Only then did the Golden Core male cultivator speak with a smile:
"Everyone, if you wish to know what happened next, you'll have to spend some spirit stones. Daoist Wan worked hard to gather this information and called in quite a few connections. All of that requires spirit stones to grease the wheels, you see..."
A cultivator immediately jeered:
"Tsk, so this is all just to make spirit stones!"
Other cultivators, eager to get firsthand news, directly asked:
"Fellow Daoist, if you can guarantee that the information is true, I'll pay the spirit stones."
The Golden Core male cultivator vowed solemnly:
"The information is absolutely true. Daoist Wan's title of Know-It-All wasn't earned for nothing. He would never smash his own signboard."
"Fine. Name your price. I'll buy this information jade slip."
"Fellow Daoist, you're forthright. One hundred lower-grade spirit stones per copy. I only have twenty copies on hand. Once they're sold out, they're gone!"
Seeing that the time was ripe, the Golden Core male cultivator immediately took out twenty azure jade slips from his Storage Pouch. These jade slips were sealed. Unless the person who had set the seal unlocked them, the information within would automatically be destroyed if someone tried to force them open. This was extremely common in the Cultivation Realm and was mostly used in everyday transactions.
"Give me one!"
"Here are the spirit stones! Give me mine first!"
"And me!"
There was no shortage of people who wanted to grasp firsthand information. Even knowing that they might be getting swindled, some were still willing to pay spirit stones. In an instant, the Golden Core male cultivator was surrounded. In less than a moment, all twenty information jade slips had sold out. When more people tried to buy them, the male cultivator said they were