Chapter 431: Blood Jiao Green Rice and the Void Divine Stone

At the banquet, the several Nascent Soul Zhenjuns of the human race, upon hearing the words of Demon Saint Gushan, all turned to look at Qin Ming with strange expressions on their faces.

They had not expected that the newly advanced Wangyue Zhenjun actually had dealings with the Silver Moon Heavenly Fox; and judging from the way Silver Moon Demon Saint looked at Qin Ming, it was practically a hidden glance of affection, quite ambiguous. To be able to have these two great Demon Saints personally attend the ceremony to offer congratulations, the relationship must be far from shallow!

At the same time, a group of Nascent Soul old monsters were truly envious of Qin Ming; when they looked at Silver Moon Demon Saint, she was a rare beauty in the world, gorgeous beyond compare.

For a moment, the atmosphere at the scene eased considerably.

"This Palace's relationship with Fellow Daoist Qin is indeed quite good, but it is not what you all imagine," Yue Lingyan also spoke up to explain, her voice ethereal and melodious.

Hearing these words, Brother Li Huo Shangren could not help sighing: "I have heard that Wangyue Zhenjun usually makes wide connections, but I never expected he could even befriend great Demon Saints of the demon race; this old man is truly impressed."

Qin Ming merely smiled and did not offer further explanation.

"Since there is this kind of relationship between the two of you, it is not entirely out of the question to discuss it." After several Nascent Soul Zhenjuns secretly transmitted messages to deliberate, they turned their heads and said to Demon Saint Gushan.

"However, how does Fellow Daoist Gushan wish to cooperate?"

These few Nascent Soul old monsters were all people who had lived for several hundred years; naturally they were extremely cautious about this matter.

Qin Ming and Yue Lingyan's acquaintance and friendship merely provided an opportunity for negotiation.

Demon Saint Gushan's face remained calm as he slowly said: "In order to jointly deal with the matter of the realm descending, our two races can sign a hundred-year ceasefire agreement, which can be extended later depending on the situation."

"As for the demon race's side—"

Those present were all big shots capable of deciding the situation of one side of the Immortal Realm, so they immediately began negotiating cooperation at the banquet.

……

On the other side.

Shi Tian Shu ran over with an excited face, waving at the little silver fox: "Little silver fox! Here! Here!"

The little silver fox, who had been quietly lying in Yue Lingyan's arms, suddenly lit up her bright eyes, revealed a look of joy, and immediately jumped down.

She ran to Shi Tian Shu and said: "Brother Shu, long time no see."

"Let's go, let's go, I'll take you to the feast. Those big figures of theirs discussing world affairs—it's really boring for you to stay there." Shi Tian Shu pulled her along as they walked out.

The little silver fox nodded and said: "Mm, this girl was just thinking the same."

"Master planted a new kind of spirit fruit in the Little Spirit Realm again, the taste is really not bad, I'll let you try it, hehe!"

Then it suddenly thought of something and immediately stopped.

It then took out a square box with a bow tied on top of it. "This is a meeting gift this great lord prepared for you, see if you like it?"

The little silver fox took the treasure box somewhat shyly, opened it and looked—inside it was packed full with several dozen pearls of various colors, dazzling and radiant.

"Many thanks to Brother Shu for the treasure, this girl likes it."

……

Half a day later, taking advantage of Qin Ming's Nascent Soul grand ceremony and the gathering of Nascent Soul cultivators from all sides, Demon Saint Gushan and the human race's Nascent Soul cultivators reached a preliminary consensus: within a hundred years, the two races would not violate each other.

They also set a time to plan for dealing with the matter of the Blood Ring Realm's descent.

Nowadays the demonic path was rampant and the righteous path was weak; these Nascent Soul old monsters had no choice but to seek a way out. With the demon race taking the initiative to come to them, it was just the right opportunity to take advantage of.

If the demon race and the demonic path were to attack the human race together, that would truly be the end of everything.

After this contact, the several Nascent Soul Zhenjuns gained some different views on Qin Ming, this newly advanced Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Come, Fellow Daoist Qin, the few of us toast you a cup. If not for this relationship of yours, the human race and the demon race would not have been able to sit at the same table."

"It can be said that you have brought a turning point of peace to the relationship between the two races! Your contributions are simply indispensable!"

"Fellow Daoists are too kind."

During the negotiations just now, Qin Ming did not participate or speak too much.

Now that he represents the Southern Wild Immortal Realm, from now on he naturally has the qualifications to sit at the top position of the Immortal Realm and influence the situation.

At the banquet.

After the discussions were mostly done, Demon Saint Gushan publicly took out a delicate jade box and handed it to Qin Ming, saying:

"This time, borrowing the light of Wangyue Zhenjun, this matter could be facilitated. Here is a small congratulatory gift from this seat."

"Then many thanks for Fellow Daoist Brother Gushan's kind intentions, Qin Mou accepts with a smile." All who came were guests, and Qin Ming did not refuse.

He took the jade box and slightly opened it to take a look, only to see a layer of gray, astonishing demonic Qi suddenly emanating from the gap.

He saw that what was stored inside was clearly a spherical object.

"A fourth-grade demon core!!"

The several Nascent Soul Zhenjuns present cried out in surprise, their eyes revealing thick envy, their gazes almost unable to look away.

At the cultivation realm of Nascent Soul, the desire for a treasure like a fourth-grade demon core could well be imagined.

If used properly, it could greatly enhance one's own cultivation and strength.

Demon cores were useful in alchemy, artifact refining, array refining, and puppet refining, and were also a rare and excellent material.

"This is a demon core from a fourth-grade early-stage Dark Water Great Serpent, obtained by this Saint during travels outside in earlier years," Demon Saint Gushan explained calmly.

A glint of light flashed in Long Mu Zhenjun's eyes, and she could not help asking: "Could it be the one from the depths of the Black Sea Dark Abyss?"

"This old woman once heard that this great serpent was a tyrant of the deep sea, its Dark Water divine ability could devour everything, unafraid of cultivators' divine abilities. Several hundred years ago, two Nascent Soul fellow Daoists went to hunt it, but instead became food in this serpent's mouth." "The Dark Abyss environment is harsh, countless sea cultivators have perished there. Having absorbed the resentful Qi of the netherworld year-round, it gave rise to and nurtured such a great demon."

"Precisely," Demon Saint Gushan's face remained calm, as if it were merely a casual matter.

Hiss! Hearing Long Mu Zhenjun's explanation, everyone revealed looks of shock; they had not expected this demon core to have such a great origin.

It was not an ordinary fourth-grade demon core, but a special demon core from a deep-sea great serpent.

When You Sha Zhenjun looked at this Dark Water demon core again, a trace of almost imperceptible greed flashed through his eyes, but he concealed it well.

Qin Ming closed the jade box and happily put it away.

With this demon core, perhaps the pills needed for early Nascent Soul stage could also be set about refining.

Yue Lingyan also smiled gracefully, took out a wooden box and handed it to Qin Ming: "Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Qin on advancing to Nascent Soul, this is a congratulatory gift from this Palace."

"This Palace knows you are a high-grade spirit planter. This item was specially exchanged by this Palace from a senior; it is said to originate from some relic, and should be a certain fourth-grade spirit rice, though the quantity is not much."

"Could it be an ancient relic species?!" Even Long Mu Zhenjun beside them began to show some anticipation in her expression.

As a fourth-tier mid-grade spiritual plant cultivator, she naturally held a deep interest in this object, her curiosity instantly piqued.

Qin Ming took the wooden box and opened it, revealing over ten grains of spirit rice, entirely crimson-red in color, with dark purple spiritual runes interwoven on their surfaces, enveloped in a layer of crimson mist that radiated overwhelming spiritual energy.

Even more strangely, within these grains of spirit rice, faint silhouettes of flood dragons could be vaguely discerned.

"It's actually fourth-tier Blood Flood Dragon Green Rice!" Long Mu Zhenjun was clearly knowledgeable; the moment he saw the rice, his face displayed disbelief, nearly losing his composure.

Li Huo Shangren also noticed the great fluctuation in Long Mu Zhenjun's emotions, a rare occurrence, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Fellow Daoist Long Mu, what is Blood Flood Dragon Green Rice?"

Long Mu Zhenjun, however, kept his mouth shut, clearly too lazy to bother with the other party.

Li Huo Shangren received a cold shoulder and could only drink a mouthful of spirit wine with chagrin.

Although Qin Ming did not know the origin of this spirit rice either, from the vast spiritual energy it contained, he could sense that its effects were extraordinary.

For enhancing and advancing the magic power of a Nascent Soul, it would surely have tremendous efficacy.

He prepared to put it away first and study the object later.

Moreover, judging by his reaction, Long Mu Zhenjun clearly recognized this rice; perhaps after the grand ceremony concluded, he could seek some instruction from him.

Subsequently.

Han Ya Shangren saw that everyone had presented congratulatory gifts, and all were extremely rare treasures.

He had no choice but to take out an exquisite jade bottle, hand it to Qin Ming, and say, "Congratulations, Qin Zhenjun; inside is a piece of fourth-tier low-grade Void Origin Stone, which can be mixed into a magical treasure to raise its grade."

"Of course, Fellow Daoist Qin is a high-tier spiritual plant cultivator; in the future, if you can obtain void spiritual plants, it can also be used for cultivating them."

In order to highlight that his congratulatory gift was quite valuable, Han Ya Shangren, when handing it to Qin Ming, also explained it in great detail with heavy emphasis, fearing he would be looked down upon by the Nascent Soul Zhenjun seated there.

At this moment, Li Huo Shangren secretly transmitted his voice to Han Ya Shangren, asking, "Muhe Muhe Laogui Han Ya, isn't this the treasure you brought out from the Qingyuan Sect's secret realm? You old miser, how did you suddenly become willing to give it away?"

"Who is a miser? Old Monster Li Huo, don't speak nonsense," Han Ya Shangren immediately retorted in anger, then ignored him.

In truth, Li Huo Shangren had hit the mark; while studying this stone, Han Ya Shangren had accidentally discovered that it contained many impurities, yet after consulting numerous classics, he still could not identify them.

As a result, the value of this Void Origin Stone had plummeted.

"Fellow Daoist Han Ya is truly too polite; in that case, Qin Mou would be rude to decline," Qin Ming said with a faint smile, putting the gift away.

'Han Ya Shangren is truly generous; this person is certainly worth cultivating a deep friendship with in the future.'

When he held this Nascent Soul grand ceremony, he hadn't expected to receive any proper congratulatory gifts or treasures at all.

After all, the Southern Wild Immortal Realm was simply too poor and shabby; it was impossible to gather anything good.

Third-tier spiritual items were already the absolute limit.

Yet he hadn't expected that the Nascent Soul big shots from other places would be so wealthy! They were simply dripping with oil.

Qin Ming also roughly guessed that these few must have reaped considerable benefits from that Qingyuan Sect secret realm.

"Tsk tsk tsk! To actually be willing to give away something as good as Void Divine Stone..."

"He is simply a first-rate great benefactor in the Immortal Realm..."

Just at this moment, within the Blood Pagoda magical treasure.

Qingyang Laomo, who had fallen into slumber during the Nascent Soul Lei Jie, seemed to have awakened and slowly said.

"Void Divine Stone?" Qin Ming's heart stirred; immediately maintaining his composure, he secretly asked Qingyang Laomo, "Muhe Muhe Laogui, isn't this Void Origin Stone?"

"Heh heh heh! That old brat just doesn't recognize the goods; such an ancient treasure, even back in the Qingyuan Sect of those years, was a spiritual treasure worthy of the table."

"The greatest function of this Void Divine Stone is to assist Nascent Soul cultivators in comprehending the power of void divine abilities."

"Of course, what that old brat said isn't wrong either; this divine stone can indeed be used to cultivate and plant void spiritual plants."

"However, using a fourth-tier top-grade Void Divine Stone for farming is surely a case of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, heh heh heh!"

Hearing these words, Qin Ming couldn't help but feel deeply moved.

Han Ya Shangren not only possessed profound fortune but was also a great good person (End of Chapter)