After buying the cave dwelling, he also purchased a lot of raw materials for drawing talismans, commissioned the Chamber of Commerce to purchase ores, and announced that he was accepting orders for weapon refining. At the Spirit Domain Headquarters, Jiang Yue, a fourth-level weapon refiner, was not so outstanding. Although there were not many, there were still a few. It was unknown whether he had been commissioned.
The Central Region faces demonic cultivators, and the Spiritual Region faces the surrounding sea beasts, so the price of talismans is still guaranteed. After the talisman production line was installed, Jiang Yue went to the secluded cultivation room. In the environment with abundant spiritual energy, she reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage in thirty years.
Having reached the Nascent Soul stage, Jiang Yue ended her seclusion. With the auction starting in five years, Jiang Yue needed to make the most of these few years to earn some money.
After exiting the pass, Jiang Yue packed up the produced talismans and went to the merchant guild. Because of the abundant spiritual energy, the production line was much faster, and one batch of goods sold for a full 20,000 high-grade spirit stones. Jiang Yue asked the manager, "Manager Feng, can you handle producing more talismans?"
"Fellow Daoist Qian, you're overthinking it. We can handle any number! By the way, Fellow Daoist Qian, quite a few people have asked you to refine magic weapons. Do you want to take on a few?"
"Let me see what's available." Manager Feng handed Jiang Yue a jade slip. Jiang Yue took it and looked at it. The rewards were all quite good. She selected several high-paying jobs, all of which required top-tier fourth-order items.
In fact, given some time, Jiang Yue could refine almost all the fifth-tier talismans. After replenishing a large batch of raw materials, Jiang Yue planned to set up several more production lines when she got back. Anyway, she wouldn't be cultivating for the next few years, so making money was her priority.
After saying goodbye to Steward Feng, Jiang Yue returned to her cave. The first thing she did upon returning was to refine five production lines, as any more spiritual energy would not be enough. The production lines were running at full power at a very fast speed. After checking that everything was in order, Jiang Yue went to the weapon refining room to complete the order.
Five years later, Jiang Yue had saved 500,000 high-grade spirit stones. With this money, it shouldn't be a problem to buy one or two core ores for refining magical artifacts. Jiang Yue had already seen the auction catalog. A high-grade spirit stone cost about 60,000 to 70,000 high-grade spirit stones. There were three types in total at the auction, and Jiang Yue wanted to buy them all so that she could collect half of them.
However, the prices of items at the auction were much higher than normal. Jiang Yue didn't know if 500,000 spirit stones would be enough. The auction would start in less than three months, and she wouldn't earn much money in three months. She should think about breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage. She had already collected all the items to aid her breakthrough, but she was still missing the most important one: the Creation Pill, which was used for Nascent Soul to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. This fifth-grade pill was not easy to obtain. Jiang Yue had tried to exchange for a long time but had not been able to get it, so she could only buy it at the auction.
Three months passed quickly. Jiang Yue followed Manager Feng to a smaller palace next to the headquarters of the Universal Chamber of Commerce. Jiang Yue was not qualified to go to the main hall yet. Only powerful beings of the sixth rank or above could go there. It was called an auction, but it could be called an exchange conference. What they needed was no longer spirit stones.
Before entering the palace, the organizers gave each of them a hood and a mask, both of which could prevent divine sense from detecting them. Everyone knew why, and no one stubbornly said they didn't want them. Jiang Yue put on her own hood inside and the hood given by the auction on the outside, wearing two layers. After dressing, she entered the palace.
The palace was furnished with rows of seats, much like the Great Hall of the People. There were seats below, an auction stage above, and a private box upstairs. Jiang Yue, a gold member, could only stay below.
After finding a seat, a servant came over and placed a plate of third-grade spirit fruits on the table. Each person had a plate, and the cost of the spirit fruits alone must have been quite high. Jiang Yue couldn't help but marvel at how wealthy and powerful the Universal Chamber of Commerce was.
With a clear chime, the auction officially began. A figure instantly appeared on the circular platform erected in front. This teleportation skill was guaranteed to be at least at the Nascent Soul stage. The figure was a middle-aged man with a smiling face who looked very approachable.
"Welcome, fellow Daoists, to our once-in-a-millennium auction of the Universal Chamber of Commerce. It is truly an honor for our Universal Chamber of Commerce to have you all gathered in the Spirit Realm today. I am Wei Yichen, and I am honored to serve as the auctioneer for this auction. I hope you will all take good care of me."
"The rules for this auction are already written on the invitations we sent out, so I won't go into details. Thank you again for coming to support us. The auction is now starting. As usual, the highest bidder wins."
"Please welcome the first item for auction!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a maid in a cheongsam walked onto the stage carrying a jade bottle. Wei Yichen took the jade bottle from the maid and announced loudly, "Creation Pills! There are ten in total, each with a starting bid of 10,000 mid-grade spirit stones. They will be auctioned separately, with each bid increasing by no less than 1,000 mid-grade spirit stones. The auction is now starting!"
"Ten thousand!"
"Eleven thousand!"
"Twelve thousand!"
The bidding was fierce because most of the gold members were around the fourth level, and many cultivators needed Creation Pills. Even if they didn't need them now, they would still buy one to keep in reserve, otherwise they would be helpless if they couldn't buy pills when they broke through.
Finally, the first pill was sold for 51,000 mid-grade spirit stones. When it came to the fifth pill, Jiang Yue spent 48,000 mid-grade spirit stones to buy it. In the end, each of the ten pills was auctioned off for more than 45,000 mid-grade spirit stones.
The auction didn't give anyone a break; the following items were auctioned off in a flurry. The second item was a bottle of pills that could help cultivators break through minor bottlenecks in the Nascent Soul stage. The next few items were weapons of different attributes, ranging from fifth to sixth tier. Then came the first item: a piece of ore.
"Next item, lapis lazuli, starting bid 10,000 high-grade spirit stones. It is an extremely rare refining material. It can only be destroyed by immense force, and the spiritual power of any magic spell or magical artifact is ineffective against it. Each bid must be at least 5,000 mid-grade spirit stones. The highest bidder wins."
"Twenty thousand spirit stones!"
"Thirty thousand spirit stones!"
Those who started bidding were just small fry; the real big shots hadn't even started yet. The normal price for sixth-tier ore was fifty to sixty thousand high-grade spirit stones, and sure enough, the price quickly rose.
"Seventy thousand high-grade spirit stones!"
"Seventy-five thousand!"
The price increase, which had reached 70,000 spirit stones, slowed down. At this moment, Jiang Yue raised her paddle: "90,000!"
"Our account members have offered 90,000 high-grade spirit stones. Is there anyone willing to bid higher?"
When Jiang Yue offered 90,000, the other bidders calmed down. This price far exceeded the value of the material itself. Someone tentatively added 1,000, but Jiang Yue immediately followed with 95,000, showing a determination to win. Seeing this, the others gave up bidding.
"Okay, congratulations to member #1 for winning the bid!" As soon as Wei Yichen finished speaking, Jiang Yue noticed that 95,000 high-grade spirit stones were missing from her account. Hey, it was deducted in real time, that's interesting.
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