Before they knew it, the two had circled the giant tree once. They had already covered most of the area when Huo Hai suddenly spotted a particularly unusual stall. It was selling nothing but Spirit Insects.
"Oh? I didn't expect someone to be selling Spirit Insects." Huo Hai walked over and found that most of the Spirit Insects here had not reached Heaven Grade. In truth, reaching Heaven Grade was no easy feat. It was not merely a matter of a Spirit Insect's innate traits; once its cultivation reached the Spirit Venerable Realm, it could possess combat strength no weaker than an ordinary Spirit Venerable, and its intelligence would rise as well.
How could ordinary people possibly capture such powerful Spirit Insects? Even for Insect Spirit Masters, catching Spirit Insects suitable for combat was not easy. The Venerable-Grade Spirit Insects on the stall were all rather unusual specimens.
For instance, some were born with insufficient combat strength, some lacked combat awareness, and some had broken through in cultivation while their minds had remained dull. Among Spirit Insects, there were many whose intelligence did not improve along with their cultivation.
"You mean these Spirit Insects? Although their cultivation has not reached the Spirit Venerable Realm, most can still be used as Heaven Grade materials for pill refining and artifact forging. I heard that some Spirit Formation materials are also taken from these Spirit Insects." Yin Ling looked at the insects without showing much disgust. As a plant that had taken human form, she was naturally close to nature.
Of course, if they were pests, Yin Ling would likely hate them even more than ordinary people did. Huo Hai took a careful look and found that most of these Spirit Insects truly were being sold as materials. The people purchasing them nearby