Chapter 204: Getting the Seed
Chapter 204 – Getting the Seed
Lu Xuan’s figure was like floating light as he floated in front of a huge stone mountain.
He looked down at the invitation in his hand that was drawn with numerous runes, only to see that the runes were all lit up, with the greatest brightness at the very center, which was near the stone mountain.
There was also an arrow pointing towards the stone mountain, indicating that this was the final place of the Treasure Exchange Conference.
The surface of the stone mountain was desolate, but when the Spiritual Sense probed, it could be discovered that there were other mysteries inside.
Lu Xuan took a look around and walked slowly towards the stone mountain.
At this moment, he was quite different from his usual self, his face was wearing a pair of bronze masks that he had scrounged from the stalls of loose cultivators, which could camouflage his face and isolate him from a certain degree of Spiritual Awareness prying.
In front of a vertical stone wall on one side of the stone mountain, there was a tall stone door, in front of which there were two Qi Practicing Perfection Cultivators guarding the side, wearing smiles and warmly welcoming the cultivators who participated in the treasure exchange.
Lu Xuan secretly observed for a moment and came in front of the two men, who confirmed the authenticity of the invitation and Lu Xuan’s cultivation before respectfully introducing him into the stone door.
A moment later, he arrived at the bottom of the stone mountain.
Inside, there was a spacious hall, which was hidden deep within the mountain’s belly and was decorated with powerful formations.
At this moment, there were already more than a hundred cultivators inside, and Lu Xuan roughly swept a glance.
Among the many cultivators, most of them were at the high level of Qi cultivation or Qi cultivation consummation realm, there were more than thirty people with pre-Base Establishment cultivation, and there were about ten people at the mid-Base Establishment stage, and among these ten people, there were two people with unfathomable spiritual power, who might have a late-Base Establishment cultivation.
Of course, it could not be ruled out that there were also cultivators who purposely hid their cultivation, such as Lu Xuan, who had a third-grade Hidden Spirit Cloak in his hand that was capable of concealing his body and spiritual power.
However, since he had plans to exchange for a fifth-grade Holy Infant Fruit Spirit Seed, he did not conceal his cultivation.
After all, if a cultivator who was explicitly at the Qi Practicing Realm exchanged for a Fifth Grade Spirit Seed, it would likely attract trouble and add to the mischief.
Lu Xuan found a stone chair and made his way down, closing his eyes and resting his mind as he waited for the conference to open.
On the way, he also used the updated inner disciple identity plate to sense his surroundings, and probably sensed that among the cultivators present, there were five others with a familiar aura, which made Lu Xuan, who still had a trace of vigilance, dissipate in time.
“The updated identity nameplate is really extraordinary, able to detect the traces of fellow disciples in the vicinity, although it can’t determine the exact location, however, having so many fellow disciples accompanying us is already very good.”
“If there’s really an accident, when the time comes, we’ll raise our arms and team up with five fellow disciples, and then we’ll see who else will have unfavorable thoughts about us.”
Lu Xuan once again experienced the power of the sect and secretly sighed in his heart.
After another small half hour or so, all the cultivators had all arrived.
A fat cultivator walked onto the hall stage.
He coughed lightly, and the crowd under the field quickly quieted down.
“I welcome all of you Daoists who have traveled thousands of miles to come over and participate in this Treasure Exchange Conference that I am organizing.”
“I’ll briefly introduce the rules to all of you fellow Daoists, so as to avoid unnecessary conflicts.”
“Each cultivator can go up on stage by themselves, display the treasures in your hands, explain the grade and type of treasures you need, and exchange them with the many Dao friends below the stage.”
“After displaying a round, then enter the free exchange stage, can communicate privately, can also pull a third party cultivator in, exchange each other to get the desired treasures.”
“Of course, the main point is, shall not be forced to buy and sell, both sides must be willing.”
“If you forcefully force others to exchange treasures, then you are disregarding the face of our Ten Thousand Treasures Building, so don’t blame us for being impolite.”
“There is a powerful formation in the hall, and there is also my Foundation Establishment buddy assisting me, so please weigh your own abilities before messing around.”
After the fat cultivator introduced the rules, he flew down the stone platform and handed it over to the cultivators under the field.
Soon someone rushed to the stone platform, opening the prelude to the Treasure Exchange Conference.
Lu Xuan sat in the corner and silently watched the stage.
As the number of cultivators on the stage increased, all sorts of treasures were presented, with many third and fourth grades existing, making Lu Xuan salivate.
The treasures were mainly magic weapons, pills, talismans, and the largest number of related, in addition to the spiritual plants and demonic beasts materials were also not a few, in addition to many rare and strange things. As for Lu Xuan’s most concerned spiritual seeds, spiritual plant seedlings, as well as demonic beast fetus eggs, young beasts, although occasionally appear, but can not make him satisfied.
The third-grade spirit seeds appeared twice, but they were just ordinary seeds, which were relatively common in the cultivation world. Lu Xuan remembered that there were records in the jade book in the Si Nong Hall, and that they could be exchanged for a few spirit stones.
Demon Beast Fetal Eggs, Young Beasts were even more difficult to obtain, only one Qi Practicing Perfection Cultivator displayed a Second Grade Demon Beast Young Beast, instead, a few Third Grade Complete Demon Beast Bodies appeared, giving him some interest.
As the number of people on the stage increased, soon, only some of the Foundation Establishment cultivators were left who had not yet taken the stage to display.
A dry and thin cultivator flew onto the stage and took out a strange spirit seed from his storage bag.
The shape of the spirit seed was like an embryo, and there seemed to be a baby curled up inside, the baby was gray and black, dry and thin, and stayed motionless in the spirit seed.
When I wanted to take a look at it, the baby inside the spirit seed changed again, its body gradually blurred, as if the scene that I had just seen was illusory.
“Sacred Infant Fruit Spirit Seed, fifth grade spirit plant, rumor has it that the spirit fruit it bears is shaped like an infant, and can be used as a superb material for refining out-of-body avatars.”
“Since the Spirit Seed has the lowest value amongst treasures of the same grade, it can be exchanged for a fourth-grade treasure, and third-grade rare treasures can also be considered for consideration.”
As soon as the dry and thin cultivator’s words fell, most of the unidentified qi cultivators present clamored, for them who were still in the qi cultivation realm, the fifth grade corresponded to the unattainable conjugation realm, and the value of this Sacred Infant Fruit rose sharply in their hearts.
Unfortunately, in the most incompetent age, encountered the most wanted treasures, have the heart, can only gently sigh.
“Fellow Daoist, you’re being a bit unkind.”
“It’s not true that the Holy Infant Fruit is a fifth-grade spiritual species, but you are hiding the evil nature of this spiritual plant, if it is exchanged by a cultivator who doesn’t understand the inner workings, I’m afraid that you will have to suffer a great loss.”
A light voice sounded under the field.
“Who?!”
The dry and thin cultivator’s face changed drastically as his spiritual sense frantically swept across the stage.
However, the cultivation of the person who made the sound was not weaker than him, so naturally, he would not be able to find it so easily and had to give up.
“It’s true that I didn’t introduce it clearly, according to the rumors, this Holy Infant Fruit is somewhat evil, and many cultivators who planted it ended up disappearing or dying tragically, of course, this is just a rumor, and it’s not very credible.”
The dry and thin cultivator who was exposed was a bit unable to get off the ground, took a deep breath and tried to defend himself.
He waited quietly on the stage, among the many cultivators under the stage, there weren’t many cultivators who had the habit of cultivating spiritual plants, most of them mainly focused on refining pills and weapons.
The few interested Foundation Establishment cultivators didn’t have the confidence to cultivate it, coupled with the evil rumors of the Holy Infant Fruit, so even though there was a fifth-grade Spirit Seed in front of them, there weren’t a lot of cultivators who bid on it.
Only a few three or five people bid, the highest being a mid Foundation Establishment cultivator who tried to exchange it for a complete fourth-grade demonic beast skeleton.
The dry and thin cultivator looked hesitant, and just then, a voice entered his ears.
“Fellow Daoist, in my hand, I have a long cut-off of a third-grade Jiao Vine of good quality, as well as a third-grade Spirit Purification Talisman, which can purify evil spirits of a rare type, how about exchanging it for this Sacred Infant Fruit Spirit Seed of yours?”
“A fifth-grade spirit seed, in exchange for two third-grade treasures, I’m losing out.”
The dry and thin old man compared the two and directly refused.
“The value of the Holy Infant Fruit Spirit Seed is clear to you as well, it’s already not bad to be able to exchange these.”
“Let’s do it this way, I’ll add another third grade Spirit Purification Talisman, if you still don’t agree, then we’ll have to forget about it.”
Lu Xuan smiled and transmitted his voice under the field.
“Alright, deal.”
After hearing the dry and thin cultivator’s reply, he revealed a satisfied expression.
(End of chapter)