Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 234 - 152 Life-Bound Spirit Bird Advancement (Seeking Monthly Pass)_1

Chapter 234: 152 Life-Bound Spirit Bird Advancement (Seeking Monthly Pass)_1

Two years passed quickly, and at Qinghu Marketplace, Shen Long strolled down the street, casually looking around.

They had been in Jiang Country for over five years. The three demon flood dragons had appeared once, then seemed to vanish into thin air. So far, they hadn’t been spotted in other countries, or else the numerous Core Formation cultivators would have left.

Ice Silkworm True Person was invited by a friend and went with Red Flood Dragon True Person to attend an auction in a neighboring country, where they would find the training resources they needed.

Encountering a third-order Flood Dragon was entirely a matter of probability. Some cultivators at the Core Formation Stage had lost patience and left Jiang Country.

"Taoist Friend Shen, long time no see."

A pleasing female voice reached Shen Long’s ears.

Following the direction of the voice, Shen Long saw Mu Weiwei approaching him.

Decades ago, Shen Long had met Mu Weiwei in Refuse Barbarian City, and the two had conducted trade.

Having not seen each other for many years, Mu Weiwei had advanced to the Core Formation Stage.

"Fairy Mu, it’s been a long time. What brings you here?"

Shen Long asked curiously.

"I heard about a third-order Flood Dragon showing up in Jiang Country, so I came over. May I have a word with you in private? I have something I want to discuss with you," Mu Weiwei said politely.

Shen Long nodded and followed Mu Weiwei into a tea house, opting for a private room.

"As soon as I arrived at Qinghu Marketplace, I heard about the great reputation of Taoist Friend Shen. You’re young and can already concoct high-grade elixirs. Impressive!" Mu Weiwei praised.

"Fairy Mu, let’s get down to business. You didn’t come to me just to chat, did you?" Shen Long said.

"Honestly, I want to purchase some high-grade healing pills from you, Taoist Friend Shen," Mu Weiwei said earnestly.

"I have high-grade healing pills, but it depends on what you have to trade," Shen Long said, grinning.

Mu Weiwei, having traveled far and wide, surely had many fine items.

After a moment’s thought, Mu Weiwei produced a cyan porcelain bottle, pulled out the stopper, and a stream of pure spiritual energy surged out.

"There are two drops of thousand-year spiritual milk in here. When consumed by a cultivator at the Core Formation Stage, it can instantly restore mana without any side effects," Mu Weiwei explained.

"Thousand-year spiritual milk! Only two drops?" Shen Long exclaimed in surprise.

There were high-level elixirs on the market for mana restoration, but those only accelerated recovery and couldn’t achieve instant replenishment.

"Having two drops is already quite extraordinary. I paid a hefty price for these. The person I got them from brought them out of the Absolute Spirit Sea Domain in the Northern Sea Cultivation Realm," Mu Weiwei clarified.

"The Absolute Spirit Sea Domain!" Shen Long realized.

The Qianyang Realm had seven dangerous lands, and the Absolute Spirit Sea Domain was one of them. The Donghua Cultivation Realm also contained the Burial Immortal Tomb and Myriad Flame Valley, two hazardous areas.

"Only two drops... that feels like a loss for me. This isn’t a ten-thousand-year spiritual milk," Shen Long asserted.

Then, Mu Weiwei took out two exquisitely crafted golden jade boxes, opened the lids, and inside each was a tri-colored lotus flower.

"Two seven-hundred-year-old Tri-Luster Lotuses, highly coveted by poisonous insects and beasts," Mu Weiwei added.

Shen Long produced a golden porcelain bottle and handed it to Mu Weiwei, saying, "Here is the Gold Ganoderma Pills! The healing effects are quite remarkable."

Mu Weiwei uncorked the bottle, poured out ten golden pills, each with nine pill patterns.

She sniffed them lightly, a pleased expression spreading across her face as she tucked them away.

"Fairy Mu, I need to take care of something, so I’ll take my leave now."

Shen Long stood up to say goodbye.

Mu Weiwei didn’t mind and stood up to see him off.

After leaving the tea house, Shen Long headed straight for the outskirts of the marketplace.

Once away from the marketplace, Shen Long turned into a streak of escape light and sped away through the sky.

Half an hour later, Shen Long arrived above a green bamboo forest, slapped the spirit beast bag on his waist, and the Gold-Winged Windroc flew out, landing on the ground.

After swallowing three third-stage Green Wind Roc inner cores and three top-grade Beast Nurturing Pills, it was finally ready to break through to the third stage.

Shen Long retreated to a distance to stand guard.

The Gold-Winged Windroc spread its wings and circled in the sky before emitting a sharp, piercing cry. A thunderous boom resounded through the heavens, and a massive dark cloud suddenly appeared above the bamboo forest.

The Gold-Winged Windroc landed on the ground, and with a clap of thunder, a thick silver lightning bolt tore through the sky toward the Gold-Winged Windroc.

With a gentle flap of its wings, a green hurricane swept out but was shattered by the silver lightning. The silver lightning struck it, engulfing its body in brilliant light.

The thunder rolled incessantly, lightning flashing, as bolts of thick silver lightning continued to fall.

Shen Long watched from afar, his expression grave.

After the twenty-sixth bolt of Heavenly Tribulation struck, the thundercloud churned and revealed arcs of blue and red, transforming into a dual-colored thundercloud.

"Dual-Color Divine Thunder!" Shen Long exclaimed in surprise.

It was rare for spirit beasts and spirit birds to attract special Heavenly Tribulations when breaking through to the third stage. He hadn’t expected the Gold-Winged Windroc to draw forth a Dual-Color Divine Thunder.

The dual-colored thundercloud swirled and morphed into an enormous Dual-Color Thunder Hawk, its body enveloped in countless arcs of dual-colored lightning as it dived down from the sky.

The moment the Dual-Color Thunder Hawk was about fifty zhang from the ground, a massive green tornado swept out and was shattered by the hawk. Hundreds of giant Wind Blades shot out, slicing through the Dual-Color Thunder Hawk’s body consecutively.

The body of the Dual-Color Thunder Hawk burst open, transforming into a huge mass of dual-colored lightning, enveloping the Gold-Winged Windroc entirely. The powerful shockwave sent a great number of green bamboos flying, turning them into sawdust before they even hit the ground, creating rolling clouds of dust.

After a while, a sharp cry of a bird came from within the lightning.

A gust of strong wind blew by, and the Gold-Winged Windroc appeared in front of Shen Long, its body charred, emitting the smell of singeing and radiating an astonishing spirit pressure.

"Advanced to the third stage, not bad." Shen Long was overjoyed, sensing a surge of mana flowing into his dantian.

With the Gold-Winged Windroc advancing to the third stage, he had saved himself decades of arduous cultivation. Had he not advanced to the Core Formation Stage not long ago, he might have directly stepped into the middle stage of Core Formation.

He fed the Gold-Winged Windroc a stalk of five-hundred-year-old Qingfeng Grass and put it back into the spirit beast bag before returning to the marketplace.

No sooner had he arrived back at his residence than Golden Toad True Person came towards him.

"Senior Brother Chu, have Master and Senior Brother Han not returned yet?" Shen Long asked casually.

"Not yet, they probably got held up. Don’t worry, they are strong, nothing will happen to them," Golden Toad True Person reassured.

Shen Long nodded, chatted for a bit, then headed to the Alchemy Room.

Shen Long patted the golden spirit beast bag at his waist, and tens of thousands of Gold-Winged Fire Ants flew out, hovering in mid-air.

With his considerable efforts in cultivation, the number of Gold-Winged Fire Ants had reached over a hundred thousand, most of which were at the first stage.

Shen Long fed them some Artifact Refining materials and put them back into the spirit beast bag.

He released the Gold-Winged Windroc and used the Demon-Purity Mirror to examine it, surprised to discover that its Purity of Bloodline had reached level four.

Not all spirit beasts, spirit birds, and spirit insects experienced an increase in bloodline purity upon major advancements. The higher the rank, the harder it is for bloodline purity to improve.

The Spirt Control Sect once raised a Dark Phoenix as their Sect Protection Spirit Bird, a fourth-stage Dark Phoenix with a bloodline purity of five, which was extremely rare in the history of the Sect. Most fourth-stage spirit birds only reached a bloodline purity of level three, with the better ones reaching level four.

Shen Long fed it a top-grade Beast Nurturing Pill and entered the Spirt Control Tower, allowing the Gold-Winged Windroc to roam freely on the third floor.

He exited the Spirt Control Tower, took out the Scarlet Crow Cauldron and Alchemy Materials, and began alchemy.

Before long, the room was filled with a rich fragrance of elixirs.