"It's a pity Dao Vener escaped."
Although three second-rate Golden Core experts were killed in this battle, Zhang Fan felt a bit regretful for not being able to kill Dao Vener.
However, he didn't dwell on it. With his current strength, even if he had caught up to Dao Vener, he might not have been able to keep him.
Dao Vener had suffered significant losses at Zhang Fan's hands twice. He would likely become even more cautious. Moreover, this opportunity had already appeared, and the next time it descended, it would probably not be a simple matter of a few second-rate Golden Core cultivators appearing.
However, the most unfortunate should be the treasure hunting team from Wenxin Sect. They were tricked to Earth by Dao Vener, and as soon as they saw the opportunity appear, before they even knew what it looked like, they were completely annihilated.
Including the seven third-rate Golden Core cultivators from before, Zhang Fan had killed a total of nine Golden Core realm cultivators. Xue Jing had killed one, and together they had obtained ten Golden Cores, which could be considered a rich harvest.
Apart from Liyangzi's Liyang Spirit Fire Furnace, Zhang Fan examined the storage treasures of the ten Golden Core realm cultivators. The items on the seven Golden Core cultivators were very ordinary, which greatly disappointed Zhang Fan.
Liyangzi's collection did contain many good things, such as various materials for setting up formations and finished formation plates, as well as many spirit pills that aided in Qi refining.
However, for the current Zhang Fan, spirit pills that aided Qi refining were useless. What he urgently needed were spirit pills and spiritual herbs that aided in body cultivation.
"Liyangzi, don't disappoint me."
Zhang Fan took out Liyangzi's storage treasure and examined it with some anticipation.
Liyangzi's natal spiritual treasure was a pill refining furnace, and he was undoubtedly a pill refiner. His storage treasure indeed contained a large number of spirit pills, but most of them were low-grade third-tier pills, with very few mid-grade ones, which disappointed Zhang Fan.
On Earth, due to the extreme rarity of spirit pills, the grading was somewhat vague. However, in the myriad domain star system, spirit pills had strict grading.
First-tier pills were called Qi Refining Pills, mainly for cultivators in the Qi Refining stage.
Second-tier pills were called Treasure Pills, mainly for cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage.
A second-tier Treasure Pill was equivalent to the Saint Pills and Divine Pills on Earth, which even Divine Realm experts yearned for.
Third-tier pills were called Earth Pills, mainly for Golden Core stage cultivators.
Zhang Fan's Golden Scale Breaking Origin Pill, refined using Golden Cores as raw materials, belonged to the third-tier Earth Pills and was extremely effective in aiding the cultivation of Golden Core stage cultivators.
Just as Zhang Fan was feeling disappointed, a black jade bottle suddenly caught his attention.
"Is this Black Dragon Cloud Flame Dew?"
Zhang Fan picked up the black jade bottle with some uncertainty. He gently pulled out the stopper, and immediately a faint black flame shot out from the bottle.
Although the black flame appeared very faint, almost invisible to the naked eye, and seemed to have no destructive power, the surrounding temperature rose sharply as soon as the black flame emerged.
With Zhang Fan at the center, the ice and snow within a radius of several hundred meters rapidly melted, forming a vast lake.
Zhang Fan, Xue Jing, and the others stood quietly on the surface of the lake. The snowflakes falling from the sky were also affected by the high temperature, melting into raindrops before they could land, dripping into the lake.
"What is this?"
Xue Jing and Lin Yun stared at the small black jade bottle in Zhang Fan's hand with astonishment and suspicion.
What kind of flame was it that, in such a small cluster that seemed like it could be extinguished at any moment, caused the surrounding temperature to rise by dozens of degrees?
"Haha, as expected of Black Dragon Cloud Flame Dew, truly extraordinary!"
Seeing this, Zhang Fan was not surprised at all. Instead, he burst into laughter.
"Black Dragon Cloud Flame Dew?"
Lin Yun did not know what it was, but Xue Jing had heard of it.
Black Dragon Cloud Flame Dew was said to be the essence dripped from the saliva of a black dragon that had absorbed Black Dragon Flame for a long time. It contained rich True Dragon Qi and True Dragon Flame, making it an excellent auxiliary material for refining fire-attribute spirit pills.
For any third-tier fire-attribute Earth Pill, as long as the alchemist had the skill and courage to incorporate it into the pill, once the Earth Pill was formed, its grade would definitely reach the level of top-grade Earth Pill.
Even for fourth-tier Heaven Pills, Black Dragon Cloud Flame Dew could be considered a high-quality auxiliary material.
"It seems Liyangzi's alchemy skills were not good enough. He obtained Black Dragon Cloud Flame Dew but didn't use a single drop. It's a fortunate coincidence for me."
Zhang Fan was overjoyed. He had searched Liyangzi's storage treasure but found no fire-attribute Earth Pills.
If Liyangzi had the skill to refine such a heavenly treasure, he would likely have already cultivated to the peak of the Golden Core realm and would not have died so easily at Zhang Fan's hands.
"Thirteen drops of Black Dragon Cloud Flame Dew. Each drop is worth nearly a hundred thousand spirit crystals, and they are priceless. I wonder how many years Liyangzi accumulated to have such wealth."
Zhang Fan examined the Black Dragon Cloud Flame Dew, gently put the stopper back in, and said with emotion.
As far as he knew, the total assets of a typical peak second-rate Golden Core cultivator, including their spiritual treasures, would not exceed one million spirit crystals at most.
Of course, cultivators who were skilled in alchemy, like Liyangzi, could earn spirit crystals through this trade. Or cultivators like Dao Venerable, who had reached the limit of the Golden Core realm and were willing to take risks, might have more wealth.
Zhang Fan roughly estimated the value of the treasures in the storage treasures of Wenxin Sect Master and Bai Zhen. The combined wealth of the two was close to one million spirit crystals, which was less than the value of thirteen drops of 'Black Dragon Cloud Flame Dew'.
Zhang Fan calmed the excitement of obtaining treasures, put away the spoils of war, and then shifted his gaze to the opportunity that was emerging.
Zhang Fan had known from the beginning that this opportunity was emerging very slowly. However, the speed still left him speechless. After half a day had passed, Zhang Fan could only see four pointed corners emerging a few centimeters from underground.
"It looks like an immortal mansion."
Zhang Fan's knowledge was vast. Even though only a tip of the iceberg of this opportunity land had appeared, Zhang Fan could roughly guess its entire appearance.
From the distance between the four exposed corners, it could be seen that this immortal mansion was over three hundred zhang long and wide. As for its height, Zhang Fan could not tell for the time being.
The colorful divine light emanating from underground blocked the probing of divine sense. To get a glimpse of the true appearance of this immortal mansion, they would have to wait until it fully emerged.
Due to the emergence of this opportunity, the entire world was filled with colorful divine light, which naturally alerted the countries of the world and many reclusive old monsters.
Satellites from various countries had been closely monitoring the Central Siberian Plateau from the beginning, as it was the source of the colorful divine light and received immense attention.
Initially, many countries intended to dispatch special teams to investigate on-site after discovering the source of the colorful divine light. However, when their satellites detected Zhang Fan's figure, especially the scene of Zhang Fan battling those Golden Core realm cultivators, they immediately changed their minds.
That level of power was no longer something they could interfere with.
Even the United States, the world's top superpower, chose to retreat after witnessing Zhang Fan's power. That was power beyond human capabilities.
They said that the end of science is theology. They didn't believe it before, but now they somewhat did.