Chapter 399

Seeing that finale spiritual items like the Foundation Establishment Pill had finally appeared, all the cultivators who came to participate in the trade fair at the scene also began to boil over. Whether it was cultivators like Song Qingming who came for the Foundation Establishment Pill with many spirit stones on them, or those poor rogue cultivators, they all quickly focused their attention on the third-floor platform.

The rules of the Mount Tuoyun trade fair were somewhat similar to when Song Qingming participated in the Tian Dan Alliance auction and obtained the Foundation Establishment Pill. It also required the cultivators themselves to first take out the treasures they wanted to exchange, write them on a slip of paper, and hand them up to Old Ancestor Chen. Only after getting the Old Ancestor's nod of approval could they continue with the subsequent transactions.

The reason for this barter system was precisely because high-grade spiritual items in the Wei State cultivation world were relatively scarce. The spiritual items placed on the third-floor platform in front of them were almost all things that you could not buy in the market at all. The rarer the spiritual item, the harder it was to exchange for it directly with spirit stones.

The best spiritual item Song Qingming could take out now was the Longevity Fruit he obtained from the demonic cultivator's storage magic treasure. This item could increase the lifespan of cultivators above the Foundation Establishment stage by ten years, which could be considered a very rare spiritual item. Although its value was far from being comparable to the Foundation Establishment Pill, Song Qingming still had more than ten thousand spirit stones on him. As long as he could be selected, there would be no problem making up the difference.

Watching the slip of paper he handed up being passed up, Song Qingming returned to his seat with a calm expression, though he was still a bit nervous in his heart. Huang Shengxin, who was sitting next to him, had also gone up to hand in a slip of paper as expected.

Song Qingming was not surprised by this. The Huang family was originally an old-fashioned Foundation Establishment family with strong strength. It was indeed not strange for them to obtain one or two rare spiritual items of higher value. However, no matter what was written on the slip Huang Shengxin handed in, whether he could successfully exchange for the things he wanted in the end was something that could not be determined now.

Both Huang Shengxin and Song Qingming handed in the slips they had written, and both sides tacitly did not inquire about each other's secrets, sitting below with some nervousness in their hearts, waiting for the results to come out.

After the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, people began to be invited onto the third-floor stone platform. Soon, Huang Shengxin received an invitation from a Mount Tuoyun cultivator and went to a small room protected by restrictions next to the third-floor stone platform. Not long after, he returned to his seat with a calm expression.

Looking at Huang Shengxin's appearance, Song Qingming could also guess that he should have successfully exchanged for some spiritual item. As for whether it was a Foundation Establishment Pill, that was hard to say, because this thing was not something that could be exchanged for with ordinary spiritual items.

Seeing that twenty or thirty cultivators had been invited to the third floor, but he had never seen anyone take a step toward where he was sitting, Song Qingming gradually understood in his heart that his request to exchange the Longevity Fruit for a Foundation Establishment Pill should not have been agreed to by the other party.

A spiritual item like the Longevity Fruit would definitely be a very precious spiritual item in the eyes of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators. After all, as long as a cultivator takes this item directly, they can increase their lifespan by ten years, which might give a Foundation Establishment cultivator one more chance to form a core.

But the Longevity Fruit cannot be taken casually. A cultivator can only take one in their lifetime. Eating a second one would only increase some magic power like other second-grade spiritual fruits and would not have the effect of prolonging life.

Old Ancestor Chen is, after all, a Golden Core cultivator who has cultivated for hundreds of years. It is true that this Longevity Fruit can be considered a rare spiritual item for Foundation Establishment cultivators, but in the eyes of a Golden Core cultivator, that is not necessarily the case. When Song Qingming took out the Longevity Fruit, he also understood in his heart that this Golden Core Old Ancestor, who had lived for hundreds of years, might have taken spiritual items like the Longevity Fruit before.

No matter what the result was, for the sake of the opportunity to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill in front of him, Song Qingming still decided to take a gamble today to see if this item had a chance to move Old Ancestor Chen. Perhaps one of his disciples needed this item, who knows.

When Song Qingming put the slip of paper with the Longevity Fruit written on it in front of Chen Jinliang, this Golden Core Old Ancestor just took a light look at it and then shook his head and put it aside, not showing the slightest interest in this spiritual item.

Not only had Chen Jinliang himself taken the Longevity Fruit before, but as an alchemist, he had also used this item as a main ingredient to refine some second-grade high-tier Longevity-Extending Pills. Although the effect of refining the Longevity Fruit into an elixir is not as good as taking it directly, only increasing lifespan by half, about five years or so, almost all of Old Ancestor Chen's disciples had received this grace and had taken the Longevity-Extending Pill, so taking the Longevity Fruit again would be of no use.

Seeing that his plan to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill this time had failed, Song Qingming could only shake his head helplessly in his heart. This time, coming to Mount Tuoyun to participate in the trade fair, Song Qingming had received the news suddenly and was a bit rushed in his preparations. This result was actually not particularly surprising to him.

This time, coming to Mount Tuoyun to participate in the trade fair, there were as many as over a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators alone. Almost all the stronger cultivation families in the north of Wei State had sent people over. Added to that were countless Qi Refining stage cultivators. Song Qingming wanting to snatch a Foundation Establishment Pill from these people with a single Longevity Fruit, the hope of success for such a thing was indeed not very high.

Soon, as the last spiritual item on the third-floor platform disappeared from everyone's eyes, all the high-grade spiritual items brought out for this Mount Tuoyun trade fair had settled down and found their owners.

Although the entire trade fair would not officially end until tomorrow, the cultivators who had already obtained the spiritual items they wanted had already begun to walk down from the trade fair site on the mountaintop, preparing to leave Mount Tuoyun. Seeing that the two from the Huang family were also in a hurry to return to Qinghe County, Song Qingming, who wanted to stay for a few more days, could only send them off for a part of the journey first.

"Fellow Daoist Song, we are in a hurry to rush back to Mount Taiyuan, so we won't stay to accompany you. Being able to have the opportunity to listen to Old Ancestor Chen preach is a rare opportunity for you, fellow Daoist. After I return, I will immediately send someone to deliver a letter to Mount Funiu. Fellow Daoist Song, you can rest assured and stay on Mount Tuoyun first!"

Song Qingming smiled and bowed his hands, saying: "That would be troubling Fellow Daoist Huang. If I can really gain something this time, after I return, I will definitely find time to go to Mount Taiyuan to have a good exchange with several fellow Daoists. If it weren't for the two fellow Daoists bringing me to Mount Tuoyun together, I would not have had this opportunity to listen to a Golden Core Old Ancestor preach."

"Our two families have supported each other for so many years, why should a small favor be so much on your mind? Fellow Daoist Song, there is no need to be so polite. Being able to have this opportunity is all because of the fighting you relied on your strength to do these past few days. How can the credit be counted on us?

Moreover, after returning this time, I also plan to go into seclusion immediately. I guess there won't be any chance to come out to receive you, fellow Daoist. If Fellow Daoist Song really has the heart, just take care of my Huang family a little more in the future if there is an opportunity."