At the center of the viewing platform, Xu Dandan announced the rules for this Delicious Immortal Banquet's Hunting and Gathering Spirit event.
Unlike previous years, since all those attending this banquet were outstanding members of the younger generation with extraordinary strength, an additional restriction had been imposed on Hunting and Gathering Spirit: only Earth-Grade ferocious beasts and Heaven-Grade soul beasts could be hunted.
This was meant to impose limits, strictly forbidding the wanton slaughter of the weak in order to preserve the foundation and continuation of the mountain range.
There were also restrictions on gathering spirit flowers and spirit fruits. Anything with a market value below twenty High-Grade Source Stones was not to be touched, nor was anyone permitted to destroy them wantonly.
The moment these rules were announced, they inevitably stirred a great uproar and widespread dissatisfaction.
Quite a few of the younger disciples present had not come for the top prize. They merely wanted to join in the excitement and see whether there was any profit to be found in the Profound Gloom Mountain Range—ideally, secretly gathering some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to bring back.
After all, this mountain range was ordinarily controlled by Heavenly Cuisine Villa, and outsiders rarely had the opportunity to enter.
Amid the rising clamor, Xu Dandan merely said calmly, "The resources you hunt and gather may be cooked free of charge by our villa into the most suitable spirit delicacies for your enjoyment."
The words "free of charge" instantly quelled most of the complaints. One had to know that the value of a supreme spirit delicacy did not lie solely in the soul beast itself; the various supplementary ingredients paired with it were equally exceedingly rare.
Now, they only needed to bring back the primary ingredients to obtain the finished spirit delicacy.