Chapter 1217: Chapter 515: Lifebound Dharma Treasure Completed [8000-Character Mega Chapter, Please Subscribe]_3

Speaking to this point, Huangyun True Person then gave a faint smile to the dozens of Golden Core Stage cultivators below and said, “As always, the old rule remains: whoever manages to present something that moves me may take one item from these three treasures!”

This old rule was already well known to all cultivators who came to attend the exchange meeting.

At each exchange meeting, Huangyun True Person would bring out certain treasures for the Golden Core Stage cultivators to trade.

But whether anyone could trade for these treasures depended entirely on the depth of the Golden Core Stage cultivators’ resources.

It was not unusual for no one to succeed in trading for even one treasure.

After all, treasures capable of impressing a Nascent Soul Stage True Person were undoubtedly rare and extraordinary!

Nonetheless, there were always people who came thoroughly prepared each time.

This time, for instance, not long after Huangyun True Person’s words, a Golden Core Stage cultivator stepped forward, saluted, and began a Divine Sense transmission to converse with him.

Zhou Chun also felt a strong desire for those three treasures, especially that Secret Talisman.

But after going over the treasures available for exchange in his possession, he realized that aside from the Demon Core of the Five-Colored Dragon Fish, the Five-Leaf Green Jade Ganoderma, and the Earth Mother Profound Gold, he had nothing else likely to move Huangyun True Person.

Yet, parting with any of these three treasures left him feeling both reluctant and conflicted.

What if he offered these treasures but failed to acquire the Secret Talisman he desired?

Wouldn’t that reveal the fact that he possessed such rare treasures?

Especially since he was merely a Golden Core Early Phase cultivator who did not belong to a major faction of the Great Zhou Kingdom.

Such exposure could very well lead to an ambush and assassination over the treasures he carried!

After much deliberation, Zhou Chun finally decided against revealing his treasures, opting instead to quietly observe the actions of the other Golden Core Stage cultivators.

After a dozen or so Golden Core Stage cultivators stepped forward and engaged in Divine Sense transmissions, Huangyun True Person waved his hand and sent the Secret Talisman and the Golden Mountain-Breaking Ruler to two Golden Core Middle Stage cultivators.

These two Golden Core Middle Stage cultivators then retrieved jade boxes containing treasures from their Storage Pouches and handed them to Huangyun True Person.

After receiving the jade boxes, Huangyun True Person casually put away the Wutu Element Essence, then swept his wide sleeves and said, “Alright, this exchange meeting is now concluded. I will not detain you any longer. You may now leave, fellow Taoists!”

With that, he transformed into a streak of yellow light and vanished from the hall.

Zhou Chun and the other Golden Core Stage cultivators saw this and promptly departed from Yellow Cloud Gorge.

Perhaps Zhou Chun’s behavior at the exchange meeting wasn’t enough to attract much attention, as he encountered neither stalking nor ambushes on his journey back to Tianyuan Immortal City, arriving safely.

After returning, he fed the Metal-attribute Demon Core he had obtained from the exchange meeting to his Golden Winged Tiger and the Earth-attribute Demon Core to his Golden Armor Turtle Bearer Stone, allowing both spirit pets to retreat into slumber within the cave residence to digest the energies of the Demon Cores.

As for the Thunder Flood Dragon Baibai, he could only promise to share two additional Ancient Dust Pills with it once the next batch was successfully refined.

After all, Thunder-attribute Demon Cores were exceedingly rare and nearly impossible to acquire through trade.

Having set everything in order, Zhou Chun settled into his cave residence to cultivate secret techniques, patiently awaiting Sun Yuanjing’s notification about retrieving the Taiyi Profound Gold Qi.

As the sun rose and the moon fell, two years quickly passed.

In these two years, Zhou Chun’s cultivation of several secret techniques achieved promising results, and the Golden Winged Tiger had advanced into a Third-Order Middle Grade Demon Beast after consuming the Demon Core.

The Golden Armor Turtle Bearer Stone hadn’t yet reached Third-Order Upper Grade, but it seemed a matter of consuming one or two more Ancient Dust Pills to achieve this breakthrough.

In this way, his three spirit pets were now once again evenly matched!

On this day, Zhou Chun’s figure reappeared in the private room on the third floor of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.

“The Taiyi Profound Gold Qi you required has been completely gathered, Taoist Friend Zhang. As you conducted a transaction midway with Taoist Friend Zeng to acquire additional Taiyi Profound Gold Qi, the treasure you initially mortgaged still retains surplus value. Would you prefer to convert this into Spirit Coins or continue gathering this material?”

Inside the private room, after Zhou Chun had verified the quality and quantity of the gathered Taiyi Profound Gold Qi and found no issues, Sun Yuanjing naturally turned to address the matter of settling accounts.

Zhou Chun, riding a wave of excitement and eager to prepare for secluded cultivation and the Reforging of the Shattered Cauldron, scarcely spared the matter a thought.

Upon hearing this, he immediately responded, “Continue gathering Taiyi Profound Gold Qi. I will still require more of this material in the future!”

The secret technique he cultivated, Golden Firmament Flash, also required absorbing high-quality Golden Qi, making the Taiyi Profound Gold Qi an asset that could never be in excess.

He then hastened to leave the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.

Once back at his cave residence, Zhou Chun extended the cave’s lease by a few more years, left a letter for Luo Qingni, and sealed the residence entirely.

Inside the secluded cultivation chamber of the cave, Zhou Chun sat cross-legged amidst numerous black bottles sealing the Taiyi Profound Gold Qi.

At this moment, the images flashing through Zhou Chun’s mind were of the previous experience he had with the Reforging of the Shattered Cauldron.

For practitioners of the Golden Cauldron Profound Technique, each attempt at Reforging the Shattered Cauldron was a test of life and death; failure inevitably meant annihilation, with no second chance!

However, having undergone one Reforging of the Shattered Cauldron already, Zhou Chun had gleaned some valuable insights.

Based on his own experience, the Reforging of the Shattered Cauldron demanded extremely strong Divine Sense from the practitioner; those with more formidable Divine Sense were less prone to errors.