Cultivation: From Servant to Revered Immortal

Chapter 914: Chapter 156: Exchanging Treasures, Pavilion Master Zhou, Have You Broken Through? (2)

”Good tea, truly deserving of its name!” Zhou Xun was full of praise.

”The three of you traveled to the West Desert for only a few years before successfully returning, and even managed to advance your cultivation to the Middle-Stage Nascent Soul. It seems the trip was quite fruitful,”

”Did you come today to exchange contribution points?” Vice Minister Wu smiled slightly.

”Indeed, Vice Minister Wu is correct. This time, I came to exchange the battle merits from the West Desert for contribution points of the Great Jin, to exchange for needed items at the Secret Vault Department.” Zhou Xun put down his teacup and said seriously.

Vice Minister Wu nodded slightly: ”The exchange is not difficult, just need to present the relevant credentials, and I can handle it here.”

Zhou Xun understood, retrieving from his storage bag the identity token used during the West Desert, handing it to Vice Minister Wu: ”This is the jade token recording the battle merits from the West Desert, please Vice Minister inspect it.”

Vice Minister Wu took the token, spiritual power surged in his hand, injecting into it.

Lines of text and numbers surfaced, detailing the impressive battle merits of Zhou Xun and others.

Vice Minister Wu’s expression turned from indifferent to surprised, finally to shocked: ”O... over a thousand points!”

He had handled exchanges of contribution points for dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators returning from the West Desert, but never had anyone like Zhou Xun,

with over a thousand battle merits,

which meant he had killed more than two high-grade ghost kings on the West Desert battlefield, equivalent to late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators of the human race,

while Zhou Xun himself had just broken through to the middle-stage Nascent Soul.

This showed not only his remarkable potential but also that his strength was among the top.

Zhou Xun gave a humble smile: ”Vice Minister Wu praises me too much. This is the result of all fellow daoists working together and fighting bravely. I just happened to be at the right place at the right time, contributing my slight strength.”

At this, True Monarch Tianci also smiled and echoed: ”Indeed, without mutual support, in the perilous West Desert, we wouldn’t have been able to take a single step.”

Vice Minister Wu came to his senses, calmed down, and spoke with a hint of respect: ”Both of you don’t need to be overly modest, such great feats, it’s the first I’ve seen!”

After speaking, he took out a ledger-like magical item and a spirit pen emitting a faint glow of spiritual power,

”I wonder how many battle merits Pavilion Master Zhou wants to exchange?”

”Exchange them all!”

Considering the matter of the inner treasury, after pondering, Zhou Xun finally decided to exchange all battle merits for contribution points.

”The exchange is complete, please, Pavilion Master Zhou, check once more!”

Vice Minister Wu drew a few strokes and then returned the token to Zhou Xun.

As for True Monarch Tianci and Wang Erniu, they did not exchange.

True Monarch Tianci had already exchanged the required treasures in the West Desert, while Wang Erniu, having not participated in the last two actions, didn’t have many battle merits, and there was no necessity for exchange.

”Since Brother Zhou has returned, if you have free time, come here to find me. No need to mention, the spirit tea is definitely enough!”

”I will surely bother you!”

Afterward, exchanging a few polite words with Vice Minister Wu, he took True Monarch Tianci and Wang Erniu and bid farewell.

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The Secret Vault Department is located in the northern part of the Imperial City, it took about a quarter of an hour to reach here.

”You are... Pavilion Master Zhou!” Upon seeing Zhou Xun’s figure, Steward Zhao Xuan appeared extremely surprised!

”Steward Zhao, long time no see!” Zhou Xun cupped his hands in salute!

”Didn’t expect not seeing you for a few years, the Pavilion Master has already advanced to the Middle-Stage Nascent Soul, while I, Zhao Mou, remain stuck in the early-stage realm!” Zhao Xuan sighed slightly.

”It was merely taking advantage of the elixir’s effect, nothing much!” Zhou Xun humbly said, then brought up the main issue,

”I am here today for that ’Nine-Curves Illusion Spirit Ginseng,’ I wonder if this treasure has been exchanged by others?”

As he spoke, Zhou Xun couldn’t help showing a trace of tension.

After searching so hard, if it was still taken by someone else from this place, he couldn’t imagine how frustrated he would be!

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xuan smiled slightly, patted his waist,

and took out a golden book, placing it in front of him,

”This is the inventory list of treasures of my Secret Vault Department; it’s reflected with all treasures’ stock, respective numbers, and exchange requirements!”

”I only need to probe with my divine sense, and everything becomes clear!”

Hearing this, Zhou Xun nodded repeatedly, indeed exclaiming, ”As expected, it’s remarkable!”

Zhao Xuan smiled slightly, divine sense probing into it,

soon he raised his head and said,

”Pavilion Master can rest assured; we still have two of this item in our Secret Vault Department!”

Joy flashed in Zhou Xun’s eyes: ”That’s great, I want to exchange for one!”

”A total of four hundred and ninety-nine points, it seems these years Pavilion Master had gone out to accumulate contribution points!” Zhao Xuan marveled.

”Indeed, to accumulate these points, I went to the frontline of the West Desert to hunt the ghost race; luckily, my luck was not bad, managed to gather sufficient battle merits!” Zhou Xun spoke concisely.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xuan couldn’t help being amazed,

”Previously heard about you defeating the Profound Bone King to win the Pavilion Master position, I knew you were extraordinary, and now I see, still underestimated you!”

”Steward Zhao overrates me. I, Zhou Mou, merely went with the tide to seek self-preservation and smooth-going cultivation path.” Zhou Xun cupped his hands slightly,

”By the way, besides this ’Nine-Curves Illusion Spirit Ginseng,’ is there any other treasure the Pavilion Master wishes to look at?”

As he spoke, Zhao Xuan showed an expectant expression,

after all, with Zhou Xun exchanging treasures, he would have corresponding achievements,

given Zhou Xun’s strength, the contribution points he accumulated must not be a small amount.

Hearing this, Zhou Xun was greatly tempted, suddenly remembering one thing,

”I wonder if there’s heart essence blood of Tier Three demon kings, each type needs just one drop!” Previously in the West Desert, Zhou Xun already exchanged for the core blood essence stone and forty-three types of demon king essence blood,

now there’s still a lack of sixty-five types,

The Secret Vault Department, as the largest treasury in the Great Jin Dynasty, gathers treasures from across the world, even outside the Great Jin Continent, one can find it here.

”Demon King’s heart essence blood?”

”Seems to be below Tier Three treasures, let me check and see!”

The elder spoke and probed again, soon revealing a smile:

”I have already checked, this material is also there in our repository, a total of forty-seven types; is the Pavilion Master going to exchange them all?”

”Let me first have a look!” Zhou Xun said, taking the golden book,

then eliminated eleven duplicate essence bloods,

”I’ll take these thirty-six types!”

”Although the Demon King’s heart essence blood is indeed valuable, it is only a Tier Three treasure, so it can be exchanged with spirit stones,”

”Each type of essence blood for five hundred thousand spirit stones!”

Hearing this, Zhou Xun was delighted, after all, it could save some contribution points,

as spirit stones are easy to come by, whereas contribution points are not easy to obtain!

Zhao Xuan nodded and continued to ask:

”Does Pavilion Master have any other treasures needed?”

Hearing this, Zhou Xun shook his head with a wry smile:

”These two treasures have already emptied my pockets; I’ll come again next time!”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xuan nodded and spoke:

”If that’s the case, please, Pavilion Master, wait here, let me fetch those two treasures and deliver them to you!”

With that, he cupped his hands in salute, then quickly walked towards the door, his steps looking extremely light.

This time, it took half an hour before Zhao Xuan returned.

”Forgive me, Pavilion Master, for keeping you waiting!”

”It is actually the strict rules of our Secret Vault Department, with multiple barriers to retrieve spiritual objects!” As soon as he saw Zhou Xun, Zhao Xuan apologized.

”No problem, with abundant spiritual objects in the repository of the Secret Vault Department, being strict is normal!”

”By the way, here are 1,800 high-grade spirit stones, please steward check it out!” Zhou Xun nonchalantly waved,

Then with a pat on his storage bag,

thousands of spirit stones poured out, landing on the table before them, forming a small hill.

He then took the token, deducted the contribution points,

Zhao Xuan took out the two treasures Zhou Xun exchanged for, handed them to Zhou Xun after confirming they were correct,

With money and goods settled, Zhou Xun took his leave,

Zhao Xuan thus stood up and personally saw him to the entrance of the Secret Vault Department.

Stepping out the door, Zhou Xun didn’t return to his cave mansion; he had one more thing to handle,

Previously, before returning, Commander Ji had given him a letter, and while still in the Imperial City, why not take care of everything at once by delivering it to the Jinn Emperor.