In the past month, there were many Zhang Clan cultivators active in the market of Qingfeng City. They usually bought some rare materials and spirit plants at a price 30% higher than the market price.
As a result, the entire Qingfeng City became lively. The adventurers who returned from the wilderness all received the news and went to the various stores of the Zhang Clan to sell their goods. The Liu Clan and Qu Clan also seemed to have received the news. They clearly marked the prices of their goods in their stores and began to compete with the Zhang Clan.
For a time, the prices of the entire Qingfeng City increased by a lot. The ones who benefited were the cultivators who needed to sell their goods. Following that, the enthusiasm of the entire market was stirred up. Every day, hundreds of Foundation Establishment cultivators would go deep into the wilderness to hunt monsters. They wanted to take advantage of the situation of the three clans to make a good profit.
As the instigator of this matter, Yi Tian was sitting cross-legged in Zhang Fengyuan's secret room. The matters outside no longer had anything to do with him. The materials on the ground in front of him were his main business.
Previously, after killing Zhang Fengyuan, he originally wanted to leave. However, who told him to find out about the Heart Thinking Flower? As a result, Yi Tian had no choice but to get involved.
Since the battle with Xiang Tiancheng a month ago, Yi Tian had benefited a lot. The battle between Jin Dan cultivators was completely different from when they were in the Foundation Establishment stage. Usually, everyone would compete with their life source magic treasures.
However, these were the things that he lacked the most. When he was in the late Foundation Establishment stage, Yi Tian had tried to refine the Fire Lotus Sword to make it his life source magic treasure. Unfortunately, the seal in his dantian rejected the Fire Lotus Sword very strongly. On the contrary, the substitute doll that he had refined in the West Peak Mountain of the West Wasteland was not rejected by the seal at all. After the weapon tribulation, it was stored in his dantian.
In addition, Yi Tian had also tried to absorb the Sun Splendor Wheel and the Yin-Yang Dichroic Mirror of the Xuanyang Sect into his dantian. However, he did not expect that the seal would reject all offensive spirit treasures. As a result, the matter of the life source magic treasure could only be delayed. After the battle with Xiang Tiancheng, Yi Tian realized that this matter could not be delayed any longer.
The Sun Wheel was already half complete, and the Yin-Yang Dichroic Mirror was definitely not something he could use right now. He calmed down and thought about it for a moment. It was obvious that this seal could accommodate support-type spiritual tools. Wasn't the substitute doll the best proof of that?
Yi Tian had already smelted the embryo of the Purple Heaven Lamp when he was in seclusion in the Forge Mountain Range. For this, he had used up all of his Brilliant Black Gold Crystals, Krypton gold, and half of his Deep Sea Adamantine. According to the records of the 'Xuan Yang True Tactics', this' Purple Heaven Lamp 'embryo must be smelted and inscribed with the Life True Fire from the beginning to the end. The second step of the refining process is to find the Five Elements Crystal Core of a Level Five Demon Beast as the smelting material. As for each subsequent advancement, it requires the blessing of a fire attribute treasure that matches the level.
Fortunately, the lamp embryo had already passed through the first Weapon Tribulation when it was formed. Now, he only had the fire element Nightmare Beast's crystal core. He still lacked the other four crystal cores. Thus, he could only use Zhang Fengyuan's name to instruct the Zhang Clan's disciples to go around and collect materials.
In order to not let anyone discover any clues, Yi Tian directly made a list of a large number of materials that he needed to purchase. Furthermore, he placed the other four types of Demon Beast's crystal cores on the list.
Previously, he had copied the 'Thousand Faces Technique' from Shi Qianwei. Yi Tian had already comprehended it when he was in seclusion. As long as it was someone who had come in contact with him, they would be able to imitate seventy to eighty percent of his appearance. As long as they did not make a move, they would not be exposed.
After dressing up casually, Yi Tian directly found a few of the Zhang Clan's Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivators, and gave them his list. A strong general does not lack hungry soldiers. Although he had killed Zhang Fengyuan, he still needed to use his identity to do things. Thus, he obtained the Immortal Sword Sect's secret technique 'Immortal Sword Secret Technique' from Xiang Tiancheng, and then gave it to them. Furthermore, he repeatedly instructed them not to easily reveal it, so as to avoid alerting the other two clans.
Since then, the Zhang Clan's middle stage elders were like they had been injected with chicken blood. They naturally did their best to complete the tasks that the ancestor had arranged. In less than a month, they had swept through all the Demon Beast's crystal cores that could possibly appear in the market. Furthermore, they had also used the manpower, financial and material resources that the Zhang Clan had accumulated over a hundred years. Thus, the price of the crystal cores in the market had increased by several times.
Although this was not something that Yi Tian could control, the effect was surprisingly good. Not long after, he had collected three Level 5 Demon Beast's crystal cores: Earth, Metal, and Water.
Henceforth, as long as he collected a Wood Element crystal core, he would be able to start refining his own Life Source Spiritual Tool. However, in the following half a month, the market seemed to have caught wind of something. Those who had high level crystal cores were reluctant to sell them, and those who were willing to sell them had goods that were not suitable for them.
The price war in the market had been deadlocked for nearly half a month. One night, in the backyard of the Zhang Clan, there was a person standing in front of Zhang Fengyuan's stone room, asking for an audience, "Is the Patriarch here? This nephew has found the whereabouts of the Wood Element Spirit Crystal."
After three breaths of time, the stone door opened, and a reply came from inside, "Come in and speak."
During this period of time, Yi Tian had already investigated all the members of the Zhang Clan based on Zhang Fengyuan's original memories. This time, the person who asked for an audience was called Zhang Yitong, a middle stage Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator. However, he had always been a peripheral member of the Zhang Clan's decision-makers, and was mainly not a direct descendant.
However, these had nothing to do with him. Yi Tian was concerned about the whereabouts of the Wood Element Spirit Crystal. It was obvious that this was the first time Zhang Yitong had entered the Ancestor's secret room. After entering, he saw that the entire stone room was only about three square meters, but the concentration of spirit energy was much higher than outside. The Patriarch, Zhang Fengyuan, was sitting cross-legged facing the wall.
At such a close distance to the Patriarch, the spiritual pressure of the Jin Dan cultivator in the air made Zhang Yitong unable to breathe. After three breaths of time, when Zhang Yitong felt the spiritual pressure suddenly disappear, he realized that the Ancestor was waiting for him to speak. He hurriedly went forward and kowtowed, "Reporting to the Patriarch, the whereabouts of the Wood Element Spirit Crystal have been found. It is in the hands of the Qu Clan's Qu Xin, but …"
"If you have something to say, then say it. Don't beat around the bush. What did that Qu Xin woman want?" Yi Tian replied impatiently.
Seeing that the Patriarch was getting impatient, Zhang Yitong hurriedly replied, "She wants a promise from the Patriarch, and she wants to make a deal in person."
After three breaths of time, Yi Tian nodded and said, "Alright, you can go and arrange the meeting. Let's go together."
Hearing this, Zhang Yitong was wild with joy. As long as he could enter the Patriarch's eyes, his status in the clan would be different. Perhaps there would be other benefits.
Although Yi Tian had been waiting impatiently for the past two months, he didn't dare to show it on his face. He didn't want others to see through him. And this Zhang Yitong in front of him seemed to be a good choice. He had always been excluded from the core of the Zhang Clan. As long as he was slightly promoted, he would definitely become a trusted aide.
Moreover, Yi Tian didn't plan on continuing to pretend to be Zhang Fengyuan. The expedition in the Wasteland two years later would be a great opportunity to escape. At that time, he would just have to fake his death and escape.
The key was to not let the Liu and Qu Clans see any clues. After all, once the balance between the three forces was broken, it would definitely attract the attention of the sects behind them. This was the situation that Yi Tian didn't want to see the most.
He had no choice but to meet with Qu Xin this time. Although in Zhang Fengyuan's memory, the two clans didn't interact much. As opponents, the two clans would definitely study the information of each other's Patriarch thoroughly. Furthermore, the two clans had interacted in Qingfeng City for a hundred years. They would definitely have a deep understanding of each other.
His mind quickly went through Qu Xin's situation. A late Foundation Establishment stage cultivator who was almost two hundred years old. This age could be considered old among cultivators of the same cultivation. If she couldn't break through within fifty years, then the Qu Clan's position in Qingfeng City would definitely be in danger.
Compared to Qu Xin, the Liu Clan's Liu Rujuan's cultivation was similar. However, there was a fifty year difference in age. She had at least two chances to condense the Jin Dan.
On the surface, the Liu and Qu Clans were allies. However, they still had some small movements in private. It was no wonder that Qu Xin would meet with him in private. She probably wanted to secretly ally with the Zhang Clan to benefit from both sides.
Furthermore, Qu Xin was the first to discover the ruins. However, the spies that the Zhang and Liu Clans had hidden in her clan revealed it. Thus, she had no choice but to compromise and go treasure hunting together.
Three days later, at night, Yi Tian, who had changed into Zhang Fengyuan, brought Zhang Yitong out of the city through the clan's secret passage. When they came out of the passage, they discovered that they were already in a cave on a rocky slope ten li north of Qingfeng City.
After looking around, the two of them hurriedly hid the entrance. Only then did they rise and fly towards the agreed upon location. On the way, Yi Tian didn't speak much. He was afraid that if he spoke too much, he would arouse suspicion. Fortunately, Zhang Yitong wanted to express himself in front of the clan head. Thus, he didn't dare overstep his boundaries and appeared to be very well-behaved.
The two of them arrived at the agreed upon location with Qu Xin in less than fifteen minutes. From afar, they could see her black-clothed figure in the air. She should have arrived long ago.
Seeing the two of them fly over, Qu Xin was stunned. She didn't think that Zhang Fengyuan would also bring the clan's disciples. However, her face showed a bit of unease. Her cultivation was already at the first level. Now that the other side had one more person, she was at an absolute disadvantage. How could she talk?
When Yi Tian saw the other party's appearance, he seemed to have guessed something. He turned his head and said to Zhang Yitong, "You wait here first. I will meet with Qu Xin alone."
Zhang Yitong hurriedly lowered his head and agreed. This kind of conversation between the clan heads was not something that someone like him could participate in. However, the fact that the Ancestor had brought him here already explained a lot.
After landing on the cloud and being ten meters away from Qu Xin, Yi Tian imitated Zhang Fengyuan's tone and said to Qu Xin, "Qu Clan's woman, if you have something to say, say it quickly. Where is the item?"
Fortunately, the two of them didn't see each other often. Qu Xin was slightly suspicious, but after hearing the tone of the voice, she was able to confirm the identity of the person who had come. She replied, "I am not as fortunate as Brother Zhang to advance to Jin Dan. This time, Brother Zhang is in a hurry to purchase Demonic Beast Cores. You must want to refine some powerful Spirit Tool, right?"
"Don't talk nonsense. Tell me your conditions. Whether it will work or not, this old man will have to consider it first."
Qu Xin reached out and took out a green Demonic Beast Core the size of an egg from a storage bag. Then, she said, "Brother Zhang, please inspect the item. If you like it, I can make other requests."
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