As Li Yan listened to the account, his eyes flickered repeatedly. Once Yu Banjiang finished speaking, he spoke again.
"So, the true value of that 'Immortal Transformation Liquid' might not actually be four hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones!"
Li Yan looked at Yu Banjiang.
"Perhaps, but that is essentially the price throughout the Immortal Spirit Realm. In other realms, it is even higher, never lower."
Yu Banjiang smiled as well. He understood what Li Yan meant. The man had already spotted some of the trickery involved: the sects of the Immortal Spirit Realm deliberately drove up the price of Immortal Transformation Liquid.
They made it unaffordable for cultivators who ascended from the lower realms, then recruited them as their own "enforcers."
Given his cultivation realm, Yu Banjiang did not know much about this, though he had entertained the same thought. But what did it matter? Whether in the cultivation world or the Mortal Realm, it had always been this way. The strong set the rules.
"Then could you clear up another question for me, fellow Daoist? How many realms make up the Immortal Spirit Realm, and how large are they?"
Li Yan did not pursue that subject, asking other questions instead.
"Hehehe... have you ever heard the name of your sect in the upper realm, fellow Daoist? Perhaps this old man might know it."
"To tell you the truth, fellow Daoist, I am merely a rogue cultivator. If I had a sect to rely on, I would not know so little about the Immortal Spirit Realm."
Li Yan sighed. Yu Banjiang's expression remained unchanged when he heard this. Naturally, he did not believe it. Most likely, the man feared that Yu Banjiang's sect might be hostile to his own and did not dare reveal its name.
Still, he did not