"Young master, is Daoist Feng about to successfully break through?" Jiang Wanning asked enviously.

"Indeed, after lingering for several years, it is finally about to step into the tier three high-grade category!" Zhou Xun nodded slightly, quite pleased with this.

As time slowly passed, the aura on the Earth Element Beast became increasingly strong, suddenly reaching a critical point.

"Boom!"

In an instant, a powerful demonic power surged and then erupted.

Zhou Xun felt great joy in his heart.

"It finally broke through; I reckon its speed can be even faster than before!"

Speaking of which, after entering the Secret Realm, he first obtained the method for the Blood Demon Child’s advancement, and then the Earth Element Beast broke through to high-grade,

plus he was about to collect the Profound Jade Lotus, truly a bountiful harvest.

"This trip was really worth it!"

Before long, the demonic power of the Earth Element Beast retracted, the originally violent aura around it retracted into its body in an instant, and all the peculiar phenomena gradually disappeared, returning everything to calm.

At this moment,

"Bang!"

A loud explosion sounded as the stone sphere shattered into pieces, revealing the Earth Element Beast inside!

At this moment, it was radiant all over, with a hint of Spirit Charm circulating around it, clearly extraordinary at a glance!

The Earth Element Beast zoomed to Zhou Xun’s side,

imitated a human’s posture and bowed deeply, its voice filled with excitement:

"Thank you, master, for nurturing me; Feng Chong also has a day of advancing to high-grade!"

Zhou Xun waved his hand,

"Do well in the future!"

"Yes!"

Then, Zhou Xun turned his gaze to Jiang Wanning beside him,

The girl naturally knew Zhou Xun was about to leave, involuntarily showing an expression of reluctance,

Zhou Xun smiled slightly and said,

"All good things must come to an end, hopefully, the next time I see Miss Jiang, she will have reached a higher realm!"

"Farewell!"

Saying that, he leaped onto the back of the Earth Element Beast with a light tap,

The Earth Element Beast flapped its wings, creating a breeze beneath its feet, and with mysterious runes faintly circulating around it, it appeared over a hundred feet away in the next moment,

"Young master... have a safe journey!"

"Miss Jiang, see you next time!"

Zhou Xun’s voice came from afar, along with a small black dot that fell towards Jiang Wanning.

The girl caught it in her hand, turning out to be a Storage Bag, which she then held tightly to her chest.

"Young master, will we meet again?"

Jiang Wanning felt a bit desolate, gazing at Zhou Xun’s departing figure until she couldn’t see it anymore, then finally came back to herself,

Looking at the Storage Bag in front of her, she couldn’t help but feel a wave of gratitude,

Slowly injecting mana, the Storage Bag opened automatically, revealing the treasures inside!

A pill, a treasure, three talismans!

The pill was a Purple Essence Pill, with the effect of assisting an early-stage Core Formation Cultivator to break through to the middle-stage, precisely the treasure she most desired now,

The treasure was her Jiang Family’s former magical treasure, the Profound Gold Bowl, which fallen into Old Demon Yulu’s hands when the Jiang Family’s ancestor perished,

And then Zhou Xun defeated him, making it Zhou Xun’s trophy,

Now it has finally returned to its original owner!

As for the talismans, they were all Tier Three Low-Grade Talismans nurtured to Great Success, with actual power reaching Tier Three Middle-Grade Peak,

one for attack, one for defense, plus an Escape Talisman!

Looking at these treasures before her, Jiang Wanning’s eyes turned red,

"Young master, you are too good to me!"

After a glance at the treasures in her hands, Jiang Wanning waved and collected them all into the Storage Bag.

After pondering for a while, she decisively flew back,

Now having obtained enough treasures, plus the Purple Essence Pill given by Zhou Xun, she had enough to cultivate to the middle-stage of Core Formation,

This trip to the Secret Realm had already achieved her goal, there was no need to continue taking risks,

Next, she just wanted to find a place to hide, and then leave this Secret Realm!

...

Zhou Xun sat cross-legged on the Earth Element Beast’s back, taking out the Storage Bag of that young man to start inventorying it.

Like those Blood Refining Sect cultivators before, it had very few treasures like Spirit Stones and materials,

Besides two magic treasures and some Qi Recovery Pills, along with a few disposable attack and defense talismans, the most numerous were some spirit medicines,

The highest level was only Tier Three High-Grade,

However, a Tier Three Middle-Grade Gold Attribute Demon Beast Core among them was somewhat unexpected,

This seemed to be the one Jiang Wanning ceded to him, and now it ended up benefitting Zhou Xun.

After categorizing and organizing them, he put them into the Storage Bag,

Then Zhou Xun started examining the situation inside the Blood Demon Bag.

Speaking of which, as long as Blood Demon Crystals existed, the Blood Demon Child advanced rapidly, the two Blood Demon Children refined from the corpse of Master Fengyue and Wu Zongdao,

had already digested nearly a third of the Blood Demon Crystals taken, significantly boosting their strength, becoming several times more powerful than before,

Zhou Xun estimated that when they fully digested the Blood Demon Crystal,

their strength should be comparable to a True Pill Cultivator,

Remember, before they only had 60% of a True Pill Cultivator’s strength.

This is an enormous improvement.

As for the two refined from the Celestial Feather Sect Third Elder and Feng Yuee, they also showed a significant improvement, and once they fully digest the Blood Demon Crystal,

they should reach their strength from before their death,

As for the one refined by the Celestial Feather Sect Grand Elder, it depends on its fortune, as tier three high-grade is a threshold,

once it breaks through, it will be a powerful force in the late-stage!

...

After the Earth Element Beast broke through, its speed increased by more than twofold,

Combined with its tier three high-grade strength, and its violent aura, cultivators and demon beasts along the way all retreated, 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Thus,

What Zhou Xun originally estimated to be a day’s journey was completed in just half a day.

Looking at the endless wetlands and marshes in the distance, Zhou Xun patted the Earth Element Beast,

and stored it into the Spirit Beast Bag.

From the Small Divination Compass, he could see that he was very close to the Profound Jade Lotus, so Zhou Xun naturally couldn’t just stride in openly,

Zhou Xun formed a spell with his hands, pointing to himself,

A flash of spirit light made his entire person become illusory, demonstrating his Concealing Technique.

Then Zhou Xun slowly approached the range of the Profound Jade Lotus.

After half an incense stick of time, a musty smell wafted over, and a boundless marsh appeared before Zhou Xun.

"Indeed, the Profound Jade Lotus is right ahead!"

This type of marsh environment was certainly suitable for the Profound Jade Lotus!

"No doubt, in such an environment, who knows how many poisonous insect demon beasts are lying in wait below!"

He flipped his palm, and a flash of golden light appeared before him, becoming a golden bowl-like object, suspending above Zhou Xun’s head, casting down a golden light shield to protect him,

With that set up, Zhou Xun continued forward,

Stepping into the marsh,

From the Small Divination Compass, it seemed that a fierce battle was taking place ahead,