A Virtuous Cycle

Previously, Song Ankang had also wanted to trade a large number of World Tree Leaves for higher-grade Talent Beads, but Talent Bug Aman had not agreed.

After all, high-grade Talent Beads were scarce and priceless, much like the gap between High-grade Immortal Stones and Mid-grade Immortal Stones. Although everyone knew that the exchange rate between Mid-grade Immortal Stones and High-grade Immortal Stones was 100:1, almost no one was willing to trade High-grade Immortal Stones for Mid-grade Immortal Stones.

It was like how almost no one would trade fifth-grade Heavenly Pills and Heavenly Medicine for a large batch of fourth-grade Heavenly Pills and Heavenly Medicine. The Talent Bug race was the same; there was nothing wrong with that.

Song Ankang wanted to trade lower-grade World Tree Leaves for higher-grade Talent Beads, and the Talent Bug race had refused as well. They were considering future transactions—otherwise, once all the high-grade Talent Beads had been traded away for low-grade World Tree Leaves, how could they continue trading afterward?

Song Ankang understood, and he would have done the same. If he had not proposed it, the Talent Bug race would not have traded low-grade Talent Beads for high-grade World Tree Leaves either.

If not for the needs of his Bedside companions and children, Song Ankang would not have made such a trade.

Both sides brought it up once or twice, but after seeing that the other had no intention of agreeing, they both abandoned the idea and continued their transactions as usual.

Thus, this was Song Ankang's first time obtaining fourth-grade Talent Beads—and they were even Fourth Grade Upper Talent Beads. The World Tree's origin power truly was valuable, even if it was only the origin power of a sapling.

After completing the transaction, Song Ankang immediately buried one hundred Fourth Grade Upper Talent