Chapter 197

Tao Youyu has never raised a child, or he has rarely come into contact with children. His only memories are of incidents involving naughty children that he has seen on the Internet. This has led to him having a bad impression of children as a group, so he was also surprised why he would pick up such a child who was obviously a burden.

He poked Jiaojiao's face, which looked white and tender after washing: "I didn't expect that she would look so cute after washing."

Jiaojiao, who was chewing a bun with her cheeks puffed out, nodded: "Yeah, Jiaojiao is cute."

Tao Youyu smiled and no longer felt conflicted.

Perhaps he had exceptionally sharp eyes, and was able to see the child's facial features through his dirty face, and thought he was particularly cute, so he picked him up. Or perhaps his values ​​and mentality had not yet been reshaped by the world of cultivation, and his previous education prevented him from ignoring a three-year-old child.

Anyway, I picked it up, and it won’t cost much to feed it. Besides, if he really eats you bankrupt, I can just let him beg.

With such a delicate face, it should be no problem for her to beg for three steamed buns a day. Besides, there is the protagonist brother. With him around, I believe they will never fall to the point of begging.

Gu Yufei gave him a cold glance at his words. "That child's dress, the one you took off and threw away, is made of heavenly silk and dragon yarn. Even though it's so tattered it can't be sold in the cultivation world, if you sell it in a mortal town, the silver you get will be enough to eat steamed buns for the rest of your life."

According to Gu Yufei's judgment, this child did not look like being abandoned at all. Not to mention the clothes that could be sold for hundreds of spirit stones when intact, the bracelets on his wrists, the anklets on his ankles, and the five-phoenix necklace around his neck were all ordinary items. Moreover, if he was not mistaken, these were all storage magic weapons, and they still had certain defensive capabilities.

Storage magic weapons have always been precious. Ordinary cultivators use storage bags, while wealthier cultivators use storage rings. For example, Tao Youyu has two storage magic weapons. One is a storage bag for daily necessities and spirit stones, and the other is a storage jade pendant for more expensive magic tools and elixirs.

At first glance, this child was carrying five storage magic weapons. It was estimated that his background was not simple. Only someone as stupid and naive as Tao Youyu would think that the child was abandoned.

Hearing this, Tao Youyu looked at the collar around Jiaojiao's neck and the bracelet on her wrist in surprise, then poked Jiaojiao's face seriously and said, "Tell me, who are you?"

"?" Jiaojiao looked at him in confusion.

Tao Youyu stared at him for a long time before giving in. Forget it, since he had already picked the person up, it was impossible for him to be thrown back. Only a very wicked person could do that!

Thinking about it, he picked up Jiaojiao and stuffed her into Gu Yufei's arms, saying in a self-deprecating manner, "Come on, come on, cultivate some feelings, and you'll have a bun to eat in the future."

After saying that, he got up and went out to pack his luggage.

In fact, he and Gu Yufei didn't have much to buy. They just picked up a child and had to buy some clothes and food for the child.

Gu Yufei's arms and legs became stiff as a soft little dumpling was suddenly stuffed into his arms. He felt so helpless that he lowered his head and looked at Jiaojiao who looked up in confusion. He saw this fair and tender child who looked like a Yuanxiao spirit raised his head and gave him a soft smile, then leaned in his arms and continued to nibble on the bun in his hand.

This kind of invisible dependence and trust made Gu Yufei frown. How could someone become so dependent on a stranger whom he had just met not long ago? This was too unguarded!

His brows were furrowed tighter and tighter. He was not used to such close contact with people and wanted to put the child down immediately. His thoughts had gradually strayed to how to make the child more alert.

After finishing the bun in her hand, Jiaojiao patted her belly. Feeling that she was still not full, she tugged at Gu Yufei's clothes. When Gu Yufei looked down, she pointed at the bun on the table and squeezed it with her little hand like a kitten kneading milk: "Brother...Jiaojiao wants it."

Gu Yufei came to his senses and took the bun from the table and put it in his hand. Thinking about what he had just been thinking, he felt a little strange. But then again, if he put the child down from his arms right after Tao Youyu put him in his arms, would the child think he disliked him and cry?

When he thought of this possibility, Gu Yufei felt an inexplicable tingling sensation on his scalp. He immediately gave up the idea of ​​putting Jiaojiao down and could only maintain a stiff and awkward posture without moving.

Jiaojiao, who was in his arms, was chewing the second bun with a smile on her face.

Over the past year, Jiaojiao had been eating all kinds of fish and shrimp caught by the blue whale from the Boundless Sea in the Dead Zone. Most of the time, they were eaten raw, so when Jiaojiao finally ate something other than fish and shrimp, she couldn't help but eat two buns as big as an adult's fist.

Jiaojiao, feeling a little uncomfortable after eating, wrinkled her nose and took Gu Yufei's hand and placed it on her belly: "Brother...rub it for me."

Gu Yufei lowered his eyes and looked at him, without moving his hand on his stomach.

Seeing that he didn't move, Jiaojiao, feeling uncomfortable, thought for a moment, then straightened up from his arms. She stretched out her arms and wrapped them around his neck with some difficulty, then rubbed her face against his. Her soft and sticky voice, with the stumbling sound of a child, said, "Brother, give...Jiaojiao...a rub on my belly...okay?"

Gu Yufei, who was caught off guard and had his heart struck, said: "...!?"

When Tao Youyu came back after buying clothes and food for the child, what she saw was Gu Yufei who was rubbing Jiaojiao's belly with his eyes lowered.

This made him widen his eyes in confusion. After spending three months with Gu Yufei, he didn't think Gu Yufei was the type of person who would rub a child's belly.

He stepped out doubtfully and closed the door. After counting to three silently, he suddenly opened the door. Meeting Jiaojiao's puzzled gaze from inside the door, he was silent for a moment and couldn't help but clenching his fists.

Brother Gu is indeed not the type to rub a child’s belly, so there is only one truth, Brother Gu treats people differently!

Tao Youyu complained in disbelief: "Brother Gu! How could you do this!!"

Gu Yufei calmly withdrew his hand from rubbing Jiaojiao's belly, but he actually felt a little embarrassed and guilty.

Jiaojiao, who was held in Gu Yufei's arms, looked at Tao Youyu, whose hair was about to explode with anger. Her big eyes were full of confusion. She looked up at Gu Yufei and said, "Brother...what's wrong?"

"Nothing."

Gu Yufei's calm voice came from behind.

Tao Youyu, who was packing her things by the bed, paused, turned around, and took Jiaojiao from Gu Yufei's arms. She gritted her teeth and said, "Gu Yufei, I'm telling you, don't even think about me buying you any pills from now on. Not even a bottle... No, don't even think about it!"

You are treated differently, you double-standard protagonist. He has been working like a slave for the past three months in vain, running around, working hard and spending money. In the end, I didn't expect that you look serious on the surface, but you are actually a cute thing lover!

Gu Yufei didn't take his words seriously and threw a jade slip to him: "Take a look."

Tao Youyu took it and probed his spiritual sense into it with a little unfamiliarity. There was a piece of news in the jade slip that there was an auction of Guyuan Dan at the Bahuang Auction House in Wushuang City.

Tao Youyu, who had been cramming all kinds of knowledge about the cultivation world during this period, knew about the Guyuan Pill. This pill was the dream pill for Jindan cultivators when they were promoted to Yuanying.

Even though he hasn't established his foundation yet, Tao Youyu, who has read many novels about cultivating immortals, knows that forming a fetus is a major hurdle for cultivators. Many cultivators have reached this step but failed to form a fetus, resulting in them being unable to make any further progress in their entire lives.

Moreover, the quality of the infant determines to a certain extent whether the future path of the cultivator will be smooth. Some cultivators' hearts are contaminated by inner demons when they form an infant. Although they succeed in refining their primordial spirits and forming an infant after a struggle, the infant has flaws, which makes it inevitable that their future path of cultivation will be bumpy.

The Guyuan Pill can not only protect the cultivator's soul when he is forming a fetus, greatly reducing the chance of the cultivator being infected by inner demons during the refining of his soul, but also the Taoism contained in it can help the cultivator more easily comprehend the Taoism of heaven and earth and thus successfully refine his soul and form a fetus.

With the Guyuan Pill, the chance of successfully forming a baby increases by 20%. Don't underestimate this 20% chance. Many people stop at the Golden Pill because of this 20% chance.

However, the Guyuan Pill, which helps to form a baby, is very rare. The Dao principle contained in it is of paramount importance. To be able to help the golden elixir form a baby, an alchemist needs to have at least the cultivation level of the out-of-body stage to achieve the Dao principle.

Alchemists with the ability to leave the body are rare. In the early stages, they need a lot of money and natural treasures to cultivate. This also means that most alchemists can only grow up in immortal families and sects. Sects and families spend resources to cultivate alchemists, and after growing up, alchemists naturally become the helpers of sects and families. Therefore, their elixirs are also supplied to sects and families first, and very few of them can be passed down.

All the major sects and families would prepare Gu Yuan Dan in advance for the disciples they valued. These resources were also the reason why cultivators flocked to the sects and families to worship them.

The Gu Yuan Dan that is scattered around is extremely rare, and every time it appears in the world, it will attract a lot of competition.

Gu Yufei looked at Tao Youyu and said, "Help me get it. I will go to Taixu Secret Realm to find the spiritual cleansing herbs for you."

Cleansing Spiritual Grass is a spiritual grass that is unique to the Taixu Secret Realm. As the name suggests, it has the function of cleansing the marrow and spiritual roots. It can wash away the weaker spiritual roots in the body, turning three spiritual roots into two spiritual roots, and double spiritual roots into single spiritual roots.

Unfortunately, it can only be used once in a lifetime. Otherwise, if it is repeatedly used, a group of geniuses with single spiritual roots can be washed out in the large sects. Of course, the spiritual cleansing grass is not easy to obtain. It grows in the Taixu Secret Realm and is accompanied by a two-headed sky python beast.

According to legend, the Taixu Secret Realm was a place opened up by the ancient gods for young people to train. The highest level of cultivation required to enter was limited to the Nascent Soul stage. It was not easy to obtain the Spirit Cleansing Grass from a ferocious beast with strength comparable to that of the Nascent Soul stage.

Four months later, the Immortal Alliance Competition, held once every ten years, will be held. The three races of humans, demons and monsters will all participate. The purpose is to compete for and allocate the places for each sect and race to enter the Taixu Secret Realm.

The Taixu Secret Realm is an ancient secret realm guarded by the three races of humans, demons and monsters. It is so vast and boundless that no single race can monopolize it, so it is guarded by the three races together.

This rule has continued from a thousand years ago to a thousand years later. Today, the human race still cannot monopolize the Taixu Secret Realm, and the demon race and the monster race will not sit idly by and watch the human race monopolize the Taixu Secret Realm. When they are unable to suppress the demon race and the monster race, they can only accept this rule with a pinch of their nose.

The number of places to enter the Taixu Secret Realm is limited, with only 20,000 places in total. These 20,000 places may sound like a lot, but after being evenly distributed among the hundreds of sects of the three clans, each sect only has a few places.

Moreover, it is impossible to share the quota equally. No matter whether it is the human race, the demon race, or the monster race, they will not agree to such a ridiculous thing as sharing the quota equally. Therefore, the Immortal Alliance Competition was set up to compete for the quota based on strength. This is the most acceptable and unquestionable way in the world of cultivation where strength is supreme.

Before the Immortal Alliance Competition, Gu Yufei must be promoted to the Nascent Soul stage. Only with his overwhelming performance and strength in the competition will Taixuan Sect be forced to give him a place due to public pressure. Moreover, if he does not reach the Nascent Soul stage before entering the Taixu Secret Realm, then this secret realm will be a death sentence for him, but he has to go to this secret realm.

He needs to advance to the Nascent Soul stage to ensure that he gets a place to enter the Taixu Secret Realm, while Tao Youyu needs to use spiritual herbs to wash away the weaker of his three spiritual roots.

Tao Youyu rolled his eyes, realizing he had taken advantage. His eyes sparkled as he looked at Gu Yufei, and he immediately forgot what he had said before. He quickly asked Gu Yufei to sit down, poured him a cup of tea, and handed it to him with a flattering smile on his face. "Brother Gu, you must be tired. Take a rest. Once I pack my things, we'll set off for Wushuang City. I'll make sure to take a picture of this Guyuan Pill for you."

Things like the Washing Spirit Grass are much rarer than the Guyuan Pill. You can’t buy them even if you have money. If he exchanges the Guyuan Pill for the Washing Spirit Grass, he will definitely make a profit!

Moreover, the maternal family of the body he wore was a branch of the Jin family, the richest family in the world of cultivation. Although the Jin family might not be powerful, they were definitely wealthy. The shops under their name were spread across most of the Canglan Realm. The Jin family alone controlled three-tenths of the wealth of the Canglan Realm. It was a pity that Tao Youyu's mother, Jin Liuyan, was attacked by a demon cultivator when she was pregnant with Tao Youyu. She died after giving birth to Tao Youyu with all her might.

Tao Youyu himself has three spiritual roots. Compared with his two brothers with two spiritual roots born to his stepmother, his talent is obviously not good enough.

The clan's resources all tend to favor the two more talented younger brothers. Compared with his two younger brothers, Tao Youyu is like a nobody in the clan. But he doesn't care. He has a huge fortune left by his mother, and the resources in his hands are no worse than his two younger brothers. Moreover, he has been looking for the Cleansing Spirit Grass in various auctions and shops. The bounty for his search for the Cleansing Spirit Grass is still on the bounty task list of Canglan Realm.

In fact, eight years ago, Tao Youyu had obtained a spirit-cleansing grass. Unfortunately, his father tricked him into giving it to his brother who had dual spirit roots to cleanse the weaker spirit root, leaving him with a single thunder spirit root. He then successfully became a disciple of the Taixuan Sect.

According to the original owner's father, even if he used the Spirit Cleansing Grass, he would only have dual spiritual roots. If he gave it to his brother, he would only have a single spiritual root. What does a single spiritual root mean? Being able to become a direct disciple of a major sect elder, with his brother protecting him, even if he had no cultivation or talent in the future, it wouldn't be a big deal.

Tao Youyu just wanted to chuckle at this. If his genius son wanted a single spiritual root, he should go buy the spiritual cleansing grass himself if he had the ability. You should know that the spiritual cleansing grass was bought by the original owner with most of the inheritance left by his mother.

The original owner was an extremely arrogant person, otherwise he would not have canceled the bounty mission for the Spirit Washing Grass for so many years.

After traveling through time, Tao Youyu of course also wanted to use the spiritual washing herbs, but that thing is not that easy to get. Now that the protagonist says he wants to find spiritual washing herbs for him, it seems like he wants to treat him like a big shot!

Tao Youyu was happily packing his luggage. Jiaojiao, who was placed on the bed by him, blinked at his movements, tilted her head and thought for a long time before reaching out to tug at his sleeve, "Brother Tao."

"Well, what?"

Tao Youyu put the shoes she bought for Jiaojiao on his chubby little feet to compare them. When she estimated that the size was just right, she put them into the storage bag.

"Brother... Jiaojiao can't... go with you guys."

Tao Youyu glanced at Jiaojiao and sneered, "If you don't follow us, who will you follow? Aren't you afraid that a ferocious beast will come and eat you?"

Jiaojiao wrinkled her nose: "Jiaojiao wants to... go find daddy... and won't go with you... I'm not afraid of ferocious beasts."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tao Youyu was about to say something when he heard the book-traveling system, which had been silent since it was bound yesterday, suddenly move.

A mechanical voice, devoid of any emotion, echoed through Tao Youyu's mind: [Novice Mission: Host, please find a father for the human cub Jiaojiao. Mission Completed: Reward: One Soul Cleansing Pill (Note: This does not conflict with the Soul Cleansing Grass). Mission Failed: Loss of voice for half a month.]

It does not conflict with the Spirit Cleansing Grass, which means that after he uses the Spirit Cleansing Grass to wash away the weaker spiritual roots, he can also use the Spirit Cleansing Pill to wash the double spiritual roots into a single spiritual root!

Tao Youyu was extremely surprised when he looked at the system board. Doesn't this mean that he might become a genius with a single spiritual root?!

The fact of entering the world of cultivation is unchangeable. Since you have decided to climb the mountain of cultivation, the higher the talent, the better.

Thinking of this, Tao Youyu looked at Jiaojiao who was sitting on the bed, picked him up and gave him a loud kiss. Unable to contain his excitement, he said, "You are such a big baby!"

Jiaojiao was stunned after being kissed so hard that her head tilted back. After coming to her senses, she quickly used her hands to hold back Tao Youyu's face from kissing her. She was so anxious that her words became fluent: "Brother, brother...no kiss."

"Okay, okay, I won't kiss you." Tao Youyu stroked Jiaojiao's head and said with a smile, "You want to go find your daddy? Do you know where your daddy is?"

Jiaojiao shook her head: "I don't know."

"You don't know where your father is, so how are you going to find him?"

Jiaojiao frowned and thought for a moment, then shook her head again: "I don't know."

"Do you have a way to contact your father?"

Jiaojiao, who hadn't dreamed of her father for a long time, stammered, "No."

"What's your father's name?"

"Senior brother, uncle-master, young master, young prince..." Jiaojiao counted them one by one on his fingers. These were the names he heard others call his father when he was with his father.

"Okay, okay." Tao Youyu pressed down Jiaojiao's hand and said with a headache, "So, you don't know where your father is, don't know your father's name, and don't have any contact information for your father?"

Jiaojiao opened her big, dark, bright eyes and nodded innocently.

Tao Youyu sighed. This silly look made him doubt the fact that Gu Yufei said that he was not abandoned.

He pointed at Gu Yufei standing beside him and asked, "Is your father also a cultivator, like your brother Gu?"

Jiaojiao turned her head to look at Gu Yufei's outfit and nodded hesitantly.

"It's easy if you're a cultivator. The Immortal Alliance Competition in four months is a grand event in the Canglan Realm. All cultivators will participate in it, and your father will probably go too. Just come with us, and maybe you'll find him."

Jiaojiao thought about it and nodded: "Okay, thank you...brother."

"You're welcome." He touched Jiaojiao's head, put on his new shoes, put him down and turned to continue packing his luggage.

Jiaojiao took two steps on the ground wearing his new shoes. He pursed his lips happily, liking them very much. He walked forward, grabbed Tao Youyu's robe, and looked up and said seriously, "Thank you, brother."

Tao Youyu raised the corner of his mouth slightly, picked up Jiaojiao and walked downstairs.

The group left the inn and set off for Wushuang City.

Wushuang City is located at the junction of three countries in the Zhongzhou area. The rules are strict and complicated. There is a no-fly order in the city. Even monks in the out-of-body stage have to land and ride various animal carts instead.

After five days of travel, Tao Youyu and his companions finally arrived in Wushuang City on the morning of the Bahuang Auction.

At this time, Jiaojiao was lying obediently in Gu Yufei's arms, and his spiritual consciousness circled around the blue whale hidden in his sea of ​​consciousness as usual.

The blue whale's soul was shattered into countless pieces in the Dead Sea. After being forcibly pieced together by Jiaojiao's spiritual consciousness, it was hidden in the sea of ​​consciousness for nourishment. After so many days, dense cracks can still be seen on the soul, and there is no sign of improvement at the moment.

Jiaojiao touched the blue whale's head soothingly with her spiritual sense, and then withdrew from the sea of ​​consciousness.

Seeing that he woke up, Gu Yufei raised his hand to shield him from the direct sunlight.

Jiaojiao noticed this and tilted her head back to rub his chin affectionately.

Gu Yufei held down his restless head and said, "Are you hungry? Be patient, we can eat once we get into the city."

Jiaojiao nodded: "Okay."

Ever since Tao Youyu discovered that Gu Yufei was actually a cute-animal lover beneath his gentlemanly exterior, he would stuff Jiaojiao into Gu Yufei's arms whenever he got the chance while on the road.

So, fearing that if he put Jiaojiao down, Jiaojiao would mistakenly think that he disliked him and start crying, Gu Yufei could only hold the soft little body in his arms carefully with his body stiff. After a few days, he had become more skilled from the initial stiffness, and even inexplicably became more indulgent towards Jiaojiao.

This made Tao Youyu feel very jealous, because he was obviously the one who knew the protagonist first.

He touched his face, feeling melancholy. It turned out that his appearance was not an advantage and he was not cute enough!

After queuing up and entering the city, the three of them went to find an inn to eat. Gu Yufei, who had already been fasting, did not have much demand for food. The main fighting force at the dinner table was Tao Youyu and Jiaojiao.

Jiaojiao was not very skilled in using chopsticks, so Gu Yufei was responsible for feeding her.

After dinner, Gu Yufei wanted to inquire about the auction, and Tao Youyu followed to join in the fun, so the two people who had never raised a child generously left Jiaojiao alone in the inn.

In fact, it’s not that the two of them are careless. This inn is an inn dedicated to receiving monks. Each guest room has a protective array. Except for the room owner who has recorded spiritual power, no one else can enter.

When Gu Yufei and Tao Youyu left, Jiaojiao waved her little paws at them and said, "Brother, come back soon."

After a few days, Jiaojiao's speech became more and more fluent.

"I got it. I'll bring you some candied haws when I come back." Tao Youyu smiled and rubbed Jiaojiao's head, then turned around and walked out the door with Gu Yufei.

After Gu Yufei and Tao Youyu left, Jiaojiao walked to the bed, kicked off her shoes, climbed onto the bed with difficulty, took off her coat, folded it neatly and put it aside, lay down, pulled the quilt over her belly, closed her eyes and took a nap obediently.

When she woke up again, it was already dark. Sitting on the bed, Jiaojiao blinked at the dim room, took the clothes beside the pillow and put them on, then carefully adjusted the collar and cuffs, then slid down on the edge of the bed.

Tao Youyu pushed the door open at this time, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw Jiaojiao hanging by the bed.

He laughed, walked over, picked up Jiaojiao, and stuffed the candied haws in his hand into his: "Here, the candied haws I promised to bring you."

"Brother Tao, Jiaojiao has been sleeping for a long time." Jiaojiao held the candied haws and stretched out her chubby little feet to help Tao Youyu put on shoes.

"Well, then what?"

"If you sleep for too long, you won't be able to sleep at night."

"Don't worry about that." Tao Youyu put on his shoes, picked him up from the bed and walked out: "You sleep like a dead pig every night, it's impossible that you can't sleep."

Jiaojiao wrinkled her nose: "Brother, you can't curse."

"Heh, when did I curse?"

"just."

"What did you curse at?"

"Scold Jiaojiao, you dead pig."

"I didn't curse."

"?" Jiaojiao tilted her head in confusion: "But, did Jiaojiao hear it?"

"I'm just stating the facts, how can you accuse me of cursing?"

Gu Yufei, who was waiting downstairs, heard the noise and looked up. He saw Jiaojiao in Tao Youyu's arms puffing out her cheeks angrily and turning her head away, ignoring Tao Youyu.

Such a small ball actually has a temper?

Gu Yufei: "What happened?"

Gu Yufei, who was holding Jiaojiao, mouthed to him: "You've teased me too much."

Gu Yufei: "..."

It's really amazing. It's not easy to make such a naughty kid angry.

He reached out and took Jiaojiao from Tao Youyu's arms, and the three of them walked outside.

The Eight Desolate Auction House is the property of the Lou family in the world of cultivation. In the auction house industry, even the richest family, the Jin family, has to avoid the Lou family.

They are spread across all the towns and cities in Canglan Realm, claiming that as long as you can afford the spirit stones, they can find anything for you. The spirit-cleansing grass that the original owner, Tao Youyu, got when he was ten years old was obtained from the Bahuang Auction House. However, just buying this one grass consumed most of the inheritance left by the original owner's mother. After the spirit-cleansing grass was coaxed away by his father, he did not have more financial resources to buy a second one.

Whenever he thought of this, Tao Youyu couldn't help but complain that the original owner's father was not a human being.

The Bahuang Auction House holds a large auction every July. The items auctioned include all kinds of natural treasures, rare animals, robes, martial arts, in addition to various rare and precious things. If there is something you particularly want, come to the July auction. There is a high chance that you can see what you want here, but whether you can get it depends on your own financial resources.

At night, Wushuang City is brightly lit, crowded with tourists, and the monks coming and going make the atmosphere very lively.

At the entrance of the auction house, Tao Youyu handed over two jade rings. After the waiter checked them, he led the two of them and the child Jiaojiao into the venue.

The first thing that catches your eye when you enter is the auction table suspended in the air. When the auction begins, it will show everyone the items to be auctioned in a 360-degree angle.

The seats in the Bahuang Auction House are arranged according to consumption. The hall on the first floor is for monks who come to the Bahuang Auction House for the first time or whose consumption at the Bahuang Auction House is not very high. There are many public seats prepared for monks scattered in it. From the second floor up, there are hidden rooms. The higher the floor, the more consumption at the Bahuang Auction House. Of course, you can also spend money to move up to a higher floor.

Thanks to Tao Youyu having spent a considerable amount of spirit stones at the Bahuang Auction House, they were able to move into the third-floor wing.

There is a magic mirror in each room, through which the monks in the room can see the items being auctioned on the auction table outside in real time.

Sitting on a specially placed children's chair, Jiaojiao ate two candied haws and handed the remaining candied haws to Gu Yufei: "Brother, have some."

After Gu Yufei said no, Jiaojiao handed it to Tao Youyu.

Tao Youyu happily took it and ate a candied haws in one bite.

Gu Yufei wiped Jiaojiao's hands with a handkerchief and said, "Many of the cultivators who came here this time are here for the Gu Yuan Pill. Are you sure?"

Tao Youyu used the tip of his tongue to push the candied haws fruit from the left side of his cheek to the right. He liked to hold the candied haws fruit in his mouth, waiting for the sugar coating to melt before eating the hawthorn inside. "I've read about the auction prices of Gu Yuan Dan in the past. As long as there's no malicious competition and bidding up the price, I'll have a good chance of winning."

As soon as he finished speaking, the lights on the auction table suspended in the air suddenly lit up, attracting everyone's attention.

A man wearing a white cross-collared robe inside and a blue-white bamboo robe outside appeared on the stage at some point. The man's gentle temperament and appearance were like jade, flawless and clear.

The cultivators present were all shocked. This man's cultivation was definitely above the Nascent Soul stage, otherwise how could he climb onto the platform without being noticed by so many cultivators?

The man smiled elegantly, and the Mountain and River Fan in his hand swished open. "Eight Desolations is honored to have you all here. There's the Infinite Sea to the west, the Asura Flame Territory to the north, and the Snowy Region of the Deep Mountains to the south. Eight Desolations has ventured into all of these places this year, and has received many rare treasures... I hope you all gain something today."

"This first item is the Nine Dragon Mountain Guarding Jade, found deep within the Infinite Sea. Its... starting price is eight thousand spirit stones, with each bid increment no less than five hundred."

"Eight thousand five hundred spirit stones!"

"Nine thousand spirit stones!"

The moment he finished speaking, someone quoted a price. Tao Youyu, who was attending such an occasion for the first time, was attracted by the magic weapon when he heard the man introduce it. He was very envious of the magic weapon, but at the same time he felt sorry for the few spirit stones. He closed his eyes and pretended not to see it. He kept saying "Guyuan Pill, Guyuan Pill" in his heart, telling himself to save the spirit stones to buy Guyuan Pill and not spend money indiscriminately.

Finally, this magic weapon was acquired by a cultivator on the second level for 13,500 spirit stones.

Tao Youyu was attracted by every one of the following magic weapons, and looked like he had never seen such a worldly thing before.

There is no way. These magical weapons for cultivating immortals are too tempting for modern young people like them who grew up watching various immortal cultivation TV dramas.

Jiaojiao, sitting at the table munching on a snack, had puzzled eyes: "Brother wants it, why don't you buy it?"

Tao Youyu took the snacks on the table and stuffed them into Jiaojiao's mouth: "Eat your snacks. Children shouldn't meddle in adult matters."

Jiaojiao puffed out her cheeks and nodded obediently, okay, children don’t mind adults’ affairs.

Gu Yufei waited patiently for the auction items to be sold one after another, and occasionally when Jiaojiao couldn't reach the snacks on the table, he would reach out and take them and hand them to him.

When they took pictures of the eighth item, the Guyuan Pill that Gu Yufei and the others had been waiting for finally arrived. The two of them sat up straight without realizing it, their eyes fixed on the bottle of pills.

Jiaojiao, who was munching on a snack, glanced at them, then looked at the bottle on the auction table, and tilted her head in confusion.

"This bottle of Gu Yuan Dan was made by Qing Xuan Zun. It is of excellent quality. There are five pills in the bottle. They can be sold separately or as a whole bottle..."

Upon hearing this, Tao Youyu's heart skipped a beat and he kept praying, "Please don't sell the whole bottle!"

Fortunately, no one was willing to buy the whole bottle, so the bottle of Guyuan Dan was split up and sold. Seeing this, Tao Youyu was really relieved, because this was related to his spiritual roots!

"Guyuan Pill, starting price 20,000 spirit stones, each bid increment must be no less than 500, bidding begins now!"

"Twenty-one thousand spirit stones!"

"Twenty-three thousand spirit stones!"

"Twenty-three thousand five hundred spirit stones!"

"Twenty-five thousand spirit stones!"

As soon as the man finished speaking, there was a fierce and resounding noise of bidding.

Tao Youyu was not in a hurry to bid, but was ready to see the price of the first one before making a decision.

The first Guyuan Pill was sold for 38,000 spirit stones, and the second one was sold for 39,000.

Tao Youyu breathed a sigh of relief when he found that the prices were all within his affordable range. As soon as the third piece was auctioned, he joined the bidding team.

When the price reached 39,500, Tao Youyu raised it to 41,000 spirit stones in one breath.

"The third Gu Yuan Dan costs 41,000 spirit stones. Is there anyone who wants to raise the price?"

Some people were eager to buy, but thinking that there were two more to come, they suppressed the impulse. After all, the price was already high.

"The third Gu Yuan Dan is priced at 41,000 spirit stones. Is there anyone who wants to raise the price?"

Seeing that no one moved, Liu Yunhe asked for the third time according to the rules: "The third Gu Yuan Dan is priced at 41,000 spirit stones. Is there anyone who wants to raise the price?"

Just when the Gu Yuan Dan was about to find a buyer, a lazy voice came from the fourth floor: "Fifty thousand spirit stones!"

Tao Youyu raised his eyebrows. Where did this bad luck come from? Was this intentional?

"Fifty-one thousand spirit stones!" he added, suppressing his heartache.

"Fifty-two thousand spirit stones!" The lazy voice from the fourth floor came again.

Tao Youyu was so angry that his hair was about to explode, and he directly shouted out the price of fifty-five thousand spirit stones.

The voice then added another thousand spirit stones.

Seeing this, Tao Youyu calmed down and stopped bidding. There were still two more to come, so there was no need to argue over this one.

In the fourth-floor room where the bidding was taking place, Jin Yaoer looked at her brother with a puzzled expression: "Brother, our goal isn't the Gu Yuan Dan, are you mistaken?"

"I'm not mistaken." Jin Bingwen smiled nonchalantly, "That kid downstairs is Tao Youyu. Why would he, a Qi training stage cultivator, buy Guyuan Pills?"

"Tao Youyu, Jin Liuyan's son? Why is he in Wushuang City?"

"Who knows who tricked that idiot into coming here again? He hasn't been stupid for just one or two days anyway."

Their mother and Jin Liuyan didn't get along very well, and of course they didn't like Tao Youyu very much, so they certainly couldn't miss this opportunity to make things difficult for her.

"All right."

After learning the reason, Jin Yaoer said nothing more and leaned back leisurely in her chair.

Tao Youyu was about to bid for the fourth one, but when he took the last step, the voice came out again, and finally the fourth Guyuan Pill was bought by the voice again for a whopping 93,000 spirit stones.

Tao Youyu already had a bad feeling at this point. He gritted his teeth and thought, this guy couldn't possibly buy three Gu Yuan Dan pills in a row! Unless he really had too much money and didn't know where to spend it.

When the last Guyuan Pill was being auctioned, Tao Youyu's eyes were fixed on the fourth floor, but he didn't expect that the man would directly shout out 100,000 spirit stones at the beginning.

Tao Youyu clenched his fists instantly. Damn, is this guy seriously ill? If he couldn't see that this person was targeting him at this point, he would be a fool.

"One hundred and one thousand spirit stones!" Tao Youyu shouted gritting his teeth.

"One hundred and two thousand spirit stones!"

Tao Youyu's face turned pale. He only had 101,700 spirit stones in total.

"Brother Gu?" He turned his head and looked at Gu Yufei pitifully.

Gu Yufei held his forehead and forced himself to remain calm: "It's okay."

It's just that there are a few more risks when forming a baby.

He is now only one step away from the Nascent Soul stage. To be safe, he has been suppressing his cultivation, fearing that he would attract a thunder tribulation if he was not careful. Now he doesn't have to do that anymore.

In fact, if his Dao heart had not been damaged in the secret realm, he would not have had to ask for this Guyuan Pill.

"Then is there any hope for my Spirit Cleansing Herb?"

Gu Yufei chuckled: "It depends on your performance."

After almost having a full stomach with snacks, Jiaojiao obediently wiped her hands with a handkerchief, looking back and forth at the expressions of Tao Youyu and Gu Yufei while wiping.

Seeing that his brothers seemed to really want this pill, he stretched out his little paw and pressed the bidder with a "click". Immediately, an emotionless voice rang out in the auction hall: "One hundred and two thousand five hundred spirit stones!"

Tao Youyu and Gu Yufei were startled, and their eyes were simultaneously fixed on Jiaojiao who was pressing the price increasing machine.

In just a moment, Tao Youyu quickly carried Jiaojiao away from the bidding machine and raised his voice uncontrollably: "What are you doing?"

Jiaojiao pointed at the pills on the stage and said, "Buy it for my brother."

Tao Youyu had a headache: "Little ancestor, if you have money, just buy it!"

"Yes." Jiaojiao said as she took out a spirit stone from the collar in front of her belly and showed it to him.

Jiaojiao, who had seen Tao Youyu pay, knew that these shiny and beautiful stones were money, and he had a lot of them, so he could buy his brother whatever he wanted.

Tao Youyu looked down at the thing in Jiaojiao's hand without any concern, and the next second his whole body went offline.

"Top-grade Spirit Stone!!!"

Sorry for being half an hour late and not having time to make changes. Let me fix it.