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Chapter 794 Invincible Below the Nascent Soul Stage [Please Subscribe]

Tianyi Gate.

After True Person Tianxuan began to relent, the group of great cultivators also breathed a slight sigh of relief.

But then they got into a heated argument over the amount of free charging.

This matter involves too much interest, and even the powerful cultivators at the late Nascent Soul stage dare not be careless in the slightest.

After a series of back-and-forth negotiations, the amount of free charging was finally settled.

After extensive communication, Master Tianxuan agreed to provide 50,000 mid-grade talisman jades and 500,000 low-grade talisman jades with free recharge opportunities every hundred years to the eight forces capable of refining mid-grade talisman jades, and 300,000 low-grade talisman jades with free recharge opportunities every hundred years to the nine forces capable of refining low-grade talisman jades.

In return, every force that obtains the method of refining talismans must owe a favor to the Tianyi Sect and, without affecting the survival of its own sect, must unconditionally and wholeheartedly help the Tianyi Sect once!

After the most important issue of profit distribution was settled, another problem was placed before Zhou Chun and the other cultivators present.

That is, who can become one of the eight forces that refine mid-grade talisman jade?

Who can become one of the nine forces that refine low-grade talisman jade?

Without a doubt, forces capable of refining mid-grade talisman jade will earn far more than forces capable of refining only low-grade talisman jade.

Why is Fu Yu considered a groundbreaking product?

Its existence can immediately solve the most important supply problem for low- to mid-level cultivators when they go on long journeys and adventures.

Even after the turbid and evil energy dissipates in the future, it will still have great uses.

It should be understood that even if the turbid and evil energy dissipates, the cultivation world cannot be a blessed land full of spiritual mountains and lands, with abundant spiritual energy from heaven and earth to allow cultivators to restore their magical power.

Using talismans to restore magical power is better than meditating and cultivating in many sacred mountains and blessed lands, and it also avoids putting oneself in a dangerous state like when meditating and circulating energy.

More importantly, since the talisman can store a large amount of spiritual power just like the spirit crystal, it can most likely also replace the spirit crystal and be used to provide energy for those puppet artifacts.

In this way, the puppet crafting technique, which was originally considered a niche skill in the cultivation world, might become a highly sought-after and popular art.

Most importantly, although the talisman is not a disposable item, it is not used many times. This means that it can self-destruct, so there is no need to worry about it becoming worthless if too many are made.

Moreover, compared to spirit coins, talisman jade has another advantage: its refining efficiency is definitely not as high as that of spirit coins, and its cost is much higher. This also means that even if some forces want to refine a large number of spirit coins to seize resources, they will definitely not be able to over-issue them due to limited production capacity!

In fact, this is one of the reasons why Tianyi Sect must share the talisman jade refining technology. After all, the number of disciples in Tianyi Sect is not large, far from meeting the demand for talisman jade in the entire human cultivation world!

"Fellow Daoist Tianxuan, which forces do you intend to share your mid-grade talisman jade refining method with? And which forces do you intend to share your low-grade talisman jade refining method with?"

At this moment, it was Master Chongshan who took the lead and asked the question that everyone was most concerned about.

However, Master Tianxuan's answer this time was very decisive.

He then replied solemnly, "Fellow Daoists are well aware of the preciousness of the Talisman Jade Refining Method. Therefore, only those forces truly capable of mastering this method can obtain it!"

Upon hearing this answer, everyone showed thoughtful expressions. Soon, Ye Qingxuan of the Nine Yuan Sword Sect spoke up, "According to Fellow Daoist Tianxuan, do you want us to determine the number of participants through duels?"

"Fellow Daoist Ye is absolutely right. If we want to compete for the mid-grade talisman jade refining method, we must have a contest among all of you to determine the spots!"

Master Tianxuan nodded, confirming this.

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingxuan immediately nodded slightly and said, "That's good. We cultivators ultimately have to rely on our strength. I wonder when and where Fellow Daoist Tianxuan plans to arrange this contest?"

But Master Tianxuan immediately replied, "This matter should be handled sooner rather than later; let's do it right here in our sect, right under the Ancestor's nose!"

Upon hearing this, many people's expressions changed slightly.

Master Chongshan couldn't help but ask, "Is it really necessary to be in such a hurry?"

Upon hearing this, True Person Tianxuan gave him a meaningful look and said, "What? Fellow Daoist Chongshan, do you lack confidence?"

Master Chongshan frowned slightly, then smiled faintly and said, "What am I afraid of? When it comes to fighting and skill, I've never been afraid of anyone!"

"Isn't that right? Which of us isn't a veteran of countless battles? Where can't we fight?"

Master Tianxuan smiled slightly and said something that made Zhou Chun and the others smile as well.

In fact, everyone knew why Master Chongshan was somewhat opposed to engaging in a magical duel so quickly.

Because the Divine Sand Sect must possess a legendary spiritual treasure that fell from the heavens, and such a treasure would not be easily taken away from the sect.

At the same time, as a sect with a history of tens of thousands of years, it must also have some resources that can enhance the strength of late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, which are not easily used.

If given some buffer time, Master Chongshan will definitely return to the sect to bring back those things in order to obtain the refining method for mid-grade talisman jade.

The same applies to everyone else in the hall.

But after Master Tianxuan said that, everyone knew that they could only rely on themselves now.

Seeing that no one had any further objections, True Person Tianxuan quickly spoke again: "Now, all fellow Daoists who wish to obtain the method for refining mid-grade talisman jade can register directly. I will draw opponents for you!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately signed up.

He was extremely grateful to the incarnation of the God Tai Geng, because the other party had given him a hint before he left, otherwise he really wouldn't have brought his five demon king spirit pets with him.

As expected, the registration results were as follows: apart from Zhou Chun, the Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivators with the combat power of great cultivators all gave up registering, while the other Nascent Soul late-stage great cultivators all registered.

So, these twelve people will be competing for eight spots.

Once the registration results were announced, Master Tianxuan immediately revealed the rules for the duel: "The rules are simple. The six winners of the previous round will directly receive six spots. The remaining six losers will compete in another round, and the winners of that round will be chosen by our sect's patriarch to receive two spots!"

No one objected to this, because the rules were indeed simple and fair.

Then Master Tianxuan began drawing lots.

When the lottery results came out, Zhou Chun was also slightly taken aback.

His opponent, Master Xuanzhen, gave a bitter laugh and said, "It seems my luck is truly terrible. I must ask Fellow Daoist Zhou to show mercy this time!"

However, they had already lost confidence even before they had engaged in combat.

This is not surprising, though. If we were to ask who among the many cultivators present knew Zhou Chun's abilities best, it would undoubtedly be him and Nangong Wuqing.

When they fought against the demon army of Longyuanze, they had all seen Zhou Chun make a move to some extent and knew just how strong he was.

Now that Zhou Chun's cultivation has reached the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm and he has obtained at least two spiritual treasures, his strength is clearly even more unfathomable.

However, the other great cultivators had only heard various rumors about Zhou Chun, and they still had doubts about whether Zhou Chun was really that capable.

Therefore, upon hearing Xuanzhen Zhenren's words, they all looked at Zhou Chun with surprise, their expressions varying.

Soon after, everyone left the Tianyi Sect's mountain gate and flew to the highest heavens.

Then, at the command of True Person Tianxuan, the first group of two late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators immediately began to fight.

Before this, Zhou Chun had witnessed many battles between late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators of the human race and high-grade fifth-level experts of other races.

However, this was the first time in many years that he had witnessed a duel between late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

As expected, the duel between human cultivators was far more exciting than that between those alien races.

It was then observed that although both great cultivators had brought out their spiritual treasures, they did not rush to activate them for attack. Instead, they first launched their offensive using the supernatural powers and spells they had cultivated.

The supernatural abilities cultivated by these great cultivators were honed over thousands of years. Not only were they incredibly powerful, but their application was also entirely dependent on the mind, making them extremely profound.

Their precise control over their own power earned Zhou Chun's deep admiration.

Although the supernatural powers they unleashed possessed the strength to tear apart the earth and mountains, they meticulously controlled them to prevent them from overflowing, thus maximizing the preservation of the power of the supernatural powers without allowing the aftershocks to spread too much.

Compared to their meticulous manipulation, Zhou Chun's use of supernatural powers and spells seemed far too crude.

However, such meticulous control is something they do when they have the capacity to do so.

As the two fought for longer and the intensity increased, they could no longer devote as much energy to such precise control, and it became no different from Zhou Chun's usual combat spellcasting.

It took about an hour for the two late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators to finally determine a winner, ending with one of them injuring the other and the other failing to retaliate.

After the first two pairs of great cultivators had determined their victories, Zhou Chun and Xuanzhen Zhenren also began their duel.

In the sky, Zhou Chun raised his hand and patted his spirit beast pouch, and his five demon king spirit pets all appeared in their true forms before the group of great cultivators.

Looking at the thunder dragon, fire phoenix, mountain-carrying tortoise, wood spirit and other rare demon kings in the cultivation world, even Nangong Wuqing, a cultivator who had seen this scene before, was still somewhat shocked, let alone the other great cultivators who were seeing this scene for the first time.

After a brief moment of slight shock, Master Xuanzhen quickly laughed loudly and said, "Hahaha, since Fellow Daoist Zhou thinks so highly of me, then I won't stand on ceremony with you!"

As he spoke, he took the initiative and directly activated the True Profound Sect's inherited spiritual treasure, the [Mysterious Heaven Golden Ruler], to strike Zhou Chun.

At the same time, he opened his mouth and spat out a streak of cyan sword light that shot towards the Silver Dragon Lord.

At the same time, he made a hand seal and flicked his wrist, and the azure spiritual light transformed into a giant palm that reached the sky and struck towards Lord Fushan.

He knew that Zhou Chun possessed the deadly move "Heavenly Annihilation Four Symbols Formation", so he wouldn't give Zhou Chun the opportunity to set up a secret formation to trap him.

However, even without the combined attack formation, Zhou Chun today is still beyond the reach of ordinary great cultivators.

With a wave of his hand, the [Nine Luminaries Dragon Scale Shield] released a brilliant golden light, protecting him within. No matter how the [Mysterious Heaven Golden Ruler] attacked, it could not break through the shield's defense.

At the same time, he raised his hand and the [Nine-Nine Profound Heaven Sword Gourd] appeared in his hand. He threw it into the air, then flicked his fingers, and the gourd's mouth opened on its own, from which streams of golden sword energy shot out.

Under Zhou Chun's command, the forty-nine "Mysterious Heaven Sword Qi" formed a sword formation that surrounded Xuanzhen Zhenren. Then, the sword qi crisscrossed and slashed at him in turn.

Just as Xuanzhen Zhenren's expression changed slightly as he hurriedly activated his magical powers and treasures to defend against the sword energy attacks, Zhou Chun and his demon king spirit pets also launched their offensive.

Silver Dragon Lord opened his mouth and spat out the [Heavenly Gang Thunder-Slaying Sword], which transformed into a silver lightning bolt and collided with the cyan sword rainbow, directly knocking it back to its original form, turning it into a cyan wooden sword.

Phoenix Lord let out a clear cry, flapping its wings to release rolling seven-colored flames that swept towards Xuanzhen Zhenren, while simultaneously spitting out a beam of blood-red fire that shot towards its opponent.

Not to be outdone, Lord Yishan opened his mouth and unleashed the [Hundred Rivers Gathering Wind Banner], releasing a giant wind blade that slashed towards True Person Xuanzhen. At the same time, he also released a [Spatial Blade].

Meanwhile, Lu Yuanjun drew her bow with both hands, firing streaks of blood-red fire arrows at Xuanzhen Zhenren, while simultaneously activating the [Panlong Staff] to transform into a hundred-foot-tall giant tree and smash it down on her opponent.

Only Lord Fushan, who rarely uses magic weapons, was currently only activating the [Primordial Magnetic Divine Light] to protect himself and withstand the blows of the giant blue palm.

Even so, Zhou Chun and his spirit pet's attack shocked all the cultivators present as soon as it began.

"Good heavens! Fellow Daoist Zhou is that wealthy? Even his spirit pets are equipped with spirit treasures and top-grade magic weapons!"

One of the late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, who was seeing Zhou Chun's power for the first time, couldn't help but gasp in amazement, expressing the sentiments of many cultivators present.

They were all late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, and all came from powerful, long-established forces. Naturally, they all possessed spiritual treasures, and more than one at that.

However, there is probably not a single person who possesses four spiritual treasures.

Nangong Wuqing and Xuanzhen Zhenren, who knew Zhou Chun's situation, were even more aware that Zhou Chun still possessed two spiritual treasures, the True Dragon Seal and the Moon Toad Pearl, which he had not yet revealed!

Unbeknownst to them, Zhou Chun's natal magic weapon, the Myriad Transformations Golden Cauldron, had also been upgraded to a spiritual treasure, and he had temporarily lent another spiritual treasure, the Azure Lotus Calamity Armor, to Luo Qingni for refinement.

If everyone knew this, they would be stunned.

Because of this, Zhou Chun now possesses as many as eight spiritual treasures!

Even a top-tier power like the Nine Yuan Sword Sect, with its long history, only has a dozen or so spiritual treasures in total!

That was the culmination of tens of thousands of years of accumulation by his sect, including the natal flying swords and spiritual treasures left behind by several late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators who had passed away!

Therefore, even Ye Qingxuan, who was usually indifferent to external things, changed color at this moment.

Looking at Xuanzhen Zhenren, who was facing Zhou Chun and his spirit pets' fierce attack, his face turned green and panic appeared in his eyes.

He not only possessed the [Mysterious Heaven Golden Ruler] as a spiritual treasure, but also transformed his own natal magic weapon into a spiritual treasure.

His natal magic weapon was a blue wooden bead, which was now suspended above his head, forming a protective barrier that shielded him.

At the same time, there was a string of blue wooden beads forming layers of protection on the outside, and a jade-green wooden shield magic weapon in front of him.

However, these protective measures, which were sufficient to withstand the attacks of powerful cultivators, still proved extremely ineffective at this moment!

The attack of forty-nine "Mysterious Heaven Sword Qi" alone completely wiped out the protection formed by the emerald green wooden shield magic treasure and the cyan wooden bead magic treasure.

The fire arrows, wind blades, pale silver light blades, and giant trees that followed immediately caused the protective barrier erected by the cyan wooden bead to crack, and the bead itself to lose its luster.

However, after this round of attacks, several demon king spirit pets pressed forward in their true forms, rushing towards Xuanzhen Zhenren.

As the saying goes, "two fists can't beat four hands." Even though Xuanzhen Zhenren was a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, he couldn't ignore the close-range attacks from several demon kings, not to mention that each of these demon kings was wielding spiritual treasures and top-grade magic weapons!

Therefore, after weighing the situation briefly in his mind, he disregarded all pride and hurriedly shouted, "Stop! I admit defeat! I surrender!"

His decisive surrender surprised Zhou Chun slightly, but she immediately stopped the spirit pets.

Seeing that they had all stopped, Master Xuanzhen breathed a sigh of relief and immediately clasped his hands in a salute, saying, "Fellow Daoist Zhou's strength is truly admirable."

"Fellow Daoist Xuanzhen, you are too kind. I greatly admire your supernatural abilities!"

Zhou Chun returned the greeting politely, remaining as humble as ever.

He then quickly put the five demon king spirit pets into his spirit beast bag and returned to Tianxuan Zhenren's side.

Seeing this, True Person Tianxuan looked at him with admiration and exclaimed, "With a mid-Nascent Soul cultivation level, to defeat a late-Nascent Soul cultivator in an instant, Fellow Daoist Zhou's strength is truly rare throughout history!"

Hearing this, Xuanzhen Zhenren, who had served as a stepping stone to Zhou Chun, sighed with a frustrated expression, "It's not just rare in ancient and modern times, it's unheard of!"

After speaking, he exclaimed in utter astonishment, "I dare not imagine, once Fellow Daoist Zhou's cultivation breaks through to the late Nascent Soul stage, and he no longer needs to engage in combat with the Deity Transformation stage!"

Upon hearing this, all the other great cultivators, including True Person Tianxuan, fell silent, none of them disagreeing.

It was obvious that Zhou Chun's current strength had already astonished these great cultivators, and no one dared to say that they could win.

If he were to break through to the late Nascent Soul stage and lose his advantage in realm, facing the combined attack of him and his powerful demon king spirit pets, no late Nascent Soul stage cultivator could withstand a single round of their fierce assault!

Faced with their praise, Zhou Chun waved his hands repeatedly and said, "You flatter me, fellow Daoists. You are all much older than me and are seniors in the cultivation world. Compared to you, I still have a long way to go!"

Seeing that he said that, Master Tianxuan wisely stopped talking about the topic to avoid being misunderstood as praising someone to death.

Soon, the other three groups of cultivators also engaged in combat and skill-based duels, and victories and defeats were determined one after another.

It was a pity that Nangong Wuqing was defeated by Ye Qingxuan, who defeated him with just one sword.

This was the second time Zhou Chun had witnessed a late-stage Nascent Soul sword cultivator make a move, following the transformation of the Tai Geng Divine Venerable. The powerful and sharp sword intent and sword energy he displayed shocked Zhou Chun.

Zhou Chun believed that, facing Ye Qingxuan, he could withstand the sword intent attack by relying on the True Dragon Protection of the Nine Luminaries Dragon Scale Shield and his own powerful divine sense.

But his demon king spirit pets would probably be no match for the sharpness of his sword!

If a true life-or-death battle were to take place, Zhou Chun might still emerge victorious, but one or two of his spirit pets might be taken away by Ye Qingxuan!

Ultimately, he wasn't a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, and his spirit pets were only fifth-tier low-grade demon kings.

You should know that even if an ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator had a spiritual treasure, they would definitely not be able to withstand Ye Qingxuan's sword!

However, although Nangong Wuqing lost to Ye Qingxuan, he successfully defeated another late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator in the second round of the tiebreaker, becoming one of the three winners.

Unfortunately, Master Xuanzhen suffered two consecutive defeats and was eliminated.

After being personally judged by the Heavenly One God, Nangong Wuqing and a great cultivator were selected to fill the last two spots, thus finalizing the eight forces capable of refining mid-grade talisman jade.

The four late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators who were eliminated, as well as the four mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators with the combat power of great cultivators, automatically received the low-grade talisman jade refining method. The remaining spot was reserved by Tianyi Sect for another force that did not attend.

"Huh, no one from Yuan Yang Temple is here. Could it be that even a prestigious sect from a holy land can't obtain the method for refining talismans?"

At this moment, Zhou Chun seemed to have suddenly discovered something extraordinary, and looked at Tianxuan Zhenren with a face full of surprise, asking a question.

Upon hearing his words, the others were also taken aback and couldn't help but turn their gazes toward Master Tianxuan.

Previously, everyone was focused on the benefits brought by the method of refining talismans, and no one thought about anything else.

It was only when Zhou Chunyi brought this up that everyone realized the absurdity of the situation.

But then Master Tianxuan smiled faintly and said, "Yuanyang Temple indeed looks down on the method of refining talismans. They can obtain most cultivation resources with pills, and they have no interest in training talisman makers to do this!"

The reality, of course, is not as simple as he described.

In fact, Venerable Yuanyang wanted to obtain both the high-grade talisman jade refining method and the charging array, but Venerable Tianyi refused without hesitation.

Under such circumstances, Venerable Yuanyang, in a fit of anger, decided against pursuing the mid-grade talisman jade refining method, which was not of great significance to Yuanyang Temple, so as not to incur a favor.

Although Zhou Chun and the others did not know the inside story, they all guessed that things were definitely not as simple as Tianxuan Zhenren had said.

Since Master Tianxuan had said so, the crowd naturally wouldn't make a fool of themselves by continuing the topic.

They immediately returned to the Tianyi Sect's mountain gate and began discussing how to jointly safeguard the interests of the Fuyu Alliance.