Open Shops Throughout Ji Continent

"You contributed the most to this battle, so this treasure is rightfully yours."

Looking at the Star Fragment, Sect Leader Qian said with some reluctance, "Putting aside the Star Fragment, all the treasures in the entire Demon Ape Mountain combined don't even amount to more than ten million Spirit Stone."

These Star Fragment alone would cost at least sixty Heavenly Crystal to buy; it would be a lie to say he wasn't tempted by such a precious treasure.

However, the Heavenly Ruins Alliance contributed the most to this battle, and the Azuregreen Immortal Sect did not want the treasures because of Chen Nianzhi's favor. So, the Firmament Sword Sect was naturally not qualified to compete for them.

However, being able to obtain a large amount of treasures from Demon Ape Mountain was enough to satisfy Sect Leader Qian. After using these resources for compensation and rewards, it would still be enough for the Firmament Sword Sect to make a fortune.

"Thank you very much."

Chen Nianzhi smiled and said, then looked at the shattered Demon Spring.

The group exchanged glances, and Chen Changxuan spoke up, "As long as the Dao Marker left by the Demon God cannot be erased, the Demon Spring will be difficult to completely eradicate, and it seems that the Spirit Vein of Demon Ape Mountain cannot be restored."

"Let's leave it for now. We can consider erasing this Dao Marker when the Chu Kingdom produces Nascent Soul True Lord in the future."

Taiwu True Person also said that the Demon God Dao Marker is difficult to completely erase. Although the Spirit Vein of Demon Ape Mountain have been destroyed, demonic energy still remains, making it difficult for cultivators to practice for at least a long time. Therefore, they have no choice but to give up.

After leaving the battlefield to the Firmament Sword Sect for cleanup, Chen Nianzhi led the Heavenly Ruins Alliance back to the Chu Kingdom.

After returning to the Chu Kingdom, Chen Nianzhi took out supplies worth five million Spirit Stone as compensation and rewards for the various forces of the Heavenly Ruins Alliance, and then returned to Spirit Isle Lake with Jiang Linglong.

Upon arriving at Spirit Isle Lake, Chen Nianzhi excitedly exclaimed, "With the Star Fragment, your Heavenly Ruins Immortal-Slaying Sword can be upgraded. At that time, your strength will probably be no weaker than Nascent Soul Cultivator!"

"The Demon-Refining Immortal Sword."

Jiang Linglong also showed joy. A Demon Demon-Refining Immortal Sword of the Life-bound Spirit Treasure level is a top-tier treasure in the world.

Many Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators only possess one or two Demon Demon-Refining Supreme Treasure, because Demon-Refining Supreme Treasure require the sublimation materials of Tier 5 Heavenly Material and a large amount of the Five Elements Essence.

Moreover, it is not easy to deduce a Life-bound Spirit Treasure. It requires extremely high comprehension and a lot of time to continuously improve the Spirit Treasure Array Pattern.

In fact, even with Chen Nianzhi and Jiang Linglong's talent and comprehension, and even with precedents of deducing Life-bound Spirit Treasure, it would still take them sixty years to deduce a Life-bound Spirit Treasure.

Regardless, once the Heavenly Ruins Immortal-Slaying Sword is successfully upgraded, Jiang Linglong's strength will definitely increase greatly, and she can go anywhere in the world except for a very few forbidden areas.

With this thought in mind, Chen Nianzhi said, "Our Lineage has stored up the Five Elements Essence for nearly a hundred years, and we have been acquiring Five Elements Essence in recent years. It should be barely enough for you to advance to the Heavenly Ruins Immortal-Slaying Sword."

"If the Five Elements Essence is sufficient, then I can rest assured."

Jiang Linglong nodded. The Chen Clan had accumulated the Five Elements Essence for a hundred years. Through continuous acquisitions and their own accumulation, their stock of the Five Elements Essence elements was almost equivalent to the output of the Chu Kingdom for sixty years.

The sheer amount of Five Elements Essence was worth over ten million Spirit Stone, indeed enough for her to advance to the Heavenly Ruins Immortal-Slaying Sword.

Thinking of advancing to the Demon-Refining Immortal Sword, Chen Nianzhi wasted no more time and immediately ordered his Lineage to gather the Five Elements Essence worth tens of millions of Spirit Stone.

The Heavenly Ruins Immortal-Slaying Sword requires the two elements of Geng-Metal Divine Radiance and Xin Metal. Other Five Elements Essence are incompatible with it, so the Five Elements Essence need to be replaced with the two elements of Geng-Metal Divine Radiance and Xin Metal.

To this end, several Golden Core realm cultivators from the Chen Clan traveled around the six kingdoms of the Ji Continent using Teleportation Array. Through the connections of the Chen Immortal Clan, it took them half a year to gather the two elements of Geng-Metal Divine Radiance and Xin Metal.

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That day, Chen Nianzhi arrived in Peaceful Sun City and found the Old Clan Leader.

Upon meeting, the Old Clan Leader handed him the two energies of Geng-Metal Divine Radiance and Xin Metal, and then said with a solemn expression, "After this extraction of the Five Elements Essence, the clan's treasury has been almost completely emptied."

"If you advance to the Yin-Yang Void Mirror several decades from now, I'm afraid your Five Elements Essence will still be somewhat insufficient."

Chen Nianzhi frowned slightly. This was indeed a significant problem, given that the Chu Kingdom's production of the Five Elements Essence was still limited.

The cost of upgrading a Life-bound Spirit Treasure is the Five Elements Essence worth tens of millions of Spirit Stone, which would take the Chu Kingdom decades to accumulate.

Although the Chu Kingdom Cultivation World has become much more prosperous, he and Jiang Linglong each have five Life-bound Magical Treasure, and together they have ten Demon-Refining Supreme Treasure that need to be upgraded. Chu Kingdom alone certainly cannot support this.

With this thought in mind, Chen Nianzhi said, "Then let the Lineage establish trading companies in other countries of the Ji Continent and begin purchasing the Five Elements Essence."

"That's the only way."

The Old Clan Leader nodded, then said with a wry smile, "The Lineage spent years raising money to buy you Heavenly Crystal, and we've only just paid off our Spirit Stone debts. Buying a large amount of Five Elements Essence is quite a challenge."

"Not enough Spirit Stone?" Chen Nianzhi frowned slightly, then said, "Then take out some Tier 4 Magical Treasure, or Origin-Restoring Tribulation-Breaking Pill or even Golden-Core Formation Pill to sell. Buy as many as you can."

"That's definitely possible."

Chen Changxuan also understood the importance of the Five Elements Essence. Compared to advancing to a Demon-Refining Supreme Treasure, even selling the Creation Jade was necessary.

Thinking of this, the Old Clan Leader poured Chen Nianzhi a cup of tea, and then said, "Long-term and large-scale acquisition of the Five Elements Essence from other countries involves considerable profits, and it would be best if a Golden Core realm cultivator were in charge."

Is that so?

Upon hearing this, Chen Nianzhi also showed a thoughtful expression. Their acquisition of the Five Elements Essence from the other six kingdoms of the Ji Continent, and in large quantities, required a person of sufficient stature to coordinate the effort.

With this in mind, Chen Nianzhi said, "Leave the Yan Kingdom to Brother Qing Ci. He has been in charge of the Yan Kingdom Yan Kingdom for many years and knows it very well. Acquiring the Five Elements Essence shouldn't be too much trouble for the others."

"We'll leave the Qi Kingdom to Uncle Qing Hao, and have the Chen Clan branch there assist us. We don't need to send too many people to help."

"The remaining states of the Cang Kingdom, Wei Kingdom, and Ji Kingdom also need people to oversee them, and the situation there might be more complicated."

"Ya Ya, Xian Yan, and Nianchuan have considerable potential. Let's not waste it on these trivial matters. Let the Qian Clan and Xu Clan assist them."

The Old Clan Leader nodded upon hearing this. The Xu Clan now has two Golden Core realm, Xu Ganyang and Xu Daoyuan, Qian Clan also produced a Golden Core realm cultivator twenty years ago.

This person is named Qian Xinghe. Strictly speaking, he is a contemporary of Qian Xingming from back then, but he is much younger. It is said that he broke through to the Golden-Core Formation Pill realm by spending all his family's savings to buy a Golden Core realm outside the Ji Continent.

Actually, I think the same way you do.

Chen Changxuan began to speak, then paused slightly before adding, "I asked the Qian Clan and Xu Clan. The Xu Clan family had no objections, but Qian Xinghe declined, saying he was going on a trip."