After leaving the message, Venerable Yuanxu did indeed depart without delay. Before long, he was gone. Of course, before he left, Chu Yanqing had also prepared a modest gift.
The gift consisted of spirit pills Ye Jingcheng had refined earlier. Although they were not seventh-stage pills, they were supreme-grade sixth-stage pills bearing pill patterns, and they could increase cultivation.
The moment those pill-patterned pills appeared, Venerable Yuanxu's expression shifted slightly as he looked at Chu Yanqing and the others.
The ability to refine supreme-grade sixth-stage pills with pill patterns meant the ability to refine seventh-stage pills. Although the Divine Source Valley had seventh-stage alchemists, they were few in number, so he naturally attached greater importance to this subordinate force.
In the end, he brought up trading with the Alien Race once more.
Venerable Ziyu of the Heavenly Sea Sect had also mentioned this trade before. Both referred to trading with the Alien Race on the Wildlands Continent.
But the Heavenly Sea Sect had sought its own destruction and was now being carved up by the seven sects.
Thus, Chu Yanqing and the others naturally nodded in agreement.
As they watched Venerable Yuanxu disappear into the distance, Chu Yanqing, Ye Haifei, and Ye Xuecang exchanged glances.
"Let's head back before we discuss this!" Seeing the clear question in Chu Yanqing's eyes and her hesitation to speak, Ye Xuecang immediately made the suggestion. This was hardly a place for conversation.
Since coming to the Spirit Realm over a hundred years ago, Ye Xuecang had consumed some lifespan-extending fruits, considerably prolonging his life and making him look younger. Combined with the Shed-Shell Clone, which had altered his appearance and aura, he now looked no different from an ordinary man in his thirties.
His cultivation, however, was only at the nascent soul peak.
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