Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 312 Third-Order Beast Core
Watching Huang Jie leave, Yao Rui frowned secretly.

With her innate talent and mastery of the superior techniques of the Biyun Sect, she is almost certain to succeed in the Core Formation stage. Now, the Sishui Chamber of Commerce has promised to provide her with a top-100 Core Formation treasure, making the true core practically within her grasp.

However, having experienced the great war between the righteous and demonic factions in the Tiancang Domain, she witnessed firsthand how her sect struggled to survive. Two years ago, she heard the news of the Tiancang Domain's complete defeat, and now she is determined to restore the Biyun Sect.

Therefore, she wants to obtain the highest quality Faldan this time.

Mid-range is her bottom line.

They even wanted to challenge the upstream True Core cultivators.

Only in this way can one hope to cultivate to the late stage of Core Formation and even have the possibility of coveting the Nascent Soul True Monarch.

Otherwise, there is absolutely no hope of restoring the Biyun Sect.

Unfortunately, given her current conditions, she is not confident in breaking through to the middle to upper levels of the True Core realm.

Therefore, we can only do our best to do every step to the extreme and go all out.

The Core Formation training ground is crucial for breaking through the Core Formation stage.

Moreover, the Core Formation Dojo at the headquarters of the Merchant Alliance in Feihong Immortal City not only boasts top-notch spiritual energy, spiritual pressure, and spiritual energy, but is also rumored to have a certain Daoist charm flowing through it, which greatly enhances the quality of the magic pills.

For this reason, the Core Formation Training Ground in Feihong Immortal City is a sacred place for everyone to form their Core. Not only the geniuses of the Wanshang Domain, but also the top talents of dozens of nearby domains flock there. Ordinary cultivators rarely have the opportunity.

"In that case, the only path left is the 'Flying Goose Discussion on the Dao'!" With a sigh, Yao Rui didn't resent Huang Jie for not fulfilling her request. After all, she knew the importance of that spot and had only given it a try without much hope.

The Flying Goose Dao Discussion is a martial arts tournament jointly organized by eighteen chambers of commerce under the Business Alliance, with the aim of honing the skills of the immortal talents cultivated by each chamber of commerce.

However, over time, it has also become a means for various chambers of commerce to divide certain interests.

In addition to the generous rewards from the Merchant Alliance, the top five finishers in the Flying Goose Dao Discussion will all have the opportunity to use the top-tier Core Formation Dao Field in Flying Goose Immortal City.

Meanwhile, the final results of each chamber of commerce's participation in the event will also affect the chamber's market share distribution over the next ten years.

Therefore, chambers of commerce attach great importance to this grand event held once every ten years.

Last year, Yao Rui passed the internal competition of the Surabaya Chamber of Commerce and entered the ten participants planned by the Chamber. She will soon begin to compete in groups with seventeen other chambers of commerce. The final three will compete in the Chamber of Commerce Tour Auction a year later.

She doesn't aspire to be in the top three; she'll be satisfied if she does her best to get into the top five.

But this was no easy feat for her.

The Flying Goose Dao Discussion is attended by the most outstanding talents from various merchant guilds below the Core Formation stage, and each Dao Discussion Conference is a fierce competition among heroes.

In order to win market share, each chamber of commerce has gone to great lengths, not only actively cultivating outstanding talents, but also scouting potential talents from major sects in the ten central regions.

People like Yao Rui, with their earth-rooted immortal seedlings, are just the threshold. There are quite a few with heaven-rooted immortals, and even many with unusual roots, and even naturally born immortal seeds with various special physiques.

"It's difficult!" Yao Rui said, somewhat unsure of herself.
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"I have met Guest Elder Huang."

"Guest Minister Huang, there's progress on the matter you asked me to handle last time."

As soon as Li Ji'an entered the largest building in Hanyan Immortal City, Sishui Tower, the stewards greeted him, and the head steward was especially attentive, leading Li Ji'an to a private room and saying ingratiatingly.

Although the upper echelons of the Sishui Chamber of Commerce viewed Li Ji'an as a figurehead to repay a favor to that gentleman, those below were unaware that his status as a first-class guest was enough to warrant their flattery and obsequiousness.

"Oh? Is it news about the third-tier Azure Blood Pill?" Li Ji'an looked at the other party expectantly.

"Indeed, this old man went to great lengths to finally find out that the Fierce Tiger Merchant Guild had traded a precious Tier 3 Azure Blood Pill from the Sacred Beast Mountain in the Central Ten Domains," the manager said, as if seeking credit.

"The Fierce Tiger Chamber of Commerce!" Upon hearing this, Li Ji'an felt both joy and a slight sense of unease.

The Azure Blood Pill was a kind of elixir for advancing the power of demonic beasts that he learned about by chance two years after he arrived in the Myriad Merchants Domain.

This pill is a unique spirit pet holy pill from Sacred Beast Mountain, one of the ten giants of the Central Ten Domains, and can help spirit pets break through to the third rank.

It is a relic from ancient times that Sacred Beast Mountain obtained thousands of years ago.

It was also thanks to this beast pill formula that he became a giant in the fiercely competitive Central Ten Domains, relying solely on a continuous stream of high-level spirit beasts.

Therefore, the Sacred Beast Mountain maintains an unparalleled level of secrecy regarding this pill formula.

For thousands of years, the outside world was unaware that there was a certain kind of beast core that could help spirit beasts break through to the third rank.

Decades ago, a traitor from Sacred Beast Mountain revealed this secret to the public just before his sea of ​​consciousness collapsed.

However, although the world knows about this divine pill that can help spirit beasts break through to the third rank, it remains unattainable.

Because Sacred Beast Mountain never intended to share these fundamental principles of its founding with the world.

It is said that when this news was first released, the business alliance immediately recognized the huge business opportunity.

Because the cultivation world of the Great Swamp is over six thousand years old, many of the secrets of human cultivation have not yet been fully discovered, and even fewer of those of demon beasts.

A third-tier great demon, regardless of which region of the Great Swamp cultivation world it is, will certainly have sufficient deterrent power.

Unfortunately, most of the demonic beasts raised by humans have lost their wild nature and their bloodlines are not particularly good, making it difficult for most to break through to the third tier on their own. If the Merchant Alliance could obtain a supply of Azure Blood Pills, the demand would definitely exceed the supply.

Therefore, the Merchant Alliance showed great sincerity back then, and even used the favor of another giant in the Ten Domains, a Nascent Soul True Monarch, but it was still rejected by Sacred Beast Mountain.

He even declared that he would absolutely not allow the Jade Blood Pill to leak out.

Their purpose was clear: they were worried that the formula for breaking through the Jade Blood Pill would be deduced by generations of external alchemists through their research.

Once the Jade Blood Pill becomes widely available, Sacred Beast Mountain will one day lose its current dominant position.

However, a year ago, Li Ji'an overheard a rumor that a Jade Blood Pill had been obtained by the Myriad Merchants Domain.

And today, surprisingly, we have learned the exact owner.

Like the Sishui Chamber of Commerce, the Liehu Chamber of Commerce is one of the eighteen chambers of commerce in the Wanshangyu Business Alliance.

However, it specializes in the business of spirit pets, and its status in the business alliance is second only to the current Jiuding Chamber of Commerce.

Most importantly, the Liehu Chamber of Commerce is also the backer of the Jinhua Chamber of Commerce, which is at odds with the Sishui Chamber of Commerce.

If he went as a guest of the Surabaya Chamber of Commerce, he probably wouldn't even have the chance to make a bid.

"At least we have a goal, which gives us hope!" Li Ji'an was silent for a moment, then smiled.

If we can obtain the Azure Blood Pill, there will be hope for Guagua to advance to the third rank.

"What are the Liehu Chamber of Commerce's thoughts on this Jade Blood Pill?" Li Ji'an asked again.

The manager chuckled awkwardly, "I heard that the Fierce Tiger Merchant Guild paid a considerable price to trade this pill with Sacred Beast Mountain. It seems they traded it for half a portion of Three Lights Divine Water, so... the price will not be lower than half a portion of Three Lights Divine Water."

"The Three Lights Divine Water!" Li Ji'an clicked his tongue slightly in amazement.

This is not only a super-precious Core Formation treasure that is more effective than Qiu Li Shui in purifying the Core Formation Elixir, but it is also equivalent to a life. Even if a Core Formation cultivator's dantian is shattered, there is a chance of repair.

Its value is immeasurable!
“Half a portion of the Three Lights Divine Water… requires at least one of the top ten Core Formation Spiritual Treasures… or, eh…” Suddenly, Li Ji’an’s eyes lit up, and he was ninety percent certain.

"Furthermore, it is said that although Sacred Beast Mountain agreed to the deal, it also set strict soul contracts with many restrictions," the person in charge added.

"Oh? What are the restrictions?" Li Ji'an was delighted again, for restrictions meant that the value would be reduced further.

"I am not clear on the specifics, but one point is that it cannot be publicized, let alone auctioned in the public. It can only be traded privately, and a soul contract must be signed with the trader," the person in charge explained.

“Good!” Li Ji’an raised an eyebrow, feeling even more confident.

He then inspected the fine goods on the third floor of Sishui Tower as a first-class guest elder, and identified a piece of third-grade mica crystal marrow and a main ingredient for a Crystal Condensation Pill.

The following day, he removed the Mask of No Form, disguised himself as an ordinary rogue cultivator, and used his divine sense to simulate the level of a fake Core Formation cultivator. He then returned to Sishui Tower to trade the two spiritual materials.

For the past three years, in order to avoid arousing suspicion from the Sishui Chamber of Commerce about his identity and to prevent unnecessary trouble for his status as a first-class guest elder, he has basically been purchasing the necessary spiritual materials in this manner.

He has gathered 60% of the materials for the Crystal Condensation Pill, dozens of materials for the Six Gods Condensing Essence Pill, nearly ten sets of Tier 3 talisman materials, and coincidentally seven or eight kinds of Tier 3 poison materials. He also has several storage bags full of materials for practicing Tier 2 puppets, enough for him to hone his puppetry skills to the perfect Tier 2.

However, because he was fully focused on breaking through to the second stage of body refinement, he didn't have much energy for other aspects and there was no progress for the time being.

That is why his hard work in making talismans for decades in his previous life, as well as the vast wealth he accumulated by exploiting the Sishui Chamber of Commerce, has been completely depleted.

After leaving Sishui Tower again, Li Ji'an restored his aura to the late Foundation Establishment stage and headed straight for the Immortal City Escort Agency.

Li Ji'an guessed that apart from the three states of Feihong Immortal City being peaceful, the chaos in the other states of the Wanshang Domain was likely intentional on the part of the Merchant Alliance, since the escort businesses in each immortal city relied on this to prosper.

He decided to travel to Bailuzhou, where the Liehu Merchant Guild was located, to try and trade for the Azure Blood Pill for Guagua.

Although he might not encounter trouble if he released his mid-stage True Core divine sense while traveling between immortal cities, it was unnecessary.

Anyway, the reputation of the escort agencies here is guaranteed, and the cost is only a few hundred spirit stones.

Before long, Li Ji'an arrived at Tai'an Escort Agency, an enterprise under the Jiuding Chamber of Commerce, which was spread throughout various states. Although the price was a bit higher than that of ordinary escort agencies, it was safer. Almost no one in the region targeted it, and even thieves and bandits who robbed cultivators had to give it some face.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, please wait a moment. We will depart immediately once the number of people is full." After confirming the destination and paying the spirit stones, Li Ji'an was led to a side room to rest. He was using the alias Liu Qingyun, his senior brother from his third life.

Li Ji'an had no expectations for the escort agency's maid's statement that they would "depart immediately." He simply sat quietly to rest, listening to the conversations of his fellow travelers.

"I wonder which chamber of commerce will emerge as a dark horse at this year's Flying Goose Forum?"

"Fellow Daoist Chen, you've placed a large bet on the Five Blessings Chamber of Commerce, do you have some inside information?"

"I never expected that the Surabaya Chamber of Commerce would win the next year's auction tour. Could it be that the Surabaya Chamber of Commerce is about to return to its peak?"

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With the once-a-decade Fei Hong Forum and its touring auction set to be held next year, almost all topics in the region are being discussed.

Various chambers of commerce had already started their betting and prediction contests, creating a lively atmosphere.

(End of this chapter)