Inner Cores

Back then, Tianyu witnessed the great battle in which Pangu destroyed the Seven Fiends of the Demon Realm. The Seven Fiends of the Demon Realm were the Seven Demon Emperors. With their terrifying strength, the Seven Fiends of the Demon Realm could be said to have dominated the Cultivation World, and no force dared to provoke them.

Tragically, they were eventually chased by Pangu across the celestial chasm to the Mortal World, but Pangu still caught up with them. Moreover, Pangu had already mastered the Six Revolutions Profound Body, making him invincible to the Seven Demon Emperors. As a result, Pangu pitifully killed some and killed others, while others fled. The divine artifacts they used were also scattered in various places.

Some divine artifacts, such as the Splitting Hail Axe, had their divine essence broken and were downgraded to immortal artifacts. The Heavy Profound Chisel was even shattered by Pangu, and the whereabouts of other divine artifacts are unknown.

Zhang Xingfeng's skills, if he were in the Cultivation World, would attract the covetous eyes of powerful figures, even some immortals, even if he obtained a good immortal artifact. This is because, like cultivators, immortals find it extremely difficult to forge immortal artifacts, especially good ones. Therefore, the struggle for immortal artifacts among immortals is a frequent occurrence.

Zhang Xingfeng's current Purple Blade is a top-tier immortal artifact. However, a divine artifact is extremely rare and hard to come by, and it is perfectly normal for immortals to fight each other for divine artifacts.

Could there be anything more exciting than this artifact being auctioned off?

"The starting price is one million taels of silver!" Old Mr. Wang announced loudly.

Five million taels!

The people below were shocked. Such a sudden and large increase was indeed unusual. Usually, people would only bid slightly higher on their first bid. It seemed that the opponent was determined to get this armor.

"Ten million taels!"

"Ah!" "Oh!" A chorus of exclamations erupted from below. They finally understood what real wealth was. They had a feeling that today's offer would be something they would remember for the rest of their lives.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xingfeng narrowed his eyes slightly and suddenly shouted coldly, "Twenty million taels!"

The people below were in an uproar.

"My God! These people..." a fat man stammered, his face flushed. "Oh..." a lady, her face also flushed, listened to the price quote as if she were floating on clouds.

"Gentlemen, my name is Yuwen Meng. I am acting on orders from my elders and hope you will grant me this favor! Thirty million taels!" Yuwen Meng's voice resounded throughout the hall.

"Even if that old devil Yuwen came, he wouldn't dare speak to the Holy Lord like that. Hmph! Forty million taels!" A cold voice came from a VIP room next door, and Zhang Xingfeng smiled slightly.

"My name is Zhang Xingfeng, and I have some connection with the Yuwen Family! Hehe!" Zhang Xingfeng's laughter sent shivers down the spines of the wealthy men below. They all remembered the great battle Zhang Xingfeng had fought at the Yuwen Family years ago. Almost the entire capital knew about it that day, because the commotion was so great that the Yuwen Family found it difficult to keep quiet!

The VIP room in the Yuwen Family's residence fell silent.

"Oh, so it's Marquis Zhang. May I give it to His Holy Lord? I've met Marquis Zhang once before."

Zhang Xingfeng smiled faintly. He could tell from the voice that this old fellow was the Mr. Zuo from back then, and he believed that the one next to him was some kind of Holy Lord. Zhang Xingfeng clearly sensed that Mr. Zuo's power had reached the mid-stage of the Avatar, which was the same level as that old Mu Luo from the Esoteric Sect.

"I, Zhang Xingfeng, am determined to have this armor. Anyone who bids higher will be my Zhang Xingfeng! My final price is 40.01 million!" Zhang Xingfeng's voice was icy cold. He only added 10,000 taels!

The entire hall fell silent.

The people below dared not make a sound, knowing that the person speaking above could bankrupt them with a mere flick of a finger.

"We give up!" This was the voice coming from the window of the Yuwen Family.

Zhang Xingfeng gave a cold laugh and said, "What about the Holy Lord?"

The Holy Lord in the VIP room knew about this treasure. He remembered the seven divine artifacts recorded in the secret text, and this artifact was the most powerful one of them!

"Alas, this divine artifact cannot be used now. Only those who have reached the level of Heavenly Immortal or Celestial Demon can use it. I have only reached the mid-stage of the Avatar, and I only have one Law Artifact. It is impossible for me to deal with Zhang Xingfeng!" The Holy Lord was a little disappointed. He knew very well that the Esoteric Sect Mu Luo, whose power was similar to his, was easily defeated by Zhang Xingfeng and almost lost his life!

The Holy Lord clearly sensed Zhang Xingfeng's chilling killing intent. Holy Lord believed that if he persisted, Zhang Xingfeng would surely kill him!

"Marquis Zhang and my brother Kuanglong have a very good relationship. How could I, as the elder brother, compete with Marquis Zhang? Since Marquis Zhang is so insistent, how could I stop him? Let's give up!" The Holy Lord's voice was so friendly, as if Zhang Xingfeng was really a good friend of his.

Zhang Xingfeng smiled slightly; that's what being assertive is all about.

"Alright, I now announce that this armor has been acquired by Marquis Zhang for 40.01 million taels." Old Wang's voice trembled slightly. Transactions exceeding 10 million taels were rare in history, and this one had reached 40 million.

"Marquis Zhang only added ten thousand, that's really..." Old Mr. Wang sighed inwardly. Ten thousand was the minimum increase. Zhang Xingfeng's actions were clearly a show of force against the other two companies.

Zhang Xingfeng smiled slightly and walked slowly to the high platform as if stepping on empty air. With a wave of his right hand, the Heavy Profound Battle Robe in the Heavy Profound Chisel was put into the sky by Zhang Xingfeng.

"Don't be surprised, I've already taken it. Here are the silver notes!" Zhang Xingfeng handed a stack of silver notes to Old Mr. Wang, then turned and flew into the VIP room without saying a word.

Many of the wealthy people below looked at Zhang Xingfeng with admiration. Such dominance and arrogance were exactly what they, as tycoons, aspired to. But how many people in history have been so assertive, so disdainful of the Aristocratic Clan?

"Senior brother, the way you flew just now was really cool!" Xiao Lin seemed a little excited. Just now, Zhang Xingfeng handed over the silver notes, turned around gracefully, and flew to the VIP room like a god. It was indeed captivating.

Zhang Xingfeng looked at the stack of silver notes in Xiao Lin's hand and asked in surprise, "Hmm... Junior Brother, where did you get this stack of silver notes from!" Zhang Xingfeng's eyesight allowed him to immediately recognize that the first note was a large denomination of one million taels.

Hong Xiao continued, "Hehe, senior brother, didn't we say that we came here to auction off goods? I even said I couldn't guess what they were, but now you know!"

In an instant, Zhang Xingfeng realized that there were only three items worth over a million. The first one was obtained from Hong Xiao Auction, and even if it were Xiao Lin and his group, they couldn't possibly get the silver notes for the third one so quickly. The result was obvious!

"Oh... that huge tiger skin was brought by you?" Zhang Xingfeng was genuinely surprised. Although he had already guessed it, he was still quite astonished. When the tiger skin first appeared, Zhang Xingfeng was truly shocked, thinking it was some kind of Demon Beast from the Cultivation World!

Xiao Lin laughed and said, "Hehe, senior brother, I got this tiger skin from the Primordial Era world. Back then, I ransacked the imperial treasury!"

Zhang Xingfeng suddenly remembered that Xiao Lin had told him that there were countless Demon Beasts in the Primordial Era. At that time, Zhang Xingfeng wanted to go there, but a series of events later made Zhang Xingfeng forget about it.

"Haha... There are so many Demon Beast there. If I just kill Demon Beast and get some pelts, and I can also..." A glint of light flashed in Zhang Xingfeng's eyes. He had always been troubled by the speed at which he refined elixirs, and the speed at which he collected the five elements of spiritual energy was frighteningly slow. But Zhang Xingfeng now had a solution.

"You two... come with me to the Star Peak Manor to rest for a while," Zhang Xingfeng said, leading the two back to the Star Peak Manor.

Three days later, Zhang Xingfeng confessed everything and immediately flew to the far west on his sword!

An endless desert appeared before Zhang Xingfeng's eyes. Zhang Xingfeng sighed, no wonder no one had come here for thousands of years, the desert was really too big.

"Hurricane!" Zhang Xingfeng looked at the hurricane that stretched from the sky to the ground in the distance and was amazed. The power of nature was truly great. He clearly felt that in this hurricane, unless one reached the Avatar stage and could not be blown away by the hurricane, and to control a sword and not be blown away, one's power would probably have to reach at least the Body Integration Realm.

No wonder no peerless masters have gone there over the years. Xiao Lin was much luckier back then. He traveled for more than a year before being blown to Yuan Mongolia by a tornado.

"I'm really not that stupid to fight you!" Zhang Xingfeng smiled slightly, his figure suddenly disappeared, and he appeared directly behind the hurricane.

Looking at the hurricane behind him, Zhang Xingfeng smiled and continued flying westward. Teleportation is always so effective!

"Ah, finally some green! This desert is truly vast! It took me almost a whole day to get here at my sword-riding speed! The length of this desert is probably three times the length of the Ming Dynasty!" Zhang Xingfeng had calculated, based on his own speed, that the desert was estimated to be 50,000 li (approximately 25,000 kilometers). It really is long!

Looking at the boundless green before him, Zhang Xingfeng felt a surge of joy. The Primordial Era, this legendary place, had finally appeared before him. Invincibility was something Zhang Xingfeng liked, but it also brought loneliness. Zhang Xingfeng had always suffered from loneliness, and now the Demon Beast in the Primordial Era were Zhang Xingfeng best opponents. Looking at the boundless Primordial Era, Zhang Xingfeng actually felt his Chaos Power surging.

"Haha... Primordial Era... Here I come!" Zhang Xingfeng, riding the Purple Blade, charged eastward at an even faster speed.

"Hmm... Xiao Lin's country... Oh... Right, he said that's just a small part of the edge of the Primordial Era. The Primordial Era is so vast, it'll probably be very difficult to find!" Zhang Xingfeng muttered to himself.

"These beasts are truly captivating! They're clearly far stronger than the ones from the Ming Dynasty. That bear is a full four meters tall! It must be the Iron Head Black Bear, the idol of the Black Bear Iron Head, haha... Such a huge wolf is truly rare. If we sold its pelt, it would probably fetch a good amount of silver!" In Zhang Xingfeng's eyes, each of the enormous wild beasts below had transformed into a source of wealth.

"There really are a lot of medicinal herbs down there, and many heavenly materials and earthly treasures... Lingzhi... Huangshan... and such a huge ginseng... It's truly paradise!" Zhang Xingfeng exclaimed, but he didn't stop. None of the beasts here had reached the Golden Core Stage, so Zhang Xingfeng really didn't care about these wild animals.

Zhang Xingfeng continued flying. After flying for a while, Zhang Xingfeng suddenly felt a resistance. Zhang Xingfeng clearly felt waves of pressure, which reached the level of Golden Core Stage expert.

"Welcome to the Primordial Era. I am Pangu. To prevent Demon Beast from harming humanity, I divided the Primordial Era into large regions. The outermost region, the First Region, contains the most common ferocious beasts. The Second Region contains demonic Demon Beast with the strength of Golden Core Stage and Nascent Soul Realm cultivators. The Third Region contains Demon Beast with the strength of Out-of -Soul Departure Stage Avatar and Avatar cultivators. The Fourth Region contains Demon Beast with the strength of the Body Integration Realm and Tribulation Transcending stages. And in the innermost and most Demon Beast region, the Fifth Region, there resides a black dragon with the strength of Heavenly Immortal. Without sufficient strength, one cannot enter! Be careful!"

The sound suddenly disappeared and never rang again. Zhang Xingfeng knew that this was a restriction left behind by Pangu; he would be informed as soon as he entered the second area. This kind of restriction was the most common.

Zhang Xingfeng instantly understood why the beasts he had just seen were so weak. However, Zhang Xingfeng did not know that every year, a gap would appear in the barrier of each region, allowing the beast from the previous region to enter the next. This lucky Demon Beast would become invincible in the lower-level region.

However, such Demon Beast might only appear once every few years, because the gap only appears for a minute and is not visible! In fact, this gap was left intentionally by Pangu.

Suddenly, Zhang Xingfeng felt waves of pressure, as if the air had solidified, making him feel truly oppressed.

Zhang Xingfeng down, and suddenly his face lit up with joy. "Oh... there really are a lot, um... there are probably several thousand... several thousand Silver Wolf from Golden Core Stage force, that's really not bad!"

At this moment, the boundless Silver Wolf were staring at Zhang Xingfeng. Although they were not particularly strong, they were the dominant force in the second region due to their sheer numbers.

"Okay, let's play around first!" Zhang Xingfeng smiled as he looked at the pack of Silver Wolf. Faced with so many Silver Wolves, Zhang Xingfeng didn't want to use any big moves.

Lightning!

Afterimage!

Silver Wolf was fast, so fast that people could only see his shadow, but Zhang Xingfeng was even faster. In Silver Wolf's eyes, Zhang Xingfeng's speed was just an afterimage.

The Silver Wolf's claws could easily pierce through gold and split rocks, but they posed no threat to Zhang Xingfeng whatsoever.

Beautiful blood embroidered into beautiful flowers, Zhang Xingfeng's Purple Blade weaving through them like an embroidery needle. And so, one beautiful flower after another bloomed.

The Silver Wolf began to feel fear. The silver Silver Wolf, who had dominated the entire second area with their numbers, were finally scared. Their speed, which they were so proud of, was nothing but child's play in Zhang Xingfeng's eyes. How could they fight like this? At this moment, the Silver Wolf could not break through Zhang Xingfeng's defenses. There was no hope at all in this battle.

"Whoosh!" Like a gust of wind, the Silver Wolf disappeared. In just a few seconds, the Silver Wolf vanished from Zhang Xingfeng's sight.

Zhang Xingfeng smiled slightly, "Sigh... quantity can't replace quality! Hmm... these inner cores are what I want most!" Zhang Xingfeng conjured up strands of silk with his hands, which pierced through the corpses of the Silver Wolf, and the inner cores of the Silver Wolf flew towards Zhang Xingfeng.

What would it be like if hundreds or thousands of inner cores flew in at the same time? How would you deal with it?

Zhang Xingfeng watched as so many inner cores flew towards him. To deal with them, Zhang Xingfeng simply waved his hand, and the inner cores completely disappeared.

These inner cores can be refined into top-grade spiritual pills, allowing Innate Master to easily reach the Golden Core Stage. Moreover, the inner cores can also be diluted and refined into a large number of ordinary spiritual pills, eliminating the need for Zhang Xingfeng to painstakingly collect the Five Phases Spiritual Qi!

"Things will be easier now! Refining elixirs will be easier!" Zhang Xingfeng breathed a sigh of relief, then suddenly Zhang Xingfeng: "Hehe... Li Tianxiang, you can never compare to me!"

"These wolf pelts can fetch a good price; money is saved little by little!" Zhang Xingfeng smiled as he put all the wolf pelts into Tianyu.

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