Ch 12: Li Hanzhou’s Storage Pouch
“Three days……”
Ye Qingbei pondered for a moment, then nodded.
“Then I’ll trouble Senior Li.” Ye Qingbei clasped his fists respectfully.
“These two thousand taels of silver are a deposit for Senior.” Ye Qingbei took out two banknotes of one thousand taels each and handed them to Li Hanzhou.
“How can I accept this?” Li Hanzhou said, taking the banknotes and putting them into his sleeve, a warm smile spreading across his face.
This left Ye Qingbei speechless.
Ye Qingbei felt that Li Hanzhou was truly unlike the other experts he had encountered.
Very… unusual.
Li Hanzhou left the City Lord’s Mansion with the money, promising to return in three days.
After Li Hanzhou left, Ye Ziying looked at his back and said, “Father, Senior Li’s personality is rather odd, not at all like an expert.”
Ye Qingbei said nothing, but took out several sheets of paper and threw them on the table.
“What is this?”
Ye Ziying picked them up and looked at them curiously.
Immediately, Ye Ziying’s expression changed.
The papers described Li Hanzhou’s affairs. As the City Lord, Ye Qingbei naturally found it easier to investigate someone.
“Addicted to gambling, ignorant and useless?” Ye Ziying looked at the description on the paper, somewhat surprised. Was this description really of Li Hanzhou?
“Father, how could Senior Li be such a person? Moreover, it says he only has Sixth Rank cultivation, but…” Ye Ziying was puzzled. If he were Sixth Rank, she should be able to sense it.
“I don’t know.” Ye Qingbei also shook his head.
“The Li Hanzhou I investigated and the Li Hanzhou I met today are different,” Ye Qingbei said. “That talisman could instantly kill an Eighth Rank Dream Demon. Logically, he should be a person of great ability, but the information I found about him makes him seem like a fraud. Alas, Father has no other choice but to gamble, hoping he can bring the Ninth Prince out of White Cloud City.”
“Father, if it doesn’t work, I’ll return to the sect and ask my Master…” Ye Ziying hurriedly said.
“No.”
Ye Qingbei immediately refused.
“The Ninth Prince’s whereabouts cannot be leaked.” Ye Qingbei frowned. “The powers within the Divine Palace Kingdom are complex. Even your Upper Clarity Sect has unclear relations with the Divine Palace Imperial Family. Once someone knows the Ninth Prince’s whereabouts, his life will be in danger. He is the future heir to the throne. If an accident were to befall him under Father’s watch, then Father would be the number one criminal in the Divine Palace Kingdom!”
“Although the information I found on Li Hanzhou is unreliable, according to the investigation, the Longevity Temple has had no relationship with other sects or the Divine Palace Imperial Family for many years. This Li Hanzhou is currently the only clean person.”
“But Ziying,” Ye Qingbei looked at Ye Ziying and said, “When Li Hanzhou helps the Ninth Prince leave the city, you must follow him. It’s better to be safe than sorry. If you find that Li Hanzhou is problematic, a boastful fellow…”
At this point, a flash of killing intent appeared in Ye Qingbei’s gaze.
Then he made a throat-slitting gesture.
Ye Ziying nodded: “Understood.”
With the money in hand, Li Hanzhou didn’t hurry back to the Longevity Temple, but went to the Divine Mechanism Merchant Guild.
The Divine Mechanism Merchant Guild spanned the entire Divine Palace Kingdom, a very powerful force, claiming that anything could be bought within its walls.
Li Hanzhou originally wanted to buy a Storage Bag.
When Ye Ziying used her Storage Bag today, it really made Li Hanzhou envious.
However, a Storage Bag of only one cubic meter cost fifty thousand taels of silver, a price that made Li Hanzhou’s jaw drop. It was too expensive.
Even if he received his full reward, he couldn’t afford it.
Just as Li Hanzhou was disheartened, he saw that there were semi-finished Storage Bags for sale, specifically for Spirit Treasure Masters. Spirit Treasure Masters could buy them, inscribe runes, and turn them into real Storage Bags.
They only cost five hundred taels each.
Li Hanzhou didn’t hesitate and bought one immediately.
If I can’t afford the finished product, I can just make one myself.
He then ordered a large amount of meat, vegetables, rice, and seasoning from the Divine Mechanism Merchant Guild, having them delivered to the Longevity Temple.
Then he bought himself a new set of clothes.
He wanted to buy sets for Liu Dongyue and Shi Ming as well, but Li Hanzhou didn’t know their sizes, so he decided to give them the money later and let them go down the mountain to buy their own.
“I’m back.”
After returning to the Longevity Temple, Li Hanzhou called out.
But Shi Ming and Yun Qianzhu had gone off to play somewhere, and Liu Dongyue was chopping wood.
His woodcutting axe was almost worn down to the blade.
“Martial Uncle.” Liu Dongyue clapped his hands and quickly stood up.
“Don’t you have that axe given by the Grand Profound Sacred Land? Why are you still using this dull axe?” Li Hanzhou found it amusing that Liu Dongyue wasn’t using the shiny new axe, feeling that Liu Dongyue was reluctant to use the new one.
“Ah, this…” Liu Dongyue was stunned. Use the Prajna Axe, ranked forty-seventh on the Divine Weapon Ranking, to chop wood?
That’s not right, is it?
If the Grand Profound Sacred Land found out, wouldn’t the Grand Profound Sacred Lord be angered to death?
The Grand Profound Sacred Land would definitely find a way to get the axe back eventually; it’s only temporarily in his possession. The reason why the Grand Profound Sacred Land hasn’t come to claim it is simply because the axe was only recently given, and taking it back so soon would cause gossip.
Liu Dongyue was afraid of damaging the axe; even if he sold the entire Longevity Temple, he wouldn’t be able to compensate for it.
“Look at your stinginess. Let me tell you, Martial Uncle is now a rich man. The Longevity Temple’s days will get better from now on.” Li Hanzhou casually tossed ten taels of silver into Liu Dongyue’s arms, and said, “Call Shi Ming and little Yun Qianzhu, and take your junior brother and junior sister down the mountain tomorrow to buy them new clothes.”
“Thank you, Martial Uncle.” Liu Dongyue’s eyes lit up at the sight of the silver.
He thought, this is truly unbelievable; Li Hanzhou actually gave him money!
“Cultivate diligently, and strive to reach that supreme, shattered realm as soon as possible, and then take your Martial Uncle with you to Ascension.” Li Hanzhou patted Liu Dongyue on the shoulder, encouraging him.
“Ah?”
Liu Dongyue was dumbfounded.
Just because he gave ten taels of silver, he wants me to Ascend? That’s too much to ask!
“Martial Uncle, you’re joking,” Liu Dongyue said with a wry smile. “Most of the Longevity Temple’s Heart Methods and Martial Arts are now useless, and almost nothing can be cultivated. The few that can be cultivated are ordinary cultivation methods. To Ascend with that stuff is impossible.”
“Well,” Li Hanzhou knew Liu Dongyue was right. Currently, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy is blocked, and most of the Longevity Temple’s cultivation methods are driven by Spiritual Energy, so very few methods are currently usable.
However, Li Hanzhou also found it strange that they couldn’t cultivate Spiritual Energy, but he could.
Perhaps he possessed an unparalleled constitution?
Li Hanzhou felt that if he didn’t solve this problem, he wouldn’t be able to Ascend, and he wouldn’t be able to return to Earth, his thirty million-plus fortune still unenjoyed.
“Wait for me to research it.” Li Hanzhou left this sentence and went into the house.
He had something more interesting to do now.
That is, to make a Storage Bag.
For the semi-finished Storage Bag, Li Hanzhou only needed to inscribe runes using his Divine Soul.
With the experience of making the Seven Treasures Gourd, the second time, Li Hanzhou was relatively familiar with the process.
Therefore, after only two hours, Li Hanzhou breathed a sigh of relief. His Storage Bag was done!
With a puff of black smoke rising from the Storage Bag, it signaled its completion.
“Such a large space.” Li Hanzhou looked at his Storage Bag; it had at least ten cubic meters of space.
“However…” Li Hanzhou picked up the instructions and looked at them, saying strangely, “The instructions say that when the Storage Bag is finished, blue smoke will emanate, signifying completion. Why is my Storage Bag emitting black smoke?”
“Let’s put something inside and see?” Li Hanzhou picked up the banknotes, intending to put them inside, but his hand stopped in mid-air.
“No, what if there’s something wrong with this Storage Bag, and the banknotes are destroyed inside?” Li Hanzhou shook his head, preparing to find something worthless to test it.
At that moment, Yun Qianzhu’s voice came from outside: “Martial Uncle, Martial Uncle, dinner is ready! We have chicken legs tonight!”
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