Because Budong had just broken through to the Immortal Realm!!!
He could have broken through earlier or later, yet he had done so precisely when Qing Chen came to the Gouwu Sea. Even a fool knew why.
[Of course, what they did not know was that the Vajra Mound had made True Lord Budong's breakthrough considerably easier, along with several Fourth Tier body cultivator treasures and the help of Qing Chen's qi-blood power from the same cultivation technique.]
Most importantly, Qing Chen had the strength to slay Penglai True Lord!
With the Thunder Marsh Sword, the Blood River God-Slaying Spear, and six powerful demon banners in hand, and the support of Jiaogu Island and the Shushan Sword Sect, this promised pie really did seem within reach of their mouths!
Among those cultivating in the Gouwu Sea who had survived to Foundation Establishment or Golden Core, few were fools. Who would do anything without benefits?
The crowd below erupted!
Discussions and all manner of voice transmissions rose one after another!
The price Qing Chen had offered was simply too high!
Seeing the greed and ambition in everyone's eyes, Qing Chen knew the heat was just right.
He said no more and swept his right hand across his Storage Ring.
Whoosh-!!!
Dazzling light instantly illuminated the sky!
It was the radiance of high-grade spirit stones!
Several thousand high-grade spirit stones poured from his palm like a waterfall of stars, piling up beside the Wedding Gift!
[These were the extra spirit stones earned from the earlier construction of Demon Lotus City and Ten-Thousand-Zhang Jade Rock Mountain, which Lin Changsheng had handed over to him.]
That was not all!
Next, jade bottles and jade boxes flew out one after another. Their stoppers and lids opened automatically, and a rich medicinal fragrance immediately spread, refreshing