Bamboo Mound

Upon entering the exchange hall, Ning Chang was suddenly met with a vast emptiness.

It's more accurate to call this a shed than a large hall.

Apart from the four walls used to divide the area, the entire hall is completely undecorated!

On this side of the plaza alone, there are countless portals, and beyond that lies an entire space!

Ning Chang frowned in confusion. There wasn't even a load-bearing wall, so how could the ceiling of this hall not be fixed in place?

However, that wasn't something he should be thinking about; it could be simply explained by the word "spiritual energy."

Looking down, the interior of the hall follows a curve, with three rows of independent counters facing the inside of the plaza.

Behind each counter sat disciples dressed in identical attire, nearly half of whom had other disciples sitting in front of them. Various items appeared and disappeared rapidly.

The disciples sitting behind the counter all looked tired and bored. Only when a disciple passed by or sat down in front of their counter would their faces instantly turn into smiles as they inquired about the services needed.

Only those with relatively younger faces will show more distinctive expressions or be interested in starting a conversation.

Finding the place uninteresting, Ning Chang casually found an empty counter and sat down.

Although it was called a counter, it was really just a four-sided stone table that covered the front and sides of the reception area for the disciples, with a tabletop for placing things.

As soon as I sat down, I heard a mechanical voice in front of me: "What would you like to exchange, senior brother?"

At the same time, a piece of paper was handed to him on the table in front of him, filled with the names of various resources.

Ning Chang picked up the pulp paper, glanced at a few names at random, and seeing nothing interesting, put the pulp paper down and said directly:

"Exchange for the complete corpses of the Mystic Water Serpent and the Mystic Water Turtle."

"It's a Spiked Armored Mystic Water Turtle, right?" the disciple confirmed, then said:

"Currently, there are no complete corpses of the Spiked Armored Black Water Turtle and the Black Water Serpent within the sect. Senior Brother can go to the Bounty Hall to post a bounty."

"You can also exchange for all the materials that can be produced from the Xuan Shui Snake and the Spiked Xuan Shui Turtle, for all levels below the ninth level of the Spirit Platform."

He spoke very quickly, finishing his sentence in one breath before stopping.

"You're mistaken. I want to exchange the complete corpses of these two strange beasts for merit points."

Ning Changping explained calmly that upon hearing that he could exchange materials separately, he no longer wanted to peel the shell off this Xuan Shui Turtle. He would simply exchange it for a shell from an eighth-level Spirit Platform Turtle, saving himself the time of dealing with it.

"Is what you say true, Senior Brother?!" He couldn't help but raise his voice, but quickly regained his composure and asked:

"How exactly is the 'complete' corpse you mentioned, senior brother? Where is the fatal wound? How much damage was done to the key materials?"

Ning Chang probed the space with his spiritual energy to sense it, and then answered:

"The two beasts have no injuries on their bodies or inside their bodies. I have sealed their brains and hearts, so they cannot move at all. They will most likely continue to live after the seal is broken."

"How about this?"

The disciple's expression grew increasingly blank until he heard Ning Chang's question, which clearly changed his tone, at which point he snapped back to reality, swallowed hard, and said:

"This... is beyond my control. Please wait a moment, senior brother, while I call the director to connect with you."

After saying that, he took out a communication talisman and made the call with his lips.

Because the space bag cannot hold living creatures, the transfer of ferocious beasts is very troublesome, and for a long time the four sects have not found a more convenient way.

This senior brother can not only subdue the beast without damaging its body, but also put it into his spatial bag for easy portability!

From the current perspective, the rank of the beasts is no longer important. If they could learn that method, it would be nothing short of a revolution for the four sects!

He's not qualified right now, but if the director finds out, he'll definitely get a good reward for reporting it in time!

"This must be the junior brother who claims he can put a living beast into his spatial bag. He's so young and has already reached the sixth level of the Spirit Platform Realm. He truly deserves to be called a genius!"

Less than a breath after the transmission talisman turned to ash, as if the voice of the receiving disciple had not yet faded away, a neutral voice, tinged with excitement, rang in his ears.

Ning Chang was startled. Someone suddenly appeared beside him, and he hadn't even noticed that person had finished speaking!

Turning his head in an instant, he saw a middle-aged man dressed in similar attire to the elders, but he was very thin, with the veins and ligaments on his arms and neck clearly visible!

However, her face was rosy and smooth, no different from that of an ordinary person.

Just as Ning Chang turned his head, all the idle disciples around him stood up, bowed to the newcomer, and said in unison:

"Hello, Director Li!"

The sudden title made Ning Chang feel as if he had returned to his original world for a moment!

"Hey, okay, okay."

But then the withered director turned left and right, waving his hands in all directions, and the disciples who had stood up to bow sat back down, still with lazy expressions.

"Junior brother, I am the director of the Beast Materials Department in the Exchange Hall. Just call me Director Li."

As he spoke, Director Li, with his dry skin in front of him, led Ning Chang toward the gate, appearing attentive but moving slowly and deliberately.

"Since Junior Brother says there are live Xuan Shui Snakes and Spiked Xuan Shui Turtles, let's go to the plaza to verify them."

"Let me check it out so I can set a price for my junior brother."

Taking this opportunity, Ning Chang also used his spiritual power to sense the director's cultivation level.

However, no matter how he tried, he could only obtain the fetal heart rate and could not identify the specific stage, so he gave up.

Upon arriving at the square, out of Ning Chang's sight, Director Li moved his lips slightly towards the direction of the Discipline Hall disciples who were secretly monitoring him, then shouted a few times to the passing disciples, clearing out a fairly large open space.

“Junior brother, you can release the beast here.” He pointed to the open space in front of him and said with certainty.

"With me here, they can't do anything wrong."

He believed that this disciple was only at the sixth level of the Spirit Platform realm, and the Xuan Shui Snake and the Spiked Xuan Shui Turtle that he could subdue were at most at the second or third level of the Spirit Platform realm!

He might even only be at the Spirit Fusion Realm, since the spiritual energy contained within these two kinds of strange beasts can be absorbed. This junior brother absorbed the spiritual energy, which is why he advanced to the sixth level of the Spirit Platform Realm!

Ning Chang nodded upon hearing this. He knew that the dry-headed director might have misunderstood something, thinking that the two strange beasts could take action immediately after being released.

However, he didn't want to explain anything. He just wanted to get it done quickly because he had other things to do.

He raised his hand and probed his spiritual energy into the spatial bags, connecting them one by one to the nested spatial bags used to hold the Xuan Shui Turtle and Xuan Shui Snake. He adjusted their orientation, intending to release the turtle and snake corpses without exposing them.