Although Shangguan Yunjin had seen through Feng Jun's intentions, she still had to carefully learn, over the next while, what distinguished the three tiers of the Contribution Points System.
Feng Jun did not explain in detail. He merely pointed out two differences: standalone versus networked, and backed up versus unbacked.
But it was not as though this could not be negotiated. He felt there was not much point in discussing nothing but Spirit Stones. "Why not trade me some other things? I'm not particularly desperate for Spirit Stones."
His condition was that he wanted a Spirit-Gathering Formation that even an Emergence from Dust High Stage cultivator could use—either an array disk or the formation itself would do.
"Emergence from Dust High Stage... hehe." Shangguan Yunjin did not know how to comment on that request and could only offer a bitter smile. "There are only a dozen or so formations like that in all of Carefree Platform. They are strictly forbidden from being sold to independent cultivators. After Emergence from Dust High Stage comes the Golden Core True Adept realm."
This was not discrimination against independent cultivators. Rather, such things had risen to the level of strategic resources. Old-established powers could exchange what they had among themselves, but newly risen forces need not even think about it.
Feng Jun thought for a moment, then asked, "What about Mid Emergence from Dust? Is that kind of Spirit-Gathering Formation difficult to obtain?"
"Mid Stage is somewhat easier," Shangguan Yunjin nodded. "But how should I put it? One Spirit-Gathering Formation like that can lay the foundation for a small cultivation family."
"The foundation lies in people, not in such external things," Feng Jun retorted without hesitation. "If a Mid Emergence from Dust cultivator truly wanted to establish a family, getting a Spirit-Gathering Formation like