Chapter 510: Chapter 510

For Zhouyang’s request, Jiang Fengxian agreed without even thinking.

Not to mention that Zhouyang just helped her slay the "Cyan-faced Owl," his past favor of guarding her during the Core Formation also made it impossible for her to refuse his current request.

Moreover, their meeting in this "Kunxu Realm" was a gift of fate, so there was no reason to act separately.

There are numerous dangers in the "Kunxu Realm" that can threaten the lives of Golden Core Stage Cultivators, and among those who came here, there is a mix of good and evil.

Acting together, in terms of safety or gains, is undoubtedly much better than acting alone.

Besides, they had established a deep trust in Xu Song’s cave mansion. Even if they found some rare treasures, there was no need to guard against each other harboring malicious intent to monopolize them.

With Jiang Fengxian guarding outside, Zhouyang confidently entered the Artifact Refining Chamber to refine his Lifebound Spiritual Artifact.

The importance of a Lifebound Spiritual Artifact to a Golden Core Stage Cultivator goes without saying. Any Golden Core Stage Cultivator, after forming their core, prioritizes refining their Lifebound Spiritual Artifact.

The unique aspect of the Lifebound Spiritual Artifact is that it doesn’t require highly advanced Artifact Refining Skill from a Golden Core Stage Cultivator. As long as they reach Tier Three in refining techniques, they can ensure the successful refining of a Lifebound Spiritual Artifact in one attempt.

And for a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, cultivating any of the Hundred Skills of Cultivation to Tier Three, apart from array skills, is really quite simple.

Zhouyang is now a Tier Four High-grade Refiner, so refining a Lifebound Spiritual Artifact poses no difficulty for him.

The most challenging part of this refining process is probably melting the "Nine Heavens Profound Gold."

This "Nine Heavens Profound Gold" is material sufficient for refining Tier Seven Immortal Artifacts, a treasure that Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators would fight over even without considering their dignity.

Even if an average Golden Core Stage Cultivator obtained this material, melting it would be a major challenge.

However, for Zhouyang, who mastered the "Qianyang True Flame," melting the "Nine Heavens Profound Gold" was merely a matter of spending extra time.

In the quiet Artifact Refining Chamber, Zhouyang exhaled a long breath, his eyes bright as he looked tirelessly at the golden treasure tower before him, filled with joy.

After twenty days of seclusion, he completed the refining of his first Lifebound Spiritual Artifact in one go.

Looking at the golden treasure tower floating in front of him, the tower has a total of seven layers, with eight corners, each layer has a closed tower door with semicircular portals at the base that can open and close.

Among the four artifacts: "Qianyang Treasure Pearl," "Qianyang Golden Tower," "Qianyang Treasure Mirror," and "Qianyang Golden Lamp," the primary function of the "Qianyang Golden Tower" is more inclined towards suppression and defense.

Though the "Qianyang Golden Tower," made with "Nine Heavens Profound Gold" as the main material, is not yet even a Tier Five Spiritual Artifact, its sturdiness surpasses that of Tier Five High-Grade Spiritual Artifacts, comparable to Tier Six.

Such hard material allows it to calmly withstand enemy attacks while suppressing them, without risking damage to the artifact’s core.

"Generally, once a Lifebound Spiritual Artifact is successfully refined, it only needs to be nurtured within the body for twenty to thirty years to be promoted to a Tier Five Spiritual Artifact."

"However, since my [Qianyang Golden Tower] is refined from the invaluable [Nine Heavens Profound Gold], this timeframe should be greatly reduced. It might not even take ten years to advance to a Tier Five Spiritual Artifact!"

Zhouyang’s eyes sparkled with wisdom, as he opened his mouth and inhaled, the two-foot-tall golden tower before him shrunk into a golden light and was absorbed into his dantian, receiving nurturing from his own magical power.

He then rested for two days to restore his mental state, before exiting seclusion to discuss their next actions with Jiang Fengxian.

"When I got the [Kunxu Order], I also acquired a fragment of a map of the Kunxu Realm, supposedly drawn by a senior who once entered the Kunxu Realm. Unfortunately, I had already compared it upon entering and found no landmarks that matched the locations recorded."

In the cave mansion, Jiang Fengxian spoke of her situation while lifting her jade-like hand to hand a beast hide map to Zhouyang.

The beast hide map, made from the hide of a Tier Five Demon Beast, was resistant to fire, water, and insects, and even cultivators below the Golden Core Stage would find it difficult to destroy.

Zhouyang spread out the beast hide map, about two feet wide and four feet long, revealing a simplistic terrain map drawn with special Blood Ink, featuring basic terrain outlines and labels for some unique locations, with small annotations beside them briefly explaining the situation there.

He studied the map for a while, memorizing its entirety including the annotated notes, before rolling it up and returning it to Jiang Fengxian.

Then, with a ponderous expression, he nodded and said, "Fengxian, your map is extremely valuable. With it, at least when passing through those dangerous places marked, we won’t carelessly lose our lives in them."

"Moreover, the places recorded here, such as the [Ten Thousand Treasures Tower], [Immortal Spirit Valley], and [Heaven-Reaching Peak], are perfect for Golden Core Stage cultivators like us to explore. If we can enter any one of these places, it would be worthwhile to come to the Kunxu Realm this time!"

Jiang Fengxian nodded at his words, then shook her head and said, "Brother Zhou, the places you mentioned are indeed nice. However, in this Kunxu Realm, they are renowned locations with prominent positions, attracting quite a few people’s attention."

After speaking, she paused and then looked apologetically at Zhouyang, "Moreover, this time I came to the Kunxu Realm with a specific purpose. If possible, I have to accomplish this task first before I can accompany Brother Zhou to those places for adventure."

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Zhouyang nodded slightly and, after hesitating for a moment, still asked, "Is it convenient for Fengxian to share what you need to do? If I can help in any way, please don’t hesitate."

"If Brother Zhou is willing to help, I would be extremely grateful."

Jiang Fengxian smiled and then revealed the purpose of her trip.

It turned out that what she needed to do was to go to a place on the map called "Poisonous Flood Dragon Pool" to hunt a poisonous flood dragon and then obtain a jiao pill to help her Seven-Colored Cloud-Swallowing Python promote to Tier Five, transforming from python to flood dragon.

After hearing her words, Zhouyang’s complexion changed drastically as he couldn’t help but say:

"Fengxian, you’re being too reckless!"

"They say there is a Tier Six Poison Flood Dragon hiding in that Poisonous Flood Dragon Pool. If you go there to hunt its children, do you think it will sit idly by?"

"Once that Tier Six Poison Flood Dragon makes a move, let alone you alone, even if we join forces, it would be extremely difficult to escape with our lives!"

Zhouyang could easily slay a Tier Four High-Grade Demon Beast with a single sword, but if a Tier Six Demon Beast made a move, it could just as easily kill Golden Core Stage cultivators like him and Jiang Fengxian.

So he changed color so drastically after hearing Jiang Fengxian’s objective.

For Zhouyang, just escaped from the hands of the late-stage Nascent Soul Demon Celestial Killer Corpse King, the last thing he wanted to do now was to deal with beings above his cultivation realm.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Fengxian immediately showed an apologetic face and said, "I know this is somewhat risky, so if Brother Zhou doesn’t want to help, I won’t blame you, nor will it affect the friendship between us."

Zhouyang’s expression immediately became uncertain.

From the bottom of his heart, he certainly didn’t want to do such a life-threatening thing.

But he had just received a favor of guarding from Jiang Fengxian and was given the map of Kunxu Realm. He also had said that he was willing to help.

If he changed his words now because of the danger, not only it would be a bit shameful, but if Jiang Fengxian indeed met with an accident on this trip, he would also be left with a huge regret in his heart.

After hesitating for a long time, he took a deep breath and looked at Jiang Fengxian before asking, "Although the Tier Six Poison Flood Dragon generally sleeps deep in the Poisonous Dragon Pool, if its children call for help due to mortal danger, it definitely won’t just stand by. Since Fengxian plans to target these poison flood dragons, do you have any way to prevent them from calling for help?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Fengxian knew he had made up his mind to help.

Her heart immediately warmed, and she nodded with a smile, "I wouldn’t be without assurance in doing such a thing. Before coming to the Kunxu Realm, I already purchased a Tier Five Lower Grade Array [Wind Breath Spirit Lock Array]. As long as we lure the target into the formation, before it falls or the formation breaks, it will ensure no disturbance reaches outside the array."

Zhouyang, however, couldn’t smile, and with a serious face, he continued to ask, "Even so, we also have to consider how to safely get away after slaying the poison flood dragon. Does Fengxian have any preparation for this matter?"

Jiang Fengxian’s smile immediately faded, and she looked at him with a bit of frustration, "I have already cultivated the [Wood Escape Technique] to minor achievement, and with the wood escape method, I can escape a thousand miles, performing it consecutively three times!"

Zhouyang understood what she meant by this.

Achieving a minor success in "Wood Escape Technique" could only allow Jiang Fengxian to flee alone, which meant that if he acted together with her, they would have to escape separately.

However, he was considering this precisely for Jiang Fengxian, and since she had already prepared, he immediately nodded, "Then that’s that. Although I have not trained an escape technique to the minor success realm like Fengxian, I have mastered the Demonic Blood Escape Technique. We can meet up at a designated place while each escapes on our own!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Fengxian hesitated and looked at him with wide eyes, "Brother Zhou, have you thought it through? Even with these preparations I’ve made, the risk is still significant. As I said, even if Brother Zhou does not help, I will not hold any grudges!"

"But if I don’t help, I won’t feel at ease!"

Zhouyang sighed inwardly and replied with a composed face, "There’s no need to say more, Fengxian. I know what I’m doing."