Cultivation Starting from Full Talent

Chapter 138: Chapter 136 Zhang Family Ancestor

Not long after, a mysterious cultivator in a private room raised the price to twelve thousand spirit stones.

Ning Daoran continued to bid higher.

At this time, he possessed sixty to seventy thousand spirit stones in his storage bag and was determined to win this elixir recipe.

Moreover, who wouldn’t want a longer life? Thus, by obtaining the lifespan extension pill recipe now, he would secure everlasting benefits.

Quickly, the price for this elixir recipe soared to eighteen thousand spirit stones.

Within a private room.

“Bang!”

A white-haired old cultivator suddenly slammed his palm onto the desk in front of him, shattering it to pieces. His Golden Core Stage robust mana surged out, frightening the maid next to him to the point of losing her color.

“Who exactly is it, so obsessed with this elixir recipe?”

The old cultivator’s eyes were ice-cold as he ordered, “Investigate immediately!”

This old cultivator, named Zhang Haorang, was the ancestor of a Zhang Family Golden Core cultivation family in Qingzhou territory. He was nearly five hundred and fifty years old and had already consumed three first-tier lifespan extension pills and three second-tier lifespan extension pills.

His life was drawing to its end within these few years, and the family’s collapse was inevitable without a third-tier lifespan extension pill.

As long as he lived, the Zhang Family could continue to hold its second order high grade spirit vein.

If not, neighboring cultivation families would likely carve up the entire Zhang Family’s assets like a pack of wolves tearing at a giant elephant.

Thus, for every extra day Zhang Haorang could live, the Zhang Family could sustain one more day.

If he could persist for another thirty years, a young family member in the late stage of Foundation Establishment could attempt to reach Golden Core. Success would extend the family’s fate by at least three hundred years!

Therefore, the old cultivator knew he could not die. His death would drag the entire family down with him.

At this moment, he had collected Nirvana Grass and Golden Yang Ginseng needed for the third-tier lifespan extension pill and had even contacted a third-tier alchemist friend. He was just waiting for this elixir recipe.

But unexpectedly, another person emerged, also vying for this lifespan extension pill recipe!

“Father…”

Beside him, a rather elderly mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator said, “Qingfu Square has rules, we must not investigate the identities of other private room guests during auctions, or else we’ll break the rules…”

“Enough with the nonsense.”

Zhang Haorang’s gaze was icy as he retorted, “I’ve been close friends with Master Lin of the square for over a hundred years. What does it matter if we break the rules just this once?”

“Yes!”

The Foundation Establishment cultivator nodded, “I’ll investigate this immediately!”

“Hmph!”

The old cultivator picked up a jade talisman and entered a final bid, nineteen thousand spirit stones.

This was the Zhang Family’s absolute limit; exceeding this number, they could not afford to pay for the lifespan extension pill recipe.

Unexpectedly, not long after, the mysterious cultivator bid the high price of twenty thousand spirit stones.

“Very well!”

Zhang Haorang’s eyes were filled with brooding malice, “I hope you’re a Golden Core, or else, I’ll make sure you lose everything!”

Shortly after, a sound transmission talisman flew in.

Zhang Haorang swept over it with his divine sense and couldn’t help sneering, “The Independent Practitioner Jianjia, is it? Merely an early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator dares to contend with this old ancestor for such an opportunity, very good!”

After paying twenty thousand spirit stones, Ning Daoran placed the lifespan extension pill recipe into his storage bag.

He immediately left through the secret passage provided by Qingfu Square.

Before long, he arrived on the streets of Qingzhou City. Without lingering, he transformed into a beam of tunneling light and flew towards the outskirts of the city.

However, as the tunneling light ascended, Ning Daoran noticed a paper crane flying overhead. In an instant, a thread of golden light silently poured over him.

A trace mark?

He frowned. Had he been targeted already?

Outside the city.

A dense forest swayed in the wind with rustling leaves.

The tunneling light Ning Daoran transformed into swiftly passed by, heading straight for Shanyang County.

“Fellow Daoist.”

Suddenly, an old voice transmitted through the air.

Following that, a Golden Core aura unfolded with the wind. A white-robed elder stood on a branch, his mouth revealing a faint sneer,

“Fellow Daoist is indeed wealthy, to directly purchase a lifespan extension pill recipe worth twenty thousand spirit stones. I am not talented and would love to invite Fellow Daoist to be a guest, may I inquire about your intentions?”

Ning Daoran had a misty gaze.

He looked at the Golden Core Cultivator and immediately softened his stance, smiling, “So it’s a Golden Core senior. May I ask why the senior has stopped me?”

“Why pretend to be ignorant, Fellow Daoist?”

“If that’s the case,”

Ning Daoran gently tapped his storage bag, and the lifespan extension pill recipe floated out, “If this recipe is so important to the senior, I am willing to sell it to you at the original price. Just give me twenty thousand spirit stones, and the recipe is yours.”

“Hmph~~”

The Zhang Family Ancestor sneered coldly, “Fellow Daoist knows when to be prudent. Yet, on the brink of death, you still think of selling the recipe to this old man at the original price?”

“What is it?”

Ning Daoran’s gaze turned cold, “Does Fellow Daoist intend to take both my life and my possessions?”

“That’s exactly my intent!”

Zhang Family Ancestor suddenly flared his sleeves, and instantly a Golden Core spiritual pressure enveloped him, causing Ning Daoran to break out in a cold sweat.

“Swish~~~”

Along with the gesture of the Zhang Family Ancestor, a series of array flags and array plates shot out, swiftly forming an array around them. It was unexpectedly a second rank high grade Seven Killings Five Poison Array!

This was beyond Ning Daoran’s expectations.

A Golden Core Cultivator who had dominated a territory for hundreds of years, even at the early Golden Core Stage, indeed had a profound foundation not to be underestimated!

“Now, Fellow Daoist is trapped within the array, will you be caught by me like a turtle in a jar, or will you surrender on your own?”

Zhang Family Ancestor narrowed his eyes in a determination to win.

Just as Ning Daoran was about to speak,

suddenly, strands of deadly force burst from the wind. His opponent didn’t give him any chance and instantly launched an array, summoning a second-tier top-grade magical tool to kill.

“Damn…”

In an instant, Ning Daoran’s body was sliced into several segments.

“Hahaha, I thought you were so formidable!”

Zhang Family Ancestor laughed unrestrained, but in the next second, he saw that after Ning Daoran’s corpse sprayed blood, it turned into several severed Paperfolk.

“Not good…”

Zhang Family Ancestor swiftly turned around.

He saw a figure in the distance holding an Azure Dragon Spear. Though the individual was a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, he had the appearance of a young man, smiling radiantly at him.

“Fellow Daoist Jianjia has great skills indeed!”

Zhang Family Ancestor sarcastically remarked, “This Paperfolk Secret Skill of deceiving with falsehood, truly an eye-opener for this old man!”

He spread his five fingers and continuously urged his mana, trying to activate the Seven Killings Five Poison Array he had just set up. After all, Ning Daoran was outside the array. Without this array’s support, it was not certain he could capture his opponent.

Ning Daoran wouldn’t give him such a chance. The Azure Dragon Spear erupted, unleashing the power of the Evergreen Technique, and with two powerful thrusts forced Zhang Family Ancestor out of the array.

“Little Qing, go!”

The Green Ghost Flag flashed by, and a Green-clothed Evil Ghost transformed into a cloud of shadow, pouncing towards that Golden Core Ancestor.

“Ghost Control Technique?”

Zhang Family Ancestor shivered, and immediately, he summoned a golden mirror, instantly forming a barrier of golden light around him to fend off the attack of the Green-clothed Evil Ghost.

At the same time, leveraging the advantage of his Golden Core, he levitated into the air, summoning two second-order spiritual tools to attack.

“Come forth!”

Ning Daoran opened his left hand, and suddenly, a green treasure tripod emerged, enveloped in mana, appearing before him, effortlessly blocking the incoming attacks from the opponent’s spiritual tools.

“A magic treasure?!”

A burning desire flashed in the Zhang Family Ancestor’s eyes.

How rare are magical treasures in this world? He had entered the Golden Core stage for hundreds of years and hadn’t been able to refine a single magic treasure, yet this mere Foundation Establishment cultivator possessed one?

“This treasure is mine!”

He mobilized his mana, directly summoning a golden blood hand, attempting to forcibly snatch the Chi Long Ding.

Ning Daoran couldn’t help but chuckle.

How naive, a Golden Core Early Stage.

“Shhh~~”

Through the whistling of the wind, several blood-red threads swept across, and in an instant, one of Zhang Family Ancestor’s arms was sliced into several segments.

Blood sprayed the sky, leaving only the base of his right arm intact.

“Ahhh…”

Zhang Family Ancestor screamed in agony, not expecting his opponent to possess a second magical treasure, and an offensive type at that.

Judging by the fluctuations of the magical treasure’s spiritual energy, it had to be at least a third-tier top-grade magic treasure!

A top-grade magic treasure, something he wouldn’t even dare dream of!

In the wind, a streak of jade green brilliance came slashing!

The Jade Saber was a second-tier top-grade spiritual tool!

Zhang Family Ancestor, in pain, summoned a bone shield for defense, but his eyes were filled with horror. This young man was terrifyingly well-equipped with numerous treasures!

In the next second, a treasure fan appeared in Ning Daoran’s hand, unleashing turbulent True Yang Intense Flames!

Zhang Family Ancestor hastily summoned his mana for defense, but his Golden Core Early Stage mana couldn’t fully withstand it. In no time, threads of fierce flames clung to his body.

The flames ignited by the True Feather Fan with the True Yang Furnace Technique would burn on the skin until it reached the bones.

Zhang Family Ancestor howled in anguish.

Ning Daoran raised his hand, and the Spirit Cage Silk silently swept through the air, instantly reducing Zhang Family Ancestor’s body to chunks.

A weak Golden Core Early Stage, killed outright by magical treasures.

…

Ning Daoran quickly searched the body.

Zhang Family Ancestor, as an old Golden Core, had a modest trove of treasures, possessing only four spiritual tools, but his storage bag was filled with spirit stones, totaling over 19,000!

A substantial haul.

This trip for Ning Daoran was like getting a Life-extension Elixir Recipe for free.

He quickly stored all the items in his storage ring, then summoned a blaze of Samadhi True Fire to turn Zhang Family Ancestor’s body into ashes.

After Earth Tunneling away, he started the Soul Search!

Zhang Family Ancestor, with an age over five hundred years and extensive experience, had in his youth masqueraded as a Robbery cultivator and killed his sworn brother, taking his sister-in-law on a life of flight; such exploits broadened Ning Daoran’s horizons.

Additionally, he discovered a piece of useful information:

Details about the location and opening time of a Secret Realm called “Feixing Secret Realm,” rumored to hold numerous fortunes. Ning Daoran silently memorized the location and timing.

But now was not the time to consider exploring this Secret Realm.

Furthermore, Ning Daoran learned that Master Lin from Qingfu Square in Qingzhou was the mastermind behind revealing his identity.

That… he’d note the name in his little book and settle the score when an appropriate opportunity arises.

After the Soul Search, he casually scattered the soul.

Even those deeply versed in Soul Searching Techniques would find nothing amiss.

These were all routine for Ning Daoran.

He rapidly extracted the array plates and array flags of the Seven Killings Five Poison Array, then disguised as Independent Practitioner Jianjia, Wood Escaped dozens of miles away, returning to Chaotic Sect as a streak of light.

As he approached the Mountain Gate, he reverted to his true appearance and strutted back to Qiongbi Peak with Big Stupid Deer.

…

This time everything went smoothly; the irresistible appeal of killing for treasure sometimes really was insatiable!