Of course, this was the situation in a small place like Rain Country.
…In Ling Han’s last life, what warrior would not have a few Spirit Tools by their side? Some people who had specifically put their focus on the path of “Tools” would have a few dozen, or even a few hundred tools, and in battle, they would use all these Spirit Tools, and that was indeed a very awesome display.
But in Rain Country, the most likely to appear were the raw materials for Spirit Tools… how could there appear so many completed Spirit Tools?
And now, a lot of Spirit Tools actually appeared floating in waters of an underground river, what kind of unbelievable idea was that?
Ling Han did not have much interest in this. His target was returning to Heaven Tier. With incredible, unbeatable battle prowess on his side, what Spirit Tool could he not obtain? Moreover, that black tower standing proudly within his Dantian was definitely a Spirit Tool as well, and most likely, it was of an inestimable grade too.
After all, he had been in Heaven Tier in the past, so no matter how weak his actual ability was, he had been uncountable times stronger than Deity Transformation Tier… yet a tremor produced by the black tower still obliterated him easily!
And now, he need only concentrate on breaking through to Gushing Spring Tier, and then he’d be able to enter the black tower and could perhaps discover the secrets hidden behind it. He may even be able to control the black tower. Since that was the case, what use was there for him to expend extra effort to work hard for the sake of obtaining other Spirit Tools?
“Yi, how can you still be so calm?” Li Si Chan looked at Ling Han strangely. When she first heard this news, she had also lost all composure like Liu Yu Tong, but what about Ling Han? He was acting as if he hadn’t heard anything at all.
Ling Han smiled calmly, and said, “Just a couple of Spirit Tools, what’s so rare about that?”
“A couple of Spirit Tools?” Li Si Chan gave a hiss. This guy really liked to talk big! They were talking about Spirit Tools here, and for minor martial artists like themselves, if they could get their hands on a Spirit Tool, then even if it would not signify a complete rebirth, their battle prowess could definitely increase by three Battle Stars or even five!
And that wasn’t awesome enough?
She tilted her head and fixed her eyes on Ling Han. She suspected that the guy was only pretending, but Ling Han continued looking completely serene, causing her to feel disappointed.
“Why did I not hear of this news?” Liu Yu Tong asked curiously. This was too inconceivable. She was the strongest member of the younger generation of the Liu Clan. Logically, if even Li Si Chan knew of this, then it was impossible that her clan would not inform her of this.
Li Si Chan deliberately sighed, and cast a pitying gaze at her.
Liu Yu Tong could not help feeling flustered with this sigh from Li Si Chan, and began to doubt her value in the eyes of her own clan.
Yet Ling Han only smiled, and said, “Yu Tong, you need not be sad. This girl knows because Wu Song Lin wants to do me a favor, and so sent her to inform me. There suddenly appeared a lot of Spirit Tools floating out through an underground river. This kind of news would definitely be strictly controlled, and only high-ranking individuals would have the privilege to go.”
He paused, and continued, “There may be an ancient historical site at the source of the underground river, and passage of time may have caused a certain change in the site, causing the Spirit Tools from within to float out with the underground river. The higher ranks most likely are intending to open up this ancient historical site, but there may be unforeseen dangers within this historical site, so of course they would not be taking members of the younger generation like you girls to venture into this likely dangerous site.”
Li Si Chan stared at him in dumb shock, and after a while, she finally said, “Are you really a seventeen-year-old young man? You said the exact same thing as my master!”
Ling Han laughed, and said, “I’ve actually lived for over two hundred years.”
These words instantly caused these two girls to roll their eyes. Who would believe such a thing?
Ling Han gave a sigh. Even when he was telling the truth, it would be completely taken as a joke by others. This caused him to feel very hurt.
“Since that is the case, why would Headmaster Wu inform us?” Liu Yu Tong very consciously put herself and Ling Han together.
A faint displeasure arose in Li Si Chan’s heart, and she immediately emphasized, “Master wanted me to inform Ling Han alone!”
This time, Liu Yu Tong did not look angry. She only gave a slightly meaningful smile.
The displeasure in Li Si Chan’s heart increased a bit, and she turned back round and said, “Master said that these Spirit Tools seem to have their own consciousness, and there is no way for anyone to get their hands on them. After they appeared floating on the underground river, it would be fine if they were not disturbed. But if they were disturbed, they would immediately zoom up into the sky and disappear.”
“Yi?” Ling Han suddenly stood up, a solemn expression on his face.
There were two kinds of Spirit Tools. One was the ordinary type, which was a Spirit Tool created by a martial artist engraving their martial intent on the Spirit Tool, as if they were putting their own stamp on it. As long as you managed to activate it, then it would be a very powerful weapon.
But no matter what, it was still only a weapon, an inanimate object. This kind of Spirit Tool’s power would slowly deteriorate with the passage of time, and the martial intent engraved on it would also slowly disappear before the Spirit Tool would finally degrade into a normal weapon or tool.
This was very normal. A martial artist needed to absorb Spiritual Qi to replenish their energy, and once a Spirit Tool left the hands of this powerful warrior and was used by a weaker person, the energy expended would be less than the energy inserted. Thus, naturally the power contained within the Spirit Tool would slowly be exhausted.
But there was another type of Spirit Tools, the ones produced with certain unique materials—in the process of becoming “Spirit Tools”, they would develop their own consciousness, their own spirits.
Spirit Tools that had their own spirit were able to absorb Spiritual Qi on their own to replenish their energy, like how a martial artist cultivated. And no matter how much time passed, their power would not diminish in the slightest.
To forge this type of Spirit Tools, it’d require indescribably valuable and priceless materials.
Rain Country?
Perhaps, there may appear some of those extremely rare materials here, but there was absolutely no one with the ability to forge such Spirit Tools—even if powerful warriors of Spiritual Pedestal or Spiritual Infant Tier all blasted full-power attacks at these materials, there wouldn’t even be a scratch on them, so how could they be forged into weapons?
Moreover, there was an even higher requirement on the martial artist’s cultivation level to be able to cultivate such Spirit Tools. The minimum requirement was at least Deity Transformation Tier.
Thinking this, how could Ling Han not be shocked?
There actually appeared so many Level Eight or even Level Nine Spirit Tools, simply floating out with an underground river— damn, even in his last life, there were only seven powerful warriors of Heaven Tier!
Ling Han was instantly interested, and said, “Where is that underground river?”
“Che, I thought you considered yourself above such worldly matters, but you’re still interested, aren’t you? Pretending to be mature!” Li Si Chan mumbled.
“Stop blabbering, where is it?” Liu Yu Tong instantly asked in a reprimanding tone, having no fondness for Li Si Chan at all.
“Apologies, master told me to tell Ling Han only!” Li Si Chan countered, not showing any weakness.
“Ha, I am Ling Han’s attendant. Whatever you want to tell my master, you must first tell me!” Liu Yu Tong said a bit proudly.
“What!�
� Li Si Chan was astonished, casting a gaze filled with disbelief at Liu Yu Tong.
Liu Yu Tong was the princess of the Liu Clan! She had so many admirers they could queue up in a line and surround the whole Imperial City a few times, and now she had actually become Ling Han’s attendant? But when she thought about it, even her master, Wu Song Lin, addressed Ling Han as Young Master Han, so the princess of the Liu Clan did not seem that much of a VIP when compared with him.
Moreover, just take a look at this girl’s expression, she was obviously showing off!
Li Si Chan really felt that she was going to be driven mad by frustration!
Chapter 117
Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu
“All right, we’re all friends here, so stop fighting!” Ling Han stepped out as the mediator. He now had a deep interest in that underground river, so of course he would not want these two girls to waste too much time on such pointless matters.
“Who’s friends with her!” Both girls said the same words at the same time, and when they realized it, they again exclaimed in unison, “Don’t copy what I say!”
“Hahahaha!” Ling Zi Xuan instantly broke out into giggles. Hu Niu began to laugh too, though she did not know just what was so funny. She only wanted to join in the fun.
“Everyone’s done eating, right? If everyone’s done, then let’s go!” Ling Han stood up from his seat.
“No! No!” Hu Niu hurriedly exclaimed in a muffled voice. The little girl had a very strong learning ability, and she was learning more and more new words every single day.
Ling Han considered it for a moment, then said, “Yu Tong, you stay here to take care of these two girls.”
Liu Yu Tong quickly shook her head, and said, “I want to help you!” She was in Gushing Spring Tier, so she would be able to help Ling Han.
Ling Han felt a little awkward. This trip would not possibly take just one day, so who should he ask to take care of the two girls? Ling Zi Xuan was still okay, but Hu Niu was practically a man-eating little tiger. No matter whom he asked to take care of her, Ling Han would still worry.
But it was very likely that unforeseen and unexpected dangers would emerge within that ancient historical site, so there was no way he could take these two girls along.
“Then I’ll just ask Wu Song Lin to take care of them!” Ling Han decided after a moment’s consideration.
Li Si Chan instantly rolled her eyes. Her master was a Black Grade high level alchemist and was also the Headmaster of the Alchemy Department, and now he had actually been degraded to becoming a babysitter. She didn’t know if her master wouldn’t actually pass out when he heard this.
Yet Ling Han found this to be a good idea, because Hu Niu was definitely not a well-behaved child. So, in case she made any trouble, with Wu Song Lin’s rank, he’d be able to easily smooth things over.
Thus, when Hu Niu had eaten her fill, he brought the two little girls along with Li Si Chan over to Wu Song Lin’s place.
This time, Wu Song Lin just so happened to be at home, and when he saw Ling Han, he immediately came out to receive him, as if he was the latter’s disciple.
When Ling Han told him of his intention to have the two little girls stay over with him, the old man of course agreed immediately, and in passing, asked Ling Han about some parts of the Major Origin Spirit Replenishing Technique. After all, this cultivation technique was completely one of a kind in the current era, so the old man naturally had a lot of parts that he could not fully understand.
Ling Han lectured him patiently, and also asked a bit about the underground river before leaving with Li Si Chan.
After leaving Wu Song Lin’s courtyard, the two of them had not traveled too far when they saw a young man approaching them. He looked to be about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, quite good-looking, but his whole face had an air of a ruffian about it. He had even left the front lapels of his robes open, as if he was afraid that others could not tell he was a delinquent.
Li Si Chan’s eyes sharpened, and a displeased expression immediately appeared on her face. From the looks of it, she recognized this fellow, but he was apparently not someone she enjoyed the company of.
“Si Chan!” The young man also saw Li Si Chan, and pleasure immediately bloomed upon his face. He instantly walked quickly towards them, and looked like he was going to grab onto her hand, leering at her in desire.
Li Si Chan stepped to one side and dodged his attempt. Her brow wrinkled into a frown and she said, “Wu Zhong Yi, be more respectful! Moreover, I’ve already reminded you many times, you need to address me as aunt!”
“Damn woman!” The young man by the name of Wu Zhong Yi mumbled, and a cold smirk appeared on his face as he said, “Do you intend to forget your debts? Don’t forget, if my grandfather had not taken you in as a disciple, you’d have long since had your pants removed and be raped to death!”
“You-” Li Si Chan’s face paled in an instant. The young man’s words were much too vulgar, causing her petite figure to tremble as she almost spat out blood in her fury.
“Did I speak wrongly?” Wu Zhong Yi gave a humph, “You should have heard rumors about the character of that brat from the He Clan! He doesn’t only like to torture beautiful girls, he also likes to do it in public! If it was not for my grandfather protecting you, you’d be played with until there was nothing left!
And now, you think your wings are fully grown, so you intend to forget your debts?”
As Ling Han listened to this, he quickly understood the inner workings of this issue: this Wu Zhong Yi was the grandson of Wu Song Lin, and had a crush on Li Si Chan, but Li Si Chan did not like him at all.
Ai, sometimes being too beautiful was not a good thing! From this aspect, Liu Yu Tong was much more fortunate. As the princess of the Liu Clan, who dared to covet her so openly?
“I will of course repay my debt of gratitude to master!” Li Si Chan said through gritted teeth.
“Fine, you repay the debt then!” Wu Zhong Yi said with a perverted grin, “My parents also feel that we are a very good match. Why don’t we just marry tomorrow; my parents would definitely be very pleased.”
“Hey, hey, hey. You obviously look like a pig, what kind of strange thoughts are you having?” Ling Han took a step forward and placed himself in front of Li Si Chan, “Your name’s not good either. Wu Zhong Yi, no loyalty, ai, just from the name itself I can tell you’re scum.”
“And who are you?” Wu Zhong Yi stared blankly.
“Pa!”
Ling Han’s hand rose and fell quickly, giving him a slap. He slowly withdrew his hand, and said calmly, “The thing I dislike the most is people cursing in front of me.”
Wu Zhong Yi only felt very aggrieved. Weren’t you the one who called me a pig in the first place?
“Oh, I was not cursing you just now, just telling the truth. Tell me which part of you do you think does not resemble a pig?” Ling Han explained. He was still a very polite, well-mannered person.
You’re still calling me a pig?
Wu Zhong Yi instantly jumped up and pointing at Ling Han’s nose, exclaimed, “How dare you! You not only curse at me, you even dared to hit me?”
“Pa!”
Ling Han once again gave him a slap, causing Wu Zhong Yi to spin around on the same spot for four times before directly falling down and sitting on the ground. He waved his hand a bit, and said, “I also dislike others pointing at me. Don’t you know that this is a very impolite, and a very rude thing to do?”
So hitting people was something very polite and very well-mannered then?
Wu Zhong Yi mocked in his heart, but he dared not speak these words out loud. He crawled to his feet and finally stood, pointing at Li Si Chan, and said, “You ungrateful b****, you actually gang up with an outsider to bully me… I’ll show you! One day, you will definitely marry me, and let’s see if I won’t ********!”
These words caused Li Si Chan’s pretty face to become a few shades paler. Even Ling Han could no
longer bear to listen to this vulgarity. He picked up a rock from the ground, and slammed it onto Wu Zhong Yi.
“Aiya!” Wu Zhong Yi gave a miserable yell, and fell directly onto the ground, no longer moving.
Li Si Chan’s expression quickly changed, and she said, “You didn’t kill him, right?” It was true that she did not like this person, but Wu Zhong Yi was Wu Song Lin’s only grandson. If he died, then that would mean that the Wu Clan would end in this generation.
“It’s all right, I know my own strength. At most, he’d be bedridden for about ten plus days, and have a few problems with his memory. For example, he may not remember things that happened in these few days, or maybe these few months,” Ling Han said, not very certain himself.
Li Si Chan rolled her eyes. And this was light for him? But Ling Han had acted because of her, so she was still quite touched.
“Don’t bother with him. There’s quite a lot of people passing through here, and soon, he’d be discovered!” Ling Han took hold of Li Si Chan’s hand and pulled her away. That Wu Zhong Yi was indeed a detestable character, so he would naturally not mind having the former lie here and rest for a while longer.
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