Translator: AnubisTL
Upon entering the Giant Spirit Royal City, Li Qing felt the oppressive weight of the colossal architecture even more acutely. Along the wide streets, towering giants strode by, their footsteps shaking the very ground.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
The Golden Abundance Merchant Guild's caravan, which had traveled from Profound Ancient City, established their stationing within the city.
With two days remaining until the auction, other clans would gradually arrive. The Golden Abundance Trading Company held considerable influence across the Tonggu Continent, maintaining diplomatic ties with nearly every major clan except the Tree Demon Clan.
Almost immediately after their arrival, several Flying Spirit Clan members descended from the sky outside the city walls.
Boom!
However, the Giant Spirit Royal City strictly prohibited aerial flight. Even the Flying Spirit Clan had to abide by this rule. As they approached the formation-shielded area surrounding the city, they retracted their wings and glided gently to the ground.
"It seems a void refinement realm expert from the Night Owl Clan is leading them," Si Kong murmured, recognizing the Flying Spirit Clan delegation. "This clan rarely ventures out. Even when they do, their figures are usually only glimpsed during the long, dark nights."
Witnessing this scene, Li Qing deeply felt the weakness of the human race on the Tonggu Continent, far inferior to the other major clans. The Flying Spirit Clan could casually dispatch a powerhouse with void refinement realm cultivation, while the entire Profound Ancient City had only one cultivator who had reached this realm: City Lord Lingxu.
Moreover, the Flying Spirit Clan on the Tonggu Continent was also guarded by several body integration realm old monsters, securing their position as one of the four great clans alongside the Giant Spirit Race.
Arrogant as ever, the Flying Spirit Clan didn't even glance at the human delegation upon arriving at the royal city, completely ignoring their presence. Instead, they greeted the Giant Spirit Race powerhouse who had come to welcome them with hearty laughter.
"Hahaha, Brother Tun Hai, why trouble yourself with a personal welcome?" A Night Owl Clan leader folded his wings, his faint void refinement realm aura pressing down on Li Qing and his group, stifling their breath.
A Giant Spirit Race warrior clad in golden armor slowly emerged from the city. His colossal size dwarfed even ordinary members of his clan, making him seem as if he could touch the heavens and earth.
"Now that Fellow Daoist Chi Xiao has arrived, I must personally welcome him. It's been centuries since we last met, hasn't it?" The Giant Spirit Race member, whose daoist name was Tun Hai, spoke in a voice that shook heaven and earth, making Li Qing and the others nearby feel their heads buzz.
"It's been over four hundred years," Chi Xiao replied. "Our last collaboration was in the Heavenlight Secret Realm. Time truly flies."
As they conversed, they walked deeper into the city, where immortal mountains surrounded them, shrouded in ethereal mists—clearly a place reserved for the most esteemed guests.
Li Qing and his group, however, were completely ignored, a slight that left each of them feeling deeply uncomfortable.
After all, the human race on the Tonggu Continent was now merely a vassal of the Giant Spirit Race. Even though the grand auction had been initiated by the Golden Abundance Trading Company, the other races paid little attention to it.
"Ahem, we also have accommodations. The tall building in that courtyard over there," Si Kong coughed, leading the group to their lodgings within the city.
Li Qing followed Si Kong's pointed finger and couldn't help but twitch his lips. Compared to the other colossal structures in the city, their lodgings were truly rather shabby.
"Ah, the human race is actually quite powerful," someone muttered in the crowd, venting a bit of their dissatisfaction, though it did little good. "It's just that we're declining on the Tonggu Continent."
"Rumor has it that on the Heavenly Origin Continent, our human race even has great ascension realm experts overseeing things."
The Heavenly Origin Continent was exceedingly distant; even within Profound Ancient City, its exact location remained unknown.
One could imagine that traveling from the Tonggu Continent to the Heavenly Origin Continent would require crossing endless distances, fraught with countless dangers. Even void refinement realm cultivators wouldn't dare claim they could make the journey unscathed.
No one paid much attention to his grumbling. Most silently followed Si Kong into the dilapidated courtyard.
Others planned to spend some merit points within the city—their primary reason for coming to the Giant Spirit Royal City.
"Now that we've finally made it to the royal city, I need to see if there's anything worth exchanging for."
"Exactly! Even if we can't afford anything, just looking at these treasures of the Giant Spirit Race is worth it."
"I need to check if the Brahma Clarity Pill has gone down in price. I've been considering breaking through to the mid divine transformation realm lately, otherwise the next minor heavenly tribulation will be too difficult."
Merit points weren't just usable within Profound Ancient City; they were also valid in the Giant Spirit Royal City, a method the Giant Spirit Race used to incentivize their vassals.
With enough merit points, one could exchange them for a vast array of items, far exceeding the value of anything available in Profound Ancient City!
Even other races, not vassals of the Giant Spirit Race, would occasionally hoard merit points to acquire specific goods from the giants.
For example, among the Flying Spirit Clan and Wild Bull Ridge, merit points from the Giant Spirit Race circulated as a form of currency, akin to spirit stones.
Upon hearing this, Li Qing decided to follow the crowd to see what treasures could be exchanged for merit points in the Giant Spirit Royal City.
He followed the throng through the city streets until they arrived before a massive, golden-glowing list:
Merit Exchange Record!
The list detailed a vast array of items available for exchange using merit points, along with their remaining quantities.
Though this wasn't the first time the others had come to the Giant Spirit Royal City to gaze upon this list, their faces still showed awe and longing.
Li Qing looked up, his pupils dilating as if an earthquake had struck his eyes. The divine treasures listed on the board were simply too astonishing.
Nine Heavens Profound Jade: 50 million merit points, 1 remaining!
This extremely rare artifact refining spiritual material was said to be found only in the ninth heaven of the immortal realm, though no one could confirm this.
What was certain, however, was that Nine Heavens Profound Jade could serve as the primary material for refining heaven-piercing spirit treasures—true heaven-piercing spirit treasures, unlike the yellow-grade or Profound-Grade Spirit Treasures that merely bore the name.
Only Heaven-Grade Spirit Treasures deserved to be called heaven-piercing spirit treasures!
Qiongqi True Blood: 200 million merit points, 3 drops remaining!
Li Qing swallowed hard, almost disbelieving his eyes. He wondered if he was seeing things.
"Qiongqi True Blood? Am I reading that right? Qiongqi are true spirits! How could the Giant Spirit Race even possess such true blood?" Li Qing exclaimed in shock.
A nearby cultivator chuckled. "You're not mistaken. This Qiongqi True Blood indeed comes from a true spirit Qiongqi."
"It's said that over ten thousand years ago, a Qiongqi—a true spirit symbolizing calamity—passed through the Tonggu Continent."
"If not for the intervention of the Giant Spirit Race's great ascension ancestor, the entire continent would have been plagued by relentless natural disasters."
"In that battle, the Giant Spirit Race's ancestor gained the upper hand, not only driving away the Qiongqi but also obtaining some of its true blood. Though not its essence blood, its value remains extraordinarily precious."
(End of the Chapter)
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