Although an exchange agreement was reached with Xuanting True Person, the exchange was still not immediately implemented.

Because Zhou Chun was also worried that Xuanting True Person was a bait deliberately sent by certain forces, intending to weaken the strength of the Silver Dragon Monarch before scheming against him.

Thus, he agreed with the other party to complete the exchange in twenty years.

By then, the Golden Armor Turtle Bearer Stone should have advanced to become a Demon King, and if he was lucky, he might be able to exchange some major supplements for the Silver Dragon Monarch at the Tianyi Grand Assembly to shorten its recovery time for essence energy.

Of course, he told Xuanting True Person that such a major issue required some time to persuade the Silver Dragon Monarch and needed time to gather supplements to aid its recovery.

After all, twenty years is not considered long for a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator no matter how you look at it.

If Xuanting True Person couldn't wait even this long, Zhou Chun would have even more reason to suspect ulterior motives.

After the two reached an agreement, Xuanting True Person did not linger at the Zhou Family and left gracefully.

After seeing off Xuanting True Person, Zhou Chun called the Silver Dragon Monarch to the cave estate and first spoke about his plan.

"I know this matter is very unfair to you, Baibai. After all, the cost is borne by you, but the benefits will go to me and the Zhou Family."

"But you should know, Baibai, I never shortchange any of you. The cost you bear this time, I will definitely compensate you in other ways in the future, and I will never let you suffer in vain!"

As Zhou Chun said this, a hint of apology appeared on his face.

After hearing his words, the Silver Dragon Monarch quickly shook its head and said, "Master, you don't need to apologize for anything. We are essentially one; when your strength increases, we companions can also benefit."

After finishing speaking, it also said in a low voice, "However, if I shed seventy or eighty Dragon Scales at once, my strength will be significantly affected, and I'm afraid I won't be able to help you, Master, for quite some time!"

Hearing this, Zhou Chun promptly promised, "Your agreeing to this is already a huge help to me. Unless the Zhou Family faces an existential crisis, you just focus on recovering essence energy within the family!"

"If that's the case, I have no questions. Just tell me when you need it, Master."

The Silver Dragon Monarch nodded and agreed wholeheartedly.

Having persuaded the Silver Dragon Monarch in this way, the matter was truly settled.

However, since the matter wasn't entirely finalized, Zhou Chun did not spread the word; only he and the Silver Dragon Monarch knew about it.

Time passed, and five more years went by in the blink of an eye.

At this time, after over a decade of secluded cultivation, the Golden Armor Turtle Bearer Stone finally finished digesting the Rocky Giant's energy core fragment given by Zhou Chun, successfully reaching the Fourth Order Perfection realm and preparing to attempt tribulation crossing.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun unreservedly asked his spirit pet, "Stone, how do you feel personally? Without the Spirit Tortoise Tribulation Transformation Method, how confident are you in successfully crossing the tribulation?"

"If I have Baibai's [Heavenly Gang Thunder-Cleaving Sword], along with the high-grade magical treasures bestowed by Master, I should have a seventy to eighty percent chance of success!"

The Golden Armor Turtle Bearer Stone thought for a moment and gave an answer through their mental connection.

"A seventy to eighty percent chance is indeed not low."

Zhou Chun murmured to himself, slightly bowing his head in contemplation.

The Bearer Tortoise Clan is endowed with extraordinary talents, and in a sense, their chances of becoming a Fifth-order Demon King are even greater than those of top-tier demon beast races such as Flood Dragons and Fire Phoenixes.

However, due to the difficulty in reproducing, the slow growth of offspring, and the extremely sparse population, their fame was not as great as top-tier demon beast races like Flood Dragons and Fire Phoenixes.

Furthermore, the Golden Armor Turtle Bearer Stone had a mutated Bearer Tortoise bloodline and had Zhou Chun as its master, providing tribulation treasures and elixirs; its success rate should be significantly higher than that of ordinary Bearer Tortoises.

If spiritual treasures were a necessity for surviving the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation, how many top-tier demon beasts in the world could genuinely succeed?

Therefore, after contemplating for a while, Zhou Chun said to his beloved pet, "Let's proceed this way. In the coming days, refine the treasures within the family while I seek the Zhongxuan Demon King to see if I can ask for a drop or two of [Myriad Year Spirit Milk]."

Then, he handed over two high-grade magical treasures from Pang Zhenyue, the late-stage Golden Core cultivator of the Earth Mother Sect, and another high-grade magical treasure for Stone to refine, and let the Silver Dragon Monarch temporarily lend the already nurtured and restored [Heavenly Gang Thunder-Cleaving Sword] to Stone as well.

Afterward, Zhou Chun stationed the Silver Dragon Monarch and Luo Qingni at the family to oversee matters, while he took Fengyuan Monarch to the Liang State Misty Immortal Ridge.

Moving at great speed, he arrived outside Misty Immortal Ridge within just a few days.

After forming the Nascent Soul, this was Zhou Chun's first visit here.

Looking at the Misty Immortal Ridge ahead, shrouded in white mist, his mindset was entirely different from when he was at the Golden Core Stage.

Now, even if he were to clash with the Zhongxuan Demon King inside, escaping should not be difficult even if he wasn't a match.

"Feng'er, use [Fire Eyes Golden Pupils] to see what mysteries lie within Misty Immortal Ridge!"

In the sky, after assessing Misty Immortal Ridge for a while, Zhou Chun ordered Fengyuan Monarch.

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