Huang Feifei's generous gift of spirit stones to Xiao Fei was not squandered. He didn't spend them carelessly, nor did he use them for frivolous pursuits.
Instead, he saved them all, accumulating a vast pile within his spatial dimension. They were stacked box by box, reaching a height greater than a house.
When he broke through from the Nascent Soul stage to the Deity Transformation stage, it had cost him two to three million high-grade spirit stones.
He had no idea how many spirit stones the next breakthrough would require, so he had to be prepared and store them in advance.
The advantage of having the Tian Yuan Realm, a prosperous great world, as his backing was that it was easy to earn large sums of spirit stones.
However, he was earning too much now, which had already attracted the attention of various forces. It was unbelievable that they wouldn't be envious.
Xiao Fei sat behind the counter, his consciousness entering the spatial dimension.
Fei Yu had nothing to do for the past two days. He sat by a lake filled with lotus flowers, lost in thought.
"What's wrong? Feeling amorous?"
"Mmm! I wonder if those female demons of the Golden Peng tribe have laid their eggs yet?"
It turned out this Fei Yu was indeed feeling amorous, missing the female demons of the Golden Peng tribe.
"Alright, when I have time, I'll take you to visit the Golden Peng tribe and see those demonesses."
Xiao Fei considered that he might need to visit the West Sea again in the future.
Recently, he had also quietly inquired about the news from Gui Yi City. The Jiang family had indeed been annihilated.
The group responsible for the attack was extremely powerful, wiping out the entire Jiang family overnight and doing it all silently, leaving no clues.
The heat had passed now, and Xiao Fei planned to check out the Jiang family's underwater secret realm when he had the chance.
Xiao Fei patted Fei Yu's shoulder, without any intention of comforting him. He found an empty spot, preparing to refine artifacts.
The "Zhu Yan Bai Gu" had bloomed twice in his hands. He had collected the petals from both bloom and wilting.
He planned to use these petals to refine some magic treasures.
Holding a petal in his palm, he circulated the law of convergence and dispersal. After a moment, the petal dissolved into a small drop of liquid in his hand.
Then, he took another petal and performed the same action.
Ten days later, a pink short sword appeared in Xiao Fei's hand.
This short sword was directly condensed by his law power. It was only a finger wide and three inches long, feeling very light in his hand.
To refine this short sword, Xiao Fei used two "Zhu Yan Bai Gu" petals and added some Tai Bai Jin Jing.
It was incredibly sharp and sealed the throat upon drawing blood.
Xiao Fei tested the short sword in the spatial dimension for a while and felt very satisfied before exiting the dimension.
Shortly after he emerged, a young cultivator entered the shop.
Xiao Fei's eyes lit up.
He recognized this person as the same young man who had brought Jian Mu ore to him to refine a longevity pill last time.
"Greetings, fellow Daoist!"
"Greetings, Daoist Xiao! I've come again to ask for your help in refining a batch of pills."
After greeting Xiao Fei, the young man immediately took out a bag of spirit herbs.
Xiao Fei scanned them with his divine sense. These were indeed the same pill formula he had refined once before.
"No problem. The usual arrangement: pick up the pills in three days."
Xiao Fei inspected them, casually put away all the spirit herbs, and gave him a receipt.
After the young man left, Xiao Fei took the spirit herbs and entered the spatial dimension.
He had previously refined six pills of this longevity pill and still had three left.
Therefore, he didn't need to refine any pills this time.
He sat in the spatial dimension and took out the Jian Mu ore, decomposing it with his law.
Another green light spot flew out, immediately attracted by the spatial dimension, and was absorbed into the land within the dimension, disappearing without a trace.
Xiao Fei guarded the land, waiting for a long time, but the land within the dimension showed no reaction.
He searched carefully with his divine sense, but the green light spot seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace.
After waiting for a long time, there was still no reaction from the spatial dimension.
Xiao Fei had to give up for the time being. Perhaps it was because the green light spot was too small. He would find a way to get more to try later.
On the third day, the young man arrived as scheduled. Xiao Fei handed him the three pills he had prepared earlier.
"Fellow Daoist, I wish to make a trade with you."
As Xiao Fei spoke, he revealed his bargaining chip.
He placed a five-thousand-year-old spirit herb on the counter.
"What kind of trade does Fellow Daoist wish to make?" the young man asked, swallowing his saliva.
A five-thousand-year-old spirit herb was a rare and valuable treasure, even on the Tian Yuan Continent.
"I only wish to exchange this spirit herb for a piece of information."
"What information?" The young man's interest was piqued.
"I want to know where you obtained your Jian Mu stone?"
"So, Fellow Daoist is asking about this. I apologize, but the information regarding Jian Mu ore is confidential and cannot be revealed."
Although the young man desperately wanted the five-thousand-year-old spirit herb, he ultimately shook his head firmly.
Xiao Fei was not in a hurry. He took out another spirit herb from his embrace and placed it on the counter.
It was another five-thousand-year-old spirit herb.
The young man still shook his head.
Xiao Fei took out another spirit herb, this time a ten-thousand-year-old one.
As the ten-thousand-year-old spirit herb appeared, a violent spiritual energy fluctuation immediately occurred, spreading outwards before being reflected back by a formation.
"How about it?" This time, the young man did not hesitate and nodded decisively.
"I discovered a mine pit where Jian Mu was excavated tens of thousands of years ago. Although it's difficult to find Jian Mu there now, one can still find something if they search carefully."
"My two pieces of Jian Mu ore were found in this abandoned mine pit."
"I can tell you the location of the mine pit, but I can't guarantee whether you'll find ore there."
"Good, deal!"
The two immediately reached an agreement. Xiao Fei handed over the two five-thousand-year-old spirit herbs and the ten-thousand-year-old spirit herb to the young man.
The young man collected the spirit herbs and then took out a jade slip, recording a map onto it.
Xiao Fei took the jade slip and examined it.
"Fellow Daoist, I don't know if this map of yours is genuine yet, so please lead the way." Xiao Fei said after putting away the jade slip.
The young man did not object.
"No problem!"
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On an unremarkable barren mountain outside Tongtian City, Xiao Fei and the young man had both arrived on the mountain.