Chapter 565: The Legendary Token

"Half-step Soul Formation stage?"

Lu Yang picked up the token, which looked older than the combined ages of himself and Meng Jingzhou.

A half-step Soul Formation stage sounded quite intimidating, as if it were the same as the Soul Formation stage, but when it came down to it, wasn't it still just the Golden Core stage?

With the combat power of the two of them, except for the fact that their realm had not reached the Soul Formation stage, all other indicators belonged to the Soul Formation stage.

Any Soul Formation stage cultivator who met them would politely call them fellow Daoists. If it were someone without much backbone, calling them seniors was not impossible. If it were someone who knew their identities, calling them to give up their lives was also not impossible.

The treasure of a half-step Soul Formation stage was truly useless to them.

Even the Spirit Severing stage was something they didn't think much of.

What was his status, Lu Yang? The Young Sect Master of the Heavenly Court Sect, the major shareholder of the barbecue shop, and the holder of the flying car patent right, it was no exaggeration to say that he made gold every day.

A wealthy second-generation who just ate and waited to die like Meng Jingzhou was not qualified to compare with him.

Meng Jingzhou also felt that this token was of little use.

As the eldest young master of the Meng family, it was no exaggeration to say that he was the number one playboy in the world, and any random things leaking from his hands could attract Spirit Severing experts to fight for them.

A slacker like Lu Yang who luckily got close to the Eldest Senior Sister and the Immortal Fairy was not qualified to compare with him.

"Then thank you, Patriarch."

The Patriarch's good intentions were best accepted.

If outsiders found out that the weak Hydrochoerus tribe had such a thing, it would bring about a disaster of destruction.

"One more question, how did you know this could open the half-step Soul Formation stage treasure land?"

"Together with this token was a corpse of the demon race. The flesh and blood of the corpse had been eaten clean by demon beasts, leaving only a skeleton, a piece of paper, and this token. Our tribe was established right above this skeleton."

"The paper was similar to a diary, stating the function of this token, which can open the entrance to the treasure land. The owner of the treasure land was a mixed-blood white snake named Ancestor Bai Tan, but it did not state the location of the treasure land."

"So that's how it is."

The two did not ask any more questions; it seemed that the other party did not know much about the token either.

Demon beasts were a rather special existence among the demon race. They had pure bloodlines but low intelligence, or rather, they didn't even have the most basic spiritual intelligence. Yet, the power of the demon race was based on bloodlines, so demon beasts were often very powerful.

The reason for the low intelligence, Lu Yang estimated, was the problem of intermarriage.

Marriage between relatives within three generations and five degrees of relationship was very common in the demon race. If it were in Great Xia, they wouldn't even be able to get a marriage certificate.

The two set off, heading in the designated direction to rendezvous with the Third Senior Sister.

The two pasted Divine Travel Talismans on their legs. This was a good thing exchanged in the Mission Hall, deeply loved by the disciples of the Dao Questioning Sect.

Since going out made it easy to provoke trouble, the Divine Travel Talismans could help them leave the place of trouble as quickly as possible to preserve their lives.

The Divine Travel Talismans were also excellent for rushing on the road.

When the Divine Travel Talisman was pasted on the calf, the power of the rune would generate a thrust, pushing the owner forward, saving effort and accelerating.

They sprinted at extreme speed for a whole day. On the way, they passed by many Foundation Establishment demon race tribes. The commotion of the two passing by was too great, and many old Foundation Establishment demons came out to check the situation. Seeing the two so fast, they were scared and quickly hid back in their old nests.

At a glance, this cultivation was higher than theirs. There were many arrogant people in the demon race, and just a glance was regarded as an insult to them, which could easily trigger thunderous rage and bring about disaster.

Not good, not good.

"Hmm? There are many demons here, but it doesn't look like a tribe. Is it the market place Old Man Ba talked about?"

The demon race had no towns, but they often needed to exchange resources, so market places came into being.

Those who could open a market place in the demon race were often a hegemon of a region, with absolute crushing strength over the surrounding tribes. As for being smooth-tongued and good at socializing, that was secondary.

"Let's go take a look."

A demon race market place was also a new thing.

The market place was filled with transformed demon beasts. According to the Immortal Fairy, this was one of the items of their Ancient Five Immortals' unified weights and measures—communicating in human form.

The types of the demon race varied widely. The large ones were hundreds or thousands of miles long like the Kunpeng, while the small ones were like the Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit. Not to mention they had no hands or feet, and their habits of clothing, food, housing, and transportation were all different. When the demon race mixed together, this problem was even greater. In ancient times, many disputes were triggered by body size and appearance problems.

Later, the Five Immortals ruled the world and established the concept of people-oriented. When different demon races gathered together, they all had to transform into human form.

The Five Immortals disappeared one after another, but their influence has continued to this day.

Transformation was not completely becoming human. With the Qilin Immortal as an example, many demon races retained a part of their race when transforming. For example, the Rabbit race left ears when transforming, and the Cat race left tails when transforming, and so on.

There were also fully transformed demon beasts, so Lu Yang and his companion were not conspicuous in the market place.

"Take a look, take a look, the Dry Qi Pill refined by Master Golden Monkey, five hundred spirit stones a piece!"

"What, it's actually Master Golden Monkey's pill! Master Golden Monkey is a Foundation Establishment level alchemy master with a one-third success rate!"

"Knives and clubs forged by the Copper Rhino tribe, quality guaranteed, the more you buy, the more discount! There are even magical treasures refined by the Patriarch of the Copper Rhino tribe himself. Take it, and it's not impossible for the early stage of the eighth layer of Qi Refining to defeat the early stage of the ninth layer of Qi Refining!"

"What, there is actually such a big improvement, able to cross a whole level!"

Lu Yang: "..."

Meng Jingzhou: "..."

What kind of trash vegetable market was this? What kind of stuff were they selling? A one-third success rate, this would get someone beaten to death by the Seventh Elder on the Pill Peak.

And the magical treasures refined by the Patriarch of the Copper Rhino tribe were full of impurities and loopholes. Lu Yang, who didn't know how to refine weapons, could refine a better one.

"There are no experts in this market place, a bunch of Qi Refining stages, and occasionally a few Foundation Establishment stages."

The two were experienced in battle, and just by glancing at the way the demons walked and breathed, they could roughly judge their cultivation.

"Forget it, this place should have a pawnshop, let's just sell the token."

The two found a pawnshop in the most prosperous area of the market place.

The pawnshop rarely opened for business, but once it did, it could sustain them for half a year. The clerk was bored and dozing off. He had a pair of large horns on his head, looking like the horns of a water buffalo.

In the past two months, he hadn't received any good goods, just worthless trinkets, and the boss had gone into the room to sleep.

"Buddy, help us see how much this token can sell for."

Lu Yang took out the token from his bosom and handed it to the clerk.

The clerk didn't care at first, glancing at it casually, but then his eyes seemed to grow onto the token, unable to move away.

"This... this..."

Seeing the token, the clerk's heart skipped a beat.

If it were really that legendary treasure, then they would make a huge fortune!

Looking at the plain reactions of Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, they probably didn't know the goods.

He quickly called the boss who was lying down and sleeping.

Hearing the clerk's description, the boss suddenly sat up from the bed.

If it were genuine, then they wouldn't need to open for business for ten years!

The boss didn't know what race he came from, with a pure white horn on his head and snake scales at his neck, perhaps a hybrid demon race.

The moment the boss saw the token, his hands were trembling, and he almost failed to hold the token firmly.

This was actually the famous treasure token of Ancestor Bai Tan!

This was the legendary Patriarch Baitan, who was a mere half-step away from the Nascent Soul stage!

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou's eyelids twitched slightly. Why, judging by everyone else's reactions, did it feel as though Patriarch Baitan wasn't a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator, but rather a half-step Tribulation Transcendence master?

The second update will be at eleven o'clock (roughly).

(End of this chapter)