Ascending from the mortal realm to become an immortal begins with taking charge of a grotto-heaven.

The pavilion fell silent for a moment. The reason why Foundation Establishment Pills are so rare is because the three main ingredients used to refine them are extremely scarce. Otherwise, the sect would have set up a rule that anyone could exchange any two of the main ingredients for a Foundation Establishment Pill.

However, Su Qinghe comes from a noble family, has excellent aptitude, and high cultivation. Her sect would certainly not lack her Foundation Establishment Pill, so these medicinal herbs were not collected for the sect, but rather at the behest of the Su family.

At this moment, Liu Yan hesitated for a moment, then took out a spiritual herb and said, "Senior Sister Su, I have a Light Spirit Flower here. Would it be alright to exchange it for your Yellow Dragon Pill?"

The Light Spirit Flower is one of the auxiliary medicines needed to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill. It can only be used as medicine after it has been cultivated for at least a hundred years. Liu Yan's Light Spirit Flower is still a bit too old, but its root system is complete. With careful cultivation, it can be used as medicine in two or three years.

Seeing this, Liu Changjun, who was standing to the side, became even more anxious and quickly took out a storage bag from his sleeve, saying:

"Senior Sister Su, I have five hundred spirit stones here. Can I exchange them for that Yellow Dragon Pill?"

He had been stuck at the sixth level of Qi Refining for many years, unable to advance to the later stage. The Yellow Dragon Pill could greatly increase the probability of a breakthrough, and he was unwilling to give up easily.

The items the two brought out were of similar value, and for a moment everyone in the pavilion's eyes darted back and forth between the spiritual herbs in Liu Yan's hand and Liu Changjun's storage bag, silently weighing their worth.

Zhang Li estimated that the Light Spirit Flower was a first-grade high-quality spiritual herb. After it matured, it would take about 120 years to reach full maturity. Its market price should be more than 400 low-grade spirit stones, which was lower than the 500 spirit stones that Liu Changjun had offered.

However, since Qinglinghua is a spiritual medicine needed to refine Foundation Establishment Pills, and the Su family needs it, they should not refuse.

Su Qinghe waited for a while, and when no one spoke again, she knew it was impossible to get the main medicine. So she looked at Liu Changjun apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, Junior Brother Liu."

Upon hearing this, Liu Changjun's face darkened. He knew that he had no chance of obtaining the Yellow Dragon Pill when Liu Yan took out the Light Spirit Flower.

Su Qinghe's gaze shifted and settled on the well-preserved Light Spirit Flower in Liu Yan's hand. She took the initiative to speak, "Junior Sister Liu, would you be willing to exchange this Yellow Dragon Pill for this Light Spirit Flower in your hand?"

"Thank you for your kindness, Senior Sister Su."

After the two exchanged items, no one wanted to trade the remaining two high-grade magic artifacts. Su Qinghe had no choice but to change her mind and agree to trade with spirit stones.

The two high-grade magic artifacts that Su Qinghe took out were not ordinary items. Each one could be sold for about seven or eight hundred low-grade spirit stones, and even so, there was no shortage of bidders.

"I'll offer 730 spirit stones in exchange for the Golden Dragon Sword. What do you think, Senior Sister Su?" Lu Ran spoke first.

"The price is fair, so there's nothing wrong with it." Su Qinghe nodded slightly, which was taken as agreement.

Besides Su Qinghe, the seller, there were only three late-stage Qi Refining cultivators present. Tan Kai was a Body Refining cultivator and clearly preferred the Earth Shaking Hammer. Qin Linwu showed obvious hesitation, but after much deliberation, he gave up bidding against Lu Ran.

Lu Ran took out spirit stones from her storage bag, and the two exchanged money for goods, completing the transaction.

Due to the special nature of the Earthshaking Hammer, no cultivator in the arena would compete with Tan Kai for it.

Seeing this, Tan Kai no longer hesitated and directly offered 700 spirit stones to buy the Earthshaking Hammer, which Su Qinghe readily agreed to.

Overjoyed to have obtained a high-grade magic weapon, Tan Kai couldn't help but weigh it in his hand and said, "Not bad, it's quite heavy."

"It's my turn."

Lu Ran, sitting to the left of Su Qinghe, smiled and took out a stack of spirit talismans from her storage bag, spreading them on the table. There were quite a few of them, and they were all mid-grade spirit talismans.

Upon seeing this, Liu Yan's eyes widened in surprise, and she couldn't help but cover her mouth and exclaim, "So many mid-grade spirit talismans! Senior Sister Lu, are you a spirit talisman master?"

The others also turned their gazes to Lu Ran, their eyes filled with curiosity.

It should be noted that while spirit talisman masters are not as rare as alchemists or spirit array masters, their numbers are definitely not large.

It is common for cultivators to joke that among the four major cultivation disciplines of alchemy, formation, weapon crafting, and talisman-making, the talisman-making discipline has the lowest entry threshold and is often jokingly referred to as the gatekeeper of the four major disciplines.

While it may be easy to get started, it doesn't mean it's easy to master. To consistently draw a large number of mid-grade spirit talismans, one still needs talent, a lot of spirit stones, and time. Ordinary disciples simply don't have the skill or resources for that.

"I do know some talisman-making techniques, but I wouldn't call myself an expert."

Upon hearing this, the people inside the pavilion were even more astonished.

If one had only superficial knowledge of talismans, it would be impossible to produce so many high-quality mid-grade talismans at once. This shows that Lu Ran's talisman-making skills are definitely not as good as she said.

Liu Yan still looked on with envy and sighed softly, "Senior Sister Lu is too modest. Being able to draw medium-level spirit talismans is a skill that we can only dream of."

"Senior Sister Lu, please tell me how much this talisman costs. I can't wait any longer," Liu Hui said impatiently.

"These mid-grade spirit talismans will be sold at 80% of the market price, as a way of making friends with you all," Lu Ran said with a smile.

Liu Hui's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "I want two Wind Control Talismans and two Fire Serpent Talismans!"

The others also stepped forward to make their own choices, and the atmosphere in the pavilion became lively and bustling.

Although Zhang Li had no shortage of spirit talismans, seeing the lively atmosphere in the pavilion, he bought two Wind Control Talismans.

In no time, all the talismans were sold out.

Then Tan Kai stood up, took out an array plate and several array flags from his storage bag, and introduced them: "This is a mid-grade first-tier array plate called the Mist Array. This array can cover an area of ​​several tens of feet. Once activated, it can isolate external prying eyes and sounds. In exchange for a Golden Scale Fruit, the difference can be made up with spirit stones, or spirit stones of the same value."

The Mist Array can be said to be one of the best-selling arrays in the entire cultivation world. The vast majority of the arrays that inner disciples of the Qingxuan Sect bring with them to their cave dwellings are of this type.

Zhang Li was indeed tempted, but upon closer inspection, he realized he couldn't find a place where he could use this formation right now. He could buy a better one when he needed it later, since he wasn't short of spirit stones anyway.

He sat quietly in his seat, without making a single bid.

The others exchanged glances, none of them showing any interest in buying, and for a moment no one in the pavilion made a bid.

Seeing that no one responded for a while, Tan Kai frowned slightly and had no choice but to say, "If you don't have Golden Scale Fruit, you can take it away for three hundred low-grade spirit stones. The price has already been reduced to the lowest possible level."

After he finished speaking, there was still silence.

Seeing that no one wanted it, Tan Kai had no choice but to put the array plate and array flag back into his storage bag, and said helplessly, "Since none of you are interested, I will keep this for myself."

Finally, he added, "If any of you have any news about the Golden Scale Fruit, or if you possess it, you are welcome to come to me. I am willing to pay extra spirit stones to purchase it."

After saying this, Tan Kai sat down, and it was the next person's turn to exchange supplies.