“I apologize for showing you something so paltry, Senior. I only have these few items. I wonder if they will catch your eye.” The plump cultivator chuckled dryly, hastily patting his storage bag and placing three items on the table.
Zhang Ling immediately recognized the three items.
A wooden box contained a crimson-red ginseng, a full two *zhang* long. Faint purple spiritual纹纹 appeared on the entire spirit ginseng, and countless tiny roots covered the entire wooden box, emitting a rich medicinal fragrance and gentle spiritual power.
Judging by its quality, it was extremely well-preserved, and could be considered a treasure among spiritual herbs.
This was a Crimson Blood Ginseng, a Rank Three spiritual herb, and judging by its age, it was about eight or nine hundred years old.
It could be considered a rare spiritual herb, but he had already collected Crimson Blood Ginseng, so while it was a rare spiritual herb for other Core Formation cultivators, it was nothing to him.
A considerably sized piece of Copper Essence, a common material for refining magical treasures. However, the amount this person took out was not small, about the size of a millstone. Overall, it was worth more than 300,000 spirit stones.
However, Core Formation cultivators could refine this material. It would just take a lot of time, but it wouldn’t be difficult to collect.
As for the last item, it was actually two azure-purple round beads placed in a jade box, both only the size of a baby's fist, with many electric light and lightning纹紋 engraved on them.
Zhang Ling made a light sound of surprise. A scan of his divine sense instantly revealed that these two beads were gathering explosive lightning-fire power. He thought to himself, these seem to be one-time lightning beads like the Thunderclap Beads.
However, the lightning-fire power gathered on them was much more concentrated, not comparable to Thunderclap Beads. At least ten times stronger.
If these two lightning beads suddenly exploded, the resulting lightning-fire attack would definitely be no less than a high-level lightning attribute attack. If a Core Formation cultivator was caught off guard, they might be directly killed.
Zhang Ling carefully sensed them and roughly judged the power of the two lightning beads, but that was all. At most, they could pose a certain threat to Core Formation cultivators with a sneak attack, but they would not be of much use in a battle against Nascent Soul cultivators.
“The three items that you brought out are all good, Fellow Daoist, but none of them are what this old man needs. Hmm… If you have the refining method for this kind of lightning bead, I might consider it.”
Zhang Ling looked at the three items this person brought out and shook his head slightly. However, as he spoke, his tone suddenly changed, as if he had suddenly thought of something.
Hearing this, the plump cultivator retreated half a step, intentionally or unintentionally, and chuckled dryly twice. “The lightning beads that Senior mentioned were just something this junior obtained by chance from an ancient cultivator's cave dwelling. I don’t know how to refine them…”
“Heh, really?”
His movements naturally could not escape his divine sense. Zhang Ling immediately determined in his heart that this plump cultivator knew the refining method for this kind of lightning bead. Before this person finished speaking, he said again, “If you have the refining method for this lightning bead, exchanging it for this Yang Lightning Wood is not a problem.”
“Ah, is what Senior says true?”
“Can this old man deceive a junior like you?” Zhang Ling flicked his hand, and the wooden box containing the Yang Lightning Wood flew to this person.
The plump cultivator hesitated for a moment, then nodded in acknowledgment.
“This junior does indeed have a fragmented ancient jade slip that records several methods for refining lightning beads.” As he spoke, he also took out a long, strip-shaped jade slip with cyan and yellow colors.
Zhang Ling unceremoniously summoned with a single hand, and the jade slip fell into his hand.
Once he got it in his hand, he noticed that this jade slip was not refined by modern cultivators, and the material used was not ordinary jade stone. It was indeed an ancient jade slip.
There were also many cracks on it. It was already dilapidated. There were also several small holes on the side of the jade slip, which seemed to be a piece taken from a set of books used by ancient cultivators.
While observing this ancient jade slip, Zhang Ling also released a wisp of divine sense to check the information inside.
The information inside was engraved in an ancient immortal script. The upper half was already blurred, and only the lower half recorded three methods for refining lightning beads.
The first method for refining lightning beads was the simplest, and it could be refined by simply collecting ordinary lightning. The power was the same as the ordinary Thunderclap Beads that could be bought on the market, with an attack power equivalent to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
The second type of lightning bead was the two Fire Lightning Beads that the plump cultivator took out. In addition to collecting heavenly lightning, it also needed to be combined with earthly fiend fire to be refined. The power was not weak, comparable to a full-force strike from a Core Formation cultivator.
The so-called earthly fiend fire could be barely condensed by Core Formation cultivators, but it had to be condensed in a fire vein, and it would take a lot of time to condense even a wisp.
The last method of refining lightning beads was to fuse a Yin Lightning on this basis, refining a Yin-Yang Lightning Bead. The greater the power of the fused Yin Lightning, the stronger the attack power formed by the lightning bead's explosion.
Zhang Ling was overjoyed when he saw this. The power of the second type of lightning bead was already good. If he threw out a dozen at once, it would also be a threat to Nascent Soul cultivators.
What's more, he happened to have that ancient gemstone mirror in his hand, which could condense Water Astral Divine Lightning, which was a type of water attribute Yin Lightning. If he could refine the third type of lightning bead, its power would not be weak.
“Good, I want the lightning bead refining methods on this. The Yang Lightning Wood is yours.” Zhang Ling flashed a ray of spiritual light from his hand and put away the jade slip.
“Thank you, Senior.” The plump cultivator was also overjoyed. He grabbed the Yang Lightning Wood in front of him, bowed to him, and planned to leave.
“Wait, I want the Celestial Astral Silver in your hand too.”
“Didn’t Senior say that as long as this junior took out the lightning bead refining method, you wouldn’t need other treasures? Could it be that Senior wants to go back on your word?” The plump cultivator’s expression changed slightly. If this senior went back on his word, he really wouldn’t have any way to deal with it.
As long as there were no fights in this trade fair, those demon clan managers would not care.
“Hmph, this old man naturally won’t take your Celestial Astral Silver for nothing. I still have a few bottles of lightning attribute pills that increase spiritual power here. I think Fellow Daoist won’t refuse them.”
Zhang Ling snorted coldly and threw out ten cyan jade bottles. With a clear sound, one of the jade bottles was instantly opened, and a cyan-black pill flew out from inside.
“This is… Azure Lightning Pill… I will follow Senior’s words.” The plump cultivator recognized this pill at a glance. He seemed to be more excited than seeing the Yang Lightning Wood, and immediately agreed to exchange the Celestial Astral Silver.
Afterwards, this person put away the ten bottles of Azure Lightning Pills, bowed respectfully to Zhang Ling again, and then left.
Although the plump cultivator had a chaotic aura and his appearance could not be seen, with Zhang Ling's current cultivation, he could tell that this person cultivated a lightning attribute technique and his cultivation was also in the late stage of Core Formation when this person first flew up.
The Azure Lightning Pill was a Rank Three lightning attribute pill. It was the spiritual medicine he used to assist in cultivating the Lightning Light Mantra before. It was naturally the best pill to improve spiritual power for cultivators who cultivated lightning attribute techniques.
