Chapter 1297: Becoming the Focus Again (First update, requesting everything)

"... I hereby announce the official start of the exchange meeting. Next, the Bodhi King will preside over the first segment for everyone."

Soon, the Human Emperor finished speaking and immediately sat back on his Throne.

At this moment, a middle-aged man with an unremarkable appearance yet a dignified bearing arrived on the high platform; he was the Bodhi King.

Li Zhangsheng also had some understanding of this Bodhi King.

The Bodhi King is one of the three Top-tier Double-Character Kings under the Human Emperor. It is rumored that he possesses six Demon Emperor Level demon pets. As long as he obtains an Emperor position, he can be promoted to a Ninth-Rank Demon Tamer, and he is also the most powerful contender for the next Emperor position.

Most importantly, this Bodhi King was actually poached by the Human Emperor from Wendi. It is unknown what benefits were promised to make the Bodhi King disregard Wendi's pleas and resolutely switch camps.

"I will spare you the superfluous chatter. We shall now enter the friendly exchange segment. Any His Majesty who is interested may come up to the stage to explain their own insights and experiences. You may speak freely, including but not limited to cultivation insights, the hundred arts of the Monster Tamer, and even miscellaneous studies."

After the Bodhi King finished speaking, a King immediately went up to the stage. The Bodhi King voluntarily stepped aside, yielding the center to this King.

This King was explaining the Puppetry among the hundred arts of the Monster Tamer. He explained it in simple terms, and crucially, he seemed to hold nothing back, pouring out his insights and experiences regarding Puppetry, which gave some Stronger a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

The reason he did not hold back, besides wanting to show off at the exchange meeting, was also the hope that the Human Emperor and the Three Emperors would hold him in higher regard and form a deep impression of him.

Many Kings and Double-Character Kings had the same idea, so in the subsequent process, they scrambled to get on stage to explain their own areas of expertise.

Li Zhangsheng had no intention of going on stage. He stood with Ning Bizhen, listening silently, quietly acting as a listener to enrich his own knowledge.

Among them, the one who left the deepest impression on Li Zhangsheng was the Double-Character King known as the Creation King.

This Double-Character King spoke of the Creation Dao. Some of his theories and insights gave Li Zhangsheng some improved ideas for creating new species, and he could not help but feel a sense of wanting more.

Unfortunately, the Creation King did not delve too deeply into the Creation Dao.

"If there is an opportunity, I could discuss it with this Creation King."

Li Zhangsheng thought to himself and continued to listen to the others' explanations.

From beginning to end, Li Zhangsheng never went on stage. It was not that no one urged him to, but he rejected them all.

Besides not wanting to go on stage, he also did not want to be focused on by the Human Emperor and the Three Emperors. After all, although the Heavenly Dao Breath Concealment Technique is strong, if the Human Emperor and the Three Emperors observed carefully, they might be able to see through Li Zhangsheng's Camouflage, which would not be worth the loss.

The exchange meeting would last for three days. For Kings and Double-Character Kings, let alone three days, even going without sleep for a month would be fine.

There was no help for it; the main reason was that there were quite a lot of people. Whenever someone went on stage to explain their insights, it would take anywhere from ten minutes to one or two hours. The key was that there were really many people willing to go on stage—one has to ask, who wouldn't want to build a presence in front of the Human Emperor and the Three Emperors?

In this process, two days passed unknowingly.

Seeing that no one continued to go on stage, the Bodhi King, who was temporarily presiding over the exchange meeting, announced the end of the first stage and the beginning of the second stage.

"Everyone may use a method similar to setting up a stall to place the treasures you do not need on this platform, and write down the corresponding price."

The Bodhi King pointed to a platform not far away. It was a jade platform built from a single piece of Spirit Sea Clear Jade, covering over a hundred square meters.

Spirit Sea Clear Jade belongs to the Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure grade of Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure. It possesses the ability to retain aura for a long time and is usually crafted into a Treasure Box to preserve things such as hair, flesh, or bones.

It was not that Li Zhangsheng had never seen Spirit Sea Clear Jade, but this was his first time seeing one so large. With such an exaggerated area, its value was absolutely no less than a Purple Mansion Rare Treasure, so one could imagine the foundation of the Human Emperor.

The Bodhi King's meaning was very clear: place the items to be traded on the Spirit Sea Clear Jade. With the ability of the Spirit Sea Clear Jade, the personal aura attached to these items would not dissipate, avoiding the possibility of them getting mixed up.

As soon as the Bodhi King finished speaking, several Kings immediately arrived at the jade platform built from Spirit Sea Clear Jade from various directions, placing some treasures, Inheritance Jade Slips, and spiritual plants on the jade platform.

At the same time, using the ability to crystallize Mental Power, illusory text appeared above these items, which was the so-called exchange requirement.

These Kings did not stay on the jade platform, nor were they afraid that their items would be taken away; they began to check other people's items, hoping to find the things they needed.

Although there were no restrictions, these Stronger would not place low-rank items or Inheritance Jade Slips on it. Among them, Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure grade treasures were the most numerous, and occasionally one could see World Wonder grade treasures.

Among these treasures, it was very rare to see treasures for assisting breakthroughs or Bloodline Metamorphosis, and the prices required were all high, making matching very difficult.

Soon, Li Zhangsheng arrived at the jade platform and placed a pile of treasures he did not need in a corner of the jade platform.

There were more than a dozen treasures in total, many of which reached the World Wonder grade, such as two pieces of Ancestral Dragon Scale Armor, etc., which basically belonged to the category of artifact refining products.

As for the Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure grade treasures, they were basically all items for assisting breakthroughs, such as Profound Meaning Crystals, Snow Soul Ice Crystal Fruits, and Ten Directions Nether Pills.

In addition, there were top-tier Alchemical Pills such as the Haotian Longevity Pill, Pulse-Severing Seal Essence Pill, Future Sumeru Pill, and Universe Creation Pill. Li Zhangsheng even placed the Golden Turtle Jade Dew Pill, which could extend life by thirty years, on it.

Besides these, there were three top-tier Demon Taming Arts, two of which were complete: "Five Qi Facing Origin" and "Styx". The last one was "Zunti Jin Shen", which could be cultivated to the Double-Character King stage.

Of course, Li Zhangsheng also placed a few jars of Divine Beast Essence Blood. If he weren't afraid of being too eye-catching, he would have even wanted to place dozens of jars.

Even so, Li Zhangsheng was still highly noticed, as the treasures he placed were too attractive.

For a time, many people cast their gaze toward Li Zhangsheng.

Li Zhangsheng had no choice; in order to exchange for the items he desired, he had to be a bit high-profile. This was still him restraining himself; otherwise, there would only be more.

Of course, this was also under the condition of having the strength to back it up. He was not afraid at all that someone would have designs on him after the exchange meeting ended. In this way, he might even have some gains.

There was no help for it; although these items were good, the Human Emperor and the Three Emperors would certainly not look down on them, and as for the Kings and Double-Character Kings wanting to have designs on him, I fear it would be no different from a meat bun hitting a dog.

Just as Li Zhangsheng was preparing to go look at other people's items, he received several voice transmissions in succession, all of which were from people wanting to discuss trade matters with him.

(End of this chapter)