Lu Xiaotian listened carefully to what the thick-browed man and several other Foundation Establishment cultivators had said, then explained the matter of canceling his cave dwelling reservation. In Blue Demon City, if a cave dwelling reserved for undergoing tribulation was canceled within two months, the Spirit Stones generally would not be refunded; after two months, only half would be returned. Foundation Establishment cultivators who entered this place usually stayed for no more than three to five months, so someone like Lu Xiaotian, who had stayed for about a year, was truly rare. After inspecting the mountain where Lu Xiaotian's cave dwelling had been located—the small mountain had been shaved down by a section under the tribulation lightning—they deducted the cost of rebuilding the cave dwelling and refunded Lu Xiaotian a total of less than six hundred mid-grade Spirit Stones, or less than sixty thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.
That amount of Spirit Stones naturally wasn't of much use to a Golden Core cultivator, but it was still better than nothing.
After collecting the Spirit Stones, Lu Xiaotian followed the directions given by the thick-browed man and the others, soon arriving at Blue Demon City's marketplace.
Only after arriving at the marketplace did Lu Xiaotian truly witness how bustling it was. The marketplace in Moonwatch City paled in comparison—not by just a little, either. After all, most of the cultivators in Moonwatch City were at the Qi Refining stage, and very few Foundation Establishment cultivators set up stalls there. In Blue Demon City, however, some Golden Core cultivators who had recently survived their tribulations would sell off unused magical artifacts or spirit items, then purchase Liquid Mist Spirit Grass and swallow the magical artifacts into their bodies, hoping to raise their strength in a short time. Others would purchase pills used by