Jiang Li and the others were so surprised because what they saw was none other than one of the missing fragments on the core stone tablet of the ancient ruins Sutra Hall, the cornerstone of the Sutra Valley!
More than 270 years ago, before the establishment of Sutra Valley, the battle for the ruins was extremely fierce.
The Sutra Hall, the core of the ruins, was completely destroyed.
This also resulted in most of the martial arts inheritance in Sutra Repository being incomplete.
Only a small number of them, by great luck, remain intact.
For example, Jiang Li’s core spiritual practice, the Heart Sutra of Avalokitesvara, the sect knew very well that this practice was as powerful as or even better than the four great sect-protecting inheritances in Sutra Valley.
But why, after so many years, it has not been completed, and Jiang Li has not been required to enter the Sutra Hall many times to complete the skills.
That's because they've already tried it.
The part of the stone tablet that recorded the rest of the Heart Sutra had apparently been damaged and lost. No matter how hard we tried, we could not get the rest of the content.
That is to say, Jiang Li was able to practice this method by creating something out of nothing by relying on the state of transmitting scriptures.
The Sutra Valley once spent a lot of effort to collect the fragments that were lost at that time. It took more than two hundred years to restore the Sutra Hall to the way Jiang Li sees it today.
But I didn't expect that I didn't get anything in the Dachong Mountains, but instead I happened to find it in Fengyang City in the Eastern Region.
"Hold steady first, don't rush."
Jiang Li and his friends did not bid immediately. Instead, after a while, they waited for a while and waited for a while before they tentatively made a bid.
This is to prevent others from knowing their desire for the item, thereby avoiding meaningless malicious bidding and raising the price.
Sure enough, after the second-class VIP room No. 73 made a bid in a hesitant manner, the scene was still cold.
Then, one second, two seconds, and seconds passed. The auctioneer on the stage obviously knew that the value of this item was limited, and it was already quite good to avoid the embarrassing failure of the sale.
The bid-raising activities that had been arranged in advance in the audience naturally died down.
Jiang Li bought the fragment of the Scripture Hall stone tablet very smoothly at the reserve price of 90,000 low-grade spirit stones.
When the service staff brought the fragments and the spirit stones that Jiang Li had obtained from the auction, he and the ancestor surnamed Zhu could hardly believe that things would go so smoothly.
Holding this fragment, Jiang Li's luck can only be considered good. Everything he has is obtained through his own hard work.
The Immortal-Slaying Flying Sword, the Ashura Corpse, the Nine Netherwood, and so on.
But recently he found that things seemed to be going a little smoother.
At first, some good things came to him without him having to do anything.
Like this piece of stone tablet fragment, like the sudden news of the escape convoy from Bailian Mountain that had previously lost contact, and like the Dachongshan Immortal Cultivation Conference, which was extremely outrageous and directly made him the leader of the Chongshan Alliance.
All of this seemed to have happened after the Battle of Bailian Mountain.
In other words, it should be after he obtained the state of [Merit Blessing (Small)].
It seems that this merit, in a sense, is very similar to the concept of "character".
Good character brings good luck.
Jiang Li was able to become the leader of Chongshan Alliance, on the one hand because of his outstanding strength and achievements, on the other hand because he had a wide range of friends and was very popular, and on the other hand because the situation at the time forced him to find a leader who could be controlled.
But now it seems that merit and blessings also play a very large role in it.
So, this fragment suddenly appeared in front of him under such circumstances. Jiang Li had reason to believe that there was some ancient heritage in it that would be of great benefit to him. It seemed that he had to find an opportunity to return to the sect some other day.
Of course, luck doesn't represent everything. Jiang Li's merits and blessings have a small word behind them. Naturally, we can't put everything on illusory luck. We still have to plan everything before we act, otherwise we might die without knowing how.
. . . .
The auction lasted for a long time in this lukewarm state.
Fortunately, the time scale perceived by monks is different from that of ordinary people.
As they meditate all year round, their concentration is much stronger than that of ordinary people.
Even in such a low period, the things that are taken out are actually rare and good things that are rarely seen in normal times. No matter how you broaden your horizons, it is good.
After this went on for half a day, the auctioneer on the stage suddenly became alert and his tone of voice suddenly rose.
Even Jiang Li showed a hint of surprise when he saw the items being auctioned.
The auctioneer carefully placed a velvet tray on the stage and faced the audience with a mysterious expression.
"Everyone, the item that will be auctioned next is probably something that no more than ten of you have seen, but there should be many people who have heard of it!"
After hearing the auctioneer's introduction, everyone in the audience became curious.
"A miracle fruit that adds longevity, the Jiazi longevity peach!"
The auctioneer shook his hand, and the high-quality red velvet cloth was lifted up.
Five rosy, plump and round peaches, like the shyness of an eighteen-year-old girl, were displayed in front of everyone.
A rich and clear fruity aroma diffused from the table. Just one sniff made people feel the supreme deliciousness.
"This is... a specialty of the Taolin Mu family."
Looking at the five exquisite longevity peaches, Jiang Li already understood.
Mu Chunyang of the Mu family is still being secretly imprisoned in the Demon-Suppressing Tower in Shushan. Naturally, Jiang Li also interrogated a lot of information about the Mu family in Taolin.
The Jiazi longevity peach, which can extend one's life by sixty years, is a specialty of the Mu family.
As soon as the Jiazi longevity peach appeared, the auction hall became a little quiet.
Many monks below were attracted by the fragrance of the longevity peach and were addicted to it.
And those forces that had heard of the name of the Jiazi Longevity Peach became a little agitated.
Just as the old auctioneer said, this longevity peach is quite famous in the Eastern Region.
After all, one longevity peach can extend one's life by sixty years, and five peaches can extend one's life by a full three hundred years.
You know, even a Jindan cultivator can only live for 500 years.
When many cultivators first embarked on the path of cultivating immortality, their goal was to seek immortality.
Eating these five longevity peaches can extend your life by 300 years. How can anyone not be tempted?
Moreover, the road to immortal cultivation becomes more and more difficult as one progresses. Many top cultivators above the Golden Core stage will waste their time at a certain barrier and be unable to make any progress. At the end of their lifespan, they still haven’t been able to break through.
At this time, they will try every possible way to delay the arrival of the deadline, and the Jiazi longevity peach is undoubtedly a very effective way.
It is said that because of the temptation of the longevity peach, the Taolin Mu family suffered a joint attack by top cultivators.
In that attack, the Taolin Mu family suffered heavy losses. A group of top cultivators united together and broke directly into their clan territory. They were on the verge of being completely wiped out.
It was at that time that the ancestor of the Mu family took action.
After that, no one dared to snatch the Jiazi Longevity Peach. Many top cultivators who were approaching the end of their lives came to the Mu family for help, and the Mu family also took this opportunity to win over a large and powerful group of foreign forces to help them.
From then on, the Mu family became more and more powerful, and eventually became a second-rate force in the Si Temple.
Today, the Mu family put five longevity peaches here for auction, which is an extremely rare thing.
"If I give this to my father... he will definitely be happy."
Wu Loulan, the third son of the Wantu Clan, looked at the five longevity peaches and murmured in a low voice.
"Master, these five longevity peaches are very expensive. The final transaction price will probably not be less than three million low-grade spirit stones!"
"If we consume too much of our spirit stones at this moment, will it affect the thing that the Sect Master wants?"
He naturally understood the Third Young Master's idea of using the longevity peaches to please the Sect Master, but business was more important.
"Why are you in such a hurry? I know what I am doing. Even if we can't get this peach, even if we don't get these peaches, we can use them to make other forces consume more spirit stones, so that the subsequent bidding will naturally go more smoothly."
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"That's good. Master Loulan is wise."
The old man hesitated for a moment, he suspected that the young master still couldn't distinguish the primary from the secondary.
At the auction table, the old auctioneer spoke excitedly as he described the effects of the Jiazi longevity peach, adding fuel to the fire.
Some of the monks present who didn't understand what was going on suddenly became excited when they heard that their lifespan could be extended by 300 years.
"I think everyone should know that this life-extending spiritual object is rare in the world of immortal cultivation. But it is so important. Whether you are young and frivolous or old and old, adding 300 years to your life span will not do any harm in any case."
"So the reserve price for this longevity peach is two million. Low-grade spirit stones. Now, the auction begins!"
The white-haired auctioneer had a smiling face, and it was obvious that he knew that this auction would be extremely popular.
"Two million spirit stones... The transaction price should be at least three million spirit stones. For a top cultivator, ten thousand low-grade spirit stones to extend his life for a year is a sure win."
Upon hearing the reserve price of two million, Jiang Li felt a sharp pain in his heart.
It was as if he himself had lost the two million spirit stones.
After all, Jiang Li could easily take out a handful of Nine Nether Earth Fruits with the same effect.
His Nine Netherworld Fruit can not only prolong life, but also allow the consumer to grow a brand new spiritual root and gain a refined improvement in cultivation.
Apart from the side effect of being infected by spiritual roots, it is even more powerful than the Jiazi longevity peach.
But this thing can be sold by the Taolin Mu family, but Jiang Li cannot.
Because he did not have a strong enough background to resist the greed of the top monks.
Even the Taolin Mu family was nearly wiped out because of this incident, so his Chongshan League didn’t have the ability to do that.
Therefore, when Jiang Li was treating the city lord's daughter in the City That Never Sleeps, he only demonstrated his ability to grant spiritual roots, and never mentioned the matter of lifespan.
The purpose is to prevent the occurrence of such danger.
Two million low-grade spirit stones, after this price came out.
The monks in the ordinary seats below and the third-class VIP seats immediately became depressed and stopped moving.
Those blazing gazes suddenly dimmed.
This price is far beyond their affordability.
However, this is the first time that I have seen a spiritual fruit other than the Nine Nether Earth Fruit that can directly increase lifespan.
The skills practiced by the Mu family in the Peach Forest are incompatible with the Nine Nether Daoist Scriptures. No one knows who the peach tree that produced these sixty-year longevity peaches is and what its origins are.
Jiang Li thought to himself that when he became strong in the future, he would definitely go to the peach forest and find out what was going on.
Of course, Jiang Li did not participate in this auction. He had no shortage of Nine Nether Earth Fruits, and he was not stupid enough to spend millions of spirit stones to buy a few useless things.
But he was not too moved, but others were different. After the auctioneer finished speaking,
The big forces that had been silent for a long time began to bid.
The price soared all the way and easily broke through the three million mark. The jealous Jiang Li gritted his teeth for a while.
In the end, Wantumen still failed to buy the five longevity peaches.
Even if they intend to make threats, there are many powerful forces in the Eastern Region who will not fall for their tricks at all.
Eventually, these five longevity peaches, which represented 300 years of life, were bought by a force on Hualong Island for 3.8 million low-grade spirit stones.
After the Jiazi Longevity Peach, which was the item with the highest transaction amount so far, no ordinary items have appeared in subsequent auctions.
The monks below, who had been extremely active, gradually became spectators, while those in the VIP box above began to take action frequently.
The evil Nine Yin Flying Zombies, the powerful Five Poisonous Monsters, the precious refined dragon blood, the mysterious Moon Meteorite Ice Stone...
Jiang Li was dazzled and excited by the rare and precious things.
Anyway, he knows himself well, and the final thing will definitely have nothing to do with him.
This allowed Jiuyou's clone, who was sitting in the seat below, to make two attempts, spending 2.15 million spirit stones to buy a piece of top-grade spirit ore and a golden statue of an ancient Buddhist master with a thousand hands on its back.
This almost wiped out all of Jiang Liqingshanju’s savings and the proceeds from the previous auction of the Bailianshan heritage.
The speed at which spirit stones are spent is really scary.
The next three items at the auction had nothing to do with him or Chongshan League at all.
Because the price was too high! At the end of the auction.
Finally, the long-awaited item has appeared, a priceless, earth-level magic weapon!
"Crown of the Blood King, a magical clothing item, rank, lower earth grade!"
The old auctioneer's powerful voice instantly plunged the entire noisy auction into silence.
Countless red eyes were fixed on the crown placed on the auction table. The rapid breathing sounds were like pulling a bellows, blowing a gust of wind in the quiet venue.
"Earth-level magic weapon."
Jiang Li also licked his lips, and a trace of greed for the crown arose in his heart.
Even though he already had an earth-grade magical weapon, the Yin Burial Coffin, he would not think it was too much at this moment.
But, is there actually someone who would sell a magic weapon of this level?
After Jiang Li suppressed the greed in his heart, he began to think, could this earth-level magic weapon have any major flaws?
(End of this chapter)