Published: August 27, 2025
Chapter 353: Stardust Pavilion
Han Li saw the old man’s urgent expression and smiled faintly. He casually took out a storage pouch containing materials from his body and sprayed the opening towards the ground. Immediately, after a burst of white light, the materials of the white spider and mantis were spread all over the floor.
“These are...”
Shopkeeper Xu bent down to pick up a spider’s lower limb and examined it carefully, a puzzled look appearing on his face.
Clearly, although the old man was an expert in refining magical artifacts, he was still unfamiliar with these rare exotic insects. So even though he recognized the exceptional nature of these materials, he remained confused.
Seeing this, Han Li smiled and began to explain:
“Most of these materials come from the exoskeletons and lower limbs of a white spider demonic beast. The others come from the forelimbs and wings of a giant mantis. Both of these are level 4 demonic beasts, especially the latter, which is a top-tier level 4 beast—very powerful. I hope you can make good use of these materials. Obtaining them took quite a bit of effort!”
“Materials from a level 4 demonic beast!” The white-haired old man exclaimed in surprise, then quickly fell into ecstasy.
After all, it was rare even to see materials from level 2 or higher demonic beasts, let alone level 4.
“Yes, Shopkeeper Xu! But this time, I have some special requirements for the magical artifact to be refined. Only if you can meet them will I hand over these materials for refining. The payment will follow the old arrangement; you may keep a portion of the materials as your fee for crafting the artifact,” Han Li said calmly.
“Please rest assured, Senior. No matter what you ask, I will do it! To personally refine such top-tier materials, I feel my lifetime study of the way of refining magical artifacts has finally been worthwhile!” Shopkeeper Xu picked up a huge mantis forelimb and gently stroked it, his eyes full of fanatic excitement.
Han Li was a little surprised by this reaction but felt even more reassured. He kindly said to the old man:
“This time, the magical artifact I want refined is somewhat special. First, it would be best if you could refine these spider lower limbs into a set of attack artifacts that can be used together. As for that mantis…”
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An hour later, Han Li and Quhun walked out from the refining shop.
They had agreed with Shopkeeper Xu to first familiarize himself with the materials and think over the refining method. Han Li would bring the materials officially the next day so they could begin refining.
Now, Han Li took the opportunity to stroll through the market district. From the old man, he had finally confirmed what he suspected.
The news of the defeat of cultivators from Yue Country and two other countries had already spread to Yuanwu Country. Now, whether immortal cultivator families or rogue cultivators in Yuanwu Country, everyone was restless, each with a foreboding sense of an impending storm.
Thus, many cultivators rushed to the market district, bringing rare and precious items to exchange for urgently needed resources, strengthening themselves to face the upcoming calamity.
Within a few days, reports of rare magical artifacts, pills, and other treasures appearing in Yuanwu’s markets spread one after another, attracting even more cultivators, making every market district flourish.
With such an opportunity at hand, Han Li naturally did not want to miss it.
With that in mind, Han Li began wandering through various shops.
Indeed, these shops now had many good things, including quite a few top-tier magical artifacts, which surprised Han Li greatly.
Although ordinary top-tier magical artifacts no longer attracted him, last time he came, there had been very few in these shops.
After a rough tour, Han Li only bought a few rare medicinal materials he hadn’t seen before and then stopped. Next, he headed straight for the “Stardust Pavilion” in the center of the market district.