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

Elder Gu murmured the names of Tieguai Li and Han Xiangzi. He had never heard of these two people before and wondered where they came from.

Gu Qing also sized up Elder Gu, thinking that since this person had come, the deal should be successful. However, to put his mind at ease, he still said, "I hope the Six-Linked Hall can provide two thousand mid-grade spirit stones; the value of our goods does indeed exceed that amount."

Elder Gu frowned upon hearing this, then asked, "How many spirit stones are left in the hall?"

Manager Cao stepped forward and whispered a few words in his ear. Elder Gu frowned even more, but still said in a deep voice, "Bring out all the spirit stones in the hall. I will make up for any shortfall."

Upon hearing this, Manager Cao immediately went to carry out the order. Before long, several trays were brought up, each holding a full five hundred mid-grade spirit stones. Elder Gu waved his hand, and more than six hundred mid-grade spirit stones appeared out of thin air.

Gu Qing glanced at it, shook his head slightly, and muttered to himself: The Six-Linked Palace is really a penniless wretch. It seems I have to go to Tianxing City to gather the spirit stones that Tieguai Li needs for his cultivation.

Seemingly seeing through Gu Qing's thoughts, Elder Gu said with a smile, "Such a large number of spirit stones, I'm afraid only our Six-Linked Hall can produce them all at once. Of course, if what you offer is indeed of good value, we are willing to exchange it for something of equal worth."

Gu Qing pondered for a moment. The Dust-Clearing Pill from the Six-Linked Palace was indeed somewhat useful to him, so he could take this opportunity to exchange it for it.

Thinking of this, Gu Qing put away one of the storage bags—it contained spiritual herbs. He felt that the remaining pills alone would be enough to exchange for those spirit stones and the Dust-Clearing Pill.

Seeing Gu Qing put away one of the storage bags, Elder Gu felt a little itchy and very curious about what was inside, but in the end he held back and did not ask. He picked up the remaining storage bag and carefully scanned it with his divine sense, only to find that it contained pills.

Elder Gu couldn't help but wonder: What kind of pill is so expensive?

It's important to know that although medicinal herbs are expensive in the Chaotic Star Sea, elixirs are not expensive—because demon cores are often used as the main ingredient here, so some elixirs are even cheaper than in Tiannan.

For example, Foundation Building Pills are much cheaper in the Chaotic Star Sea than in the Southern Sky.

Even rogue cultivators have a chance to obtain Foundation Establishment Pills, so there are several times more Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Chaotic Star Sea than in Tiannan.

"The types of pills are difficult to distinguish and will take some time. I wonder if you two could wait a moment?" Elder Gu said truthfully.

Many elixirs have unique formulas, making it difficult to discern their effects. Therefore, it is reasonable that it takes some time to identify them.

Gu Qing wasn't short of time, nor was he afraid of what tricks the Six-Linked Palace might play, so he nodded and replied, "No problem, we don't need this little bit of time."

Upon hearing Gu Qing's reply, Elder Gu immediately instructed two shopkeepers who were knowledgeable in identifying pills to count and examine the batch of pills. He then sat opposite Gu Qing and said with a smile, "Young friend, could you please take out the storage bag you just put away so I can have a look at it? Let me take a look as well."

Gu Qing didn't want others to see the medicinal herbs he had, so he said bluntly, "Let's see how things go after the pills are settled."

Seeing that Gu Qing was so disrespectful, Elder Gu's expression turned somewhat unpleasant, but considering the two Core Formation cultivators behind him, he ultimately refrained from saying anything offensive.

Half an hour passed just like that. Manager Cao wiped the sweat from his brow, walked over to Elder Gu's ear, and whispered a price.

"Two hundred thousand spirit stones? Are you sure you haven't miscalculated?" Elder Gu asked incredulously.

Manager Cao placed a tray in front of Elder Gu and reported in a low voice: "The main reason for the high valuation is that there are a lot of these two kinds of pills."

The bottles containing the pills were not protected by any restrictions. Elder Gu scanned them with his divine sense and immediately determined the number of pills—fifty and ten pills, a total of sixty. That meant that each pill cost an average of over three thousand spirit stones. He became even more curious about what kind of pill could be so precious.

Elder Gu then picked up a bottle of Guiyi Pills and uncorked it. A surge of pure spiritual energy instantly gushed out from the bottle, and in just a moment, the entire side hall was filled with rich spiritual energy.

Manager Cao and the other managers behind him greedily absorbed the scattered spiritual energy.

Elder Gu only took one sip and felt his cultivation level loosen. Without much thought, he already knew what kind of pill it was, and no wonder it was so expensive.

It should be noted that the pills used by Core Formation cultivators to improve their cultivation often require several sixth-level demon cores as the main ingredients to be refined, and their cost is not low.

Looking at the quality of this Guiyi Pill, if it were put at an auction, each one could sell for at least 20,000 spirit stones.

"What a good thing!" Elder Gu quickly capped the bottle, then picked up another bottle of Qi-Nourishing Pills. Sensing the spiritual energy emanating from the Qi-Nourishing Pills, he found them considerably inferior to the Unity-Returning Pills, offering no real surprise to Elder Gu.

Even so, the Qi-Nourishing Pill is a consumable resource that cultivators urgently need.

Elder Gu pondered for a moment before finally asking, "Fellow Daoist, could we use some demon cores to make up the price difference? Is there anything else you need? Our Six-Linked Palace will try our best to provide it."

"Poor bastard!" Gu Qing muttered to himself. Judging from the situation, 1,500 mid-grade spirit stones was probably the maximum amount of spirit stones this branch hall could afford.

It's impossible for the Six-Hall Connection to have only one branch hall on Kui Xing Island, but it would take an unknown amount of time to transfer spirit stones from other branch halls, and Gu Qing and his group obviously couldn't wait that long.

Therefore, Elder Gu thought of bartering to complete the transaction as soon as possible, clearly not wanting to miss this opportunity.

"I need a batch of Snow Spirit Water and Heavenly Fire Liquid, as well as the Dust-Clearing Pills from your Six-Linked Palace. I wonder if you have any?" Gu Qing stated his needs.

As for demon cores, Gu Qing thought for a moment and realized that the pill formulas in the Chaotic Star Sea all seemed to require demon cores, so collecting more wouldn't hurt.

"We can exchange demon cores for our pills, but the price of the demon cores must be 20% lower than the market price," Gu Qing continued.

Elder Gu looked somewhat troubled, but ultimately reluctantly agreed: "Alright, I will make the decision and trade with you at a price 20% lower than the market price."

Thus, the two sides reached a deal. Subsequently, the Six-Linked Palace contributed ten level-five demon cores, two level-six demon cores, three Dust-Subduing Pills, and some Snow Spirit Water and Heavenly Fire Liquid as supplements to the deal.

Although Snow Spirit Water and Heavenly Fire Liquid are not as precious as thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, they are still very rare, with each serving costing at least one or two thousand spirit stones.

As for the Dust-Reducing Pill, it is a unique pill of the Six-Linked Palace and is extremely rare. Exchanging one Dust-Reducing Pill for two Qi-Nourishing Pills is not a bad deal at all.

A level six demon core is an extremely rare item, worth tens of thousands of spirit stones. It is the main material used to refine pills for cultivators at the Core Formation stage and above, so exchanging it for a demon core is worthwhile.

As for a level 5 demon core, it might sell for six or seven thousand spirit stones in Tiannan, but in the Chaotic Star Sea, it would only fetch two or three thousand spirit stones at most.

However, even ten level-five demon cores can be worth twenty to thirty thousand spirit stones.

Gu Qing did a quick mental calculation and said with a smile, "Elder Gu, Senior Gu, these things are not enough. It seems we are still short by twenty or thirty thousand spirit stones."

"Uh! Well... young friend, how about a top-tier magic weapon? Our Six Linked Halls has some pretty good top-tier magic weapons too." Elder Gu quickly suggested with a smile.

"No need. However, we are not short of these two or three thousand spirit stones. As long as your esteemed palace agrees to one thing, we will simply waive these two or three thousand spirit stones." Gu Qing said magnanimously.