spring water, generating a number of water streams like ribbons, slithering through the air like snakes.
At the bottom of the bottle, there were a few small characters:
"Wei Country Li Clan, Li Qianyuan."
"Wei Country... The ancient Wei Country also had a Li Clan..."
Li Yuanjiao took a close look and was overjoyed,
'No wonder I couldn't find it, this artifact turns out to be at the Foundation Establishment level... With this definite cautiousness, this devil cultivator managed to get such a precious item.'
The Mysterious Pattern Bottle could hide his form, and turning it upside down could also be used as a magic artifact to oppose enemies, using the water fog within it to resist spells and to increase the speed of Wind Riding; truly a versatile treasure.
"Good! It shall be called the 'Mysterious Pattern Bottle'."
Having obtained this item, Li Yuanjiao's journey was not in vain. Despite how Tujun Kuiguang once freely offered the Foundation Establishment Magical Instruments Qingxuan to visit the Li Family, such magical instruments are standard for the Peak Masters of the Three Sects and Seven Doors, but for the Clan Cultivators outside, they are already considered extraordinary treasures.
The other jade bottle contained Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire, bright and golden red, and should be called the Xuanyang Separation Fire. Nevertheless, Li Yuanjiao couldn't recognize it and only felt that it made his Spiritual Sense burn uncomfortably.