Qin Fengming actually still had far too much to learn about the Nightmare Moon Realm.
The Nightmare Moon Realm was no poorer in resources than the Tianhong Realm. It was also vast and sparsely populated. In Qin Fengming's impression, a place like that should naturally have an abundance of top-grade Spirit Stones as well.
But he had overlooked one point: although the Nightmare Moon Realm was indeed vast, its population—including humans, the Demon Race, and the sea clans—was far smaller than that of the Tianhong Realm.
It was vast, yet sparsely populated. This meant that large swaths of the Nightmare Moon Realm had no cultivators at all, leaving countless resources undeveloped.
Unfortunately, top-grade Spirit Stones were among the rarest resources found in the Nightmare Moon Realm.
Even the few top-grade Spirit Stone mines there were firmly controlled by the Mahayana cultivators or Profound Rank great beings standing at the pinnacle of the Nightmare Moon Realm. Very few ever circulated outside.
The stones circulating in the realm were mostly mid-grade and high-grade Spirit Stones. That was why the Xiaoshan City exchange gathering, despite its high standards, mentioned only high-grade Spirit Stones and did not say a single word about top-grade Spirit Stones.
As someone who was not a cultivator of the Nightmare Moon Realm, Qin Fengming still did not understand this reality.
Now that he had suddenly asked about top-grade Spirit Stones, the several thousand cultivators present naturally erupted in commotion and shock.
Qin Fengming did not know the details, but he was ultimately a quick-minded man. From the astonished remarks ringing out around him, he soon understood part of the situation.
His thoughts raced, and he immediately realized that top-grade Spirit Stones were scarce in the Nightmare Moon Realm.
In truth, top-grade Spirit Stones were not exactly abundant in the