Published: August 27, 2025
Chapter 393: Ningcui Island
Over the past two years, Han Li had visited the market district several times to replenish materials for crafting puppets. Because of his generous spending, he had become somewhat familiar with the owners of a few shops.
After inquiring about some related matters from one of the shopkeepers, Han Li obtained the information he sought. He then went with Quhun to a bookstore called "White Gate Pavilion."
Indeed, this store kept records of all the demonic beasts discovered so far in the Chaotic Star Sea, which invigorated Han Li. He took out over a hundred spirit stones and made copies of all the data.
As for information about the Outer Star Sea’s demonic beast islands, Han Li found it in another inconspicuous little shop.
With his objectives achieved, Han Li originally planned to return to his secluded mansion immediately. But when passing by a shop specializing in selling "storage bags" and "spiritual beast pouches," something stirred in his heart, and he unexpectedly went inside.
He now had far too many things to carry!
Just the more than two hundred Puppet Beasts alone occupied three or four storage bags, which was really inconvenient to use.
Moreover, since he intended to go out to sea to hunt demonic beasts, apart from their cores, the rare materials on their bodies were also quite valuable and naturally could not be discarded.
Therefore, he needed to prepare several storage bags with larger capacities.
Half an hour later, Han Li left the shop a bit reluctantly.
He had spent over a thousand spirit stones to purchase two large-capacity storage bags, each nearly ten times the size of his previous ones, which should be sufficient.
Later, Han Li passed by the Fengle Auction House, reputedly the best auction house in Tianxing City, and couldn’t help but take a few extra glances.
The auction catalog displayed in front of the auction hall made Han Li quite envious!
Not only were there demonic beast cores from fifth and sixth-level rare beasts, but many high-grade materials for forging magical treasures were also abundant. Not to mention numerous rare items he had never even heard of.
Unfortunately, although the auctioned goods at Tianxing City’s top auction house were excellent, cultivators like Han Li, who only had a few thousand spirit stones to their name, could not afford to buy anything.
Because no matter how rare the item, once it entered this auction house, its base price would rise by more than half.
Given the rarity of millennium spiritual herbs, they naturally fetched high prices here.
But Han Li didn’t want to cause trouble.
After all, although he felt short on spirit stones, it wasn’t to the point of extreme scarcity where he had to have them at all costs. Naturally, he preferred to avoid unnecessary matters.
Looking at those sky-high auction prices, Han Li felt a bit sour in his heart and returned straight to his secluded mansion.
For the next month, Han Li did nothing else but focus on studying the habits and weaknesses of the demonic beasts appearing in the Outer Star Sea.
He also planned out the best strategies and methods to deal with them should he encounter them.
Then, one day a month later, Han Li suddenly burst into laughter, holding a Jade Slip in his hands as he danced with excitement, his face filled with enthusiasm.
He quickly ran out of his secluded mansion and flew towards the market district once again...
Half a year later, Han Li and Quhun appeared in the 50th-level district of Tianxing City.
In front of them stood a grand hall built from white marble. Above the entrance hung a large plaque several meters long, gilded with the words "Starry Sky Hall."
There was not a single person at the hall’s entrance.
Han Li calmly led Quhun inside.
After walking through a short corridor, the space suddenly opened up to reveal a spacious hall more than twenty meters long and wide.
Inside, five cultivators—four men and one woman—were talking with a white-clad cultivator from the Star Palace.
Behind them were several rows of identical teleportation formations lined up side by side.