Time flew by.
Qin Ming's Nascent Soul ceremony was drawing to a close, and the cultivators who had come to offer congratulations and witness the event began taking their leave one after another.
Moon Gazing Island, too, gradually returned to peace from its lively, festive clamor.
As Li Huo Shangren and Secluded Sand True Monarch prepared to depart the island, they sought out Qin Ming alone.
Both wished to trade treasures in their possession for the Netherwater Serpent's Demon Core, but Qin Ming politely declined them both.
Though unwilling to accept it, the two could only leave in disappointment.
Qin Ming knew perfectly well the value contained within that Demon Core. Naturally, he could not possibly trade it away.
Such a special Demon Core was also of great use to him at present.
Soon afterward, Dragonwood True Monarch of the Eastern Sea Cultivation Realm also sought out Qin Ming alone. She had set her sights on the Bloodscale Dragon Rice Yue Lingyan had given him.
"Fellow Daoist Qin, would you be willing to part with those dozen-odd grains of Bloodscale Dragon Rice that Demon Saint Silver Moon gave you earlier? This old woman is willing to purchase them for one thousand Upper-Grade Spirit Stones. Or Fellow Daoist Qin may name an exchange condition," Dragonwood True Monarch said bluntly.
Qin Ming was greatly surprised. "One thousand Upper-Grade Spirit Stones?"
"May I ask, Fellow Daoist Dragonwood, what is the origin of this Bloodscale Dragon Rice? How can merely a dozen-odd grains of Spirit Rice be worth such a price?"
With only the two of them present, Dragonwood True Monarch did not conceal anything. "Bloodscale Dragon Rice is a mid-grade fourth-rank Spirit Rice. This old woman has only seen records of it in the sect's ancient texts."
"It is said that this rice