"Tell me, why did you come to Frost Island this time?"
Tian Xue Laozu quickly changed the topic and asked Lu Ping.
Lu Ping smiled embarrassedly and said, "Actually, I came to Frost Island for two things. The first is to exchange some top grade spirit stones from Senior Grand Uncle. The second is to ask for two restriction breaking talismans from Senior Grand Uncle!"
"Oh, are you preparing to advance to the Dharma Manifestation Realm? But what are you going to use the restriction breaking talismans for? Could it be that you've discovered some kind of relic or treasure? "
The expected rejection didn't happen. Instead, Lu Ping was surprised for a moment. However, he quickly hid his surprise and said, "The cultivation method disciple is cultivating is a little special. If I want to advance, I need a large amount of spiritual energy. This situation will probably worsen when I break through to the Dharma Manifestation Realm. So, disciple is just preparing for a rainy day!"
"As for the items I want to exchange, disciple has a batch of World Spirit Items with me. I wonder if Senior Grand Uncle is satisfied!"
Lu Ping didn't say what the restriction breaking talismans were for. However, the news of World Spirit Items still attracted Tian Xue Laozu's attention.
"World Spirit Items? How many do you have? "
Tian Xue Laozu didn't know that Lu Ping had returned from the Mysterious Sky Ancient City's underground trade fair with great rewards. She obviously thought that the "batch" Lu Ping mentioned was at most a few items. Looking at the quality, it would only be a matter of three to five top grade spirit stones.
Lu Ping didn't say how many World Spirit Items he had. Instead, he asked, "Senior Grand Uncle, how do you want to exchange World Spirit Items for top grade spirit stones?"
Tian Xue Laozu looked at Lu Ping suspiciously and said, "How many World Spirit Items do you have? From your tone, it seems like it's not a small number. Are you trying to dig a pit for me, Laozu?"
Lu Ping really wanted to slap himself. Playing tricks in front of this person who had lived for almost a thousand years, wasn't he just looking for trouble?
Lu Ping hurriedly said, "I only gained something from the underground trade fair in the Tianxuan Ancient City. Naturally, it is not worthy of your discerning eyes."
Although Tian Xue Laozu did not pursue the matter, she was still on guard. She said, "Although the Spirit Stone Mine on Frost Island is considered a rich mine, the production of Spirit Stones is also limited. Moreover, the number of Dharma Adepts in our sect has increased rapidly. Naturally, the amount of Spirit Stones needed has increased as well. Therefore, the amount that can be allocated to you is not much. This is also because of the Spirit of Heaven and Earth. Otherwise, even if you had gotten permission from Tian Ling, you would not be able to take one from me, Laozu!"
Lu Ping hurriedly flattered him and said, "Senior Granduncle is impartial and impartial. Otherwise, why would he ask you to guard Frost Island!"
Seeing the satisfied expression on Tian Xue Laozu's face, Lu Ping quickly struck while the iron was hot and said, "Senior Granduncle, how do you think the exchange method should be …"
Tian Xue Laozu stopped smiling. She glanced at Lu Ping and said, "Normally, an Earth Middle Grade Spirit Stone would be worth around four to five hundred Upper Grade Spirit Stones. Although the Spirit Qi contained within a Spirit Stone is equivalent to a hundred Upper Grade Spirit Stones, the rarity of Spirit Stones means that it is impossible to exchange using this method. However, this time, Laozu, I will let you take advantage of me. Let's exchange it according to the exchange rate of one Earth Lower Grade Spirit Stone for one Spirit Stone. How about it?"
Lu Ping looked at Tian Xue Laozu's' you have taken advantage of me 'expression. He couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Senior Granduncle, you are the one who has taken advantage of me. No matter how precious the Spirit Stones are, it is impossible to exchange it according to your method. Otherwise, wouldn't this disciple's trip to the Middle Lands be in vain?"
Tian Xue Laozu immediately sighed and said, "Brat, you don't know the value of rice and fuel unless you are in charge. Do you know how many Spirit Stones are produced in Frost Island's Spirit Stone Vein every year? This batch of Spirit Stones can be said to be the most precious resource in the Spirit Stone Vein. Every year, when the sects divide the Spirit Stones, more than half of their efforts are focused on this batch of Spirit Stones. This time, Laozu, the reason why I agreed to exchange it with you is because of the things you have done for the sect. Otherwise, how could a Core Forging Realm disciple have a share of Spirit Stones? "
Lu Ping naturally knew what Tian Xue Laozu was talking about. If it wasn't for the sect's agreement, no matter how many Spirit Treasures Lu Ping had in his hands, he wouldn't be able to exchange them for Spirit Stones.
To a Dharma Plane cultivator, a Spirit Stone was equivalent to a Spirit Treasure to a Core Forging Realm cultivator.
Furthermore, the Spirit Qi contained within a Spirit Stone was pure and thick. When a cultivator used it to cultivate, it would rarely cause a wastage. Based on Lu Ping's current Spirit Qi capacity, even if Lu Ping used the method of seclusion, if the Spirit Qi within a Spirit Stone exploded, it would be enough for Lu Ping to practice the North Sea Wave Listening Art for ten days and nights without rest.
Of course, this situation was unrealistic. After the Spirit Stone exploded, most of the Spirit Qi would evaporate before it could be absorbed.
In reality, a Spirit Stone's usage time was far longer than ten days. This was because no matter which cultivator went into seclusion, they wouldn't just rely on Spirit Qi alone. Spirit Veins and the Spirit Qi that drifted between Heaven and Earth were the foundation of a cultivator's cultivation. Spirit Stones could only be used as a support.
Furthermore, without using a secret technique like the Spirit Explosion Art that could stimulate the Spirit Qi within a Spirit Stone in a short period of time, the Spirit Qi within the Spirit Stone couldn't be absorbed by the cultivator without a limit. If it was based on the Spirit Qi, the speed at which the Spirit Qi was released would be far from the speed at which the cultivator absorbed the Spirit Qi during the process of cultivation. Thus, no cultivator could purely rely on Spirit Stones to maintain their cultivation speed.
However, Spirit Stones could maintain a stable Spirit Qi output rate. This was something that the Spirit Qi that drifted between Heaven and Earth and Spirit Veins couldn't achieve. However, during the process of cultivation, cultivators had an unusual pursuit for a stable supply of Spirit Qi.
Thus, even though Spirit Stones could only be used as a support for a cultivator's cultivation, it was an indispensable support. The higher the quality of the Spirit Stone, the more it could adjust the Spirit Qi output rate during cultivation, allowing it to maintain a stable cultivation speed. This way, the Spirit Qi output rate wouldn't fluctuate and affect the cultivator's foundation.
Lu Ping could only chuckle, "That's good. We'll exchange according to Grand Uncle's standard. However, there are some Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items that have special effects. Their value far surpasses other Spiritual Items of the same rank. There's no need for disciple to say more. At worst, disciple can just keep it and not exchange it!"
Tian Xue Laozu sneered, "How many do you have on you …" Before Tian Xue Laozu's words could even finish, Lu Ping had already taken out over twenty boxes from his storage artifact.
Tian Xue Laozu pointed at the Spirit Sealing Boxes on the ground. Glaring at Lu Ping, she asked in a sharp voice, "Are all these Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items? Where did you get so many Spiritual Items from? "
Lu Ping didn't say a word as he opened the Spirit Sealing Boxes one by one. Some of the Spirit Sealing Boxes contained the same Spiritual Items. Thus, there were more than two Spiritual Items inside. Thus, the total number of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items in the twenty over boxes was more than forty.
Tian Xue Laozu lowered her head to look at the Spiritual Items before raising her head to look at Lu Ping. However, she couldn't say a single word.
Lu Ping also didn't say a word as he waited for Tian Xue Laozu to fulfill her promise.
Tian Xue Laozu closed her eyes. No one knew what she was thinking. After a moment, she let out a long breath and said, "Luckily, they are all Mystic Rank Spiritual Items!"
According to the principle of one for three exchange for different Spiritual Items, three Upper Grade Mystic Rank Spiritual Items could be exchanged for one Peak Grade Spirit Stone. Of course, if there was a Spiritual Item like the Azure Spiritual Fire that was extremely useful for concocting pills, the value would be different. At least from Lu Ping's point of view, a Upper Grade Mystic Rank Azure Spiritual Fire was sufficient to exchange for one Peak Grade Spirit Stone.
Of course, the forty or so spirit items weren't all from the Mystic Heavenly Ancient City. There were also treasures that Lu Ping had accumulated through various means over the years. Among them, there were more than ten Mystic-high-grade spirit items, more than ten Mystic-mid-grade spirit items, and nearly ten Mystic-low-grade spirit items.
After a round of bargaining, Lu Ping only obtained a total of ten Peak Grade Spirit Stones. In the end, Tian Xue Laozu still gave Lu Ping another two Peak Grade Spirit Stones as a reward since Lu Ping had obtained so many Spiritual Items for the sect.
The total amount of Peak Grade Spirit Stones that Lu Ping had accumulated over the years was only around this amount. Furthermore, he had used up a few Peak Grade Spirit Stones to travel back and forth to the Middle Earth and executing the Vast Sea Mulberry Fields Art.
Tian Xue Laozu was satisfied as she kept all the Spiritual Sealing Boxes that Lu Ping had placed on the ground. "Fortunately, we have accumulated a batch of Peak Grade Spirit Stones as a reserve. Otherwise, in order to obtain these Spiritual Items, I might have to summon my sect's Dharma Idol, Laozu, to gather all the Dharma Idol, Laozu."
Lu Ping naturally knew that it wasn't because Laozu didn't have eight to ten Peak Grade Spirit Stones on him. Instead, it was because it would be extremely difficult for him to have eight to ten Peak Grade Spirit Stones on him.
Lu Ping smiled, "Martial Uncle, how do you want to exchange for this Restriction Breaking Talisman?"
Tian Xue Laozu's brows twitched. Surprised, he asked, "It's also a Spiritual Item?"
Lu Ping smiled, "Yes!"
Tian Xue Laozu sat up straight and asked curiously, "How many Spiritual Items do you have on you?"
Before the negotiation, Lu Ping naturally wouldn't reveal anything. He only said, "This disciple only wants Restriction Breaking Talismans with at least five colors!"
Tian Xue Laozu sneered, "What a big tone. Since you want to exchange, then I, Laozu, will not bicker with a junior like you. A Five Color Restriction Breaking Talisman for an Earth Mid-Grade Spiritual Item. A Six Color Restriction Breaking Talisman for an Earth High-Grade Spiritual Item. A Seven Color Restriction Breaking Talisman, en, a Heaven Low-Grade Spiritual Item!"
"What?!"
This time, it was Lu Ping's turn to be unable to sit still, "Martial Uncle, you must be joking. A Five Color Restriction Breaking Talisman for an Earth Mid-Grade Spiritual Item. It's just a talisman. You have already obtained the complete inheritance of Ying Tian Sect's Restriction Breaking Talisman. If you want to draw a Restriction Breaking Talisman, wouldn't it be a piece of cake? Why would you need an Earth Mid-Grade Spiritual Item?!"
Tian Xue Laozu sneered, "Brat, I won't ask you what you need the Restriction Breaking Talisman for. That Restriction Breaking Talisman inheritance came from you. I heard that you specialize in the creation of Restriction Breaking Talismans. Why don't you tell me, what kind of preparations are needed to draw a Five Color Restriction Breaking Talisman?"
Lu Ping's previous imposing manner immediately dissipated. The creation of a Restriction Breaking Talisman wasn't only because of its high difficulty. More importantly, the materials used to create it were expensive and hard to come by.
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