With the Eight Immortals' magical treasures in hand, even a mortal like myself! Ha!

The middle-aged man, Manager Cao, hurriedly reminded him, "With a senior here, you must not be rude."

After hearing this, everyone looked at Gu Qing and his group, and finally their gazes settled on Tieguai Li and Han Xiangzi. They all bowed respectfully and said, "Greetings, seniors."

"No need to be so formal, we're just here to do business," Han Xiangzi said, reclining casually, seemingly unconcerned about her image.

But none of them dared to say anything.

"Never mind my two senior uncles, let's hurry up and set a price for these goods," Gu Qing reminded them at the right time.

After hearing this, the shopkeepers began to appraise the contents of the first two storage bags that Gu Qing had taken out.

After half an hour of valuation, Manager Cao stepped forward, bowed, and said with a smile, "The first storage bag contains thirty mid-grade magic artifacts, sixty high-grade magic artifacts, and ten top-grade magic artifacts. We can offer one hundred and fifty mid-grade spirit stones."

"We can give you three hundred mid-grade spirit stones for the materials and talismans in the second storage bag."

After listening, Gu Qing blinked and thought to himself: The magical artifacts in the Chaotic Star Sea are really worthless, but the talismans and materials are quite valuable.

"Alright, let's trade at this price. Let's settle this batch of goods first, and then proceed with the next transaction." Gu Qing tapped the platform in front of him, which was made of some unknown material, and it made a crisp sound.

After hearing this, Manager Cao discussed it with the other managers behind him, and they all said there was no problem.

So, Manager Cao quickly gave the order, and several waiters in blue robes came up carrying trays.

Gu Qing scanned the area with his divine sense and, after confirming that the number of spirit stones was correct, put them away in his storage bag.

The first transaction is now complete. Next is the second transaction, which involves the exchange of pills and elixirs.

The main type of pill sold is the Foundation Establishment stage pill, called Peiyuan Pill, which is used to improve cultivation. There are ten bottles containing fifty pills in total. These Peiyuan Pills are made from medicinal herbs that are hundreds of years old. They are not mixed with spiritual herbs that are thousands of years old, nor have they been purified or contaminated by the immortal energy in Tieguai Li's gourd.

In addition, there were also Core Formation stage cultivation-restoring pills refined by Tieguai Li, a total of two bottles containing ten pills. These two bottles of Restoration Pills used three thousand-year-old medicinal herbs as the main ingredients, with a cost price of up to two hundred spirit stones.

These two hundred spirit stones represent the price of spirit medicine in Tiannan; the price of spirit medicine in the Chaotic Star Sea might double.

Besides these two bottles of pills, there were also some miscellaneous pills that had been looted. They were of various kinds and their specific uses were unclear, so the plan was to sell them all together.

The storage bag containing the spirit herbs contained fifty spirit herbs that were five or six hundred years old, and three spirit herbs that were a thousand years old. These were the main items to be exchanged for spirit stones.

Just as Manager Cao was about to pick up the two storage bags to check them, Gu Qing raised her hand to stop him.

Manager Cao was puzzled, not understanding what Gu Qing meant.

"Hehe, the things inside are quite precious, so I'd like to see the financial strength of your Six-Linked Palace," Gu Qing said calmly.

Manager Cao and the other managers behind him exchanged glances and then burst into laughter.

Manager Cao was the first to stop smiling – this was the first time someone had questioned the financial strength of the Six-Linked Palace. To the managers, it was a joke, since everyone knew the Six-Linked Palace was very wealthy.

Manager Cao asked earnestly, "How do you intend to verify our financial resources?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Qing began to calculate in his mind: one Qi Cultivation Pill costs two thousand spirit stones, fifty pills would cost one hundred thousand spirit stones; one Guiyi Pill costs ten thousand spirit stones, ten pills would cost one hundred thousand spirit stones, adding up to a total of two hundred thousand spirit stones.

Thinking of this, Gu Qing held up two fingers and shook them, saying, "You need to take out two thousand mid-grade spirit stones to demonstrate your wealth."

Manager Cao and the other managers behind him were shocked to hear this—the sale of two thousand mid-grade spirit stones was beyond their control; only the elders of the Six Halls could probably make that decision.

Now, the shopkeepers were no longer laughing. Shopkeeper Cao asked hesitantly, "Fellow Daoist, are you sure you're not joking?"

This is nothing! Two thousand mid-grade spirit stones are just the price of the pills; the price of the spirit herbs hasn't even been factored in.

Gu Qing knew that the spiritual plants in the Chaotic Star Sea were extremely expensive. A spiritual plant that was five or six hundred years old would cost at least two or three times more, so one plant would cost at least a thousand spirit stones, and fifty plants would cost fifty thousand spirit stones; plus the three thousand-year-old spiritual herbs that he had specially selected, that would cost at least eighty thousand spirit stones.

This deal would have required at least three thousand mid-grade spirit stones from the Six-Linked Palace.

Three thousand mid-grade spirit stones should be enough for Tieguai Li to absorb for three or four years. Then, after reselling the goods again, Tieguai Li should have no problem advancing to the Nascent Soul stage within ten years.

By then, Gu Qing will be able to get whatever he wants on this outer island.

It should be noted that the Star Palace is divided into twelve inner islands and twenty-four outer islands within the Chaotic Star Sea. Kui Xing Island is one of the twenty-four outer islands, and it is a place where most Core Formation stage cultivators are active.

As for cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage, or even the late Core Formation stage, most of them live on the inner island—because the spiritual energy there is much denser. However, the survival pressure on the inner island is also extremely high; without any strength, it is simply impossible to gain a foothold there.

Seeing the surprised expression on Manager Cao's face, Gu Qing knew that the Six Linked Palace probably couldn't afford so many spirit stones—or rather, these managers couldn't afford them. This disappointed him somewhat; he had originally thought the Six Linked Palace was very wealthy, otherwise why would they have built such a luxurious main hall?

But now it seems that the Six-Hall Palace is just a facade.

"Since you can't come up with that many spirit stones, we'll have to find someone else to trade with," Gu Qing said, shaking his head with a very disappointed expression.

Just then, a burst of laughter suddenly came from outside the main hall: "If even our Six-Hall Alliance can't accept your shipment, then no one else in this outer island region can. I'm curious, what kind of goods are so valuable?"

"Elder Gu." Manager Cao and the other managers behind him bowed to the people who entered.

"Is the Elder Gu of the Six-Halled Hall the Core Formation Elder that Han Li dealt with?" Gu Qing thought to himself, glancing over to see a middle-aged man in a brown robe.

Elder Gu's gaze also fell on Tieguai Li and Han Xiangzi, his eyes widening slightly in surprise. As mentioned before, Tieguai Li and Han Xiangzi had not concealed their cultivation levels, so Elder Gu, as a Core Formation cultivator, could naturally see more of their abilities.

"So you are two seniors. May I ask how you are addressed?" Elder Gu asked respectfully, bowing.

This scene left Manager Cao and the others completely astonished—even Elder Gu addressed them as seniors, could these two be Nascent Soul cultivators?

"Hehe, I dare not accept the title of senior. We can simply address each other as fellow Daoists. My name is Tieguai Li, and this is Han Xiangzi," Tieguai Li finally spoke.