Chapter 1057

Chapter 1057: Exchange

Huangfu Yongchun was a man of his word.

He had previously declared that after slaying the Xiaojiao, he would only take the magical spirit pills and nothing else as spoils, and he stayed true to his promise.

Despite being a peak Golden Core cultivator who participated in the excavation of the spiritual minerals, he did not take a single piece of ore in the end.

His integrity was beyond reproach.

As a result, Wang Chen and the other six Golden Core cultivators each received an average of over five million standard spirit fragments worth of minerals.

The destructive extraction method resulted in an alarmingly high rate of loss.

However, a small spiritual mine contained more than just low-grade spirit stones; they also evenly divided over six hundred thousand Intermediate Spirits.

Since the Intermediate Spirits were located in the core area of the vein, they were much smaller in size, and they didn’t use destructive methods for extraction, leading to very little loss in this part, hence the substantial harvest.

Not only that, after excavating the spiritual mine, the group of Golden Core cultivators searched the cold pool and the surrounding areas, thoroughly clearing out the valuable spiritual materials and spiritual plants, resulting in a significant gain.

Finally, Huangfu Yongchun took out the Xiaojiao’s corpse from his Xumi Ring and began to carve it up on the spot.

He first used his life treasure flying sword to forcefully cut open the head of the Xiaojiao, extracting a fist-sized magical spirit pill.

This magical spirit pill was entirely ice blue, exuding an intensely chilling aura. The moment it left the Xiaojiao’s head, the temperature in the cavern plummeted, and frost began to form on the surrounding rock walls.

If the cultivators present hadn’t all reached the Golden Core level, they might have frozen to death on the spot!

This was a fourth-level magical spirit pill!

Everyone looked at Huangfu Yongchun with envious eyes as he extracted the Xiaojiao’s core.

The Golden Core cultivators were well aware that Huangfu Yongchun intended to use this core to break the Golden Core and condense the Yuan Ying, thereby achieving the path of Yuan Ying.

However, while they were envious, none of them harbored any covetous thoughts.

Firstly, Huangfu Yongchun had been exceedingly fair and had an impeccable reputation, and they all had signed contracts, making it certain that turning against each other at this moment would provoke the wrath of all.

No one was foolish enough to do that!

Huangfu Yongchun calmly stored the Xiaojiao’s core and said with a smile, “These are all yours.”

Magical beasts are treasures, and a fourth-level Xiaojiao is even more so.

Bones, meat, tendons, claws, scales, skin, teeth, horns, heart…

These are all precious materials of the fourth level!

The group of true masters naturally did not hold back. They worked together to skillfully carve up the entire Xiaojiao.

If a fourth-level beast king were alive, it would be difficult to breach its defenses, but now that it was a corpse, it was much easier to handle.

Thanks to Huangfu Yongchun presiding over the matter, there were no disputes during the allocation.

They even exchanged materials with one another.

“Fellow travelers, I love to eat meat,” Wang Chen immediately said. “I’m willing to trade all my materials for the Xiaojiao meat. Is anyone interested in a swap?”

As soon as he finished speaking, several Golden Core cultivators responded eagerly, “I, I’ll trade!”

Compared to the high-quality refining and alchemy materials like bones, tendons, claws, and scales, the Xiaojiao meat, which could only be used for food, was not only the most abundant but also undoubtedly the least valuable.

Even though these Xiaojiao were rich in spiritual energy, they held little significance for the Golden Core true masters present.

Wang Chen proactively suggested an exchange, and no one could refuse, even feeling impatient!

Due to the low value of the Xiaojiao meat, Wang Chen used most of the materials he received to obtain a large amount of it.

He did not acquire all of it because a few true masters wanted to taste the Xiaojiao meat themselves, so they held back a bit.

However, Wang Chen was already very satisfied.

Unlike these Golden Cores, he walked the path of dual cultivation, and his achievements in body cultivation were on par with his mastery of the Dao.

Due to a lack of suitable resources, Wang Chen’s Heavenly Dragon Vajra True Method had been stuck on the seventh level for a long time, showing no progress and even signs of regression.

These Xiaojiao would help him solidify his realm, allowing him to greatly advance his body cultivation technique.

With the aid of unique abilities, breaking through to the eighth level—Vajra Immortality—would not be a luxury!

The true masters who exchanged for materials were also very happy; everyone was smiling, and the atmosphere was incredibly harmonious.

“Alright,” Huangfu Yongchun said in a deep voice. “This culling of the Xiaojiao was very successful, and we should head back now. Please remember your oaths and absolutely do not leak a word to outsiders!”

His voice wasn’t loud, but it resonated in everyone’s hearts like a drum.

As the saying goes, if the sovereign is not secretive, he loses his ministers; if the ministers are not secretive, they lose their lives; if things are not kept secret, they can become harmful!

If this matter leaks out and is discovered by the Xiaojiao clan, they would undoubtedly face extremely cruel and bloody revenge.

A fourth-level beast king holds a high status in the demon race, and the dragon lineage holds grudges fiercely. If things escalate, it wouldn’t be impossible for a true dragon to intervene.

Human cultivators and demons have fought for millions of years, and today’s order and rules are far beyond what the ancient times could compare to.

Killing a Xiaojiao is not anything earth-shattering, but if it becomes widely known, the consequences would be unbearable for anyone present!

The true masters, once hot-headed from their gains, quickly calmed down.

They all nodded in unison, tightening their lips in agreement.

Huangfu Yongchun flicked his wrist and sent out a stack of talismans, evenly stuck on the cavern’s four rock walls.

These talismans emitted a faint red light, giving off an aura of danger.

“Let’s go!”

Huangfu Yongchun placed a water-warding talisman on himself, then used his movement techniques to dart towards the cave entrance.

The six Golden Core masters, including Wang Chen, followed closely behind.

Before long, they returned to the surface.

The sky was high and the clouds stretched over the rolling mountains, and the warm sunlight shone down on everyone, giving them a feeling as if they had traveled through time.

The miners had truly worked hard these past few days!

But the rewards were immense.

Huangfu Yongchun tossed out the magical flying ship, and everyone boarded in turn, quickly departing.

Not long after the flying ship left the valley, the ground suddenly began to shake violently, and a massive whirlpool appeared in the cold pool, with the water level dropping at a visible speed.

Countless birds flew in panic from the nearby forests, and wild beasts rushed out of the thick woods in alarm.

It was as if the end of the world had come!

And all of this had nothing to do with Wang Chen and the others.

The next day, they returned to Luodu Immortal City.

Everyone parted ways with a tacit understanding.

However, after this battle, the originally loosely connected Seven Ultimate Meeting had formed a basic cohesion. They shared the rich spoils together and guarded the secret that must not be leaked, tightening their bonds significantly.

But what puzzled Wang Chen was that the ore he obtained was difficult to handle.

These spirit stones looked like they had just been mined, and if Wang Chen sold them, the secret of the vein would likely be exposed.

He shouldn’t think that trading through Wanbao Pavilion and the Four Seas Trading Association was foolproof. If he truly believed these two were pure and innocent, then Wang Chen’s head would definitely be as if it were kicked by a donkey.

Credibility has always been built on interests!