Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 595 Upgrading from a Slingshot to a Cannon [8,000-word long chapter, please subscribe]

Inside the cave of True Person Yancang of the Heavenly Fire Sect.

When Yan Cang Zhenren saw the dragon teeth and demon soul of the fifth-order Thunder Flood Dragon, his originally calm expression changed drastically, and he looked at Zhou Chun with a face full of shock.

This is certainly not because he is unsophisticated.

As a grandmaster of weapon crafting, he had handled far more than one or two fifth-tier demon king materials, and he had also seen far more than one or two demon souls.

After all, even if many Nascent Soul stage cultivators obtained such materials, they lacked the ability to fully utilize their potential and ultimately had to rely on a master craftsman like Yan Cang.

However, very few cultivators who can produce materials of this caliber are at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm; most are at the mid-stage or even late-stage Nascent Soul realm.

What is Zhou Chuncai's cultivation level?

He's just a mere mid-stage Golden Core cultivator!

Even with a magical treasure, it's no match for a single attack from a fifth-tier demon king!

How could he have materials from a fifth-tier demon king, as well as a fifth-tier demon soul?

The shock that Yan Cang Zhenren felt at this moment was no less than when he saw Zhou Chun take out the [Moon Toad Pearl] spiritual treasure, and it could even be said to be greater!

It's important to understand that while a fifth-tier demon soul is not the same as a fifth-tier demon core, possessing one is equivalent to truly holding the life and death of a fifth-tier demon king in one's hands!

Even if a fifth-tier demon king loses his demon core, he can still possess another body and rebuild his cultivation.

However, once the demon soul is captured, its life and death are completely out of its control!

"This dragon tooth, and the demonic soul within it, are they all yours, young friend?"

After regaining his senses and suppressing the shock on his face, Master Yancang still couldn't help but utter words that carried a hint of doubt.

He still doesn't believe that these two items belong to Zhou Chun, and suspects that some Nascent Soul stage cultivator pretended to be Zhou Chun and asked him to refine the treasures.

After all, if a Nascent Soul stage cultivator were to ask him to refine a treasure, he would have to owe them a favor.

However, Zhou Chun's promise to refine magical artifacts for free gave others an opportunity to exploit.

After hearing his words, Zhou Chun didn't offer any further explanation, but instead asked knowingly, "Why do you say that, senior? Are you unable to refine these two materials?"

This answer further confirmed Yan Cang Zhenren's thoughts. He opened his mouth, but ultimately sighed and said, "Fine! I promised you!"

After saying that, he looked at Zhou Chun with a serious expression and said, "However, I must tell you beforehand that although these materials are excellent and have the potential to be refined into a top-grade magic weapon, even if I go all out, there is only a less than 30% chance of successfully refining it into a top-grade magic weapon. You need to be aware of this!"

He was not trying to deceive Zhou Chun; he was telling the truth.

Although all the grandmasters of weapon crafting have crafted spiritual treasures, in reality, their normal level is only capable of crafting top-grade magic treasures.

Moreover, even when refining top-grade magic weapons, the success rate usually does not exceed 50%. For True Person Yan Cang to achieve 20% or 30% is already quite good.

It's important to know that even the most skilled craftsmen only have a 10-20% success rate when using ordinary magical materials to create low-grade magical artifacts!

However, a master craftsman has a skill that ordinary master craftsmen rarely possess: when they find it difficult to craft a top-grade magic weapon, they can successfully craft the magic weapon that was originally destined to fail by downgrading its grade.

In other words, as long as the materials are suitable, even if a top-grade magic weapon cannot be forged, True Person Yancang can still guarantee to forge a high-quality superior magic weapon using dragon teeth and demon souls!

Zhou Chun only learned about these weapon-refining techniques in recent years when he communicated with the Golden Core elders of the Heavenly Fire Sect.

Otherwise, given the environment of Jingguo, it would be really difficult for a Golden Core cultivator like him, from a family background, to know about these upper-class circles.

Therefore, upon hearing Yan Cang Zhenren's words, Zhou Chun nodded solemnly and said, "This junior understands. Senior, you only need to do your best; success or failure is entirely up to fate!"

"Don't worry about that. Every top-grade magic weapon I forge will improve my crafting skills. I will definitely do my best!"

As Yan Cang Zhenren spoke, he turned his gaze to the other materials.

Previously, I was only attracted by the dragon teeth and demon soul of the fifth-tier thunder dragon, and I ignored the other materials.

Looking at the rare materials such as the demon core and scales of the Five-Colored Dragonfish and the horn of the Thunderworm Beast, he couldn't help but look at Zhou Chun with surprise once again.

He couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Young friend, you've truly given me a wonderful surprise!"

After speaking, he looked at Zhou Chun with a solemn expression and said, "Young friend, the materials you have brought out are all rare and precious. As for how to best utilize them to refine treasures, I still need to carefully consider it. Do you have any requests?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately replied without hesitation, "If possible, I hope that you, senior, can use these materials to forge two treasures, one for offense and one for defense, and I also hope that you can incorporate the lightning-devouring effect of the [Thunderworm Beast]'s horn into the magic weapon!"

He continued, "If you feel these materials are insufficient to complete the refining of the treasure, I have other magical artifact materials available for you to choose from!"

Then he took out all twenty or thirty kinds of magical treasures and spiritual materials that he had collected through various means!

However, perhaps the previous things had already shocked Yan Cang Zhenren enough, or perhaps he was already used to ordinary magic treasures and spiritual materials.

Even though Zhou Chun took out so many kinds of magical treasures and spiritual materials at once, True Person Yan Cang was not very moved. He just remembered the names and uses of these magical treasures and spiritual materials and then indicated to Zhou Chun that he could take them back first.

"Young friend, I understand your request. Now, let me see how to repair this superior magic weapon of yours."

Master Yan Cang nodded, then immediately raised his hand and took the [Two Dragons Overturning the Sea Bottle] in his hand, infusing it with magic power to examine it carefully.

About fifteen minutes later, his expression relaxed, and he nodded slightly, saying, "There's no major problem. The missing corner of this treasure doesn't damage the main body of the artifact. The [Water Essence Stone] and [Water Essence Jade Mother] materials you prepared are just right for repairing this treasure!"

"Then I'll have to trouble you, senior."

Zhou Chun's face lit up with joy, and he quickly bowed and thanked him.

"Then so be it. First, send the Fiery Phoenix to the Spirit Spring Fire Eye for cultivation, then go back and wait for news. Once I have repaired this magic weapon, I will have my junior nephew Jin bring it to you and tell you the specific refining plan."

Master Yancang waved his hand and explained his arrangements.

Zhou Chun naturally had no objection to this and immediately replied respectfully, "Yes, junior obeys."

Then, led by True Person Yancang, they headed to the fire eye of the spiritual spring.

What appeared to be a spiritual spring fire eye was actually the entrance to a blazing underground cave. Flames soared into the sky from within, and if not for the sealing power of the array, it seemed capable of turning the ground into a world of fire.

Zhou Chun patted the spirit beast pouch and released the Fiery Phoenix.

As soon as the bird appeared, its gaze was immediately drawn to the fiery spring, and it excitedly conveyed its desire to enter it to Zhou Chun.

After giving it careful instructions, Zhou Chun relaxed his control over it with a gentle nod from Yan Cang Zhenren, allowing it to fly into the Spirit Spring Fire Eye.

"After thousands of years of exploration by our sect, there are no longer any powerful demonic beasts in the fire veins below. As long as your fire phoenix isn't too greedy and ventures too far into other fire veins, you don't need to worry about encountering any danger!"

At this moment, seeing Zhou Chun staring at the Spirit Spring Fire Eye, seemingly worried about the safety of his spirit pet, True Person Yan Cang couldn't help but speak up to comfort him.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun could only suppress his worries and tactfully replied, "Thank you for this opportunity, senior. I will take my leave now."

Then he left the cave of True Man Yancang.

As Zhou Chun descended the mountain, he couldn't help but glance at the fire dragon above the crater.

Unfortunately, his cultivation level was too low to sense the true cultivation level of the fire dragon from its aura; otherwise, he might have been able to determine its rank based on that.

As far as Zhou Chun knew, if it were truly the legendary Heavenly Treasure, even without a master controlling it, it would not be something that an ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator could subdue, and might even defeat an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator!

Furthermore, treasures of that level will choose their own masters. Even if a Nascent Soul cultivator has the ability to suppress a treasure that is not recognized by it, it will be difficult to unleash its power!

After returning to the foot of the mountain, Zhou Chun focused on his cultivation in the cave dwelling arranged for him by the Heavenly Fire Sect, refining the newly acquired high-grade magic weapon, the Dragon-Tiger Golden Ring.

After spending several months refining and thoroughly familiarizing himself with the magical abilities of the [Dragon Tiger Golden Ring], Zhou Chun was very satisfied with his choice.

This [Dragon and Tiger Golden Ring] is both offensive and defensive, combining offense and defense. It can directly clash with enemy flying swords and other magical weapons, or be used as a surprise weapon to unleash the Dragon and Tiger Combined Strike Divine Power for a decisive blow.

With this treasure in hand, Zhou Chun has many more options when facing enemies, and no longer needs to flip the table and reveal his trump card at every turn.

Shortly after Zhou Chun became familiar with the [Dragon and Tiger Golden Ring], Jin Xinglie returned the repaired [Two Dragons Overturning the Sea Bottle] to Zhou Chun and conveyed several ideas of Master Yan Cang on refining treasures, allowing him to choose two of them.

After listening to Jin Xinglie's refining plan, Zhou Chun pondered for a moment before choosing the two most suitable plans for himself and asking him to convey them, along with the relevant refining materials, to Yan Cang Zhenren.

Afterwards, he continued refining the repaired [Two Dragons Overturning the Sea Bottle] while patiently waiting for the two magical treasures to be completed.

Crafting a magic weapon takes much longer than repairing one. Even a master craftsman like Yan Cang Zhenren would need a year and a half to craft a low-grade magic weapon. Moreover, the more powerful the magic weapon, the longer it would take to craft.

After Zhou Chun finished refining the [Two Dragons Overturning the Sea Bottle], there was still no news from True Person Yan Cang.

The fully repaired [Two Dragons Overturning the Sea Bottle] not only has its "Double Dragons Snatching the Pearl" supernatural power enhanced and can be used continuously, but also possesses two other mysterious supernatural powers.

First, it can absorb and store all kinds of water in the world, including not only the various kinds of true water and spiritual water that are naturally generated between heaven and earth, but also the true water and spiritual water generated by the supernatural powers of some cultivators!

With this treasure in hand, water-attribute cultivators or demonic beasts with cultivation levels below the late Golden Core stage will find their supernatural abilities greatly diminished in front of Zhou Chun.

Secondly, it can condense two True Water Dragons to protect the body or attack enemies. The strength of these two True Water Dragons will be affected by the quality of the True Water stored in the treasure bottle. If the quality of the True Water is particularly high, it can even allow the two True Water Dragons to have the strength of the late Golden Core stage!

Unfortunately, Zhou Chun is currently in the cultivation world of the far west. Finding a Golden Core cultivator with water-attribute techniques here is no less difficult than finding a Nascent Soul cultivator, and they may not even have any impressive skills.

He would then have no way to test the power of this superior magic weapon.

However, based on the information obtained, this [Two Dragons Overturning the Sea Bottle] is a masterpiece among high-grade magic treasures, and may be even more valuable than the [Dragon and Tiger Golden Ring] he obtained.

"Hmm, another fire spirit captured today? Not bad, not bad. It seems True Immortal Yan Cang wasn't lying to me. Perhaps the sixth true feather of the Fire Phoenix really might condense here!"

Inside the cave, after Zhou Chun had his daily communication with the Fiery Phoenix from afar, he immediately ended the day's conversation with a happy expression.

Although he was not in the cave of True Man Yancang, because they were on the same mountain, his mental connection with Yanyu Fire Phoenix was still very clear, and he could know every day what Yanyu Fire Phoenix had gained in the core of the fire vein.

Thirteen months have passed since he sent the Fiery Phoenix into the Spirit Spring Fire Eye. Considering today's harvest, the Fiery Phoenix has captured ten Fire Spirits in the core area of ​​the Fire Vein. The harvest is quite remarkable!

Judging from the feedback from the Fiery Phoenix itself, refining one fire essence is equivalent to cultivating for two or three years in a place like Heavenly Fire Peak, and it can also purify its own fire phoenix bloodline.

In this way, as long as enough fire essence is refined, it is almost a certainty that its bloodline will advance further and condense six true fire phoenix feathers.

Compared to the Golden-Winged Tiger, which is still at the third-tier high-grade demon beast level, it seems to really prove the saying that it's better to be lucky than early!

Golden-Winged Tiger had followed Zhou Chun for so many years, yet it never had the chance to break through to the fourth rank.

The Fiery Phoenix had only been with him for less than a hundred years, yet it had already obtained the opportunity to purify its bloodline.

Time passed quickly, and Zhou Chun had already spent five years at the Heavenly Fire Sect's mountain gate, but True Person Yan Cang still hadn't sent any news about refining treasures.

This made him somewhat anxious, but he didn't want to bother the other party.

On this day, Jin Xinglie suddenly came to visit. Zhou Chun was overjoyed, thinking that the other party had brought good news from Yan Cang Zhenren, and hurriedly welcomed him in.

The result, however, was quite disappointing to him.

Jin Xinglie's purpose in visiting was not to convey a message from True Person Yan Cang, but to invite him to participate in an exchange meeting among Golden Core cultivators from the Fire Luo Kingdom.

It is said that dozens of Golden Core stage cultivators will participate in this exchange, which will take place on Tianluo Oasis, the largest oasis in Huoluo Kingdom. The organizer is a veteran late-stage Golden Core stage cultivator from the Holy Fire Sect, the largest sect in Huoluo Kingdom.

Zhou Chun has always had an extraordinary interest in these kinds of exchange meetings.

Moreover, this was the first time he had the opportunity to participate in such a high-level exchange since arriving in the cultivation world of the far west.

Therefore, he didn't think too much about it and quickly agreed.

Another six months passed, and there was still no news from Master Yancang. Zhou Chun could only set off for Tianluo Oasis with the four Tianhuo Sect elders who were preparing to participate in the exchange meeting.

With the experienced elders of the Heavenly Fire Sect leading the way, Zhou Chun and his group encountered no trouble along the way, even though the Fire Basin Oasis was not close to the Heavenly Luo Oasis.

After traveling for most of the day by plane, we arrived safely at Tianluo Oasis.

As the largest oasis in the Fire Luo Kingdom, and arguably the cornerstone of the Fire Luo Kingdom, the Tianluo Oasis naturally covers a vast area.

As the largest oasis in the fiery desert, it is home to more than 30 million ordinary people, making it a shining pearl in the desert.

The outer edge of this place was still a combination of mountains and grasslands, but once Zhou Chun arrived inland, it was as if he had returned to the Jing Kingdom, where mountains, rivers and lakes could be seen everywhere, and it did not feel like he was in a desert at all.

Furthermore, many places clearly show a convergence of spiritual energy, forming spiritual veins, and there are traces of array formations.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, this must be your first time visiting Tianluo Oasis. This place can be said to be the essence of our Fire Luo Kingdom, a blessed land favored by the heavens, a place where even Nascent Soul Venerables have appeared!"

"After the exchange meeting concludes, fellow Daoist, you might consider spending some time exploring this place; I'm sure you'll find it worthwhile!"

Above a red fiery cloud, Zhou Chun and four elders of the Heavenly Fire Sect flew together in the sky. Seeing that he seemed somewhat surprised by the scenery of the mountains and rivers below, one of the Heavenly Fire Sect elders immediately smiled and offered him some advice.

He simply smiled and replied, "Thank you for your concern, Fellow Daoist Chen. I will consider your suggestion."

Then, he couldn't help but think of the information about this Tianluo Oasis.

As far as Zhou Chun knew, Tianluo Oasis was indeed a blessed land.

Because this oasis, which is less than one-fifth the size of Jingguo, actually had a Nascent Soul cultivator who appeared six or seven thousand years ago!

That Nascent Soul cultivator was none other than a founder of the Holy Fire Sect, the largest power in the Tianluo Oasis today.

At that time, the Holy Fire Sect was not only the largest power in the Fire Luo Kingdom, but also a top-tier power in the cultivation world of the far west. With a Nascent Soul Venerable suppressing the sect, all countries and factions had to rely on it!

However, it is said that the Holy Fire Sect offended too many forces at that time, so much so that after it was confirmed that the Nascent Soul Venerable had passed away, many forces in the cultivation world of the far west joined forces to attack them.

Not only did they sever all their tentacles that extended into the fiery desert, they also stormed the Holy Fire Sect's mountain gate in the Heavenly Net Oasis!

But how could a sect that has produced a Nascent Soul cultivator not have a powerful foundation!

It is said that when the dozen or so Nascent Soul stage cultivators stormed the Holy Fire Sect's mountain gate, five of them were killed by a late-stage Nascent Soul stage cultivator from the Holy Fire Sect who used a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure left behind by a Divine Transformation Venerable. Among them was a late-stage Nascent Soul stage cultivator of equal cultivation level!

After that, even though it was later revealed that the late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator of the Holy Fire Sect had passed away soon afterward, few Nascent Soul cultivators dared to run wild in the Tianluo Oasis again.

Many Nascent Soul stage cultivators simply avoid coming to the Tianluo Oasis altogether, refusing to set foot in such a place that could potentially threaten their lives.

The Holy Fire Sect has also incurred blood feuds with various forces in the far west, which has prevented them from extending their influence beyond the Flowing Fire Sand Sea. After leaving the Fire Luo Kingdom, its disciples dare not act under the banner of the Holy Fire Sect.

The reason why the late-stage Golden Core cultivators of the Holy Fire Sect organized this Golden Core cultivator exchange meeting was to use this roundabout method to exchange external treasures with other Golden Core cultivators from the Fire Luo Kingdom.

That's why Jin Xinglie invited Zhou Chun, a Golden Core cultivator who had come from outside to travel, to participate in the exchange meeting, as a way of doing a favor for the Holy Fire Sect.

Anyway, Zhou Chun had already exchanged resources with the Golden Core elders of their Heavenly Fire Sect, and they had gotten everything they could in exchange.

In Zhou Chun's view, since the Holy Fire Sect was a powerful force whose ancestors had produced Nascent Soul Venerables, even if it had declined now, the Golden Core cultivators in the sect should still have some good things in their hands, which was worth the trip for him, so it would be a win-win situation.

After flying for another half an hour above the Tianluo Oasis, Zhou Chun and his group arrived at the Tianluo Market, which was established by the Holy Fire Sect on the oasis.

Tianluo Market is more than a thousand miles away from the Holy Fire Sect's mountain gate, and it is undoubtedly the largest market in the Huoluo Kingdom.

All the large merchant caravans that come to the Kingdom of Huoluo end up here, a place where specialties and spiritual items from all over the Kingdom of Huoluo gather.

However, for Zhou Chun now, it was basically impossible to buy any useful spiritual items in the market, so he had little interest in browsing the market and directly checked into the shops opened by the Tianhuo Sect in this area with several elders of the Tianhuo Sect.

In the following days, Zhou Chun, along with several elders of the Heavenly Fire Sect, also visited other Golden Core cultivators who came to participate in the exchange meeting, in order to become familiar with them.

On the day the exchange began, he and several elders of the Heavenly Fire Sect went to the exchange venue.

The exchange took place in a teahouse run by the Holy Fire Sect. When everyone arrived, there were as many as fifty-four Golden Core cultivators present!

This demonstrates the influence of the Holy Fire Cult in the Kingdom of Huoluo!

Once everyone had arrived, a refined middle-aged man with red hair and purple eyes stood up, looked around at everyone, and then laughed heartily, "Hehehe, quite a few unfamiliar fellow Daoists have arrived today. This is truly good news!"

After speaking, he clasped his hands in a fist salute to Zhou Chun and the other newcomers, saying, "My name is Xue Yan, and I am the host for today. If any of you new fellow Daoists intend to stay in Huo Luo Kingdom for a while, you are welcome to come and exchange ideas with me after this exchange meeting. I will certainly prepare a warm welcome for you!"

In response to his overtures, Zhou Chun and the others naturally maintained a polite and courteous demeanor.

After this exchange of pleasantries, Xue Yan suddenly smiled and said, "To show my welcome to these new fellow Daoists, let's begin today's exchange with them!"

His sudden suggestion startled everyone, especially Zhou Chun and the others, who looked at him with surprise.

Seeing that he wasn't just being polite, and noticing that the other Golden Core cultivators from the Fire Luo Kingdom didn't object, a foreign cultivator at the early Golden Core stage immediately spoke up, "Since Fellow Daoist Xue is so considerate of us, then I, Wang, will offer my humble opinion as a starting point!"

As he spoke, the man raised his hand and patted the storage bag at his waist, taking out seven or eight spiritual items.

He seemed to have come prepared. Among these seven or eight spiritual items, there were almost no magical treasures or spiritual materials. They were either rare thousand-year-old spiritual herbs that were not commonly produced in the Fire Luo Kingdom, or water-attribute spiritual items that were relatively scarce in this area.

What he wanted to exchange was simple: a low-grade magic weapon.

What Zhou Chun didn't expect was that, whether it was to get off to a good start or because they were genuinely willing to pay a premium for the acquisition, they didn't know.

Xue Yan actually took out a low-grade magic weapon and exchanged it for the spiritual items in the hands of the cultivator surnamed Wang!

In Zhou Chun's opinion, even if those seven or eight spiritual items were precious, they would only be worth seven or eight hundred thousand spirit coins at most in the Great Zhou Kingdom, which was far from enough to buy a low-grade magic weapon, let alone a magic weapon made by a master craftsman!

In light of this, following the cultivator surnamed Wang, the remaining Golden Core cultivators from outside the region also rushed to display their treasures, hoping to achieve the same result of using small resources to gain a large reward.

Similarly, although not everything they brought out was exchanged like it was for the cultivator surnamed Wang, they all exchanged for things that Zhou Chun considered far more valuable than the spiritual objects themselves, so they reaped a considerable harvest.

This scene deeply moved Zhou Chun.

He has more valuable items than all the other people combined!

If he were to exchange everything, even if he didn't need the items he received, he could still make a profit of at least 70% or 80% by reselling them after returning to the Great Zhou Kingdom!

"No, if it were really that easy to make money, wouldn't all the cultivators outside be rushing here to strike it rich?"

"There must be something fishy going on here!"

Zhou Chun lowered his eyelids, suppressing the restless desire in his heart.

He has already gained enough from his trip to the cultivation world in the far west; there is no need for him to cause trouble for himself due to momentary greed.

Therefore, when he was the only one left among the newcomers and all the other cultivators' eyes were on him, he calmly patted the storage bag at his waist and took out several spiritual items and placed them in front of him.

Although he didn't take out the truly precious items from his storage bag, the few spiritual items he did take out were clearly a level above those of the others.

"One fourth-tier ice-attribute demon core, one thousand-year-old spirit pearl nurtured by a third-tier clam demon, one piece of thousand-year-old cold jade, three thousand-year-old snow lotuses, and two thousand-year-old ice-heart orchids!"

Zhou Chun introduced each of the spiritual items he had taken out, then calmly looked at everyone and said, "If any of you fellow cultivators possess fourth-tier demon cores with fire, earth, or thunder attributes, or spiritual items that can help third-tier high-grade metal or wind attribute demon beasts break through to the fourth tier, as well as insect cores, three-thousand-year-old medicinal herbs such as [Jade Dew of the Jade Flower], etc., you may contact me via telepathy to discuss these in detail!"

What he needs seems like a lot, but it actually consists of three parts: a demon core that can enhance the cultivation of spirit beasts, a spiritual object that can help the Golden-Winged Tiger break through to the fourth rank, and spiritual herbs that he needs for alchemy.

As for things like treasures and secret techniques, he doesn't need to strengthen them anymore, at least not before he forms his Nascent Soul.

However, the things he needed were exactly the same things that many Golden Core cultivators needed. Even if they did have them, they might not be willing to give them up.

Therefore, compared to the enthusiastic reception the previous people received, the room fell silent for a moment after Zhou Chun revealed his needs!

After a brief silence, Xue Yan's expression shifted, and after some hesitation, he suddenly coughed twice to break the silence: "Ahem, I do have an insect core, but I doubt it can be exchanged for your demon core, Fellow Daoist Zhang. I wonder if it could be exchanged for that thousand-year-old spirit pearl?"

"If Fellow Daoist Xue is willing to part with it, how could I, Zhang, refuse?"

Zhou Chun's face lit up with joy. He praised the other party and then waved his hand to hand over the jade box containing the spirit pearl.

Xue Yan quickly handed him a jade bottle containing the insect pills.

After both parties inspected the items in their hands, they smiled at each other with satisfaction and reached an agreement.

Seeing this, another late-stage Golden Core cultivator in the building spoke up, saying, "I also have an earth-attribute demon core. Fellow Daoist Zhang, would you be willing to exchange it for your ice-attribute demon core?"

As he spoke, the man patted his storage bag at his waist, took out a jade box, and handed it to Zhou Chun.

Zhou Chun took the jade box and saw that it indeed contained a demon core with a spiritual energy level of four, but the demon core had many cracks and a lot of spiritual energy had been lost.

He frowned and said, "Fellow Daoist Lou, your demon core is quite damaged; the loss of spiritual energy is rather severe!"

His words clearly indicated his dissatisfaction.

The cultivator surnamed Lou, aware of the flaw in his demon core, didn't argue. He simply asked again, "How about adding a high-grade third-tier wind-attribute demon core?"

"A high-grade, third-tier wind-attribute demon core..."

Zhou Chun hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but think of Zhou Daoyi's azure dragon.

Finally, he nodded and said, "Alright, since Fellow Daoist Lou is so sincere, I, Zhang, will accept the loss and make you my friend!"

After saying that, he pushed the Ice Crystal Demon Wolf Core to the other party.

Upon seeing this, the cultivator surnamed Lou couldn't help but beam with delight and exclaimed, "Excellent! Fellow Daoist Zhang is indeed straightforward. I've decided to befriend you!"

Then he took out a jade box containing a third-grade high-quality demon core and handed it to Zhou Chun.

When Zhou Chun opened it, he found that the demon core inside was in excellent condition this time, completely reaching the quality of the demon core inside the third-tier high-grade lightning dragon lizard that he had instantly killed.

After putting away the two demon cores, Zhou Chun looked at everyone and, seeing that no one seemed to be saying anything more, waved his hand to prepare to take back the treasures.

But at that moment, a voice transmission suddenly rang in my ears.

He paused slightly with his outstretched hand, then put everything away.

After waiting for Zhou Chun and the other newcomers to display their treasures, Xue Yan began to display his own treasures.

Zhou Chun thus witnessed the immense wealth of the Holy Fire Sect.

The treasures Xue Yan brought out included top-grade magic weapons, a thousand-year-old Vermilion Fruit that could enhance the cultivation of Golden Core cultivators, and ten-thousand-year-old Flame Jade—treasures that even Xue Yan himself found tempting.

However, these treasures are basically just for people to see, because what they want is either a spiritual object that helps with the infancy process or other spiritual medicines and materials of the same level.

Even if Zhou Chun did have one, he wouldn't dare to exchange it with the other party.

Subsequently, one Golden Core cultivator after another began to display their treasures, and the transaction rate visibly decreased, completely lacking the initial excitement of Zhou Chun and the others.

This explains why the Golden Core cultivators in the Fire Luo Kingdom so eagerly await the arrival of Golden Core cultivators from outside to exchange ideas with them!

(End of this chapter)