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  "I see," Li Yi nodded, "Alright then, old man, I think with your identity you should know where to find so-called divine artifacts. Why don't you go and grab one for me to use?"

  "Grab it?" Even the snake-like deity's soul body almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, "You ignorant little brat, this Dou Sheng continent is vast, but there are only nineteen divine artifacts that can be listed on the Divine Arms List. Among these nineteen divine artifacts, excluding those that have long since disappeared from the world, which one isn't in the hands of an unparalleled strong expert? Even if I were at my peak state, I wouldn't dare to lightly speak of snatching it. You're just a young whippersnapper, yet your tone is so grand..."

  Li Yi looked seemingly shocked and sincere, saying: "So even you, sir, can't get your hands on the so-called divine artifact? I thought with an attitude as big as yours, you'd at least be able to produce a divine artifact for me to refine the Blood Calamity's energy!"

  The snake revered one finally let out a hum, and then said: "You this kid...... Alright, Ben Sheng also won't waste words with you, we continue the previous topic. The higher the rank of the weapon, the thicker the blood evil energy after seeing blood, so if you absorb it and then practice, the effect will naturally be better... But with your current four crystal yuanqi standard, wanting to condense a Dou Qi vortex within two months is unlikely, unless you can get a seven-star weapon that has seen a lot of blood, otherwise, it's probably impossible. So, whether or not you can do this, I also have no idea, can only say it depends on your luck."

  Li Yi frowned and said: "What do you mean by 'look at my luck'?"

  Shi Zunzhe snorted with laughter and said, "This high-grade weapon is of utmost importance to a strong cultivator. This seventh-grade weapon is already priceless in the Dou Sheng continent. You don't think you can easily get your hands on something this good, do you? And even if you did manage to get it, as soon as word gets out, before you can even refine the Blood Evil energy on it, I reckon a bunch of greedy people will be knocking on your door."

  "What should we do then?" Li Yi said in a low voice.

  "It's simple, gamble... gamble on luck..." Snake尊者 chuckled, "Little guy, if I'm not mistaken, in your Wan Chao City, there is a relatively small auction house. Although it doesn't look like much, generally speaking, there are usually a few good things inside. The chances of encountering high-grade weapons are extremely high, and if you're lucky, who knows, you might even get a seventh-grade weapon... However..."

  Li Yi asked in puzzlement: "Only what?"

  "It's just that I've already checked you out, kid. You may not look like a country bumpkin, but you don't have anything valuable on you either. Not even a single gold coin. With your current appearance, do you really think you can go to the auction house and find treasure? I think it's better if we just forget about it..."

  A low, muffled laugh broke out.

  A moment later, Li Yicai squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Old ghost! You deceived me!"

  "And," the Snake Deity's eyes revealed a hint of a triumphant smile, "there's one more thing I need to tell you in advance... apart from divine artifacts, even if it's a ninth-grade weapon, once you refine the Blood Evil energy on it, that weapon will become a useless piece of scrap metal. Don't ever forget this!"

  "Can only be used once!?" Even Li Yi's calm nature couldn't help but curse, "Damn it! Do you think my family is running a gold mine?! I'm still worried about where to get the money for the auction house, and you come to tell me that even if we buy high-quality equipment, it can only be used once?!"

  The Snake Deity smiled coldly and said indifferently, "Young one, if you want to become stronger, you must pay the price. In this world, there is nothing that can be obtained easily. And when you do become stronger, wealth, power, weapons... what will you lack? At that time, perhaps with just a word from you, countless people will deliver them to your doorstep...... Even if it's just for this reason, why not put in a bit more effort now? You shouldn't be so foolish as to not understand even this, should you?"

  Li Yi smiled wryly and said in a low voice, "Old ghost, I naturally understand this point, it's just that... saying it is always easier than doing it. I'll go think of ways to raise money, then head to the auction house to try my luck."

  "By the way, that woman..."

  The snake revered one glanced in the direction of Ruo Lin, then said lightly: "You can rest assured, you won't die for a while. Since you don't want to kill her, I'll say it upfront - this little girl's identity is absolutely not simple, even I couldn't guess what's behind her*. You should know that the ring where I reside originally was in a place that ordinary people haven't even heard of. If you just want to play with her, then naturally it's fine, but if you've developed real feelings, then I'm warning you - don't think too much about it..."

  Li Yi's mouth curled up into a smile: "Is that so? Then I'm even more interested in the fighting skills she uses. Since her background is extraordinary, it shouldn't be difficult for me to dig out some of her techniques."

  The snake respected him and rolled his eyes, for Li Yi's shameless behavior, he didn't know how to evaluate it for a while.

  "Right, old ghost," Li Yi glanced at the ring floating in mid-air, "what kind of thing is this ring that you're hiding in? That Ruo Lin fell into this state for the sake of this ring, it must be extraordinary."

  The snake-like man seemed to have gotten used to Li Yi's address, he just smiled lightly and said faintly: "What effect this ring has, you don't need to know now, but the name of this ring I can tell you, it's called Yun Huang Ring."

  "What a weird name, Yun Huangjie?" Li Yi curled his lips, "It's really a strange name!"

  The Snake Respecter wanted to say something, but suddenly his body shape slightly shook, he frowned, and the whole person suddenly turned into a red light that was cast into the Cloud Wasteland Ring. Then, on top of the Cloud Wasteland Ring, the red light flashed, and afterwards accurately fit onto Li Yi's left hand's nameless finger.

  "Little one, without your own inner energy to nourish me, I won't be able to manifest for too long either. You should prepare some money and go take a look at the auction house yourself, whether or not you can speed up your cultivation is up to you now, this is something that even I am unable to help you with." A low voice directly appeared in Li Yi's mind.

  Li Yi was slightly stunned, but he could accept even the existence of a soul body, and this thing similar to telepathy couldn't bring him much surprise. He simply reached out to rub his brow, and a bitter smile flashed across his heart.

  In my past life, I almost never worried about money, but unexpectedly in this life, I still have to worry about it, which is really a depressing thing to the extreme.

  It's just frustrating and useless to think about this kind of thing. The only thing that needs to be considered is how much money can be made with one's current identity?

  One, two, three...

  Li Yi rubbed his brow and stared at the huge box in front of him, the smile on the corner of his mouth was no longer a bitter one, but a helpless one.

  He is now in his own room, following Xiao Li's memory to find out all the treasures he cherished, and the result is only three gold coins.

  Three gold coins, but that's not enough for him to enter the auction house! He had inquired about it and found out that he needed to pay a tax of five gold coins to get in, but he only had three...

  Li Yi suddenly had an impulse to dash his head against something and die.

  At this moment, I couldn't be like my past life, taking on a few commissions to make ends meet when I'm short of money. With my current identity, it seems like there's no other way out except to ask that cheap old man for money.

  He shook his head vigorously, ignoring the laughter that echoed in his mind from the snake-like figure, and slowly walked towards the study where Li Han had been for many years.

  Occasionally, they would run into a few patrolling guards. Perhaps it was because of the incident at the training grounds that day, but these guards' attitude towards Li Yi had become much more respectful. This respect was many times better than their previous ambiguous and strange behavior.

  He walked a few more steps, but suddenly heard a burst of girlish laughter coming from behind Li Yi.

  Li Yi furrowed his brow and turned around to take a look, only to find that several girls from the families were walking over slowly while chatting and laughing. Most of these girls he knew, they were all Li Yi's cousins or something like that, but to Li Yi, these people were no different from strangers.

  At this moment, Li Yi just took a glance and left on his own initiative.

  "Li Yitabo!"

  Just as Li Yi turned around, a soft and delicate voice came from behind him. The sound was so gentle and pleasant that it reached the extreme point of being enjoyable to listen to.

  Li Yi hesitated for a moment, he was clear that the Li family's rules were strict, earlier no one spoke up so it was fine, but now someone has spoken up, he absolutely cannot ignore them.

  At this moment, Li Yi revealed a faint smile, slowly turning his body, and his eyes fell on the girl, that girl who was like a star among the moon. The girl had a tall figure, wearing a purple skirt, she had a elegant face, although still young, but already vaguely visible from her eyebrows, several points of stunning beauty, only such a girl, however, had a few flaws, that flat chest, really...a great pity......

  This horse is so flat, it seems like a rare resource...

  Li Yi secretly praised her in his heart, then shifted his gaze to the girl's face and smiled softly: "Nana sister, something up?"