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The golden horned beast had to absorb a certain amount of energy every day, of course the more the better, but the lowest standard was 100 thousand cubic meters of energy crystals or 100 thousand stalks of Heavenly Dragon Grass every day. If the swallowing beast was less than that amount, then it would degenerate, causing a huge energy collapse, which would harm itself, and even Duan Can't take it anymore.

Currently, Heavenly Dragon Grass could only grow 50 thousand stalks of Heavenly Dragon Grass every day. It was still half away from being able to produce energy crystals. If it was a Heavenly Crystal with a huge amount of energy, it would be fine too, but it was a pity that he had never seen what Heavenly Crystal was before, it was just the knowledge from the Swallowing Beast's own consciousness.

After Duan Ru Yue assimilated with the Swallowing Beast, the Swallowing Beast became Duan Lian's clone. The information that the Swallowing Beast Sea had passed down became Duan Lian's information. It was also a loss for Duan Lian's sea of consciousness to be extremely powerful, otherwise it would have burst apart. Even so, Duan Ru Yue didn't accept all of the information. She just accepted the main information.

The problem now was to find energy. Huge energy. Without energy, there would be no second life. It would also endanger one's first life. This was also a question of multiplying karma. If Duan Jian had a second life, he would be responsible for it. Otherwise, he would be punished. This was his responsibility.

The more power you had, the more responsibility you would have. This was a rule given to you by the heavens.

Many people wished for their own abilities to be powerful. If they did not do something, they would be punished by the heavens.

Duan Jian now deeply understood this problem.

"Where is the energy?"

Duan Meng even asked the Sky Sect's Qi Pupil Art where there were Heavenly Crystals, and Qi Tong also told Duan Jing that there were endless Heavenly Crystals in the crystal realm, but it was also extremely dangerous. Let alone being unable to go there now, even if they could go there, they wouldn't make it in time.

The Golden Horned Devouring Beast that Duan Yi encountered could only eat half a full meal a day, so it wouldn't grow, and its second life would be restricted.

Currently, the only solution was to use the endless cold wood in exchange for a spiritual energy pill. As long as it was below rank 5, it would be a rank 3. This was a huge problem.

If not, the king grass of the Sky Dragon Grass would be hard to produce. In any case, there was no lack of spirit pills for the Frigid Wood King Grass, but this was the basic life form for the Swallowing Beast, so to grow it, one still needed to have Heavenly Crystals, a heavenly quantity of Heavenly Crystals.

Duan Jian had no choice but to use quite a few people to help him.

"Qi Liang, Xiao Fengxian, Hei Yan, Long'er, I need a large number of energy crystals right now. The more the better, you guys should also give me some ideas."

"Young Master, what do you want the crystals for?"

"I am cultivating a magical art and need anything with energy. Energy Crystals, Death Crystals, Sky Dragon Grass, Heavenly Crystals …"

"We know about energy crystals, we all have some, what are these Heavenly Crystals?"

"Heavenly Crystals are crystals with immense energy. They can only be found in the Crystal Boundary. It's useless right now, I need capable crystals."

Little Phoenix Fairy took the lead and offered up all the energy crystals to Duan Ru. However, this was only a drop in the bucket; it was simply maintaining the life of the swallowing monster. If he wanted to grow quickly, he would need a massive amount of energy crystals.

"Young master, what should we do now? Tell me?"

"I need to set up a merchant guild. I can provide a huge amount of 10,000 Year Cold Wood in exchange for energy crystals or Heavenly Crystals."

"The four of you better stay together. I'll send Medusa to stay with you guys so there won't be any danger. The Blazing Demon King will also be with you, as long as you can obtain a large amount of energy crystals."

The Ten Thousand Year Cold Wood was Fire Cloud City's hard currency and could be exchanged for heaven's amount of money. In the Heavenly Refining Painting, the Ten Thousand Year Freezing Wood was a magma spring that constantly absorbed energy and continued to grow, cutting down some branches and leaves, completely unaffected. Dozens of tons of Ten Thousand Year Freezing Wood were sent out every day, and a large amount of energy crystals was exchanged over here.

However, he didn't dare let the Swallowing Beast devour him all at once. Rather, he just needed to maintain a certain two portions per day as long as it was slow growing. Only now did Duan Ru Yue feel slightly relieved.

The next problem was that he had to breakthrough the Crystal Boundary. As long as he could bring the swallowing beast in and acquire the endless Heavenly Crystal, and with the swallowing beast in addition to that, his second life would become extremely powerful.

Qi Liang came over, "Young Master, Shang Zong's Sect Leader, Shang Wuji requests an audience."

Duan Ru Yue was stunned. 'I don't have any relationship with Shang Zong, what is he here for?' After all, he was a subordinate to the Earth Sect and was under the orders of an Earth Sect gang.

"He didn't say. He just said that he had something that Young Master needs."

"Then invite him in!"

After a while, a capable middle-aged man walked in. Duan Wuji had met Shang Wuji before.

"Oh, so it is the head of the Shang clan. What are you doing here?"

"Young Master Duan, the dragon and the phoenix are indeed worthy of respect. I've seen them today!"

"The head of the Shang clan didn't come here to flatter me right?"

Duan Ling Tian didn't have a good impression of Shang Zong. Why should he be afraid of Shang Zong when he was in control of the Fire Sect? Even though Shang Zong was powerful, his business was not bad. In terms of strength, he was inferior to the Fire Sect. Everyone knew that the current Fire Sect was governed by Duan Ru, who was also the Sect Leader of the Fire Sect. The outsiders didn't know what was going on, but anyone with a discerning eye would be able to tell that Duan Ling Tian had already taken control of the Fire Sect.

"Young Master Duan, please excuse us. We saw Young Master Duan trying his best to purchase energy crystals and Heavenly Crystals. I want to start a business deal with Young Master Duan." Duan Meng was slightly interested when he heard this.

No matter if Shang Zong was an enemy or not, as long as he had a large amount of energy crystals, he could make a deal.

In this world, there were no eternal enemies, only eternal benefits.

As long as Shang Zong could provide him with heaven-defying energy crystals, he would be able to put down his enmity and cooperate with him.

"How many do you have?"

"How much do you need?" "As much as you have?"

"That will depend on how many ten thousand year old Frigid Wood Young Master can provide."

"As long as Young Master Duan specializes in supplying our Shang Zong with the Ten Thousand Year Freezing Wood, we will supply you with the energy crystals from Fire Cloud City to Fire Cloud Empire. Is that alright?"

There was nothing wrong with that.

"Fine, I can give it to you as long as it is not less than 5 million cubes per day. I can give you the right to do it!"

"Deal! Young Master Duan is so straightforward. We can be friends!"

"Hehe, Shang Wuji, you said that it's fine to do business, but if you want to be friends, is your master willing?"

Shang Wuji blushed, but soon after, he let out a faint smile.

"Young Master Duan must be joking. It doesn't matter who the master is, we are exchanging benefits. In the past, there was a deal with the Earth Sect, but now, the Earth Sect has lost its meaning to us. It's not impossible for us to find another person to do business."

"Ok, Shang Wuji, let's not talk about being friends. I will supply you with 10 tons of 10,000 Year Cold Wood everyday and you will give me 5 million cubic meters of Energy Crystals. Do you want to do it?"

"Do it. I knew that Young Master Duan was someone who would disregard the past."