【Black Market Spirit Stones (Lower Grade): 100,000】
【Black Market Points: 318,785】
【Remaining Spirit Stones (Medium Grade): 86,027】
“A full one hundred thousand Black Market spirit stones!”
“Nearly three hundred and twenty thousand Black Market points!”
“And over eighty-six thousand medium-grade spirit stones left!”
This was the wealth Qi Ping now possessed in spirit stones!
The Black Market spirit stones were from Qi Ping’s last top-up, bringing that balance to a clean one hundred thousand.
Then his remaining spirit stones reached a staggering eighty-six thousand plus medium-grade stones! Converted to lower-grade spirit stones, that was over eight million six hundred thousand! And this was after Qi Ping had set aside all the metal-forged spirit artifacts and ores for the little stone spirit, and kept most of the spiritual herbs for himself. Otherwise, he could have easily added another one to two million spirit stones to that total.
His Black Market points had also reached an astonishing three hundred and twenty thousand!
With that many points, Qi Ping could purchase over three million lower-grade spirit stones’ worth of goods! But compared to his total of over eight million spirit stones, the Black Market points seemed somewhat less impressive.
“Sigh… Black Market points are way harder to come by than spirit stones!”
Qi Ping felt a bit helpless about this. Spirit stones were precious, but relatively speaking, Black Market points were even rarer and more difficult to obtain.
“I’ll have to focus only on the most urgently needed and irreplaceable items!”
“As for the rest, it looks like I’ll need to find new trading channels and spend my spirit stones elsewhere…”
For now, in the Qingtian Domain, the only places that might have goods of significant value to Qi Ping were the Qingyuan Sect and the Immortal Alliance.
And Qi Ping happened to have that token from the Silver-Masked Golden Core cultivator—the one that could grant him direct entry as an inner disciple. It was finally time to put it to use.
“I’ll digest this batch of resources first. Once my strength has improved enough, I can head to the Qingyuan Sect.”
The reason he wanted to fully absorb these resources first was that Qi Ping believed in steady, grounded cultivation—following his own carefully laid-out training plan step by step. The resources and knowledge he currently had in hand were more than enough to carry him a good stretch along his cultivation path.
Secondly, he remained highly wary of the Qingyuan Sect. That Silver-Masked Golden Core cultivator he’d encountered last time was absurdly powerful.
After Qi Ping had fully digested this batch of resources—especially all the knowledge and hidden secrets—he’d be in a much better position to send his Treant Avatar to the Qingyuan Sect with confidence.
And with greater strength and insight, the Treant Avatar would be able to adapt to whatever came its way. Full steam ahead!
“But no matter what, I still need to find a way to get my hands on their cultivation knowledge and array master techniques. At worst, I’ll just lose one Treant Avatar!”
“Besides, even after I spend all my Black Market points, I’ll still have over five million spirit stones left. If I don’t go through the Qingyuan Sect, it’ll be hard to find anything of comparable value…”
“But first things first—let’s put this wealth to good use!”
Looking at his fortunes displayed on the Black Market token, a beaming smile spread across Qi Ping’s face.
He could buy over three million spirit stones’ worth of stuff!
Back when he first started raising his little black bees, he’d had to stretch even a single spirit stone as far as it could go.
But now, he had wealth that would make even ordinary Golden Core cultivators green with envy!
“With this many spirit stones in hand, I can make a big move!”
“I’ve already gathered all the spiritual herbs needed to evolve the bees to the late second rank, so I won’t need to buy those from the Black Market this time.”
“The little stone spirit can make do with the ores and spirit artifact weapons from the spoils!”
“As for spirit trees, I can purchase a water-attributed one—it must be able to produce water-type resources to speed up the Cloud Dream Immortal Tiger’s growth!”
“Then I’ll buy a soul-type spirit tree as well, one that produces soul-related resources. That way, all my animal companions can benefit, especially the little spirit fox and the little flower spirit…”
Contracting two more third-rank spirit trees and nurturing them was about the limit of what Qi Ping’s soul could currently handle. Contracting any more powerful spirit trees would put considerable strain on his spiritual soul.
Fourth-rank spirit trees were out of the question—his territory couldn’t support them yet.
The reason he chose productive spirit trees was simply that raising animal companions devoured resources at an alarming rate.
Sure, Qi Ping’s few million spirit stones seemed like a lot, but if you converted all the resources he spent on nurturing his animal companions into spirit stones, the total would be absolutely terrifying.
So producing resources suited to his animal companions remained a top priority. Trees like the Blazing Sunwood, which produced solar essence, were fantastic—not only could Qi Ping use them himself, but they also saved him a ton of resources that would otherwise go into nurturing Caw-Caw.
Moreover, these productive spirit trees were high-end resources that required significant effort to cultivate. They were also excellent for raising the ceiling and increasing the potential of his animal companions.
“Let me lock in these two spirit tree seeds first!”
With ample funds at his disposal, Qi Ping didn’t waste any time and started searching right away.
His goals were crystal clear: go straight for the most precious third-rank water-attributed and soul-type spirit trees!
[Searching for third-rank water-attributed spirit tree… Spirit Stones -2,000]
[Searching for third-rank soul-type spirit tree… Spirit Stones -2,000]
Soon, piece after piece of information appeared before Qi Ping’s eyes.
He carefully compared the attributes and characteristics of each spirit tree, including the environments they required to thrive.
Some spirit trees had excellent attributes but could only grow in ancient battlefields—otherwise, no amount of spiritual energy would help. Those had to be ruled out.
After a period of selection, Qi Ping quickly settled on the ones he wanted to contract.
【Rippling Wonderwood Seed, Third-Rank Upper Tier – Price: 110,000 Spirit Stones + 11,000 Black Market Points】
【Nethermoon Soulwood Seed, Third-Rank Upper Tier – Price: 170,000 Spirit Stones + 17,000 Black Market Points】
The prices for these two spirit tree seeds were 110,000 and 170,000 spirit stones respectively!
That was already more expensive than a third-rank lower-tier tricolor deer!
And keep in mind—these were just seeds! For third-rank spirit tree seeds, that was outrageously expensive!
But Qi Ping didn’t find it ridiculous at all. On the contrary, he was extremely tempted—because they were worth every stone!
These two spirit trees weren’t just pushing the limits of the third rank—they were also incredibly rare and precious in their own right!
The Rippling Wonderwood, also known as a water-attributed wonderwood, could absorb water-attributed spiritual energy and the laws of water from the heavens and earth to condense Rippling Spirit Dew.
After consuming this dew, not only would a water-attributed cultivator’s cultivation advance rapidly, but their water-attributed aptitude would also improve.
With enough consumption over time, there was even a chance of evolving a Rippling Spirit Body!
This constitution might be somewhat inferior to the Cloud Dream Spirit Body of the Cloud Dream Immortal Tiger’s [Water Marsh True Lord], but it would still greatly increase the probability of the Cloud Dream Immortal Tiger’s bloodline evolving and strengthening!
And the Nethermoon Soulwood was even more extraordinary. It could directly absorb lunar essence and the yin-attributed mystical forces of the world to grow. Once mature, it could condense Nethermoon Hearts—items that could greatly enhance one’s spiritual soul.
There was even a chance it could improve the consumer’s comprehension ability!
