Although they had given many Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures to the Dark Pavilion and the Mist Hidden Sect, and traded for some with Outer Realm Cultivators, Ling Tian, Chi Xue, and the others still had over a thousand Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures among them. Many were duplicates.
If they went a long time without trading for any Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures they hadn't already obtained, Ling Tian and the others would eventually reach a very high cultivation level and gain the strength to seize those treasures. By then, all their duplicate Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures would go to waste.
Since they would otherwise be wasted, they might as well use as many as possible to trade for the treasures they still lacked. That was why Ling Tian had decided to raise the exchange rate, offering, for instance, thirty Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures for a single one.
"Mm, that sounds good to me." Chi Xue nodded at Ling Tian's suggestion. After a brief pause, he continued, "If no one trades with us for a long time, we can raise the price again—say, to forty or even more. For us, trading duplicate Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures for even one we haven't obtained is a profit. And the sooner we can get our hands on the remaining treasures, the better."
Ling Tian and the others had no objections. They passed the decision along to the Dark Pavilion and the Mist Hidden Sect, and the two organizations quickly spread the news. It caused a bit of a stir across the Outer Realm star domain.
It was easy to see why. Anyone could tell what a bargain it was to trade a single Saint-grade Heavenly Treasure for thirty different ones—especially if the treasure they owned wasn't the only one of its kind in the world. Some cultivators and sects who possessed