Chapter 1043: Chapter 444: Lifespan Increased; News of the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure (2)

Xu Ping and the Nine Nether Elder naturally had no objections.

Unfamiliar with this place, following Dragon King Ao Guang was the best choice for them.

After a brief rest at the Deep-sea Dragon Palace, the group used the palace’s internal Teleportation Array, and a day later, arrived at the final destination of their journey, Central Cloud City.

As soon as they stepped out of the Teleportation Hall, even Xu Ping, accustomed to the grandeur of the True Dragon Hall, couldn’t help but be silently amazed by the spectacular city before him.

Central Cloud City lived up to its name.

The entire colossal city wasn’t built on flat land but constructed around several towering, sky-piercing peaks that seemed to connect heaven and earth.

Countless pavilions, towers, palaces, and residences were scattered on the mountainside like stars, connected by rainbow bridges and cloud paths, with mist swirling at the mid-levels, while celestial cranes and spiritual birds flitted about.

As Dragon King Ao Guang stated, Celestial Cloud City, as the core of the Central Domain, gathered Divinity Transformation Powers from surrounding realms.

The trading conferences and auctions among Divinity Transformation Cultivators were mainly held in this city.

Dragon King Ao Guang said to Xu Ping and the Nine Nether Elder, "Fellow Daoists, the trading conference will not officially start for another month."

"Ao has some personal matters to handle here. Let’s act separately and meet in front of this Teleportation Hall in a month."

He pointed to the grand Teleportation Hall behind him.

After a pause, he solemnly reminded, "Remember, any form of private fight is strictly forbidden inside Celestial Cloud City."

"This is an iron law maintained by all Divinity Transformation Powers with bases here."

"Violators will be collectively punished by all the powers, even if they are Divinity Transformation Cultivators, no exception."

"You two must act with caution."

Both Xu Ping and the Nine Nether Elder nodded in understanding.

After Dragon King Ao Guang left with his offspring, transforming into Escape Light, Xu Ping and the Nine Nether Elder exchanged a glance and separated, each blending into the vast and bustling Celestial Cloud City.

Indeed, the human world’s grand festival lived up to its reputation.

Shops lined the streets, signs flashing, and everything sold was a high-quality item.

Many rare Fourth-Rank, or even nearly Fifth-Rank Spiritual Materials, Pills, and Magical Treasures, rarely seen in the Wind Origin Realm, were available for sale here.

The cultivators passing by exuded powerful auras, and Xu Ping encountered quite a few Late-Stage Nascent Soul Cultivators. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Sometimes, he could even feel wisps of abyssal, unsettlingly profound auras passing by, which must have originated from Divinity Transformation Ancestors of other realms.

Xu Ping visited several of the largest and most reputable cross-domain trading companies.

Sure enough, he gained quite a bit.

Using some precious Spiritual Materials he had accumulated but couldn’t use, and exchanging several Fourth-Rank Upper Grade talismans, he successfully acquired several Tier Four Longevity Pills and a section of Fifth-Rank Spirit Wood, as thick as a baby’s arm, with faint thunder patterns.

The Tier Four Longevity Pills need not be elaborated on.

And this Fifth-Rank Soul Nourishing Wood is precisely one of the best materials for making top-tier talisman paper, its quality even slightly better than what he used before.

It’s enough to support him in drawing more, or even attempting more advanced nearly Fifth-Rank talismans.

But the only thing that left him feeling slightly disappointed was.

After inquiring at several large shops and even seeking information from the well-informed "Heavenly Secrets Pavilion" subordinate institutions, he couldn’t obtain a definite clue about the Nine Heavens Astral Wind Essence.

This item seemed to be rarer than he had anticipated.

However, overall.

After half a month of browsing, he sold quite a few stock items, also purchasing several auxiliary materials needed for refining Fourth-rank Top-grade Puppets, and that crucial Fifth-Rank Soul Nourishing Wood.

Xu Ping had already gained a lot, feeling quite pleased.

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That night.

Xu Ping returned to the tranquil, Spiritual Qi-rich independent courtyard, the True Dragon Hall’s establishment in Celestial Cloud City.

In the quiet chamber, he took out the Tier Four Longevity Pills he had spent considerable resources on, consuming them one by one.

The pills melted upon entry, transforming into gentle yet immense Power of Life Origin, merging into his limbs and bones, and deep into his Divine Soul.

After the medicinal power was fully absorbed, Xu Ping silently sensed.

A total increase of 150 years in lifespan.

"Not bad at all."

Xu Ping nodded in satisfaction, feeling cheerful.

Now, after refining these pills, his lifespan had finally surpassed the five-thousand-year threshold, reaching 5,101 years.

Five thousand years of lifespan, for a Divinity Transformation Cultivator, is an unimaginably long duration.

If he were to find a Fifth-Rank Longevity Pill, the increase in lifespan could reach an extravagant extent.

Unfortunately, a Fifth-Rank Longevity Pill, such a level of treasure.

It’s unknown whether it even exists in the human world.

After a moment of regulating his breath to thoroughly stabilize the newly added lifespan, Xu Ping took out an ancient jade slip he had traded for.

This jade slip recorded intelligence information on the Central Domain and other realms, an excellent item for newcomers to broaden their knowledge.

Xu Ping divided a part of his Divine Sense, immersing it into the jade slip.

The jade slip contained vast and complex information, resembling an immense sea of smoke.

Regarding the division of Central Domain’s city districts, common specialties, and introductions to some public secret realms, Xu Ping only scanned briefly with his Divine Sense, roughly noting them without delving deeper.

Though useful, this information wasn’t what he needed most urgently at the moment.

However, when Xu Ping’s Divine Sense swept across a section recording major historical events of the Central Domain, it instantly grasped his complete attention.

What was recorded was information about the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure.

"Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure?"

Xu Ping’s mind was shaken.

Over the years, he hadn’t stopped collecting information about further advancement for his Profound Celestial Embryo, but only managed to gather fragmented rumors, vague and unclear.

Unexpectedly, he found a relatively concrete record in this unexpectedly acquired jade slip.