Borrowing Spirit Stones

Overwhelmed by the pressure of studying. "Exploring Ancient Tomb?"

Moreover, something that Northern River's Loose Cultivator mentioned earlier really caught Song Shuhang's attention—the seniors in the group had also explored the Tomb of True Monarch Five Cultivations? Adding the Tomb of Venerable Six Cultivations and the Venerable Seven Cultivations, even the dead wouldn't believe there was no connection between these three.

In the Nine Provinces Number One Group, Venerable Seven Cultivations said again, "As a cultivator, searching for ancient cultivators' caves and ruins, and exploring their ancient Ancient Tomb are all places where one can encounter 'fortuitous events.' Many ancient cultivators' Ancient Tomb contain their 'legacy.' Ancient Tomb exploration is an absolutely indispensable part of a cultivator's life. Little friend Shuhang, would you like to give it a try?"

"I'm very interested in giving it a try, but when?" Song Shuhang replied, because he had some things to take care of recently.

Before heading to space, he and Sima Jiang wanted to deliver the package back to the Chu Household Grounds. His Spirit Ghost was still inside the package and refused to come out.

Venerable Seven Cultivations: "Regarding the time... I heard that you, young friend Shuhang, are going on One-Month Space Trip?"

"Haha, haha." Song Shuhang chuckled a few times.

"I'll contact you again after you go to space. By the way, isn't there a Cultivator Trade Conference there? You should prepare some supplies for exploring Ancient Tomb," said Venerable Seven Cultivations.

"Ancient Tomb raiding supplies? What kind?" Song Shuhang asked. He couldn't just prepare something like a 'Luoyang shovel' like ordinary tomb raiders, could he?

"You decide for yourself, but the Ancient Tomb of cultivators are quite dark, full of traps and various poisons. It's always good to prepare extra supplies just in case," said Venerable Seven Cultivations.

Song Shuhang silently sent a nodding emoji.

"Then I'll see you in space," Venerable Seven Cultivations said with a smile.

"Okay, senior," Song Shuhang replied.

Whatever the relationship between the Venerable Seven Cultivations and the Tomb of Venerable Six Cultivations, we will find out in time.

At the same time, he thought of something else—in She Lan's memory of the Thousand Hands Sect, the 'Tomb of Venerable Six Cultivations' didn't seem to be in space, did it?

Although the entire cemetery was pixelated, the Thousand Hands Sect disciples were not wearing any special defenses and were still breathing normally at the time.

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"We've arrived, Senior Song." Soft Feather stopped the jet ski.

This Cultivator Trade Conference is being held at sea.

But it wasn't on the sea, but on a gigantic... wooden plank.

According to Song Shuhang's visual estimation, the wooden plank is about one thousand meters long and one thousand meters wide.

The wooden board was covered with numerous magical runes and various formations.

Even during the day, the light from these magical runes remained dazzling.

Song Shuhang jumped off the jet ski, onto the wooden plank, and gently stepped on it. "What kind of magic weapon is this?"

"This is the floor of an Immortal Palace belonging to the Whirlwind Venerable Sect," Soft Feather replied.

"What?" Song Shuhang stared at the wooden plank, which was one thousand meters long and one thousand meters wide. Was this a floor? Was it the type used by a two-thousand-meter-tall giant?

"The Whirlwind Venerable's sect is the 'Boundary-Crossing Sect,' which specializes in spatial magic. The Boundary-Crossing Sect has been building a giant Immortal Palace for two hundred years. In their plan, this Immortal Palace will normally be shrunk a thousand times using spatial magic. When needed, the spatial magic can be dispelled, and it will suddenly expand into War Fortress a thousand times larger," Soft Feather explained with a smile!

"However, the Boundary-Crossing Sect has spent two hundred years and has only just laid the foundation. They have only prepared a small portion of the planks for paving the ground. And this time, the 'Trade Conference' needs a platform that can be used on the sea, so Whirlwind Venerable borrowed a piece of the floor from the sect to release its true form," Soft Feather replied.

Then, this giant floor, measuring 1000 x 1000, became the platform for the Cultivator Trade Conference.

Monks from all sides have already set up their stalls on the giant floor according to the rules.

Some people sit on the ground and simply spread out a piece of cloth to set up a stall.

Some were prepared in advance and displayed on elegant counters.

Some people even built simple little houses.

The Trade Conference has begun and is bustling with activity.

After stepping onto the wooden planks of the Trade Conference, Song Shuhang quickly spotted a stall next to him surrounded by cultivators.

Song Shuhang curiously leaned over and glanced at the items on the stall.

They were objects the size of pigeon eggs, and you could vaguely see dark shadows crawling inside them.

These treasures, each the size of a pigeon's egg, are further categorized into better types, ranging from one Second-Grade Spirit Stone to one Third-Grade Spirit Stone, and so on up to one Grade-Five Spirit Stones.

He asked curiously, "Huh, what's this?"

Soft Feather also squeezed over to take a look and said, "This is a special trading stall that appears every year at the Cultivator Trade Conference. It's called 'Spirit-Origin Pearl,' a treasure that is associated with 'spirit beasts.'"

After obtaining Spirit-Origin Pearl, cultivators can consume it directly without refining it. Depending on the grade and effect of the Spirit-Origin Pearl, it can enhance a cultivator's innate true qi or spiritual power. It is a cultivation aid similar to elixirs. Some sects that specialize in raising spirit beasts can harvest a considerable number of 'Spirit-Origin Pearl' every year.

"However, the 'Spirit-Origin Pearl' is quite peculiar. Spirit-Origin Pearl of the same level are indistinguishable from each other in appearance. Only after a cultivator consumes it will they know how much it can enhance their true qi or spiritual power."

"In other words, how effective this thing is depends entirely on luck. It's like winning the lottery." Song Shuhang realized.

If you're lucky, you can get several times, or even dozens of times, the spiritual power of a Spirit Stone for every one Spirit Stone you spend. If you're unlucky, you'll lose money.

"That's right... But anyway, it's not expensive, and people buy some at the annual Trade Conference just to join in the fun. Besides, it tastes great, I really like it." Soft Feather chuckled, then went to the stall and bought ten Fourth-Level Spirit-Origin Pearl Fourth-Grade Spirit Stone. She then took out four Rank Second-Grade Spirit Stone and bought four Second-Level Spirit-Origin Pearl.

She handed four Second-Level Spirit-Origin Pearl to Song Shuhang: "Here, Senior Song, please have a taste. They taste delicious."

Song Shuhang took the Spirit-Origin Pearl and tried consuming one.

It tasted really good, with a texture similar to chewing chocolate. After swallowing it, a burning sensation Dantian through my lower abdomen, and I gained a wisp of true energy.

Song Shuhang did not use 'Spirit Stone' for cultivation, so he did not know whether the increase in true qi brought by the 'Spirit-Origin Pearl' was greater or less than that brought by Spirit Stone.

"Speaking of which, if Senior White were to come and pick one of these luck-based stalls... he would definitely be able to find a very good 'Spirit-Origin Pearl', right?" Song Shuhang said with a smile.

"Hmm... but I don't really like the taste of the Spirit-Origin Pearl, they're a bit bitter. But if you want to buy some, Shuhang, I can pick some out for you?" Venerable White appeared beside Song Shuhang at some point, stroking his chin as he spoke.

"Huh? Senior White, are you done with your work?" Song Shuhang.

"I'll just show up at the Trade Conference; I won't be needed for anything else," said Venerable White, squatting down at his stall. He then waved to Song Shuhang, "How many Spirit Stone do you have?"

Song Shuhang pulled out all his belongings—three pieces of "Nine Provinces Number One Group" seniors' consolation prize from Venerable White after defeating the Blood Demon; two ugly-looking "Spirit Stones" that he took from the "Sea Urchin Warrior"; and ten Spirit Stones that he obtained with Soft Feather and Liu Jianyi after searching the "Master's" underground Magma Cavern.

"Just these few? That's all?" Venerable White held the few Spirit Stone, his eyes fixed on Song Shuhang.

"That's all." Song Shuhang shook his head.

"Shuhang, you're quite poor," said Venerable White.

"I'm so sorry, I'm penniless," Song Shuhang, tears streaming down his face. He had only acquired these Spirit Stones in the last two days. Before that, Song Shuhang didn't even know what a 'Spirit Stone' was.

After all, he's only recently started practicing cultivation.

"Three Fourth-Grade Spirit Stone, ten Third-Grade Spirit Stones, and two Second-Grade Spirit Stone. That's enough to buy four hundred and two 'Second-Level Spirit-Origin Pearl.'" Venerable White handed the Spirit Stone to the stall owner.

"Huh? Replace everything?" Song Shuhang asked. Although he had only come to this Trade Conference to join in the fun and broaden his horizons, he had already spent all his savings just by landing!

"Anyway, you're useless with Spirit Stone now... Besides, it's too troublesome to cultivate with spirit Spirit Stone at the Second-Grade. You might as well eat Spirit-Origin Pearl instead. At least they taste better and can fill your stomach. After you go to space, when you get tired of the Grain-Repelling Pill, you can eat Spirit-Origin Pearl to change things up," said Venerable White.

Senior White is so understanding; he's already thinking about what will happen to him after he goes into space—for some reason, Song Shuhang's eyes welled up with tears. If only Senior White could shorten the month-long space trip to half a month!

Venerable White took a small basket, reached in and grabbed the Second-Level Spirit-Origin Pearl, continuously tossing them into the basket.

Soon, a small basket was filled.

"Exactly four hundred and two." Venerable White handed the small basket to Song Shuhang: "Eat a few more when you have time. After you finish this basket, you should be able to fill your Second Dantian with about one percent of its true qi."

"Eating so much only saves one percent?" Song Shuhang muttered.

Venerable White said, "Be content. If you were to cultivate directly using Spirit Stone, those few Spirit Stone wouldn't even be enough to fill one-thousandth of your Dantian."

After saying that, Venerable White stretched and walked with Soft Feather deeper into the Trade Conference.

"If you calculate it this way, I've made ten times my initial investment!" Song Shuhang put the small basket into the 'Inch-Shrinking Bag', then quickly followed Venerable White.

Behind him, the stall owner's lips twitched.

In other words, Venerable White just made more than ten times the profit from his haphazard grabbing?

Venerable White led Song Shuhang deeper into the 'Cultivator Trade Conference,' introducing the various items on Trade Conference along the way.

There are lifelike pills, and some spiritual herbs can even make sounds like wild beasts to confuse other creatures. For example, when Song Shuhang saw a herb called 'Tiger King Grass', it would keep making tiger roars.

There were also all sorts of divine weapons and elixirs.

There are also various types of armor and Talisman Treasure.

Song Shuhang was dazzled by what he saw.

Sometimes, Venerable White would squat down and curiously stare at certain treasures on the stall for a while. But in the end, Senior White, showing no intention of buying the treasure.

At this time... Soft Feather, the wealthy girl following behind Venerable White, would wave checks—no, Spirit Stone —and buy up all the treasures that Venerable White had his eye on.

As long as the seller's markup doesn't exceed 20% afterwards, Soft Feather will buy as much as she can.

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After the three of them strolled around for a while, Song Shuhang was surprised to see someone selling large quantities of white rice at a stall.

"They sell rice here?" he asked, puzzled.

"That's Spirit Rice... Actually, it's just ordinary rice, but it's cultivated with Spirit Spring, and then sprinkled with spirit beast ash and fertilizer, and it becomes Spirit Rice. It's very effective for enhancing the Blood Qi and qi of disciples at the First-Grade Realm, and ordinary people can also eat some. However... setting up a stall here is probably for wholesale orders," Venerable White said. "If you need some, you can order some Spirit Rice for your family."

These words struck a nerve with Song Shuhang.

He has already embarked on the path of cultivation, so he wants to bring some benefits to his family as much as possible. But so far, all he can do is give his family some 'Spirit-Vein Jade Tea'.

"Then I'll go ask over there." Song Shuhang went to the stall.

"Boss, how much is your Spirit Rice?"

"The price is the same worldwide, First-Grade Spirit Stone. However, we wholesale Spirit Rice, so the minimum order quantity is 100,000 bags." The owner was a middle-aged man dressed in white, with a particularly honest and simple smile.

"What... 100,000 bags minimum?" Song Shuhang sniffed.

However, he immediately realized that the other party was doing business with sects. An ordinary small sect would probably consume tens of thousands of bags of Spirit Rice. This is because First-Grade Cultivator need to accumulate a large amount of Blood Qi Value, and have a particularly large appetite.

Standing beside Song Shuhang, Venerable White chuckled and said, "Out of Spirit Stone, Shuhang?"

"Senior, you're asking a question you already know the answer to," Song Shuhang. He had already exchanged all his Spirit Stone for 'Spirit-Origin Pearl'. Moreover, even if he hadn't, his Spirit Stone would only amount to four Fourth-Grade Spirit Stones, which was far less than the price of one hundred thousand bags of Spirit Rice.

"Never mind, I'll go see where I can buy Spirit Rice in bulk," Song Shuhang.

"There won't be any Spirit Rice sold in bulk at the Cultivator Trade Conference," Venerable White said with a smile. "If you want to buy Spirit Rice in bulk, you'll have to go to individual cultivators. But the price will be higher."

Song Shuhang: "..."

"It's alright, I'll lend it to you. It's only worth one Rank Sixth-Grade Spirit Stone," said Venerable White.

"A Sixth-Grade Spirit Stone... thinking about it that way, the debt suddenly doesn't feel so heavy."

One grade Sixth-Grade Spirit Stone and one hundred thousand grade 1 Spirit Stone are completely different concepts.

"However... I'd rather not." Song Shuhang shook his head. "One hundred thousand bags is too many; we simply can't finish them all."

He only wanted to bring some for Dad Song. and Mom Song; at most, he would share some with close relatives and friends, as well as a few friends in the dormitory.

But 100,000 bags is an incredibly large number.

Therefore, it's best to find an opportunity to buy from independent cultivators.