Fang Han had never in his wildest dreams expected to actually encounter Hua Tiandu here! Furthermore, he was surrounded by a group of Golden Core little titans from the Taiyi Sect like stars revolving around the moon. Although his own Dharma power had greatly advanced now, it was absolutely not the time to meet this person.
"This is the number one great city in the world. Countless magical artifacts and even ancient secret manuals can be bought here, as long as you have enough medicinal pills. Encountering Hua Tiandu is not strange. You must know that he also needs a Nirvana Pill to break through his realm. Now he has reached the level of defying the heavens and changing fate at the tenth layer of the Divine Ability realm. If he consumes a Nirvana Pill, his chances of breaking through to the Longevity Secret Realm and becoming a titan through the ages are very high."
Yan's voice suddenly came over; the two were communicating using spirit.
"Of course I know that. But although my illusion arts are brilliant, if I meet this person, I might be seen through by him, causing a monumental storm. Hmph! I will properly deal with him after I cultivate my Golden Core."
Fang Han sneered coldly. He turned around, retracted all his essence, energy, and spirit, and moved to another side.
This main hall of the "Nine Tripods Pavilion" equaled another space, extremely massive, no less than a city. The multitudes of cultivators coming and going made it the best place to hide oneself from sight and hearing. Even Fang Han himself felt taking it all in was overwhelming. If it weren't for the extremely strong auras of Hua Tiandu's group, he absolutely would not have noticed them.
As soon as he turned around to hide, Hua Tiandu and the group of Golden Core little titans from the Taiyi Sect had already been led by the people of the "Nine Tripods Pavilion" to a deeper place to look at even better treasures.
It should be known that this group of people could be considered true VIPs. Naturally, they would receive considerable attention from the "Nine Tripods Pavilion". As for other people, they simply did not have this treatment.
Of course, if Fang Han revealed his identity, he could definitely be treated as a VIP as well, but there would just be a lot of trouble.
"Fang Han, are you afraid of being seen through by Hua Tiandu? It's nothing much. The Yellow Spring Diagram has the function of altering auras. You can use the Avici Demonic Qi to cover yourself, disguising as a person of the demonic sects. He will not be able to see through your true appearance. Of course, this city hides dragons and crouching tigers, and there are also experts of the Longevity Secret Realm, so it's hard to say for sure. If I can absorb more pure Yang qi and Nine Yang Holy Water, I can unlock the 'Bridge of Helplessness' within the Yellow Spring Diagram. Not only will the power be greater, but it is also excellent at hiding. Even experts of the Longevity Secret Realm will not be able to see through your true face. Moreover, even Fang Qingxue's Imperishable Lightning Talisman will not be able to do anything to me. I could truly match her evenly."
Yan spoke with assurance.
"What? Bridge of Helplessness. Just how many grand arrays are in the Yellow Spring Diagram?" Fang Han became interested.
"There are millions of grand arrays in the Yellow Spring Diagram, but the main hubs are three grand arrays: first, the 'Gate of Avici', second, the 'Bridge of Helplessness', third, the 'Disc of Reincarnation'. If all three grand arrays are opened, I could recover all my power, slay gods and obliterate demons, unrivaled by anyone. Even the Human Emperor Pen could do nothing to me now. You must know that the current Human Emperor Pen and Heaven Emperor Mirror are no longer immortal artifacts. Like my peak state, they are merely supreme grade Dao artifacts. I am not afraid of them."
As Yan spoke, it seemed there really was a possibility of fighting the "Human Emperor Pen" and the "Heaven Emperor Mirror" anew.
"It seems that this time I must buy some pure Yang magical artifacts for you to add to your power." Fang Han laughed.
"How about you discuss it with the headmaster of the Myriad Stars Sect and let me eat the Sun Moon Five Stars Bracelet." Yan drooled a bit.
This sentence made Xing Chan, the artifact spirit of the Sun Moon Five Stars Bracelet, tremble in fright.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Yan is joking." Star Cloud Baby hurriedly comforted inside the bracelet. He was not afraid of Yan at all.
"This fellow Daoist, are you satisfied looking at the flying swords here? This is a set of sword array, thirty-six upper-grade spirit artifact Silver Snake Swords, along with an array diagram. If you buy it and arrange it into the Silver Snake Moon Swallowing Grand Array, it can absorb the spiritual essence of moonlight and automatically operate to slay enemies." Just as Fang Han and Yan were communicating spiritually, a voice sounded by his ear.
He quickly focused his eyes and saw that he had originally arrived inside a sword pavilion.
A "sword-selling boy" dressed in white within the sword pavilion was currently introducing it to him, hoping he would buy a set of precious swords to take back.
Inside this sword pavilion, a dazzling array of items were all precious swords. Endlessly lining up, it was unknown just how many there were. Standing within it, it seemed he had come to a "sword world". There were individual precious swords, but mostly there were complete sets of precious swords.
Fang Han even saw one set of precious swords that numbered as many as three thousand six hundred, all lower-grade precious artifacts. They were also paired with an array diagram. If put into operation, the lethal power would match his own "Extending Moon Sword Array".
"Truly one of the top three great merchant chambers in the world. A complete sword array of three thousand six hundred swords is actually hung here for sale. This is quite a good treasure. I wonder who put in so much effort to refine three thousand precious swords into a sword array. It is my first time seeing this in my life."
Fang Han praised in his heart. Instead, he didn't even look at the Silver Snake Sword Array the "sword-selling boy" introduced to him. What was there to see in upper-grade spirit artifacts? They were merely things used by ordinary inner-court disciples. Now his vision had broadened. Anything that wasn't a supreme grade precious artifact simply could not catch his eye. Furthermore, he was very familiar with this Silver Snake Sword. Back then, "Yuan Jiankong" had one in his hand and acted incredibly arrogant. Yet now here, they were sold in sets as common commodities.
"If I had enough medicinal pills to buy all the sword arrays here and issue a set to every inner-court and outer-court disciple, the combat power of the Ascension Gate would increase by more than ten times. However, buying all the precious swords here would cost who knows how many medicinal pills…"
"Oh? Is fellow Daoist interested in this set of the Three Thousand Six Hundred Thousand Yin Black Sand Sword Array? This is worth quite a lot. It is the designated treasure of my sword pavilion, costing at least eighty million medicinal pills." The white-clothed boy selling swords seemed to think Fang Han could not afford it and spoke lazily, yet did not dare to be too neglectful either.
Although he could tell that Fang Han was an expert at the fifth layer of the Divine Ability realm, the Heaven and Human Realm, such experts were not scarce in Xuanhuang City. They could roam the world freely, but casually bringing out close to a hundred million medicinal pills was probably still impossible.
Only a Golden Core expert would make him pay serious attention.
"Hehe, this boy looks at you as if you can't afford it. However, a sword array of three thousand six hundred swords is nothing. The mountain-guarding sword array of the Sun Moon Sword Sect consists of eight hundred and ten thousand Sun Moon Divine Swords. Activated once, even experts of the Longevity Secret Realm with Undying Bodies would die within the sword array. However, the power to activate it is also immense. Every time it is activated, it requires a sixty-year cycle's worth of accumulated sun and moon essence." Yan said disdainfully.
"What? A sword array composed of eight hundred and ten thousand flying swords?" Fang Han was greatly startled in his heart. An ordinary sword array with a few swords cooperating already had massive power. Dozens of swords cooperating were considered rare, and hundreds of swords cooperating were the treasure among treasures. This kind of cooperation among thousands of swords was something Fang Han had seen for the first time. His heart felt a bit restless. Although he didn't need it, this good item could be bestowed upon others.
As for tens of thousands of flying swords cooperating, he had not yet seen that. Even if there were, it was estimated that with his cultivation, he wouldn't be able to command or activate them. Hundreds of thousands in a sword array was something he hadn't even heard of.
Yan said: "The mountain-guarding Heaven Reaching Sword Array of the Heaven Reaching Sword Sect has one million and eighty thousand swords. The Micro Dust Sword Array of the Pill Tripod Sword Sect also has six hundred and forty thousand swords. They can all obliterate experts of the Longevity Secret Realm. Back then, the Ascension Gate also had the Great Free Movement Sword Array, with five hundred and forty thousand swords. However, these sword arrays are too terrifying. When activated, even the titans of the Longevity Secret Realm would be sucked dry. Fundamentally, they can only be activated once every sixty-year cycle, or a hundred years. They can only be used when the sect faces a life-or-death crisis."
"Besides the sword arrays here, there are no good individual swords, no supreme grade precious artifacts. Those sword arrays are far inferior to the Ghost Snake Sword and the Mind Sword. The truly good items should be at the auction convention. I'd better go look at pill furnaces and buy a few pill furnaces of the precious artifact level to bring back. Princess Hongyi and Crane Fairy can use them to suppress the mountain peaks." Fang Han thought to himself.
"This set of the Thousand Yin Black Sand Sword Array and the array diagram, only eighty million medicinal pills, I will buy it." Just as Fang Han was preparing to leave this sword pavilion to look elsewhere, a voice carried over.
Fang Han quickly turned around and saw a man wearing an imperial robe and a jade crown entering along with a few attendants. Looking at his clothing and dressing, he appeared to be an imperial prince from the secular world, but his power was extremely tyrannical. He was actually also a powerhouse at the fifth layer of the Divine Ability realm, the Heaven and Human Realm. Even the few attendants surged with an intense explosive power from their bodies, their Dharma power indistinct, all surprisingly turning out to be experts of the Divine Ability realm.
"Could this be an imperial prince of the Grand Xuan Empire?"
The imperial family of the Grand Xuan Empire was an unknown number of times more noble than the imperial families of other nations. In comparison, the imperial families of the Great Li Dynasty and the Great Xu Dynasty seemed like wealthy peasants from the countryside.
An expert of the Divine Ability realm could act tyrannically in other countries and ignore their kings, but in the imperial city of the Grand Xuan Empire, they could only behave themselves honestly.
A thought rose in Fang Han's heart. Sure enough, as soon as the sword-selling boy saw this man, he immediately bowed and nodded: "So it is Prince Yi. I knew early on that you wanted to buy this set of sword array, so I specifically saved it for you. What, are you buying it back to give as a gift?"
"That's right. In another half a year, it will be the four thousandth birthday of the Immortal Venerable Linglong of the Linglong Blessed Land. I need to prepare some gifts to bring over. Of course, this set of sword array is just given for some female disciples, senior and junior sisters to use. Simply to win their favor."
The man called "Prince Yi" said.
"That is true, that is true. Immortal Venerable Linglong is a titan through the ages. If Prince Yi can form a union with one of the senior sisters who have cultivated a Golden Core, that would be very helpful for the prince in fighting for the great position." This sword-selling boy flattered while putting away the set of precious swords and handing them to "Prince Yi".
"Immortal Venerable Linglong's four thousandth birthday? In just half a year? I wonder if my Ascension Gate has made any preparations?" Fang Han suddenly heard quite a bit of useful information. However, he felt doubtful in his heart. The Linglong Blessed Land firmly opposed the Taiyi Sect. If this "Prince Yi" went to curry favor with the Linglong Blessed Land, wouldn't that incur the dissatisfaction of the Taiyi Sect? One must know that the Grand Xuan Empire was controlled by the Taiyi Sect.
"This fellow Daoist, are you also here to buy flying swords?" Just as Fang Han was guessing in his heart and turning to leave, "Prince Yi" spoke.
"That's right, but I haven't selected any good flying swords." Fang Han nodded and said.
"Good flying swords will only be available at the treasure selling convention three days later. I see that fellow Daoist is not yet a VIP, it will be hard to find a good seat. Why not go together with this prince? Fellow Daoist's cultivation is not weak. Are you willing to accept this prince's invitation and take a seat at my place?" Prince Yi said casually. Clearly, Fang Han's cultivation made him worth pulling into his circle. One look and you could tell this imperial prince also had massive ambitions and enjoyed winning over and gathering the experts of the world for his own use.
The cultivation Fang Han displayed right now, although not as conspicuous as a Golden Core, which wherever it went would be a VIP and the center of attention, it would absolutely not be looked down upon by anyone either.