Chapter 534 - 199: Zheng Family Castle, Celestial Essence City, Shocking God Needle Entry Level, Fushen Pill Formula

Chapter 534: Chapter 199: Zheng Family Castle, Celestial Essence City, Shocking God Needle Entry Level, Fushen Pill Formula

"No need to stand on ceremony.

I just happened to be at the right place at the right time."

Zhou Changwang waved his hand and spoke.

"If it weren’t for you, senior, I would have died at the hands of this beast.

I truly don’t know how to repay you.

If there’s anything you need, just let me know, and I, Old Qi, will do whatever it takes."

Zheng Qi quickly and respectfully spoke up again.

"It’s nothing.

By the way, where are you cultivators from?"

Zhou Changwang smiled, then curiously asked.

"Replying to the senior, we are all cultivators from the Zheng Family Castle ahead, and these are my brothers.

This is Zheng Yuan, this is Zheng Wu, and this is my younger sister, Zheng Ajiu, and I am called Zheng Qi.

This time, we originally agreed to go to Celestial Wolf Mountain to gather Mid-Tier Second Grade spiritual material, the Soul Reviving Grass, and we had already returned successfully, but unexpectedly encountered this beast on the way back..."

Zheng Qi quickly explained in response to the question.

"Zheng Family Castle is our Zheng Family’s clan residence.

It is under the jurisdiction of Celestial Essence City but is relatively distant, over three hundred miles away.

Besides our Zheng Family Castle, there are also two other major cultivation clans: the Chen Family Camp and the Lingnan Zou Family.

By the way, may I know how to address you, senior? Would you be interested in staying at our Zheng Family Castle for a few days, so we might have a chance to properly express our gratitude?"

Seeing Zhou Changwang’s look of doubt, the female cultivator Zheng Ajiu quickly explained.

Seizing the opportunity, she extended an invitation.

Comparatively speaking, she seemed to understand social graces better than her brother’s honest demeanor.

"My title is Kunpeng.

You may call me Kunpeng Daoist.

As for staying, I’ll pass.

This time, I also..."

Zhou Changwang said something, pondered slightly, and still refused.

"Did senior come this time to participate in the Celestial Essence Summit, which occurs once every ten years in Celestial Essence City in ten days?

This Celestial Essence Summit is a grand event held once every ten years.

At this time, countless cultivation clans around will gather in Celestial Essence City to sell their local products.

Usually, at this time, all kinds of cultivation resources converge in Celestial Essence City.

It is said that in the last Celestial Essence Summit, there appeared the Condensing Void Pill,

which is an extremely precious pill that can increase the Core Formation rate of Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators by ten to twenty percent.

As for the Foundation Establishment Pill and Foundation Condensation Pill, they also occasionally appear."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Ajiu quickly spoke up, picking up the thread of the conversation. Noticing Zhou Changwang’s expression of interest, she quickly added, "Senior is probably not a cultivator from nearby, your accent is somewhat different from ours here.

Since you are in unfamiliar territory, it might be somewhat inconvenient. Wouldn’t it be better to come with us to the Zheng Family Castle, where we could serve as your guides and alleviate some of your inconveniences?"

"In that case, I’ll trouble you all."

Zhou Changwang pondered slightly and finally nodded in agreement.

Indeed, he was new to this place.

Though he had an introduction from Shen Xinyue recommending that he rely on her senior sister,

as Zheng Ajiu said, he was unfamiliar with the area, and appearing uninvited might bring some awkwardness and discomfort.

Moreover, that senior sister was familiar with Shen Xinyue but not him.

In his heart, he didn’t want to trouble others too much anyway.

Rather than imposing on others, he preferred to come and go alone, which was more convenient.

So, soon, the group of four from the Zheng family, along with Zhou Changwang, set out into the forest together.

Half an hour later, in the distance, a place the size of a large village appeared in his view.

It was Zheng Family Castle.

Zheng Family Castle, named ’castle,’ is actually akin to a small town, where most residents bear the surname Zheng, and the few with different surnames are intricately connected with the Zheng family.

One might say, this place essentially is Zheng family’s private property.

Even mortals here operate in many cultivation-related trades.

For instance, the handling of talisman hides, although refined faster by cultivators, can still be sufficiently handled by mortals.

At most, more manpower is employed, with the work segmented in detail; even tasks involving First-Grade Initial-Tier and Middle-Tier Talisman Paper can be assigned to mortals.

The same applies to spirit plants.

Some simple low-level materials can be planted by mortal farmers without much issue.

Although they cannot quicken growth like a Spirit Plant Master can with the Fertilization Technique and Annual Ring Skill.

Yet, the experience of veteran farmers is valuable for cultivating spiritual materials that don’t require much spiritual qi.

This is also the life wisdom of many cultivation clans.

It is the fundamental reason for their development and growth.

Nearby, besides Zheng Family Castle, there are two similar places: Chen Family Camp and Lingnan Zou Family.

However, the Zheng family mainly specializes in cultivating and planting spiritual materials; the family includes many medicine gatherers, and they do some simple talisman hide processing. The Chen Family Camp excels at talisman drawing and artifact refining.

As for the Zou family, they specialize in array formation and alchemy.

Though most of their output is First Grade Spirit Pills,

it places the Zou family at the head of the three major cultivation clans.

Of course, most residents of Zheng Family Castle are mortals.

The real Zheng family cultivators reside on a mountain ten miles away from Zheng Family Castle.

This mountain hosts a High-Tier Second-Grade Spirit Vein and is enveloped in an array, shrouded in mist, rendering it hard to see clearly.

Being new here, Zhou Changwang naturally found it inappropriate to directly observe with his divine sense, but with his array dao cultivation, he could discern that this array was a Mid-Tier Second-Grade Array.