Since Spiritual Tools were so scarce, the appearance of a treasure like an Upper-Grade Spiritual Tool was bound to spark a brutal struggle.
Chen Lin silently congratulated himself on having the sense not to get involved in any treasure hunting.
Sure enough, the shopkeeper nodded. "There was bound to be a fight. But apparently, a group of Qi Condensation cultivators discovered it first, and most of those killed or injured were Qi Condensation cultivators. In the end, though, it fell into the hands of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator from elsewhere."
"An outside Foundation Establishment Cultivator took it? Were the two Seniors from the Mountain-Backing Sect and the Qingyun Sect not there?"
Chen Lin was a little puzzled.
A treasure had been snatched by an outsider right on their own turf. Guyuan City's two Foundation Establishment experts seemed rather weak!
Of course, that had nothing to do with him. He was not a native of this place and felt no particular sense of belonging. He had only asked out of curiosity.
The shopkeeper shook his head.
"Before this, everything excavated from the Ancient Cultivator Cave Abode was meant for the Qi Refining Stage. There were only one or two damaged Foundation Establishment Realm items, and even those were ordinary things. Although it caused quite a stir, only Qi Condensation Realm cultivators came. After all, it was a collapsed cave abode. Nobody expected it to be particularly high-level."
"So the Foundation Establishment Realm Seniors from several nearby sects agreed to let only Qi Condensation cultivators excavate it, with everyone competing according to their own abilities. That gave us local cultivators something of an advantage. The two Seniors from the Mountain-Backing Sect and the Qingyun Sect agreed as well."
Only then did Chen Lin understand. He had never paid much attention to news