NOVEL WEB Chapter 300 Spirit Slave_3
"I wonder if the annual Immortal City auction has any high-level alchemy books?"
Li Qian thought to himself.
The last time I was able to bid on such a high-level consciousness-flow artifact refining technique like Divine Edge Refining was purely due to luck.
Although the chances aren't high, Li Qian still decided to take a look.
More than two months later.
Li Qian left the Feathered Immortal Sect and arrived at Mist Shadow Immortal City.
This Immortal City is quite unique among the many Immortal Cities of the Feathered Immortal Sect.
It is shrouded in fog year-round.
The number of days it sees sunlight each year is less than a month.
The reason is due to the presence of the forbidden Mist Shadow Great Rift, from which a vast amount of fog spreads out, enveloping the wide Shadowless Immortal City area.
This fog is not harmful, on the contrary, it's filled with rich fog attribute spiritual energy, making Mist Shadow Immortal City a permanent residence for many cultivators with specific cultivation techniques.
The annual Immortal City auction is mainly held in various Immortal Cities of the Feathered Immortal Sect, rotating locations each year, and this time it's Mist Shadow Immortal City's turn.
As a result, a large number of cultivators gathered in Mist Shadow Immortal City, making it exceptionally bustling.
"Mist Shadow Spirit Fruit, wild fruits picked from outside the Mist Shadow Great Rift, don't miss it...."
"A bottle of Green Water Spirit Pill, only one Immortal Crystal, cheap and cost-effective.."
"Azure Dragon Spear, third-level spiritual artifact...."
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Li Qian walked through the market in Mist Shadow Immortal City. Various stalls displayed all sorts of cultivation resources, and numerous cultivators came and went, creating quite a lively atmosphere.
However, Li Qian found none of it appealing.
The cultivation resources here mainly cater to Void Immortals and Earth Immortals, and only a few Heavenly Immortals could find use for them.
He was just wandering out of boredom.
Suddenly, Li Qian walked past an area and was instantly captivated.
Because slaves were being sold here.
Spirit Slaves are quite common in all Immortal City areas.
They are often captured cultivators without identities or descendants of other Spirit Slaves... in any case, Spirit Slaves come from various backgrounds.
Among them are Ascenders from the Lower Realm.
The reason Li Qian founded the Divine Sword Sect as an affiliated hall of the Feathered Immortal Sect was to accommodate Ascenders of the Divine Sword Sect.
Otherwise, without official status, they could easily be captured by some organizations and turned into Spirit Slaves.
These Spirit Slaves all have prohibitions like the Heart Control Spell placed within them, making resistance impossible.
It can be said that once you become a Spirit Slave, you are basically at the mercy of others, and your fate is bleak.
Li Qian entered the Spirit Slave market, where many Spirit Slaves stood in cages, some large, some small, both male and female... most had low cultivation, but a few reached Void Immortal or even Earth Immortal.
Such high-level Spirit Slaves are extremely expensive.
Especially Earth Immortal level slaves, often coming from cultivator forces that were wiped out.
As for Heavenly Immortal level slaves... they definitely exist, but typically wouldn't appear in a market like this.
Suddenly, Li Qian's gaze fell upon a female Spirit Slave.
Based on her features, she seemed to be from the Human Clan.
Her cultivation level had actually reached Earth Immortal, though judging by her aura, she appeared to be at the early stages of Earth Immortal, making her among the most valuable in the market.
Most importantly, Li Qian sensed an aura of a Refinement Returner from the Lower Realm on this female Spirit Slave.
Even after ascending from the Lower Realm and becoming a Void Immortal or Earth Immortal, Refinement Returners find it difficult to eliminate this aura.
Only at the level of a Heavenly Immortal can they completely dispel this trace.
Therefore, hiding one's identity as a cultivator of Refinement Returner origin is particularly challenging.
Only those with strong backing protection in the Upper Realm can obtain an identity; otherwise, they are easily targeted and captured by specialized slave-capturing organizations.
Li Qian estimated this female Earth Immortal Spirit Slave likely had an organizational backing. Otherwise, she wouldn't have survived long enough to become an Earth Immortal.
Perhaps her backing fell, leading her eventually to succumb to the fate of becoming a Spirit Slave.
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