Nuwa, the goddess of immortality, said that cultivating immortality does not require spiritual energ

However, the Jade Emperor also knew that one of the reasons Ye Li did not take the opportunity to raise prices and rip people off was because she was targeting Qin Le.

The opportunity to obtain such a human-shaped enlightenment stone cannot be bought with money. However, this also forces the Jade Emperor to confront another troublesome problem:

How should he compensate Qin Le?

In this transaction, Qin Le unwittingly acted as a key bargaining chip, making contributions to the human race and the Celestial Realm—even though Qin Le himself was completely unaware of it.

But as the ruler of Heaven, the Jade Emperor could not turn a blind eye. He had to give Qin Le the compensation he deserved.

Compensating Qin Le is a major problem in itself.

If it were anyone else, the Jade Emperor wouldn't have been so conflicted—spirit stones, cultivation techniques, supernatural powers, pills, magic weapons… these are all valuable commodities for ordinary cultivators, and it wouldn't be too much to give them away.

On the other hand, what about Qin Le?

The Jade Emperor already knew that Nuwa had led Qin Le onto that long-forgotten path of cultivation—a path that required almost nothing from the outside world.

Qin Le didn't need anything that ordinary cultivators required.

In this situation, conventional compensation would be meaningless to Qin Le. But what would truly be useful to Qin Le... the Jade Emperor seems unable to offer at the moment.

"My head hurts..." The Jade Emperor couldn't help but rub his head.

Meanwhile, Qin Le walked down the street, looking at the crowd around him whose style had suddenly changed, and was somewhat speechless.

Many men and women have grown a pair of furry ears on their heads—cat ears, dog ears, rabbit ears, fox ears… a wide variety, making it a veritable animal ear phenomenon for everyone.

His mother, Lin Wanrou, developed a cat ear pill that not only passed the alliance's testing and was officially launched for sale, but also upgraded it to an animal ear pill in just five days—it can not only grow cat ears, but also simulate almost all common animal ears.

According to the alliance, this elixir has no side effects.

However, Lin Wanrou herself believes that the side effects are significant.

This beast ear pill has a hidden effect: after taking it, the body can absorb spiritual energy on its own, which is equivalent to continuous meditation and cultivation, and the effect can last for about a month.

For cultivators, this is practically a divine pill—they can't do anything while meditating and cultivating normally, but after consuming the Beast Ear Pill, they can do other things while cultivating.

This has led to the fact that although Beast Ear Pills are quite expensive, many people are willing to grit their teeth and buy one or two. Especially for cultivators whose professions require long-term focus, such as weapon refiners, alchemists, and formation masters, they are almost all indispensable.

Chen Yun bought five pills in one go—not because he didn't want to buy more, but because the new pills were on the market and stock was limited, with a limit of five pills per person. The restriction would be lifted once other alchemists mastered the refining method and production increased.

Lin Wanrou's act of handing over the pill formula also caused her already wealthy fortune to jump to a new level.

Whether it was the Flower-Generating Pill from before or the Beast Ear Pill now, she gets a commission on every single one sold. Not to mention all the other strange and unusual pills she's developed in the past…

Qin Le still doesn't know how much savings his mother has.

Soon, Qin Le arrived at the agreed meeting place. Chen Yun, sporting a pair of snow-white rabbit ears, was already waiting there.

"Why did we meet here?" Qin Le asked, approaching with some confusion.

To buy refining materials, one should logically go to the cultivation commercial street run by the alliance. Although it's bustling here, it's more like a market, and it's hard to tell what's real and what's fake.

Chen Yun chuckled and lowered his voice, "With Nezha here, we can try our luck at 'Immortal's Fate Street' first. If we don't find anything good, we can always go to the commercial street later."

Qin Le laughed: "You really are a talent."

It has to be said that Chen Yun's idea was indeed sound. With divine guidance, the probability of finding good things on Immortal Destiny Street would greatly increase.

Although Chen Yun had no shortage of spirit stones, who wouldn't like to get a great deal for a small amount of money?

The two put on specially made shape-shifting masks—masks that not only cover most of their faces but also allow them to subtly adjust their voices.

After all, they're both celebrities now. If the stall owner recognizes them, they'll probably be ripped off.

The so-called Fairy Street has actually been developed into a huge open-air plaza. The stalls are neatly divided, with spacious aisles.

Many people wore masks like them, while the stall owners casually displayed their goods on black cloths, waiting for customers to come to them.

Instead of heading straight to the refining materials area, the two first explored the most famous Wanbao area.

The goods sold here are mostly unknown items imbued with spiritual energy, yet whose origins are difficult to discern.

Someone once spent 100 spirit stones here to find a half-arm-length peach tree branch—although it had very little spiritual energy left, it was still a top-quality material for refining weapons, and it was sold for a million dollars.

That is also one of the legends that made Xianyuan Street famous.

Chen Yun stopped in front of a stall, picked up a half-meter-long piece of dead wood that emitted a faint spiritual energy, and weighed it in his hand.

"Boss, how much is this wood?" he asked, his voice sounding somewhat low through his mask.

The old stall owner, with his gray hair, glanced at him and immediately demanded an exorbitant price: "Fifty thousand spirit stones."

"oh."

Chen Yun didn't haggle, put down the wood, and turned to leave. Qin Le followed silently, observing the whole thing.

The two walked around, stopping frequently to ask about prices. Sometimes he would haggle earnestly, and other times he would simply leave after hearing the price, acting as if it were his first time there.

Qin Le followed behind, thinking to himself: This guy... could he be a regular customer here?

At that moment, Nezha's voice rang in Chen Yun's mind:

"Straight ahead, the fifth stall on the right. You can buy that black stone for under 100,000 spirit stones."

Chen Yun remained calm, first inquiring about prices at the fourth stall before slowly moving to the fifth stall.

"Boss, how much is this stone?" He pointed to the black stone, about the size of a human head, that Nezha had mentioned.

The middle-aged stall owner with a buzz cut didn't even look up: "Thirty thousand."

"Twenty thousand," Chen Yun said calmly.

"Thirty thousand," the stall owner repeated.

"Nineteen thousand." Chen Yun began to push the price down.

"Thirty thousand," the stall owner refused to budge an inch.

"Eighteen thousand."

Thirty thousand.

"Seventeen thousand"

"..."

Qin Le watched from the sidelines, wanting to laugh. This wasn't bargaining; it was clearly psychological warfare.

"Ten thousand." Chen Yun stood up, making a move to leave: "If you don't want to sell, then forget it."

The short-haired stall owner finally couldn't hold back any longer: "Twenty thousand! Consider it making friends!"

A smile flickered in Chen Yun's eyes as he reached out and picked up the black stone, then took out a storage bag from his pocket and handed it over.

"Please click on it." He put the stone into his storage ring.

The stall owner scanned the area with his divine sense and smiled, "The quantity is correct. Would you like to take a look at anything else? They're all good quality goods."

"Not for now."

Chen Yun turned around and gave Qin Le a wink. The two then merged into the crowd and continued walking forward.