Spirit Spring Peak Trading Fair, Jade Slips?

"Spirit Stones. What I need now are Low-Grade Spirit Stones." Chen Huai'an took a deep breath. Pooling the sect's resources would also help with his early cultivation.

Chen Huai'an still had several dozen High-Grade Spirit Stones in hand. It was a terrifying fortune. Since they were all high-grade, no one would be able to make change for them if he brought them out.

If he wanted Spirit Stones, he could only trade High-Grade Body Tempering Pills for them at the trading fair.

As for the Spirit Grain in his space, he could keep it for himself. Top-grade Spirit Grain was something one could not buy in Qingyun Sect even with Spirit Stones.

"Old Li, you've been in Qingyun Sect for quite a while. Do you know whether the Servant Peak has trading fairs organized by servant disciples?" Chen Huai'an found Li Fugui and asked.

"Yes. During the half month before the Challenge Tournament begins, those fellows in the top ten of the Spirit Elegance Ranking organize trading fairs, bringing out resources they don't need to trade for things that can improve their strength. After the Challenge Tournament ends, many servant disciples break through and enter the outer sect, leaving many vacancies behind. That attracts some outer sect disciples to come set up stalls." Li Fugui explained with a smile.

The Challenge Tournament was a grand occasion not only for the servant disciples of every peak, but for the entire Qingyun Sect.

"Where are these trading fairs usually held? I have some resources I don't need, and I'd like to trade them for something more useful." Chen Huai'an asked probingly.

"Every peak has one. Even our Spirit Spring Peak has a trading fair, organized by Lu Ren, who ranks among the top five on the Spirit Elegance Ranking. As long as you have spare resources, you can trade at Spirit Spring Peak's martial arts arena." Li Fugui said with a smile.

Over the past few days, Spirit Spring Peak had far more disciples than usual.

Because the forces behind these servant disciples had stepped in, all hoping their younger generation could take a shot at the Spirit Elegance Ranking. Over these days, they would bring out some good things for trade, while the servant disciples would make use of this wave of cultivation resources to sprint forward and break through to higher realms.

In truth, the sect was more than happy to see such a cultivation frenzy. In just this month or so, the sect's overall strength would improve.

The several Servant Peaks of Qingyun Sect would all hold trading fairs during this period, so Chen Huai'an had no need to worry about resources at all, nor did he need to risk going to the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion in the market district to trade.

Before long, Chen Huai'an arrived alone at Spirit Spring Peak's martial arts arena.

"This place is really lively. It's like a huge vegetable market." Chen Huai'an finally witnessed this kind of grand sect event.

Compared to this fair, the trading fair he had attended at Spirit Comb Peak during the new disciple entrance test was the difference between a village and a city.

And such trading fairs existed at all the major Servant Peaks—seven or eight places in total. If he visited them all, he would surely be able to pick up what he needed.

This time was a grand occasion for all servant disciples. The previous event had involved newly admitted disciples—what valuable things could they possibly have? But this time was different. Those qualified to browse the fair were all powerhouses at the Body Tempering Realm, Middle Stage or above. They had stayed in the sect for quite some time and had accumulated plenty of good things. With such treasures in hand, if they did not use them now, when would they?

As he walked along, Chen Huai'an saw all manner of things. It truly was like a vegetable market, with everything for sale. Spirit bird eggs, spirit birds, Five-Colored Golden Pheasants—all of them were laid out for sale. It was something Chen Huai'an had never even dared imagine.

Still, it made sense. These servant disciples handled countless miscellaneous tasks, all inseparable from the sect's livelihood and daily life. By doing chores, completing sect missions, and exceeding their quotas, they could earn some extra gray income.

Now, as long as they sold off that gray income and traded it for what they needed, they could raise their strength.

Anything could be sold here. Even the servant disciples who carried water could bring out a bucket of Spirit Spring Water to sell. Not even Chen Huai'an had expected that.

The sect's Spirit Spring Water could not compare to his own Spirit Spring Water at all. Wasn't the sect's water freely available? Would anyone actually buy it?

What Chen Huai'an did not know was that Spirit Spring Water was useless to ordinary servant disciples, but it was something only immortals could use. It had miraculous effects on ordinary people. Which servant disciple did not have family behind them? Taken into the mortal world, this ordinary Spirit Spring Water would absolutely be among the most sought-after goods.

Moreover, the Spirit Spring Water carried by the water-hauling servant disciples was guarded. Other than those water-hauling servants, no other servant disciples were qualified to come into contact with it.

Trades were not conducted entirely with Spirit Stones. Mortal gold and silver could also be used. Silver could be exchanged for Spirit Stones—it was just more troublesome, but it could be done.

At first, Chen Huai'an had merely watched the excitement, but gradually, he began searching for things he could use.

Chen Huai'an took out a High-Grade Body Tempering Pill for trade and exchanged it for ten Low-Grade Spirit Stones. He intended to use those Spirit Stones to buy a Five-Colored Golden Pheasant. If he came across one, he would never let it slip away.

But this thing was truly expensive. A single Five-Colored Golden Pheasant actually cost ten Low-Grade Spirit Stones. It was also in high demand. If he had not bid ten Low-Grade Spirit Stones, one more than several other competitors, he would never have gotten it.

Chen Huai'an bought the Five-Colored Golden Pheasant because he wanted to see whether a living creature could enter the space inside his Purple-Skinned Gourd. If it could, his breeding venture could develop rapidly. If not, then this Five-Colored Golden Pheasant would be used to add meat to dinner tonight.

To break through to the Body Tempering Realm, Eighth Layer, Chen Huai'an had to accumulate a vast amount of Blood-Energy Force. Only when his Blood-Energy Force was abundant could he temper his bones.

Tempering bones consumed an enormous amount of blood-energy and required a great deal of nourishing supplements to replenish it.

At the trading fair, the things Chen Huai'an wanted to buy were spirit birds and medicinal herbs.

"Senior Brother, what is recorded in your jade slips? Martial techniques, or cultivation manuals?" Chen Huai'an was a scholar, and he stopped before a vendor's stall displaying two jade slips.

"If you want them, I only accept Spirit Stones and pills. No mortal gold or silver." The middle-aged man glanced at Chen Huai'an and spoke indifferently.

"I have High-Grade Body Tempering Pills here, but I don't know whether what is inside your jade slips is what I want. If it is, I can trade these two High-Grade Body Tempering Pills for them." Chen Huai'an set down the Five-Colored Golden Pheasant in his hand and took two High-Grade Body Tempering Pills from his robes.

"High-grade? You have High-Grade Body Tempering Pills? I'll trade, I'll trade!" The middle-aged man was at the Body Tempering Realm, Late Stage, Eighth Layer, standing on the verge of a breakthrough. Chen Huai'an's High-Grade Body Tempering Pills were exactly what he needed. He rubbed his hands together, his face full of excitement.

"You want to trade, but now I'm not willing to trade with you. My High-Grade Body Tempering Pills are good stuff. What exactly is recorded in your jade slips?" Chen Huai'an stuffed the pills back into his robes and looked at the other man warily.

"Little brother, one of my jade slips records a martial technique, while the other is a fragment of the Spirit Plant Encyclopedia. These are all good things. Once you learn them, you can use them even after entering the outer sect, or even the inner sect." The middle-aged man looked at Chen Huai'an with some urgency as he spoke.

"Are you bragging? These things would be useful even to outer sect and inner sect disciples?" Chen Huai'an looked deeply skeptical.