In a secluded tearoom.
After inviting Song Wen and Wu Lingzhu to sit, the maid waved her hand, and a large jade case appeared before Wu Lingzhu.
"Please inspect them, Miss Lingzhu."
Wu Lingzhu reached out and opened the jade case.
At once, green fruits the size of quail eggs came into view.
The green fruits rested neatly in individual recesses at the bottom of the jade case, unable to roll around.
Song Wen glanced at them and immediately recognized them as spiritual medicine that strengthened the soul.
Wu Lingzhu was likely preparing to advance to Void Refinement.
After all, the most crucial step in advancing to Void Refinement was strengthening the soul enough to free it from the flesh and let it roam heaven and earth.
Song Wen remembered clearly that when Ye Bing had explained the essentials of advancing to Void Refinement, she had mentioned that "spiritual treasures that strengthen the primordial spirit are exceedingly rare and difficult to find." Yet here before him were no fewer than seventy-two.
Truly, what some could only dream of, others could obtain with ease.
Song Wen had faced countless hardships and dangers, survived brush after brush with death, and broken through scheme after scheme before reaching Qicang Island from the lower realm, then making his way to the Eastern Profound Continent. People like Wu Lingzhu, however, had been born on the Eastern Profound Continent.
While Song Wen silently reflected on this, Wu Lingzhu gazed at the green fruits before her, unable to suppress the eagerness in her eyes.
With a snap, the jade case abruptly closed.
Wu Lingzhu looked at the maid and asked,
"These Netherworld Dates are worth a fortune. Can a mere Golden Core cultivator like you authorize their sale?"
"Recently, the steward gained some insight into his cultivation