Chapter 141 Ascension Order
Upon seeing the "Flight Talisman," both the man and the stall owner were moved, and their gazes toward Han Li became more respectful. After all, someone who possessed high-grade talismans couldn't be an ordinary person.
"Alright, I'll exchange!" The man agreed readily. How could he miss out on such an obvious bargain?
"However, before that, I want to test what you mentioned earlier about this fragment not obstructing the absorption of spiritual energy by covered objects from the outside. If it's true, I'll exchange immediately. If not, I won't make this deal!" Han Li calmly stated.
The man was momentarily stunned by Han Li's words, but after understanding his request, he laughed.
"Everything I said about this item is true. Feel free to test it!" The man replied confidently.
Han Li didn't hesitate either. He took out a cup-like object from his body and placed the "fabric" over it.
After the cup disappeared, Han Li extended a finger, condensing a small white spiritual energy sphere the size of a soybean at the tip of his finger and gently tapped it downward.
As a result, the light sphere gradually disappeared, as if it had been swallowed up.
Seeing this scene, Han Li's face lit up with joy. He gently grabbed the "fabric" and held it in his hand. The cup reappeared, with the light sphere that had just disappeared floating inside.
"Not bad! What you said is indeed true. I'll take this magic treasure fragment, and the flight talisman belongs to you!" Han Li sent the "fabric" into his sleeve, accepted it, and bowed to the man.
"Great! You're straightforward." The man was delighted. He bent down, took the flight talisman, examined it several times to confirm it wasn't fake, then grinned.
Han Li smiled faintly, said nothing more, turned around, and squeezed out of the crowd. However, before he could take a few steps, he heard a lot of discussions coming from the people behind him.
"This guy is so silly! He actually exchanged such a valuable high-grade talisman for such a worthless item!"
"That's right, this fragment is so small, what use could it have? Such an exchange is simply not worth it!"
"But don't say that. Maybe this person has other uses for it!"
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Listening to these comments, Han Li sneered inwardly. "How do these cultivators know the importance of this item to themselves?"
"Wait a moment, sir! Hold on!" Han Li hadn't walked far when a voice suddenly came from behind, followed by hurried footsteps approaching.
Han Li was somewhat surprised. Was someone calling him? He couldn't help but turn around.
He saw a person not far away, running towards him with sweat dripping from his forehead, shouting as he ran. It was the round-faced youth who had almost caused a big trouble earlier.
Han Li blinked, a little curious, and stopped in place. He wanted to know what this lively guy had to chase after him so desperately for.
"Sir, I finally caught up with you!" The youth gasped for breath as he approached.
"Is there something you need?" Han Li glanced at the other party and asked in confusion.
"This thing is for you! It's a token of gratitude for helping me out, sir." Without saying a word, the youth reached out and stuffed a small booklet into Han Li's hand, then ran away somewhat embarrassedly.
Han Li was slightly stunned but soon smiled. There were still such simple and honest people among cultivators, which was quite unexpected to him. Without chasing after him, Han Li lowered his head to look at the object in his hand.
The name of the booklet was "Records of the Green Stream." It didn't look like a technique or anything like that. Han Li flipped through a few pages with some interest.
It turned out to be a miscellaneous record compiled by a senior cultivator named "Green Stream" in a certain country who didn't like cultivation but preferred to wander around, recording various secrets and legends he knew.
Some pages even had vivid drawings related to the content.
Although Han Li didn't read much, he was quite interested in the item and put the booklet away in his clothes.
After that, Han Li didn't encounter anything special. Feeling a little bored, he returned to his residence. In his room, Han Li lay on the bed and carefully read the "Records of the Green Stream."
The book contained some of Green Stream's personal experiences, as well as hearsay, but all of them were strange and rare stories.
Some were even secrets not passed down outside the cultivator families.
Han Li found it quite enjoyable to read.
However, when he flipped to the last few pages of the booklet, he saw seven different patterns resembling tokens, each with several lines of text below:
"Ascension Order," created by the seven major immortal sects of the Yue Country.
It is awarded to the cultivator families who have performed great deeds, and as long as someone holding the order goes to the sect that issued the order, its effect is equivalent to that of the final winner of the Ascension Conference, allowing them to receive the same treatment!
They will be rewarded with Foundation Establishment Pills and granted entry qualifications.
However, this item has always been passed down within the cultivator families, and ordinary cultivators have never had the chance to see it.
Therefore, only according to the rumored shape, can the appearance of this order be depicted.
Finally, Green Stream marked a sentence in slightly smaller font: This order can be transferred and traded between cultivator families, and its issuance can be traced back to a long time ago, so the sect that issued the order doesn't recognize people, only the order!
As long as someone holding the order goes, they can ascend step by step, making it a heaven-defying item for low-level cultivators!
After reading the text below, Han Li felt his mouth dry and his heart pounding fiercely.
When Han Li first heard the words "Ascension Conference," he vaguely associated it with the strange token he had obtained from the gnome. That token also had the words "Ascension" engraved on it, making Han Li wonder if there was any connection between the two.
But later, when he heard others talk in detail about the Ascension Conference and didn't mention anything related to the
Ascension Order, he thought it was just a coincidence and put it out of his mind. However, he didn't expect to find out the origin and true purpose of this Ascension Order from the small booklet he obtained by chance! Moreover, the effect of this Ascension Order was so significant!
The more Han Li thought about it, the more excited he became. He quickly took out the blackened token from his body and hurriedly compared it with the illustrations, finding the one that looked similar.
"This Ascension Order is issued by the Yellow Maple Valley!" Han Li stroked the token and murmured to himself.
"However, such a precious item, how did it end up in the hands of a low-level cultivator like Elder Jin Guang?" Han Li calmed down and felt puzzled.
In fact, speaking of it, that gnome was indeed the original owner of this order!
Originally, besides the Ye Family, there was another influential cultivator family, the Qin Family, living in the Qin Ye Ridge.
Apart from the Ye Family, the Qin Family was equally famous, but the two families had a good relationship due to their kinship.
This Ascension Order was a treasure passed down by the Qin Family for generations.
The reason it hadn't been used was simply that the Qin Family had been unable to find a cultivator talented enough to match the order.
So they chose to continue passing it down rather than waste such a precious item!
However, after many generations, the Qin Family became increasingly sparse in male descendants, gradually declining.
On the other hand, the Ye Family flourished and prospered more and more, overshadowing the Qin Family.
The Ye Family was known far and wide, while the Qin Family became obscure, and people in the cultivation world only knew about the Ye Family in the Qin Ye Ridge, not the Qin Family.
By the time of Elder Jin Guang, the Qin Family was left with only him as the male descendant, and his aptitude was extremely poor, completely hopeless of reaching Foundation Establishment.
Thus, when the Ye Family set their eyes on the few treasures passed down by the Qin Family, and this Ascension Order was one of them, Elder Jin Guang, who was sensitive to changes in the wind, quickly took the Ascension Order and the talisman with the small sword motif, which was concealed in a hidden formation and couldn't be retrieved by the Ye Family for a while.
He had no choice but to reluctantly abandon the rest of the treasures and leave them to the Ye Family.
As a result, Elder Jin Guang fled for more than a decade, living in seclusion in a certain Daoist temple in the Barbarian Territory, living a carefree life by deceiving others with his low-level cultivation.
Over time, his original intention of using the Ascension Order gradually faded away.
He realized that even if he took the Foundation Establishment Pill, he couldn't enter the Foundation Establishment stage.
Since that was the case, why bother becoming a low-level disciple of a major sect and suffering?
In this way, during the later siege of the Seven Profound Sects incident, this Ascension Order was cheaply given to Han Li.