Translator: AnubisTL
The methods of a great ascension realm ancestor truly reached the heavens.
Hearing this, Li Qing's eyes filled with admiration, and a fervent desire to reach the great ascension realm ignited within him.
Only by reaching that realm could one truly achieve freedom from worry and no longer fear the constant threat of the Formless Saint Ancestor.
Several other items carried astronomical exchange rates, such as the Golden-Winged Roc's tail feathers and the Void God Vine, each priced at tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of merit points—absolutely exorbitant!
Even if Li Qing emptied his entire fortune, he likely couldn't afford a single one of these treasures.
After being thoroughly stunned, he finally lowered his gaze, abandoning any thought of those impractical, sky-high exchange items. They were simply beyond his reach.
Brahma Clarity Pill: 20,000 merit points. Remaining: 562.
Li Qing had heard of this medicinal pill, which was used to refine the mana of cultivators in the Divine Transformation stage and enhance their cultivation. Each pill was exceedingly valuable.
The Giant Spirit Race had hired human pill refiners specifically to refine various medicinal pills, with the Brahma Clarity Pill being the most abundant among them.
"Twenty thousand merit points per pill... truly exorbitant," Li Qing sighed. Even if he later refined and sold Jade Bone Pills, he would never be wealthy enough to consume Brahma Clarity Pills as freely as he wished.
The Crimson Jade-Essence Fruit was a limited resource, and the next harvest wouldn't occur for another century.
He currently had 196 Crimson Jade-Essence Fruits remaining. Refining one furnace of Jade Bone Pills required two Crimson Jade-Essence Fruits as the primary ingredient.
This meant he could only refine Jade Bone Pills a maximum of 98 more times in the near future. The exact number of Jade Bone Pills he could obtain would depend on his skill and performance during the refining process.
Soon, Li Qing's gaze continued to scan the exchange items, and he was quickly drawn to some of the more affordable options.
Surprisingly, there were spirit medicine seeds available, with many varieties costing only one or two thousand merit points, and some even as low as a few hundred.
"Most of these are common spirit herbs," Li Qing murmured. "The truly rare Spirit Seeds haven't been put out, but even these are quite remarkable."
Li Qing's eyes flickered with interest as he silently memorized a few Spirit Seeds, planning to return and exchange for them once he had accumulated enough merit points after the auction.
Beyond the seeds, the remaining items were spirit herbs and spiritual materials, each requiring substantial merit points—tens of thousands at a minimum—making them unaffordable for ordinary Divine Transformation cultivators.
As Li Qing observed, others had already begun making exchanges. They presented their identity tokens, deducted the stored merit points, and received their desired items from an elderly Giant Spirit Race member.
With his remaining merit points dwindling, Li Qing merely glanced around one last time before leaving without making any exchanges.
Two days remained until the grand auction. He had no interest in sightseeing in the Giant Spirit Royal City. As a human, his status within the city was low, and he preferred to avoid unnecessary trouble by staying out of sight. Thus, he returned directly to the Golden Abundance Trading Company's lodging.
In the dilapidated courtyard, Li Qing meditated for two days.
However, it was more accurate to call it meditative breathing exercises rather than true cultivation, as the surrounding spiritual energy was far less dense than he had imagined.
The Giant Spirit Royal City covered an immense area, and their current location lacked a spiritual vein.
The true high-grade spiritual veins lay deep within the royal city, in the territory controlled by the Giant Spirit Race's upper echelons. Legend claimed this was an exceptionally high-grade spiritual vein, where every Giant Spirit Race newborn was brought to receive its baptism, laying a solid foundation for their cultivation.
After two days, the grand auction organized by the Golden Abundance Trading Company finally commenced.
In addition to the Tree Demon Clan, various races from the Tonggu Continent had been invited, including the Fur Clan, Fishfolk Clan, and other weaker demon races.
These were all minor clans, much like the human race, who relied on the Giant Spirit Race's patronage to secure their survival on the Tonggu Continent.
That day, Li Qing's eyes were truly opened. He marveled at the bizarre and wondrous beings, all conversing in the Spirit Realm Common Language as they entered the auction fairground.
The auction fairground, provided by the Giant Spirit Race, was a vast space tailored to their colossal stature, easily accommodating a multitude of attendees.
"Moo! I thought I was late. I took a detour to the sixth layer of the Fire Domain, which delayed me, but I made it in time!"
A bellowing moo echoed outside the fairground as a minotaur strode in. His body was a mass of rippling muscle, crowned by two massive bull horns. A colossal war axe was slung across his back, his bulk rivaling even that of the Giant Spirit Race.
This minotaur, hailing from Wild Bull Ridge, was also a cultivator in the void refinement realm.
"Tsk, tsk, what a stroke of bad luck for the heavens," the Night Owl Clan leader sneered. "If you'd been roasted to death in the sixth layer of the Fire Domain, Old Black Bull, I'd have paid my respects—and sampled the flavor of Fire Domain-roasted beef while I was at it."
The minotaur's fury flared at these words.
"Moo! What did you say, you mangy bird?"
"Don't think you can act so brazenly just because you're on Giant Spirit Race territory. Believe me, Old Bull, I'll cleave you in two right here!"
The relationship between Wild Bull Ridge and the Flying Spirit Clan had always been strained, but their roughly equal strength had prevented open warfare, unlike the irreconcilable animosity between the Giant Spirit Race and the Tree Demon Clan.
Tun Hai, who presided over the gathering, spoke slowly, "Old Black Bull, Chi Xiao, grant me this small favor and refrain from causing trouble today."
"The juniors from all clans have gathered here precisely to prepare for the upcoming Heavenlight Secret Realm, haven't they?"
"I've heard that the divine transformation realm juniors your two clans plan to send are exceptionally skilled. Your ambitions must be considerable, wouldn't you say?"
Tun Hai's mediation quickly eased the tense atmosphere.
"Hmph, I've heard the Flying Spirit Clan has produced a pair of Luan Bird bloodline members, boasting of invincibility against all clans. I wonder how they'll fare against our Little Bull King."
"If those Luan Birds get slaughtered in the Heavenlight Secret Realm, your Flying Spirit Clan will feel the sting."
Chi Xiao sneered at Old Black Bull's words. "We'll see if your Little Bull King's strength is truly as formidable as you claim."
Li Qing, seated at the end of the table, silently committed these words to memory.
These individuals were likely to be his future competitors in the Heavenlight Secret Realm, so he couldn't afford to underestimate them.
(End of the Chapter)
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