Sacrificial Artifact System: From Bell-ringer to the Ancestral Patriarch of the Sect-Chapter 250 - 182: Encounter Again (Request for Monthly Ticket)

Chapter 250: Chapter 182: Encounter Again (Request for Monthly Ticket)

Several months later.

Chen Bell Platform.

After finishing training by striking the bell, Li Qian saw his disciple, Yang Fan, returning with a young boy and girl.

"Master."

Yang Fan bowed respectfully.

Li Qian nodded, then looked at the two youngsters. Under the use of the Sensing Spirit Technique, their emitted spirit lights were clearly visible.

The boy had a top-tier Bright Light level talent.

The girl appeared to have Bright Light externally, but concealed Treasure Light within, clearly a Hidden Bone, reaching the lower-tier of Treasure Light level.

Moreover, the young boy and girl looked very similar, and their ages also seemed close. They were likely twins.

"Are you planning to take disciples?"

Li Qian was quite surprised.

"Master, I don’t want to take disciples myself, but I thought their root bone qualifications were decent, so I brought them back to see if any senior brothers or sisters would like to take them as disciples?"

Yang Fan quickly explained.

He disliked taking disciples the most, finding it troublesome.

"If you don’t want to take them, why did you bring them back?"

Li Qian snorted coldly, "These two, you take them both."

"Ah?"

Yang Fan was stunned, "Master, I don’t know how to teach..."

"Who is born knowing how to teach disciples? Initially, I also didn’t want to take disciples, but it was your Grandmaster who forced me to take your two senior brothers and sisters, and in the end, I still managed to teach them..."

Li Qian said indifferently.

Yang Fan still wanted to speak, but Li Qian waved his hand, "Alright, that’s decided."

Yang Fan was dumbfounded.

Thus, at the Chen Bell Platform, the sounds of Yang Fan instructing his disciples often resounded.

"How can you be so foolish? Can’t you even perform such a simple action properly?"

"Look how I do it?"

"Hey, how are you standing in this stance?"

...

"Yang Fan, you need to be more patient when imparting martial skills."

Li Qian said, "Do you see how they get more and more distorted by your scolding?"

"Master, when Senior Sister Su, Senior Brother Xu, and I started practicing, it wasn’t like this, was it?"

Yang Fan retorted.

"Hehe, that’s because your Senior Brother Chai was patient. The three of you, initially, were not much better than these two."

Li Qian said calmly.

Dong Dong Dong...

The clear and melodious bell sound rang.

Li Qian was seated cross-legged on the bed inside the room, cultivating in the Qi Blood Holy Realm.

After a long time, the demon stone in his hand developed cracks and was completely scrapped.

Li Qian didn’t care much about it; there were plenty more demon stones in his storage ring.

After finishing his cultivation, Li Qian got up and left the room, only to see Li Bozhi instructing the Qu siblings in their practice.

"Your Uncle Yang has dumped the responsibility of teaching them on you again?"

Li Qian frowned.

"Grandmaster, I’m idle anyway."

Li Bozhi said with a smile.

In the presence of other sect members, he would address him as Grandmaster, and if there were no others around, he would call him great-grandfather.

"This guy..."

Li Qian felt helpless.

At that moment, Yang Fan descended from the sky and after bowing to Li Qian, he said, "Master, there is going to be another big auction in Jade Capital soon, hosted by the Dao Sect. They say there are many good items to be released."

Since the Dao Sect emerged into the open, a major auction would be held every two to three years indeed, with many items flowing out, including Heavenly Celestial Pills, Primordial Stones, and the like.

However, Li Qian was not interested in these kinds of auctions.

After all, he had even better items on him, lacking nothing...

"Master, aren’t you always researching array formations? I heard that this time there’s a complete set of the Taishan Secret Formation from the Array Sect that will be presented."

Yang Fan said.

"Taishan Secret Formation? Are you sure?"

Li Qian asked in surprise.

"It’s true, the people from Supreme Hall said they’re planning to raise funds to bid for this Taishan Secret Formation for Array Valley."

Yang Fan hurriedly said.

Li Qian stroked his chin, if there really was such a Taishan Secret Formation, then he was indeed interested.

His progress with the Qianyuan Array Manual was slow, primarily due to a lack of more array formation books for him to absorb experience.

Relying solely on his own research was indeed very challenging.

A month later.

Li Qian left the Chen Bell Platform to head towards Jade Capital.

He intended to check it out personally.

As for whether the Divine Sword Sect could bid for it for Array Valley... he felt that attending the auction himself would be more reliable.

A complete set of the Taishan Secret Formation like this was extremely valuable, and the Divine Sword Sect’s financial power would struggle to secure it.

He actually found it strange why the Dao Sect would auction such an item?

Who didn’t know that the threshold for array formations was too high? Ordinary martial forces simply didn’t have the heritage or strength.

The development of the Divine Sword Sect’s Array Valley to its current extent was mainly due to his efforts... otherwise, it would still be in its old state.

This was Li Qian’s first visit to Jade Capital.

And his first time in many years leaving the territory of the Divine Sword Sect.

Of course, having traveled through the Eight Regions of the Human World, he was quite knowledgeable.

Though Jade Capital was extremely prosperous, when viewed across the entire Eight Regions of the Human World, it was just average.

Li Qian habitually used the inspiration technique, sensing the crowd he encountered.

Due to the impending grand auction, various martial arts powers gathered in Jade Capital, with plenty of Heavenly Persons among them.

When the grand auction commenced, Li Qian took his number plate and directly entered the venue, casually finding a corner to sit down.

The place was packed with qualified attendees, all at least at the Grandmaster or Great Grandmaster level, with a significant number of Heavenly Persons and even a few Heavenly Phenomenon Level Celestials.

One by one, valuable items were brought to the auction stage, and then sold amidst fierce competition.

Li Qian patiently waited.

After the auction went on for two days and nights, Li Qian’s targeted item finally appeared.

"The Array Sect’s Taishan Eight Base Secret Formation, starting bid a hundred Primordial Stones, increase bids by at least one Primordial Stone each time."

The auctioneer took out a Jade Scroll and began speaking.

The room suddenly erupted into a commotion.

Using Primordial Stones?

All previous items had been mainly priced in pills tickets.

These pill tickets, issued by the Dao Sect, were absolute hard currency, much tougher than ordinary world’s gold tickets.

As long as one possessed pill tickets, they could exchange them at any of the Dao Sect’s pavilions for various unregulated cultivation resources.

Primordial Stones, a controlled high-level cultivation resource, were extremely difficult to obtain by local forces unless they were related to a Celestial Level force from Dao Sect.

Now, the starting price for this array had reached a staggering one hundred Primordial Stones, worth more than selling many members of Divine Sword Sect.

After a moment of silence among the attendees, someone finally made a bid.

"One hundred and one Primordial Stones."

It came from one of the private booths.

"One hundred and two Primordial Stones."

"One hundred and three Primordial Stones."

Other private booths also followed suit.

Soon, the price rocketed to over one hundred and twenty Primordial Stones.

"Two hundred."

Suddenly, a hoarse and old voice rang out.

Many eyes turned toward Li Qian, sitting in a corner.

At that moment, Li Qian was wearing a hat and dressed in gray, making it difficult to discern his features.

"Two hundred Primordial Stones, is there a higher bid?"

No one from the private booths made another offer.

"Two hundred Primordial Stones, for the second time."

"Two hundred Primordial Stones, for the third time."

As the auctioneer banged the gavel, it signaled the completion of the sale.

Li Qian stood up and left the auction hall, entering a side room.

"This way, please."

The waiter, noticing the tag in Li Qian’s hand, promptly spoke respectfully.

Li Qian nodded and followed the waiter into a room where a figure in blue robes sat. Upon seeing Li Qian, the figure quickly stood up and respectfully said, "Honored to meet you, senior."

"What is it that you want by drawing me out with such means?"

Li Qian said indifferently after sitting down.

He had sensed the presence of Wang Xi when the Taishan Secret Formation was announced.

"If senior, like a majestic dragon, occasionally appears but remains unseen, junior would have no chance to meet you without using this method," Wang Xi said with a bitter smile.

He knew that this Human Saint was very interested in arrays and thought to lure him out with the Taishan Secret Formation.

This Taishan Secret Formation, even for the Array Sect, was extremely high level, and the Dao Sect had paid a hefty price to acquire it.

"Senior, have you achieved the status of Great Saint?"

Wang Xi suddenly questioned.

"How do you know that?"

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"The Demon Saint in Lion Camel Demon City was likely killed by you, senior. Without the strength of a Great Saint, it would be quite difficult to achieve such a feat... Moreover, you must have cultivated the Qi Blood Holy Realm,"

Wang Xi took a deep breath, his tone tinged with excitement.

"How could you figure that out?"

Li Qian was slightly surprised.

"It wasn’t junior who figured out the cultivation of the Qi Blood Holy Realm, but it was information obtained from the Demon Race by my Dao Sect," Wang Xi explained openly.

"Let me make it clear beforehand, if your Dao Sect wants me to risk my life fighting demons or something... then don’t bother asking. I wish to live a stable and peaceful life for several more years,"

Li Qian stated dispassionately.

After all, he had no intention of leaving Chang Country or the Divine Sword Sect.

His safety was guaranteed within the Chen Bell Domain.

Wang Xi was rendered speechless, unsure of how to continue.

He had come to seek the Human Saint’s aid in hopes that he would defend against the Demon Race.

"Senior, the situation outside is dire now. If we cannot hold them off, it won’t be long before Chang Country will face an invasion from the Demon Race... By that time, senior could hardly remain unaffected, especially with your strength, unless a Supreme Saint of the Demon Race intervenes, no one can threaten you,"

Wang Xi spoke after a moment of thought.

"What’s the situation outside right now?"

Li Qian inquired noncommittally.

Wang Xi proceeded to explain the outside situation meticulously.

He even produced a map.

"This area represents the Human World, perfectly situated in this twelve-sided region, involving twelve defense lines. Three of these lines have already been breached by the Demon Race, retreating to this area..."

Wang Xi explained.

Li Qian saw the map depicting a narrow piece of land surrounded by the sea.

Even within this narrow land, the Human World occupied less than one-twentieth of the area.

"What is this area?"

Li Qian noticed an unmarked yet evidently more expansive area on the map and immediately inquired.

"That part is the Barbaric Land, home to the Barbarian Clan and Wild Beasts..."

Wang Xi replied.

"Barbarian Clan and Wild Beasts?"

Li Qian was curious, "Why don’t the Human Clan and Demon Race expand in that direction?"

"Although the Barbaric Land appears vast, it is extremely barren with scarce resources and a harsh living environment... Rumors say that a terrible apocalyptic war occurred there long before the ancient times, making it unsuitable for habitation,"

Wang Xi explained.

Li Qian felt he understood enough and then inquired, "What about the Taishan Secret Formation?"

Wang Xi hurriedly presented a Jade Scroll.

Taking the Jade Scroll, Li Qian waved his hand, and two hundred Primordial Stones appeared on the table, "Count them yourself."

After speaking, he swiftly left the room.

"Senior, there’s no need..."

Wang Xi reacted, quickly speaking.

"I never owe favors. I feel at peace only when I buy things with my own money."

Li Qian’s indifferent voice came through.

Watching the senior leave, Wang Xi couldn’t help but smile bitterly. Was this a matter of money?

The value of the Taishan Secret Formation, let alone two hundred Primordial Stones, even twenty thousand wouldn’t be sufficient.

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