This is the downside of playing all your cards first.

If Elder Bai wants to complete the transaction, he can only let Shen Xuan raise the price.

"You speak."

"First, Elder must not reveal Shen's identity to anyone."

This is precautionary, to prevent unnecessary troubles before they arise.

Elder Bai immediately said, "Agreed!"

"Second, Shen will pay twelve hundred Thunder Spirit Pearls, and Elder will first trade the 'Nine Revolutions True Spirit Transformation', Cultivation Insights, and Frost Snow Flood Dragon Essence Blood to Shen."

"Oh, and also that 'True Spirit Transformation', Shen needs a copy too."

This time, Elder Bai was silent for a long time.

After a while, he said softly, "Are there any other conditions?"

"Third, during the minor beast tide, if Bai Family Stronghold can withstand the demon beast attack, Shen won't need to take action."

"If Bai Family Stronghold truly can't hold out and the situation becomes critical, threatening the stronghold, Shen will intervene in time."

Elder Bai nodded slightly, "Agreed."

"Fourth, during the minor beast tide, any demon beasts Shen kills shall belong to him."

"Any Tier Two water attribute demon beasts captured by Bai Family Stronghold shall be offered to Shen first."

"Agreed!"

"Fifth, if the situation exceeds Shen's capabilities, Shen will not be able to help."

"Make it clear."

"If I can't win, I need to escape!"

Shen Xuan said it matter-of-factly.

"Elder doesn't want me to be buried with Bai Family Stronghold, does he!"

"Even if I am willing, my two masters wouldn't agree!"

Elder Bai sighed.

"You lad, truly troublesome!"

"Dealing with you, I'm losing out!"

"If you want me to agree, you have to show something."

If it weren't for being recommended, Elder Bai wouldn't believe Shen Xuan's strength could be that great.

If his combat power was just ordinary Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, or even ordinary Late Stage of Foundation Establishment.

He wouldn't have needed to deal with Shen Xuan at all.

At the least, his combat power needed to reach Foundation Establishment Perfection.

Able to contend with a Tier Two Top Grade demon beast.

Shen Xuan smiled, "Elder, rest assured. Shen is the direct disciple of the two branches of the Cyan Cloud Sect, and best at magical combat and demon hunting."

As soon as he finished speaking.

A few arcs of thunder lit up on Shen Xuan's body.

The next moment, he escaped to an open space three hundred meters in front of the hut.

"Thunder Escape Technique?"

Elder Bai, with a staff, appeared ten meters beside Shen Xuan, eyes full of surprise.

Earlier, Shen Xuan said he "knew a bit of Thunder Technique."

He hadn't mentioned that he had practiced the Thunder Escape Technique to the Great Success Realm.

With such a high level Thunder Escape Technique, unless a Demon King appears, the demon beasts in the minor beast tide could do nothing to Shen Xuan.

"Elder, watch this!"

Before Shen Xuan, clouds and mist shrouded, and water vapor spread.

A landscape scroll, tens of meters long, slowly unfolded.

Four Grand Rivers' water, vast and mighty, flowed and converged into the vast sea.

Countless Spirit Waters stirred up huge waves, splashing and astonishing.

"Upper Grade Water Attribute Spatial Magical Treasure?"

Elder Bai was full of doubt.

Upper Grade Water Attribute Treasures were rare.

The River and Sea Map was still a Spatial Magical Treasure.

With the support of countless Spirit Waters, the Water Cultivator's Technique power could increase several times.

"Sword come!"

Shen Xuan gave a light shout.

The Ice Soul Divine Sword nurtured in his Dantian shot out, flying to Shen Xuan's front.

Soon, it turned transparent.

Centered around Shen Xuan, the surrounding temperature suddenly dropped.

The chilling power of extreme cold instantly froze the air into frost.

The eerie coldness penetrated the Divine Soul, causing Elder Bai to shiver all over.

Although aged and his blood and energy declined.

He was a genuine Foundation Establishment Perfection, a dual cultivator of Golden Body Peak Physique.

Yet he felt a hint of Divine Soul shock from the Ice Soul Divine Sword.

Clearly, the Ice Soul Divine Sword posed a threat to him.

This both surprised and delighted Elder Bai.

He had no idea.

The Ice Soul Divine Sword was infused with some Lifebound Core from Master Cold Jade.

When activated to the extreme, it could kill any Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivator.

"Condense!"

With Shen Xuan's shout.

The Ice Soul Sword shimmered with cold light, sharp as it could be, erecting countless Spiritual Ice Walls.

"Transform!"

The next moment.

Those Spiritual Ice Walls turned into transparent Dark Ice Fish, comfortably swimming, eager to try, exuding coldness.

"Swift!"

Countless Dark Ice Fish gathered together.

Moments later.

A Cold Ice Divine Dragon, ten meters long, full of ferocity, its deep, cold dragon eyes flashing with coldness, eerily staring at Elder Bai.

The scales on its dragon body exhibited mysterious dao patterns, imposing as if ready to destroy everything in the world.

Shen Xuan stopped the spell in his hand.

Just like this, letting the Cold Ice Divine Dragon and Elder Bai stare at each other.

Time seemed to freeze.

Over a hundred breaths later.

Everything within a hundred meters around Shen Xuan was covered with ice and snow.

Elder Bai remained motionless.

Only maintaining around a ten-meter radius, preventing the ice and snow's chill from invading.

He looked at Shen Xuan in amazement.

Although he had an expectation.

He really didn't expect Shen Xuan to be so strong.

After all, just a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer.

Even if a top sect cultivator, a direct disciple of two branches, it far exceeded his expectations.

Then looking at Shen Xuan.

With a calm face.

Clearly, still having energy to spare.

Elder Bai sighed lightly.

Only now did he realize that he was really too old.

Too old to keep up with the changes of this era.

Shen Xuan, it was obvious, was a person of great destiny.

With two True Masters as mentors, he also sought the Bai Family's body refining inheritance.

Elder Bai didn't mind Shen Xuan making conditions.

Each side takes what they need, nothing wrong with that.

Before that, you must have the strength.

The man wasn't wrong.

The esteemed guest of the Bai Family Stronghold is right before my eyes.

...

"I've thought it over, Young Shen, I agree to all of your conditions."

"However, I also have a condition."

Shen Xuan's expression tensed: "Please, Elder."

Elder Bai pondered and then spoke.

"Once Young Shen achieves success in cultivating the Nine Revolutions True Spirit Transformation, if someone in the Bai Family Stronghold displays exceptional talent in body refining, I hope you will take them as your disciple and guide their cultivation of the Nine Revolutions True Spirit Transformation."

This condition was not excessive.

Provided that Shen Xuan successfully cultivates.

At the very least, he must reach the Dharma Realm.

And the disciple to be taken would be someone with exceptional body refining talent.

This could essentially be an optional action.

It would be entirely possible to brush it off by claiming a lack of body refining talent.

"Rest assured, Elder! Here, I swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao. I will not pass on the Nine Revolutions True Spirit Transformation."

"If successful in cultivation, I will surely return to this place to guide the Bai Family Stronghold's elite descendants in their cultivation."

Shen Xuan stated solemnly.

Afterward, he immediately swore the oath to the Heavenly Dao.

The transaction was completed between the two.

Elder Bai obtained twelve hundred Thunder Spirit Pearls and a promise that Shen Xuan would lend a hand if needed.

Shen Xuan gained the Nine Revolutions True Spirit Transformation, Elder Bai's cultivation insights, the Frost Snow Flood Dragon Essence Blood, and a copy of the True Spirit Transformation.

To Shen Xuan's mild surprise,

the copy of the True Spirit Transformation did not have the 'non-transmittable technique' restriction imposed on it.

Evidently, Elder Bai did not see the need.

In fact, the True Spirit Transformation cannot be cultivated as it stands.

It was only through generations of painstaking modifications by the Bai Family ancestors that it evolved into the cultivable Body Refining Technique, the Nine Revolutions True Spirit Transformation.

Elder Bai did not pry into Shen Xuan's secrets.

The higher one's realm, the greater opportunities they have.

Which cultivator doesn't have a secret or two!

"Many thanks to you, Elder! I shall now return to delve into my insights. If anything arises, please inform me through Village Chief Bai."

Shen Xuan was overjoyed and took his leave with a cupped fist.

"You're too kind, Young Shen!"

Elder Bai solemnly returned the gesture of respect.

It was a gesture of equal standing.

Meaning he recognized Shen Xuan's strength.

Shen Xuan's silhouette quickly vanished.

Beside Elder Bai, there was a ripple in the void.

A handsome young scholar with a pale face, holding a beast bone fan, appeared out of nowhere.

"So, I wasn't wrong about him, was I!"

"Shen Xuan is incredibly powerful, far beyond the mere Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer on the surface."

The pale-faced scholar gently waved the beast bone fan, which depicted the image of an Ink Qilin on its surface.

"Ancestor, can Shen Xuan really withstand the three major demon generals under the Howling Moon Demon King?"

Elder Bai curiously inquired.

"Rest assured! This man's spiritual power is strong, no less than the three major demon generals."

"Didn't you already ask? He was prepared, having come precisely for the Thunder Beast."

"He can handle the Thunder Beast Demon, the strongest of the three, and can take care of the Wind-Splitting Eagle Demon and Iron Earth Bear Demon as well."

"He is, after all, a direct disciple of the Cyan Cloud Sect's two lines. Should he perish here, the Howling Moon Demon King will not have a good day!"

"Such a shame, if only he could stay at Bai Family Stronghold, marry, and have children, perhaps the Bai Family Stronghold could produce a few more talents."

The pale-faced scholar looked at Elder Bai with disdain.

"Alas, at my age, still stuck at the Eighth Transformation, what a waste of my Frost Snow Flood Dragon Essence Blood, gifted to that rascal Shen Xuan!"

"Strangely, that boy seems to have a trump card I can't even sense."

"Being the direct disciple of a True Master of a great sect is not to be underestimated!"

"A trump card?"

"It seems to be the aura of a treasure talisman. It's said that this boy is a genius Talisman Master from the Cyan Cloud Sect, who knows what peculiar treasure talisman he's hidden."

"Forget it, let the Howling Moon Demon King worry!"

Upon hearing this, Elder Bai was secretly shocked.

That Shen Xuan hid a trump card that even the ancestor feared.

...

Shen Xuan had just exited the forbidden area behind the mountain.

He then saw Bai Tiancheng waiting silently.

"Brother Bai!"

Shen Xuan, in good spirits, greeted him proactively.

"Brother Shen!"

Bai Tiancheng blushed slightly.

During this time, he and Shen Xuan had addressed each other as brothers.

The two seemed like good friends who could talk about anything.

Yet he hadn't mentioned to Shen Xuan the significant event of the impending small Beast Tide.

Until today, the Great Elder met with Shen Xuan to tell him the truth and negotiate the remaining Thunder Spirit Pearls he held.

"By the way, Brother Shen hasn't yet toured Bai Family Stronghold!"

"Let me show you the sights of Bai Family Stronghold!"

Shen Xuan stopped in his tracks.

He was somewhat surprised, looking at Bai Tiancheng before him.

At a time like this!

The small Beast Tide is about to erupt.

As the head of Bai Family Stronghold, Bai Tiancheng should be preparing for battle,

yet he's offering to show him the sights of Bai Family Stronghold, what play is he performing?

"Alright!"

Upon hearing Shen Xuan agree, Bai Tiancheng gave a heavy bow.

"Brother Shen, please follow me!"

The two transformed into escape lights, one leading, the other following, flying towards the periphery of Bai Family Stronghold.

Bai Family Stronghold was built amidst scenic hills, situated on the waist of Cai Xia Ridge.

To enter the stronghold from the ridge, one must pass through Feiyan Pass, Wusheng Pass, and Tianmen Pass in sequence.

At each pass, three Golden Body Barbarian War Generals and several thousand barbarian warriors, clad in armor, guarded defensively.

Bai Tiancheng led him, starting from Feiyan Pass, to visit and console the stationed barbarian warriors.

At this moment, Shen Xuan finally understood.

Bai Tiancheng wanted him to meet these barbarian warriors who were about to die in battle.

After the small Beast Tide erupts, the majority of these barbarian warriors will perish in battle.

Bai Tiancheng continuously wore a smile, joking loudly with some familiar barbarian warriors.

Yet Shen Xuan sensed the grief in his heart.

It wasn't just Bai Tiancheng.

Even those Golden Body Barbarian War Generals forced their smiles.

Clearly, they were aware of the truth.

Shen Xuan remained outwardly calm.

Bai Tiancheng introduced him as his sworn brother, and the barbarian warriors cheered for him in unison.

Seeing the young, fresh faces, looking at him with eyes of reverence, Shen Xuan was somewhat moved.

What a pity!

These young, vibrant lives!

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