Zi Lin Ling ignored the gazes of the crowd.
She stepped down from the platform and walked directly towards the Spirit Stone Exchange.
The so-called Spirit Stone Exchange was a trading platform specially provided by the gambling stone convention organizers for participants.
There were two types of transactions.
One was selling, which involved selling various treasures in hand, including but not limited to pills, weapons, cultivation techniques, etc.
Under this method, once the transaction was completed, the seller's treasure would belong to the organizers and could not be redeemed.
The other was mortgaging, which meant temporarily pledging treasures to the organizers in exchange for spirit stones.
Under this method, the pledger could redeem their treasures with spirit stones after the gambling stone convention concluded.
Although Zi Lin Ling had received twenty million high-grade spirit stones from Xuan Yuan Xun yesterday, the reckless rampage of the Five Elements Token last night had directly halved these spirit stones.
In other words, she now only had ten million spirit stones, plus the five million stored with Elder Fu, totaling fifteen million.
However, after she and Long Er had walked around the platform earlier, the raw stones that Long Er had taken a fancy to were valued at around twelve million.
Of course, this was the marked price. Once bidding started, the price would surely skyrocket, possibly even doubling.
The raw stones that Long Er favored were all of Azure grade or higher.
For someone like Zi Lin Ling, who couldn't move when she saw treasures, it would be an unbearable injustice if she couldn't bid.
Therefore, Zi Lin Ling intended to exchange for more spirit stones just in case.
As an Emperor-grade alchemist, she had no shortage of pills, so she planned to sell some of the pills she didn't need.
At this moment, the Spirit Stone Exchange was not crowded. A very shrewd-looking old man was dozing on the table.
This old man, named Lin Da Fu, was the chief appraiser of Hua Tian Commercial Firm, the organizer of this gambling stone convention.
Zi Lin Ling knocked on the table and said, "Hey! Wake up! Business has arrived!"
Lin Da Fu rubbed his eyes groggily. Without even lifting his eyelids, he said listlessly, "Selling or mortgaging?"
"Selling!" Zi Lin Ling said indifferently.
Lin Da Fu said dejectedly, "Selling what?"
"Pills!"
As Zi Lin Ling spoke, she took out a porcelain bottle and placed it on the table.
Upon hearing the word "pills," Lin Da Fu immediately became spirited.
His narrowed eyes snapped open, and he grabbed the porcelain bottle in front of him with a sharp glint, asking obsequiously, "Pill name? Quality?"
His demeanor startled Zi Lin Ling, making her almost think Lin Da Fu had ulterior motives.
The reason for Lin Da Fu's sudden change was the incident yesterday where a fool had wanted to exchange three Emperor Breaking Barrier Pills of Heaven-grade extreme quality for raw stones, which had already spread throughout Hua Tian Commercial Firm.
It was infuriating that Elder Fu Chang'an, that old fool, had only accepted one of them and had watched the Ninth Prince of the Xuan Yuan Dynasty buy the remaining two.
What a waste!
Those were Emperor Breaking Barrier Pills of Heaven-grade extreme quality! If it were Lin Da Fu, he would have taken all of them from that fool.
Therefore, after hearing about it, Lin Da Fu had immediately scolded Fu Chang'an severely.
Fu Chang'an did not think he had done anything wrong, so how could he let Jin Da Fu scold him?
Thus, they argued fiercely, almost coming to blows.
Finally, Su Lie, the vice president of Hua Tian Commercial Firm, stepped in and pacified them.
Lin Da Fu was personally overseeing the Spirit Stone Exchange today precisely to see if he had a chance to encounter that fool from yesterday.
Heh heh!
If he met him, he would shamelessly try to dig out a few more Heaven-grade extreme quality pills!
Zi Lin Ling casually sat on a nearby chair and said, "Purple Sunflower Breaking Obstacles Pill, Earth-grade extreme quality!"
The commotion caused by the three Heaven-grade extreme quality Emperor Breaking Barrier Pills yesterday made her instantly realize that she had seriously underestimated the value of Heaven-grade extreme quality pills.
Seeing everyone vying for them, almost rolling up their sleeves to fight, she regretted it immediately.
But it was a done deal, so she could only grit her teeth and trade away all three Heaven-grade extreme quality Emperor Breaking Barrier Pills.
This action undoubtedly told everyone that she no longer had any Heaven-grade extreme quality pills.
Otherwise, if she were targeted by everyone, she would surely encounter a lot of trouble.
And she was a person who disliked trouble.
Therefore, today she would not foolishly repeat yesterday's mistake.
Thus, she ended up only bringing out the Earth-grade extreme quality Purple Sunflower Breaking Obstacles Pills.
Upon hearing this, the fervor in Lin Da Fu's eyes diminished considerably.
Indeed, he had been too wishful thinking.
Where were there so many Heaven-grade extreme quality pills in the world?
Lin Da Fu opened the porcelain bottle, poured out a pill, appraised it casually, and said listlessly, "Earth-grade extreme quality Purple Sunflower Breaking Obstacles Pill, priced at one million high-grade spirit stones per pill. Young lady, how many are you selling?"
If he knew that the young lady in front of him was the fool from yesterday, he wondered what his reaction would be.
Zi Lin Ling nodded and said, "Yes, the price is quite fair."
Lin Da Fu rolled his eyes and said, "My Hua Tian Commercial Firm has always been based on credibility, so naturally, our prices are fair and we treat everyone honestly."
Zi Lin Ling said, "Hua Tian Commercial Firm's reputation is indeed commendable. I have ten Earth-grade extreme quality Purple Sunflower Breaking Obstacles Pills here. Please take a look."
As she spoke, she handed over another porcelain bottle, which contained nine Earth-grade extreme quality Purple Sunflower Breaking Obstacles Pills.
Lin Da Fu examined them and confirmed they were genuine. He then took out a black gold card and said, "This is our Hua Tian Commercial Firm's highest-tier VIP card, containing ten million high-grade spirit stones. Please keep it safe!"
Zi Lin Ling smiled and accepted the black gold card, saying, "Thank you so much!"
Then, she prepared to turn and leave.
"Miss Zi!" Fu Chang'an, who had hurried over, called out to her.
Zi Lin Ling stopped her departing steps and smiled, "Elder Fu, hello!"
Fu Chang'an also smiled, "I was wondering why Miss Zi wasn't on the platform. So you came here!"
Zi Lin Ling said awkwardly, "It's just that I'm a bit short on funds, so I came here to exchange for some spirit stones, lest I can only watch helplessly at the auction later."
Fu Chang'an chuckled, "Miss Zi is joking. The words 'short on funds' should not be used to describe you, should they?"
Zi Lin Ling said sheepishly, "Elder Fu thinks too highly of me. I am indeed short on funds, otherwise, why would I be here selling pills?"
"Selling pills?"
Fu Chang'an asked in surprise, "Miss Zi isn't selling Heaven-grade extreme quality pills again, are you?"
The words "Heaven-grade extreme quality pills" immediately reached Lin Da Fu's ears.
He immediately pushed aside Fu Chang'an and obsequiously said, "Young lady, could it be that you are that fool... Bah, that expert from yesterday who exchanged Heaven-grade extreme quality Emperor Breaking Barrier Pills for raw stones?"