Only when the eight suns overhead had faded to a faint, moonlight-like pale blue did Li Xiaoya emerge from a Market District.
After spending these days in the Thirty-Three Star Realm, Li Xiaoya had figured out that the light of its eight suns constantly changed, albeit slowly. When their light turned this dim, pale blue, it meant another day had passed. A day in the Thirty-Three Star Realm was about a quarter of an hour longer than the twelve double-hours of the humans' Lesser Star Realm. However, a year here contained only three hundred and sixty days. Strictly speaking, a year in the Thirty-Three Star Realm was almost the same length as one in the Human Realm-a rather surprising coincidence.
Li Xiaoya had spent the entire day browsing the Market Districts, gaining quite a haul and broadening his horizons. Naturally, he easily found a black-market exchange where he could trade spirit stones for Spirit Stone Coins, and exchanged a third of the spirit stones he carried. The exchange rate was ten to eight: ten spirit stones bought only eight Spirit Stone Coins. It made his heart ache, and even that was a special rate offered because he was exchanging such a large quantity...
With Spirit Stone Coins in hand, things naturally became easier. First, he bought plenty of ordinary materials and artifact-refining methods for Second Better. Second, he purchased some basic books about the Thirty-Three Star Realm and learned more about the Yellow Territory. However, he did not directly inquire about the Yellow Secret Realm or the Yellow Territory Immortal Assembly. This was the Yellow Ridge Gate's territory, after all; asking too many questions might expose his identity.
Meanwhile.
Li Xiaoya examined some cultivation methods, Spiritual Artifacts, and treasures unique to the Demon Race, which proved quite an eye-opener. They