Chapter 375: Greed-Anger Fruit

"Hehehe…" Bei Yezi quickly spoke up to ease the awkwardness: "Young friend, you may not realize how precious this celestial treasure is for breaking through the Golden Core bottleneck!"

"Those who know not, are not to blame!"

"Just learn about it later!"

"By the way… young friend, why don't you pick another item you need? We don't have this Greed-Anger Fruit!"

He Pingsheng felt slightly embarrassed, but he didn't care.

As Bei Yezi had said, those who know not are not to blame.

He took a deep breath: "Elders, I apologize—just now, I was truly ignorant. Please forgive me!"

"If the value of my Ice Plain Divine Dew truly doesn't match that celestial treasure for breaking the Golden Core bottleneck, then please make your offers. If I see one I'm willing to accept, I'll agree to the trade!"

In truth, so far, He Pingsheng had no particular needs beyond that celestial treasure for breaking the Golden Core bottleneck and the metallic principle essence.

As for asking others to trade the metallic principle essence, He Pingsheng couldn't bring himself to say it.

Because it was impossible.

The value of the Ice Plain Divine Dew paled in comparison to that of a principle essence—utterly incomparable.

"Old man here has a top-grade magic treasure!"

"I have two batches of Zhiyuan Pills, though all are mid-grade quality!"

"Old man here possesses a high-grade cultivation technique!"

"I have…"

These ancient devils each made offers.

But He Pingsheng shook his head at each one.

He already had all these things—and his versions were of higher quality. No need to trade.

"Young friend, this Daoist has a fourth-grade talisman: 【Golden Light Talisman】. Though it's low-grade, when activated, it delivers a strike equal to that of an early Nascent Soul cultivator!"

"I wonder if you'd find it worthwhile?"

A fourth-grade talisman?

Though this talisman was fourth-grade and He Pingsheng's spiritual fluid was only third-grade, it didn't matter—their values were roughly equal.

Keep in mind that although this Golden Light Talisman is an attack talisman, it only possesses the power of a single strike from a mid-stage Cultivation Base cultivator, making it quite useless for those at the Cultivation Base stage.

This item is essentially meant only for Golden Core disciples and juniors.

Lucky for us, this Ice Plain Divine Dew is also intended for Golden Core disciples.

Their values are roughly equivalent.

Let's exchange!

"Alright..." He Pingsheng said: "I agree to the exchange!"

A fourth-rank talisman, especially an attack one—that's fantastic.

With this, I can instantly obliterate a mid-stage Cultivation Base cultivator.

He Pingsheng readily swapped for this talisman, then passed the trading right to the next person.

He became an observer.

Meanwhile, He Pingsheng leaned closer to Mi Cangyuan and whispered: "Master Mi, is there anything special about this treasure that helps break through the Golden Core bottleneck?"

The Daoist classics record at least three kinds of immortal fruits capable of breaking through the bottleneck.

How valuable could it possibly be?

Mi Cangyuan said: "This item is quite precious. In today's Daoist world, the only treasure capable of breaking the Golden Core bottleneck is a fourth-rank fruit called the Greed-Anger Fruit."

Mi Cangyuan explained at length.

He Pingsheng finally understood.

The fruit that breaks the Golden Core bottleneck is ranked fourth-tier.

Similar to the Blood Jade Purple-Skinned Jujube, which breaks the Foundation Establishment bottleneck but is only third-rank.

The Water Spirit Apricot, which breaks the Qi Condensation bottleneck, is only second-rank.

Since the Greed-Anger Fruit is fourth-rank, its value is naturally very high.

More importantly, it's extremely rare—found only in one place: He Wen He Nian Mountain.

On the mountain grows a cultivated grove of Greed-Anger Fruit trees, yielding roughly 3, 00 fruits every hundred years.

These fruits are then distributed by He Wen He Nian Mountain to all nations under heaven.

Thus, the only way to obtain this fruit is through royal houses.

The number of Greed-Anger Fruits each nation receives is determined by the results of the once-in-a-century Nine Nations Competition.

So ultimately, everything points back to the Nine Nations Competition.

What troubled He Pingsheng was that in this Daoist world, there was only one single treasure capable of breaking the Golden Core bottleneck.

This is terrible!

I'm a man with two bottlenecks—if there's only one treasure in the entire world that can break through such barriers, what am I supposed to do?

"Master Mi..." He Pingsheng winced: "If there's only one treasure in the world capable of breaking the Golden Core bottleneck, what should someone with two bottlenecks do?"

Mi Cangyuan looked puzzled: "You don't have two bottlenecks, do you?"

He Pingsheng: …………

"Hehe..." Mi Cangyuan chuckled: "Don't worry—when the boat reaches the bridge, you'll find a way. Although there's only one treasure capable of breaking the bottleneck, breaking through doesn't necessarily require it!"

"Sometimes, sudden enlightenment alone can shatter a bottleneck!"

"Take me, for example!"

"Back when I was at the Golden Core stage, I once begged the royal house of Liang for that fruit, but I was lowly and ignored. Yet I still broke through the bottleneck through my own efforts!"

"And!"

Mi Cangyuan continued: "Take the Cultivation Base stage—there are no immortal fruits capable of breaking through it anymore, yet there are still countless Shen Transformation experts in this world!"

"All of them broke through the Cultivation Base bottleneck through sheer perseverance and extraordinary fortune!"

He Pingsheng nodded in astonishment.

Today, he had learned even more.

There are no treasures capable of breaking the Cultivation Base bottleneck?

Wow.

How many Cultivation Base experts are there in the entire Daoist world?

Unknown, but certainly many.

Just take Hongshi County—doesn't every major sect have at least one?

And the number of sects in Hongshi County alone can be counted in the hundreds.

Not even mentioning the entire world—just within Liang Country, there are likely thousands of Cultivation Base experts.

Yet so few ever reach Shen Transformation.

The previous Xianyao Immortal had said there were only about twenty or so Shen Transformation experts in all of Liang Country.

No wonder they're so rare—it all makes sense now.

Most likely, the reason most can't break through to Shen Transformation is precisely because they're stuck at this bottleneck.

"Alright, everyone!" Two hours later, Bei Yezi stood up and said: "Today's trading session is over!"

"We'll continue tomorrow!"

This one-by-one trading method is extremely slow.

Each transaction requires introductions, bidding, deliberation, and private negotiations.

So it's painfully slow.

But since we have three days, it's still sufficient.

After returning to his small pavilion, He Pingsheng quietly pulled out the fourth-rank Golden Light Talisman and placed it into the Treasure Basin.

Prioritizing by urgency, he would first enhance the Golden Light Talisman.

After all, this item could save his life in a critical moment.

The Vajra Pearl, however, wasn't urgent.

He Pingsheng bought the Vajra Pearl to provide a future dwelling for the Phoenix, but the Phoenix hasn't even hatched yet—no rush.

I'll enhance the Vajra Pearl later when I have time.