Living steadily in the world of gods and mystery

According to the information transmitted by the control token, this is a small-scale Second Order top-grade formation: "Taiji Divine Light Formation".

It possesses the abilities of Gathering Spirit, resembling spring, silence, attack, defense, suppression, and illusion.

This formation is one grade higher than the Green Yuan Avoiding Disaster Array in the mansion. Moreover, with both offense and defense, regarding defense, it could withstand a hit from someone at the Initial Stage of Golden Core; regarding attack, it could emit a terrifyingly powerful Taiji Divine Light, in addition to its suppression ability.

Initially, had Chen Li dared to step inside it,

there would have been no chance for him to survive.

Such level formations could easily fetch two to three hundred top-grade Spirit Stones at an auction, more expensive than a top-notch Magic Artifact.

"To kill me, they really went all out!" sneered Chen Li inwardly.

The main and secondary control tokens for this formation were all present, all within Feng Min’s storage bag, and they were very complete. Clearly, this was not the original set she owned but one she swapped later on, after all, she did not know that Chen Li never got her husband’s storage bag. To be on the safe side, she naturally wouldn’t feel assured using it.

Chen Li didn’t plan to wait until the evening.

Moreover, accidents are more prone to happen at night.

He gathered his spoils of war, reclaimed the storage bag, and changed into a low-key robe, before standing up to leave the mansion.

He changed his appearance and body shape as he left, walking all the way to Feng Min’s residence.

A few days ago, he had not "entered when passing by".

Now, however, things were no longer the same.

Chen Li took out the control token and opened the formation.

Inside was a small courtyard.

The area was about two to three mu, with eight or nine rooms.

Chen Li searched each room carefully, finding mostly mundane items. Except for a set of Second Order medium-grade women’s robes and a few First Order jewelry items in the wardrobe, there were no other valuables.

Of course, these were just extras, a pleasant surprise.

Next, Chen Li, following the connection between the control token and each of the Formation Artifacts, quickly excavated them one by one using the Traction Skill and placed them into the storage bag, then promptly left.

In the early morning alley, people came and went, but no one paid any attention to him.

Chen Li walked through the streets nonchalantly. When he saw a Magic Artifact shop by the roadside offering identification services, he decided to walk in without turning his head.

In a private room.

"Fellow Daoist, might I inquire where this item came from?"

The owner of the magic artifacts shop looked at the item Chen Li brought for appraisal, his complexion slightly changed. The old man covertly glanced at Chen Li, seeing him dressed in medium-grade robes with an unrefined appearance, and couldn’t help but probe.

"What does it have to do with you where it came from?" Chen Li saw through the old man’s cautious thoughts at a glance and coldly said, "If you can appraise it, then appraise it. You’re not young anymore; don’t bring trouble upon yourself!"

As his gaze intensified, even without any significant imposition of aura, a pressing breath still came forth.

The old man’s complexion stiffened, and he hastily apologized: "Look at this stupid mouth of mine, I’ve misled you, Fellow Daoist. It’s truly a rarity and I wasn’t sure, so I habitually asked one more question, not at all to pry into its origins!"

"Okay, just appraise it quickly," said Chen Li impatiently.

"Yes, yes, yes! I’ll appraise it right away," agreed the old man, cursing himself for his foolishness and not daring to hesitate, he began to appraise it carefully.

"This is a fire attribute talisman; judging by the concentration of the fire attribute, the grade of the Magic Artifact from which it originated should be Third Order medium-grade, and it is considered a fine piece among talismans. At the Initial Stage of Foundation Establishment, one can barely match a hit from a Golden Core with full power.

However, this talisman has been used multiple times and judging by it, it can be used two more times."

"Hm!" Chen Li took the talisman, placed it back into the storage bag, his face showing no change from beginning to end: "Understood."

Then he took out a bottle of elixirs: "Also identify this."

"Hiss... Nurturing Spirit Elixir!"

The elder who did not lose his composure at the sight of the talismanic treasures couldn’t help but inhale sharply. He glanced at Chen Li and lowered his voice by three notches:

"The bottle is a Spirit-locking Bottle, and the seal wax is Cold Frost Tree Wax. These are only matched with high-level pills that are of yin property, which should be correct. To my knowledge, such pills can only be refined by a Golden Core cultivator, and are used for the true spirit transformation of a ninth layer Foundation Establishment cultivator, to a certain extent increasing the chances of advancing to the Golden Core stage. They belong to a few of the top pills for Foundation Establishment cultivators."

The ninth layer of Foundation Establishment... Is he preparing to advance to the Golden Core?

No wonder he’s so wealthy.

If it were not for the dense talismanic inscription on this porcelain bottle, he almost mistook it for a common pill and tossed it away.

Chen Li thought to himself.

"How many Spirit Stones can it sell for?" Chen Li asked.

"I truly cannot give you an appraisal for this!" the elder said before he sighed with a hint of weariness. "In the eyes of someone in need, I suppose they would spare no expense."

"That’s also true!"

Chen Li thought about the Foundation Establishment Elixir and instantly understood.

"And there’s this!" He withdrew the Nurturing Spirit Elixir and took out a damaged small cauldron from his storage bag, with a "thud" placing it on the counter. The cauldron was extremely heavy; the counter creaked under its weight, nearly falling apart.

Speaking of this item, it had been in his storage bag for several years, obtained from killing a cultivator from the Hongshan Sect and had not really been dealt with.

...

"A depleted third order Magic Artifact that has lost its spiritual energy; it’s quite old, not in the current style... The main material is third order Spirit Material, Deep Sea Heavy Iron; for the rest, this humble one’s abilities are limited and cannot discern much."

...

After that, he took out many more strange and curious items for appraisal one by one.

Unfortunately, nothing else was of much value.

Chen Li paid the fee and turned to leave.

...

In the days that followed, Chen Li began dealing with the stockpile in his hands very familiarly.

The low-grade items were sold in the Loose Cultivator’s market.

Even the Second-Order Inferior Yin-Yang Five Elements Gathering Spirit Array, which he had always kept for backup, was sold by him.

The Flying Cloud Sword, however, he sent to the auction house to be auctioned.

He already had one fine Magic Artifact, the Dark Light Sword; having an extra one was of no use.

However, even though the Taiji Divine Light Formation was of a higher grade than the Green Yuan Avoiding Disaster Array at his residence, Chen Li did not plan to replace it. It was really too troublesome to switch, and there was no need, after all, the visible Green Yuan Avoiding Disaster Array was just for concealment. The hidden, third order, medium-grade Wu Earth Bright Light Array was the true trump card.

At that time, to perfectly conceal the Wu Earth Bright Light Array’s Mana fluctuations, getting the two Arrays to fit together perfectly cost him a lot of effort.

"Elder Sun, the auction list for this period is out." Elder Sun trotted over and presented the auction house’s list.

Chen Li took the list, "Thank you, you may go get busy." 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"Not at all difficult, elder! Just running around a bit, how could that be hard?" Elder Sun’s face bloomed like a chrysanthemum as he bowed, eagerly expressing his loyalty.

Chen Li glanced over the list, waving his hand dismissively.

Finally, Elder Sun realized it was time to leave. "Elder, I’ll take my leave then."

"Mhm!"

Chen Li saw the entry for "Flying Cloud Sword" towards the back of the list.

Just as he was about to look away, his body suddenly tensed, and he let out a soft exclamation:

"Spirit Crystal!?"

ps: I was going to say something, but after thinking about it, I decided not to.