By now, the number of cultivators in Qihuang Hall had dwindled considerably, yet more than ten thousand still lingered. Among them were several thousand cultivators from Nine Ruins Mountain.
Nine Ruins Mountain had established itself through the Pill Dao, and its cultivators could all be called Pill Dao Masters. Though they were not necessarily all Pill Kings or Pill Grandmasters, they were certainly deeply interested in pill refinement.
Given the chance to hear a great authority expound on the Pill Dao, none of them would miss it if they could get away.
As for the cultivators who were not pill refiners, most had come for the materials Qin Fengming had listed for exchange.
Qin Fengming had previously entrusted Liu Pu with announcing that anyone possessing materials or items on his list could exchange them with him. He had not specified what he would offer in return, but the terms would certainly be generous.
Had Qin Fengming issued such an announcement upon first arriving at Qihuang Hall, few would likely have shown any interest. Even those who possessed items on the list would scarcely have sought him out to trade.
But things were different now. This was a reward offered by someone who had challenged almost every leading Pill Dao expert in Nine Ruins Mountain's Cultivation World in the Pill Cauldron Hall—and won. The cultivators' eagerness surged.
Every item Qin Fengming sought was a treasure of the True Ghost Realm. Such things were naturally beyond the reach of ordinary people, so those waiting in Qihuang Hall were all at the Ghost Lord realm or above.
With Qin Fengming's arrival, a piece of news spread that stirred every cultivator:
"Whether you wish to exchange them for top-grade Yin Stones, pills that improve your cultivation, or guidance on bottlenecks in cultivation or the