Chapter 3639: Guangfa Tianzun

A golden liquid spun and condensed into a lifelike, pale golden beetle with a hundred heads. Its ability to spontaneously form indicated it was no ordinary demonic beast essence blood.

Cao Yuzhen took out a small, pale golden mirror. The back of the mirror had a demonic beast pattern, and its spiritual energy was astonishing. She channeled her spiritual power into the small golden mirror. Its surface glowed with a dazzling golden light, emitting a golden aura that enveloped the golden beetle. The demonic beast pattern on the back of the golden mirror seemed to come alive, letting out a loud roar.

"It truly is True Spirit essence blood!"

Cao Yuzhen nodded, her lips moving slightly. She then took out an exquisite golden wine pot and handed it to Immortal Buzui.

Immortal Buzui lifted the lid of the pot, and an extremely rich aroma of wine wafted out. Wang Changsheng and the others smelled the wine, felt their spirits refreshed, and a warm sensation rose in their stomachs. A look of rapture spread across Immortal Buzui's face. He nodded in agreement.

"Fellow Daoist Han, if I may ask, where did you obtain the Hundred-Headed Worm's essence blood? Please disregard the question if it's inconvenient to answer." Ni Tianlong politely asked.

"I obtained it from the Daoist domain of Heavenly Venerate Guangfa," Immortal Buzui replied. "Heavenly Venerate Guangfa was the foremost Mahayana cultivator in the Tianxu Realm, and he once slew a True Spirit. It's rumored he ascended to the Immortal Realm, though I don't know the truth of it."

"Heavenly Venerate Guangfa! The foremost Mahayana cultivator in the Tianxu Realm!" Ni Tianlong was secretly astonished; he had also heard of Heavenly Venerate Guangfa.

"I heard that Heavenly Venerate Guangfa once entered Heavenly Venerate Xuanling's Daoist domain and acquired significant treasures there," Ni Wuting said, his face full of curiosity. "Before entering that domain, his reputation wasn't particularly great, but after leaving it, he rose to prominence."

Immortal Buzui nodded. "That's indeed true. We found some jade slips left by Heavenly Venerate Guangfa in the domain. They clearly record his entry into the domain; he and a few friends entered to seek treasures and encountered a True Spirit. Only he survived. As for where he obtained the Hundred-Headed Worm essence blood, that's unclear."

"Fellow Daoist Ni, I heard your Ni family is searching everywhere for True Spirit essence blood. Are you preparing to become a True Spirit family?" Qin Hao said with a smile.

"That's right, but having only True Spirit essence blood isn't enough. We also need the Nine-Turn True Spirit Elixir. I heard the Cao family possesses the Nine-Turn True Spirit Elixir. I wonder if Madam Cao would be willing to part with some?" Ni Tianlong looked at Cao Yuzhen, his face full of anticipation.

An immortal cultivation family's next step is to become a True Spirit family, and the advantages are plentiful. For one, if a descendant's bloodline is closely related to a True Spirit, upon reaching the Mahayana stage, they can merge with a True Spirit's Dharma Idol and unleash some of its divine abilities. There are many types of True Spirits. Generally speaking, the more powerful a True Spirit, the more sought after it is. However, True Spirits are relatively rare, and obtaining the essence blood of a powerful True Spirit is even more difficult. The Hundred-Headed Worm is also a True Spirit, but Ni Tianlong did not wish for the Ni family to inherit its bloodline. The Ye family inherited the True Spirit Nine-Headed Ice Lion bloodline, the Luo family inherited the Mountain Giant Ape bloodline, and the Cao family inherited the Vermilion Bird bloodline.

Besides True Spirit essence blood, the Nine-Turn True Spirit Elixir is also required. Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan looked at Cao Yuzhen. They had attended the Dao Discussion Assembly precisely to acquire the Nine-Turn True Spirit Elixir. However, given it was an immortal elixir, the Cao family wouldn't trade it away lightly.

"We do possess the Nine-Turn True Spirit Elixir, but our quantity is limited," Cao Yuzhen said solemnly. "Even in the Immortal Realm, the Nine-Turn True Spirit Elixir is not easily obtained. If you wish to acquire it, you must offer valuable items in exchange."

Cao Tianhu took out over a dozen jade slips and distributed them to Wang Changsheng and the others. He said, "If any fellow Daoists can acquire the items listed on these slips, you may exchange them with us for the Nine-Turn True Spirit Elixir. The exchange value will be determined by the item's worth."

Wang Changsheng took a jade slip, scanned it with his divine sense, and frowned. The materials listed were all exceedingly rare, suitable only for immortals: crafting materials, spiritual herbs, demonic cores, immortal wood, and many other varieties, including the Thunder Apricot Jade Immortal Fruit.

"Madam Cao, can the Thunder Apricot Jade Immortal Fruit be exchanged for the Nine-Turn True Spirit Elixir?" Wang Changsheng transmitted his voice to Cao Yuzhen.

"Yes, but multiple fruits would be required," Cao Yuzhen explained. "Comparatively, we would prefer Fellow Daoist Wang to offer other items, ideally materials for refining immortal artifacts. Immortal wood, spirit beast eggs, or spiritual herbs would also be acceptable." She added that the Cao family possessed items similar to the Thunder Apricot Jade Immortal Fruit, reflecting their profound heritage.

The Cao family's members in the lower realms are primarily responsible for collecting rare materials, which their clansmen would then bring to the Immortal Realm. It is very difficult for Immortal Realm cultivators to descend to the lower realms, but some rare treasures still flow down from the Immortal Realm. The Qiankun Bottle is one such example. Had Cao Yufeng not divined that interfering in the struggle for the Qiankun Bottle would lead to trouble, the Cao family would have acted long ago.

"Spirit beast eggs? What kind of spirit beast eggs?" Wang Changsheng asked curiously.

"True Spirit descendants!" Cao Yuzhen announced, her face beaming with pride. "Ordinary spirit beasts are of no interest; our Cao family has an abundance. However, spirit beasts with exceptionally high bloodline purity would also be acceptable, as we possess special treasures to accurately assess their bloodline purity."

The Cao family possessed profound heritage and, although also a True Spirit family, their strength far surpassed that of the Ye family and the Luo family, naturally making them uninterested in ordinary spirit beasts.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, Immortal Ye," Ni Tianlong asked curiously, "the Qian family, a True Spirit family in the Tianyan Realm, was annihilated by the Ancient Li tribe. When you invaded the Ancient Li tribe's ancestral land, did you not acquire any secret techniques or insights on cultivating True Spirits? The Qian family's ancestor became a True Spirit, which established them as a True Spirit family, but they have since been destroyed by the Ancient Li tribe."

"The Qian family's ancestor, True Monarch Wanxin, did indeed cultivate into a True Spirit," Wang Changsheng explained. "However, he had a stroke of great luck, obtaining a True Spirit Core with attributes matching his cultivation technique. He refined that True Spirit Core and cultivated in seclusion for many years before becoming a True Spirit." He added that the Ancient Li tribe destroyed the Qian family for a rare material used to refine immortal artifacts, and that material had already been taken to the Immortal Realm by an Ancient Li cultivator. True Monarch Wanxin's insights into cultivating into a True Spirit were indeed obtained by the Ancient Li tribe, and are currently in the Wang family's possession, offering some valuable reference.

"A True Spirit Core! Such an item is exceedingly rare," Qin Hao lamented. "Generally, after a True Spirit perishes, its True Spirit Core quickly dissipates; it can only be preserved under special circumstances. To obtain a True Spirit Core, one would have to slay a True Spirit on the spot. However, True Spirits are exceedingly rare, and even encountering one is difficult. Slaying a True Spirit is even harder. The Five Fiends of Xuanluo in the Tianxu Realm searched everywhere for True Spirits. All of them were at the mid-Mahayana stage. They painstakingly found a Seven-Headed Owl True Spirit, but only one of them survived; the other four were annihilated by the Seven-Headed Owl." He added, "A True Spirit's entire body is a treasure, but without sufficient strength, seeking trouble with a True Spirit is simply courting death."

"The Five Fiends of Xuanluo? Aren't they rogue cultivators? Why would they seek True Spirits?" Ni Tianlong asked, puzzled.

"I heard they wanted to refine a certain elixir using True Spirit essence blood, perhaps to aid in surviving the Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation," Qin Hao explained, his face full of regret. "However, they overestimated themselves, thinking that with Xuan-Heaven Treasures and their combined efforts, they could slay a True Spirit. Only when they truly clashed with the Seven-Headed Owl did they realize the immense gap between themselves and a True Spirit."

The Five Fiends of Xuanluo had business dealings with the Nine Yuan Merchant Alliance. If they had indeed slain a True Spirit, the Nine Yuan Merchant Alliance might have been able to acquire materials from its body.