The most intelligent general in the world

The treasures inside the palace were indeed extraordinary. Zhang Liang looked around and saw all kinds of sharp weapons, including several famous swords listed in the Feng Huzi Sword Manual Ranking, as well as various spiritual medicines and meteorite iron ores. However, the most were various old bamboo slips and animal skin scrolls, and of course, some precious utensils and furnishings.

"These are all the collections of the Korean royal family. You can choose three." Han Fei said to Zhang Liang in a flat tone.

Zhang Liang ignored Han Fei and strolled around the secret room. He didn't even look at the martial arts manual, but he was slightly interested in the precious instruments and stopped in front of them for a while. Zhang Liang naturally looked down on ordinary instruments, but he found that some of them were rare gems that were suitable for refining instruments or setting up formations, and might come in handy in the future.

Soon, Zhang Liang stopped in front of a piece of fiery red jade.

"Red Cloud Jade is a material that can be used to refine spiritual tools. Although it is not as precious as Star Iron Mother, it is also quite rare. It can also be used to cultivate the Fire Golden Pupil." Zhang Liang silently took note of the Red Cloud Jade in his heart, but did not take it away immediately.

Then, Zhang Liang came to the place where the spiritual medicines were collected, which was what he was most concerned about. Not long after, he had checked more than a hundred spiritual medicines one by one.

"There are a lot of good things here, much better than what the farmers sent. But if you can only choose three, it's actually not very meaningful." Zhang Liang couldn't help but feel regretful. Most of the spiritual medicines here are second-grade, which are only enough to refine second-grade pills, which are helpful for Tongxuan realm cultivators, but there are no third-grade spiritual medicines that he urgently needs. Third-grade spiritual medicines can be used to refine spiritual pills that have a huge effect on Shenhai realm. For him, who has just entered Tongxuan realm, the value is immeasurable.

Just when he was feeling disappointed, Zhang Liang suddenly noticed something that looked like rotten wood. It had a strange shape and its surface was all carbonized like it was burnt, making it difficult for him to determine the cause of its formation.

"We obtained this piece of mysterious wood a hundred years ago. It contains infinite vitality, but no one has found a way to use it. It has been left here for a hundred years and has never changed. It is said that the predecessors speculated that this might be a fragment of an ancient sacred tree." Han Fei walked over and explained to Zhang Liang.

"Fragments of the sacred tree?" Zhang Liang's heart moved when he heard this. After Han Fei's reminder, he seemed to remember something important.

In an instant, a flash of lightning flashed through Zhang Liang's mind and his heart beat faster instantly.

"This is not a fragment of a sacred tree, it is clearly the core of a spiritual tree! The charred substance on the outside should have been caused by a lightning strike!" Zhang Liang was extremely excited.

When a cultivator breaks through the innate realm, it means a leap in the life level, from an ordinary acquired life form to a form close to the life of the primordial energy. Among them, humans are not the only evolved life form. There are all kinds of creatures in the universe, and trees can also evolve into innate creatures and experience the baptism of heaven and earth. The most common baptism is thunder tribulation. The tree heart in his hand at this moment is the remains of a spiritual tree that failed to successfully ascend to the innate life form.

Usually only innate spiritual trees can condense tree cores, but in some rare cases, spiritual trees that have not reached the innate stage may occasionally condense tree cores. This kind of tree core contains the essence of the entire spiritual tree and is extremely valuable. It can be used for alchemy, refining tools, or even directly taken.

However, when Zhang Liang held the tree heart, his first thought was that the temple he had worked so hard to build finally had hope of making further progress!

"Then let's make it my first choice!" Zhang Liang took it without hesitation.

"Is this thing very precious?" Han Fei asked, still unable to suppress his curiosity.

"Well, how should I put it? To most people, it may not be as valuable as a thousand-year-old ginseng. But to me, even if you offer me a ten-thousand-year-old ginseng king, I will not agree!" Zhang Liang replied with a smile.

After that, Zhang Liang ignored Han Fei. He knew that there was nothing worth seeing in this spiritual medicine area. So he walked straight to the place where the rare meteorite iron ores were displayed.

In this world, although there is no authentic weapon refining technique, the casting skills are also very advanced. Some outstanding swordsmiths can create weapons that are no less powerful than spiritual weapons. However, they have extremely high requirements for materials when casting, often using very precious materials, and their utilization rate of materials is far lower than that of real weapon refiners.

There are many powerful weapons in the world that are comparable to spiritual weapons. Most of them are made from various ancient minerals or meteorite irons. Therefore, for many forces, meteorite irons and rare minerals are extremely precious and are often collected.

The Zhang family has always been dominated by civil officials, and the demand for military force is relatively low, so the family does not have a large collection of meteorite iron. In contrast, the collection of the Korean royal palace is dozens of times more than that of the Zhang family.

Zhang Liang carefully browsed the rows of meteorite iron ore, while Han Fei waited calmly on the side. However, at this moment, dense footsteps were heard outside the secret room. A large number of troops had gathered outside the secret room, more than 10,000 people, and their longbows and crossbows were all aimed at the entrance of the secret room...