Mortal: My name is Ma Liang, and I also possess a magic brush.

"Our Six-Hall Sect deals in magical artifacts and elixirs. Young friend, if you have any, please feel free to bring them out!"

With a flick of his wrist, two lustrous jade bottles landed on the stone table.

A bottle shrouded in heat was the Heavenly Fire Liquid.

The other bottle was filled with a chilling aura, and its walls were covered with a thin layer of white frost; it was naturally Snow Spirit Water.

Seeing his decisiveness, Ma Liang didn't mince words either, "In that case, please have the two seniors inspect the goods."

He raised his hand and two storage bags flew out from his waist. The openings of the bags shone with a burst of spiritual light, and various items poured out like a stream.

The magical artifacts shimmered with spiritual light, piled up like a small mountain.

The jade bottles filled with elixirs were displayed in a dazzling array, arranged in several rows according to their categories.

Bundles of rare herbs and medicinal mushrooms rolled down, instantly filling the entire courtyard with their fragrance.

These were all windfalls he obtained from the Crimson Forbidden Land, enough to represent the entire fortune of 150 or 160 cultivators!

Miao and Gu initially remained calm, treating the items as ordinary goods. However, as they looked at them, their expressions changed, and in the end, they both stood up at the same time, their faces filled with shock as they gazed at the mountain of treasures before them.

Seeing that the spiritual items in the two storage bags were still flying out continuously, Elder Miao finally couldn't hold back. He reached out and hooked a radiant magic artifact into his palm.

He traced the patterns on the magical artifact with his fingertips, then scanned it with his divine sense. "It's actually a high-grade magical artifact!"

He casually tossed it back into the pile of treasures and then picked up another one.

This time, the instant the artifact was touched, an even purer spiritual light rushed out—"A top-tier magical artifact!"

He gazed at the mountain of treasures piled up in the courtyard. The magical artifacts shone with spiritual light, the elixirs exuded a rich fragrance, and the spiritual herbs were stacked in bundles like small mountains. The composure on his face had long since vanished.

The same was true of Elder Gu beside him.

Elder Miao snapped out of his daze and blurted out, "Young friend, these things...?"

Just then, the last spiritual item flew out of the storage bag. Ma Liang put the two bags back into his waist and smiled faintly.

"Oh, just a bunch of petty scoundrels. I took care of them easily. These things were theirs to begin with, but now they're all mine."

In fact, the two of them had already guessed most of it. These magical artifacts were all kinds of things, and many of them even had chips or cracks, which clearly meant that they came from different people.

Looking at the mountain of spiritual items piled up in the courtyard, Elder Miao transmitted his voice to Elder Gu: "Is this kid some kind of killing machine? He must have killed at least a hundred people to gather all this stuff!"

Elder Gu's eyes darkened, and he responded telepathically, "A hundred or so? I think it's close to two hundred! That's almost equivalent to wiping out a small cultivation family."

Elder Miao broke the silence with a light cough, forcing a smile: "Young friend, these things are far too varied. Allow us two to examine them carefully before calculating their value with you."

Gu and Miao immediately stepped forward to examine the batch of spiritual items.

Starting with the pile of magical artifacts, Elder Miao brushed over each item, probing them with his divine sense to carefully examine the restrictive patterns on them. The more he looked, the more his brows furrowed.

The arrangement of the restrictions on these magical artifacts was completely different from that of the Chaotic Star Sea, giving off an indescribable sense of unfamiliarity.

He exchanged a glance with the elder beside him without making a sound. Both of them were surprised and suspicious, but they tacitly kept silent.

Then, the pills were examined, and the jade bottles were opened one by one, with the fragrance of the medicine becoming increasingly strong.

The two discerned the spiritual energy fluctuations of the pills and discovered that although many pills had similar spiritual energy effects to common types, the alchemy techniques used within them differed significantly from the pill-refining formulas of the Chaotic Star Sea.

What shocked the two of them the most was when they examined the spiritual herbs.

Most of those spiritual herbs were low-grade and not particularly rare, but there were a few strangely shaped varieties that the two of them did not recognize at all.

Where did these things come from?

After a flurry of activity, the two of them finally gave a rough estimate based on the concentration of spiritual energy, the attribute bias, and the grade and power of the magical artifact.

Elder Miao and Elder Gu exchanged a few words telepathically and nodded slightly, thus finalizing the price.

At this moment, Elder Miao took out a strangely shaped blade of grass from the pile of spiritual herbs and walked to Ma Liangmian.

The grass stems and leaves were dark purple, with silver lines along the edges of the leaves.

"Young friend, what exactly is the name of this spiritual herb?"

"Our Six-Tier Palace has been operating in this Chaotic Star Sea for many years and has seen countless rare herbs. But for this spiritual herb, the two of us have absolutely no clue whatsoever."

Ma Liang was prepared for this. "To be honest, seniors, I don't know the name of this herb either."

"It was just that while traveling in outer space, I encountered a few ships of unknown origin. Those people acted strangely and attacked as soon as they came up, so I simply wiped them all out. These things were all found on those ships."

He paused, then added as if remembering something, "It's strange, but when we were fighting, the way those people looked at the younger generation was like they'd seen something rare. They looked... like a group of outsiders."

With that, he picked up his glass and downed it in one gulp, a cold smile curving his lips.

"But so what? Anyway, they've already sunk to the bottom of the alien sea to feed the fish."

Upon hearing this, Miao and Gu's expressions changed simultaneously.

"Outsiders?" Elder Miao exclaimed in a low voice. Elder Gu's gaze also darkened. The two exchanged a glance and saw shock in each other's eyes.

Having lived in seclusion for many years, the Chaotic Star Sea has never heard of the concept of "visitors from the outside world."

Elder Miao pressed on, "Young friend, is what you say true? What exactly did those people look like? Were there anything unusual about their clothing, appearance, or martial arts techniques?"

Ma Liang didn't answer, but instead pulled out a yellowed thread-bound booklet from his waist and casually tossed it over.

The booklet arced through the air before being caught by Elder Miao.

"I don't know anything about them either."

Ma Liang leaned back in his chair. "This booklet was found on their ship. It looks like a travelogue written casually. You two seniors might as well take a look."

He lowered his eyes. Since he had nothing else to do, he might as well spread the news about this "outsider".

The various forces in the Chaotic Star Sea are deeply intertwined. If they were to learn that someone from the outside world had come to this place, who knows what kind of storm it would cause?

Perfect, let's treat it as an interesting experiment.

Elder Miao was quick-witted and grabbed the booklet. Before he could even take a closer look, Elder Gu had already eagerly moved closer. The two of them had their heads almost touching, their eyes fixed on the yellowed pages.

The handwriting on the booklet was crooked and looked like the notes of an ordinary cultivator. The opening chapter recorded the beginning and end of a person's quest for immortality.

Having caught a glimpse of an immortal's demeanor, he became determined to seek the Dao and traveled far and wide to find a cultivation sect called the Giant Sword Sect, where he began his cultivation.

The paper contained descriptions of daily life within the sect: Qi cultivation, breathing exercises, receiving sect stipends, and some trivial details of trials. Surprisingly, the words "Tiannan Immortal Cultivation World" appeared between the lines.

Upon seeing those five words, Miao and Gu froze, as if struck by lightning, goosebumps instantly rising up their backs.

Elder Miao's fingers trembled as he quickly turned the pages, but the next few pages were blank, ending abruptly with a sect trial, and there was no further record.

Undeterred, he brought the booklet to his nose and smelled it, then scanned it repeatedly with his divine sense before finally letting go in despair.

This is just an ordinary paper booklet, without any spiritual energy fluctuations or hidden restrictions.