Song Ciwan fondly fiddled with the Flying Heaven Rope for a moment before putting it away.

She decided that until she obtained a new flying Magical Artifact, she would only use this Flying Heaven Rope for her Cultivator identity, "Xin Mian."

Then, Song Ciwan proceeded with her fifth trade of the day.

[You have sold Death Qi, from the death of an Innate Second Transformation Opening Realm Martial Artist, three jin and six taels, and obtained the Marvel, a Yellow Level Spirit Beast Bag.]

Yellow Level Spirit Beast Bag: A Low Level Spirit Beast Bag that generates a special environment inside. It can house a Spirit Beast, allowing it to be nourished to a certain extent. After placing a sufficient amount of Primordial Pearls inside, a Spirit Beast can survive continuously within it for a maximum of eighteen days.

’A Spirit Beast Bag!’

Song Ciwan was a little surprised, and a little delighted.

She had originally planned to take some of her Primordial Longevity Pearls to the outside world to exchange for Primordial Pearls after leaving Illusory Nether City, then go to the Seven Treasures Tower to buy a Spirit Beast Bag.

’As expected of the Heaven and Earth Scale,’ she thought. ’It’s truly all-encompassing, possessing everything.’

Song Ciwan continued with her sixth trade.

She was still selling Death Qi. These two wisps of Death Qi also came from the sword-and-saber duo who had turned on each other.

At this point, the value of these two had been completely squeezed dry by Song Ciwan.

[You have sold Death Qi, from the death of an Innate Second Transformation Opening Realm Martial Artist, three jin and seven taels, and obtained the Three-star Marvel, the Netherworld Book.]

Netherworld Book: Open this book and write down a question. You may receive an answer to any question concerning the Netherworld and the Mortal World.

Note: This Netherworld Book has a limited Level. It can be used to ask three questions, after which it will self-destruct.

’The Netherworld Book!’

’A Marvel so miraculous it’s beyond the scope of a normal person’s imagination!’

This time, Song Ciwan was truly delighted. She smiled silently, suppressing the urge to immediately pick up a brush and ask the Netherworld Book a question.

It was getting late. She had to hurry and use up her remaining four trade opportunities.

[You have sold human desires, a mortal’s hatred, fear, and sorrow, two taels and one mace, and obtained two days of Cultivation.]

This time, Song Ciwan sold Niu the Sixth’s human desires.

This was actually the first time Song Ciwan had sold Niu the Sixth’s human desires. But instead of getting something like a Cultivation Technique, she received two days of Cultivation!

This was actually an experiment on Song Ciwan’s part.

In the beginning, her Cultivation was low.

Back when she was still in the Qi Transformation Stage, all she needed was human desires. Even if a mortal provided the clump of desires, the first time she sold a particular person’s "human desires," she would often receive a Cultivation Technique or Martial Arts Techniques. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

After she had obtained the techniques, when Song Ciwan sold that person’s "human desires" a second, third... or even more times, she would usually get cultivation time.

Back then, one jin of a mortal’s human desires could often be exchanged for a year of cultivation time, while one tael could be exchanged for a month.

But now that Song Ciwan’s Cultivation had reached the Late-stage Qi Cultivation, selling a mortal’s "human desires" again no longer yielded any techniques.

What the Heaven and Earth Scale gave her was a drastically reduced amount of cultivation time!

—This change, however, wasn’t entirely unexpected.

It could be said that she had anticipated it; she just hadn’t had a chance to verify it before.

Now that her theory was confirmed, she felt a slight sense of regret, but she also had a clearer plan for her future Cultivation path.

Song Ciwan came to a clear realization: ’I need to cherish myself during the Qi Cultivation Stage!’

’For someone who possesses the Heaven and Earth Scale, the Qi Transformation and Qi Cultivation Stages should be considered a bonus period!’

It wasn’t hard to imagine that once she broke through to the Divinity Transformation Stage, the difficulty of obtaining various kinds of Magic or trading for large amounts of cultivation time would surely increase exponentially.

For example, when she was in the Qi Transformation Stage, she could exchange even a tiny bit of Demon Fiend Malice picked up at the Demon Refining Platform in Su Yang City for a large amount of Lifespan.

But after breaking through to the Qi Cultivation Stage, the Lifespan she could get from ordinary Demon Fiend Malice had decreased tenfold. She needed a Demon Fiend at the Spirit Communication Realm or higher to be able to exchange one tael of its Malice for ten years of Lifespan.

This was why, despite her diligent "Washing Demon" efforts during this period, coupled with her own diligent Cultivation and continuous breakthroughs, her maximum Lifespan was still only just over six hundred years.

It simply couldn’t compare to her previous six thousand-plus years!

Lifespan was truly something spent like water but earned with a thousand hardships.

It was no wonder Cultivators went so crazy when faced with lifespan-extending Marvels like the Primordial Longevity Pearl.

Although this world had Immortals and Demon Fiends, its Immortals could not cultivate true immortality!

A few hundred or a few thousand years was indeed long compared to mortals, but what was it compared to the vastness of heaven and earth, to the endless river of time?

’Immortality! Where can one find immortality?’

After trading Niu the Sixth’s human desires for two days of cultivation time, Song Ciwan entered the Void Cultivation Space. However, she didn’t choose to practice a Cultivation Technique, but instead focused on thinking.

Two days of cultivation time was enough for her to thoroughly and carefully contemplate her path forward.

When she emerged from the cultivation time, a quarter of an hour had passed in the real world.

Midnight was fast approaching, so Song Ciwan hurried and casually traded three more items.

These three were all Death Qi from Cultivators.

During the earlier pursuit, Song Ciwan had killed a total of eighteen people, which meant eighteen sources of Death Qi.

Song Ciwan first sold the one from the Cultivator with the highest Cultivation: the Death Qi of a Late-stage Qi Cultivation Cultivator.

[You have sold Death Qi, from the death of a Late-stage Qi Cultivation Cultivator, three jin and three taels, and obtained the Marvel, the Dream Building Residence.]

Dream Building Residence: This is a small wooden cabin from a dream, possessing the wondrous ability of a Sumeru Mustard Seed. When shrunk, it is a delicate three inches; when enlarged, it can span up to thirty feet. Though the wooden house is small, it has all the necessary rooms. It can provide shelter from the wind and rain, making it an excellent item for a Cultivator to have when traveling and training.

Note: This item can be used indefinitely as long as it is not damaged. Shrinking and enlarging it requires injecting a sufficient amount of Primordial Pearls.

The Dream Building Residence’s defensive capabilities are rather weak and it needs to be protected with an Array.

’So this thing is basically a heavily nerfed, portable residence?’

Its Level wasn’t high, but due to its special nature, it was indeed a worthy product from trading the Death Qi of a Late-stage Qi Cultivation Cultivator.

[You have sold Death Qi, from the death of a Mid-Stage Qi Cultivation Cultivator, two jin and six taels, and obtained the Three-star Marvel, the Thunder Pearl.]

Thunder Pearl: A one-time use item. It possesses the might of a thunderclap, with power comparable to a full-force strike from a Late-stage Qi Cultivation Cultivator!

’Huh?’

It had to be said, the Thunder Pearl made Song Ciwan’s eyes light up.

Although it was a one-time use item, its power was equivalent to a full-force strike from a Late-stage Qi Cultivation Cultivator. And yet, it was obtained by trading the Death Qi of a Mid-Stage Qi Cultivation Cultivator.

This meant that while the Heaven and Earth Scale generally wouldn’t give Song Ciwan a bad deal, there was still a certain element of randomness involved.

The discrepancy in value could be large or small.

[You have sold Death Qi, from the death of an Innate First Transformation Void Realm Martial Artist, and obtained the Two-star Marvel, the Tongcao Hairpin.]

Her tenth and final trade opportunity was used up. Time slipped away, and Midnight arrived!