Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 513 Finding a Bargain, Everything is Ready [Third Update, Please Subscribe]

Zhou Chun was very satisfied with the excellent effects of the Ancient Dust Pill, so he was even more willing to invest resources and energy in searching for the spiritual herbs to refine this pill.

Come to think of it, it's fortunate that it was refined here in the Great Zhou Kingdom, where everything is easy to collect.

In a place like Jingguo, even a fourth-tier demon beast's essence blood would be enough to give Zhou Chun a headache.

After all, essence blood is not the same as the spiritual blood of ordinary demon beasts. It's not something he can simply collect by going to the wilderness, fighting a fourth-tier demon beast, and gathering some of its wounds.

However, although fourth-order demonic beasts are rare in the Great Zhou Kingdom, many powerful forces keep them, so obtaining their essence blood is not difficult.

Even sects like the Yuling Sect, where Yu Jinghua is hiding, would sell or exchange such items as their own specialty spiritual objects.

If Zhou Chun can raise a demon beast to the fourth rank, he can make a lot of money by selling the demon beast's blood essence!

Of course, he would never do such a thing.

Because their essence and blood are extracted, the demon beasts themselves will also lose vital energy, thus delaying their cultivation and growth.

Of his several spirit pets, except for the Golden-Winged Tiger which was one short, the other three all possessed the potential to become fifth-tier demon kings!

If we delay their growth and evolution because of these short-term gains, it would be like picking up a sesame seed and losing a watermelon.

Good things are meant to be shared.

This time, Zhou Chun did not concentrate resources on cultivating anyone. Instead, he distributed the remaining five [Ancient Dust Pills] to Shi Tou, the Golden Armor Mountain-Bearing Turtle, and two each to Bai Bai, the Thunder Flood Dragon, and the Golden-Winged Tiger.

As for the Wood Sprite, it has already gained enough benefits within the secret island, so giving it the [Ancient Dust Pill] would be a waste.

Just as these spirit pets had all taken the pills and were digesting their effects through sleep, Zhou Chun received a message from Luo Qingni and went to her "Qingni Residence".

"This is the [Spirit Opening Pill] refined by Master Ge Yun. In terms of assisting in the opening of the Purple Mansion, it is not much inferior to elixirs like the [Purple Dust Pill]. After the discount, it is only 20,000 spirit coins per pill. Fellow Daoist Zhou, please accept it!"

Inside Qingni Residence, after exchanging pleasantries with Zhou Chun, who had come to visit, Luo Qingni took out a jade bottle and handed it to him, explaining the purpose of inviting him over.

After listening, Zhou Chun immediately took the jade bottle and thanked him, saying, "Thank you for your trouble, Fellow Daoist Luo. Please keep these spirit coins."

As he spoke, he took out 40,000 spirit coins and handed them to Luo Qingni.

Luo Qingni didn't stand on ceremony with him and accepted the spirit coins directly. Then she looked at him and said, "Qingni will be in seclusion for a while. If you don't have anything urgent, Fellow Daoist Zhou, you can leave a message at the shop where Qingni is registered. Qingni will contact you after she comes out of seclusion."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately understood and cupped his hands in reply, "I understand. Then I wish Fellow Daoist Luo a successful seclusion. I will not disturb you any longer."

He then took his leave and departed.

After returning to his cave, Zhou Chun focused on cultivating his secret techniques and patiently awaited the convening of the Underground Treasure Exchange Meeting.

After almost another year, the underground treasure exchange meeting that Zhou Chun had been waiting for finally began.

This underground treasure exchange event was held near Tianyuan Immortal City, and Zhou Chun had obtained the token well in advance.

After using various methods to conceal his identity and enter the underground venue of the Yi Bao Society, he saw that there were already many cultivators inside who had concealed their identities like him. Some of them had even concealed their auras very well, making it difficult for people to see their specific cultivation level.

By the time the underground treasure exchange began, there were already more than two hundred cultivators in the venue!

Among these cultivators, most were at the Purple Mansion stage, some were at the late Foundation Establishment stage, and there were not many at the Golden Core stage. Zhou Chun could only recognize seven of them, but he didn't know if any of them were deliberately hiding their cultivation levels.

The cultivator who presided over the Treasure Exchange Meeting was a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator. His figure was shrouded in a hazy black mist, it was unclear whether it was the effect of some kind of supernatural power or a magic artifact.

After saying a few opening remarks, the man flicked his sleeves and took out all the items he had brought in for exchange.

Then he introduced each item one by one: "One piece of magic weapon material [Black Water Mystic Crystal], one piece of magic weapon material [Millennial Cold Iron], a set of fourth-grade low-level snake demon fangs, one hundred and thirty-four snake scales, five stalks of Millennial Snake Dragon Grass..."

"These items can only be exchanged for a thousand-year-old precious medicine. Fellow Daoists who are willing to trade can contact me via telepathy to discuss the exchange!"

We definitely made the right choice!

Seeing the treasures that the mid-stage Golden Core cultivator brought out for exchange, Zhou Chun felt a surge of excitement.

He had many good things, but he had never been able to exchange them for what he wanted.

If every Golden Core cultivator did this, bringing out so many magical treasures and spiritual materials to exchange, why would he worry about not being able to get what he wanted?

However, although the items this mid-stage Golden Core cultivator brought out were all good, what he needed was undoubtedly even more precious.

For most Golden Core cultivators who have already refined their own natal magic treasures, the materials for magical artifacts are actually just so-so.

Unless they have a way to find a master craftsman to help them forge a second or third magic weapon, this thing is just a bargaining chip in their hands to exchange for rare treasures.

But the thousand-year-old precious medicine is different.

At least Zhou Chun knew that some Golden Core cultivators would pool their resources to collect millennium-old precious herbs to refine elixirs that would enhance their cultivation, and then distribute the successfully refined elixirs according to the amount of effort they put in.

So even if you only have one or two thousand-year-old precious herbs, as long as your network is wide enough, you can partner with others to refine elixirs and then share the elixirs.

In this situation, unless it's like Zhou Chun's case, where one wants to exchange such spiritual items for materials to refine their natal magic weapon or other essential items, they wouldn't use such items to exchange for things they don't need.

Therefore, even after a quarter of an hour had passed, no one had actually offered the thousand-year-old precious medicine to this person in exchange.

In the end, he could only sigh in disappointment and put everything back.

Then he casually pointed to another early-stage Golden Core cultivator to take his place.

Although this early-stage Golden Core cultivator wasn't as extravagant as him, he still managed to produce two kinds of magical treasures and spiritual materials, as well as seven or eight rare thousand-year-old spiritual herbs.

"I wish to exchange these items for fire-attribute spiritual herbs such as the thousand-year-old Fire Yang Ginseng and Fire Essence Mushroom. Anyone with relevant herbs can contact me via telepathy; the price is negotiable!"

Sure enough, after the requirement was lowered to a thousand-year-old spiritual medicine, this early-stage Golden Core cultivator quickly made several deals and seemed quite satisfied.

After the transaction was completed, this person pointed directly at Zhou Chun, indicating that he should take over.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately patted his storage bag and took out some things he had prepared beforehand.

He immediately produced as many as seventeen thousand-year-old spiritual herbs and five kinds of magical treasures and materials, and said, "I have quite a lot to exchange. Here is the list. Fellow Daoists, if you have any of the items listed, you can discuss them with me via telepathy."

After saying that, he placed a piece of white paper covered with the names of various spirits in front of him.

On the white paper were written the names of more than a dozen kinds of spiritual herbs, all of which were needed to refine the [Ancient Dust Pill].

Then there are the magical materials he and Zhou Mingde need to refine their natal magic treasures, and even the third-tier demon cores that match the attributes of the three-headed spirit pet!

With such a wide range of exchanges, Zhou Chun was unlikely to come away empty-handed.

Soon, some cultivators began to communicate with him telepathically.

After about fifteen minutes of conversation, Zhou Chun finalized several transactions, which he had previously exchanged with some cultivators.

In the end, he obtained five kinds of spiritual herbs needed to refine the Ancient Dust Pill, as well as a magical artifact material called Earth Fire Mystic Crystal Stone.

However, after completing these exchanges, Zhou Chun did not immediately designate the next cultivator to exchange with.

Instead, he raised his hand again and summoned the [Azure Wood Divine Banner].

Then, shaking the precious banner in his hand, he said, "I obtained this magic weapon by chance before. Its owner had refined it into a mid-grade magic weapon before his death, but it later fell back to low-grade. Because its attributes do not match mine, I want to exchange it for a low-grade magic weapon with fire or metal attributes."

As he said this, he looked at the Golden Core cultivators.

However, the Golden Core cultivators ignored his gaze, clearly showing no interest in exchanging magical treasures with him.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun could only sigh softly and silently retrieve his magic weapon.

The subsequent Golden Core cultivators also brought out many good items, but unfortunately, none of them contained what Zhou Chun urgently needed.

On the contrary, when it came to the Purple Mansion stage cultivators, Zhou Chun took a fancy to something else.

"This broken sword is a treasure passed down from my ancestors. It was originally a powerful magical artifact. Although it is missing a small part, its power can still be activated through blood sacrifice, unleashing a force no less than that of a pseudo-magical artifact!"

"I wish to exchange this for a magical item that can regenerate severed limbs without leaving any lasting harm!"

A masked late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator held up a broken silver-white sword in one hand and stated his exchange request in a low voice.

His other sleeve was empty, indicating that he no longer had an arm; clearly, he was trying to gain hope for a better future.

For cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage, physical deformities are a serious matter.

Once a limb is missing, regular meditation and cultivation will be affected, and breaking through to a higher realm will be extremely dangerous, reducing the chances of success.

Therefore, if this late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator wants to form a Golden Core, he must find a spiritual object that can regenerate his severed limbs and make up for his physical defects before forming the Golden Core!

However, spiritual objects that can regenerate severed limbs are extremely precious, and even Golden Core cultivators cannot take them out casually.

So when they heard what this late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator said, no one spoke up immediately. Instead, they all carefully examined the broken sword in his hand.

The sword was mostly intact, except that the part below the tip was missing. Judging from the break, it seemed to have been severed by another, even sharper, divine weapon.

Even without anyone injecting magic power to activate it, the sword still emitted a faint silver-white light, as if it had retained a considerable amount of its spirituality.

"May I test the power of this sword?"

After staring at the silver-white broken sword for a while, a cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core realm suddenly looked at its owner and asked a question.

"this……"

The Purple Mansion cultivator seemed somewhat hesitant, his gaze involuntarily drifting towards the Golden Core mid-stage cultivator who was presiding over the underground treasure exchange.

"Let this fellow Daoist give it a try. It's just a broken sword; I doubt any fellow Daoist would break the rules of the Treasure Exchange Association for something like that!"

After pondering for a while, the mid-stage Golden Core cultivator who was presiding over the Treasure Exchange spoke up softly.

As he spoke, he made no attempt to conceal the fact that he had released his powerful divine sense to lock onto the person who had asked to test his sword.

After a brief silence, the man chuckled strangely, "Fellow Daoist is quite right. It's just a broken sword; I wouldn't risk offending so many fellow Daoists here for it!"

Then he raised his hand and forcibly took the broken sword from the late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator.

As soon as he poured his magic power into the silver-white broken sword, the broken sword, which originally required a Purple Mansion stage cultivator to activate with a blood sacrifice technique, immediately shone with a bright silver light and emitted a sharp sword light.

Before Zhou Chun and the other Golden Core cultivators could rejoice, the silver light, after reaching a certain point, quickly came to an abrupt end, as if the climax had been forcibly interrupted.

The sword light that had stopped rising, while still appearing quite powerful, no longer held any appeal for Golden Core cultivators.

The early-stage Golden Core cultivator who had been activating the broken sword quickly stopped channeling his mana, shaking his head in dissatisfaction. "It can barely unleash half the power of a low-grade magic weapon, but the mana consumption is much higher than activating a low-grade magic weapon itself. It's rather useless!"

After saying that, he threw the broken sword back to the late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator, seemingly having completely lost interest in the broken sword.

The other Golden Core cultivators also shook their heads upon seeing this, losing interest as well.

This sight made the late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator sway, as if he had suffered a great blow.

Although his face was not visible, it must have been deathly pale.

This broken sword was probably the best treasure he could offer.

However, for Golden Core cultivators, a magic weapon that is not truly complete has little appeal. They would not pay for precious healing medicine for such a damaged magic weapon.

"Esteemed seniors, you are all Golden Core cultivators. If you could find a way to repair this sword, you would obtain a high-grade magic weapon. What I seek is merely a healing elixir!"

The words, almost pleading, came from the mouth of the late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator, as if he still wanted to make a final struggle.

However, the early-stage Golden Core cultivator who had tested the sword seemed displeased with his previous behavior and immediately retorted with a cold laugh, "You are truly ignorant, junior. If magic weapons were so easy to repair, how long could this sword have remained in the hands of a mere Purple Mansion cultivator like you? You think you can exchange this broken sword for a holy healing medicine? You're certainly delusional!"

These words made the late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator tremble slightly, but he dared not say anything more.

He was just a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage. If he dared to argue with a Golden Core stage cultivator, his life would be in danger after leaving the Underground Treasure Exchange!

So even though he felt extremely humiliated, he could only silently put away his broken sword and step aside.

But at that moment, a voice suddenly rang in his mind, causing him to tremble slightly. He then lowered his head slightly to conceal the joy in his eyes.

The treasure exchange continued, with one cultivator after another displaying the treasures they had brought.

Unfortunately, there was little that could move Zhou Chun after that.

This continued for several days before the YiBao event finally came to an end.

Then, under the arrangement of the host, the participants left the scene first according to their cultivation level.

Finally, Zhou Chun and several other Golden Core cultivators left together.

After returning to Tianyuan Immortal City, Zhou Chun did not rush back to his cave dwelling. Instead, he went to a teahouse in the city and booked a private room.

He had just finished drinking a cup of tea when the restriction on the door to the private room was triggered.

He casually picked up the token that controlled the restriction and waved it, opening the door to the room.

Then a burly, bearded man with an empty left sleeve stood outside the door, looking anxious.

At this moment, the burly man with a thick beard outside the door saw the door open, glanced at Zhou Chun, and then hurriedly bowed and said, "Junior Yuchi Fei greets Senior Zhang!"

"Fellow Daoist Yuchi, please don't stand on ceremony. Come in and have a cup of tea."

Zhou Chun smiled gently, waved his hand to let him in, and closed the door again.

But Yu Chifei clearly had no interest in tea. As soon as the door closed, he looked at him impatiently and said, "Senior Zhang, is it true that you were willing to exchange a healing elixir for my ancestral sword?"

His eyes were full of anticipation.

Seeing his urgency, Zhou Chun could only nod and say, "That's right, Zhang has a [Rejuvenation Pill], a holy medicine capable of reviving the dead and restoring flesh to bones. Regenerating severed limbs is a piece of cake!"

Speaking of which, this [Rejuvenation Pill] was a treasure that was looted from the Jiang family when they were destroyed.

Because of its powerful healing properties, Zhou Mingde gave it to Zhou Chun to carry with him in case of emergency.

However, although Zhou Chun has encountered many life-or-death crises over the years, he has never actually used this item, so he has kept it on his person all this time.

Now, his spirit pet, the Wood Sprite Wood Mulberry, is already a third-tier high-grade demon beast, and it's only a matter of time before it breaks through to the fourth tier.

Once he breaks through, the effects of his healing powers will surely advance by leaps and bounds, and it will be no difficult for him to help people regenerate severed limbs.

At that time, this [Rejuvenation Pill] will be of little use.

Therefore, there is nothing wrong with exchanging this item for a treasure.

Upon hearing Zhou Chun's words, Yu Chifei's eyes lit up with elation. He hurriedly looked at him and said, "Senior Zhang, could you please take out the precious pill so that I may have a look?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Chun waved his hand and said, "There's no rush."

Then, looking at him, he said, "I have seen it before. Although your broken sword has some extraordinary features, it is still inferior to the [Rejuvenation Pill] in my hand. Let me take a look at the sword first."

These words caused Yu Chifei's joyful expression to freeze. After a slight change in his expression, he took out the silver-white broken sword and handed it to Zhou Chun, saying, "The sword is here, senior, please take a look."

Zhou Chun raised his hand and took the silver-white broken sword, then infused it with a little of his own magic power.

Instantly, the silver light on the sword surged, and one could even vaguely sense a joyful consciousness, like a child who had just eaten candy.

Clearly, compared to the early-stage Golden Core cultivator who wasn't practicing the Metal Element technique, Zhou Chun's magical power pleased the remaining spiritual energy within the broken sword more.

He also took the opportunity of injecting magic power to carefully sense the internal condition of the broken sword.

The situation was roughly as he had imagined. The magical restrictions inside the broken sword were basically intact, only missing a part, which prevented it from exerting its full power.

Otherwise, how could a damaged magic weapon still unleash power no less than that of a fake magic weapon!

"It was a fine sword, but unfortunately it's ruined!"

Zhou Chun withdrew his magic power, sighed with regret, and then returned the broken sword to Yuchi Fei.

This greatly worried Yuchi Fei.

He immediately grabbed the broken sword and looked at him, saying, "Senior, if you truly like this sword, you can actually seek help from the sword-making masters of the Nine Yuan Sword Sect to repair it. My ancestors left behind records saying that the Nine Yuan Sword Sect's Sword-Forging Heavenly Pool has mysterious abilities that can repair some damaged swords. This sword is not severely damaged, and there is a good chance that it can be completely repaired with the help of the Sword-Forging Heavenly Pool!"

"I have naturally heard of the Nine Yuan Sword Sect's renowned Sword Forging Heavenly Pool, but as you know, those sword cultivators are incredibly arrogant. Let alone someone from a humble background like myself, even fellow cultivators from powerful sects would likely have to pay no less than forging a magic weapon to ask for their help in repairing this sword!"

Zhou Chun shook his head repeatedly, indicating that he was reluctant to participate.

How could Yuchi Fei not know these things? If the broken sword were so easy to repair, his ancestor, a Golden Core cultivator, would have gone to the Nine Yuan Sword Sect to repair it long ago!

Seeing that Zhou Chun wasn't taking the bait, he could only grit his teeth and continue, "This junior also possesses a set of exquisite sword-controlling techniques passed down from my ancestors. I can exchange them, along with this sword, for your services, senior. What do you think?"

Hearing that he was even using his ancestral sword-controlling technique as a bargaining chip, Zhou Chun knew that he probably didn't have much more to squeeze out of him.

So he nodded slightly and said, "Very well, as the saying goes, helping others is helping yourself. I'll make a good connection with you then!"

"Thank you so much, senior! I will forever remember your kindness in giving me this chance!"

Yuchi Fei was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed to express his gratitude.

Then Zhou Chun raised his hand and took out the [Rejuvenation Pill] and handed it to him.

He opened the elixir bottle, and just by smelling the aroma, he felt his blood and qi surging violently throughout his body, and he also felt a slight reaction at the site of his severed left shoulder.

He immediately realized that Zhou Chun's previous words were not an exaggeration at all; this was definitely a top-quality healing medicine that could restore flesh to bones!

So he bowed repeatedly to Zhou Chun in gratitude, handed over the jade slip containing the ancestral sword-controlling technique and the broken sword to Zhou Chun, and happily left the teahouse with the [Rejuvenation Pill] to go into seclusion to heal his injuries.

After Zhou Chun and Yu Chifei left, they looked at the broken sword in their hands and a smile appeared on their faces.

Of course, he wouldn't ask the Nine Yuan Sword Sect for help in repairing the sword. Even if he could, there was no need for it!

Because from beginning to end, he never thought about repairing the sword, but instead set his sights on the materials used to forge it.

Based on the previous appraisal, he has confirmed that the main material for forging this sword is a rare spiritual metal called [Taibai Silver Star Iron], which is a material he needs to forge his natal magic weapon [Myriad Transformations Golden Cauldron]!

Since this sword is basically made from a whole piece of [Taibai Silver Star Iron], Zhou Chun only needs to melt it down and remove the other materials mixed in with it, and then he can use it as a raw material to refine his natal magic weapon.

Having obtained both the precious spirit metals, [Starfall Gold] and [Taibai Silver Star Iron], he now has all the materials needed to craft the complete [Myriad Transformations Golden Cauldron].

Next, all that's needed is to successfully "reforge the broken cauldron" before you can begin crafting this long-awaited natal magic weapon!

(End of this chapter)