As soon as the trade fair began, the old demons and evil cultivators eagerly displayed their many treasures.
In an instant, the tables were adorned with dazzling lights, precious treasures, and fragrant aromas.
This broadened Zhao Sheng's horizons and made him very excited.
Unexpectedly, the Skeleton Ancestor suddenly shouted in a dissatisfied tone, "Bah! Is this all you're going to do to fool your ancestor today? A bunch of heretics, pretending to be righteous with your ancestor! Minions, don't hide the bones, souls, flesh, and hearts you've collected, show them off!"
"Hehehe!"
"Hey, I have a Thousand Soul Banner here, containing the souls of a thousand people. Anyone want it? Just say the word!"
"Hey, Ancestor, don't be in such a hurry! Good things are meant to be brought out for trade later. Do you want a Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Corrupted Bone Flame?"
"Yes, it should have been brought out long ago! This True Immortal has collected a jar of the blood of ten thousand hearts. Which fellow cultivator is interested?"
"There are five Spirit Root Children, one of whom has three Spirit Roots. They are currently hidden on a remote island. Anyone who wants to buy them can trade with my Hundred Birds Guest."
...
The Skeleton Ancestor's words immediately excited everyone present, causing them to reveal their true, demonic, and heretical nature.
A huge pile of demon bones and spirit bones stood tall, and jars of essence blood shone with bloody light from the sealed openings. Soul banners and ghost flags floated in the air, with countless wailing human souls and thousands of demon souls appearing on their surfaces.
The Corpse-Controlling Bell, the Soul-Slaying Bell, the Hundred Demon Diagram, the Gu Nest, the Flesh Puppet, and other sinister treasures also made their appearance.
Even more brutally, they directly pulled out the pale, stiff corpses of cultivators and the remains of demonic beasts, throwing them under the table and piling them up like a butcher selling pork.
The corpses of cultivators are also a rare resource, especially for corpse cultivators and demonic cultivators who make the most of corpses.
In just a few breaths, the scene on the platform suddenly changed, as if it could only be seen in hell: evil, brutal, bloody, eerie, cold... it was terrifying.
Of course, a few demonic cultivators also brought out various spiritual fires, spiritual waters, spiritual soils, and other spiritual treasures of heaven and earth.
Zhao Sheng even saw a high-level spiritual object called Heavenly Heart Ice Marrow, which was no less precious than any kind of true water.
Seeing the bloody and evil scenes before him, Zhao Sheng shook his head inwardly and said, "No wonder since ancient times, righteous forces have always been vehemently opposed to evil and heretical sects. Seeing this today, they are indeed absolutely right!"
"Hehehe!"
Li Wufeng, seated high in the main seat, chuckled and waved his hand, sending jars of essence blood whistling towards his table from all directions. At the same time, he tossed out several high-grade spirit stones, each gleaming with spiritual light, which landed precisely in the hands of the various sellers.
The Skeleton Ancestor wasn't idle either; he opened his huge mouth, and a dark, suction-force vortex suddenly formed within it.
The next instant, a large number of human and demon spirit bones suddenly flew into the air, forming a long river of bones that flowed into the mouth of the Skeleton Ancestor.
When the last thigh bone was swallowed by the vortex, the Skeleton Ancestor let out a satisfied burp, spitting out some bone fragments.
At the same time, the golden light emanating from its indestructible skeleton became even more dazzling.
"Hehe, these beads are yours for the taking!"
As he spoke, the Skeleton Ancestor pulled out several fist-sized, pale, smooth Ten Thousand Bone Beads from his skeleton and threw them in front of the demonic cultivators who had taken out the bones.
On the other side, the celestial maiden and the Bodhisattva of Great Vows were also silently selecting things that caught their eye.
Despite having converted to Buddhism, the Bodhisattva of Great Vows still has a particular fondness for corpses, and it swept away all the corpses of cultivators above the Foundation Establishment stage on the high platform.
The celestial maiden is clearly more picky.
She had no interest in evil things like corpses, bones, souls, blood, and demonic treasures, but was particularly interested in spiritual treasures of heaven and earth.
With a single move, he snatched away several high-level spiritual treasures, including the Heavenly Heart Ice Marrow.
A quarter of an hour later, after the four Nascent Soul experts had finished their selections, the crowd below began the formal transaction.
Seeing that everyone else had gotten up to browse the treasures, Zhao Sheng quietly joined them.
The scale of this treasure gathering and the preciousness of the treasures were unprecedented in his five lifetimes.
A quick glance was enough to excite Zhao Sheng, who thought to himself that he had made the right choice.
As he watched the various magical treasures, such as swords, banners, and pagodas, being laid out on the table, he touched the storage bag at his waist and couldn't help but sigh at how poor he really was.
Any magical artifact on the table is worth millions.
Zhao Sheng emptied his pockets, but could only afford one or two items at most.
But he looked down on ordinary low-grade magic treasures.
As for magic treasures of medium grade or higher, they start at several million spirit stones, which he cannot afford.
"Since it's a magic weapon... Hmm!" Zhao Sheng was just marveling at it when he suddenly realized something was wrong.
It was just a step too late; seven or eight figures had already appeared in front of the female Gu cultivator who sold Golden Core pills.
No explanation is needed; they must be going there to form the Golden Core.
Zhao Sheng's expression changed slightly, and he immediately put down his other matters and rushed over.
As I approached, I heard a deep, hoarse female voice: "I only want to exchange for exotic Gu worms, Gu scriptures, or treasures like the Life-Giving Pill that can heal damage to the soul. Or I can offer something that will tempt me."
Zhao Sheng was delighted to hear this, but he did not step forward immediately. Instead, he first assessed the situation.
Fifteen minutes later, there were still two Golden Core Pills on the table that hadn't been exchanged.
This Golden Core Gu cultivator had an unexpectedly high standard; most of the people before him had returned empty-handed, which made Zhao Sheng somewhat worried.
It's his turn next.
Zhao Sheng stepped forward, pushed the spirit stone box containing the strange nematodes in front of the Gu cultivator, and removed the sealing talisman on the box.
"Senior, this is an ancient and exotic species that I obtained from an ancient cave. Could you exchange it for a Golden Core?"
When we get closer,
Zhao Sheng could clearly see that the female cultivator's smooth face was also covered with dense wormholes. Countless tiny, transparent nematodes poked their heads out of the holes, stretching and contracting endlessly, like living "hair," making one instinctively nauseous at the sight.
As soon as the stone box was opened, clumps of entangled gray nematodes awoke from their deathly silence. Their slender limbs slowly began to wriggle, and their heads, which resembled earthworms, slightly lifted up, looking like meat sticks.
The Gu cultivator's eyes widened suddenly, and he exclaimed, "This is... the Primal Ancestral Worm!"
As she spoke, swarms of transparent nematodes scurried out of her face and hands, as if they had encountered something to revere.
Countless tiny nematodes flew frantically out of the body, eagerly burrowing into the stone box to mate with the gray nematodes.
In an instant, the stone box carved from pure Yin spiritual stone was filled with nematodes of all sizes, resembling clusters of snake balls wriggling and mating excitedly.
Bang!
The female Gu cultivator quickly closed the box, flicked her finger, and a Golden Core pill flew into the air and landed in Zhao Sheng's hand.
"It's changed!"
With a flick of his hand, Zhao Sheng's Golden Core vanished.
Then, he frowned slightly and tentatively asked, "Senior, one is not enough!"
"How dare you! Don't push your luck!"
With that cold rebuke, a cloud of red suddenly appeared in front of Zhao Sheng, and a strange fragrance instantly filled his nostrils.
Zhao Sheng's pupils contracted, and he retreated ten feet away, still looking at the buzzing red cloud with lingering fear.
"Senior, how dare you make a move here!"
As soon as Zhao Sheng finished speaking, four incredibly powerful divine senses enveloped him simultaneously. The Golden Core Gu cultivator blushed, and obvious fear appeared in his eyes.
She quickly stood up and bowed deeply to the four Nascent Soul level experts at the head of the table.
Only after that did the four Nascent Soul divine senses withdraw.
The female Gu cultivator turned around, her face ashen, and looked at Zhao Sheng, coldly saying, "Your Gu worms are only worth one Golden Core!"
Seeing that he couldn't gain any advantage, Zhao Sheng cupped his hands in greeting and turned to leave.
Then, Zhao Sheng walked to a table and saw a ball of dark blue water droplets in a golden bowl on the table.
Although it was only the size of a ginkgo leaf, Zhao Sheng was secretly delighted.
It's like searching high and low without finding it, only to have it come to you effortlessly!
"Hey, heavy water, long time no see! I've missed you so much!"
Zhao Sheng stepped forward and asked, "How do I trade this mass of One Yuan Heavy Water?"
The person behind the table also wore a hooded robe and a faceless mask, clearly not wanting anyone to know their identity.
"Anything, regardless of spirit stones, magical artifacts, talismans, or cultivation techniques, can be exchanged. However, the total value must not be less than 100,000 spirit stones. Priority will be given to items of equal value."
Without hesitation, Zhao Sheng took out his spirit stone bag, counted out a thousand mid-grade spirit stones, and handed them to the other party.
"I still have 100,000 catties of sunflower water. Do you want it? If you can buy it all, I'll sell it to you cheaply."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Sheng decisively replied, "Yes! No matter how much 'Kui Shui' you have, senior, I'll take it all."
"Great! How about one spirit stone for a pound of sunflower water?"
"Okay!" Zhao Sheng immediately agreed.
A pound of sunflower water costs much more than that. The other party's statement clearly shows they don't know the market price, or perhaps they're doing business without any investment.
"Heh! I wonder which unlucky guy they robbed me of. I'm the lucky one!" he thought to himself.
Sunflower water is a type of pure water with a slightly spiritual quality extracted from seawater.
Natural sunflower water often settles in some trenches and canyons thousands of feet below the surface of the sea.
It is typically used to irrigate ancient medicinal herbs, to refine elixirs using water, and to temper magical artifacts and treasures.
For Zhao Sheng, Kui Shui was an essential spiritual material for refining the magic weapon Zhenhai Pearl.
The more sunflower water is incorporated, the greater the power of the Sea-Suppressing Pearl.
And don't forget, One Yuan Heavy Water is also known as Sunflower Water Essence.
A large amount of sunflower water, after being processed in a special way, can most likely be refined into primary heavy water.
Therefore, he accepts all menstrual blood without reservation, and his demand is limitless.
After the transaction was completed, Zhao Sheng turned and left without hesitation.
Over the next hour, he only made two moves. First, he used a Foundation Establishment Pill and 60,000 spirit stones to exchange for a high-grade spiritual weapon, the Heavy Wave Sword. Finally, he exchanged it for a defensive talisman.
After changing all these items, his storage bag was now empty, and he could only look at the dazzling array of treasures and secretly drool over them.
Returning to his seat, Zhao Sheng thought for a moment and took out some second-tier talismans such as Illusionary Escape Talisman and Water Thunder Talisman, as well as second-tier spiritual pills such as Marrow Spirit Pill, Concentration Pill, and Second-Turn Jade Dew Pill, and placed them on the table.
This is a rare opportunity!
Although these talismans are hard to compare with other treasures, they are still quite useful.
Surprisingly, what he brought out was quite popular.
Before long, three people came over and bought a batch of talisman pills.
At this moment, the Skeleton Boy swayed and staggered to Zhao Sheng's table, asking in a deep voice, "This young master would like to buy a few bottles of Marrow Spirit Pills. How many spirit stones per bottle?"
"Ten pills per bottle, three hundred spirit stones in total!" Zhao Sheng said calmly, while secretly becoming more vigilant.
This guy in front of him had ill intentions from the very beginning, and several times his eyes even revealed a deep killing intent.
"It's quite expensive, but I'll just buy one bottle!"
With that, the Skeleton Child tossed down a small bag of mid-grade spirit stones, picked up a bottle of Marrow Spirit Pills, and turned to leave.
Zhao Sheng watched his departing figure, then looked down at the spirit stone bag on the table, his eyes thoughtful.
...
Half an hour later, the trade fair gradually came to an end.
Zhao Sheng had tens of thousands of spirit stones in his hands and was thinking of spending them all.
Suddenly, a gasp of surprise erupted from the high platform.
Zhao Sheng was startled and quickly looked up to scan his surroundings.
But before they knew it, the two empty jade chairs in the main seat were occupied by a thin, yellow-robed old monk and a magnificent white wolf.
The white wolf was as tall as a horse, its fur shimmering with silver-white light. Its wolf eyes, full of human-like qualities, stared at the crowd below the stage, a look of drooling desire on its wolf face.
The old monk in the yellow robe, however, looked at everyone with a smile, just like an ordinary mortal.
"Sirius King!"
"The Arhat of the Heavenly Wolf!"
Seeing the chaos below, Li Wufeng couldn't help but snort coldly. His extremely powerful divine sense swept out, instantly silencing everyone below.
At this moment, the Skeleton Ancestor spoke up with dissatisfaction, "Old monk, you're too late!"
"Not too late, not too late. This old monk has returned just in time," the old monk in the yellow robe said with a smile.
Changing the subject, he added, "By the way, Fellow Daoists Lingyuan and Mingwu from the Sea Demon Clan have also returned!"
These words immediately caused a stir, with everyone displaying a range of emotions from solemn and uneasy to excited and nervous.
"Is what you say true, Senior Brother? Could it be... that the Star God Palace and the Four Ancient Clans have already compromised?" Bodhisattva Hongyuan asked first.
As she spoke, a golden aura appeared behind her, and Buddhist music emanated from the depths of the golden light.
The Heavenly Maiden, the Skeleton Ancestor, and several other Nascent Soul cultivators also looked at the Heavenly Wolf Ancestor with great concern.
The old monk had barely nodded when the Wolf King interrupted, "Hehe! With my help, the sea beast army has broken through three lines of defense within a month, and now their vanguard is approaching the Star Algae Sea. We've also threatened to destroy the spiritual veins of the islands. They had no choice but to compromise."
"Wolf King, how many people can you bring in this time?" Li Wufeng asked solemnly, his face flushed.
"Well..." Sirius King was momentarily speechless, then turned his head and yelled at the old monk in yellow robes with dissatisfaction, "Hey, you old codger, someone's asking you a question!"
Sirius Arhat chanted, "Amitabha! There are a total of three hundred members of the three great sea tribes, and we have eighty of them."
"This is far too little!" the Skeleton Ancestor said with great dissatisfaction.
Each time the Star God awakens, he selects at most a hundred or so of the "most brilliant" beings to communicate with.
However, the number of cultivators who can enter the Star Algae Sea each time is far more than ten thousand.
The hundred-mile sea area centered on Star God Island is the region where the Star God's consciousness awakens most frequently.
Therefore, whenever the Star God awakens, this hundred-mile sea area is strictly sealed off, and only those with permission from the Star God Palace can enter.
The number of people mentioned by Tianlang Luohan refers to the quota for entering the Hundred-Mile Sea Area.
Of course, cultivators who enter this sea area will not necessarily be chosen by the Star God; it can only be said that the probability is several times higher than in other areas of the Star Algae Sea.
In addition, the beings chosen by the Star God are not limited to humans; abnormal beings with extremely high spirituality and consciousness, such as demons and ghost cultivators, are also occasionally selected.
As for the criteria for "most wonderful",
After nearly ten thousand years of exploration, we can roughly summarize it in one sentence: it all depends on whether you can arouse the interest of the star god.
Perhaps a certain quality, a certain experience, or a certain thought may attract the star god, allowing one to communicate with the spirit.
What's most amazing is that a person only has one chance in their lifetime to communicate with the star god.
For nearly ten thousand years, there has been no exception.
Whether you become a Divine Transformation True Lord or a once-in-a-millennium genius, you will no longer attract the attention of the Star God.
Someone once asked the Star God this question in person, but only received a vague response: "Once you've eaten something, it won't taste good anymore."
When these words were spread, countless outstanding talents looked at each other in bewilderment, speechless.