Chapter 3936: Old Friend Visits (No More Today)

Practitioners of the "Four Divine Arts" must cultivate four spirit beasts, one of which is a dragon, with no specific requirements for its attributes.

According to the cultivation method, if a practitioner's spirit beast is cultivated into a divine beast and merges with the practitioner, it will possess incredible divine abilities.

Divine beasts represent the pinnacle for spirit beasts; not only are divine beasts themselves rare, but even their descendants are seldom seen.

For most major powers, cultivating a spirit beast to become a true spirit is already excellent. Furthermore, a true spirit reaching its peak cultivation is considered extremely powerful.

Wang Changsheng had never heard of any force cultivating a divine beast, nor even a descendant of a divine beast.

Upon arriving in the Immortal World, he consulted numerous ancient texts about divine beasts and gained some understanding of what they entail.

The term "divine beast" refers to spirit beasts, spirit insects, and spirit birds. Ancestral dragons, primordial phoenixes, qilin, basalt, and vermilion birds are all considered divine beasts, though their classification also depends on bloodline purity.

Wang Lin is currently a true spirit with a bloodline purity of nine. Only when his bloodline purity reaches ten will he be considered a true divine beast.

Some major forces raise true dragons, qilin, and vermilion birds whose bloodline purity doesn't reach ten. Strictly speaking, these are not divine beasts, but they possess significantly higher potential to become divine beasts compared to ordinary spirit beasts.

Besides the "Four Divine Arts," Immortal Chi Meng's reclusive cave contained many valuable items: two six-colored crystal cores, dozens of five-colored crystal cores, and three mid-grade immortal artifacts.

The three mid-grade immortal artifacts were the Demon Slaying Halberd, the Fire Phoenix Banner, and the Profound Ice Ruler. The Demon Slaying Halberd was a heavy weapon, suitable for Wang Changsheng, while the Fire Phoenix Banner was a fire-attributed immortal artifact, and the Profound Ice Ruler was an ice-attributed immortal artifact.

Among the five-colored crystal cores, two were from mutated Chaos Beasts, possessing unusually powerful energy.

While both were five-colored Chaos Beast crystal cores, those from mutated Chaos Beasts contained more energy and, after purification, were more valuable.

Wang Ruyan took out a cyan storage bracelet, handed it to Wang Changsheng, and said, "These are the Chaos Beast crystal cores that Yi Er and the others obtained. Yongqian has already rewarded them."

Wang Changsheng nodded, took the storage bracelet, and entered a secret chamber. The Cyan Lotus Creation Cauldron floated above a magic array.

He cast a spell, and the Cyan Lotus Creation Cauldron slowly descended.

Opening the cauldron lid, he looked at the inner wall and found another line of text. This was a method to open the sixth aperture, but it was incomplete. He wondered how long it would take for the full content of opening the sixth aperture to be revealed.

Wang Changsheng placed the two six-colored crystal cores and two five-colored crystal cores into the Cyan Lotus Creation Cauldron, closed the lid, and infused it with immortal essence.

Soon after, the cyan lotus flowers on the surface of the Cyan Lotus Creation Cauldron brightened considerably, emitting dazzling cyan light.

Twenty breaths later, the spiritual glow of the cyan lotus flowers dimmed. He opened the cauldron lid to find four crystal cores inside.

Wang Changsheng’s face showed joy. These four crystal cores could be used to purchase rare cultivation resources, especially the six-colored ones.

Wang Changsheng put away the four crystal cores, then placed the other cores into the Cyan Lotus Creation Cauldron. He closed the lid, cast a spell onto the magic array, and the array lit up with a brilliant spiritual glow, lifting the Cyan Lotus Creation Cauldron.

He turned and walked out, intending to use the array for slow purification if there was no urgent need.

"It's time to send people to the Great Sea Region to inquire about immortal pills and medicines for advancing to the Golden Immortal stage," Wang Changsheng said with a smile. He could now consider attempting to reach the Golden Immortal stage. Ideally, he would have external aids to make the process easier, and he also needed to prepare artifacts to help him survive the thunder tribulation.

When an immortal breaks through to a higher realm, it attracts immortal lightning, which is far more powerful than thunder tribulations in the lower realms. The immortal's thunder tribulation is closely related to the laws they have comprehended.

Immortals who have comprehended supreme laws face more powerful thunder tribulations when breaking through to a higher realm. Those who have comprehended special laws experience strong thunder tribulations, while those with ordinary laws face relatively weaker ones.

Wang Changsheng had currently comprehended the Laws of Force, Ice, Water, and Earth. Since two of these were special laws, his thunder tribulation would be more powerful.

"I've already sent Maowen and Maoqian to the Great Sea Region to keep an eye out for such immortal pills and medicines. They will report immediately if they find anything," Wang Ruyan said.

Wang Maowen and Wang Maoqian, deputy hall masters of the Trade Hall, were tasked with traveling to the Great Sea Region to gather cultivation resources. Their primary mission was to look for immortal medicines and pills that assist True Immortals in breaking through to the Golden Immortal stage, as well as tribulation-crossing artifacts or materials.

With the family now rich in talent, tasks were easy to delegate. When Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan gave instructions, there were naturally family members to carry them out, saving a lot of time.

Wang Ruyan took out a blue spiritual disk, cast a spell, and made some gestures.

"Husband, Fellow Daoist Qin has brought a True Immortal at the Grand Completion stage. She says she wishes for your help in refining a set of defensive immortal artifacts and offers generous compensation. What do you think?" Wang Ruyan asked.

"I'll go out and meet them," Wang Changsheng said, then soared out.

Outside Cyan Lotus Island, Venerable Golden Silkworm stood in the sky with a plump young woman in a purple dress. The young woman's aura was as vast as the sea, indicating a cultivation of True Immortal at the Grand Completion stage.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, long time no see. And this lady is...?" Wang Changsheng's gaze fell on the young woman in the purple dress, his face full of curiosity.

The young woman in the purple dress sensed the terrifying spiritual pressure emanating from Wang Changsheng, and a flash of surprise crossed her eyes.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, let me introduce you. This is Madam Mu Yan'er. Madam Mu saved my life, and upon learning of your superb artifact refining skills, she wishes to ask for your help in refining a set of defensive immortal artifacts. I guarantee the compensation will satisfy you, Fellow Daoist Wang," Venerable Golden Silkworm said enthusiastically.

"With Fellow Daoist Qin's repeated recommendations, I trust that Fellow Daoist Wang will not disappoint me," Mu Yan'er said.

"Let's find a more private place to talk," Wang Changsheng pointed to a small island nearby, saying, then flew towards it.

Mu Yan'er and Venerable Golden Silkworm followed him, landing on the beach.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, this is Lishui Divine Crystal, an excellent material for refining mid-grade defensive immortal artifacts. I don't require you to refine it into a mid-grade immortal artifact; a set of low-grade defensive immortal artifacts will suffice. Here are the materials, and the compensation will be a four-colored Chaos Beast crystal core from a mid-True Immortal stage beast. How does that sound?" Mu Yan'er took out a golden storage bracelet and handed it to Wang Changsheng.

"A four-colored Chaos Beast crystal core from a mid-True Immortal stage beast?" Wang Changsheng scoffed lightly and took out a five-colored crystal core.

Mu Yan'er was stunned. She and several friends had only managed to defeat a four-colored Chaos Beast at the mid-True Immortal stage with great difficulty, yet Wang Changsheng had just produced a five-colored crystal core.

"Madam Mu, Fellow Daoist Wang is a true spirit and extremely powerful. You should offer something better!" Venerable Golden Silkworm said with a frown. Mu Yan'er's behavior made him feel a bit embarrassed. He had already told her that Wang Changsheng was a true spirit, yet she still underestimated him.

Mu Yan'er thought for a moment, then took out a white jade bottle and said, "A wisp of first-tier immortal flame, plus two four-colored crystal cores. These are the most valuable items I possess."

"Honestly, I'm not lacking four-colored crystal cores. However, for Fellow Daoist Qin's sake, I will help you this once," Wang Changsheng reluctantly agreed, primarily because he valued the first-tier immortal flame. Additionally, by refining artifacts for her, he could use the leftover materials to craft defensive treasures for his own use.

"Then I'll trouble you, Fellow Daoist Wang. When can I expect to receive the artifacts?" Mu Yan'er said politely, handing the two crystal cores and the white jade bottle to Wang Changsheng.

"Within three thousand years. I also have many other matters to attend to," Wang Changsheng said.

Mu Yan'er agreed, chatted for a while, then bid farewell and left. The Wang family was vast and powerful, and with Venerable Golden Silkworm as a guarantor, she wasn't worried that Wang Changsheng would abscond with her items.

Returning to Cyan Lotus Island, Wang Changsheng entered a secret chamber.

Lishui Divine Crystal is a second-tier immortal ore, used for refining defensive immortal artifacts. It is quite precious; otherwise, Wang Changsheng would have entrusted its refining to Wang Zongyun and others.