Qingyuan Sect, Sect Treasury.
After settling the Earth-Vein Ants, Qi Ping rushed here immediately.
"Exchanging from the Heaven-grade Treasury? Bring out your identity token and let me see..."
At this moment, an elder with white hair and a white beard signaled for Qi Ping to produce his sect token.
This man was the Guardian Elder of the Qingyuan Sect's treasury and was also the elder responsible for Heaven-grade treasury exchanges. His realm was at the mid-stage of the Golden Core.
However, for some reason, facing this mid-stage Golden Core elder, Qi Ping felt an incredibly strong sense of crisis.
One must know that Qi Ping had not felt this way even when facing Ye Yanwu! He now had the boost from the Beast King True Body and his animal companions; his combat power was countless times stronger than when he had faced Ye Yanwu.
'No wonder there are rumors that no matter which elder it is, they cannot act impudently in front of this elder...' Qi Ping thought to himself.
This elder was clearly not relying on his own combat strength but was supported by some kind of mysterious power.
The terrifying sect foundation of the Qingyuan Sect revealed another corner of itself at this moment.
Qi Ping could not help but sigh that one must not underestimate a great sect with such an ancient heritage.
"Token returned. Follow me!"
The elder gave Qi Ping a deep look and then turned to lead the way.
Following him, they passed through layer after layer of formations, including two teleportation arrays, before appearing in a place where spiritual energy was incredibly dense.
Even with Qi Ping's current strength, he could not determine where they were.
Within this dense spiritual energy, various sealed treasures were floating...
Anything that could enter this place generally had a value of over five hundred thousand spirit stones. These were rare treasures that were hard to find, the kind that were difficult to buy even if one had the spirit stones.
Wang He had put in a lot of effort to secure the qualification for Qi Ping to exchange from the Heaven-grade treasury.
"Here is the list of treasures and their exchange prices. Everything on the list is here. You may view them freely and choose what you wish to exchange..."
"Currently, your exchange limit is eight million spirit stones, and you have one million contribution points..."
After finishing, the elder handed a treasure list made of spirit jade to Qi Ping.
"You should take a special look at this item. If you feel any inspiration, you won't go wrong choosing it..."
After handing the list to Qi Ping, the elder pointed toward one specific item on the list.
[Mountain-River Seal (Damaged): Forged and refined from special mountain ranges and spiritual rivers. Contains the power of mountains and rivers. When activated, it can summon phantoms of mountains and rivers...]
"Mountain-River Seal?"
Hearing this, Qi Ping's heart stirred.
He quickly realized that the elder was giving him a pointer.
Thus, Qi Ping hurriedly cupped his fists and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Senior!"
The elder nodded, indicating that Qi Ping could browse as he pleased and just tell him the final result when he was finished. Then, the elder walked to the side, allowing Qi Ping to choose in peace.
Qi Ping immediately began to carefully examine the treasure list provided by the elder.
"There really are many good things!" After a glance, Qi Ping was inwardly amazed.
There were many Rank 3 spiritual items, spiritual tools, ancient relics, Enlightenment Stones, and so on. All were items rarely seen in the outside world.
Unfortunately, many things inside were beyond Qi Ping's ability to exchange, and even if he could afford them, his limit was insufficient.
"My choices are limited. Which ones should I exchange for?"
Qi Ping began a detailed comparison.
After a period of careful comparison and finding the corresponding treasures, Qi Ping quickly settled on two items.
First, he was particularly moved by the corpse of a Sky-Flame Midge.
[Sky-Flame Midge Corpse: An ancient royal demon insect. Was at the early-rank of the fourth rank before death. Possesses the royal bloodline of the demon insect race... Exchange Price: 1.5 million spirit stones.]
Qi Ping had also carefully observed the Sky-Flame Midge's corpse. It was very well preserved; in fact, Qi Ping had been moved at first sight.
Although the body of the Sky-Flame Midge was only about half the size of an arm, it appeared as if it were cast from solid gold. Even after countless years, it still retained an exceptionally powerful pressure.
Especially that pair of wings, whose sharpness and toughness were not at all inferior to a Dharma treasure, made Qi Ping reach his decision.
A royal demon insect of this appearance was even more suitable for the Golden Marrow Bees to devour than the Demon Insect King!
Currently, the Golden Marrow Queen Bee had already reached the peak of the second rank and had begun to nurture and screen the Equilibrium Bees most suitable for devouring the Demon Insect King's bloodline.
Taking the Sky-Flame Midge's corpse back would allow the bees to devour it alongside the Demon Insect King.
"The Demon Insect King is a special demon insect that commands Yin-Netherworld demonic Qi, while the Sky-Flame Midge commands the fire of extreme Yang. If the bees can successfully devour both and evolve a bloodline with Yin-Yang attributes, which will then converge on the Golden Marrow Queen Bee, the potential of the bees will truly see an explosive surge!"
Aside from the Sky-Flame Midge's body, another item Qi Ping took a liking to was suitable for the Earth-Vein Ants.
[Dragon-Vein Remains: Left behind by a Rank 4 Dragon-Spirit Leyline that was completely shattered. Contains special leyline origin power. Suitable for earth-attribute cultivators to use for practicing special leyline techniques. Price: 2.3 million spirit stones.]
A Dragon-Spirit Leyline was a rare king-grade leyline. If it were not completely shattered, it would be an object of contention for Nascent Soul and even Soul Transformation cultivators.
Unfortunately, once shattered, it could only be used by some special earth-attribute cultivators.
"I wonder if I fuse these Dragon-Vein Remains with the spiritual vein in my territory and then have the Earth-Vein Ants repair and nurture it, can I cultivate a Dragon-Spirit Leyline?"
If this could truly be nurtured, Qi Ping would be completely set.
"But even if it can't be nurtured, it doesn't matter. Giving these Dragon-Vein Remains to the Earth-Vein Ants to comb out a small leyline in the territory is also good. They can also grow rapidly with the help of the leyline power!"
Having decided to choose the Sky-Flame Midge corpse and the Dragon-Vein Remains, Qi Ping turned his gaze toward the Mountain-River Seal, about which he was still a bit hesitant.
The price of the Mountain-River Seal was actually 3.8 million spirit stones!
As the elder had said, Qi Ping indeed sensed a special spark of inspiration from the Mountain-River Seal.
However, Qi Ping was not sure if the elder's hint was for good or ill.
So, he eventually decided to have the little immortal tiger perform a calculation and recommendation, while his own main body used Natural Perception to simulate the outcome.
The final result for both was the same: Highly Auspicious!
Thus, Qi Ping no longer hesitated and decided to exchange for this item as well.
When the elder saw Qi Ping choose to exchange for the Mountain-River Seal, a smile appeared on his face.
"Finally, a suitable person has arrived!"
However, when Qi Ping stated that he wanted to exchange for all three items, the elder's eyelids could not help but twitch.
Where did this kid get so many spirit stones?
Qi Ping did not care about that. After spending 7.2 million spirit stones to exchange for the three items, he impatiently rushed back.
Everything was ready; the transformation of the bees could begin!