Chapter 894 - 395: Exchanging for the Celestial Soul Fruit, Wang Yannian is Shocked

"Elder Wang, you once said that as long as I brought you the head of any Demonic Nascent Soul cultivator, you would give me a Celestial Soul Fruit. You didn’t require me to kill him personally," Li Chang’an replied with a smile.

Hearing this, Wang Yannian fell silent for a moment. He had indeed said so back then. However, he had assumed that since Li Chang’an was merely a loose cultivator with no Nascent Soul influence backing him, the possibility of enlisting a Nascent Soul cultivator was extremely low. Ordinary Nascent Soul True Monarchs would not risk dealing with Qian Shi on Li Chang’an’s behalf for just a few treasures.

Furthermore, although Qian Shi True Monarch was weak, he was still a Nascent Soul cultivator. A single Righteous Nascent Soul cultivator would find it very difficult to kill him. Unless Li Chang’an could enlist multiple Nascent Soul cultivators to strike together—but he was only a Golden Core cultivator. Even if he spent his entire net worth, he might not be able to enlist one, let alone multiple.

Various doubts flashed through Wang Yannian’s mind. Ultimately, he asked nothing and simply let out a deep sigh. "Li, this old man underestimated you."

Regardless of how it was done, Li Chang’an had fulfilled his promise.

He smiled and asked, "Elder, can this corpse of Qian Shi be exchanged for the Celestial Soul Fruit?"

"It can." Wang Yannian’s figure blurred, vanishing from where he stood.

Half a day later, he reappeared in the grand hall. "Li, this is the Celestial Soul Fruit you wanted." He sent out a jade box, floating it over to Li Chang’an.

Sealed within the jade box was a fruit that resembled an infant. It was exactly the Celestial Soul Fruit that countless Golden Core cultivators yearned for. The value of this fruit was immeasurable; even if it wasn’t refined into a pill, swallowing it raw would provide immense help for Nascent Soul Formation.

Li Chang’an took the jade box. After confirming its contents, he secretly heaved a sigh of relief. He thought, "I finally have it!"

For this Celestial Soul Fruit, he had bustled about for over ten years, repeatedly venturing into and out of various perilous situations. But it was all worth it. He stored the jade box in his storage pouch, feeling much more grounded.

With this, he was only missing the final Cyan Condensing Jade out of the three main ingredients for the Nascent Soul Pill.

That old turtle had quite a few on hand, but he insisted on life-extending treasures and refused to accept anything else.

He thought, "I still have to figure out a way to get some life-extending treasures." Li Chang’an felt a slight headache. The life-extending treasures the old turtle required were extremely rare, simply because he had long since consumed all the common ones. To gather treasures capable of extending his lifespan by a hundred years, who knew how much time it would take.

With this in mind, he tentatively asked Wang Yannian, "Elder Wang, does the Wang family have any extra Cyan Condensing Jade?"

Wang Yannian instantly saw through his intentions and flatly refused. "Cyan Condensing Jade is also a Nascent Soul treasure. My Wang clan members don’t even have enough for themselves, so how could we have extras? Even if you brought me a few more corpses of Demonic Nascent Soul cultivators, this old man couldn’t give it to you—unless you become a member of my Wang clan."

This time, he gave Li Chang’an only one choice. Marrying into the family was the only way! There was no other method. He suspected that no matter how outrageous a request he made, Li Chang’an would somehow manage to accomplish it.

Naturally, Li Chang’an couldn’t possibly marry into their family, so he could only ask another question. "Elder Wang, does the Wang family have any rare life-extending treasures?"

"We do, but this old man plans to exchange them with that old turtle for Cyan Condensing Jade." Wang Yannian once again saw through Li Chang’an’s plans and directly cut off the idea.

Hearing this, Li Chang’an felt somewhat helpless. Almost the entire Righteous Dao knew that one could exchange life-extending treasures for Cyan Condensing Jade with the old turtle. As a result, the chances of him obtaining life-extending treasures became even lower.

He had no choice but to temporarily give up and look for other methods. He thought, "Forget it. I still have plenty of lifespan left; there’s no rush."

He cupped his hands in a salute, bidding farewell to Wang Yannian and Wang Qianling.

Just as he was leaving, Wang Yannian suddenly asked, "Li, did Qian Shi True Monarch’s Nascent Soul manage to escape?"

"Rest assured, Elder Wang. Qian Shi True Monarch will never appear again." Li Chang’an smiled, then turned and left.

Watching the direction he departed in, Wang Yannian was unable to calm down for a long time. Destroying a Nascent Soul cultivator’s physical body was already incredibly difficult, but intercepting their Nascent Soul was even harder.

He knew this deeply from his own experience. After all, he had been besieged by over a dozen Demonic Nascent Soul cultivators on two consecutive occasions, and both times, he had successfully escaped through Nascent Soul emergence.

Although Qian Shi True Monarch’s strength was inferior to his, his Nascent Soul would still be very difficult to detain.

He wondered, "How on earth did this kid do it?" He truly could not imagine what methods Li Chang’an had used to thoroughly annihilate Qian Shi True Monarch. Even if he had enlisted over a dozen Righteous Nascent Soul cultivators, it wouldn’t necessarily guarantee success. Furthermore, if over a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators had actually moved together, he definitely would have received news of it.

At this moment, he suddenly realized something. Since the war between the Righteous and Demonic paths began, not a single Demonic Nascent Soul cultivator had fallen. If what Li Chang’an said was true, then Qian Shi True Monarch was the first Nascent Soul old demon to be truly slain!

Wang Yannian took a deep breath and glanced at Wang Qianling beside him. "Qianling, next month is that kid’s two-hundredth birthday. When the time comes, you will accompany me on a trip there."

"Yes." Wang Qianling gazed at the horizon, her heart filled with complex emotions.

...

That night, Li Chang’an returned to Changqing Mountain.

He took a trip to the black market and asked Luo Qiantong to help him collect information on various secret realms.

Across the Cultivation Immortality Realm, there were countless secret realms, both large and small. In the past, due to his limited strength, Li Chang’an had rarely explored deeply into them. Now, possessing Nascent Soul power, coupled with his tier-four divination skill and the divinations that appeared daily, as long as he was a little careful, it was enough for him to explore the vast majority of areas in any secret realm.

He thought, "Many secret realms contain ancient sect ruins. I might just be able to find left-behind treasure vaults."

The resources in the current Cultivation Immortality Realm were simply too impoverished. Li Chang’an could only set his sights on those ancient ruins, slowly accumulating the foundations for his Nascent Soul Formation.

Just as he was pondering this, he suddenly froze, sensing an opportunity for a breakthrough.