I tamed beasts and achieved immortality in the world of cultivation.

Meng Xingzhou took out several items from his storage bag and lined them up on the long table.

Three magical artifacts, one spirit beast egg, and three bottles of elixirs.

The magical artifacts consisted of a small, dark blue shield, a short sword about a foot long, and a string of beads that shimmered with a pale golden spiritual light. The three artifacts were of extraordinary quality, with spiritual light flowing around them.

The spirit beast egg was about the size of a human head, with pale golden patterns covering its shell. A faint spiritual light flowed between the patterns, making it clear that it was no ordinary item.

As for the three bottles of pills, they were sealed with talismans, making it impossible to see the contents, but the bottles were smooth and warm like jade, and a faint medicinal fragrance could be smelled.

Meng Xingzhou looked around and smiled:

"These three magical artifacts—the Xuanjia Shield, the Frost Sword, and the Golden Light Bead String—are all of superior quality. The Golden Light Bead String is even more remarkable; each bead can be disassembled and combined, and when all twelve are used together, their power is comparable to that of a top-grade magical artifact."

"The pills are three bottles of 'Primordial Pills,' which are best taken in the later stages of Qi Refining. Taking all three bottles will save you one or two years of arduous cultivation, and with good luck, breaking through a minor realm is not out of the question."

He paused, his gaze falling on the spirit beast egg, his tone becoming more solemn: "As for this egg, it was brought out from the secret realm by a senior brother. According to his judgment, it is at least a second-tier spirit beast egg. As for what will hatch, that depends on each person's fate."

Upon hearing this, the hall immediately fell silent.

All eyes fell on those few items, their gazes filled with a certain intensity.

Second-tier spirit beast egg!

That's a spirit beast equivalent to the Foundation Establishment stage. If it can be hatched and tamed, it's like having another Foundation Establishment stage family patriarch after it grows up.

Of all the people present, apart from Chen Qing, who wasn't tempted?

As for the three bottles of Initial Yuan Pills, they are genuinely good items that can improve cultivation. Although they are not as rare and valuable as spirit beast eggs, they are still pills that are hard to find for ordinary people.

Magical artifacts are used by cultivators who refine qi. There are dozens of low-grade artifacts, a hundred or so mid-grade artifacts, several hundred high-grade artifacts, and nearly a thousand top-grade artifacts.

These three magical artifacts, together with the Initial Essence Pill and the spirit beast egg, are worth at least four or five thousand spirit stones.

Seeing the eager looks in everyone's eyes, Meng Xingzhou didn't keep them in suspense and directly stated his intentions:

"Of all these things, I only need one—a Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object."

"If you have any, offer them all."

Upon hearing this, a low sigh rippled through the hall.

Chen Qing sat in the back row, his gaze lingering on the "Primordial Essence Pill" for a moment before he looked away, secretly sighing, "Foundation Establishment spiritual items... are indeed not so easy to find."

Foundation Building Pill is a top-tier elixir developed by senior cultivators in the cultivation world.

Although it is only a mid-grade second-tier item, it can increase the success rate of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage by 30%. Even if the breakthrough fails, it can protect the heart meridian and ensure the life of the cultivator.

The Foundation Establishment Pill is made from eighteen kinds of spiritual herbs, which are collectively known as Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects.

Lingyun Sect disciples can earn spirit stones and contribution points by completing sect missions. Once they have enough contribution points, they can return to the sect to exchange them for a Foundation Establishment Pill by collecting three types of Foundation Establishment spiritual items.

That's exactly what Zhou Ruoqing did back then.

The problem is that after tens of thousands of years of mining in the Canglan Domain, Foundation Establishment spiritual items have become extremely scarce. Most of them only exist deep within large spiritual veins, in certain special dangerous places, or in secret realms.

A secret realm?

Chen Qing's heart skipped a beat, but he suppressed it again.

The secret realm is extremely dangerous. Even a first-level secret realm can be fatal for a Qi Refining cultivator. He is only at the fifth level of Qi Refining now, so going in would be no different from sending himself to his death.

Moreover, he also had to oversee Half Moon Lake, raising fish and feeding chickens, which left him with no time to spare.

And everyone here is the same.

Meng Xingzhou waited for a while, and seeing that no one answered, he said again: "If any of you junior brothers do not have Foundation Establishment spiritual items in hand, but have news of their whereabouts, that would also be appreciated. I can use a portion of these items as a reward."

After a moment, silence followed.

Meng Xingzhou sighed inwardly and was about to put away his belongings when his expression suddenly changed. He looked up at the young man at the eighth level of Qi Refining sitting in the front row. The young man's lips moved slightly, clearly transmitting his voice.

Meng Xingzhou's eyes shifted, and after a moment, he reached out and pushed the three bottles of Qi-Nourishing Pills in front of the other party.

The young man nodded slightly and calmly put the pill into his storage bag.

The people in the hall looked at each other, some with envy in their eyes, some lost in thought, but no one asked a question.

You won't get any answers from asking about this kind of thing.

Meng Xingzhou sat down again, looked around, and seeing that no one else spoke, clapped his hands and laughed, "Alright, fellow disciples, please make yourselves at home. Take whatever good things you have and let each other take what they need."

The atmosphere inside the hall became lively again.

Several disciples took out various items from their storage bags: spiritual materials, pills, magical artifacts, talismans—a motley collection. For a moment, shouts and bargaining filled the air.

Chen Qing thought for a moment and took out twenty blue carp from his spirit beast bag.

These twenty carp were all carefully selected by him. Each one was about a foot long, with a plump body and scales that shimmered with a faint bluish light. They were of excellent quality.

"Blue carp, a low-grade first-level spiritual ingredient, has tender flesh and abundant spiritual energy. It is suitable for stewing, making soup, or steaming," Chen Qing introduced simply.

As soon as he finished speaking, a senior brother at the sixth level of Qi Refining approached, looked him up and down, and cupped his hands, saying, "I am Yang Ming from the Dharma Aspect Peak, and I am the garrison commander of Jueyuan County in Yunzhou. Junior brother, your blue carp is quite good, it looks even better than what is served in the dining hall. How much is it?"

Chen Qing looked over and saw that Yang Ming was ruddy-faced and pot-bellied, probably a glutton. He cupped his hands in return and said, "Greetings, Senior Brother Yang. I am Chen Qing from the Beast Taming Peak, and I am the garrison commander of Lin Yuan County. These blue carp are raised in my Half Moon Lake for four spirit stones each."

Upon hearing Chen Qing's words, everyone present turned to look.

Although Beast Taming Peak has declined, everyone knows that each person has two spirit beasts, and these spirit beasts have the potential to reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

Despite knowing more or less about the drawbacks of the Beast Taming Peak lineage, everyone present couldn't help but feel envious when they recalled the spirit beast egg that Meng Xingzhou had just taken out.

Yang Ming wasn't surprised. He laughed and shook his head, saying:

"Make it cheaper, three dollars."

"Senior brother, these fish of mine were raised on spirit grain feed, and their meat is no different from wild ones. Three yuan and eighty cents, that's the lowest I can offer."

After some haggling, the two finally agreed on a price of 3.6 yuan per fish, and sold 20 fish for 72 spirit stones.

Chen Qing put away the spirit stones, feeling quite satisfied, as they were much more expensive than the price offered by those unscrupulous disciples in the dining hall.

However, upon sniffing, he discovered that Yang Ming possessed the aura of several spirit beasts, one of which had an extremely strong bloody smell. With the system at his disposal and having spent two years at the Beast Taming Peak, he was most sensitive to the aura of spirit beasts.

However, considering that the other party came from the Dharma Aspect Peak and mainly cultivated various kinds of techniques and supernatural abilities, it was not surprising.

Chen Qing didn't think much of it.

Next, his gaze fell on the items displayed by the others. After circling around, he finally stopped in front of a senior brother who was at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Several spell manuals were placed in front of the man, their spiritual light faintly glowing. They were covered with restrictions to prevent spiritual senses from prying into them.

"Which book has caught your eye, junior brother?" the senior brother asked with a smile when he saw Chen Qing stop.

Chen Qing glanced at the books and pointed to one of them: "What's the price of this water-attribute attack spell?"

"Thirty spirit stones."

The senior brother readily agreed, raising his hand to release the restriction and handing over the manual.

Chen Qing took it and roughly scanned it with his spiritual sense—[Mystic Ice Spike], a water-attribute single-target attack spell. Spiritual power was condensed at the fingertips and transformed into ice spikes that shot out with extremely fast speed and strong penetrating power.

"This is the one."

After paying thirty spirit stones and putting the book "Mysterious Ice Thorn" into his storage bag, Chen Qing circled around the crowd again.

Soon, his gaze fell on a small stall, where a neatly folded soft armor, entirely silver-white, warm to the touch, as thin as a cicada's wing, yet faintly shimmering with spiritual light.

"A superior defensive magic weapon—the Silver Scale Soft Armor." The stall owner, a female cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining, introduced it upon seeing Chen Qing stop. "It is made primarily from the molted skin of a hundred-year-old Silver Thread Dragon. When worn close to the body, it is nourished with spiritual energy for a short time each day, and it will connect with its owner's aura. It does not require active activation; when attacked, it will automatically generate protective spiritual light, capable of withstanding several full-force attacks from a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator."

Chen Qing picked up the soft armor and examined it carefully. He probed it with his spiritual sense and indeed sensed a resilient spiritual power within it, which was slowly circulating.

"How many spirit stones?"

"Four hundred."

Chen Qing pondered for a moment.

Although he earned nearly 1,500 spirit stones in the past year, after deducting the cultivation expenses he, Qingtian, and Danyu consumed, he only had five or six hundred spirit stones left.

Buying a high-grade defensive magic weapon still hurts a bit.

But then he thought again that Lin Yuan County was not peaceful, with treacherous cultivators appearing. If he really encountered danger, having a close-fitting soft armor by his side would protect him without needing to be activated, and could be a lifesaver in critical moments.

Besides, four hundred spirit stones seems like a lot. Among the people present, there are quite a few who spend several hundred spirit stones to buy things, so it's not too outrageous.

"Three hundred and eighty," Chen Qing countered.

"make a deal."

Chen Qing paid the spirit stones and put the silver-scaled soft armor into his storage bag, secretly thinking: "After returning, I will nourish it with spiritual power every day. Before long, I will be able to use it as an extension of my own arm. It is much better than those magical artifacts that require active activation."

Yang Ming, who had just bought the blue carp, came over at some point. He glanced at the soft armor in Chen Qing's hand and said with a smile, "Junior Brother Chen, this soft armor is quite good. We disciples who are guarding the outside are not top-notch in strength. Having multiple defensive magic weapons on us can save our lives in critical moments."

As he spoke, he casually tugged at his collar, revealing a dark yellow, close-fitting soft armor underneath, its spiritual light subtly concealed, and of excellent quality.

Chen Qing smiled and cupped his hands in greeting: "Senior Brother Yang is right."

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Chen Qing turned and left.

But he didn't notice that Yang Ming behind him had a hint of mockery in his eyes.

the other side.

Xiao Chunan also sold a lot of "red iron stone," a specialty of Lingjian Mountain, which was bought by a senior brother from Qiding Peak. He exchanged it for a lot of spirit stones, and then bought a handy flying sword. He was all smiles and obviously quite satisfied.

After everyone finished their transactions, Meng Xingzhou invited them to sit down and chatted about the recent situation in each prefecture.

The topic eventually circled back to Blood Spirit Abyss and the cultivators of Qian Kingdom. Things haven't been peaceful there lately, with more demonic cultivators crossing the border to test the waters than in previous years. Several of my junior brothers have encountered them.

Even before Chen Qing and his companion arrived, four other disciples who were guarding the area had mysteriously disappeared while on patrol.

However, most of those who came here to guard the area were disciples with no background and mediocre talent. Although the Lingyun Sect sent people to investigate, they found nothing and eventually gave up.

Chen Qing and Xiao Chunan exchanged a glance and silently kept these words in mind.