Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 663 - 572 Xu Sheng_1

Chapter 663: 572 Xu Sheng_1

"Taoist Friend Shen, I’ll trade you a demon core, essence blood, and the corpse of a middle-stage fifth rank Nine-Colored Ant for one Enlightening Pill. Its purity of bloodline has reached five, how about it?"

Chen Yu sent a message to Shen Long.

"Nine-Colored Ant?"

A look of surprise flashed through Shen Long’s eyes.

The Nine-Colored Ant was listed seventy-second on the Heaven and Earth Exotic Insect List, which was quite high.

After some thought, Shen Long decided to make a trade with Li Yunxiang and Chen Yu. He added one more Enlightening Pill, trading five Enlightening Pills for a cluster of fifth rank Spirit Flame, and one Enlightening Pill for the inner core, essence blood, and corpse of a fifth rank Nine-Colored Ant.

The items Shen Long had brought were mostly traded away.

Half an hour later, the bartering ended, and the cultivators continued to chat leisurely.

"Fairy Chen, have you been to the Thunder Continent?"

Li Changqing asked curiously.

Located to the east of the Realm of the Spiritual Pivot, the Green Lotus Continent was quite far from the Thunder Continent, which lay at the very center. Between them spanned hundreds of trillions of miles, separated by a vast ocean infested with even eighth rank monster beasts.

"I traveled there with my master on a Liuyun Boat from the Liuyun Trade Alliance. We encountered a seventh rank monster beast on the way. Fortunately, there was a Unity Cultivator on board the Liuyun Boat, or else we would have been killed by that seventh rank monster beast," Chen Yu said in the end, her face showing a look of lingering fear.

"Indeed! Even for a Void Refining Cultivator, crossing the ocean to reach the Thunder Continent is very difficult," Zhao Yuqian agreed wholeheartedly.

After chatting for half an hour, the gathering dispersed, with each cultivator going back to their respective homes.

Back at Qianling Garden, Wang Yulong followed Shen Long to the Golden Roc Pavilion and said, "Junior Brother Shen, I’ll trade you one Wood Demon Crystal Core at fifth rank and five fifth rank ice attribute demon cores for one Enlightening Pill, how about it?"

"I don’t have many Enlightening Pills left," Shen Long said with a look of difficulty.

Hearing this, Wang Yulong’s face showed disappointment.

"Senior Brother Wang is not an outsider; I can trade one with you," Shen Long’s tone shifted as he took out a green jade box.

Wang Yulong’s eyes lit up as he happily said, "Thank you, Junior Brother Shen."

He took out a beautifully crafted golden jade box and handed it to Shen Long.

Shen Long opened it and saw a green crystal core and five white demon cores inside. He nodded in approval.

After a brief chat, Wang Yulong took his leave and departed.

Shen Long activated the protective enchantments of the Golden Roc Pavilion and entered a secret chamber, proceeding into the Myriad Beasts Tower and arriving at the first layer.

He placed two spirit beast eggs into the Spirit Control Pool, then went in front of the Xuanwu Pattern and placed his hands upon it, infusing it with mana.

A blue light soared up from the Spirit Control Pool, engulfing the two spirit beast eggs.

Shen Long stepped beside the Spirit Control Pool and saw two blue turtles, their heads adorned with blue spiritual patterns.

He took the two Sea-Stepping Turtles to the fourth layer, appearing above an island with a lush vegetation covering a hundred miles. In the center of the island was a lake that spanned a hundred acres, dotted with numerous blue lotuses. At the northwest corner of the island was a steep peak, atop which sat a resplendent palace without a plaque.

Shen Long released the two Sea-Stepping Turtles into the lake. They each swam to a blue lotus and began nibbling on it.

These Xuan Water Lotuses were at least fifty years old, with the eldest being more than two hundred years old.

On the many islands of the fourth layer of the Myriad Beasts Tower, Shen Hai had planted spirit medicine and fruit trees, which Shen Long used for cultivating spirit beasts.

Shen Long approached the entrance of the blue palace and took out a plaque with an incessant flow of blue light, inscribing the words "Xuanwu Hall" on it, and hung it above the palace’s entrance.

He walked into Xuanwu Hall and entered a secret chamber that was a hundred feet in size. Inside was a large blue array tens of feet across, with thousands of notches each housing a top-quality spirit stone.

Shen Long infused the array with a spell, and a water-blue light screen appeared, enveloping the entire lake.

The two Sea-Stepping Turtles would have to reach the third rank before they could leave the lake.

Shen Long stepped out of the Xuanwu Hall and onto the beach, where he could see a green stone tablet standing over a hundred zhang tall, completely devoid of any inscriptions.

Shen Long took out a blue spear, gave his wrist a flick, and with a "clang" sound, the words "Xuanwu Island" appeared on the green tablet in large characters.

He ascended to the second level and found himself inside a cavern spanning ten-thousand mu, where the temperature was astonishingly high and the stone walls were red.

The Gold-Winged Fire Ant Queen was inside the cavern; it flew over and spoke, "Master."

"Here are the corpse, demon core, and essence blood of the Nine-Colored Ant, all for you to consume!"

Shen Long took out an enormous nine-colored ant with a bloody hole in its head.

After consuming the corpse, demon core, and essence blood of the Nine-Colored Ant, the Gold-Winged Fire Ant Queen said, "Master, I’m so full! I need some time to refine the demonic power contained in the demon core."

Having said that, its body shone with a bright golden light, and it landed on the ground.

Shen Long didn’t disturb it and left the Myriad Beasts Tower.

Currently, the Myriad Beasts Tower was home to creatures such as the Red Fire Monkey, Ice Eagle, and Sea-Stepping Turtle; the Ice Eagle possessed the Ice Phoenix bloodline, and the Sea-Stepping Turtle the Xuanwu bloodline. They were merely the rudiments of Shen Long’s Spirit Beast Army.

Shen Long planned to collect Spirit Beasts, Spirit Birds, and Strange Bugs with powerful bloodlines to keep in the Myriad Beasts Tower, aiming to create a formidable Spirit Beast Army.

Shen Long sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion, took out a green gourd, pried off the stopper, and a cluster of green flame flew out, transforming into a gigantic Green Fire Sparrow, rapidly increasing the room’s temperature.

He opened his mouth and exhaled Qinglian True Flame, which shaped into a massive Green Fire Phoenix and swooped towards the Green Fire Sparrow.

The Qinglian True Flame, having refined several clusters of fifth-rank Spirit Flame and greatly increased in strength, was no match for the Green Fire Sparrow, which quickly fled in defeat.

The Green Fire Sparrow tried to escape, but Shen Long activated the restrictions, causing it to crash into the barrier. Seizing the opportunity, the Green Fire Phoenix pounced and devoured it in no time.

"Having consumed another cluster of fifth-rank Spirit Flame, the efficiency and power of my alchemy should significantly improve,"

Shen Long mumbled to himself.

Unlike the Iron Tail Scorpion and its kind, the path to transformation for Spirit Flame was exceptionally difficult, and its method of advancement differed from that of Spirit Beasts and Spirit Birds.

He retracted the Qinglian True Flame and began to meditate and regulate his breathing.

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In a vast red manor filled with a large number of Fire Attribute Spirit Woods, the Spiritual Energy of fire was extraordinarily abundant.

Two men and a woman chatted leisurely in a red stone pavilion, among them was Zhao Yan.

"Junior Sister Ning, how did the divination turn out?"

Zhao Yan looked towards a curvaceous woman in a golden dress, asking with curiosity.

"A minor opportunity, but we already have a lead. Let’s hope the rewards are not too meager!"

The woman in the golden dress said.

Ning Yao, Void Refinement Middle Stage.

Her junior disciple hailed from the Chen Family, which had wrestled a Golden Lotus Command from the hands of the Xu Family, a subsidiary force of the Blood Flame Sect, and presented it to Ning Yao.

"A minor opportunity? I thought it would be a major one,"

A medium-built man in green robes said with a tone of disappointment.

Xu Sheng, a newly promoted Void Refiner of the Nine Flames Sect.

"Junior Brother Xu is joking. Major opportunities are rare; most cultivators who seek a Diviner’s rune for fortune only encounter minor opportunities,"

Zhao Yan said.

"I also hoped it would be a major opportunity, but alas, it is not."

Ning Yao sighed.

"Many Void Refining Cultivators have come for the Void Refinement celebration this time, mostly for the Golden Lotus True Monarch. It’s always good to make a few more friends,"

Xu Sheng commented.

After chatting for a while, Ning Yao and Zhao Yan took their leave.