The floating island Lai Siyu and the others rented was located at the top of Cuiwei Villa's floating island area. Upon exiting the lobby, one could see a staircase made of white clouds, nestled amidst the lake and mountain scenery, leading directly to the entrance of each floating island. (First published on шш.uuo.com)
With their level of cultivation, a thousand miles is just one step away, let alone the ladder to heaven.
After arriving at their floating island, Liu Zhuzi saluted and said, "My fellow Daoists, this is your floating island. If you have any instructions, you can just use the jade slips to transmit them."
The jade slip given to them by the shopkeeper is not only the key to unlock the restriction of the floating island formation, but also a voice transmission slip for communicating with the store owner.
Lai Siyu threw the jade slip out, and layers of transparent ripples appeared in the void.
After the ripples disappeared, several people entered the floating island. Mu Lingxiao flipped his hand, and in a flash, a courtyard with an ancient and elegant shape appeared on the floating island.
Mu Lingxiao pointed his slender and handsome hands in the air, and a stream of light flowed out from his fingers. Flowers, plants and trees immediately grew on the bare floating island, and the yard was surrounded by clusters of flowers.
The entire floating island immediately changed, becoming dreamy and romantic.
Lai Siyu and Mu Lingxiao lived in the main courtyard, Daxue, Sanyan, and Siji lived in the east and west wing rooms, and Ergou and Wuxiong lived in the gatehouse. After they settled in, Ergou sent a message to Lai Siyu, saying, "Boss, someone from Cuiwei Villa has arrived with an invitation."
"What invitation?"
"It said it was an invitation to some VIP auction."
"Let him in."
"yes!"
After a while, a slightly plump male cultivator with a smiling face came in behind Ergou.
"My fellow Daoists, I am Qian Xiang, the manager of Cuiwei Mountain Villa. I have already heard what happened before from the shopkeeper. I am truly sorry to all of you. The Jiang family controls most of the imperial capital, and our Cuiwei Mountain happens to be within the sphere of influence under the jurisdiction of Lord Jiang... So please forgive me for any offense I may have caused you!
But rest assured, they wouldn't dare to mess around in Cuiwei Villa!" The implication was that the Jiang family would definitely mess around outside of Cuiwei Villa.
"I heard that Manager Qian is here to deliver an invitation to an auction. It's just a small matter so you can just send someone over. Why bother Manager Qian to come in person?" Lai Siyu asked.
Hey, it's because he knows you guys are not short of immortal crystals because you're so willing to spend. Otherwise, he wouldn't have come here in person. "Yes, I'm here to invite you to tomorrow's VIP auction!"
Lai Siyu took the invitation from Qian Xiang, glanced at it, and then handed it to Mu Lingxiao. "Oh, is there anything special about this auction? We're short on time, so we won't waste it on boring things."
Qian Xiang smiled and said, "You are our honored guests at Cuiwei Villa. We will certainly not disappoint you two. Tomorrow's auction will be all high-quality items, and their value is calculated in top-grade immortal crystals."
We in the villa know that you are participating in the Heavenly Court selection not for the meager salary, but to bring honor to the family, or to gain some qualifications.
Therefore, the items being auctioned at this auction are definitely something you can use during your assessments, including a variety of top-grade spiritual herbs, top-grade materials, and top-grade immortal artifacts. In short, it will definitely not disappoint you, fellow Taoists.
Moreover, if you two have extra top-grade materials or spiritual herbs and magical artifacts, our villa can also auction them on your behalf.
This auction only sells fine products, and the invited guests are all prominent figures and families in the imperial capital.
If you two have good things to sell, you don’t have to worry about not being able to sell them.”
"Oh, is that so?" Lai Siyu turned to look at Mu Lingxiao, who smiled and said, "Why don't we go and take a look?"
"Well, okay, we'll join in."
Qian Xiang was overjoyed upon hearing this. "It's like this. To participate in the auction, you must pay a deposit of 100,000 high-grade immortal crystals." Seeing a look of doubt on Lai Siyu's face, Qian Xiang explained, "The deposit we charge is indeed a bit high, but that's also determined by the quality of our auction."
Lai Siyu frowned and said, "We don't have that many immortal crystals on us!"
Qian Xiang smiled and said, "That's fine. If you don't have enough immortal crystals, you can use other items of equal value as collateral. After all, it's just a deposit, and it will be returned to you after the auction is over."
"Oh, is that so? Then please show us your auction list first, so we can decide what to use as collateral in place of the immortal crystals."
Qian Xiang immediately handed over a book. Lai Siyu opened the book and a seven-colored elixir was projected into the air.
"A hundred thousand year old seven-color fairy grass, starting price is one thousand top-grade fairy crystals."
She turned the page again, and projected a square auspicious medicine cauldron.
"Four Auspicious Purple Crystal Cauldron... Starting price: 10,000 high-grade immortal crystals."
"A leaf of a thousand-year-old Soul Grass... the starting price is five thousand high-grade immortal crystals." Lai Siyu despised it in her heart. The starting price of a leaf of a thousand-year-old Soul Grass was five thousand high-grade immortal crystals. If she could get a plant of Soul Grass from her space, wouldn't it cause a sensation in the Heaven Realm!
Every time a page is turned, an auction item and the starting price will be projected.
Finally, a pitch-black bead was projected into the void, and Mu Lingxiao was immediately attracted.
"This black bead fell from the artifact. Its purpose and composition are unknown. The starting price is 10,000 high-grade immortal crystals."
Lai Siyu complained, "I don't know what this bead is used for, what it can do, and what it's made of, yet the starting price is so high!"
Qian Xiang smiled and said, "Although no one knows how to use this black bead, nor what it's made of, it is still quite valuable for research after all, as it fell from the fragments of a legendary artifact. The starting price of 10,000 high-grade immortal crystals is actually not high."
The owner of this item said that he put it up for auction not for the Immortal Crystals, but that if anyone could offer something he wanted in exchange, he would give it priority."
"Oh, I wonder what the owner of this thing wants to exchange?" Mu Lingxiao asked with a raised eyebrow.
Qian Xiang smiled helplessly and said, "He was destined not to be able to exchange for what he wanted, so this item will eventually be auctioned off according to the price of immortal crystals. He wanted to exchange it for a drop of the blood of the Immortal Phoenix to save his lover."
The blood of the Immortal Phoenix? Isn't that Fang Qingyao's blood?
Although Fang Qingyao had already escaped, Lai Siyu still had several large jars of blood stored up, so a mere drop of the Immortal Phoenix's blood would not be a problem for her at all.
"Well, the Immortal Phoenix is just a legendary bird. There is no Immortal Phoenix in the Heaven Realm. Wanting to get its blood is really wishful thinking!
I'm quite interested in this black bead. If it doesn't sell after the auction, could you please help me contact someone? Although I don't have the blood of the Undead Phoenix, I can try to see if I can heal his lover."
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