The five great characters spelling "Li Household of Withered Earth Island" appeared above the glazed corridor halfway up the mountain like blazing sunset clouds.
Each character stood some hundred feet tall, imposing and magnificent;
the cultivators at the foot of the mountain looked up in astonishment, clicking their tongues in wonder.
More marvelous still, phantom images of the Dark Iron Essence and Five Thunder Talismans appeared beside the characters;
their light intertwined, each setting off the other, illuminating everyone's eyes.
"Good heavens, this high-grade second-tier Dark Iron Essence is a primary material for forging high-grade spirit artifacts. It must be worth at least six or seven thousand spirit stones!"
The Iron Blade Society's second leader gazed up at the phantom images, his throat bobbing and his eyes brimming with envy.
Many of the surrounding Foundation Establishment Lineage factions were equally astonished, whispering among themselves, "The Li Household of Withered Earth Island certainly lives up to its reputation as a Pseudo-Core Lineage. What extravagance-what extravagance!"
As they spoke, the dozen or so sword cultivators had already crossed the square.
Over a hundred azure jade platforms made from upper grade first tier material stood toward the front of the square, their seats long awaiting guests. Their Spirit-Gathering Formations lit up automatically, spiritual energy swirling about them like a dream.
As it turned out, because the treasures presented by the Li Household were worth over ten thousand low-grade spirit stones, they were entitled to seats on two azure jade platforms.
The Li Household elders leading the group, Li Zexin and Li Lingzhu, each found an azure jade platform and sat down, while the remaining Li Household cultivators took their places standing around them.
In an instant, spiritual energy flowed over their feet like a gently running stream. They felt comfortable all over, as