"Mm~" Yu Chen looked at the storage bag, reached out to take it, and nodded. "This hidden passage is indeed one of Haoming City's recent sources of income. Elders have been specifically assigned to oversee it, and this old man cannot make decisions on his own. As for these spirit stones... this old man will not stand on ceremony!"
"There's more!" Xiao Hua flicked his hand again, took out a jade vial, and handed it to Yu Chen. "This is to thank Fellow Daoist Yu for the sea chart. Please accept it!"
Yu Chen had originally intended to refuse, but remembering the spirit herbs from last time, he hesitated slightly before accepting it. When he opened the jade vial, his expression shifted even more. The pill inside was precisely what he needed to form his core!
"Ah, forget it~" Yu Chen said with a bitter smile. "This old man never meant to trade that sea chart for Fellow Daoist Xiao's pills, but this pill..."
"In this Xiao's eyes, that sea chart is a hundred times more valuable than this Lingli Pill! Fellow Daoist Yu need not be polite!" Xiao Hua waved a hand and smiled.
Yu Chen did not stand on ceremony any longer. After putting away the Lingli Pill, he said, "Fellow Daoist Xiao, many cultivators have come to Haoming City for the Bidding Convention, including cultivators from the Meng Kingdom. Many of them arrived before Ink Storm. Now that all the hidden passages have failed, if they wish to return to the Meng Kingdom, they must either take an extremely long detour or use Haoming City's hidden passage. Therefore, an enormous number of cultivators need to pass through it, and Haoming City has collected quite a few spirit stones to arrange their departures! This old man will do