Residual Dao Resonance? Lavish Spending! Xuandu paid it no mind, his gaze sweeping over the stalls and cave abodes on either side.
All manner of items lay displayed upon those stalls.
There was innate jade marrow mined from chaos stones, bones of unknown ancient beasts, fragments of damaged Dharma artifacts, and several crystals emanating the lingering resonance of laws.
Xuandu's gaze halted before one particular stall.
The stall was small, covered with a dull gray beast hide.
Three thumb-sized crystals rested atop the hide.
The crystals were grayish-white, their surfaces riddled with cracks as though they might shatter at any moment.
Yet beneath those cracks, exceedingly faint patterns of laws flickered.
The patterns were ancient and profound, carrying a Dao resonance Xuandu had never seen before.
"What is this?"
Xuandu spoke, his voice calm.
Behind the stall sat a hunched old man.
The old man's face was withered, his eyes clouded, and his aura was merely at the Early Stage Golden Immortal of the Origin.
Yet when those murky eyes looked toward Xuandu, a faint gleam flashed through them.
"Fellow Daoist has a keen eye."
The old man spoke in a hoarse voice.
"These are source fragments scattered along the edge of the Xuandi Mystic Realm. Though they cannot compare to the law fragments in the depths of the mystic realm, they still contain the residual Dao resonance left behind after a Chaos Demon God fell."
"Three fragments for one Innate Spiritual Treasure, or chaos stones of equivalent value."
Xuandu looked at the three crystals without answering at once.
He raised a hand, and one crystal drifted into his palm on its own.
His fingertips brushed it, sensing the patterns of laws beneath the cracks.
In that instant, his gaze stirred slightly.
The Dao resonance contained within those patterns was