Long Xuan was stunned, not knowing what the Treasure Seeking Convention was, yet everyone around him seemed to understand, and no one discussed it openly.
Long Xuan looked around and finally found someone who seemed approachable. He walked up to a little girl who was only at the early stage of the Spirit Gathering realm and gently tapped her shoulder.
This little girl looked to be about ten years old, and her combat strength didn’t seem high. Because of her frail appearance, Long Xuan dared to ask her about it.
"Little girl, can I ask, what is this Treasure Seeking Convention? Is it that the Qian Clan Chamber of Commerce is organizing a large group of people to go treasure hunting somewhere?" Long Xuan asked the easy target.
The cute little girl turned her head, furrowing her brows slightly. After carefully sizing him up from head to toe, she said:
"You must be from some remote place if you don’t even know about the Treasure Seeking Conference that the Qian Clan Chamber of Commerce often holds."
"Did you really think the Qian Clan Chamber of Commerce is recruiting people here to hunt for treasure? That’s hilarious."
Suddenly, the little girl extended her hand in front of Long Xuan, not saying another word.
Long Xuan was puzzled and rummaged through his storage bag, finally pulling out three candies and placing them in her hand.
The girl’s lips twitched a few times, and she couldn’t help but roll her eyes. "Who asked you for candy? Do you really think I’m a child? I want money. My information isn’t free."
At this moment, Long Xuan no longer found her cute. Asking for money just to answer a question? If he weren’t so weak right now, he would have taught her a lesson.
Long Xuan could only helplessly take out three Spirit Stones and place them in her hand.
"Alright, now can you talk?"
After happily pocketing the Spirit Stones, the little girl finally spoke: "The merchants of the Qian Clan Chamber of Commerce are incredibly wealthy. Often, some rich show-offs gather all sorts of treasures from around the world."
"Then, they set up arenas and boast, claiming that any kind of treasure can be found in their storage bags."
"Whatever you are missing, you can find it through trade—spiritual herbs, spiritual tools, pills, cultivation techniques, spiritual arts—anything you can think of, they have it in their storage bags."
"You can offer any treasure for trade, but the rule is that what you offer must be worth more than what you’re exchanging for."
"You understand, right? For someone in urgent need of something, even if they’re getting a bad deal, they’ll still make the trade."
"These multi-treasure merchants gradually snowball their wealth by holding Treasure Seeking Convention all over the world. Slowly, they accumulate countless mountains of gold and silver."
Upon hearing this, Long Xuan was no longer calm. This was outrageous! To claim that they could have anything in their storage bags from all over the world—what a bold claim.
Even though Long Xuan was incredibly wealthy himself, he wouldn’t dare make such a claim. The variety of treasures he owned was not even one ten-thousandth of what existed in this world. �
What did it mean to have every kind of treasure? It was beyond exaggeration. Could anyone in this world really be that rich?
A single storage bag containing all kinds of treasures—how wealthy would someone have to be to make such a boast?
Long Xuan was genuinely shocked.
"Are you sure that person isn’t bluffing? Does he have Living Wood? And what about various peak-grade Gu insects—does he dare claim to have those?" Long Xuan pointed to the fat man on the platform, visibly unsettled.
The little girl rolled her eyes at him and said, "Let me finish. The Treasure Seeking Convention is divided into levels."
"A Gu King-level multi-treasure merchant can hold a level-4 Treasure Seeking Convention, claiming to have any treasure below grade 4."
"A Spiritual Sea stage multi-treasure merchant can hold a level-3 Treasure Seeking Convention, only daring to claim they have everything below grade 3."
"A Marrow Cleansing stage multi-treasure merchant can only hold a level-2 Treasure Seeking Convention, claiming only to have treasures below grade 2."
"But no matter what level of Convention, things that are extinct or exclusive to specific clans are always excluded."
"Trying to kill a treasure merchant for their wealth? In front of the sky-blotting Three-Legged Golden Toad, you'd better think twice."
"There have been cases in history where treasure merchants were successfully killed for their wealth, but they are extremely rare."
"Without exceptional skills, no fool would dare to show off their treasures."
Upon hearing this, Long Xuan revealed a contemplative expression, his eyes growing brighter.
Suddenly, inspiration struck him. He now had a breakthrough idea for his next peak-grade Gu Insect.
Seeing the Three-Legged Golden Toad, his imagination soared. What if he completely overhauled the Three-Legged Golden Toad Gu recipe and added the seed of the World Tree?
He realized the small world inside the World Tree seed was still too small for his liking. He wanted something bigger — he wanted to replace the storage space inside the Three-Legged Golden Toad’s belly with the small world inside the World Tree seed.
That way, the more treasures the Three-Legged Golden Toad swallowed, the larger the small world would become, growing infinitely over time, eventually becoming a real world.
That would be terrifying.
Wouldn't that make him a creator god? That’s completely overpowered.
It's important to note that the space inside the World Tree seed is not just a simple storage space; it's a real world, no different from the outside world.
In that world, he could plant spiritual herbs and raise all sorts of living creatures. People could even enter to cultivate.
But the storage space inside the current Three-Legged Golden Toad clearly couldn't support living things.
If the storage space inside the Three-Legged Golden Toad were replaced with a real world, what kind of changes would that bring?
It would mean that, previously, the Three-Legged Golden Toad could only store dead objects and absorb the aura from non-living treasures.
But now, things would be different. The new Three-Legged Golden Toad could not only store dead objects but also living creatures, allowing it to absorb both dead and living treasure auras simultaneously.
He could even grow spiritual herbs inside the Three-Legged Golden Toad, turning it into a mobile herb garden.
The larger the herb garden, the larger the toad’s internal space, and the bigger it would become when using the gigantification technique.
He could also turn the toad’s belly into a pasture, raising spiritual fish and creating an insect chamber. All of these living creatures could contribute to the toad’s growth.
Even his collection of increasingly powerful peak-grade Gu insects, once stored inside the Three-Legged Golden Toad’s belly, would greatly enhance the toad’s power.
Could the original Three-Legged Golden Toad increase its strength by storing living creatures? Obviously not.
A Three-Legged Golden Toad that could store both dead and living treasures would have a far higher potential ceiling than one that could only store dead objects.
The difference between the two is like heaven and earth, as if they were two completely different species.
Long Xuan had already come up with a name for this new species — Heaven-Devouring World Toad.
In the future, the belly of the Heaven-Devouring World Toad would contain a real world, a space no smaller than the Gu world. He could even raise mortals inside, establish a nation, and create unique species, forming new ecosystems and building a complete biosphere.
He would become a creator god!
A god worshiped by all mortals in this new world.
They would erect statues in his honor, build temples and altars, and organize various rituals, all to worship and offer sacrifices to him. Who knows, perhaps he might even gain some sort of power of faith — that would certainly be interesting.
However, this plan could only be implemented once he became a god in the future.
Long Xuan's eyes sparkled with excitement. This gave him plenty to think about regarding the Three-Legged Golden Toad's Gu recipe.