Chapter 64 Auction
Chapter 64 Auction
The next morning, the sun rose, casting the first ray of sunlight through the window and falling on Chen Yuan.
He slowly opened his eyes, stopped practicing, stood up, walked out of the cave, and went down the mountain.
As it was still early, most of the independent cultivators were still cultivating in their caves, and there were few people in the market town.
But in front of Guiyuan Pavilion, dozens of monks gathered and lined up in a long queue.
This is the most spectacular building in the Huanyue Market. Although it has the word "Pavilion" in its name, it is actually a large hall covering a vast area.
Chen Yuan came to the end of the team. Soon, there were more than a dozen monks behind him, extending further back.
A quarter of an hour later, Chen Yuan finally moved to the door of Guiyuan Pavilion.
Two cultivators at the tenth level of Qi Refining, wearing light yellow robes with the word "Yuan" embroidered on the cuffs, stood on both sides of the gate, examining every cultivator who came before them.
Chen Yuan took out a jade token with the word "Jing" written on it from his storage bag and handed it over with both hands.
A cultivator took the jade token, scanned it with his spiritual sense, handed it back, and said:
"Fellow Taoist, please come in."
Chen Yuan took the jade token and walked into the gate.
This jade token is the "bidding order" for this auction. Only those who hold this order can participate in the auction. He bought it from Guiyuan Pavilion three days ago for ten spirit stones.
This is the method that Guiyuan Sect came up with to limit the number of people participating in the auction.
This is a kind of disguised deposit. Not many casual cultivators are willing to spend ten spirit stones to watch the fun.
……
Chen Yuan walked into the gate and found that Guiyuan Pavilion had changed its appearance.
In the lobby on the first floor, all the counters disappeared, and more than two hundred armchairs were placed instead, arranged in several rows with great spacing, facing a high platform.
Each chair has a conspicuous number engraved on it.
At this time, half of the monks in the venue had already taken their seats. A few familiar monks were talking in low voices, but most of them had their eyes closed, resting and waiting for the auction to begin.
Chen Yuan's bidding order was number 108. He scanned with his spiritual sense and quickly found his seat and sat down quietly.
Beside him sat two cultivators, both of whom were at the tenth level of Qi Refining.
Using the Divine Eye Technique, it was seen that most of the people in the field were cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage. There were also a dozen cultivators whose spiritual auras were dim and it was impossible to tell their depth. They should be foundation-building cultivators.
There are only about thirty mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators like Chen Yuan.
Needless to say, most of these people came for the Xuepo Pill.
Three quarters of an hour later, more than two hundred armchairs were filled.
After waiting for another quarter of an hour, the door of Guiyuan Pavilion slowly closed. More than ten Qi-refining monks came down from the second floor, surrounded everyone, and stood with their hands behind their backs.
The voices of conversation gradually died down until there was silence.
Chen Yuan slowly opened his eyes; the auction was about to begin.
An old man with white hair and a youthful face walked up to the platform, bowed to the monks below, and said calmly:
"Welcome all Daoists to participate in this Huanyue Auction. I remind you that you must not disrupt the order of the auction, and you must not bid recklessly. Each bid must not be less than ten low-grade spirit stones. The auction begins now!"
Chen Yuan used his divine eye technique to look at the old man and saw that the spiritual light on the old man was dim and his depth could not be seen. He was indeed a cultivator in the foundation-building stage.
A female cultivator walked onto the stage carrying a tray. The old man waved his right hand lightly, and a three-inch golden hammer on the tray slowly floated up.
"The first lot is a top-grade magical weapon, the Golden Crushing Hammer. It is very hard and good at breaking hard shells and shields. It is very effective against turtles, crocodiles, and rhinoceros monsters. The starting price is three hundred low-grade spirit stones!"
"I'll offer three hundred and ten spirit stones!"
"Three hundred and twenty spirit stones!"
"I'll give you three hundred and thirty..."
This rather rare hammer-shaped magical weapon aroused enthusiastic bidding among the monks present, and was eventually sold for four hundred and forty spirit stones.
The female cultivator immediately stepped down from the stage carrying the gold-breaking hammer and made the transaction with the cultivator who had successfully bid.
Chen Yuan was secretly shocked, as the price of just the first lot was almost his entire fortune.
However, the magic weapons at auctions are usually high-quality and much more expensive than ordinary magic weapons of the same level.
An ordinary high-quality magic weapon costs about four hundred spirit stones.
After the auction of the Gold-Breaking Hammer was over, the female cultivator took the second tray with ten talismans on it.
The old man waved his right hand, and ten talismans slowly rose up and lined up in order.
"The second lot is ten pieces of the top-grade 'Lightning Strike Talisman'. They are extremely lethal to monsters and demon cultivators. The starting price is four hundred low-grade spirit stones!"
"There's a lightning talisman? I'll give you 430 spirit stones!"
"I'll offer 450 Spiritual Stones!"
"Four hundred and seventy spirit stones..."
After more than ten rounds of bidding, the lightning talisman fell into the hands of a cultivator at the tenth level of Qi Refining for five hundred and fifty spirit stones.
"The third lot is a bottle of Blood Purification Pills, which can cure most first-level monster poisons. The starting price is three hundred low-grade spirit stones!"
"I'll give you 320 Spiritual Stones!"
"Three hundred and thirty spiritual stones..."
One after another, exquisite magic tools, talismans, and elixirs were auctioned off, which opened Chen Yuan's eyes. More than a dozen late-stage Qi Refining cultivators were fighting fiercely for a top-grade magic tool.
A cultivator who has established his foundation would spend six hundred spirit stones to buy a piece of gray wood.
There were also cultivators who were glaring at each other for a bottle of elixir, but under the pressure from Guiyuan Sect, they did not dare to do anything out of line.
But the Xuepo Pill never appeared, and Chen Yuan could only wait patiently.
……
"The 38th lot, a Snow Soul Pill, will help you break through the bottleneck of the late stage of Qi Refining. The starting price is 300 low-grade spirit stones!"
Chen Yuan stared at the jade bottle hanging in front of the old man and slowly straightened up.
"Three hundred and ten spirit stones!"
"I'll give you 320 Spiritual Stones!"
"Three hundred and thirty spiritual stones..."
The many mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators who had remained silent all this time began to shout out prices one after another.
The price of this Snow Soul Pill soon exceeded four hundred spirit stones and was finally sold for four hundred and forty spirit stones.
The next ten lots are all Xuepo Dan.
Chen Yuan never made any bid, but just watched coldly.
It was not until the eleventh Snow Soul Pill came on the stage that the enthusiasm of these mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators cooled down and he joined the bidding, buying it for four hundred and ten spirit stones.
After getting the elixir, Chen Yuan felt much more relaxed. He looked at the remaining items with great interest, gaining more knowledge.
"The seventy-second lot, a set of "Wind and Fire Formation" array plates and flags, which can withstand the full-strength attack of a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building for a quarter of an hour..."
"The 81st lot, a recipe for the elixir 'Sanming Pill' for the late stage of Qi Refining..."
"The ninety-fifth lot is an Ascension Token. With this token, you can participate in our sect's Ascension Conference. The starting price is three hundred spirit stones!"
On the high platform, the old man waved his right hand, and a jade pendant rose from the tray, slowly rotating in the air and displayed in front of the monks below the stage.
This is a green jade pendant, with fairy birds and beasts engraved on one side and the words "Gui Yuan" engraved on the other side. The carvings are lifelike and exquisitely crafted.
Chen Yuan's heart moved. This jade pendant gave him a very familiar feeling, as if he had seen it somewhere.
Suddenly, his eyes widened and his right hand subconsciously touched the storage bag.
The Lingyun Pendant given to him by the old scholar before his death has many similarities with the Shengxian Order on the stage!
Thinking of Lingyun Sect among the six major sects, Chen Yuan had a bold guess in his mind. Could it be that the Lingyun Pendant was the Lingyun Sect's order of ascension to immortality?
"Three hundred and ten spirit stones!"
"Three hundred and twenty spirit stones!"
"Three hundred and forty spirit stones..."
At this time, bidding began in the venue and the price of the Ascension Order slowly rose.
After all, the Ascension Order is only an opportunity to participate in the Ascension Conference, not a certificate to directly join the six major sects.
Moreover, the Ascension Conference is extremely dangerous, and joining the six major sects does not necessarily mean that one will succeed in building a foundation.
Except for the cultivators who are extremely confident in their own strength, no one else is interested in the Ascension Order.
It is more reliable to look for immortal fate and exchange the foundation-building pill from Guiyuan Sect.
Every few years, such a lucky person would appear in Huanyue Market, who would discover a rare spiritual herb or pick up a strange mineral, and present it to Guiyuan Sect in exchange for a foundation-building pill, thus successfully building his foundation.
Therefore, most of the people bidding in the field were cultivators at the tenth level of Qi Refining, but there were also a few Foundation Establishment cultivators participating.
Among the children of immortal cultivation families, there are also cultivators with pseudo-spiritual roots.
If they want to join the six major sects, they can only rely on the Ascension Order.
In the end, this Ascension Order was sold for four hundred and thirty spirit stones, which was only slightly more expensive than the Xuepo Pill.
Afterwards, Guiyuan Sect auctioned off nine more Ascension Orders, with the average transaction price being around four hundred spirit stones, which was similar to a top-grade magical weapon.
Four of them were bought by foundation-building cultivators, and the remaining six all fell into the hands of cultivators at the tenth level of Qi Refining.
Chen Yuan didn't pay any attention to the following items.
His mind was entirely focused on Ling Yunpei.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the Lingyun Pei was the order to ascend to immortality.
Perhaps it is no coincidence that the old scholar has both civil and wood spiritual roots.
He is most likely the descendant of a monk, which is why he has such amazing talent.
Most ordinary mortals have false spiritual roots in their bodies, and even real spiritual roots are rare.
But for some unknown reason, the Yan family lost their inheritance of cultivating immortals, and only the Ascension Order was passed down as a family heirloom.
Even though the old scholar was extremely talented, he had no chance to become an immortal. So he gave the immortality order inherited from his ancestors to his only student.
Chen Yuan had mixed feelings as he recalled the scenes of his interactions with the old scholar, and finally let out a sigh.
(End of this chapter)