Offering Precious Herbs for a Spirit Nurturing Pill

After the black market master finished speaking, the cultivators manning the stalls began packing them up.

After all, they could set up stalls and earn Spirit Stones at any time, but Guyuan City's underground black market held a proper trading session only once every half month!

Besides, an imperfect Spirit Tempering Pill had actually appeared this time!

"I have a piece of Heart of Refined Iron! Might I exchange it for the imperfect Spirit Nurturing Pill in your possession, Senior Market Master?"

A cultivator produced the treasure he possessed, hoping to exchange it for the black market master's imperfect Spirit Nurturing Pill.

When the cultivator mentioned the Heart of Refined Iron, many cultivators were shaken!

They had only just begun, and a valuable treasure like the Heart of Refined Iron had already appeared?

The Heart of Refined Iron was an artifact-refining material a grade above refined iron ore!

Refined iron ore could, at most, be used to forge Spirit-Nurturing Grade Law Treasures, while the Heart of Refined Iron could be used to refine Foundation Establishment Grade Law Treasures!!

At the mention of the Heart of Refined Iron, the black market master and the several Spirit Nourishing cultivators were all tempted!

However, when they saw that the Heart of Refined Iron in the cultivator's hand was only the size of a pea... disappointment appeared on their faces.

If this piece of Heart of Refined Iron had been the size of a fist, it would have been more than enough to exchange for two low-grade Spirit Nurturing Pills, let alone one imperfect Spirit Nurturing Pill!

As for a piece the size of a pea... it had value, but it was plainly worth nowhere near enough.

"What a pity..."

"If you had three pieces of Heart of Refined Iron like that, I could let you exchange them for the imperfect Spirit Nurturing Pill, even if I took a small loss..."

Hearing this, the cultivator's face turned bitter.

The most valuable thing he possessed was this pea-sized piece of Heart of Refined Iron.

"I have two Spirit Nurturing Law Treasures. Might I exchange them for the imperfect Spirit Nurturing Pill in your possession, Senior?"

Another cultivator spoke up, producing two Spirit-Nurturing Grade Law Treasures!

One was a fire-attribute spear Law Treasure, and the other was a wood-attribute umbrella-shaped Law Treasure! With both Law Treasures in hand, one could attack and the other defend... making them a fairly versatile pair of Spirit-Nurturing Grade Law Treasures!!

"Low-grade Spirit-Nurturing Grade Law Treasures?"

"They're still not worth enough..."

The black market master shook his head, again refusing the trade.

The two Law Treasures were worth as much as a high-grade Spirit-Nurturing Grade Law Treasure combined, but they still fell somewhat short of the value of an imperfect Spirit Nurturing Pill.

A high-grade Spirit-Nurturing Grade Law Treasure was worth at most ten low-grade Spirit Stones.

The two Law Treasures were only worth as much as a high-grade Spirit-Nurturing Grade Law Treasure, but even if their combined value matched that of a top-grade Spirit-Nurturing Grade Law Treasure... it still would not be enough to exchange for an imperfect Spirit Nurturing Pill.

After all, an imperfect Spirit Nurturing Pill could fetch at least a dozen or more low-grade Spirit Stones at auction!!

"Sigh..."

Faced with the black market master's refusal, the cultivator who had produced the two low-grade Spirit-Nurturing Grade Law Treasures sighed helplessly and retreated dejectedly into the crowd.

Most of the immortal cultivators at the Fourth Layer of Body Tempering wanted to trade for the imperfect Spirit Nurturing Pill in the black market master's possession, but they simply had no valuable treasures to offer.

The several Spirit Nourishing Realm cultivators did possess some treasures worth as much as the imperfect Spirit Nurturing Pill.

But they had no descendants, nor did they need a Spirit Nurturing Pill themselves, so those Spirit Nourishing Realm cultivators could not muster the slightest interest in the imperfect Spirit Nurturing Pill in the black market master's possession...

The Spirit Nourishing Realm deacon of the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect, however, walked step by step toward the cultivator who had just produced the Heart of Refined Iron and spoke in a calm tone.

"Fellow Daoist, I am very interested in your Heart of Refined Iron."

"Though I do not have an imperfect Spirit Nurturing Pill, I do have a Life-Extending Pill!"

"The air of decline radiating from you can no longer be concealed, even by the mask Law Treasure personally refined by Market Master Liu."

"I'm afraid you have less than half a year left to live!!"

"Taking this Life-Extending Pill can extend your life by three years..."

As he spoke, the Spirit Nourishing Realm deacon of the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect took a wooden box from his storage ring!

Inside the wooden box was a low-level Life-Extending Pill!

A low-level Life-Extending Pill like this was effective only on mortals and immortal cultivators in the Four Body Tempering Realms.

Moreover, it worked best only the first time it was taken. The second time... its life-extending effect would be halved!

The third time, its life-extending effect would be halved again, until it lost all effect...

In terms of value, a Life-Extending Pill was actually no less valuable than an imperfect Spirit Nurturing Pill.

However, the process of refining a Spirit Nurturing Pill was more complicated, and it was extremely easy to fail... which was why a single pill was so hard to come by!

"Senior, I'll trade!"

Upon seeing the low-level Life-Extending Pill, the cultivator acted decisively and handed the Heart of Refined Iron straight to the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect's Spirit Nourishing Realm deacon.

As the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect's Spirit Nourishing Realm deacon had said, he had only about half a year left to live. If he wanted to survive... he either had to break through his bottleneck and advance to the Spirit Nourishing Realm, or quickly use a Life-Extending Pill to keep himself alive for the time being.

Three more years of life might not be much, but it was better than sitting around waiting to die!

After receiving the Life-Extending Pill, the cultivator took it on the spot...

The air of decline about him was far too heavy. Although the mask Law Treasure concealed his appearance and presence... once he left the black market, others could still easily recognize him!

Taking the Life-Extending Pill on the spot could also prevent cultivators from recognizing him and killing him to seize his treasure...

The moment he swallowed the Life-Extending Pill, the air of decline about him began to dissipate!!

He did not take part in the trades that followed, instead leaving the underground black market in a hurry...

After he left, the trading atmosphere in the underground black market was not interrupted. Instead, it grew even more heated!

The cultivators brought out all manner of strange and peculiar treasures...

Among the crowd, Lin Xiye had kept an extremely low profile.

The only treasures he had to trade were those five hundred-year-old Spirit Tempering Grass plants!!

As for things like Cultivation Methods, Lin Xiye did not dare bring them out for trade...

Even the poorest of the Cultivation Methods in Lin Xiye's possession could be used to cultivate to Early Foundation Establishment.

If he brought out a Foundation Establishment Cultivation Method, he would certainly attract the attention of the Spirit Nourishing Realm cultivators present!

Gazing at the imperfect Spirit Nurturing Pill in the black market master's hand, Lin Xiye weighed his options for a while, then took out three hundred-year-old Spirit Tempering Grass plants and spoke calmly.

"Senior Market Master, might I exchange these three hundred-year-old Spirit Tempering Grass plants for the imperfect Spirit Nurturing Pill in your possession?"

The moment Lin Xiye finished speaking, an uproar broke out!

At the lowest market price, three hundred-year-old Spirit Tempering Grass plants were worth only six low-grade Spirit Stones.

But under normal circumstances, hundred-year-old Spirit Tempering Grass was priced but unavailable on the market!!

So, much of the time, a single hundred-year-old Spirit Tempering Grass plant would sell for three times the market price, or even five times...

In terms of value, three hundred-year-old Spirit Tempering Grass plants were clearly more than enough to exchange for an imperfect Spirit Nurturing Pill!