To be the best leader, you must also be the strongest leader!

Yan Jun took his seat and bowed to the three late Nascent Soul cultivators in front of him.

"Rumor has it that decades ago, fellow Daoist Lei Yun and Lei Yu teamed up to enter the Death Desert and ultimately perished. I never thought they had been cultivating in seclusion the entire time."

Yan Jun recognized the three Nascent Soul cultivators in front of him. One of them was Tian Lei Zhenjun, the most powerful leader of Tian Lei Sect in the current era, and the other two were two powerful Tian Lei Sect masters who were rumored to have died decades ago.

Lei Yun looked at Yan Jun and said, "My two brothers and I did indeed enter the Death Desert. Unfortunately, we can't use our spiritual sense in the Death Desert. We were besieged by a large number of demon kings and almost had no way to escape unscathed."

"Yes, although we withdrew from the Death Desert, we were seriously injured and it took us decades of cultivation to recover. I didn't expect that Fellow Daoist Yanjun's spiritual power would be so strong, comparable to the spiritual power of a cultivator who has reached the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Stage."

"I believe that Fellow Daoist Yanjun will soon be able to break through to the great perfection realm of the Nascent Soul Stage." True Lord Tianlei looked at Yanjun with some envy.

"My three fellow Taoists, there is no need to envy me. You are all only one step away from the great perfection of the Nascent Soul Stage. I believe the future is promising. I came here this time to ask for something. I want to exchange it for the Sky Thunder Pearl of your sect." Yan Jun directly pointed out the topic.

True Lord Tianlei frowned slightly and said, "The Heavenly Thunder Pearl is a top secret of our sect. Even in our Tianlei Sect, only a very few people know about this kind of thing. I wonder where Daoist Fellow Yanjun heard this from."

"This is what my elder brother told me. He also arranged for me to come here to find you fellow Taoists."

"To show my sincerity, Big Brother asked me to bring our sect's most precious resources. Please take a look."

Yan Jun didn't want to waste time here, so he waved his hand and four jade boxes and a jade bottle appeared on the table in front of him.

Then the four jade boxes were opened one after another. Three of them were filled with materials, and they were all fifth-level materials. One of them was Geng gold, another was a silver star essence, and the other was a piece of emerald green spirit wood as long as an arm, exuding a rich breath of life.

The other box contained the Burning Heaven Sword Technique of the Donghua Sword Sect, and the last jade bottle contained the remaining Heavenly Soul Liquid.

"This is Gengjin, the essence of the stars, the spiritual wood of life, and your sect's Burning Heaven Sword Technique. What's inside is..." True Lord Tianlei was shocked by Lord Yan's generosity. The first three items were fifth-level treasures, and the Burning Heaven Sword Technique was the most advanced martial art in the Tianyuan Continent.

Yan Jun pointed at the jade bottle and introduced: "This jade bottle contains thirty drops of Heavenly Soul Liquid. The reason why my spiritual power is so strong is precisely because I have refined and absorbed the Heavenly Soul Liquid."

"What? Heavenly Soul Liquid!" Tianlei Zhenjun stretched out his hand, and the jade bottle appeared in his hand in an instant. He opened the bottle and took out a drop of silver Heavenly Soul Liquid from it.

"It is indeed the Heavenly Soul Liquid!" Lei Yun stared at the drop of Heavenly Soul Liquid and confirmed that this was the rumored Heavenly Soul Liquid.

Lei Yu, standing by, looked puzzled. "Isn't the Heavenly Soul Liquid only found in the Soul Gathering Place? There's no way to take it away, right?"

Yan Jun explained: "It's all thanks to this jade bottle. There is a special formation on this jade bottle that can prevent the Heavenly Soul Liquid from escaping."

The three of them observed it carefully and found that there were indeed complex array patterns engraved on the jade bottle.

"So that's how it is. Are you really planning to exchange these treasures for our sect's Sky Thunder Pearl?" True Lord Tianlei stared at Lord Yan. To be honest, he didn't want to exchange the Sky Thunder Pearl. The Sky Thunder Pearl was very difficult to refine. Even the Tianlei Sect might not be able to refine one every year.

The current number of Tianlei Pearls in the Tianlei Sect is also very limited, but Lord Yan gave too many.

Three fifth-level treasures, the Burning Heaven Sword Technique, and the rare treasure of Heavenly Soul Liquid are simply irresistible.

Moreover, standing behind Lord Yan is Patriarch Donghua, a top master who has reached the great perfection realm of the Nascent Soul Stage. Even though the Tianlei Sect is also a top-notch force, Lord Tianlei really dares not offend the Donghua Sword Sect.

After all, they have recently heard that the Donghua Sword Sect has destroyed many forces in succession.

"This time, my elder brother ordered me to come to see Tianlei Zhenjun with great sincerity. I hope fellow Daoist will give me some convenience." Yan Jun bowed to Tianlei Zhenjun.

"Well, since Fellow Daoist Donghua and Fellow Daoist Yanjun have given us such respect, our Tianlei Sect cannot be stingy."

Tianlei Zhenjun waved his hand, and several jade boxes appeared on the table. Although these jade boxes were covered with talismans, Yan Jun could still feel the violent power fluctuations contained in these jade boxes.

Tianlei Zhenjun waved his hand, and the jade boxes opened one after another. Five egg-sized beads were placed in each jade box.

The beads in the first three boxes are light silver in color, and the power fluctuations contained in them are slightly weaker. The beads in the last box are bright silver in color, and the aura it exudes is much stronger.

True Lord Tianlei pointed at the Tianlei beads in the box and introduced them, "The explosion of one of the fifteen Tianlei beads alone is enough to threaten a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. If all five of them explode at the same time, even a cultivator in the late stage of the Nascent Soul would be in great danger."

"One of those Sky Thunder Pearls is enough to threaten a cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage by itself. If five of them explode together, even a cultivator in the Great Perfection stage of the Nascent Soul stage would be in great danger."

"The Sky Thunder Pearl is not easy to manufacture. This is already two-thirds of our sect's inventory. Our sect can only exchange this many Sky Thunder Pearls for your sect. I hope that fellow Daoist Yanjun will forgive me."

Upon hearing this, Yan Jun swallowed back what he was about to say, sighed in his heart, and could only wave his hand to collect the twenty sky thunder beads.

"Thank you three fellow Taoists. I'll take my leave now." Yan Jun stood up and bowed to the three of them.

"Then I will take Fellow Daoist Yanjun out." True Lord Tianlei stood up.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Tianlei."

Soon, True Lord Tianlei brought Lord Yan out of the Tianlei Sect's formation. After watching Lord Yan leave, True Lord Tianlei's eyes flickered slightly, and then he turned around and followed the passage left by the mountain protection formation back to the Thunder Valley. However, when he was still a thousand feet away from the pavilion, the thunderclouds and thunderstorms in the pavilion suddenly rose up.

Tianlei Zhenjun looked at the thunderclouds and thunderstorm in the pavilion in confusion, only to see that both of them were staring at him with wide eyes.

"My two junior brothers, why are you looking at me like that?" asked Tianlei Zhenjun in confusion.

Suddenly, a strange voice sounded from behind Tianlei Zhenjun: "They are not looking at you, but at me."

The voice coming from behind made Tianlei Zhenjun's hair stand on end, and a chill ran up his tailbone to his forehead. After all, he was a cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage, but he was actually being followed all the way behind him without noticing. This was a very terrifying thing.

"Don't be afraid, my three fellow Taoists. I have no ill intentions. I just want to talk to you three individually."

Su Motang was shrouded in white mist. He walked out from behind Tianlei Zhenjun and arrived in the pavilion in an instant. Then, with a wave of his hand, several wine glasses appeared on the table in front of him.

Then Su Motang took out a wine jug and slowly filled the glasses. Then he waved his hand like a host and said, "You're welcome, please take a seat."