Return to Chu Kingdom

"We understand."

Everyone quickly stood up and respectfully saw off True Lord Haoran as he departed.

This concludes the True Lord's sermon. Before leaving, True Person Qingling and said to Chen Nianzhi, "Fellow Daoist, your talent is extraordinary, to the point that you have received praise from your master. It seems you truly have a bright future ahead of you."

"Not at all, it's just that the True Lord is too kind."

Chen Nianzhi spoke politely, then changed the subject, saying, "Fellow Daoist Qingling, since the lecture has ended, we won't stay any longer."

"Very well, we'll meet again someday."

After bidding farewell to True Person Qingling, the five of them boarded the Azure Sun Treasure Ark and flew towards the Ji Continent.

Along the way, they temporarily settled Hermit Qingci and his wife on Six Star Island. With them on Six Star Island and Heavenly Ruins Island, where Xu Ganyang was stationed, their safety in the Yan Kingdom would be greatly improved.

After dealing with the two matters, Chen Nianzhi and Jiang Linglong continued their journey back to the Chu Kingdom, returning to Spirit Isle Lake.

After returning to Spirit Isle Lake, Jiang Linglong made a special trip to the Purple Abyss Sect to deliver the remaining Creation Voidreturn Pill.

After doing all this, the two finally managed to take a break from their busy schedule.

Chen Nianzhi breathed a sigh of relief and then discussed with Jiang Linglong, "I want to use this Creation Jade to first strengthen my Old Granduncle's foundation."

"As for the Returning-Cloud Creation Pill you used to break through to the late Golden Core stage, I plan to wait until the Exchange Fair opens in a while before purchasing it."

"I still have several decades to go before I break through to the late Golden Core stage, so there's no rush."

Jiang Linglong nodded. Refining the Returning-Cloud Creation Pill requires Creation Jade and two Returning-Cloud Flower. The cost of one batch is as high as 15 million Spirit Stone. With their Alchemy Art, they can only refine two pills at most at a time.

This is a losing proposition. Now that her Alchemy Art have broken through, she no longer needs this item to improve Alchemy Art. It would be better to buy it directly at the Exchange Fair.

"We'll need to buy quite a lot of things at the next Exchange Fair."

Chen Nianzhi smiled and said that the next Exchange Fair would be more than ten years away, and at that time they would need to purchase some Heart of Heaven Grass to refine the Earth Lion Demon King's inner core into Golden-Core Formation Pill.

In addition, they also wanted to see if they could buy Void Crystal, and now they added the Returning-Cloud Creation Pill to their list.

Having determined the purpose of this Creation Jade, Chen Nianzhi left Spirit Isle Lake directly.

He moved extremely fast, using the Teleportation Array to reach Azure Sun Mountain first, saving himself a lot of trouble, and arrived at the Firmament Sword Sect on the third day.

The current leader of the Firmament Sword Sect is Qian True Person Qian True Person, who is already 650 years old, but his cultivation is stuck at the Fifth Golden Core Layer. It is likely that he will not be able to reach the Golden Core Grand Completion stage before his lifespan ends.

Upon seeing Chen Nianzhi's arrival, Qian True Person hurriedly escorted him to the Guest-Welcoming Peak, saying with great courtesy, "I am deeply sorry for failing to greet you properly today, esteemed guest."

"True Person must you be so rude to me, Mr. Chen?"

Chen Nianzhi's eyes flickered, and she said in a deliberately serious tone.

Qian True Person laughed heartily. The two had been acquaintances for many years, so there was no need to be too reserved.

He personally poured Chen Nianzhi a cup of tea before asking, "Fellow Daoist is a rare guest. I'm afraid your visit to my Firmament Mountain today is not to see me."

"To be honest, I have something to discuss with you today."

"Oh?" Qian True Person paused, waiting for Chen Nianzhi to continue.

Chen Nianzhi nodded and then said, "I came here for two reasons, firstly, for the Metal-Origin Pearl in your Tier 4 Golden-Origin Earth Vein."

"Secondly, I wish to borrow your Sword-Washing Pool."

Qian True Person's eyes flickered slightly, and he roughly understood Chen Nianzhi's purpose.

He hesitated for a moment before speaking, "We still have one Metal-Origin Pearl in stock, but the spiritual liquid from the Sword-Washing Pool in the Metal Vein is scarce, so we generally don't sell them to outsiders."

"I'm willing to exchange the Metal-Origin Pearl for an Earth Origin Pearl, and I'll also give you an additional 50,000 Spirit Stone."

"As for the spirit liquid in the Sword-Washing Pool..."

Chen Nianzhi paused, picked up her teacup, pondered for a moment, and then said, "How about I refine the Heavenly Separation Twin Swords in exchange for two Tier 4 Spirit Apricot?"

"Life-Extending Spirit Apricot?"

Qian True Person's eyes widened, and seeing Chen Nianzhi nod, he revealed a look of surprise and delight.

The Tier 4 Life-Extending Spirit Apricot is of extraordinary value, an extremely important treasure even for Golden Core realm cultivators. He is already 650 years old, and his hope of Nascent Soul through to the Nascent Soul stage is slim. Now it's time to make some preparations for the future.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "The Geng-Metal Spirit Liquid in my Firmament Mountain Sword-Washing Pool has extraordinary uses. If you use this pool to cleanse the Heavenly Separation Twin Swords, it will surely increase the power of these immortal swords by another 30%."

I hope so.

Seeing that he had agreed, Chen Nianzhi smiled and completed the transaction.

Instead of refining the immortal sword, he took the Metal-Origin Pearl back to Peaceful Sun City. As soon as he entered Peaceful Sun City, he saw Chen Qinghao walking out with a dejected expression.

His eyes flickered slightly, and he still asked, "Uncle Qing Hao, what happened?"

"You're back."

Chen Qinghao sighed, seemingly unwilling to say more, and left after a brief greeting.

Watching his departing figure, Chen Nianzhi's eyes furrowed slightly, but she still stepped into the Peaceful Sun Main Hall.

Inside the main hall, the Old Clan Leader, seeing him return, as usual began to brew him tea, and then said, "You just got back and went out again, without even taking a breather."

"It's not far to the left or right, it won't cause any trouble."

As Chen Nianzhi spoke, she recounted her experiences over the past few years to the Old Clan Leader.

After saying that, he smiled slightly and took out the Fire-Origin Pearl, the Metal-Origin Pearl, and the Creation Jade.

Handing the three treasures to the Old Clan Leader, Chen Nianzhi said, "I went to the Firmament Sword Sect for this Metal-Origin Pearl."

"This..."

Looking at the three treasures before him, the Old Clan Leader revealed a look of delight.

He stroked the three treasures with great affection, and said with some excitement, "With these three treasures, I can make up for my foundation and forge Middle-grade Golden Core. In the future, I might even have a chance to break Nascent Soul to the Nascent Soul stage."

"Hahaha." Chen Nianzhi laughed and said, "Old Granduncle, cultivate diligently, and you will surely become Nascent Soul True Lord in the future, dominating the Eastern Wilderness."

Chen Changxuan put away the three treasures, grasped his hand tightly, and nodded seriously.

"You've supported me so much over the years, I will definitely not let your efforts go to waste."

"Between you and me, we support each other; there's no need to be so calculating."

Chen Nianzhi smiled, then thought of Chen Qinghao from earlier, and pondered for a moment before asking, "I noticed Uncle Qing Hao looked down earlier, did something happen?"

"Qing Hao... sigh!"

The Old Clan Leader sighed, shook his head, and said, "Your Nian Dao, failed to achieve Self-Foundation Establishment not long ago and passed away."

"Nian Dao?"

Chen Nianzhi's pupils contracted slightly, and her heart sank slightly.