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Chapter 795 Returning to Xuanfeng Island [Please Subscribe]

Despite the joint endorsement of various Nascent Soul Venerables and the comprehensive promotion of using talisman jade to replace spirit coins, there will be no more assistance in the cultivation world.

However, some issues still need to be taken seriously and properly addressed.

For example, how can we prevent unauthorized forces from stealing the talisman refining method through espionage and then privately refining and selling talismans?

Master Tianxuan had already made preparations in this regard, claiming that he would add a unique mark to the refining methods obtained by each authorized force, which could be added by another talisman maker.

In this way, even if unauthorized and privately refined talisman jade appears on the market, it can be detected and discovered in time. Then, the entire Talisman Jade Alliance can be mobilized to find out the source and wipe out the sect!

However, besides anti-counterfeiting and cracking down on fakes, the more important thing is how to smoothly transition talisman jade to replace spirit coins.

Once the news of using talisman jade to replace spirit coins is released, those forces that did not obtain the talisman jade refining method but possessed the spirit coin refining method will certainly not give up easily.

They can obtain the greatest profit with the least cost by taking the opportunity to mint more spirit coins!

In response to this, the senior monks offered different opinions.

Some people are more assertive and directly state that they can refuse to reclaim the spirit coins owned by the issuing forces, and only reclaim them from independent cultivators, small and medium-sized forces, and ordinary large forces, and set limits.

Some people felt this was inappropriate and proposed holding an expanded meeting to discuss a more suitable solution.

After a thorough discussion, everyone reached a consensus.

That is to directly set a limit on the amount of spirit coins that can be recycled based on an individual's cultivation level.

For example, the maximum number of spirit coins that can be recycled for each Nascent Soul stage cultivator is one million!

The maximum amount of spirit coins a late-stage Golden Core cultivator can recycle is 500,000, a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator's maximum is 300,000, and an early-stage Golden Core cultivator's maximum is 150,000.

The upper limit for recycling spirit coins for cultivators in the Purple Mansion stage has been reduced to 100,000, for those in the Foundation Establishment stage it has been reduced to 30,000, and for those in the Qi Refining stage it has been reduced to 3,000!

In addition, those forces that originally controlled the issuance of spirit coins will receive an extra one million low-grade talisman jades as a subsidy.

The talisman jade used to pay for the recycling of spirit coins will be counted by Tianyi Sect as free charging times, so that the various forces that refine talisman jade will not pay in vain.

Meanwhile, to ensure that the major powers do not use rogue cultivators to fill the numbers and transfer spirit coins, all the great cultivators will personally go out and make surprise visits to those major powers to count the number of people in their sects, and also ask the small and medium-sized forces within their territory to report their numbers, so that the exchange can begin first for the small and medium-sized forces!

This approach is certainly not entirely fair, but it is relatively fair.

However, in order to avoid causing major turmoil, before actually carrying out the replacement, each force that has obtained the method of refining talisman jade must first refine and stockpile a batch of talisman jade.

Otherwise, if they can't produce the talisman jade for exchange and the spirit coins are suspended, it will definitely cause great damage to the order of the cultivation world.

Therefore, Master Tianxuan looked at everyone with a serious expression and said, "Ten years. No matter how busy you fellow Daoists are, please dedicate the next ten years to personally oversee this matter and prevent news of the talisman from leaking out!"

"Ten years from now, we will join forces to establish a new world for humanity and create a golden age!"

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Chun and the others all became solemn and responded in unison, "For the sake of humanity, it is our duty!"

Then, Master Tianxuan instructed Zhou Chun and the others to take their disciples, who were skilled in the art of making talismans, and leave.

Because the Zhou family was authorized to refine mid-grade talisman jade, Zhou Chun took two disciples from the Tianyi Sect with him. One was at the Purple Mansion stage and the other was at the Golden Core stage. They each mastered different grades of talisman jade refining methods.

As for Master Xuanzhen, he could only take away a Purple Mansion stage cultivator who had mastered the method of refining low-grade talisman jade.

After Zhou Chun led his men back to the Zhou family, he immediately designated a place inside the mountain gate as a talisman refining workshop. Then, he selected 120 people from the family's more than 200 cultivators with good talisman-making skills to enter the talisman refining workshop and learn the talisman refining method.

For the next ten years, none of these people are allowed to step out of the talisman refining workshop. Zhou Chun and his demon king spirit pet will also personally supervise the workshop to ensure that no information is leaked.

During this period, Zhou Chun also learned the method of refining talisman jade.

Although he had little experience in making talismans before, he quickly mastered the method of making talisman jade by virtue of his superior cultivation level and unlimited resources, and his success rate was quite high.

However, in reality, at least a talisman maker who can make second-tier talismans is needed to easily master the method of making low-grade talisman jade.

Unfortunately, although the Zhou family has a good tradition of talisman-making skills, and Zhou Daoyi has trained many excellent talisman makers in the past, there are still fewer than thirty cultivators who can make talismans of the second rank or above!

Fortunately, the Zhou family's advantage lies in its abundant resources. Not to mention anything else, there are various spirit jade mines, more than a dozen of which have been discovered within the territory of Yu Kingdom, including a giant spirit jade mine!

With this advantage, and if more attention is paid to training talisman makers in the future, the Zhou family will certainly not be much inferior to the other talisman alliance forces.

Ten years passed in the blink of an eye.

After ten years of production, the Zhou family alone has produced more than five million low-grade talisman jades!

At the same time, the number of mid-grade talisman jades also reached more than 200,000!

If the Zhou family is like this, then large forces like the Divine Sand Sect and the Purple Qi Sect, with tens of thousands of disciples, must have several times more!

Only after accumulating such a large reserve of talisman jade can the exchange for spirit coins officially begin.

What followed was a year of turmoil for the entire human cultivation world!

That year, more than a dozen Nascent Soul stage cultivators and powerful individuals with the combat strength of great cultivators from the human race all mobilized, each holding a decree from a Nascent Soul Venerable, to forcefully promote the exchange of talisman jade for spirit coins.

Faced with these powerful and well-prepared cultivators, and with the backing of a Nascent Soul Venerable, almost no force dared to defy them openly.

In particular, once the banner of the Talisman Jade Alliance was raised, and it was learned that it was spearheaded by the Holy Land sect Tianyi Sect and endorsed by more than a dozen top-tier forces, even the most stubborn sects had to consider the consequences of directly disobeying it.

Even if they can withstand a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator with their protective mountain formation and inherited strength, can they withstand two or three?

Moreover, these late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators who came to visit all brought with them the foundation of their respective sects!

Therefore, at most they will try to use some underhanded tactics to gain as much benefit as possible.

However, as long as the overall direction remains stable, the minor losses caused by loopholes being exploited are entirely acceptable to the various forces within the Fu Yu Alliance.

After nearly a year of this uproar, the spirit coins that had been circulating in the human cultivation world for so long officially became history, and the era of talisman jade had truly arrived!

The appearance of the talisman will inevitably encourage human cultivators to venture into various alien territories, which is definitely a great thing for the Yu Kingdom.

After completing the important task of replacing the talisman, Zhou Chun returned to his family and continued to focus on his cultivation.

Two more years passed, and Luo Qingni began refining pills, turning the last remaining [Longevity Grass] in Zhou Chun's possession into three [Jiazi Longevity Pills].

The fact that she produced three pills at once showed that her alchemy skills had made another breakthrough, which made Zhou Chun very happy.

As for these three [Jiazi Longevity Pills], Zhou Chun gave one to Luo Qingni and one to Zhou Zhiying, and kept the last one in his hand, intending to give it to his son Zhou Xinyuan in the future.

As for himself, he had long ago taken the "Longevity Pill of Jiazi" that Zhou Daoyi was reluctant to take.

At this time, Zhou Xinyuan had already reached the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion realm. Zhou Chun thought that he would not be going into seclusion for the time being, so he decided to go to Xuanfeng Island to take a look.

Upon learning of this, Zhou Zhiying immediately led the way for him.

After leaving the Kingdom of Yu, the master and his disciple headed west towards the Dolan Grassland.

As they approached the Dolan Grassland, Zhou Chun activated the secret technique "Great Evolution Heavenly Secrets" to shield himself from the heavenly secrets.

Whether it was because too much time had passed or because the "Great Evolution Heavenly Secret Technique" had indeed worked, he did not feel the same way about being targeted by the "Revenge Blood Eagle" this time.

Not long after, the master and his apprentice successfully entered Xuanfeng Island.

On Xuanfeng Island, several hundred years have passed, and the place has changed considerably since Zhou Chun's second visit.

Zhou Zhiying visited the island many times and carried out some development and utilization on it.

She planted medicinal herbs and trees in some previously abandoned places.

Hundreds of years have passed, and some of the spirit trees she planted at the beginning have now grown into second-tier high-grade spirit trees!

Similarly, over the years, the spirit trees here have once again accumulated abundant wood spirit power.

This made Lu Yuanjun feel as if he had entered paradise as soon as he entered the place, and he immediately began to absorb the wood spirit power contained in those spirit trees.

His cultivation speed was already unmatched among all the demon kings and spirit pets. Now that he can have a big meal on Xuanfeng Island, he might be able to advance to a mid-grade fifth-level demon king within a hundred years after returning!

Zhou Chun didn't care how Lu Yuanjun cultivated. Accompanied by Zhou Zhiying, he quickly arrived at the orchard where the [Five Elements Spirit Fruit] tree was planted.

Years later, many of the spirit fruit trees in the orchard are laden with spirit fruit again, and the fragrance of various fruits fills the entire orchard.

Zhou Chun casually picked some fragrant spiritual fruits and munched on them as snacks before heading straight to the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit tree.

Eight or nine hundred years passed, and five more dazzling spiritual fruits appeared on the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit Tree.

Each time the tree bears five fruits, this is a unique feature of the [Five Elements Spirit Fruit] tree.

Zhou Chun had eaten the ripe Five Elements Spirit Fruit before, so when he looked at the five spirit fruits on the tree, he could easily tell that they were only a hair's breadth away from being fully ripe.

According to the information he learned from ancient books, the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit Tree generally blossoms once every three hundred years, bears fruit once every three hundred years, and matures once every three hundred years, taking a total of nine hundred years to complete one harvest cycle.

After examining the spiritual fruits on the tree, Zhou Chun summoned Lu Yuanjun and pointed to the tree, saying, "Mu Sang, come and see if this fruit can be ripened earlier using supernatural powers?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuanjun immediately stepped forward and established a connection with the Five Elements Fruit Tree.

After a short while, Lu Yuanjun nodded and said, "There's no problem, we can accelerate ripening."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately waved his hand and said, "Then I'll leave it to you."

"Mu Sang understands."

Lu Yuanjun responded and immediately unleashed the [Sweet Dew] divine power.

The emerald green raindrops fell on the Five Elements Fruit Tree and were immediately absorbed by the spiritual tree.

Nourished by the emerald green rain, the spiritual fruits on the tree visibly became plumper, and the colorful halo surrounding them became even more dazzling.

About half an hour later, everything stabilized. After careful observation, Zhou Chun compared the Five Elements Spiritual Fruits he had previously consumed and confirmed that all the spiritual fruits on the tree were ripe.

So he immediately waved his sleeve and plucked all five [Five Elements Spiritual Fruits] and put them into the jade box.

Zhou Chun would definitely not sell spiritual items like the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit.

Besides his son Zhou Xinyuan reserving one, his grand-disciple Zhou Yufu will definitely need to prepare one when he reaches the Core Formation stage, since Xuanfeng Island is nominally Zhou Zhiying's private property.

As for the remaining three, if the Zhou family produces a member with extraordinary talent like Zhou Yufu in the future, one of them can be given as an aid to help with core formation.

After receiving the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit, Zhou Chun followed Zhou Zhiying to the true location of the Mysterious Wind Immortal's cave.

At the center of the island was a lush forest, where the cave dwelling of [Master Xuanfeng] was located, as was the fifth-order spirit apricot tree.

Although this tree is a fifth-order spirit tree, it is only a few dozen feet tall, and there are seventeen spirit fruits hanging on it, all of which are ripe.

When Zhou Zhiying first discovered this spirit apricot tree, there were only eighteen ripe spirit fruits on the tree. Seventeen of them were still a little short of ripeness. Now, several hundred years have passed, and these spirit apricots have long since ripened.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun naturally wouldn't let them stay on the tree any longer and picked them all.

Then he went to see another fifth-tier spiritual wood, the Ten-Thousand-Year Heavenly Fragrance Purple Sandalwood.

Compared to the not-so-tall fifth-tier spirit apricot tree, this Heavenly Fragrance Purple Sandalwood is extremely tall, over seventy feet high, with a trunk diameter exceeding three feet. The tree is also covered with clusters of small, purplish-black fruits, numbering in the thousands.

However, this fruit is not edible, as it contains a significant amount of toxins.

However, if the fruit is picked, dried, ground into powder, and made into incense, the aroma released after burning will only be slightly toxic. Cultivators above the Foundation Establishment stage will be immune to it, and can use the aroma to concentrate their minds and gain enlightenment, temporarily improving their comprehension.

Zhou Chun was looking at the enormous spirit tree, wondering whether he should pick the fruit as well, when suddenly, as if he had discovered something, he exclaimed in surprise, "Hey, this Heavenly Fragrance Purple Sandalwood seems to be about to advance in rank. Could it be about to become a mid-grade fifth-rank spirit tree?"

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Zhiying also immediately focused her attention on examining the tree.

He then said in surprise, "It is indeed somewhat different from what I saw before, disciple. It may really be true."

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun summoned Lu Yuanjun again and received an affirmative answer.

He was right; this Heavenly Fragrance Sandalwood was indeed about to advance to the next level, and it should be able to do so within a few hundred years.

This made Zhou Chun quite happy, after all, fifth-grade mid-level spirit wood is much more valuable than fifth-grade low-level spirit wood.

Therefore, he needed to pick off those fruits to prevent them from taking up nutrients and affecting the advancement of the spirit tree.

After such a busy period, over a thousand pounds of fruit were harvested, first collected in a large wooden barrel, and then placed in a storage bag.

Then Zhou Chun went to take a look at the [Taiqing Immortal Mushroom] and the [Heavenly Infant Fruit].

The spiritual root [Taiqing Immortal Ganoderma] originally had three leaves. However, Zhou Chun and Zhou Zhiying, master and disciple, used two leaves to form their nascent souls. The remaining leaf looks small and may take another two or three thousand years to mature.

The Tianying Fruit currently only has a small flower bud, and it will take quite some time before it blooms again, let alone matures.

This made Zhou Chun feel sorry for it.

Given this situation, barring any unforeseen circumstances, Zhou Xinyuan may not have enough time to wait for these two items before he can complete his cultivation and form his Nascent Soul.

However, by then he will definitely be a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, or even have successfully transformed into a Deity.

Finding a spiritual object with the same uses as the [Taiqing Immortal Mushroom] shouldn't be a problem.

So after a brief moment of reflection, Zhou Chun followed Zhou Zhiying to stroll around the medicinal garden and other places.

On this Xuanfeng Island, there are still some spiritual herbs that are over three thousand years old, but Zhou Chun probably won't need them anymore.

After exploring various parts of the island, Zhou Chun finally arrived at a special place on the island.

This special place is where Master Xuanfeng failed to break through to the Nascent Soul stage and perished.

It was a broken valley on the island, filled with pebbles and weeds, and looked quite unremarkable.

[Master Xuanfeng] once attempted to break through to the Nascent Soul stage here, but unfortunately, he couldn't even overcome the "Tribulation of Primordial Qi". He exploded and died under the backlash of the primordial energy of heaven and earth, leaving no trace of his body!

The three tribulations of the Nascent Soul stage are all extremely dangerous and difficult to overcome.

Every person who can become a deity is someone with great opportunities, great fortune, and great perseverance.

According to Zhou Chun's understanding, every thousand years, several Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the human race would attempt to break through to the Divine Transformation stage, but unfortunately, they almost all died under the first hurdle, the "Tribulation of Primordial Qi". A very small number of them were able to survive to the second hurdle, the "Tribulation of Inner Demons", but they also failed to pass through it.

Otherwise, if it could trigger the Forty-Ninefold Calamity, it would be enough to shock the world!

"I wonder if I will be able to achieve godhood in the future!"

After standing in the broken valley for a long time, Zhou Chun couldn't help but sigh softly.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhiying, who had been accompanying him, immediately looked at him with a face full of reverence and said, "Master, you will definitely succeed! This disciple firmly believes that!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun burst into laughter, "Hahaha, since you, Ying'er, think so highly of your master, I can't be discouraged either. Let's make this our goal together!"

After staying on Xuanfeng Island for half a month, Zhou Chun and his apprentice returned to their family with a full load of goodies.

After returning to his family, Zhou Chun handed over all the fruits from the Heavenly Fragrance Sandalwood to Zhou Xinyan, asking him to arrange for them to be processed. He also rewarded Zhou Xinyan with two fifth-grade spirit apricot fruits.

At the same time, he also revealed the matter of the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit to his Daoist partner, Su Yuzhen.

Sure enough, upon learning that Zhou Chun had prepared such a precious treasure for her son Zhou Xinyuan to help him achieve the Core Formation stage, Su Yuzhen was overjoyed and completely relieved.

In fact, Su Yuzhen's lifespan wasn't much longer. If she hadn't taken the enhanced version of the [Jiazi Longevity Pill], which added about seventy years to her lifespan, she probably wouldn't have lived to see Zhou Xinyuan successfully form his core.

But now that she has the Five Elements Spirit Fruit, she should be able to see Zhou Xinyuan successfully form his core.

At this moment, Zhou Chun felt that he was in good condition, so he took the large pill made from the Thousand-Foot Golden Centipede Demon Pill and entered a state of seclusion.

This seclusion lasted a full seven years before he could completely refine the spiritual power contained within the Great Pill.

The great pill refined from the inner core of a mid-grade fifth-level demon king of the metal element was indeed exceptionally effective, enhancing Zhou Chun's cultivation by nearly 120 years!

After emerging from seclusion, he made a special trip to see the incarnation of the Tai Geng Divine Venerable. According to this senior Divine Transformation Venerable, he should be able to reach the barrier of the late Nascent Soul stage after cultivating for at most another fifty or sixty years.

Therefore, Zhou Chun no longer needed to take the large pill made from the inner core of the fifth-grade mid-level Heavenly Roc Demon King.

After thinking it over, he consulted his disciple Zhou Zhiying and finally gave the large pill to Luo Qingni to help her break through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

Luo Qingni reached Nascent Soul stage much later than Zhou Chun, and because she often had to refine pills, she didn't have the same cultivation conditions as Zhou Chun. Her cultivation level was still far from reaching the barrier of the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

Refining such a mid-grade fifth-tier demon king pill would, conservatively speaking, save her a century of arduous cultivation, allowing her to fully make up for the time she had lost before.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, this generous gift is truly undeserved for Qingni!"

Inside the cave, Luo Qingni looked at the Demon King Pill that Zhou Chun handed over, and sighed with a complicated expression.

She had always known that Zhou Chun possessed several Demon King Pills, but she herself had never considered them.

Because she knew very well that those were all gains that Zhou Chun had obtained by risking his life to kill the demon king.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Chun gave her one of the most precious fifth-grade mid-level demon king pills today, which made her feel very complicated.

"Qingni, why are you being so polite with me? Even putting aside our long-standing friendship, the contributions you've made to the Zhou family over the years are undeniable. Without the pills you refined, the number of Golden Core elders and Purple Mansion cultivators in the Zhou family would probably be reduced by more than half!"

As Zhou Chun spoke, he directly stuffed the Demon King Pill into Luo Qingni's hand.

Luo Qingni, looking at the Demon King's Pill in her hand, found it hard to refuse.

She can disregard things like magical artifacts because she basically doesn't need them.

However, elixirs that enhance cultivation are something that any cultivator aspiring to achieve immortality would find hard to resist.

Luo Qingni is only a little over a thousand years old. At the Nascent Soul stage, she is still considered young. It is impossible for her to completely lose her desire to pursue the Dao like those early Nascent Soul cultivators who only have a few hundred years left to live.

Therefore, after a moment of inner struggle, she finally let out a soft sigh and said in a low voice, "Then Qingni will have to accept your thanks!"