Chapter 3726: Golden Immortal Water

Zhang Zhifeng nodded, "That's right! The Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python transformed into human form, named himself Mang Tian, established the Seven-Colored Association, and recruited several True Immortal cultivators. I heard he has the support of the Hao Yue Alliance."

"I heard Mang Tian achieved enlightenment, probably through an enlightenment secret technique provided by the Hao Yue Alliance," Jin Tianlong speculated.

Enlightenment secret techniques are a means for major powers to control their subordinate forces. Most of the circulating secret techniques only allow for two or three openings. To switch to a different enlightenment secret technique, one must undo the previously opened openings and find new materials to open them again, which is no different from dispersing one's cultivation and starting anew, consuming a lot of time and effort.

Opening the fourth and fifth openings requires the aid of special immortal pills. Different enlightenment secret techniques prescribe different immortal pills. For rogue True Immortal cultivators, gathering the materials for high-level enlightenment secret techniques is a major challenge. Even after gathering the materials, they still need to ask an immortal alchemist to help refine the pills, and very few rogue True Immortal cultivators can refine immortal pills themselves.

Consequently, it's very difficult for rogue True Immortal cultivators to open the fourth opening.

"Hmph, he's just a dog of the Hao Yue Alliance. Killing him would dirty my hands; someone else will deal with him," Gao Shuyao snorted, clearly not taking Mang Tian seriously.

Although both were late-stage True Immortals, she had already opened her fourth opening, while it was already quite impressive for Mang Tian to have opened three. There was no need for her to personally intervene; someone would naturally handle Mang Tian.

"True. Besides, with Fairy Gao's spirit bird, she could probably eliminate Mang Tian," Black Scorpion Rogue Cultivator complimented.

"Let's talk about something else. There's nothing much to discuss about him; he's just a newly supported force of the Hao Yue Alliance," Zhang Zhifeng changed the topic.

The cultivators began to chat idly, their topics wide-ranging.

Wang Changsheng discussed artifact refining techniques with an immortal artificer and inquired about the desolate islands from other True Immortals.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, I heard you eliminated the Venerable Golden Whale of the Golden Star Archipelago. I recall his true form was a mid-stage True Immortal Flipping-Sea Whale, capable of withstanding low-grade immortal artifacts without issue, and he had also achieved enlightenment," a pot-bellied old man in yellow robes asked. He was Monarch Kuang Sha, a mid-stage True Immortal and a rogue cultivator.

The islands in the Sky-Dawn Sea Domain were numerous and divided into several archipelagos for ease of reference.

"Heh heh, Venerable Golden Whale's physical body could withstand low-grade immortal artifacts, but he couldn't block the soul attack of a True Immortal Green-Winged Soul-Devouring Scorpion. Unless he possessed a defensive soul-type immortal artifact, he was no match for Fellow Daoist Lin at all. Once Fellow Daoist Lin targeted him, it was difficult for him to survive," said a rosy-faced old woman in black robes, who, by her appearance, was clearly from the Witch Clan. She was Wu Jiao, a True Immortal from the Witch Clan and a disciple of the Heavenly Origin Sect, which was a subordinate force of the Nine Immortal Sect, and its disciples were not all human.

"Exactly. Fellow Daoist Lin traveled all that way to the Golden Star Archipelago to eliminate Venerable Golden Whale. It would have been difficult for him to escape death," Monarch Kuang Sha echoed.

"I didn't specifically go there to kill him. I was originally looking for Golden Scorpion Grass but didn't find it. I unexpectedly discovered Venerable Golden Whale," Black Scorpion Rogue Cultivator explained.

"The Golden Star Archipelago is remote and borders the territory of the Hao Yue Alliance, so it's unlikely to have high-grade Golden Scorpion Grass there. Venerable Golden Whale hadn't appeared for many years. Our Zhang family had been looking for him for a long time. It turns out he was hiding in the Golden Star Archipelago." Zhang Zhifeng's voice was heavy. Venerable Golden Whale had killed a True Immortal cultivator of the Zhang family and was wanted by them. They had never been able to find him and had assumed he had left the Nine Immortal Sect's territory, never expecting him to be hiding in the Golden Star Archipelago.

"It's strange that he didn't flee to the Hao Yue Alliance's territory," Monarch Kuang Sha wondered.

"I heard he killed a relative of Immortal Venerable Tianyin's Dao Companion and was severely injured by Immortal Venerable Tianyin, then disappeared without a trace. So he was hiding in the Golden Star Archipelago," Gao Shuyao said.

"I knew it! That's why he was injured. He was wounded by Immortal Venerable Tianyin," Black Scorpion Rogue Cultivator realized with sudden understanding.

"The Golden Star Archipelago!" Wang Changsheng noted the location. The Golden Star Archipelago was a good spot, situated at the border between the territories of the Hao Yue Alliance and the Nine Immortal Sect. Although its cultivation resources weren't abundant, it should be undisturbed for Wang Ruyan and others to undergo their Nine-Nine Lightning Tribulation there.

After chatting for more than two hours, Monarch Kuang Sha proposed exchanging cultivation resources, and all the cultivators agreed.

As the initiator of the gathering, Gao Shuyao was the first to trade. She presented spirit insect eggs, spirit beast eggs, spirit bird eggs, miraculous elixirs for feeding spirit insects, and other items, seeking resources beneficial for the advancement of spirit beasts and insects.

Wang Changsheng had obtained fifteen Golden Bee Pills from Guang Hanzi's relics. The Golden Bee Pill was a first-grade immortal pill, but it was normal for such a pill not to exist in the Sky-Dawn Sea Domain. Guang Hanzi was from the Nangong Immortal Clan, which had a Grand Unity Golden Immortal overseeing it, so the Golden Bee Pill was likely a unique elixir of the Nangong Immortal Clan.

"Madam Gao, is that jade bottle filled with elixirs?" Wang Changsheng asked, pointing to a golden jade bottle.

"No, it's Golden Hao Immortal Water! It has some benefits for the hatching of spirit beast eggs, spirit insect eggs, and spirit bird eggs," Gao Shuyao explained.

Immortal water is a higher-grade spiritual substance of heaven and earth than spirit water, naturally formed. The Nine Immortal Sect controlled two immortal caverns, producing two types of immortal water, with Golden Hao Immortal Water being one of them. Immortal water takes millions of years to form, with only a single drop potentially appearing every tens of thousands of years, making it extremely precious. Among them, ten types of immortal water are the most valuable, ranking on the Immortal Water List, which, along with the Immortal Fruit List and Immortal Insect List, belongs to the Terrestrial Ranking of the Grandmist List. The Ten Great Immortal Waters all possess incredible effects; some, when refined, can enhance an immortal's magic power, while others serve as rare primary ingredients for refining special immortal pills. Golden Hao Immortal Water was not one of the Ten Great Immortal Waters; otherwise, Gao Shuyao would not have offered it for trade.

"Golden Hao Immortal Water!" Wang Changsheng was somewhat moved. Among Guang Hanzi's relics was a spirit beast egg that had yet to hatch. Upon arriving in the Immortal Realm, Wang Changsheng had purchased some beast-controlling ancient texts, hoping to identify the origin of the spirit beast egg, but he had not succeeded. To this day, he still did not know the origin of that spirit beast egg, as there were simply too many black spirit beast eggs in the cultivation world.

"Madam Gao, how about I trade two Blood Lotus Fruits for your Golden Hao Immortal Water?" Wang Changsheng took out an exquisite golden jade box and handed it to Gao Shuyao. The Blood Lotus Fruit was the main ingredient for refining Blood Lotus Pills, which were first-grade immortal pills suitable for True Immortal cultivators to heal injuries. Long Qingfeng and Wang Ruyi had obtained some Blood Lotus Fruits from the Immortal Realm Fragment and had given them all to Wang Changsheng.

Gao Shuyao took the golden jade box, opened it, and nodded.

Wang Changsheng picked up the golden jade bottle, pulled out the stopper, and a faint golden light streamed out, odorless. It was easy to identify since cultivators from the Nine Immortal Sect would offer Golden Hao Immortal Water for cultivation resources. Wang Changsheng confirmed it was Golden Hao Immortal Water, re-stoppered the bottle, and put it away.

Most of the items Gao Shuyao presented were exchanged. The cultivators then successively brought out items for trade. Immortal pills and fruits that enhanced magic power were the most popular, followed by materials for refining immortal artifacts, immortal formations, and immortal talismans. Some also offered immortal artifacts for trade, but their asking prices were too high, so they were not exchanged.

More than half an hour later, Black Scorpion Rogue Cultivator stood up and presented over a hundred materials, including the corpses of True Immortal stage demonic beasts, immortal wood, immortal fruits, immortal ores, and more.

"I'll trade these for an enlightenment secret technique, specifically one for opening three openings." Black Scorpion Rogue Cultivator's gaze swept over the cultivators present, his face full of anticipation.