Outside the Ancient Demon Abyss, cultivators gathered in dense crowds. Today was the day the Six Sects sent their disciples into the Ancient Demon Abyss to gather spirit medicines.
Whenever it opened, the Six Sects made a portion of the entry slots available to outsiders, drawing large numbers of cultivators here.
The vast majority came from cultivation lineages or were solitary rogue cultivators, but they had not come to enter the Ancient Demon Abyss.
Instead, they were here for the Medicine Exchange Fair a month later. Many rogue cultivators could not afford the spirit stones required to enter the Ancient Demon Abyss, but they could still try their luck at the Medicine Exchange Fair.
After emerging, many cultivators who had entered the Ancient Demon Abyss to gather spirit medicines would sell those they had no use for or trade them with other cultivators.
Over time, this became a tradition. Whenever the Ancient Demon Abyss opened, the Medicine Exchange Fair would follow.
The Six Immortal Sects merely turned a blind eye to it. As long as their own sects' interests were not harmed, they were happy to let it continue.
Ahead of the assembled cultivators stood six enormous formations glowing with white light. These six formations were linked together, completely enveloping the entrance and exit of the Ancient Demon Abyss.
With every flash of white light, the formations devoured vast streams of spiritual energy, then channeled them into the Ancient Demon Abyss.
At the heart of each formation sat a Foundation Establishment Realm elder from the Six Sects. Ordinary cultivators who wished to enter only had to obediently pay a sum of spirit stones.
No disciples of the Six Sects guarded the exit, but it was shrouded by the formations. Anyone wishing to leave had to wait until the formations were