More and more people filled the plank walkway.
Xu Changqing and the others walked as they looked around.
The market of the Azure Dragon Eastern Continent was more than ten times larger than the one at the Spirit Plant Bureau on Jade Balance Star. Stalls along both sides of the walkway stretched into several branching paths, each leading to a different trading district.
Xu Changqing stopped before a stall selling spirit plants. Several plants he had never seen before lay on display.
One of them was jade-green all over, with diamond-shaped leaves edged in golden patterns. The soil around its roots was mixed with several tiny azure crystals.
The stall owner was a lean middle-aged male cultivator. Seeing Xu Changqing stop, he immediately introduced it, "Fellow Daoist, you have a sharp eye. This is Dragonbreath Grass, found only on the Azure Dragon Eastern Continent—a Grade-Six Spirit Plant.
"The golden patterns on its leaves were formed by absorbing the qi of the Dragon Vein."
Xu Changqing picked up the Dragonbreath Grass and examined it carefully, just about to ask the price.
Linglong suddenly tugged on his sleeve and pointed at another stall. "Dad, look!"
Xu Changqing looked in the direction she pointed. At a nearby stall sat a spirit plant as transparent as glazed glass.
Silver liquid flowed through its branches, giving off an exceedingly pure wood qi.
Ruo Qunshuang was slightly surprised. "This is..."
Zhang Zaizhi stroked his beard, his eyes lighting up. "Glazed Wood. A Grade-Seven Spirit Plant. Its branches are excellent material for refining wood-attributed magic treasures."
Xu Changqing walked over and asked the stall owner, "How much?"
The stall owner was a white-haired old woman. She glanced at Xu Changqing, then slowly held up three fingers. "Three thousand Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones."
Xu Changqing did not hesitate and