Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming-Chapter 1298 - 537: Exchanging Demon Core, Opportunity for Advancement [Subscription Required]
Chapter 1298: Chapter 537: Exchanging Demon Core, Opportunity for Advancement [Subscription Required]
It’s actually a Fourth-Order Demon Core!
At the exchange meeting, Zhou Chun looked at the fiery-red demon core inside the jade box with a surprised expression.
A Fourth-Order Demon Core is a treasure and extremely difficult to obtain.
Generally, even if a Fourth Order Magical Beast is unable to defeat a cultivator, it knows to flee.
Even if it cannot escape, they usually choose to self-destruct their demon core, preventing human cultivators from obtaining their most precious possession.
Thus, Third Order Demon Cores can occasionally be seen in the cultivation world, but Fourth-Order Demon Cores are extremely rare.
Furthermore, Fourth-Order Demon Cores have a much wider application range than Third Order ones, whether as a main ingredient for rare spiritual pills, for refining dharma treasures, or for cultivating Fourth Order Magical Beasts, they are greatly useful.
Even cultivators at the Nascent Soul Stage wouldn’t mind exchanging for such treasures.
The fact that Xu Bin could produce a Fourth-Order Demon Core basically proves his claim was true; he indeed had incredibly good fortune encountering such a recently broken-through and severely injured Fourth Order Beast.
It was mentioned before, that beasts whose bloodlines aren’t sufficient to directly ascend to Fourth Order need some heaven-defying opportunities to break through the bloodline shackles to reach Fourth Order.
In many situations, even if a beast forcibly breaks through to the Fourth Order by consuming certain heaven-sent treasures, it remains weak and severely injured.
During this time, they are extremely weak, and may even be unable to control the overwhelming power of their own demon core.
With Xu Bin’s cultivation level close to the Golden Core Middle Stage, it would naturally be easy to kill such a weak Fourth Order Beast and retain the demon core.
To be honest, if this wasn’t a Fire Attribute Demon Core, but a Metal or Earth Attribute Demon Core, or even a Wood or Wind Attribute Demon Core, Zhou Chun might have made the exchange immediately.
Because possessing such a Fourth-Order Demon Core, any of his three spirit pets could break through to the Fourth Order upon refining the core, or at the very least, he could give it to Zhou Daoyi’s Green Flood Dragon.
But it happens to be a Fire Attribute Demon Core!
Among his few spirit pets, not one fits this core, forcibly consuming it would waste at least sixty percent of its power.
Consequently, Zhou Chun was a bit conflicted.
The opportunity to encounter a Fourth-Order Demon Core is rare, it would be a pity to miss it.
But once exchanged for the core, he couldn’t immediately put it to use.
He was in a dilemma whether to exchange it or not.
Amidst his indecision, Zhou Chun glanced at other cultivators and found that although these people coveted the core, none seemed intent on exchanging.
Only Zhang Shiyao from Chen Country’s Fire Spirit Sect voiced his willingness to exchange his Earth Attribute Rod Dharma Treasure but was refused by Xu Bin.
The person only wanted to exchange for a defensive dharma treasure, not lacking in attack-type treasures.
As a result, the matter ended inconclusively, and Xu Bin did not succeed in his exchange. freēwēbnovel.com
When it was Zhou Chun’s turn, he displayed some dharma treasure spirit materials and rare spiritual medicines, only seeking those that could be used to refine the Ancient Dust Pill and Jade Dew Golden Halo Pill.
Just like how he wasn’t interested in what his acquaintances brought out, those acquaintances were merely watching his displays.
If those people truly had what he needed, they would have exchanged long ago!
Nonetheless, Wang Jun and Zhang Shiyao contributed one or two spiritual medicines to Zhou Chun, including a supplementary medicine for refining the Jade Dew Golden Halo Pill, ensuring his trip wasn’t in vain.
And after the exchange meeting ended, as per tradition, everyone began sharing some insights and experiences in cultivation.
Zhou Chun quite enjoyed these exchange meetings because many cultivators would express difficulties encountered while cultivating certain divine skills, hoping to seek solutions.
These solutions aren’t free; if someone solves your issue, you must reciprocate, either by gifting spiritual medicines and spirit coins or sharing insights in certain areas.
Zhou Chun had once consulted others about cultivation difficulties in the Metal Escape Technique and Geng Metal Splitting Sky Thunder, thereby resolving some confusions.
This highlighted the importance of mentors.
If Zhou Chun had an elder cultivating the same divine skills as him, who was far advanced, it would have greatly accelerated his progress, allowing him to bypass detours in cultivating divine skills.
If a Nascent Soul Stage True Person proficient in Metal Escape Technique was willing to guide him wholeheartedly, his cultivation progress in this skill would be several times or even ten times faster than now, when he’s fumbling on his own!
Therefore, Golden Core Stage Cultivators from long-standing sects have a distinct advantage in cultivating divine skills.
They need only to cultivate divine skills previously practiced, using insights left by their predecessors for guidance, to make visible initial progress.
These scenarios truly illustrate the saying: predecessors pave the way for successors!
Once the exchange meeting concluded, the attending Golden Core Stage cultivators bid their farewells and left.
It was then that Zhou Chun finally made up his mind and secretly sent a message to arrange a meeting with Xu Bin at his abode.
Not long after, within Zhou Chun’s abode, Xu Bin arrived as agreed for a visit.
Since the two were not old acquaintances, following initial pleasantries, Xu Bin straightforwardly asked Zhou Chun, "Is what Taoist Friend Zhang said true? Do you truly have a defensive dharma treasure you’re willing to exchange with me?"
"Of course, not only is it a defensive dharma treasure, it’s a medium-grade defensive dharma treasure as well!"
