Five Hopes Mountain Marketplace

After each paying three spirit stones, Jiang Ping'an and the others were allowed to enter Five Hopes Mountain Marketplace.

The moment they entered the marketplace, Jiang Ping'an and the others immediately felt the exceedingly dense and pure Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. Every pore on their bodies seemed to open of its own accord.

Such dense and pure Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi—more than three times stronger than Biyou Peak! Jiang Ping'an thought in secret, unable to hide his astonishment. Among Azure Origin Sect's many Inner Peaks, Biyou Peak already ranks near the top. I never expected a mere rogue cultivator market here to surpass it so completely.

Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang were brimming with excitement, even unable to resist closing their eyes and breathing deeply.

They had never experienced a true spirit peak before. Now, they felt as though they had soaked themselves in a spiritual spring.

A flicker also surfaced in Dongfang Jintang's eyes as she thought to herself, If I could cultivate here for the long term, I too might have hope of advancing to the Golden Core Realm!

"Let's go to the market and see what good things we can buy," Jiang Ping'an said, turning to Dongfang Jintang and the other two women.

Thus, following the directions on the signposts, Jiang Ping'an and the others headed toward the central trading district.

When they reached the street, they found it packed with cultivators, streams of visitors weaving through it, bustling with life—no different at all from a mortal city.

Jiang Ping'an and the others strolled through a street of market stalls, roughly asking about the prices of all kinds of goods. They came to a general conclusion: for the same cultivation resources, prices here were roughly three to five times higher than at Azure Origin Sect's