Obtaining a superior-grade cave abode for the price of a mid-grade one left Qin Fengming thoroughly satisfied.
As far as Qin Fengming knew, the number of cave abodes on Banshi Island was limited to fewer than ten thousand.
Superior-grade cave abodes numbered only two or three hundred. Generally, only late Spirit Severing stage cultivators were willing to spend the spirit stones to win one at auction.
Even if the friend of that cultivator surnamed Zhao was not a late Spirit Severing stage powerhouse, he was presumably a mid Spirit Severing stage cultivator of considerable strength.
After leaving the auction house, Qin Fengming found a deserted spot and had He Xuan enter the Divine Machine Mansion. Then he activated the teleportation token in his hand.
Light flashed, and Qin Fengming stood atop a towering mountain. An extraordinarily magnificent hall stood on its summit. A luminous layer of restrictive spells surrounded it, lending the lofty hall an even more imposing presence.
"So the temporary cultivation quarters here are all lofty halls. It seems safety is reasonably assured on Banshi Island." He surveyed his surroundings and murmured to himself.
Sensing the dense, pure spiritual energy in the surrounding air, Qin Fengming felt his spirits lift.
The spiritual vein beneath this superior-grade cave abode was extraordinary indeed. Even the spiritual energy at the spiritual veins of super sects was probably no better.
Everyone knew that cultivating in an open space outdoors allowed them to absorb energy more smoothly. Yet cultivators still preferred to hide underground or within mountains, because an enclosed underground space gave them a greater sense of security.
The fact that these secluded cultivation quarters had been built on a mountaintop was enough to show how strictly Banshi Island controlled fighting between cultivators.
He tapped the token, and a ball of light