Earth Fire Vein!

Sea Treasure Pavilion.

Although the storefront, which was about three zhang wide, wasn't large, it was still remarkably spacious compared to the cramped stalls in the middle.

"Commander Zhou Hao, don't underestimate this small shop of mine. I, Shen Nan, have been operating here for over ten years. There's no one in the entire market I don't know. Whether you want to sell or buy something, just give me your orders."

Shen Nan smiled and invited Zhou Hao, Iron Ox, and Iron Pillar into the shop, where the shop assistants immediately busied themselves serving tea and water.

As for the boy Xia Jie, he silently sat down on a chair to the side, his eyes following Zhou Hao the whole time.

Zhou Hao looked around and saw that although Shen Nan's shop was small, it sold a wide variety of goods, including all kinds of magical weapons and even some minerals and medicinal herbs.

Of course, just like the name of his shop, "Sea Treasure Pavilion," the minerals and medicinal materials he sells are mostly rare and precious materials unique to the sea, such as coral and pearls.

"I have a batch of magical treasures I want to sell. See if you can handle them." Zhou Hao took out a Storage Bracelet and handed it to Shen Nan.

"A batch?" Shen Nan's eyes lit up; he knew it must be a big deal.

In the past six months, Zhou Hao has hardly appeared in the Jade Dragon Army, but the story of his killing of Motai Xiao of the Black Hand Tribe, and the leader of the Fire Worship Sect Cult has already spread like wildfire.

The reason why the Jade Dragon Army was able to so easily eradicate the power of the Fire Worship Sect Great Wild Branch Altar, forcing those remnants to flee into the depths of the East Sea, is said to be because Zhou Hao Vassal Token subject status of the Fire Worship Sect branch city to the city lord.

Speculation about Zhou Hao's strength has never ceased within the military.

Some say Zhou Hao has already entered the Myriad Phenomena and become a True Person, while others say Zhou Hao is still at the Purple Mansion, but is just too monstrous, able to kill Myriad Phenomena True Person is beyond his level... In short, there are many different opinions.

However, it is generally acknowledged that in the entire Jade Dragon City, apart from the city lord "True Person Muxuan", even the two deputy generals at the peak of the Purple Mansion are no match for Zhou Hao's command.

Such a person, how could he be stingy?

"This, this..." Even though Shen Nan was prepared after refining the Storage Bracelet, his eyes still widened when he suddenly saw the various magical treasures and divine weapons piled up like small mountains in the storage space. It took him a long time to come back to his senses.

Zhou Hao is in charge of him; could he have stolen the Jade Dragon Army's armory?

"How are you? Can you eat it?" Zhou Hao asked with a smile.

He had also estimated the value of the magic item inside the Storage Bracelet; if he sold it, it would be worth about thirteen or fourteen catties of Origin Liquid, enough to buy an ordinary Earth-Grade Dharma Treasure.

While thirteen or fourteen catties of Origin Liquid might not seem like much to Zhou Hao now, it's an astronomical sum for Xiantian Lifeform like Shen Nan.

Sure enough, Shen Nan shook his head with a wry smile, "I can't eat."

"Then I'll trouble you to sell these magical treasures for me." Zhou Hao had anticipated this and smiled, "At least thirteen catties of Origin Liquid, or exchange them for a top-grade human-rank flying magical treasure. The rest can be exchanged for some Qi cultivation and body tempering techniques, including sword and saber manuals suitable for clan inheritance and practice."

Shen Nan was a local bigwig in the East City Market, so entrusting this matter to him was much more convenient than wandering around aimlessly on my own. In addition, Shen Nan would also gain some benefits from selling these magical treasures, making it a mutually beneficial arrangement.

"A top-grade human-level flying magic weapon?" Shen Nan looked at Zhou Hao.

"That's right." Zhou Hao nodded.

He was about to head to the Upper Sect. According to the location information in the trial token, the Upper Sect was located in the deepest part of the East Sea, and there were several powerful demon forces along the way. Zhou Hao naturally had to make preparations before leaving.

Now I possess all the supernatural powers and secret techniques, and I have no shortage of weapons and magical treasures. If I were to acquire a better flying magical treasure, and combine it with the <Free and Easy Wandering> escape technique, if I encountered danger on the road, I could first use Minor Teleportation Dao Talisman to instantly travel tens of thousands of miles, and then fly away to escape. Even if I were to encounter a being like a Nascent Soul Great Demon, it would be enough for me to escape.

"If Commander Zhou Hao wants the Origin Liquid, I really can't help you," Shen Nan said with a smile. "I happen to have a top-grade human-rank flying magic weapon."

"You have one?" Zhou Hao looked at Shen Nan in surprise, never expecting that a Xiantian Lifeform would possess such a magical treasure.

It should be noted that a top-tier human-grade item is equivalent in value to an Earth-Grade Dharma Treasure.

Shen Nan flipped his hand and took out a palm-sized flying boat magic weapon shaped like a goldfish. The surface of the boat was covered with dense, fine patterns, just like goldfish scales.

"Speaking of which, I actually got this ' Golden-Scaled Boat ' when I first set up a stall in this market," Shen Nan sighed. "Back then, I was lucky enough to find a piece of strange wood in the sea. Since I didn't know anything about it, I put it on my stall to sell, but I didn't put a price tag on it, just to see if anyone would ask about it. As a result, no one inquired about it for months, and I gradually forgot about it."

"Who would have thought that one day, just as I was packing up my stall, an old man suddenly appeared and asked me how much the wood was for. I was in a hurry to get back to the military camp, and seeing that he was wearing a patched robe and looked shabby, I casually said, 'Ten catties of Origin Liquid.'"

"I had hoped to discourage the old man, but to my surprise, he nodded and said, 'It's not expensive. However, I, Kong Fang, have always only accepted Origin Liquid from others and have never given Origin Liquid to others. This little thing is definitely worth ten catties of Origin Liquid. I'll take the wood.'"

Kong Fang?

Zhou Hao was taken aback.

He recalled the inscription he saw on the stone tablet when he obtained the Dragon-Suppressing Stake; it was left by a Primordial Spirit Daoist who called himself "Kong Fang."

Could it be him again?

Iron Pillar, who was standing to the side, was clearly listening to a story and couldn't wait to ask, "And then what happened?"

"And then? Before I could even react, the old man vanished. My piece of wood disappeared with him, but where it had been, a magical artifact appeared—this ' Golden-Scaled Boat ' in my hand." Shen Nan said with a wry smile, "I immediately realized I had encountered a senior expert among cultivators. Although I regretted not seizing the opportunity for immortality, I was still incredibly excited to have obtained a magical artifact worth ten catties of Origin Liquid for free."

"But after I gained more experience, I realized that the piece of wood I had been lucky enough to obtain was actually a piece of ' Azure Sea-Sinking Wood,' a precious spiritual material that was extremely useful in refining Heaven-rank magic treasures. If I had sold it, I could have exchanged it for an equivalent weight of Origin Liquid. My piece of ' Azure Sea-Sinking Wood ' weighed over a hundred pounds, but I only exchanged it for a Human-Rank Magical Treasure worth ten pounds of Origin Liquid. What a huge loss!"

After hearing what Shen Nan said, Zhou Hao became even more certain that the old man must be Daoist Kong Fang.

"Trading a magic weapon worth ten catties of Origin Liquid for refining materials worth a hundred catties of Origin Liquid is truly a profitable deal," Zhou Hao thought to himself.

However, since Shen Nan himself didn't recognize the value of the item and asked for too little, he can't really blame anyone else.

"Because I suffered a loss once, I've kept this magic weapon. I originally planned to use it after I broke through to the Purple Mansion. But since Commander Zhou Hao needs it, I'll give you ten catties of Origin Liquid instead." Shen Nan said, handing the Golden Fish Flying Boat magic weapon to Zhou Hao.

Previously, Master Jingzhi used the ' Dragon-Suppressing Stake ' to easily kill another Myriad Phenomena True Person, ' Tong You '.

This Golden-Scaled Boat was also suspected to be made by the Daoist Kong Fang, so Zhou Hao naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity and immediately exchanged it with Shen Nan.

As for the remaining cultivation manuals, Shen Nan didn't have any, so Zhou Hao asked him to take Iron Ox to other familiar shops to look around. Iron Pillar, who hadn't had enough of the stories, also went along.

Only Xia Jie remained in the store to keep Zhou Hao.

As soon as Zhou Hao finished refining the Golden-Scaled Boat, the message left by the creator of the magic weapon immediately appeared in his mind.

The ' Golden-Scaled Boat ' is a top-grade flying magic weapon of the human level, modeled after the ancient immortal-level magic weapon ' Supreme Unity Azure Scale Boat '.

When flying, it can transform into a golden-scaled fish, soaring into the sky and diving into the ground. Not only is its flight speed incredibly fast, but it can also change direction easily like a fish while flying at high speed, making it extremely agile. In terms of flight speed alone, it is no less than many earth-rank flying magic treasures.

Once it enters the ground, it becomes even faster and more agile, comparable to a high-grade earth-level flying magic weapon.

"This magic weapon can even burrow underground?" Zhou Hao was even more satisfied upon seeing this.

For ordinary cultivators, without special secret techniques or supernatural abilities, it's considered good if their speed underground can reach one-tenth or one-twelfth of their normal speed.

With this flying magic weapon, the journey to the Upper Sect will undoubtedly be much safer.

"If the Golden-Scaled Boat was also crafted by that True Person Kongfang, then I am truly destined to meet him, having encountered two of his magical treasures in succession."

"Moreover, this person is quite interesting; the magical artifacts he crafts are all imitations of famous artifacts from ancient times."

"Like knockoffs? A professional counterfeiter?"

Zhou Hao's mind raced with thoughts, and he found himself somewhat eager to meet that intriguing Daoist Kong Fang.

Even if the other party asks for the Dragon-Suppressing Stake.

I can just borrow it for now, and return it once I reach the Nascent Soul stage and can use Heavenly-Rank magic treasures.

Zhou Hao was pondering over the Daoist Kong Fang, whom he had never met before, while Xia Jie sat beside him, quietly seemingly lost in thought.

Seeing this, Zhou Hao sighed inwardly.

When he first met Xia Jie, he was puzzled. How could Xia Jie have advanced from the Post-Heaven to the Xiantian Lifeform in just half a year?

Upon inquiry, it was learned that Xia Jie was practicing a quick-learning method for the <Blood Demon Indestructible Body>.

The Blood Demon Banner that Motai Xiao had previously forged was created based on this God-Devil Body Refining technique. At the time, it even made Master Jingzhi sigh repeatedly, never expecting that Xia Jie would be so ruthless to himself, enduring such torment comparable to purgatory. How much resentment must he have in his heart to do that?

"Xia Jie, why did the Shang Clan suddenly attack your Xia Clan back then?" Zhou Hao asked curiously. "Weren't your two families always evenly matched?"

As far as he knew, the Shang Clan and Xia Clan of Twin Horse Island had each occupied an adjacent island for hundreds of years, living in peace and even maintaining close ties with each other.

Although the current patriarch of the Shang Clan, Shang Youde, is a hypocrite with a sanctimonious facade, he wouldn't easily attack the Xia Clan, who are of similar strength to them, without good reason.

But not only did he do it, he also successfully wiped out the entire Xia Clan.

If the Xia Clan were truly so weak, they should have been wiped out long ago. Why have they survived until today?

Xia Jie hesitated for a moment, then said, "It should be for a Earth Fire Vein."

"Earth Fire Vein!" Zhou Hao's eyes immediately burned with fervor.

He wanted to enhance his secret technique, the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light, and was about to absorb the five elements' malevolent energy to nurture it in his Purple Mansion.

Now that it has absorbed the water element's cold energy, if it were to nurture Earth Fire, the power of its secret technique would more than double.

Seeing that Zhou Hao was interested, Xia Jie quickly said, "Commander Zhou Hao, you saved my life. If you want that Earth Fire Vein, I'm willing to take you there."

After cultivating the Blood Demon Indestructible Body, his physique became more yin and cold, and he was destined to be unable to absorb and nurture Earth Fire in the future. Rather than keeping this secret to benefit the Shang Clan, it would be better to give it to Zhou Hao.

"Alright." Zhou Hao nodded. "I won't take yours for nothing. Once you're strong enough, I'll help you nurture the Cold Fiend."

He was thinking of the ' Mystic Yin Cold Sha Vein ' beneath the Red Dust Immortal Mansion.

After he collected the Cold Fiend Vein, it still contained enough Cold Fiend energy to harvest seeds two or three more times.

That's enough to exchange for Xia Jie's Earth Fire!

Sorry I got back late, I just finished writing this.

Here's wishing all my friends a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!