Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest
Chapter 1355: Treasure Appreciation Meeting

Chapter 1355: Chapter 1355: Treasure Appreciation Meeting

In the following months, Wang Chen’s luck seemed to have run out.

He continued to explore the star ring, but his harvests significantly decreased, as the Void creatures lurking there seemed to flee at the slightest sign, and the Outsider Heavenly Demons had completely hidden themselves.

There was no more opportunity for Wang Chen to hunt.

As a result, after three or four months, Wang Chen’s contribution points only increased by a few thousand.

At this rate, he wouldn’t be able to gather enough contribution points to exchange for the Five Elements Spiritual Objects for another twenty or thirty years.

Moreover, the Five Elements Spiritual Objects in the Immortal Alliance Treasury are limited in quantity; once someone exchanges for them, it’s unknown when they will be replenished, making it impossible to predict.

Just as Wang Chen was preparing to search for another star ring to explore, his neighbor suddenly visited again.

Seeing this old Nascent Soul with crane-like hair and youthful features, Wang Chen was somewhat surprised internally, but remained calm on the surface: "Senior, how have you been lately?"

Xiong Liangpeng smiled with squinting eyes and said, "Not bad, not bad, thank you for your concern, fellow Taoist."

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and the old Nascent Soul cultivator got straight to the point: "Taoist Friend Wang, we loose cultivators at the Dikui Realm Gate are planning to organize a treasure appreciation meeting, would you be interested in participating?"

Wang Chen was puzzled: "Treasure appreciation meeting?"

After listening to Xiong Liangpeng’s explanation, he realized that the so-called treasure appreciation meeting was actually a loose cultivator exchange meeting, where everyone exchanges what they have, trading various cultivation resources.

Treasure appreciation meeting was just an elegant term.

Such gatherings are held irregularly at the realm gate, with loose cultivators mainly attending, but Immortal Alliance cultivators are also welcome.

Whether you can exchange for the items you need depends on your luck and financial resources.

Xiong Liangpeng specially emphasized that Immortal Alliance contribution points can also be traded!

In essence, it’s a transaction of Demon Pearls.

Wang Chen was very interested and immediately clapped his hands and said, "Interesting, count me in."

Previously, he had reaped a lot from the star ring, hunting a considerable amount of Void creature materials, some of which were directly sold to the business association set up by the Immortal Alliance at the Dikui Realm Gate, while some remained in his hand.

This part had the highest value, and he didn’t sell it because he felt the Immortal Alliance business association priced it too high.

Now with an opportunity to trade and exchange with other cultivators, Wang Chen certainly wouldn’t miss it.

If he could exchange them for Demon Pearls, it would be even better!

"Good."

Xiong Liangpeng handed Wang Chen a jade token: "Someone will inform you. You can participate with this token!"

"Thank you, Senior."

Wang Chen took the jade token, and with a glance, he knew it had the ability to transmit voice messages and was engraved with identification runes.

He guessed that Xiong Liangpeng was the initiator and organizer of the treasure appraisal meeting or at least one of them.

His enthusiasm for recruiting participants was high.

But this matter was beneficial to Wang Chen, without any drawbacks, so he naturally wouldn’t hurt the other party’s feelings.

Xiong Liangpeng smiled and said, "There’s no need to be polite between us fellow cultivators."

With that, the old Nascent Soul cultivator got up and took his leave, quite straightforwardly.

After seeing the other party off, Wang Chen returned to his cave mansion, fiddling with the jade token in his hand, thinking to himself.

This old Nascent Soul cultivator never mentioned the previous incident, and it was unknown if they had found that meteor.

Wang Chen guessed they hadn’t; otherwise, why would Xiong Liangpeng bother with such endeavors and not return to the Nine States to enjoy his twilight years?

Of course, Wang Chen didn’t care about this.

He resisted the urge to look for a new star ring for now and decided to stabilize at the realm gate and consider further action after some time.

After all, the number of Demon Pearls Wang Chen had submitted to the Immortal Alliance was completely worthy of his position as a Guest Elder, with no suspicion of taking up the spot without contribution.

Unexpectedly, just three days later, he received news about the treasure appreciation meeting.

This treasure appreciation meeting was set to take place in five days at the Cloud Crane Tower, the main city of the Dikui Realm Gate.

Such an exchange meeting under the name of treasure appreciation was not something clandestine. Loose cultivators stationed at the realm gate exchanging goods did not violate any Immortal Alliance laws and didn’t need to be secretive.

Hosting it openly under the Divine Transformation True Monarch’s watchful eye actually ensured the greatest level of safety.

Time flew by, and Wang Chen arrived punctually at the main city of the realm gate as agreed.

Cloud Crane Tower was an Immortal Banquet Tavern in the city, and today it had been reserved by someone. After presenting his jade token, Wang Chen ascended the tall building.

The atmosphere inside the building was quite lively, with hundreds of cultivators attending, primarily Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators.

Led by a maid, Wang Chen arrived at the fourth floor.

The Cloud Crane Tower had seven floors in total, with a very large internal space; the main hall could easily accommodate hundreds of people, and the second to sixth floors were divided into elegant private boxes.

All the private boxes surrounded an atrium that reached up to the dome, allowing them to overlook the scene in the main hall.

The Golden Core True Persons’ places were in the main hall, and as a Nascent Soul True Immortal, Wang Chen naturally occupied one of the private boxes.

Just as the maid served the spiritual tea, the treasure appreciation meeting began.

A Golden Core True Person first took the stage and said loudly, "I have a thousand-year-old Sky-Stepping Grass, seeking to exchange for several tier-four Origin Spirit Pills. Which Taoist friend is willing to trade?"

The hall immediately buzzed with discussion.

Sky-Stepping Grass is one of the Void specialties, only growing on fragmented land; it’s the best auxiliary material for practicing high-tier flying spells and escape techniques and can also be used to produce certain special pills.

Due to its scarcity, the value of Sky-Stepping Grass has always remained high.

A thousand years old is even rarer.

No one expected the first person on stage to bring out a trump card.

Moreover, this was just a Golden Core True Person.

In contrast, tier-four Origin Spirit Pills seemed ordinary, as the Immortal Alliance regularly distributed them to the Nascent Soul True Immortals stationed at the realm gate.

Someone immediately spoke up: "I offer five bottles."

Each bottle of Origin Spirit Pills contains ten pills, so five bottles mean fifty pills.

But this price was clearly far from enough, and a counteroffer was promptly made: "Seven bottles."

"Ten bottles!"

"I offer twelve bottles!"

"Fifteen bottles!"

Heavenly treasures like Sky-Stepping Grass never lack demand, and often have no set price, so the competition began in a heated state from the start, with prices quickly climbing.

Until a calm voice floated down: "I offer thirty bottles."

Three hundred Origin Spirit Pills!

The hall fell silent, and the Golden Core True Persons had long zipped their mouths.

Such a large number of Origin Spirit Pills, ordinary Nascent Souls couldn’t produce, more than enough to exchange for a thousand-year-old Sky-Stepping Grass.

The Golden Core on stage was clever, immediately raising both hands to present a jade box: "Thank you, Senior!"

The next moment, a golden Storage Talisman floated down, exchanging for the jade box in his hands.

The Golden Core True Person beamed as he put away the newly acquired Storage Talisman and stepped down from the stage without hesitation.

Immediately, another Golden Core ascended: "I have a tier-four supreme flying sword..."

As one finished, another took the stage, officially kicking off the treasure exchange meeting.

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