"Good!" Xiao Hua accepted the storage ring, took several hundred crystals from it, and placed them before Zhe Jun. "These are for your Xinming Sect!"
Zhe Jun was extremely embarrassed. With a forced smile, he said, "This cultivation technique originally belonged to you, Senior. This junior would not dare accept these crystals..."
"Take them when I tell you to!" Xiao Hua said flatly. "But from now on, sell them for one supreme-grade crystal each... Don't charge more!"
"Yes, yes..." Zhe Jun did not quite understand, but he hurriedly collected the crystals.
Now that the Spiritual Root selection technique had been sold out, the cultivators who had entered Changlin Pavilion should have left. Yet not one of the thousand-odd cultivators departed. All of them held their breath and stared at Xiao Hua as though awaiting something. Strangely, every cultivator kept their mouth tightly shut, not daring to speak.
Seeing this, Huan Suanzi was somewhat helpless. He looked at Zhe Jun and gave him a meaningful glance. Bitterness filled Zhe Jun's mouth. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Senior Zhang, this junior thanks you for giving the Spiritual Root selection technique to the Heavenly Alliance! But Senior should also understand that Spiritual Root selection alone is not enough without a method to cultivate Spiritual Roots! This junior has heard that the Dao Alliance already possesses cultivation methods for Golden Core disciples. Might Senior be willing to provide the Spiritual Root selection technique for Golden Core disciples..."
At this point, Zhe Jun did not dare say any more. He looked at Xiao Hua with an unmistakably pleading expression.
"Oh, so that's it!" Xiao Hua slapped his forehead. "I had forgotten about that. I have a set of cultivation techniques suitable for Spiritual Root cultivation, ranging from Qi Refining all the way to