Li Qing's luck in mining this time was clearly not as good as before. Unlike last month, he had not harvested a single Mid-grade Spirit Stone.
Including the Spirit Stones handed over to the Tianhe Sect and then distributed back to him, Li Qing had harvested a total of two hundred and eighty-three Spirit Stones this time. It was not as many as last time, but the amount was still quite considerable.
"Life in the Liu Family is fairly peaceful. The advantage is that I can keep accumulating Spirit Stones, but the drawback is that they can only pile up in my hands. Aside from trade fairs, there are no other channels to convert Spirit Stones into my own strength."
Riding on horseback on the journey back, Li Qing thought this to himself.
Sooner or later, he would definitely have to find an opportunity to visit a marketplace. The Tianhe Sect's marketplace was enormous and catered specifically to Immortal Cultivators conducting trade.
All sorts of goods were sold there. Pills that were rarely seen even at rogue cultivator trade fairs could be found at Tianhe Marketplace.
Grand auctions were occasionally held there as well. At those auctions, even Foundation Establishment Pills appeared from time to time.
However, every Foundation Establishment Pill that entered the world would fetch an astronomical price at auction—three to five thousand Spirit Stones at the least. Ordinary rogue cultivators simply could not afford one!
Thinking of this, Li Qing's heart grew increasingly heated, and he felt a few more traces of anticipation for Tianhe Marketplace.
"The Liu Family also has two shops in Tianhe Marketplace. One sells formations and Talismans together, while the other is similar to a restaurant."
"Every so often, the Liu Family organizes merchant caravans to deliver materials for formations and Talismans, or