Chapter 292
Chapter 292
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 292
Chapter Title: Ruan Tieniu's Secret, Chen Jianghe's Choice
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Led by a mortal guide, Chen Jianghe’s party of four arrived at the Treasure Pavilion Inn. Upon asking, they learned that Yu Daniu had not yet arrived.
Yun Bufan decided to stay at the Treasure Pavilion Inn to wait for Yu Daniu, while Chen Jianghe, along with Zhuang Xinyan and Jiang Ruxu, began to wander around Duobao Market City.
Duobao Market City was vast.
Fortunately, Foundation Establishment cultivators could fly on qi.
Chen Jianghe flew with the mortal guide, familiarizing himself with the capital city of Xichuan Prefecture, one of the top-ranked cultivation market cities in the Tiannan Domain.
After a full tour, Chen Jianghe's impression of Duobao Market City was that it was enormous, with a large population of mortals, nearly ten times that of the cultivators.
However, most mortals lived in the outer city, while cultivators resided in the original Duobao Market City.
Another point was that Duobao Market City had no curfew.
There was no so-called entrance fee.
Inns were divided into two types: for mortals and for cultivators.
The prices were not high, but all transactions were settled in spirit sand or spirit stones.
This was because the livelihood resources earned by mortals in Duobao Market City were mostly in spirit sand.
A small portion was in spirit stones.
As for gold and silver, they were not popular in Duobao Market City.
Of course, a large quantity of gold and silver could be exchanged for spirit stones, as gold and silver themselves were refining materials.
Sufficient amounts could be refined into essence gold or essence silver, which could be used to craft low-grade and mid-grade flying swords.
"Immortal Master, the Prime Minister's Residence is just ahead. Prime Minister Ruan is benevolent and magnanimous, allowing mortals to enter the inner city, but this humble one is too tainted with worldly dust and dares not defile the Prime Minister's immortal abode."
"Immortal Master can set me down here. I will wait for your return."
Chen Jianghe nodded at his words, setting the mortal guide down in a landscaped garden area ahead before flying to the front of the Prime Minister's Residence with Zhuang Xinyan and Jiang Ruxu.
Previously, this was the Immortal Emissary's Mansion. After True Lord Chilong returned to the capital and announced Ruan Tieniu's position as Right Prime Minister to the world, this place became the Prime Minister's Residence.
"Big Brother Chen, Fellow Daoist Ruan has quite a reputation in Duobao Market City! Even mortals speak so highly of him. It seems he has truly done a good job here."
Zhuang Xinyan remarked.
"By giving many mortals a chance to pursue immortality, his prestige is naturally high. This Ruan Tieniu is truly one who dares to think and act."
Chen Jianghe had never seen a market city where the number of mortals surpassed that of cultivators; a single misstep could lead to chaos.
Only someone as bold and audacious as Ruan Tieniu would dare to do such a thing.
The Prime Minister's Residence was massive, covering a hundred acres. Behind it connected to a hundred-zhang-tall mountain on the periphery of the Wandering Immortal Mountain Range. It featured seven palaces and pavilions, with all sorts of landscapes, and one could feel the fluctuations of various formations.
Evidently, the Prime Minister's Residence was protected by numerous formations.
Chen Jianghe estimated that there were even third-tier formations among them.
"Building the Prime Minister's Residence between the Wandering Immortal Mountain Range and Duobao Market City… this places him on the front line against demonic beasts for both cultivators and mortals. Has Ruan Tieniu really had a change of heart?"
Chen Jianghe felt a little surprised.
They arrived at the gate of the Prime Minister's Residence.
The two squads of guards were all cultivators. The lowest among them were at the seventh level of Qi Refining, while the leaders were at the early Foundation Establishment stage.
Upon seeing Chen Jianghe's group of three arrive, the guards seemed to recognize him. The two leading early Foundation Establishment cultivators immediately approached.
"Greetings, Grandmaster Chen."
The two early Foundation Establishment cultivators bowed in respect.
"Fellow Daoists, there is no need for such formalities."
"I have come to see… Prime Minister Ruan. Please inform him." Chen Jianghe said with a smile.
'Prime Minister Ruan?'
The title felt awkward on his tongue; he was still not used to such a form of address.
"The Prime Minister has given instructions. If Grandmaster Chen arrives, you may enter the residence directly to find him without being announced."
One of the early Foundation Establishment cultivators said respectfully.
Chen Jianghe had important matters to discuss with Ruan Tieniu and naturally wouldn't enter the residence. He said calmly, "I won't go in. Please inform the Prime Minister that I will be waiting for him at the Treasure Pavilion Inn."
With that said, Chen Jianghe and the two women turned and left.
"Take care, Grandmaster Chen."
Flying back to the landscaped garden, he picked up the young mortal guide and returned to the Treasure Pavilion Inn, paying him two grains of spirit sand.
Thus concluded their transaction.
He had no spirit sand on him, but this mortal guide carried several hundred grains.
A single spirit stone was enough for him to make change.
Chen Jianghe looked at the ninety-eight grains of spirit sand in his hand, feeling a bit emotional. There was a time when he would have had to struggle for two or three years to possess this much.
Without dwelling on it, he put the spirit sand into his storage pouch.
"The auction is still some days away. Let's stay at the Treasure Pavilion Inn for now," Chen Jianghe said to the two women.
"We'll listen to Big Brother Chen."
Zhuang Xinyan and Jiang Ruxu both nodded in agreement.
The Treasure Pavilion Inn offered both dining and lodging and was adjacent to the Treasure Pavilion, making it convenient for purchasing resources.
Furthermore, their meeting with Yu Daniu was also set at the Treasure Pavilion Inn.
He booked two superior rooms.
Zhuang Xinyan and Jiang Ruxu shared one, while Chen Jianghe took another, right next to the room Yun Bufan had reserved.
The two women left the Treasure Pavilion Inn and went to the Treasure Pavilion to purchase resources.
Chen Jianghe remained at the inn.
After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the manager of the Treasure Pavilion Inn personally came to invite Chen Jianghe, saying that the Prime Minister was already waiting in a private room.
Soon after, Chen Jianghe arrived at a secluded spot.
It was quiet and elegant, with a view overlooking half of Duobao Market City.
"Greetings, Prime Minister Ruan."
"Aiya! Brother Chen, your words are like a knife to this elder brother's heart!"
Hearing Chen Jianghe's words, Ruan Tieniu nearly jumped up in agitation, waving his hands repeatedly.
"Haha…"
Chen Jianghe let out a laugh.
Ruan Tieniu then ordered the servants to bring in the spirit dishes.
The two sat down and began to eat and chat, just like old times. Only the place had changed, as had the food and drink.
Before, they used to meet at the Qingping Teahouse in Qinghe Market City.
They would drink spirit tea that cost fifty spirit sand grains a pot, incredibly bitter, yet they gulped it down with relish.
They would eat pastries made from the organs of early first-tier demonic beasts, worth no more than eighty spirit sand grains.
It had felt like a delicacy of the mortal world.
Now, they were drinking Jade Dew Wine, which was even more precious than top-grade immortal spirit wine, a second-tier spirit brew.
It was a spirit wine brewed by a second-tier Spirit Brew Master.
For cultivators, not only did it cultivate one's temperament, but it could also enhance one's cultivation. The ingredients for Jade Dew Wine were all second-tier spirit items.
The main ingredients were second-tier spirit water and immortal dew essence.
It contained a rich concentration of spirit energy.
After drinking it, the spirit energy could be stored in one's divine nexus, to be absorbed and refined during cultivation.
In other words, the effect of Jade Dew Wine was no less than that of a second-tier spirit pill or spirit liquid.
Some second-tier spirit wines could even heal soul injuries. Therefore, as long as one of the hundred arts of cultivation reached the second-tier of mastery, no craft was particularly useless.
The spirit stones earned could sustain one's regular cultivation.
A pot of second-tier low-grade Jade Dew Wine cost fifty spirit stones.
A pot of second-tier mid-grade Jade Dew Wine cost two hundred spirit stones.
A pot of second-tier high-grade Jade Dew Wine cost five hundred spirit stones.
They were drinking top-grade Jade Dew Wine, one thousand five hundred spirit stones a pot. The spirit energy it contained could sustain Chen Jianghe's cultivation for ten days.
It was absolutely worth the price.
An ordinary cultivator couldn't purchase top-grade Jade Dew Wine even if they had the spirit stones.
Although the number of Spirit Brew Grandmasters was slightly higher than that of Talisman Grandmasters, there were no more than ten in the entire Feng Kingdom.
Thus, this top-grade Jade Dew Wine was also a scarce resource.
"Brother Chen, how is this wine?"
"Do you want the truth or a lie?"
"The truth, of course. How could we brothers speak falsehoods to each other?"
"Aside from being rich in spirit energy, it's really not that great."
"Haha, I knew Brother Chen was a man who cherishes the old days. Come, see what this is."
Ruan Tieniu laughed heartily, took out a pot of spirit tea from his storage pouch, and poured a cup for Chen Jianghe.
Chen Jianghe took a sip.
It was bitter upon entry, and the aftertaste was also bitter.
"Qingling Tea?!"
Chen Jianghe was taken aback, a look of surprise on his face.
This was the very same Qingling Tea from the Qingping Teahouse, fifty spirit sand grains a pot. It had been his companion for over twenty years, and the memory was still fresh.
"Now, try this one."
Ruan Tieniu smiled and took out another pot of spirit tea, pouring a cup for Chen Jianghe.
"Starry Sky from Thousand Mountains Market City."
Chen Jianghe took a careful sip and blurted it out.
Similarly, Starry Sky had been with him for twenty years. He still had a packet of it in his storage pouch.
"Haha… we truly are the same kind of people. We both feel that tea and wine are better when they're a bit bitter, as long as the aftertaste is sweet."
Ruan Tieniu said this while also gulping down a cup of Qingling Tea, with the same unrestrained spirit as back in the Qingping Teahouse.
Chen Jianghe understood the hidden meaning in Ruan Tieniu's words.
Ruan Tieniu could see that Chen Jianghe had come to him for something. By bringing out both Qingling Tea and Starry Sky, he was telling Chen Jianghe to ask for whatever he needed.
Ruan Tieniu remembered the kindness from Qinghe Market City.
He also remembered the kindness from their time in Thousand Mountains Market City.
The reason Ruan Tieniu could tell Chen Jianghe needed something was because, since they had met, it was always he who sought out Chen Jianghe.
This was the first time Chen Jianghe had come to visit him somewhere.
This was out of character for Chen Jianghe.
Generally, Chen Jianghe would write a letter in advance and arrange a meeting place; he rarely paid visits.
Because Chen Jianghe did not enter others' domains.
The two of them tacitly pushed the top-grade Jade Dew Wine aside and savored the Qingling Tea from the Qingping Teahouse.
This was because the kindness Chen Jianghe had shown Ruan Tieniu in Qinghe Market City was the greatest.
Both the life-saving grace and the aid in reaching Foundation Establishment had occurred in Qinghe Market City.
They chatted about past events.
And about their futures.
Ruan Tieniu did not hide his ambitions from Chen Jianghe, laying out his plans for the future.
Enter the unknown secret realm, and obtain another Core Formation spirit item.
Cultivate to become a great Core Formation expert, and become the Grand Chancellor of the Feng Kingdom.
This was Ruan Tieniu's current plan for his future.
From their conversation, Chen Jianghe could guess that Ruan Tieniu already possessed one Core Formation spirit item.
Yet he still wanted to obtain another.
This made him realize that achieving Core Formation was no easy task. It wasn't as simple as he had imagined. He didn't know Ruan Tieniu's spiritual root talent, only that he cultivated a metal-element technique.
But judging by the speed of Ruan Tieniu's cultivation advancement, Ruan Tieniu certainly did not have as many resources as he did, so his use of time was less efficient.
Even so, he had broken through to the peak of Foundation Establishment five years ago.
This indicated that Ruan Tieniu refined spirit energy very quickly, which in turn meant his spiritual root talent was very high.
At least a four-element pseudo-spiritual root, possibly even a three-element true spiritual root.
As for Ruan Tieniu, Chen Jianghe also shared his own plans for the future.
Enter the unknown secret realm, also with the goal of obtaining a Core Formation spirit item, aiming for Core Formation.
As their conversation deepened with brotherly affection, Chen Jianghe felt the time was right and no longer beat around the bush.
He went straight to the point.
"Brother Ruan, I have a presumptuous question, and I'm not sure if I should ask."
"We are like blood brothers from different parents. What can't be said between us? There is nothing that cannot be spoken!"
Ruan Tieniu said magnanimously.
In his heart, Chen Jianghe was also someone blessed with great fortune. Not only was he reliable, but he had also shown him great kindness, making him an absolutely worthy friend.
"In that case, please forgive my impudence."
Chen Jianghe first cupped his hands in a salute, then asked, "Brother Ruan, the inheritance you obtained from Lan Tianxiang back then, it shouldn't have been just the Blood River Escape Art, right?"
"I wish to ask for the offensive technique inheritance that Brother Ruan obtained."
As he spoke, Chen Jianghe flipped his hand, and a third-tier mid-grade spirit item, the Thousand-Year Snow Jade Marrow, appeared in his palm.
When asking for an inheritance, one must naturally offer something of equal value.
Otherwise, how could the other party measure its worth? How could they decide whether to tell you if they had obtained an offensive technique inheritance?
The Thousand-Year Snow Jade Marrow could be absorbed and refined, used to concoct third-tier spirit pills, or serve as an auxiliary material for refining Dharma treasures.
Chen Jianghe didn't know if Ruan Tieniu needed the Thousand-Year Snow Jade Marrow, but he could only present this third-tier mid-grade spirit item first.
They could negotiate the price later.
"A third-tier treasure?!"
Ruan Tieniu showed a look of surprise, then smiled at Chen Jianghe, "It seems Brother Chen obtained quite a few treasures in the Wind Snow Ancient Secret Realm!"
"However, this Thousand-Year Snow Jade Marrow should belong to Lu Qingming. When he was taking this treasure, I was being chased by a Frosty Triangular Python. Otherwise, this Thousand-Year Snow Jade Marrow would have been mine. It's all that damned Boss Feng's fault. If he hadn't lured the Frosty Triangular Python over, how could I have missed out on the treasure!"
"Fortunately, this Thousand-Year Snow Jade Marrow fell into Brother Chen's hands. That Lu Qingming must have also met his end at your hands."
Thinking about the events in the Wind Snow Valley Secret Realm, Ruan Tieniu felt a wave of frustration. It had always been him luring trouble elsewhere.
When had he ever shielded someone else from disaster?
"When I enter the unknown secret realm this time, I will definitely kill that Boss Feng!" Ruan Tieniu said viciously.
'Eh???'
Chen Jianghe was startled.
He hadn't expected Ruan Tieniu to have witnessed the moment Lu Qingming took the Thousand-Year Snow Jade Marrow.
But he wasn't worried about it.
Ruan Tieniu wouldn't spread the news of him killing Lu Qingming.
At least, not for now.
'Yes, it's that hateful Boss Feng. It was Boss Feng who led the Frosty Triangular Python over, it has nothing to do with me.'
Chen Jianghe thought to himself.
Then, he looked at Ruan Tieniu and nodded in deep agreement, "This Boss Feng is truly detestable. His intentions are malicious."
"How dare he scheme against me! Hmph, he will have to answer to me in the unknown secret realm!" Ruan Tieniu had already developed a killing intent towards Boss Feng.
Then, he thought of Chen Jianghe's request.
Ruan Tieniu's expression softened.
He looked at the Thousand-Year Snow Jade Marrow in Chen Jianghe's hand, his eyes revealing a look of longing, but he showed no sign of being moved.
Instead, he gestured with his hand, signaling Chen Jianghe to put the Thousand-Year Snow Jade Marrow away.
Seeing this, Chen Jianghe thought his offer was insufficient and took out a talisman treasure—the Meteorite Lightningfall Talisman.
Seeing this, Ruan Tieniu was greatly shocked.
He hadn't expected Chen Jianghe, an independent Talisman Grandmaster, to possess a talisman treasure.
'This Brother Chen is truly not simple, just as I suspected. He probably has other trump cards up his sleeve. In the Wind Snow Ancient Secret Realm, he must have also obtained a Core Formation spirit item.'
Ruan Tieniu wore a wry smile.
He really wanted the Meteorite Lightningfall Talisman, which had become a talisman treasure, but he didn't want to bring harm to Chen Jianghe.
"Brother Chen, please put your treasures away!"
Ruan Tieniu said.
Chen Jianghe's gaze froze. He hadn't expected that neither the Thousand-Year Snow Jade Marrow nor a talisman treasure could move Ruan Tieniu.
"What does Brother Ruan want?"
Hearing this, Ruan Tieniu shook his head.
"Brother Chen's guess is correct. I did indeed obtain an offensive technique, and a very superior one at that. It shares the same origin as the Blood River Escape Art, both coming from the Blood River Secret Record."
"However, the summary on the Blood River Escape Art I gave you was altered."
"The Blood River Secret Record was indeed created by the ancient demonic cultivator, Ancestor Blood River, but he was not a cultivator from the Tiannan Domain. He came from the vast and boundless Tiannan Cultivation World."
"I imagine Brother Chen is already aware of the secret that the Tiannan Domain is just a corner of the Tiannan Cultivation World."
Chen Jianghe nodded.
But how did this affect their trade?
"The Blood River Secret Record is the inheritance of the Blood River Sect from the Tiannan Cultivation World. If Brother Chen is not afraid of being hunted down by the Blood River Sect, I will trade you the Blood River True Scripture and the Stygian River Sword Art from the Blood River Secret Record."
"I don't need the Thousand-Year Snow Jade Marrow, just that talisman treasure will do."
Ruan Tieniu said righteously.
Chen Jianghe was speechless.
This Ruan Tieniu had indeed become much more honorable.
He actually didn't try to trap him.
From Ruan Tieniu's words, to cultivate the offensive techniques in the Blood River Secret Record, one needed to cultivate the core technique, the Blood River True Scripture.
If you weren't a disciple of the Blood River Sect, cultivating the Blood River True Scripture was no different from seeking death. Members of the same sect could sense each other's cultivation techniques.
Chen Jianghe wasn't planning on avoiding the Tiannan Cultivation World. Once he encountered a cultivator from the Blood River Sect, it would be an endless cycle of pursuit and escape.
Although he didn't know what kind of power the Blood River Sect was, any force that could call itself a sect likely had Nascent Soul True Monarchs.
It was best not to touch such a deadly situation.
The Myriad Waters True Scripture he cultivated was quite good.
There was no need to switch to the Blood River True Scripture.
Furthermore, Ruan Tieniu had said that as long as he wasn't afraid of being hunted, he could trade for the Blood River True Scripture and the Stygian River Sword Art with just one talisman treasure.
"Thank you, Brother Ruan, for telling me."
Chen Jianghe cupped his hands in thanks.
He preferred to cultivate in peace and stability and did not want to be caught in an endless life of fleeing.
It was just an offensive technique.
He had plenty of time to plan for one.
There was no need to rush.
"By the way, I have another matter to ask of you."
"Brother Chen, please speak."
"Brother Ruan, as the Right Prime Minister of the Feng Kingdom, you hold a high position and are one of the top cultivators in the kingdom. You are also highly regarded by True Lord Chilong and praised by the fourth-tier great demon 'Kui'. You shouldn't be afraid of a Core Formation elder from the Tiannan Sect, right?"
"Has Brother Chen made an enemy of a Core Formation elder from the Tiannan Sect?"
Ruan Tieniu patted his chest and said, "Rest assured, Brother Chen. It's just a Core Formation elder from the Tiannan Sect. As long as you are in the Feng Kingdom, this elder brother can protect you."
"What if it's a Peak Lord?"
"What about a Peak Lord? I am the dignified Right Prime Minister of the Feng Kingdom. Should I shy away from him?!"
Ruan Tieniu said with great bravado.
But in the next moment, feeling he had spoken too quickly, he immediately added, "Of course, if it's a Peak Lord, Brother Chen would need to join the Feng Kingdom and become the Chief Grand State Master. With us brothers united, we naturally wouldn't need to shy away from him!"
During wartime, if Chen Jianghe were to join the Feng Kingdom, he could definitely become the Chief Grand State Master.
Even now, it was possible.
Because alongside Chen Jianghe was a Grandmaster Alchemist, another grandmaster-level artisan that the Feng Kingdom desperately needed.
"In that case, if Brother Ruan were to offend a Peak Lord of the Tiannan Sect, would there be any trouble?" Chen Jianghe asked with a grin.
"As long as it's not the lord of the main peak, it's fine. If he dares to make a move against me in the Feng Kingdom, he won't escape its borders before being devoured by King Kui."
Ruan Tieniu looked at Chen Jianghe and said, "Brother Chen, what exactly do you want me to do? Just say it directly."
"I would like to ask Brother Ruan to help me trade for something with Lady Jinghong."
As soon as Chen Jianghe's words fell, Ruan Tieniu shot to his feet.
His eyes widened as he looked at Chen Jianghe and said, "Brother Chen, have you obtained a quasi-third-tier treasure that can heal the soul?"
Chen Jianghe nodded and took out the Spirit-Nourishing Ganoderma.
Feeling the immense fluctuations of soul power, Ruan Tieniu's eyes showed a look of desire.
His spirit technique had already reached the peak of the sixth level, and he was in need of a quasi-third-tier soul-type spirit item.
But he also knew that this quasi-third-tier soul-type spirit item could be traded with Lady Jinghong for a Core Formation resource.
He had Core Formation resources on him, but he couldn't trade them with Chen Jianghe.
"Brother Chen wants me to step forward and trade for a Core Formation spirit item with Lady Jinghong?" Ruan Tieniu said.
"You could say that."
Trading the quasi-third-tier Spirit-Nourishing Ganoderma with Lady Jinghong was a decision Chen Jianghe had weighed for a long time.
If he used the Spirit-Nourishing Ganoderma to cultivate the Soul Sea Origin Consolidation Scripture, along with the Spirit Turtle's Mystic Turtle Soul Armor and five Second Revolution Spirit-Nourishing Pills, he could definitely cultivate the Soul Sea Origin Consolidation Scripture to the peak of the sixth level.
But after coming out of the unknown secret realm, he could also slowly scheme for Second Revolution Spirit-Nourishing Pills to improve his spiritual cultivation.
Perhaps he could obtain a quasi-third-tier soul-type spirit item from the unknown secret realm?
Trading with Lady Jinghong before entering the unknown secret realm versus trading after leaving it was a period full of variables.
According to Gao Peiyao, the unknown secret realm was set to open in about five or six years.
It was uncertain whether Lady Jinghong's husband, Zhao Tiezhu, could even last another five years.
What if Zhao Tiezhu died by the time he came out of the unknown secret realm?
Who would he trade a quasi-third-tier soul-type spirit item for a Core Formation spirit item with then?
Moreover, what Chen Jianghe sought was not the Core Formation spirit item, or rather, the Core Formation spirit item was not his primary goal.
Lady Jinghong's sword art was his first choice.
"I would like to ask Brother Ruan to first try trading for the sword art with Lady Jinghong. If that is not possible, then we can talk about trading for a Core Formation spirit item."
The sword art that Lady Jinghong cultivated was extremely powerful.
This was evident from how she had slain thirteen Foundation Establishment cultivators with a single sword strike in the Wandering Immortal Mountain Range.
"Trade for the sword art?"
Ruan Tieniu shook his head. He also knew that the sword art Lady Jinghong cultivated was exceptionally superior. Therefore, let alone a quasi-third-tier soul-type spirit item, even three Core Formation spirit items couldn't be exchanged for it.
"I can try, but it's best if Brother Chen doesn't get his hopes up. The probability of exchanging it for a Core Formation spirit item is much higher."
"Yes, thank you, Brother Ruan."
"This Berylwater Golden Lotus Seed is a gift for you, Brother Ruan. Although it's only a second-tier high-grade absorbable spirit item, for the Beast Taming Zhou Clan, it could one day become a third-tier high-grade spirit root, the Berylwater Golden Lotus. It should help you earn some credit."
"A Berylwater Golden Lotus Seed?!"
Ruan Tieniu exclaimed in surprise.
He knew even better than Chen Jianghe what a Berylwater Golden Lotus Seed meant to the Beast Taming Zhou Clan. The Muyun Secret Realm had a third-tier spirit spring, perfectly capable of nurturing the Berylwater Golden Lotus Seed. If successful, it would become a third-tier high-grade spirit root, the Berylwater Golden Lotus!
For the Beast Taming Zhou Clan, this was also a tremendous opportunity.
"In the future, if this elder brother becomes the Grand Chancellor of the Feng Kingdom, half the credit will belong to you, my brother!"
Ruan Tieniu was overjoyed. With this Berylwater Golden Lotus Seed, as long as he successfully reached Core Formation, his position as the Grand Chancellor of the Feng Kingdom would be set in stone!
On the surface, this deal seemed like a loss for Ruan Tieniu.
He would have to bear the wrath of a Tiannan Sect Peak Lord for Chen Jianghe.
But the potential benefits were enormous, especially for Ruan Tieniu. This deal was very worthwhile, very valuable.