Noticing the change in Zhang Ling's expression, Third Elder Qin chuckled.
"Haha, Fellow Daoist Zhang, you might not know this yet. Elder Lu and Fairy Pu are Daoist partners, something everyone in Baichuan City envies. Moreover, True Person Qingshui is Fairy Pu's elder brother. Daoist Qingshui was almost fatally ambushed by that evil rogue cultivator. That's why the two fellow Daoists are so polite after you killed the evil rogue cultivator."
Hearing this explanation, Zhang Ling understood. No wonder these two were so polite; it turned out they had this connection with True Person Qingshui.
Fairy Pu also said with a gentle smile, "Originally, it was my elder brother who was supposed to meet Fellow Daoist to express his gratitude personally. However, he was recently injured and is currently in seclusion to heal. Please don't mind."
Zhang Ling quickly waved his hand, "Zhang is flattered. The ability to kill that person was also due to the restraint provided by the two fellow Daoists at the time, which exhausted most of that person's spiritual power. I wouldn't dare take all the credit."
"Fellow Daoist, you don't need to be modest. The evil rogue cultivator's cultivation was not low, and he was a somewhat famous strongman. Eliminating such a traitor is definitely a great contribution to our Immortal City," Third Elder Qin said with a stroke of his beard, quite earnestly.
"Furthermore, in these extraordinary times, there are bound to be some who try to be opportunistic and lean towards the Demon Race. This matter can serve as a deterrent to those villains."
Third Elder Qin spoke quite directly. Zhang Ling smiled and didn't say much else, but he thought more highly of this elder.
After a few more pleasantries, Zhang Ling followed Elder Lu directly through the ice wall and entered the treasure vault of Baichuan City.
Behind the ice wall was still an ice passage, but it was much narrower, like walking in an ice crevice. Ahead of this passage were layers of constantly rotating water curtains, which were clearly restrictions.
The treasure vault of the Immortal City was heavily restricted, especially now that Baichuan City had gathered personnel from other Immortal Cities, as well as reinforcement cultivators from various sects and forces.
This place had also been temporarily requisitioned as a strategic material reserve, so naturally, it was heavily defended.
Elder Lu took out an ice-blue token and easily led Zhang Ling through several layers of water light, arriving at a wide ice cave.
Inside, it was empty, with only a black jade tower standing in the center, surrounded by layers of faint blue restrictive light.
This jade tower had twelve levels, with many strange silver-gray spiritual patterns on it, each level being thirty feet tall. It seemed to be a magical treasure as well.
Zhang Ling scanned it with his divine sense, but when his spiritual power landed on it, it was immediately repelled, startling him. It seemed it wasn't an ordinary magical treasure.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, this is a treasure from Tianmu City, a spatial magical treasure, the Myriad Treasure Tower. Originally, it was stored in Tianmu City and managed by the Council of Elders. Now, the Immortal Cities have all contributed a large number of rare resources, which are stored inside as rewards for the meritorious cultivators in this battle."
"Myriad Treasure Tower, so it's this treasure," Zhang Ling's eyes flickered a few times. He had heard of this treasure when he went to Tianmu City before.
It was said that this treasure was a spatial artifact refined at great cost by the first generation of Immortal City managers when the Twelve Immortal Cities were first established in ancient times.
It has been passed down to this day.
It was said that this treasure was not only used to store treasures but also possessed some special magical powers.
At this moment, Elder Lu took out a black token and cast a ray of spiritual light on it.
The token emitted a black light and a blue light, which struck the sixth and eighth levels of the Myriad Treasure Tower, respectively.
When the blue light hit the sixth level, the sixth level of the Myriad Treasure Tower echoed with the sound of rushing water. Instantly, it was filled with a piece of water light.
It looked as if it was filled with water.
The black light hit the eighth level, and the eighth level sounded with a whooshing wind, gathering a swirling ball of wind inside.
After doing this, Elder Lu smiled and said to Zhang Ling, "Fellow Daoist, please. With your qualifications, you can choose two treasures from the Myriad Treasure Tower. The water light on the sixth level contains the rewards that our Baichuan City has offered for this battle.
As for the eighth level, it is the original treasure of Blackwind City. Fellow Daoist guarded Blackwind City a few days ago. At that time, the Council of Elders promised that you could choose two treasures at will, but now that Blackwind City has been breached and the mission has failed, the original promise of being able to choose two treasures has been reduced to one. Fellow Daoist, do you have any objections?"
"Being able to choose one item from the Blackwind City treasure vault, Zhang naturally has no objections." This surprised Zhang Ling a little. He originally thought that the reward would be gone since the mission failed. He didn't expect to still get one treasure.
But thinking about it, it made sense. The Immortal City was generally very generous when asking them, these Nascent Soul old monsters, to take action and wouldn't be stingy with treasure rewards.
As for why the treasures of Blackwind City were here after the city had been breached...
It was easy to understand. The Immortal City wouldn't be foolish enough to leave a large number of cultivation resources in each Immortal City. Arrangements had been made long ago.
The Myriad Treasure Tower has twelve levels. It seems that each level corresponds to the cultivation resources of an Immortal City.
"Fellow Daoist can enter directly to choose treasures, but remember, some special treasures cannot be exchanged if you can't grasp them in your hand."
"Oh, why is that?"
Elder Lu explained with a smile, "Perhaps your merits are not enough to meet the exchange requirements, or they have been decided internally by the Council of Elders and cannot be exchanged for the time being."
"Hmm, I understand."
Zhang Ling looked at the Myriad Treasure Tower, his mind stirred, and a layer of yellow light shone on his body. With a flash, he directly entered the sixth level.
As soon as he entered, he stood on a piece of water. Looking around, he found that he had entered a small lake.
It seemed to be thousands of feet wide, and he could sense a rich water spiritual power filling the surroundings.
This was not an illusion; it was a real lake.
"As expected of a spatial treasure," Zhang Ling chuckled. He thought of the Sumeru Grotto Mansion he wore. It was also a spatial treasure.
He just didn't know if the Myriad Treasure Tower was also made of spatial fragments or other spatial materials.
Spatial treasures are extremely rare. Seeing that the Myriad Treasure Tower was divided into twelve levels, it was much larger than the Sumeru Grotto Mansion in his hand.
After looking around, Zhang Ling put away his thoughts. He slightly released his spiritual power. Immediately, he saw the water flowing under his feet tumbling, with constant popping sounds.
One by one, bubbles emerged from the water and floated on the surface.
These bubbles varied in size, with the smaller ones being only the size of a palm and the larger ones being more than ten feet in size.
He saw three white jade bottles wrapped in one bubble, with a red piece of paper pasted on it, which read, "Fourth-Grade Spiritual Pill, Water Essence Pill."
Zhang Ling's eyes lit up. He knew about the Water Essence Pill, which was a water-attribute spiritual pill produced by Baichuan City. Each pill was worth eight or nine thousand spirit stones.
These three bottles of Water Essence Pills were worth more than two hundred thousand spirit stones.
Looking at another bubble, he saw a long black halberd wrapped inside. When his divine sense landed on it, a piece of information was immediately transmitted.
"Water Breaking Halberd, a high-grade water-attribute magical treasure with water-controlling abilities."
Next to it, another bubble contained a stack of twelve high-grade spiritual talismans.
Zhang Ling looked at the treasures emerging from these bubbles one by one. There were pills, magical treasures, spiritual talismans, and cultivation methods.
There were also spirit mine materials of various colors and sizes.
Zhang Ling only glanced at the magical treasures and pills. He was very interested in the spirit mine materials.
After a moment, he suddenly flew to a palm-sized bubble. Staring at a piece of blue and white jade wrapped in the bubble, a look of joy appeared on his face.
"Not bad, it actually contains a superb water spirit stone."
Zhang Ling raised his hand and wanted to grab this superb water spirit stone in his hand. However, as soon as his hand touched the bubble, the bubble directly turned into a blue light and flew out.
With a plop, it fell directly into the water and disappeared.
This scene made Zhang Ling's face sink. He remembered what Elder Lu had said earlier: he couldn't exchange for treasures that he couldn't grasp in his hand.
"Hehe, it seems that my merits are not enough to exchange for this superb water spirit stone."
Zhang Ling muttered to himself. After thinking for a moment, he looked at other treasures.
There were many treasures in the bubbles, as many as tens of thousands. The value also varied.
However, the lowest value was more than tens of thousands of spirit stones.
The higher value was more than a million spirit stones. Like the nine blue round beads floating in a bubble in front of him. This was a complete set of ancient treasures, and he couldn't grab them in his hand either.
In addition, there were several treasures that he quite liked, but he couldn't get them in his hand.
Zhang Ling had long looked down on ordinary treasures, and the ones he could see were all top-notch treasures.
It seemed that the value was too great, and he had not yet reached the exchange requirements.
Before long, Zhang Ling shook his head and flashed out of the Myriad Treasure Tower. He immediately looked at Elder Lu, who was waiting outside, and asked.
"Elder Lu, I saw a superb water spirit stone inside, but I can't grasp it in my hand. I wonder if I can use these two reward opportunities to only take away that superb water spirit stone."
"Ah, Fellow Daoist has taken a fancy to that superb water spirit stone. This is a bit difficult." Hearing Zhang Ling's question, Elder Lu glanced at Zhang Ling's empty hands and said with a slight daze.
"If I am not qualified enough, I can exchange it with other treasures." Seeing this person's reaction and not directly rejecting him, Zhang Ling knew that there was room for negotiation, and quickly said.
"This, Fellow Daoist Zhang, you don't know that it is not a special case to use two reward opportunities to exchange for only one treasure. Many fellow Daoists have also superimposed rewards in this way. I can make the decision to do it.
But Fellow Daoist Zhang, what you have taken a fancy to is that superb water spirit stone. The superposition of two rewards is a bit insufficient.
But this is not the main reason. This superb water spirit stone has been reserved by the Council of Elders and plans to use it to activate a powerful water spirit formation to enhance the defense works. This is not something that can be exchanged with simple merit rewards.
Fellow Daoist Zhang, why don't you take a look at other treasures?" Elder Lu chuckled and explained the exchange rules to Zhang Ling.
These words made Zhang Ling frown. It seemed that the superb water spirit stone was indeed something he couldn't exchange for now. He also nodded and temporarily dismissed the idea.
Superb spirit stones are not ordinary treasures. If he wants to get them, it seems that he still needs to spend a little more effort.
With a flash, Zhang Ling entered the Myriad Treasure Tower again. This time, he entered the eighth level, which was a swirling black wind.
Many treasures were wrapped in the wind, similar to the sixth level. The treasures hidden inside were also diverse and valuable.
Some Nascent Soul old monsters were jealous when they saw them.
Time passed little by little. After a quarter of an hour, Zhang Ling left the Myriad Treasure Tower. Seeing that his hands were still empty, Elder Lu knew that he still hadn't gotten the treasure he wanted.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, don't be discouraged. If the reward qualifications are not enough to exchange for treasures, accumulate more merit. Now that the war with the Demon Race is coming, there are many such opportunities."
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for your comfort. I understand." Zhang Ling smiled indifferently.
Elder Lu hesitated for a moment and suddenly said this. "Actually, Fellow Daoist Zhang, if you just want to borrow that superb water spirit stone, it's not like there is no chance."
"Oh." Hearing this, Zhang Ling's eyes lit up.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, this situation is also very common. At our cultivation level, many rare treasures cannot be exchanged with spirit stones.
Many of the treasures placed in the Myriad Treasure Tower are war reserve resources. Some have individual uses.
Fellow Daoist Zhang just said that you are willing to exchange other treasures for the superb water spirit stone. I can notify the Council of Elders about this matter, and there is still a lot of room for negotiation. It's just that at that time, Fellow Daoist Zhang will inevitably have to put in some effort, undertake some dangerous tasks, and it won't be easy."
"If there is an opportunity to exchange for the superb water spirit stone, taking some risks is nothing. Then I will have to trouble Fellow Daoist Lu." Zhang Ling thought for a moment, and I nodded.
He also thought in his heart that not only this superb water spirit stone, but if he could take this opportunity, he might also be able to find the last material for refining the Black Bone Giant Claw, the Primordial Gold Crystal.
He might even be able to find the superb wood spirit stone that he hasn't seen yet.
After all, the Twelve Immortal Cities have great power, and the news in this regard must be more well-informed than him. Maybe this Myriad Treasure Tower may have the Primordial Gold Crystal and the superb wood spirit stone collected.
After all, he has only entered two of them at the moment.
Elder Lu naturally did not know Zhang Ling's thoughts at the moment, and replied with a smile. "Haha, Fellow Daoist Zhang is polite. This matter is just a piece of cake."
The two of them spoke and left the treasure storage place. Third Elder Qin and Fairy Pu were still waiting outside the ice wall.
Seeing them come out, Third Elder Qin immediately asked. "Did you get the treasure you wanted? Our Twelve Immortal Cities have quite rich collections, and many of the treasures in them make Qin quite envious."
Zhang Ling smiled helplessly and shook his head without saying anything.
Elder Lu sighed lightly and talked about the situation of treasure selection. Zhang Ling did not stop him. This was not a secret and there was nothing to hide.
After Third Elder Qin heard that Zhang Ling wanted to exchange for the superb water spirit stone, his expression was also slightly stunned. "It turns out that Fellow Daoist wants to exchange for this thing. It is indeed a bit difficult. However, if Fellow Daoist uses equivalent things to exchange, the Council of Elders still has a lot of room for negotiation."
The four of them walked outwards while talking. Not long after, Zhang Ling and Qin San Zhang left the seventh floor underwater.
"Qin still has some things to deal with, so I won't accompany Fellow Daoist any longer." The two of them returned to the seventh floor above. As soon as they walked out of the secret teleportation point and onto the street, Third Elder Qin cupped his hands and said.
"By the way, Fellow Daoist is here in Baichuan City for the first time, right? There are quite a few cultivators gathered in the city now, and many people have been holding trade fairs these days. You can go and have a look. Qin will take his leave first."
Zhang Ling also returned a salute with a smile. Elder Jinshan turned into a ray of light, directly flew up, and disappeared in a few flashes.
Zhang Ling looked up at the sky. It was sunset at the moment, but there were still many people on the street, and their cultivation was not low.
He even sensed the presence of two Nascent Soul cultivators sitting inside a teahouse not far away.
He was genuinely interested in taking a stroll through this city.
