After the meeting ended, Zhou Ling and the others returned to their respective residences.
Those Nascent Soul cultivators also came over one after another to thank him.
These Nascent Soul cultivators, who normally stood high above all others, showed Zhou Ling the utmost respect. They addressed him as brother, chatted and laughed, and were exceptionally cordial.
What pleased Zhou Ling even more was that quite a few of these Nascent Soul cultivators had brought Demon Cores and were willing to sell them to him at half the market price.
Zhou Ling could only feel helpless about this. Fourth Order Demon Cores were good things.
The reason these Nascent Soul cultivators were willing to sell them was to express their gratitude and forge good relations with Zhou Ling.
Generally speaking, no one would be willing to sell a Fourth Order Demon Core.
Every single one was immensely valuable.
Zhou Ling already had two Fourth Order Demon Cores in hand—the Silver Patterned Flood Dragon's and the Thunder Flood Dragon's—and that was enough for now.
Thus, Zhou Ling did not make any exchanges. The items were good, but they all required military merits.
And he had uses for those military merits, so he could not squander them lightly.
After all, a Beast Tide on such a massive scale only occurred once every several decades.
Of course, Zhou Ling did not let the opportunity go to waste. He also promoted his own Workshop to everyone.
With his status as a Fourth-Tier Artifact Refiner and Steward of the Heavenly Crafts Division, coupled with the glory of this great victory, the other Nascent Soul cultivators naturally wished to work with him as well.
Thus, matters progressed very smoothly.
Of course, the specific details of any collaboration would have to wait until the Beast Tide had completely