"What is it?" Venerable Tianhong hurriedly asked. Everyone present pricked up their ears.
"Top-grade Spirit Stones! At least ten!" Shen Miaoyin said calmly.
As soon as she said this, everyone present was startled once again.
"Ten top-grade Spirit Stones? This... Spirit Stones are already rare in the Cultivation World, and top-grade Spirit Stones are even harder to obtain. Could it be... there's no other way?"
"Elder Shen, I happened to find some mid-grade and low-grade Spirit Stones. I wonder if they can be used?"
"Sigh, could it be that after finally repairing the Ancient Teleportation Array, we'll be trapped here to die simply because we don't have enough top-grade Spirit Stones?"
The crowd whispered among themselves, their faces once again filled with worry.
Spirit Stones were already rare in the Cultivation World of today. Even though everyone present was a Golden Core cultivator, they might have some Spirit Stones saved up, but finding even mid-grade Spirit Stones was already extremely difficult.
As for top-grade Spirit Stones, setting aside their effects when used by cultivators for cultivation, their rarity was in no way inferior to that of some extremely precious spirit materials and treasures.
After all, certain crucial matters—such as setting up formations and maintaining the operation of large-scale formations—could not be done without high-quality Spirit Stones. For that very reason, the higher the quality of a Spirit Stone, the more precious it was. If one could obtain a top-grade Spirit Stone or two, one would absolutely hide them away as priceless treasures.
"Amitabha! I once discovered a small Spirit Stone Mine in the Heavenly Evolution Secret Realm and happened to find two top-grade Spirit Stones within it. Why don't we all pool our resources and see if we can gather ten top-grade Spirit Stones?"
"Ahem... I... also happened to