Selling Information

After receiving the magical treasure, Chen Xuan soon left the Artifact Hall.

Next, Chen Xuan went to Danxiao Peak and arrived at Li Junmo's residence.

Li Junmo was delighted to see Chen Xuan.

"Brother Chen, please come in!"

Li Junmo warmly ushered Chen Xuan inside.

They entered the main hall.

After they sat down, Li Junmo poured him some tea.

Although he didn't ask directly, Chen Xuan could tell from Li Junmo's actions that he really wanted to ask about the Heavenly Dao Qi.

Chen Xuan smiled and said, "Brother Li, have a seat. I've taken care of what I promised you. Of the Three Great Secret Realms, the Starry Sky Secret Realm will be the first to give birth to a wisp of Heavenly Dao Qi. It'll happen three years from now..."

Chen Xuan then told Li Junmo the exact time and location where the Heavenly Dao Qi would appear in the Starry Sky Secret Realm.

Li Junmo eagerly committed the time and location to memory.

"Brother Chen, thank you."

Li Junmo cupped his hands respectfully in gratitude.

"No need to thank me. I did take your Purple Qi Comes from the East, after all."

Chen Xuan waved a hand.

In Chen Xuan's eyes, this was nothing more than a transaction.

But Li Junmo saw it differently.

Heavenly Dao Qi was extremely important to Spirit Sea Realm cultivators.

It determined whether they could achieve Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

Li Junmo already had a Golden Spirit Sea. If he could also achieve Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, he would surely receive excellent support in the future.

After reaching the Purple Mansion Realm, if he worked hard, he'd have a good chance of forming a High-Grade Purple Mansion as well.

One step ahead, and every step after would be stronger.

If he could form a High-Grade Purple Mansion, then he might even be able to condense a First-Grade Nascent Soul in the Nascent Soul Realm.

Nascent Souls were also divided into three grades. Unlike Purple Mansions, which were ranked high, middle, and low, Nascent Souls were ranked first, second, and third.

First grade was the strongest, and third grade the weakest.

The Lower Five Realms of cultivation could also be collectively called the Foundation Establishment stage.

Mortal Body cultivators were inherently limited in their aptitude. No matter how talented they were, they could only advance to the Middle Five Realms if they forged the best possible foundation in all five realms.

So, obtaining Heavenly Dao Qi wasn't just a matter of achieving Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment for Li Junmo.

It also gave him a chance to enter the Middle Five Realms.

After chatting with Li Junmo for a while, Chen Xuan took his leave.

After leaving Li Junmo's residence, Chen Xuan didn't hurry back. Instead, he went to Jiang Qiong's residence.

There weren't many people he could approach to sell information about the Heavenly Dao Qi.

Among the Spirit Sea Realm cultivators he knew, the ones he was closest to were Jiang Qiong and Li Junmo.

Aside from them, he knew only a handful of Spirit Sea Realm cultivators well enough to recognize their names, but they were little more than acquaintances.

There were two reasons for this. One was that he'd spent most of his time cultivating in seclusion; the other was that he'd cultivated too quickly...

Before he'd gotten to know many cultivators at his own level, he'd already reached a higher realm.

But that was beside the point. In any case, if he wanted to sell information about the Heavenly Dao Qi, Jiang Qiong was the first person who came to mind.

Whether or not Jiang Qiong bought it, she was also someone willing to keep his Heaven-Observing Divine Eye a secret for the time being.

A moment later, Chen Xuan arrived outside Jiang Qiong's residence.

"Is Senior Sister Jiang there?"

His voice carried into the residence.

The courtyard gate soon opened, and Jiang Qiong stepped outside.

"Senior Brother Chen, you can't keep calling me Senior Sister."

Jiang Qiong's voice was complicated as she looked at Chen Xuan.

When Li Junmo had seen Chen Xuan after he'd broken through to the Dao Foundation Realm, even he'd felt conflicted. Jiang Qiong's feelings were only more so.

After all, she'd been the one to bring Chen Xuan from Hundred Herb Valley to Danxiao Peak.

Back then, she'd been in the Spirit Sea Realm, while Chen Xuan had been at the fourth layer of Qi Gathering.

Now Chen Xuan had reached the Dao Foundation Realm, while she was still in the Spirit Sea Realm.

"Just keep calling me Junior Brother, Senior Sister."

Chen Xuan smiled.

His relationship with Jiang Qiong was much closer than his relationship with Li Junmo.

Jiang Qiong had brought him to Danxiao Peak and helped him many times, offering him plenty of guidance along the way.

Even though his cultivation was now one major realm above hers,

Chen Xuan was still happy to call Li Junmo, who was more like a friend, "Brother."

And he was just as happy to keep calling Jiang Qiong "Senior Sister." It had nothing to do with their strength.

With someone he wasn't close to, Chen Xuan naturally followed the principle that the strong came first.

But with someone he was close to, like Jiang Qiong, he preferred to stick with the way they'd addressed each other from the start and call her Senior Sister.

"Then come on in, Junior Brother."

Seeing that Chen Xuan wasn't just being polite, Jiang Qiong smiled and invited him inside.

After they entered, they exchanged a few pleasantries.

Jiang Qiong asked, "Junior Brother, people don't visit the Three Treasures Hall without a reason. Did you come to see me about something?"

"Senior Sister, you've been at the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm for some time now, haven't you?"

Chen Xuan nodded and asked.

Jiang Qiong nodded.

"Since you still haven't broken through, I'm guessing you want Heavenly Dao Qi, but are worried because you haven't found any?"

"That's right. You really are lucky, you know. You'd barely started cultivating when you happened to come across a wisp of Heavenly Dao Qi. I've visited the Three Great Secret Realms plenty of times, and I've never encountered a single spiritual treasure, let alone Heavenly Dao Qi."

Jiang Qiong sighed helplessly.

Chen Xuan smiled at her words. "Senior Sister, there's no such thing as luck. It was all skill."

Jiang Qiong paused in surprise. "What do you mean?"

Chen Xuan stopped beating around the bush and activated his Heaven-Observing Divine Eye.

When using the Heaven-Observing Divine Eye, he could deliberately conceal it so his eyes wouldn't change at all.

But he could also reveal the Divine Ability outright, and then two beams of divine light would shine from his eyes.

Chen Xuan then told her how he'd cultivated the Cloud Sea Heaven-Observing Technique and developed the Heaven-Observing Divine Eye.

He also told her that Li Junmo had asked him to find Heavenly Dao Qi.

"That's the whole story. I just returned from a patrol mission, and I already know the locations and times when Heavenly Dao Qi will next appear in all three Heavenly Dao Secret Realms.

"I came to see you because I thought you might also be waiting for a wisp of Heavenly Dao Qi, Senior Sister. So I wanted to ask if you'd be willing to trade for information about one.

"But as you know, Brother Li asked me to go to the secret realm first. So, of the three wisps of Heavenly Dao Qi, I've already told him about the one that will appear soonest.

"The other two won't appear for several more years."

After Chen Xuan finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Qiong.

Jiang Qiong was astonished by what Chen Xuan had told her, but she didn't doubt him.

Then, without the slightest hesitation, she chose to buy the information.

"Junior Brother, thank you for coming to me. I'll buy it!"

As she spoke, Jiang Qiong took out her Storage Bag and emptied its contents. Then she went to a room in her residence and brought out some more things.

"Junior Brother, this is everything I own. Take whatever you want. If it isn't enough, I can give you all the Contribution Points I've saved up, too. And if that's still not enough, give me some time and I'll earn more."

Jiang Qiong looked a little excited.

After all, this concerned Heavenly Dao Qi.

Who wouldn't want to achieve Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment?