Wang Haoyun

No wonder Wang Li had made such an association.

The might displayed by Old Ancestor Tong Hui's sword array, formed from a full set of Dharma Swords, when it resisted the Heavenly Tribulation was unforgettable.

Such a complete set of Dharma Swords was also extraordinarily powerful against enemies, far surpassing ordinary magical treasures of the same rank.

Old Ancestor Tong Hui's artifact-refining method came from True Lord White Bone.

Wasn't True Lord White Bone a Rogue Cultivator who frequently traveled in and out of White Bone Continent?

True Lord White Bone's artifact-refining method produced bone artifacts. White Bone Continent might not have much else, but it had an abundance of spirit bones suitable for artifact refinement.

Of course, over the past thousand-odd years, many easily discovered spirit bones had already been thoroughly picked clean. Even if ordinary cultivators came to White Bone Continent, they would not gain much.

If he and his senior sister merely wandered around the outskirts of White Bone Continent, then after several days, the spirit materials they obtained could be refined into various spirit talismans, cover several days' worth of cultivation expenses, and at most leave them with a surplus of only a thousand spirit sand.

That was already considered good luck.

Sometimes, if they were forced to deal with low-rank demon beasts and used up too many magical artifacts, they might even have to pay out of pocket.

But He Lingxiu, who possessed the Innate Clarity Spiritual Root, was different. Her gifted spiritual root allowed her to detect spiritual energy fluctuations that ordinary cultivators could not easily discover.

If she had a suitable guide and a suitable artifact-refining method, then entering a place like White Bone Continent would be like a tiger charging into a flock of wolves, wouldn't it?

The moment she learned in Jiaomu Market that such a business existed, she had probably immediately thought of True Lord White Bone's artifact-refining method! And she had already factored him into her calculations!

How insidious!

If he did not think the name He Insidious was unlucky for someone traveling alongside him, he would absolutely call Fellow Daoist Hehe He Insidious!

"Fellow Daoist Wang Bihui, one should cast one's gaze far and wide."

Wang Li was thinking himself into a cold sweat, while He Lingxiu smiled with pursed lips like an innocent young maiden. "Don't be so short-sighted. Since Old Ancestor Tong Hui happened to pass down such a method to you, and I was born with such talent, while you have also happened to enter White Bone Continent many times—this is coincidence, but it is also a tremendous opportunity. Since it is a tremendous opportunity, we must seize it properly. You should understand completely now: if we can establish a relationship of mutual trust, this will be a long-term business that brings profit without cost. As for these three cultivators from the Scripture-Abandoning Dao-Departing Alliance... if we can save them and obtain further secrets from them, that will merely be an extra dividend."

"Your hair is quite long too, so why isn't your knowledge short?" Wang Li stared at He Lingxiu as though he had seen a ghost. He could still only believe half of what this female cultivator from the Huayang Sect said.

He always felt that even though He Lingxiu seemed to have laid out her plan in its entirety, this plan might not have been the whole of it at all.

She might have some even greater scheme.

He kept staring at He Lingxiu with that ghost-struck expression as he reached the jawbone she had mentioned.

That jawbone seemed to belong to some enormous fish. It was as large as an ordinary writing desk, and who knew how many years it had lain there. When he moved it aside, it naturally split into six or seven pieces.

He casually picked out two of the tougher pieces to use as shovels.

Then Ye Wan and the others watched, their faces as ghost-struck as Wang Li's own, as Wang Li dug out a black spirit bone that gleamed with treasure light.

This spirit bone was a little over a foot long, thin and slightly curved. It was translucent throughout and a deep, profound black, yet its surface bore patterns resembling ghostly faces.

"Ghost Pattern Spirit Bone!"

Although Wang Li had always looked down on Ye Wan, Ye Wan's knowledge seemed quite extensive, and his mouth was certainly quick. The instant he saw the spirit bone clearly, he cried out and accurately named it.

Han Yao's brows furrowed deeply.

He was also extremely familiar with the origins of this Ghost Pattern Spirit Bone.

This spirit bone looked like the rib of some small beast, but it was actually the spine of a peculiar insect known as the Ghost Pattern Worm.

A Ghost Pattern Worm had only three bones in its entire body: one spinal bone and two blade bones in its forelimbs.

Ghost Pattern Worms looked rather comical—nothing more than chubby, fat grubs, yet they waved blade bones like two great sabers.

But their rank was not low.

According to the Demon Codex of the Central Divine Continent, they were born as demon beasts of the third rank, fifth grade. Ghost Pattern Worms that cultivated long enough could reach the strength of the fourth rank, seventh grade at most.

Judging from their appearance, they seemed unable to crawl very well, yet they were wind-element demon beasts capable of harnessing gale winds.

After a Ghost Pattern Worm of fourth-rank, seventh-grade strength died, its spinal bone had a certain chance of becoming a Ghost Pattern Spirit Bone.

Ghost Pattern Worms were classified as wind-element demon beasts, but the Ghost Pattern Spirit Bone formed from their spinal bones after death was a standard water-element spirit material.

Such a Ghost Pattern Spirit Bone would sell for roughly ten thousand spirit sand in the markets. To a cultivator like Han Yao, ten thousand or so spirit sand was nothing, but the crucial point was that they had simply been walking along, only for someone to dig up such a spirit bone. That was somewhat bizarre.

"Fellow Daoist Wang Bihui, how did you discover that such a spirit bone was buried here?" He Lingxiu's voice sounded at that moment.

Her question voiced what everyone present had been thinking.

Insidious.

Wang Li immediately thought even more highly of her.

The insidiousness of this female cultivator from the Huayang Sect was everywhere.

By knowingly asking that question, she directly distanced herself from the discovery of the spirit bone. Han Yao and the others would naturally find Wang Li strange, rather than suspecting her.

He thought it over seriously and decided that he should go along with her wishes for now.

After all, the more secrets she kept while they worked together, the more advantageous it would be when facing the others.

What he could be certain of was that He Lingxiu was still somewhat afraid of her senior sister.

Moreover, back at Lonely Mountain, her true identity had been seen through at a glance by her senior sister. If anything happened to him during this journey, while He Lingxiu returned safely, she would definitely be unable to bear the consequences.

Even the most insidious person probably feared a senior sister who had no reason to speak of.

So from this perspective, his alliance with this young woman from the Huayang Sect was fairly stable within White Bone Continent.

"Its treasure light was already shining through."

So he nodded openly and said, "You all actually didn't notice it? I never expected that I would encounter a Ghost Pattern Spirit Bone just by walking along. Didn't you see the ghost-struck expression on my face when I saw its treasure light?"

"Treasure light really shone through?"

Ye Wan and the others exchanged glances.

Instinctively, they did not believe it.

Just now, they seemed not to have seen any treasure light at all.

But Wang Bihui really had worn a ghost-struck expression just moments ago.

"It seems Fellow Daoist Wang's luck is quite good." Mu Yu, the Golden Core cultivator, merely smiled upon hearing Wang Li's words and said this.

"Of course!" Wang Li said with some pride. "Actually, when I travel outside, I have another name: Wang Haoyun."

"..." Ye Wan and the others were utterly speechless. They simply could not adapt to Wang Li's manner of conversation.

Even Mu Yu was briefly stunned. Then, both annoyed and amused, she said, "Then we shall rely on Fellow Daoist Wang's good fortune."