Eternal Tale

Chen Xun wasn’’t planning to buy anything from this list; it was completely unnecessary for him and mostly purchased by those major powers.

When they first descended into the three thousand great worlds, they clearly resisted the invasion of the world’’s essence and weren’’t drained of their energy.

Otherwise...

Chen Xun suddenly had a mischievous thought. His bone age was 20, but what if his soul age was also 20? He wondered if he could make an impact on this list.

He glanced at Little Crane. If her soul age was based on her true form’’s years, then a soul age of a million years appearing on the list would surely cause a sensation in the great world.

”Big brother?”

Little Crane looked up at Chen Xun with confusion in her eyes. ”What’’s up?”

”Nothing, this list is of no use to us for now.”

Chen Xun shifted his gaze elsewhere, smiling slightly. ”When we have spirit stones in the future, I want to buy a ranking list of all races and see where the human race stands.”

”Moo~””Bull, you want to see it too? Haha, there might be a ranking for the bull race.”

”Moo!”

Black Bull chuckled foolishly. He hadn’’t seen many spirit beasts of the bull race and hadn’’t discovered any outside.

”Xun, will there be a Flaming Red Ancient Lion tribe in the great world?”

Little Chi took a couple of steps, curiosity in his eyes. ”I’’m just asking.”

Chen Xun pretended to ponder, his face serious. ”There should be. In these three thousand great worlds, what race isn’’t there? We’’ll definitely encounter them in the future.”

Little Crane smiled sweetly, saying nothing. She had no race, only family.

Little Chi shook his head a couple of times, muttering something, then continued to follow Chen Xun and the others.

Time passed quietly.

The group occasionally heard exclamations from various places, with all sorts of small magical artifacts and a dazzling array of timers, never getting enough of them.

Chen Xun went alone to look at the pill furnaces. They came in various grades, but all were quite large, costing tens of thousands of mid-grade spirit stones, with no ordinary items available.

”The Northern Cold Zhuo Ying Furnace should also be repaired; there’’s no need to buy these expensive magical artifacts.”

Chen Xun walked slowly, contemplating. ”The materials from the junkyard can all be decomposed and reused, and then I’’ll refine it anew.”

He was fond of his pill furnace, and it was well-suited to the qi of the Five Elements. Old items always carried some sentiment after long use.

”Senior.”

”Hmm?”

Chen Xun turned to look in another direction.

At this moment, a middle-aged man in a blue robe was approaching, his thin lips slightly curved with a lazy smile, his cultivation at the mid-stage of Nascent Soul.

The words ”Lingbao” were also written on his attire, but he seemed entirely different in status from those maids.

”I am Yun Jin, greetings to the senior.”

The man stopped a few steps in front of Chen Xun, cupping his hands with a smile. ”I’’ve noticed the senior lingering for a while. May I ask which pill furnace has caught your eye?”

Yun Jin’’s eyes sparkled with insight. This senior must be here for the first time; otherwise, he wouldn’’t be wandering on the first floor for so long.

Moreover, he couldn’’t discern the senior’’s cultivation level at all, likely a Void Refinement expert!

If he could establish a connection with such a senior, business would surely flow endlessly in the future.

”Not really, just looking around.”

Chen Xun’’s calm voice came through. ”Does the Lingbao Immortal Pavilion purchase cultivation resources?”

Yun Jin’’s eyes lit up, speaking softly, ”Senior, the Immortal Pavilion does not purchase finished magical artifacts. May I ask what you have?”

Chen Xun raised an eyebrow; this statement carried a lot of information.

It seemed these Immortal Pavilions wouldn’’t purchase foreign artifacts, either because they didn’’t know their origins or they didn’’t trust their quality, fearing it would tarnish their reputation.

Although refining masters were rare, this was in the Immortal Pavilion, where they might not lack refining masters at all.

Most importantly, those selling spiritual pills and elixirs in the Immortal Pavilion likely wouldn’’t purchase pills, only spiritual herbs. But Chen Xun had no intention of selling these things anyway.

Currently, he had the most six-grade mid-level spiritual herbs, each worth only thirty mid-grade spirit stones, hardly profitable. The great world had an abundance of thousand-year spiritual herbs.

Moreover, selling spiritual herbs for spirit stones would require a large quantity, making it conspicuous.

The great world had no concept of spiritual herb veins... No legitimate industry could earn spirit stones quickly, and the risks were high.

They had just entered the great world, and such things that could rapidly enhance cultivation were best left untouched, used for themselves.

”I want to sell some Great Desolate Black God Crystals. Does your Immortal Pavilion purchase them?”

”Senior, please.”

Yun Jin nodded gently. The Great Desolate Black God Crystal was something no power would refuse. ”Let’’s discuss it in the Bamboo Pavilion.”

Chen Xun smiled, sending a message to Black Bull and the others, who waved from afar, assuring him to go ahead while they continued browsing the first floor.

Yun Jin then took out a decree, tearing open a rift in an instant, revealing a bamboo forest within, fresh and verdant, with a sea-like azure hue.

Inside, there were many stone tables and pavilions, spaced apart, each equipped with soundproof and concealment formations.

Many other races’’ beings were conducting business inside, visible only as vague silhouettes.

Chen Xun’’s eyes lit up slightly. So this was a blessed land. He followed Yun Jin inside, and the spatial rift disappeared from the first floor.

Amidst the lush bamboo forest, at a certain stone platform.

Chen Xun and Yun Jin sat opposite each other, the latter brewing tea. The surrounding environment was quite elegant, calming the mind.

”May I ask how many pounds of Great Desolate Black God Crystals the senior wishes to sell?”

Yun Jin, like a refined gentleman, moved with grace. ”According to the set price, one pound is a hundred mid-grade spirit stones. Our Lingbao Immortal Pavilion buys in bulk, even thousands of pounds can be afforded.”

Chen Xun slowly took out his teacup, pondering briefly before speaking in a deep voice, ”Four hundred pounds.”

Yun Jin’’s hand trembled slightly as he poured tea, the statement making him question life a bit. A Void Refinement expert selling only four hundred pounds?!

He inhaled slightly, quickly regaining composure, a smile still on his lips. ”Senior, four hundred pounds, forty thousand mid-grade spirit stones, can be traded now.”

As he spoke, Yun Jin began to take out the Thousand Mechanism Spirit Seal.

However, the seal was engraved with the word ”Lingbao,” entirely black, with a flowing luster, as gentle and smooth as jade.

An Earth rank Thousand Mechanism Spirit Seal, with assets exceeding a billion mid-grade spirit stones!

Yet Yun Jin’’s Thousand Mechanism Spirit Seal wasn’’t the main seal. An Earth rank Thousand Mechanism Spirit Seal possessed various magical abilities, being a magical artifact in itself.

Especially for these widely distributed, cross-regional major powers, having such a seal reduced many risks and unnecessary disputes, making things much more convenient.

”Young friend, I don’’t have a Thousand Mechanism Spirit Seal. Can we trade directly with spirit stones?”

”Ah?”

Yun Jin finally couldn’’t hold back, his pupils contracting slightly, quickly realizing his lapse. ”Of course, of course.”

He took out a black jade talisman from his storage ring, injecting mana directly. The Thousand Mechanism Spirit Seal floated up, causing a faint hum in the surrounding space.

At this moment, a thin mist of spiritual qi spread across the stone table.

A pile of mid-grade spirit stones suddenly appeared on it, the spiritual qi incredibly dense, as if freshly mined from a spirit stone vein.

Chen Xun’’s gaze was inevitably drawn to them. These mid-grade spirit stones looked entirely different from his inferior ones, as large as pebbles but with distinct edges, like gemstones.

Inside, it seemed as if water vapor flowed, the spiritual qi incredibly pure and dense, as if the spiritual qi of heaven and earth had been completely refined within, skipping the stage of refining complex spiritual qi.

These mid-grade spirit stones had no attribute distinctions and could be directly used for cultivation, a true shortcut for cultivators.