Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 233 - 151 Gold-Winged Windroc Slumber_1

Chapter 233: 151 Gold-Winged Windroc Slumber_1

Three days later, Shen Long took out a messaging plate that flickered with red light, injected a spell into it, and a pleasant female voice rang out, "Taoist Friend Shen, the item you requested has arrived."

"Good, I’ll come right over to pick it up."

Shen Long said, putting away the messaging plate and rising to his feet to leave.

A short while later, Shen Long arrived at the entrance of a nine-story, azure-colored pavilion. The golden signboard bore the characters "Qinghu Pavilion," a shop owned by the Qin Family that boasted a broad range of operations.

As soon as Shen Long entered the Qinghu Pavilion, a green-robed attendant hurried over and warmly said, "Senior Shen, Ancestor Yunqian has been waiting for you for a while, please head upstairs."

The green-robed attendant led the way, and Shen Long followed.

Upon reaching the seventh floor, Shen Long met a woman in a golden dress with facial features that seemed as if they were painted on. The woman in the golden dress was sitting next to an exquisite purple sandalwood tea table, flipping through an account book.

"Taoist Friend Shen, you’ve arrived, please take a seat."

Qin Yunqian put down the account book and beckoned Shen Long to sit.

"Madam Qin, where’s the item I requested?"

Shen Long asked.

Qin Yunqian took out an exquisite golden jade box and handed it to Shen Long.

Shen Long opened it to find three green demon cores inside.

"These are the demon cores of a third-grade early stage Green Wind Roc, which I have managed to acquire with great difficulty," Qin Yunqian said with a smile.

Shen Long nodded, took out three golden porcelain bottles, and handed them to Qin Yunqian.

He had placed an order for the demon cores of a third-grade Green Wind Roc, offering high-quality elixirs in exchange.

After meticulously inspecting and confirming that they were correct, Qin Yunqian’s face lit up with joy and she said, "Very good, the high-quality elixirs refined by Taoist Friend Shen are impeccable in quality. May I ask if you need anything else?"

"Not for now, but if I do, I’ll contact Madam Qin."

Shen Long stood up to take his leave.

Qin Yunqian got up to see him off, personally escorting Shen Long out of the Qinghu Pavilion.

The Qin Family had dozens of Core Formation cultivators, but lacked a third-grade alchemist capable of producing high-quality elixirs, which was precisely the reason why the Qin Family was only the number one cultivating family in Jiang Country, not the number one power.

Walking aimlessly down the street, Shen Long, as he passed a crossroad, encountered a rotund old man in a blue robe coming towards him.

"Oh, Taoist Friend Shen, it’s been a long time."

The blue-robed old man greeted Shen Long with a broad smile.

"Long time no see, Taoist Friend Lu. Congratulations on your advancement to the late stage of Core Formation!"

Shen Long congratulated him.

The blue-robed old man, Lu Qingfeng, was a Mid-Stage Core Formation Cultivator who had been stuck at a bottleneck for many years. The patrol team he was part of had been attacked by a third-grade Flood Dragon, and he was among the few who survived an ordeal that unexpectedly resolved his bottleneck.

"It was just luck, I nearly lost my life," Lu Qingfeng replied modestly.

After a brief chat, Shen Long parted ways with Lu Qingfeng. He visited several large shops and purchased a batch of third-grade artifact refining materials.

As the sky gradually darkened, the number of pedestrians on the streets increased instead of decreased. Businesses brought out their illuminating tools, and the entire marketplace shone like daylight, bustling with a tide of people.

Shen Long arrived at a spacious Azure Stone Plaza, where many stalls offered a variety of wares.

Shen Long browsed around, his eyes sweeping over the merchandise on the stalls without making any purchases.

Half an hour later, a golden spirit beast bag at Shen Long’s waist twitched.

Shen Long stopped in front of a stall, whose owner was a golden-shirted man in his forties with Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivation.

The stall was laden with a variety of ores.

Shen Long crouched down and occasionally picked up the ores for inspection.

"These ores are perfect for feeding the Spirit Ants, I’ll take them all, just name your price,"

Shen Long said.

Raising Spirit Ants was no secret for him, as he often purchased metal ores.

"It’s rare for Senior Shen to fancy these. Could you possibly sell some top-grade Beast Spirit Pills to this junior?"

The man in the gold robe asked cautiously.

"You know me?"

Shen Long asked, puzzled.

"This junior has heard of Senior Shen’s great reputation,"

The man in the gold robe explained.

Shen Long took out a cyan jade box and handed it to the man in the gold robe.

The man in the gold robe opened the jade box and saw a top-grade Beast Spirit Pill inside. He was thrilled and thanked Shen Long repeatedly, while other Foundation Establishment Cultivators looked on enviously.

Shen Long got up and left, continuing to stroll around.

After making a round, he purchased some Spiritual Medicines that were two to three hundred years old and returned to his dwelling, where the Red Flood Dragon True Person came to meet him.

"Junior Brother Shen, you’re back. I’ve obtained a Spirit Nurturing Fruit. Could you help me refine a batch of top-grade Beast Nurturing Pills? I need ten, and I will pay with two third-stage, middle-stage Twin-Tailed Scorpion inner cores,"

Red Flood Dragon True Person said while handing over a red Storage Bag to Shen Long.

Shen Long agreed. With each session of Alchemy, his rate of success at producing pills had increased; he could keep the extra Beast Nurturing Pills for himself after handing ten over to Red Flood Dragon True Person.

"Then I’ll have to trouble you, Junior Brother Shen,"

Red Flood Dragon True Person thanked him.

Shen Long smiled faintly, chatted for a while, and then headed into the Alchemy Room.

He slapped his palm against the gold Magic Beast Bag at his waist, and tens of thousands of Gold-Winged Fire Ants flew out, landing before him.

These Gold-Winged Fire Ants were all descendants of the Gold-Winged Fire Ant Queen, inheriting the ability to spew golden flames.

Shen Long had conducted experiments. The demonic fire spewed by the Gold-Winged Fire Ant Queen could melt top-grade Magic Artifacts, and that was only at the third-stage initial phase; if the ranking rose, the demonic fire it expelled would undoubtedly be even more formidable.

Shen Long took out a cyan Storage Bag and shook it forcefully with the opening facing downward, after which a golden light flashed, and a large pile of Artifact Refining materials appeared on the ground.

He picked up a green piece of ore, clenched his five fingers, and the ore cracked, splitting in two, with a piece of green jade rolling out and landing on the ground.

"Green Marrow Jade!"

Shen Long recognized the material; it was a third-stage Artifact Refining material, often used to make defense Dharma Treasures. His Qingyue Amulet was made from Green Marrow Jade.

The Gold-Winged Fire Ant Queen had given him a warning, which prompted him to buy these ores.

After the mutation from Shi Jin Ant Queen to Gold-Winged Fire Ant, not only could it lurk among the rubble, it was also sensitive to high-tier Artifact Refining materials and adept at discovering high-grade metal veins.

Shen Long fed the piece of Green Marrow Jade to the Gold-Winged Fire Ant Queen, while the other Gold-Winged Fire Ants gnawed on second-stage Artifact Refining materials.

Shen Long had sold the Shi Jin Ants for a sum of Cultivation Resources.

The Gold-Winged Fire Ants could also condense into weapon forms, with even more powerful effects.

Before long, they had finished the Artifact Refining materials. The Gold-Winged Fire Ant Queen was not satisfied and fluttered its wings gently.

Shen Long then took out two third-stage ores and fed them to the Gold-Winged Fire Ant Queen, which finally seemed content.

He re-stored them in the Magic Beast Bag, then released the Gold-Winged Windroc, feeding it a third-stage initial-phase Green Wind Roc Demon Core and five hundred-year-old Qingfeng Grass. The Gold-Winged Windroc was still vigorous after eating another third-stage Green Wind Roc Demon Core and only then appeared drowsy.

"It seems that Spirit Birds with a high Purity of Bloodline require more Cultivation Resources,"

Shen Long muttered to himself, then put the Gold-Winged Windroc back into the Magic Beast Bag.

He took out the Scarlet Crow Cauldron and the Alchemy Materials, sat quietly for a moment, and began Alchemy.

He opened his mouth to release the Red Lotus True Flame, directing it to the bottom of the Scarlet Crow Cauldron and sequentially adding the Spirit Nurturing Fruit and other materials into the cauldron.