The world of the jungle

After wandering around the Sect Market, Lin Feng realized that this market was just a place for various sects to dispose of miscellaneous items.

And they were disposing of them at high prices, yet wealthy mortals still loved to buy these things.

Whether it was spirit stones or silver, there were many people willing to buy.

Lin Feng wandered around for a long time and only bought two bottles of Spirit Replenishing Pills, used for quickly restoring spiritual energy, at ten low-grade spirit stones per bottle, with only five pills in each bottle.

He didn't pay much attention to other items like treasured swords or pill recipes; after comparing them, he found that the Cloud Mountain Sect's items were quite good, at least much better than what was sold here.

So, Lin Feng only bought some materials for alchemy and artifact refining.

These materials weren't particularly valuable; with a bit of time, they could be found in the mountains.

"Squeak, squeak, Big Brother, good stuff!"

At this moment, Huang Dou, who was perched in Lin Feng's pocket, suddenly poked his head out and sniffed the air repeatedly.

"Where?"

"Go straight, to the stone-gambling stall you just passed. They just brought out something good."

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng immediately turned back. As for stone gambling, it naturally wasn't about jade, but spirit stones. The items on the stall were raw spirit stone ores directly mined from spirit stone veins, and the spiritual energy they emitted was almost identical, making it difficult for cultivators below the Nascent Soul Stage to distinguish them.

Cultivators above the Nascent Soul Stage disdained coming to such places, so it naturally became a lucrative business.

Those who bought these raw spirit stone ores were mostly dignitaries, as the prices were not cheap.

"Huang Dou, which good item are you talking about?"

Lin Feng stroked Huang Dou's head and asked in a low voice.

"The black stone in the first column, third row."

After Huang Dou squeaked a few times, Lin Feng immediately walked towards the black stone and picked it up directly.

"This one, how many spirit stones?"

"Senior, this stone, are you sure you want to buy it?"

"Confirmed."

"One mid-grade spirit stone."

The cultivator selling the raw spirit stones spoke directly.

After Lin Feng tossed over the spirit stone, he took the raw ore to a large furnace.

The special flame in the furnace could remove impurities from the raw spirit stone ore, leaving only pure spirit stones.

As for how many impurities there were, and what kind of spirit stone would ultimately be obtained, that was entirely up to luck.

After more than ten minutes, the flame in the furnace weakened, and the nearby craftsman quickly used iron tongs to retrieve the spirit stone.

A fist-sized spirit stone glowing with a faint green light appeared before Lin Feng's eyes.

"Top-grade, is it a Top-Grade Spirit Stone?"

The cultivator who had just sold the spirit stone to Lin Feng was filled with disbelief.

He knew that his stone-gambling stall could produce Top-Grade Spirit Stones, and he had always used it as a gimmick to attract more buyers, but no one had ever opened one. He hadn't expected this gimmick to actually be true.

The cultivator's mind raced, then he spoke, "Everyone has seen it, our Tianmen Sect's stone gambling can indeed produce Top-Grade Spirit Stones. Congratulations, Senior, on acquiring a Top-Grade Spirit Stone!"

Since this Top-Grade Spirit Stone wasn't his own, the cultivator felt no heartache at all. Instead, this incident made his stone-gambling stall much livelier.

Lin Feng also left with this Top-Grade Spirit Stone. At this moment, he still didn't know how valuable this Top-Grade Spirit Stone was.

"This is considered good stuff? At most, it's just a thousand low-grade spirit stones."

After shrugging helplessly, Lin Feng casually tossed the spirit stone into his System Space and then left this rubbish market.

The news quickly reached the ears of the Tianmen Sect elders.

"Did someone really take away the Top-Grade Spirit Stone that was used as a gimmick?"

Several Tianmen Sect elders gathered, feeling very surprised by the news of the Top-Grade Spirit Stone being taken.

A Top-Grade Spirit Stone was something priceless in the market; besides its use like other spirit stones, it had other functions, such as maintaining the sect's mountain-protecting array, refining top-grade magical artifacts, and so on.

Therefore, they absolutely had to reclaim this Top-Grade Spirit Stone. As for whether to forcefully seize it or exchange it for something else, that would depend on the other party's strength.

The cultivation world was like this: the strong preyed on the weak. On the surface, cultivators were very amicable, but in reality, once a weak cultivator obtained something good, it would invite disaster.

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At this moment, Lin Feng had only three hours left before he could return to the Elevator, but he probably wouldn't have imagined that several Golden Core Stage cultivators were currently pursuing him.

Soon, several cultivators from the Tianmen Sect followed the direction Lin Feng had left in and discovered Lin Feng lying on the grass.

"Fellow Daoist, I heard you opened a Top-Grade Spirit Stone in Zhou City's Sect Market?"

The Tianmen Sect's Grand Elder asked directly.

Lin Feng had initially thought that the cultivators flying on swords in the air were just passing by, but he hadn't expected them to be coming for him?

Could it be that this Top-Grade Spirit Stone was quite valuable?

At that time, everyone around knew about him opening a Top-Grade Spirit Stone, so Lin Feng wasn't surprised that the news had spread.

"That's right, I did open a Top-Grade Spirit Stone."

Lin Feng summoned his flying sword and flew into the air, confronting the elders of the Tianmen Sect.

As soon as the Grand Elder saw that Lin Feng could also fly on a sword, he knew that Lin Feng's cultivation realm was comparable to theirs, and his tone became much more amicable.

"May I exchange this Top-Grade Spirit Stone with Fellow Daoist for a few items?"

Exchange?

Lin Feng looked at the five Golden Core Stage cultivators surrounding him.

You call this an exchange?

I bet if I don't exchange, you'll just outright steal it.

However, Lin Feng didn't immediately make a move; he at least wanted to see what these people would offer in exchange. What if it really was something good? Wouldn't he have misunderstood them?

Soon, the Grand Elder took out all the prepared items: one thousand low-grade spirit stones, a jade fan, and that was it.

Lin Feng had also checked the attributes of the jade fan; it was similar to a spirit sword, and its grade wasn't good, only a low-grade magical artifact.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak, Big Brother, even another pile of these junk items wouldn't be as good as the stone in your hand. Don't exchange it."

At this moment, Huang Dou, who had been perched in Lin Feng's pocket, quickly spoke up to warn him.

The mouse's squeak immediately attracted the attention of the other elders.

"Oh, this is my pet. Also, if you don't have sincerity, then take your things back."

Lin Feng waved his hand, making to leave.

Unexpectedly, the other five elders immediately surrounded him.

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