With the fusion of his divine body and the Pangu Bloodline, Ian Song felt utterly invincible within the Golden Immortal realm. Not to mention twelve Golden Immortals—even twenty-four wouldn't be his match.
Once the battle ended, he started looting the spoils.
Among them, the Storage Spirit Ring belonging to Levi Ling held the most immortal stones—over fifty billion, most of them mid-grade, with some high-grade stones mixed in.
There were also various rare Immortal Medicines, dozens of Immortal Artifacts, and all sorts of special talismans.
For a moment, Ian realized Levi Ling’s background must be extraordinary.
But since he’d already killed him, there was no point regretting anything.
The Storage Spirit Rings from the seven Golden Immortals of the other three cities had already been taken by Ian earlier, so there wasn’t much left to loot from them this time. The remaining four Golden Immortals together had assets worth over twenty billion.
After that—
Ian then stormed the City Lord’s Mansion’s Treasure Vault and emptied it, found the medicine gardens and transferred them into the Divine Temple. He ordered the Mansion servants to dig up Immortal Medicines from the surrounding mountains. He wasn’t worried about them escaping—he’d already placed restrictive seals on all of them.
A few days later, Ian, loaded with harvests, prepared to return to Whitecrest City.
This trip had been a huge success. If everything was calculated in low-grade immortal stones, his total profit was at least several hundred billion.
As soon as Ian returned to Whitecrest City, Steward Mi Yu hurried out to greet him.
"Sir, all the immortal stones have already been converted into the Immortal Medicines you requested!"
He offered several Storage Spirit Rings to Ian.
Ian nodded in satisfaction, put away the rings, and asked, "Are there many top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills on the market?"
Steward Mi Yu bowed and replied, "Sir, there are many pill refiners who can make Immortal Yuan Pills, but those who can refine top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills are extremely rare. So, top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills are very scarce on the market—even high-grade ones are uncommon."
"I see."
Ian nodded thoughtfully, then asked, "If I used top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills to exchange for Immortal Medicines of equal value, would anyone accept?"
Steward Mi Yu was stunned, then said, "Not only would people accept equal-value exchanges—even if you offered double, countless people would rush to trade. Top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills are just that rare!"
Ian thought for a moment and said, "No need for double! Just equal-value exchange. I’ll give you ten thousand top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills—try to get as many precious Immortal Medicines as possible, the rarer the better!"
"Anyone here to exchange for top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills, please line up—one at a time!"
Steward Mi Yu stepped forward and released his late-stage Earth Immortal pressure. Instantly, the noisy crowd fell silent, and under the attendants’ direction, everyone formed three orderly lines.
"You three, go inside!"
An attendant pointed to the three immortals at the very front.
The three Human Immortals entered nervously, then saw a wooden sign standing on the counter, covered in writing:
First-grade Immortal Medicine can be exchanged at equal value for up to one top-grade Immortal Yuan Pill.
Second-grade Immortal Medicine at equal value can be exchanged for up to three top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills.
Third-grade Immortal Medicine at equal value can be exchanged for up to ten top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills.
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Ninth-grade Immortal Medicine at equal value can be exchanged for any amount of top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills.
That’s right—Immortal Medicines are graded from first to ninth, with first being weakest and ninth the strongest.
But ninth-grade Immortal Medicine is far too precious; no one would use it to exchange for Immortal Yuan Pills, no matter how many pills they’d get—it’s just not worth it.
"You’ve read the sign—how do you want to trade?"
The manager behind the counter looked at the three Human Immortals and asked.
The first Human Immortal said, "I want to exchange for four!"
As he spoke, he took out his Immortal Medicines from his Storage Ring.
Only one herb was second-grade; the rest were first-grade Immortal Medicines.
The manager glanced over the herbs and said calmly, "This second-grade Immortal Medicine is worth eight hundred immortal stones, but you can exchange a maximum of three top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills for a second-grade herb. So, the extra two hundred stones will be reimbursed directly. As for these first-grade herbs, they’re worth about two hundred stones, enough for one more pill. That means you can trade for four top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills and get two hundred immortal stones back. Do you agree? If so, we’ll make the exchange."
"Deal, I’ll trade!" the man replied eagerly. He was at a critical bottleneck in mid-stage Human Immortal, and four top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills would be enough to help him break through to late-stage.
"Here you go—four Immortal Yuan Pills and two hundred immortal stones!"
The manager handed over four top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills and two hundred immortal stones, and the man left beaming with joy.
Seeing this, the second and third Human Immortals quickly took out their own Immortal Medicines and also exchanged for top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills.
As more and more immortals received top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills from the Pill Pavilion, the powers that had been watching grew tempted.
Unfortunately, the exchange had limits—otherwise, they’d have swapped out every first- and second-grade herb in their vaults for top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills.
Still, they could send people to make exchanges.
So, in just half a day, all ten thousand top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills were traded away. Most of the Immortal Medicines received were first- and second-grade; third-grade herbs were extremely rare.