Chapter 399 The Dust Settles
Seeing that the final spiritual object, the Foundation Building Pill, finally appeared, all the cultivators who came to the fair began to get excited. Whether it was a cultivator like Song Qingming who came for the Foundation Building Pill with a lot of spiritual stones, or those poor casual cultivators, they all quickly focused their attention on the third-floor platform.
The rules of the Tuoyun Mountain Fair are somewhat similar to those when Song Qingming participated in the Tiandan League auction and got the Foundation Building Pill. The cultivators also had to take out the treasures they wanted to exchange and write them on a note and hand them over to Patriarch Chen. Only after the Patriarch nodded in agreement could they continue the subsequent transactions.
The reason for this barter is precisely because high-level spiritual objects in the Weiguo cultivation world are relatively rare. The spiritual objects on the third-floor platform in front of you are almost all things that you can't buy in the market. The rarer the spiritual object, the more difficult it is to exchange it directly with spiritual stones.
The best spiritual item Song Qingming can show off now is the longevity fruit he got from the magic storage device. This item can increase the life span of cultivators above the foundation-building stage by ten years. It is also a very rare spiritual item. Although its value is far less than that of the foundation-building pill, Song Qingming still has more than 10,000 spiritual stones on him. As long as he can be selected to make up the difference, it will be no problem.
After looking at the note he handed in, Song Qingming returned to his seat with a calm face, still a little nervous. Huang Shengxin, who was sitting next to him, had also handed in a note.
Seeing this, Song Qingming was not surprised. The Huang family was originally a strong and old foundation-building family. It was not uncommon to get one or two rare spiritual items of high value. However, no matter what was written on the note Huang Shengxin handed in, whether he could successfully exchange for what he wanted in the end was uncertain at present.
Huang Shengxin and Song Qingming both handed in their own notes. Both sides also understood each other very well and did not ask about each other's secrets. They sat down together with some nervousness waiting for the results.
After an incense stick of time, some people were invited to the third-level stone platform. Soon Huang Shengxin was invited by the monks of Tuoyun Mountain to go to a small house with forbidden protection next to the third-level stone platform. After a while, he returned to his seat with a calm face.
Looking at Huang Shengxin's appearance, Song Qingming could guess that he should have successfully exchanged for some spiritual objects. As for whether it was the foundation-building pill, it was hard to say. After all, this thing could not be exchanged for ordinary spiritual objects.
Seeing that 20 to 30 monks had been invited to the third floor, but no one had come to his seat, Song Qingming gradually realized that his request to exchange the longevity fruit for the foundation-building pill should still be rejected by the other party.
In the eyes of ordinary foundation-building cultivators, the longevity fruit must be a very precious spiritual object. After all, as long as a cultivator directly takes this thing, he can increase his lifespan by ten years, which may give a foundation-building cultivator an extra chance to form a pill.
But the longevity fruit cannot be taken casually. A cultivator can only take one at most in his lifetime. If he takes the second one, it will only increase his mana like other second-level spiritual fruits, and it will not have the effect of prolonging life.
After all, Patriarch Chen is a Jindan cultivator who has been practicing for hundreds of years. Although this longevity fruit is a rare spiritual object for foundation-building cultivators, it may not be the case in the eyes of Jindan cultivators. When Song Qingming took out the longevity fruit, he also knew that this Jindan ancestor who has lived for hundreds of years may have taken a spiritual object like the longevity fruit before.
Regardless of the result, for the opportunity to exchange for the foundation-building pill, Song Qingming still gambled today to see if this thing has a chance to impress Patriarch Chen. Maybe some of his disciples need this thing.
When Song Qingming wrote the note about the longevity fruit and put it in front of Chen Jinliang, the Jindan ancestor just glanced at it lightly, shook his head and put it aside, showing no interest in this spiritual object.
Not only did Chen Jinliang himself take the longevity fruit, as an alchemist, he also used it as the main medicine to refine some second-level top-grade longevity pills. Although the effect of the longevity fruit refined into pills is not as good as taking it directly, it can only increase the life span by half, about five years, but almost all the disciples under the ancestor Chen have received this blessing. After taking the longevity pill, it is useless to take the longevity fruit again.
Seeing that his plan to exchange for the foundation-building pill this time failed, Song Qingming could only shake his head helplessly. This time, he went to Tuoyun Mountain to participate in the trade fair. Song Qingming got the news in advance and prepared a little hastily. This result was not particularly surprising to him.
There were more than a hundred foundation-building cultivators who came to Tuoyun Mountain to participate in the trade fair this time. Almost all the powerful immortal cultivation families in the north of Weiguo sent people here, plus there were countless Qi-refining cultivators. Song Qingming wanted to snatch a foundation-building pill from these people with a longevity fruit, but the hope of success was not very great.
Soon, as the last spiritual object on the third-level platform disappeared in front of everyone, all the high-level spiritual objects brought out at this Tuoyun Mountain trade fair were settled and had owners.
Although the entire trade fair will not officially end until tomorrow, the cultivators who have obtained the spiritual objects they want have begun to walk down the mountaintop trade fair site and prepare to leave Tuoyun Mountain. Seeing that the two Huang family members 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 while.
"Fellow Daoist Song, we are in a hurry to return to Taiyuan Mountain, so we will not stay with you. It is a rare opportunity for Daoist friends to have the opportunity to listen to the lectures of Patriarch Chen. After I return, I will immediately send someone to send a letter to Funiushan. Daoist Song, you can rest assured to stay in Tuoyun Mountain first!"
Song Qingming smiled and arched his hands and said, "In this case, I will trouble Daoist Huang. If I can really gain something this time, I will definitely take the time to go to Taiyuan Mountain after I return and have a good exchange with several Daoists. If it weren't for the two Daoists who brought me to Tuoyun Mountain, I would have been very happy. Yunshan, I have no chance to hear a Jindan ancestor preach. "
"Our two families have supported each other for so many years. Why do you care so much about such a small favor? Fellow Daoist Song, you don't need to be so polite. You have fought hard for this opportunity in the past few days. How can you attribute the credit to us?
Besides, after returning this time, I plan to go into seclusion immediately. I don't think I will have the opportunity to come out to receive you. If you really care, you can take care of my Huang family in the future. "