Chapter 308: High-Tier Channels
“There’s no need to continue sparring. It’s just that there’s sothing I don’t understand.”
Shen Lingxing raised a hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his lips, his gaze turning toward Chen Beiwu with confusion. “What you just used… was that the Yuanshi Five Calamities Seal?”
As the Yuqing Chief of the Yuqing Immortal Sect, Shen Lingxing’s insight was not inferior to several Nascent Soul True Monarchs. With a single glance, he recognized this supre profound divine ability—renowned within the Immortal Sect, yet rarely witnessed even once.
And precisely because of that, the doubt in his heart only deepened.
“Indeed.” Chen Beiwu gave a slight nod.
After receiving confirmation, Shen Lingxing took a deep breath and fixed his eyes on Chen Beiwu.
“The Yuanshi Five Calamities Seal is heaven-shaking in power. It is invincible within the sa realm and capable of cross-realm slaying. But it emphasizes comprehension of Dao realms and resonance with one’s True Companion Form.
The might contained in your strike… seems sowhat too strong.”
Throughout the generations of the Yuqing Immortal Sect, it was not as though there had been no sect heirs who successfully comprehended the Yuanshi Five Calamities Seal.
Yet even those Golden Core Consummation prodigies, when first cultivating this seal, though they might win, could never have shattered in a single blow the Primordial Magnetic Prison-Suppressing Ring—a technique jointly unleashed by him and the Earthfall Earth Dragon, whose power rivaled that of a Nascent Soul.
Within the Immortal Alliance, Golden Core True Persons and Nascent Soul True Monarchs existed on entirely different dinsions.
Even as the Yuqing Chief, Shen Lingxing could only unleash strength extrely close to a Nascent Soul True Monarch at Golden Core Consummation. Even deploying all his clones, he could not defeat a True Monarch of the Immortal Alliance across realms.
Of course, certain extraterritorial planets with underdeveloped cultivation civilizations were exceptions.
Shen Lingxing was not being arrogant—Nascent Soul cultivators bred in such civilizations could hardly be called True Monarchs. He had personally slain an Early Nascent Soul cultivator one-on-one.
Chen Beiwu smiled calmly and did not elaborate further. “The might of the Five Calamities originates from Yuanshi. And the Golden Core I condensed happens to be the Yuanshi Golden Core.”
Upon hearing this, Shen Lingxing looked at Chen Beiwu deeply and refrained from probing further.
The Yuqing Immortal Sect was not without records of the Yuanshi Golden Core.
The previous generation’s cultivator who forged the Yuanshi Golden Core had cultivated the Yuanshi Five Calamities Seal to great perfection and, at Golden Core Consummation, had defeated a Nascent Soul True Monarch of the Immortal Sect head-on.
And now, Chen Beiwu was rely at the Late Golden Core Stage, yet already possessed battle strength extrely close to that of a Nascent Soul True Monarch.
If he advanced to Golden Core Consummation, he would likely be able to shoulder the Immortal Sect’s reputation and participate in the Grotto-Heaven Grand Competition, contending against the unfathomable chiefs of the Five Great Grotto-Heavens.
That was correct—although Shen Lingxing was the Yuqing Chief, during the Grotto-Heaven Grand Competition he had not even forced the chiefs of the Five Great Grotto-Heavens to exert themselves fully.
Even the previous Yuqing cultivator who forged the Yuanshi Golden Core had only achieved consecutive victories against the chiefs of Xuanyuan Grotto-Heaven, Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven, and Supre Yin Grotto-Heaven.
In the end, he had fallen to the chiefs of Cosmos Splendor Grotto-Heaven and Jade Firmant Grotto-Heaven.
“You are very strong. The Yuqing Leading Representative Position for this session is yours.”
As Shen Lingxing’s voice fell, a streak of light hovered before Chen Beiwu and dissipated, revealing the Identity Jade Slip of the Yuqing Leading Representative.
“Senior Brother Shen is no less impressive,” Chen Beiwu replied aningfully as he accepted the jade slip.
Shen Lingxing smiled, exchanged a few polite words, and then departed.
His purpose in coming had been to asure whether Chen Beiwu possessed the strength to assu the Yuqing Leading Representative Position. Now that his goal was achieved, he naturally left without delay.
Watching Shen Lingxing’s departing figure, Chen Beiwu put away the jade slip and turned toward True Monarch Jiang Chuan, Su Muyu, and Mo Chen.
At this mont, he noticed that the gazes of his senior brothers and sister had subtly changed. Their eyes no longer carried the approving look reserved for a junior, but rather a hint of astonishnt one would show an equal.
“Junior Brother’s Yuanshi Five Calamities Seal truly opened Senior Sister’s eyes.”
After praising him, Su Muyu smiled gently. “But now that the duel is over, standing here drinking the wind isn’t proper.
Senior Sister recently obtained two liang of ‘Clear-Heart Tea.’ It calms the spirit, settles shock, purifies the mind, and replenishes mana expenditure.”
Chen Beiwu returned a warm smile.
Setting aside fellow sect affection, few cultivators would refuse the initiative of a Fourth-Tier Mysterious Alchemist.
If he could build a good relationship with Senior Sister Su and enter the Immortal Alliance’s high-tier trading resource circle, washing clean Southern Wastes precious herbs in the future would beco much easier.
…
Within Danxia Residence, tea fragrance drifted lightly.
The four sat around together, sipping tea and chatting idly. Naturally, the topic circled back to the overwhelming battle just now.
Su Muyu poured tea with practiced elegance, her eyes flowing lightly as she glanced at Chen Beiwu.
“I heard Junior Brother Chen will soon open the hall to teach the law, expounding upon that unfathomably profound Yuanshi Golden Core Path?”
Chen Beiwu’s heart stirred. He deliberately revealed a bit of information.
“Senior Sister misunderstands. What I will lecture on is not the Yuqing Nine Revolutions Yuanshi Pill Canon, but rather a Core Formation thod I created by combining the Yuanshi Pill Canon with my own insights. I have nad it the Taiyi Five Directions Nine Revolutions Core-Stabilizing Marvelous thod.”
Upon hearing this, both Su Muyu and Mo Chen showed interest in the Core Formation thod Chen Beiwu ntioned.
Only True Monarch Jiang Chuan felt as though the years had passed like a fleeting dream.
He clearly rembered the first ti he encountered Chen Beiwu during the Immortal Alliance Entrance Exam.
Back then, in his eyes, Chen Beiwu had rely been a sowhat promising junior—soone worth offering so guidance to form a Karmic Bond.
Later, when Chen Beiwu entered the Yuqing Immortal Sect and achieved Flawless Foundation Establishnt, Jiang Chuan had been surprised, yet satisfied with his discernnt. He had even reported to his master, listing Chen Beiwu as a registered disciple.
After that, when Chen Beiwu forged the Yuanshi Golden Core and was formally accepted as a true disciple, becoming his equal in status, Jiang Chuan had been shocked—and secretly proud.
Karmic Bonds intertwined. Though he had supported Chen Beiwu over the past decade or so, perhaps centuries later it would be Junior Brother Chen who supported him in breaking through to Divine Transformation True Venerable.
But now, watching Chen Beiwu’s calm expression, Jiang Chuan felt his throat grow dry.
He had long known about the simplification of the Yuqing Nine Revolutions Yuanshi Pill Canon and had specifically reported it to his master and the Sect Master.
But combining such an Immortal Law to create a new Core Formation thod was an entirely different concept.
Without exaggeration, such an ability to comprehend an Immortal Law and pioneer a new path had already surpassed the category of prodigy!
Thinking this, Jiang Chuan lifted his teacup and took a large gulp.
Yet even the Clear-Heart Tea, ant to calm the spirit, could not suppress the storm in his heart.
‘Combining an Immortal Law to create a Core Formation Marvelous thod!!!’
Su Muyu and Mo Chen were likewise slightly stunned.
But Su Muyu did not question Chen Beiwu. She set down the teapot and spoke more formally.
“Senior Sister has a niece. Her aptitude is passable. She has reached the peak of Foundation Establishnt and stands at the crucial juncture of condensing her core.”
She sighed softly. “That child has high aspirations. She cannot cultivate the supre Immortal Law like the Yuanshi Pill Canon, yet she also disdains ordinary top-grade Core Formation thods. Senior Sister’s modest abilities cannot teach her much.”
Chen Beiwu remained silent, listening to her preamble.
Sure enough, her tone shifted in the next mont, her gaze turning expectant.
“The child heard that Junior Brother Chen will soon open the hall to teach the law and longs for it deeply. She pesters daily to inquire. I wonder whether Junior Brother might grant Senior Sister two auditing seats?”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Chuan and Mo Chen both turned their eyes to Chen Beiwu.
There was no way news of Junior Brother opening the hall had spread so quickly. Both knew what Senior Sister’s request truly implied.
Once word officially spread that Junior Brother had created a Core Formation thod by combining the Yuanshi Pill Canon and would open the hall to teach it, it would cause a trendous uproar throughout the Yuqing Immortal Sect—and even the entire Immortal Alliance.
Without exaggeration, such an event—worthy of being recorded in the Immortal Alliance’s history—would attract countless Foundation Establishnt peak cultivators aspiring to condense upper three-grade Golden Cores, or even Title Golden Cores.
It might even draw Golden Core True Persons and Nascent Soul True Monarchs who felt their Golden Core quality insufficient and their Dao path hindered.
So Divine Transformation True Venerables, stuck at bottlenecks and seeking inspiration from lower realms, might even send down divine sense incarnations to observe in secret.
At that ti, even though Junior Brother Chen was rely a Golden Core cultivator giving his first lecture on the Golden Core Path, lecture seats would be fiercely contested within the Yuqing Immortal Sect.
Thus, at this mont, the gazes of the three True Monarchs converged on Chen Beiwu.
“I wondered what it was,” Chen Beiwu said lightly as he sipped his tea. “Just a few lecture seats. When the lecture begins, if Senior Sister does not mind, she may bring her niece anyti to listen.”
Then he looked toward Jiang Chuan and Mo Chen.
“Both Senior Brothers possess profound cultivation and vast experience. If interested, you may also attend to offer guidance and help review things beforehand, lest errors arise in my lecture.”
Jiang Chuan and Mo Chen both smiled warmly.
“Since Junior Brother invites us, this elder brother will certainly attend,” Jiang Chuan said.
“Indeed.” Mo Chen nodded succinctly.
As Nascent Soul True Monarchs, it was not that they could not create entirely new Core Formation thods themselves.
But Core Formation thods varied in grade.
They could not create a thod superior to the Immortal Alliance’s mainstream Core Formation thods—one with greater potential, suitable for the masses, yet directly pointing to First-Grade Golden Cores and Title Golden Cores.
Since Junior Brother dared to declare he had created a Core Formation thod by combining the Yuanshi Pill Canon and would open the hall to teach it, it ant the thod at least pointed directly to a First-Grade Golden Core.
Such a thod required no supervision from them—his invitation was rely a courtesy.
Chen Beiwu set down his teacup and asked,
“By the way, Senior Brothers and Senior Sister, my contracted Companion Beast has considerable insight into alchemy and wishes to attempt refining a furnace of Third-Tier Treasure Pills.
However, several of the main ingredients are obscure and rare on the Immortal Alliance Official Website. Do you know of any channels for purchasing rare precious herbs?”
“Junior Brother, you’ve asked the right person,” Su Muyu replied with a gentle smile. “So rare resources on the Immortal Alliance Official Website are limited in quantity and purchase restrictions. Not only is repeated identity verification required, sotis even lottery draws.
Senior Sister knows of a circle with a relatively high threshold but far greater convenience—the Myriad Treasures Assembly.
It frequently circulates rare precious and mysterious herbs seldom seen outside, even certain heavenly materials and earthly treasures of mysterious origin that cannot be publicly traded. If Junior Brother is interested, Senior Sister can introduce you.”
Chen Beiwu smiled with relief. “Then I must trouble Senior Sister.”
“It’s nothing. Just give your Q-Pet ID; I can pull you into the group right now.” Su Muyu blew gently over her teacup, her tone casual.
Chen Beiwu’s expression did not change as he reported his Q-Pet ID, though inwardly he felt sowhat surprised.
A circle praised even by Nascent Soul True Monarchs as having a high threshold was contacted through Q-Pet chat software rather than so top-secret Heaven-Reaching Mystic Treasure or Fortune-Origin Artifact for divine sense communication. It was hard not to find that amusing.
“Welco, newcor.”
Seeing the Myriad Treasures Assembly group chat notification, Chen Beiwu casually greeted them before opening the mber list.
The group had 619 mbers, all using ID nicknas rather than real nas, with regional data hidden.
After browsing for a while and reading the rules, he found that transactions were divided into three types: open auction, sealed auction, and catalog sale.
As the nas implied, open auctions were transparent and went to the highest bidder, requiring dynamic competition.
Sealed auctions involved concealed bids and psychological strategy between buyers.
Catalog sales listed items three days in advance with marked prices; interested parties could directly bid to purchase.
Chen Beiwu glanced through the catalog and found the Myriad Treasures Assembly’s offerings nurous and diverse—far beyond the heavily restricted public channels of the Immortal Alliance Official Website. So items were even rare treasures strictly controlled by the Thirteen Immortal Sects.
But their prices were equally outrageous—asured not in ordinary low-grade Spirit Stones, but high-grade Spirit Stones.
Certain special treasures even required barter, refusing high-grade Spirit Stones altogether.
“Thank you, Senior Sister, for guiding into the group. The Myriad Treasures Assembly truly has a high threshold—and it indeed has the precious herbs I need.”
Chen Beiwu felt inwardly delighted.
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