Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant

Chapter 648: Chapter 39 Champion_3

The prize for the Golden Core champion was 6000 points.

Add 1000 points for the Foundation Establishment champion to that.

Doing the math, by participating in this Dao-asking Conference, Wang Ba had made more than ten thousand merits directly.

“With only five days left before tasks are assigned, I should start preparing.”

Wang Ba flicked through his identity card, lost in thoughts.

“I don’t think I can make it to Shenxiu Peak right now. If I go now, I can hardly start my cultivation within a few days.”

“The Wind cultivation practice is much harder than the Five Elements. Plus, I don’t have the Wind Spiritual Root yet. If I want to get started, I probably need to open up a third Dantian. The teacher has prepared materials for me, but time is the only concern.”

“It’s better to start practicing after I return from completing the mission.”

I’ve initiated the Five Elements cultivation practice, which has greatly accelerated my progress. However, I’m still a bit far from reaching the peak state.

This could be a good time for me to refine my skills using the training resources that Yao Wudi left for me while I’m away.

Once I’ve advanced as far as I can in the Five Elements and Wind cultivation practices, I can start preparing for the Solidifying Pill stage.

I don’t plan to stay at Foundation Establishment too long. It would be enough to forge foundations of Five Elements and Wind. I can focus on the cultivation of other qualities after reaching the Golden Core stage.

People say it’s harder and takes longer to cultivate new qualities after reaching Golden Core.

But in reality, I’m not too concerned about extending my lifespan.

Instead, there will be a lot more things I can do once reaching Golden Core.

Harnessing these thoughts allowed Wang Ba to survey numerous spirit beasts on Wanfa Peak.

Finally, he put the Thousand-eyed Dark Lizard and newly-born spirit beasts, such as Stone Lizards, Snow Sun Chickens, Azure Spirit Turtles, etc., into the Spirit Beast Bag.

Looking around an area now drained of population.

Then, Wang Ba noticed the Wu Monkey King almost immediately.

What surprised him was that Wu Monkey King was sitting on the ground with two noticeable humps on its back, whilst its aura of wildness grew stronger.

After close examination, Wang Ba quickly formed some ideas.

Past where the Spiritual Ghost Eel lay, the entire pond was reflecting a pitch-black colour, thanks to the Spiritual Ghost Eel’s activities.

After some thoughts, he didn’t linger anymore, but swiftly flew towards Taiyin Mountain’s Xuanwu Market.

Meanwhile, as he was busy preparing for the journey ahead,

Many Foundation Establishment geniuses from all peaks continually stared at the light screen in the fighting arena, hope dwindling.

However, to their disappointment, as the number of participants dwindled,

The name they waited for never came to light.

Finally.

Two more days later.

Amidst the last brightened sand-covered fighting area in the fighting arena.

Liang Zhongkang showed himself in the gusty wind, gasping for breath. Facing the dizzied Ruan Ziyin from Tianji Peak, he revealed a rare excitement and joy of surviving a calamity and defeating the enemy:

“I won!”

“I am the Foundation Establishment champion!”

At the same moment.

Golden Core fighting arena.

Xi Wushang from Chunyuan Peak, dressed as a mundane knight, slowly retracted his surging Mana.

His clothes were slightly tattered, but beyond that, he didn’t have any injuries.

Looking at Lu Yu from Xinjian Peak, Xi Wushang smiled radiantly, “Brother, I won.”

Lu Yu, gazing at the truly unscathed Xi Wushang, could only force a bitter smile out.

“Your strength is probably…”

He shook his head slightly and immediately flew away.

Soon, some spectator cultivators in the audience couldn’t hold back their cheers:

“Golden Core champion, Xi Wushang!”

Within the venue for Dao-asking Conference, the cheers of cultivators erupted.

Inside Tianyuan Hall.

Watching Xi Wushang on the screen, Qu Shentong nodded approvingly.

“You’re the one.”

…

“These are the merits transferred to you, the Foundation Establishment champion bonus from the Spirit Food Baiwen Tower — the Spirit Food Class III recipe ‘Divine Void Eye Liquid’.”

“This is the Class III Complete Set Spirit Cook’s magic tool from the Spirit Cook’s Baiwen Tower, as a reward for being the second-place winner in Golden Core.”

“This is the reward from the Beast Control Baiwen Tower for the Golden Core champion — choose one kind of Fourth-Order Spirit Beast’s blood and essence.”

Standing outside the Quest Hall, Wang Ba was indifferent to over ten thousand merits he received, but showed great interest in the three extra awards.

“Divine Void Eye Liquid?”

Wang Ba scanned through the Jade Slip in his hand and quickly learned about the effect of Divine Void Eye Liquid.

In a nutshell, this is a spirit food made from the eyes of a spirit beast called ‘Shenxu beast’. If consumed for a long time, a cultivator’s eyes can gain a special effect that allows them to see more detailed and true aspects through any obstacle.

“That’s good stuff, even though the method of concoction is rather nauseating… However, this Shenxu beast might be hard to find.”

Wang Ba thought for a moment, then put away the recipe.

He then looked at the Class III Spirit Cook’s magic tool.

Such an item wasn’t of much value to him, as he usually borrowed tools from the Spirit Food Department, but after contemplating, he decided to send it to Jia 17.

Lastly, what interested him the most was the Fourth-Order Spirit Beast’s blood and essence.

“Ghost-eyed Chi Blood and Essence…Scarlet Dog Blood and Essence…Nine-Eyed Monkey Blood and Essence…Wind-Thunder Tiger blood and essence…”

More than twenty different types of Fourth-Order Spirit Beast’s blood and essence bewildered Wang Ba.

Even so, he still made his own choice in the end.

Three days later, on the eve of the release of the Patrol mission,

Wang Ba stood satisfied next to the pond where the Spiritual Ghost Eel lived, looking at the now larger Wu Monkey King.

At this point, its aura had clearly reached the upper grade of Class III.

“Now it’s time to find Martial Uncle Qi.”

Wang Ba made a gentle gesture, and the Wu Monkey King immediately jumped into his Spirit Beast Bag.

Wang Ba didn’t hesitate and immediately flew towards the Shou Peak.

Behind him, a few sparse ghost eels disappeared in a flash in the pond…