Shangguan Jing picked up the Xingmen Luoyun Spear and Shanhe Seal consecutively. After examining them carefully, she said, "This spear is a normal high-grade spiritual treasure. Our Immortal Treasure Pavilion can offer six million spirit crystals for it."
"As for this great seal spiritual treasure, it is an ultimate grade among high-grade spiritual treasures, quite rare. We can offer nine million spirit crystals."
"That's fine. What about these three sets of Heaven-tier formation plates?" Zhang Fan asked. 138 Reading Network
"Heaven-tier formation plates?" Shangguan Jing was startled. She had initially thought they were just ordinary formation plates, but she hadn't expected them to be Heaven-tier.
To refine Heaven-tier formation plates, one must at least be a Formation Master. Did this young man possess such a skill?
"I don't understand formations, so I can't estimate their value," Shangguan Jing replied, shaking her head.
"Surely your Immortal Treasure Pavilion can afford to hire a Formation Master?" Zhang Fan asked.
"Formation Masters are incredibly rare. It's hard to find even one among the hundreds of millions of cultivators in Wuning City," Shangguan Jing said regretfully.
Zhang Fan could only wave his hand, putting away the three sets of Heaven-tier formation plates. Although they were precious, their true power could only be unleashed by a Formation Master, who were exceptionally scarce. Selling them would indeed be difficult.
After selling the two high-grade spiritual treasures, Zhang Fan gained another fifteen million spirit crystals.
"Besides that pair of Golden Radiance Gauntlets, I'd also like to purchase some treasures. Do you have them at your Immortal Treasure Pavilion?" Zhang Fan asked, feeling much more confident after receiving the spirit crystals.
"Feel free to name them, fellow Daoist Haotian," Shangguan Jing said promptly.
Zhang Fan pondered for a long time before naming three precious items: "Yuanyi Xuan iron, Blood Phosphorus Stone, and Wuduo Tree deadwood."
Upon hearing Zhang Fan's request, Shangguan Jing's expression shifted slightly. She looked at him in surprise and asked, "Fellow Daoist Haotian, are you refining Blood炼 Secret Treasures?"
"Yes," Zhang Fan admitted.
Yuanyi Xuan iron was not an exceptionally rare refining material; many master refiners used it as the primary component for spiritual treasures. However, when combined with Blood Phosphorus Stone and Wuduo Tree deadwood, it immediately brought to mind Blood炼 Secret Treasures.
When Yuanyi Xuan iron is combined with precious Blood Phosphorus Stone and Wuduo Tree deadwood during the refining process, it imbues the Yuanyi Xuan iron with a special, growth-oriented ability.
"Yuanyi Xuan iron is not particularly precious, so our Immortal Treasure Pavilion certainly has plenty in stock. While Blood Phosphorus Stone is rare, I can procure it for you, fellow Daoist Haotian."
"However, the Wuduo Tree deadwood you mentioned last is temporarily out of stock at our Immortal Treasure Pavilion," Shangguan Jing stated.
"I require one thousand jin of Yuanyi Xuan iron and one hundred jin of Blood Phosphorus Stone," Zhang Fan said directly.
"One thousand jin..."
Shangguan Jing was taken aback by Zhang Fan's considerable appetite. Although Yuanyi Xuan iron wasn't extremely rare, each jin still cost over ten thousand spirit crystals.
One thousand jin would amount to over ten million spirit crystals.
Combined with one hundred jin of Blood Phosphorus Stone, even Shangguan Jing had to marvel at the man's immense wealth.
Shangguan Jing withdrew from the private room and returned over an hour later, handing Zhang Fan a spatial ring. "Fellow Daoist Haotian, these items you requested were indeed not easy to gather."
Zhang Fan's divine sense probed the spatial ring, revealing the items he needed.
"Our Immortal Treasure Pavilion's price for Yuanyi Xuan iron is twelve thousand spirit crystals per jin, and for Blood Phosphorus Stone, it's one hundred ninety thousand spirit crystals per jin. Including the Golden Radiance Gauntlets, the total comes to fifty-seven million spirit crystals," Shangguan Jing said, presenting Zhang Fan with a jade token bearing a lotus imprint.
"Any distinguished guest who spends over fifty million spirit crystals at our Immortal Treasure Pavilion will receive a Lotus Token, which grants a five percent discount on all purchases at any of our branches."
"Five percent off? That's not bad," Zhang Fan said, taking the token and playing with it.
A five percent discount on fifty-seven million would save him nearly three million spirit crystals.
Having obtained what he wanted, Zhang Fan promptly paid the bill. Although he had earned forty-seven million spirit crystals from selling spiritual treasures at the Immortal Treasure Pavilion, his purchases of Yuanyi Xuan iron and other items cost over fifty-four million. After this exchange, Zhang Fan had actually spent over seven million spirit crystals.
After the transaction was complete, Zhang Fan left the Immortal Treasure Pavilion directly.
Before he departed, Shangguan informed Zhang Fan that the Immortal Treasure Pavilion would keep an eye out for Wuduo Tree deadwood and would notify him via the Lotus Token if any news arose.
"Come in," Shangguan Jing said after Zhang Fan had left, sitting in the private room.
"Esteemed Official Shangguan, do you wish to investigate the identity of that powerful individual?" the black-robed elder asked respectfully as he entered the room.
"No need for an investigation," Shangguan Jing said, taking out a pitch-black spear and gently caressing its surface. She chuckled, "If I'm not mistaken, this spear is likely the spiritual treasure used by Ouyang Jing of Great Rock Star in his lifetime, the Xingmen Luoyun Spear."
"This..."
The black-robed elder's heart leaped. He whispered, "Then that young man just now must be..."
Shangguan Jing raised her hand, stopping him from continuing. "I didn't expect him to come to Wuning City. This Eastern Observation Domain is about to become lively."
"Esteemed Official Shangguan, then what do we do?"
The black-robed elder's heart pounded, unable to guess his superior's intentions.
"What does it have to do with us?"
Shangguan Jing stated calmly, "Our Immortal Treasure Pavilion is a business. It's best not to get involved in these feuds. Furthermore, even the old man Ku Jian couldn't do anything to Zhang Fan. Such a powerful individual is best left undisturbed. We can just watch the show."
"Esteemed Official Shangguan, your foresight is remarkable!" the black-robed elder quickly nodded in agreement.
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After leaving the Immortal Treasure Pavilion, Zhang Fan wandered around Wuning City for another period. However, Wuning City was vast. Even with Zhang Fan's speed, it took several days to explore it all, yet he still found no news about Wuduo Tree deadwood.
Consequently, Zhang Fan found an inn and settled down, as he sensed that his second Nascent Soul tribulation was imminent.
Upon reaching the Nascent Soul stage and attaining a certain level of cultivation, one would subconsciously sense each impending Nascent Soul tribulation. If confident in their strength, they could even hasten the tribulation.
However, some Nascent Soul cultivators, lacking a solid foundation and uncertain of their ability to survive the tribulation, would suppress it until they could no longer hold back, forcing them to face it.
In such cases, the probability of successfully passing the tribulation was very low.
This was why, in the Wu Mountain Star Domain, there were many Nascent Soul cultivators with one or two tribulations, but very few powerful Nascent Soul cultivators with three or more tribulations.
Many Nascent Soul cultivators perished during their early tribulations.
Through his recent cultivation, Zhang Fan's Sword Dao rules and Thunder Dao rules had both increased, each exceeding a thousand, totaling over two thousand Dao rules. This quantity was comparable to that of an average four-tribulation Nascent Soul cultivator.
In his room, Zhang Fan carefully set up a defensive formation to block divine sense probes and conceal his aura, preventing external disturbances during his tribulation.
Zhang Fan sat cross-legged within the concealment formation. Inside his body, a white Nascent Soul, identical to Zhang Fan, also sat in meditation. After this period of cultivation, the Nascent Soul had become even more pure and flawless. It continuously absorbed spiritual energy, with surrounding misty spiritual energy condensing into layers of white mist, enveloping it like immortal light.
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