Gateway of Immortality

Chapter 214: Trade and Requirements

Qin Sang nodded thoughtfully and said, "I’m willing to sell to you at your standard rates, but I need some items collected as well. I’ll require you to put in your utmost effort."

It was said that the Black Market auction here was held only once a month. With the number of artifacts he had, a single auction might not sell them all. He wanted to avoid any potential traces of exposure; after all, Yin Xingge had a Core Formation Realm cultivator backing her.

Additionally, Qin Sang intended to enter the Tianjing Hidden Realm soon, so he might as well sell everything at once.

To him, time was of utmost value. Accepting a bit of a loss was manageable, especially since these items had been acquired without cost.

The elderly face displayed a confident look. "Daoist, speak freely. As long as it's not something exceedingly rare, I can obtain it. Of course, that depends on whether you’re willing to pay the necessary spirit stones."

Qin Sang fixed his gaze on the elderly face and spoke in a low and hoarse voice, "I need a batch of soul refinement demonic artifacts. Does your shop have the means to acquire such items?"

In the Qianyang Quartz mine, Qin Sang had discovered that the Yan Luo Banner of Ten Directions could devour other demonic artifacts, which sparked his interest.

After leaving Yuankong Town, Qin Sang had the Yan Luo Banner devour all the evil spirits within the bracelet. Though its power increased significantly, it was still a distance from reaching its full potential of six fully-empowered banners.

Unfortunately, during their escape from the mine, despite killing many humanoid Cloud Beasts and obtaining several artifacts, they hadn’t found another soul refinement-type demonic artifact. Now, he had to rely on his own efforts.

The Yan Luo Banner of Ten Directions was one of his most relied-upon tools. Qin Sang had a premonition that once all six banners reached their full power, their array’s might even surpass that of his talisman astra, which would be crucial for him.

Notably, the Yan Luo Banner did not lose power with repeated use, allowing him to wield it without reserve. When arranged as an array, its range and versatility surpassed that of a talisman astra.

If he could deploy the Yan Luo Array of Ten Directions in advance, Qin Sang was confident he could face middle-stage Foundation Building cultivators head-on.

After all, this demonic artifact was derived from the life-bound astra of a Spiritual Infant Realm founder.

If he could gather ten Yan Luo Banners and set up a complete Yan Luo Array, its power would undoubtedly reach a new level, potentially doubling or tripling the potency of a talisman astra.

Foundation Building cultivators could not use full-fledged astras, so Qin Sang could rely on the Yan Luo Array of Ten Directions to bridge the gap in cultivation.

Qin Sang laid out his requirements in a calm tone, "I don’t need pristine demonic artifacts; as long as they contain soul refinement elements—such as evil spirits or demonic entities—I’ll take them, even if they’re damaged. If the damaged demonic artifact holds enough residual spirits, I’d be willing to pay the price of an undamaged one."

His true target was damaged demonic artifacts similar to the bracelet he already possessed.

The righteous and demonic paths had always been at odds. After righteous cultivators defeated demonic cultivators, they often captured a few soul refinement demonic artifacts as spoils of war.

Such artifacts were typically powerful. Those who obtained intact demonic artifacts often kept them for their own use, as Qin Sang intended.

However, damaged demonic artifacts were another matter; for righteous cultivators, they’re like an unwanted burden—useless to keep yet wasteful to discard.

Firstly, they’re unreliable in battle, with the potential to break at any time, and they wouldn't fetch much in spirit stones if sold.

Secondly, each soul refinement demonic artifact had its unique crafting method, requiring a master of artifact refinement to repair it, which would incur a high cost.

Collecting these artifacts himself was indeed challenging, but using the Black Market’s channels would make it much easier. The price of these damaged demonic artifacts wouldn’t be too high, and even if the Black Market added a markup, it would be acceptable.

Hearing this, the elderly face’s troubled expression gradually faded, and he responded, "This request isn’t too demanding. I’ll do my best to help you find what you need. Besides that, is there anything else?"

Qin Sang shook his head. "Not at the moment. However, if this cooperation goes well, there may be more opportunities in the future. For now... I’d like a price estimate on these items."

...

In the past, he had less than a thousand spirit stones and spent them all at Xuanlu Stronghold on various cultivation needs like elixirs and Cloud Artifacts. Now, his Mustard Seed Pouch held just under three thousand low-grade spirit stones, giving him some peace of mind.

Qin Sang kept the best of his artifacts for himself; he could always sell them later if he ever needed spirit stones urgently.

Otherwise, selling the possessions of three Foundation Building cultivators would have fetched even more spirit stones.