"The last one is the most precious. It's called the Concentration Technique, a cultivation method for the soul. It can be used until the Foundation Establishment stage. Such a technique is extremely rare. It's just that you were lucky, brother. Our Taixu Domain branch was going to hold an auction recently, and the seller was in a hurry for money, so we were able to get such a good item. Otherwise, we wouldn't have had a chance to get it at the auction."
"Haha, Brother Zhang, did you prepare this especially for me? I want them all, but I don't know if I can afford them. Brother Zhang, tell me the price, and I'll see if it's acceptable."
"Brother, you've been here a few times already, so you know that everything we sell here is honest and fair, and the prices are set by headquarters. I'm just a messenger. Here's what we'll do: the Foundation Establishment chapter of the Five Elements Technique is 5,000, but I'll give you a 50% discount. The Five Revolutions Foundation Establishment Technique is 30,000, the Divine Eye of Illusion is 30,000, the Concentration Technique is 55,000, and the Complete Collection of Foundation Establishment Spells will be a free gift."
Jiang Yue calculated that buying them all would cost 120,000 spirit stones: "Brother, do you think this price is negotiable? It's a bit too expensive. There probably aren't many people who can afford it."
Seeing that Jiang Yue didn't back down, only frowned slightly, Manager Zhang was overjoyed. It seemed that this deal could be made. He organized his thoughts and said, "Brother Qian, this is the limit of my authority. 120,000 is the lowest I can offer. I've already included the 'Complete Collection of Foundation Establishment Spells' as a bonus. That book would sell for around 5,000 spirit stones. The 'Five Elements Techniques Foundation Establishment Chapter' would normally be 10,000. This is already half the price. Any lower and I'd be losing money."
Jiang Yue didn't believe him, and the two argued for a long time before finally negotiating the price down to 100,000. Jiang Yue wasn't sure if she had overpaid, but this was the only channel available, so she had no choice but to buy it. After drinking a cup of tea, Jiang Yue said to Manager Zhang, "Brother, I only brought 50,000 spirit stones. Please wait a moment and lend me a few storage bags while I go get the spirit stones. I'll leave the 50,000 with you as a deposit."
"Okay, I'll go get it for you," she said and walked out. Jiang Yue took the storage bag and said goodbye. She flew a distance and needed to replenish her spiritual energy. She replenished her spiritual energy twice before stopping. After staying for a while, she took out 50,000 spirit stones and put them into the storage bag.
There was a gap in the space. Looking at the five or six high-grade spirit stones in the corner, Jiang Yue didn't dare to use them because they were too precious. After replenishing her spiritual energy, she flew back. When she arrived at the shop, she showed the spirit stones to Manager Zhang. After Manager Zhang confirmed that there were no problems, he gave Jiang Yue five jade slips for transferring cultivation techniques. Jiang Yue took them and asked Manager Zhang, "Brother, is this cultivation technique okay?"
"Brother Qian, don't worry. Our Universal Chamber of Commerce is spread throughout the entire cultivation world. Every cultivation technique we have is confirmed by elders at the Integration stage. If it's a particularly precious technique, there might be problems that the elders can't see. But the techniques you bought are all for the Foundation Establishment stage. They may seem very valuable to us, but to the elders, they're just so-so. Besides, a few hundred thousand spirit stones isn't worth ruining the reputation of our Chamber of Commerce. You can practice with peace of mind."
Jiang Yue felt much more at ease after hearing what he said. The main reason was that the protagonists of these cultivation techniques had all practiced them, so there shouldn't be any problems. When Jiang Yue was about to leave, Manager Zhang also gave her a token: "Brother Qian, this is a bronze member of our Universal Chamber of Commerce. You can get a 2% discount on purchases. With it, you can participate in our Chamber of Commerce's auction three years from now. There will be Foundation Establishment Pills up for auction. If you need Foundation Establishment Pills, you can participate."
"Moreover, if our members participate in the auction and win the Foundation Establishment Pill, they can directly use our Chamber of Commerce's cultivation room to break through, without having to worry about others killing and stealing their treasures."
Jiang Yue stopped and said to Manager Zhang, "Brother, tell me about this auction in detail."
"The Universal Chamber of Commerce holds a grand auction open to the entire cultivation world every thousand years, organizes a medium-sized auction every hundred years, holds an auction on each continent every fifty years, and holds an auction on each branch every ten years. The auction will be held in three years. Everything will be sold at the auction: pills, magic weapons, cultivation techniques, and so on."
"What prices did the Foundation Establishment Pills fetch in the previous auctions? Could you tell me?"
"It's probably between 20,000 and 50,000. Most of the Foundation Establishment cultivators or sect cultivators in the vicinity buy Foundation Establishment Pills at auctions. If you want to be absolutely sure, you should prepare more money. The starting price is different each time. If there are more items, the price will naturally be lower, and if there are fewer items, the price will naturally be higher."
"I remember once there was an auction with only 10 Foundation Establishment Pills, less than half the number of normal auctions. Each one was priced at over 30,000. Moreover, most people prepare several to ensure a successful Foundation Establishment. If you are a major cultivator of the Five Elements Technique, your spiritual root may not be very good. You should prepare at least two, or even more, to guarantee a successful Foundation Establishment."
"However, brother, if you complete the Qi Refining chapter of the Five Revolutions Foundation Building Technique before you establish your foundation, you can increase the success rate by 30%. If you also complete the Body Refining chapter of the Five Spirits Technique, you can increase the success rate by another 10%. If you are lucky, one pill will be enough, and two Foundation Building Pills will be more than enough."
Jiang Yue cupped her hands in a gesture of respect to Manager Zhang and said, "Thank you for the reminder, brother. I'll remember it."
After saying goodbye, Jiang Yue went to Wanbaoge and bought a few mining puppets. She would be cultivating her skills for the next three years and probably wouldn't have time to mine herself, so she had to buy puppets at a high price. She bought three puppets for 20,000 spirit stones, which was really expensive and broke her heart. It was probably because Jiang Yue went to the Book Pavilion first and then Wanbaoge that she was being watched. On her way home, Jiang Yue felt that several people were following her.
After finding a place to deal with the two low-level Qi Refining stage minions, she waited for a while and, although she didn't sense anyone, she still circled around several times before returning to the mine. Jiang Yue hadn't shown her face for several years, and the mine manager thought she had died inside. Back underground, Jiang Yue took out the mining puppet, set the program, put spirit stones in its back, and started mining. Because it wasn't very intelligent, the mined ore wouldn't automatically go into the storage bag; it would just pile up together, and Jiang Yue would have to collect it herself.
Jiang Yue crawled into the tent and absorbed all five cultivation techniques. The amount of information absorbed at once almost overheated her CPU. After calming down, Jiang Yue planned her cultivation methods. She decided not to cultivate the others for now. The most important thing at the moment was to condense spiritual energy. As for body refinement, she had already reached the Qi Refining Peak and didn't need to do it. She needed to practice the "Five Revolutions Foundation Building Technique" and the "Concentration Technique," as they would be useful for Foundation Building.
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