In the spiritual light, Master Yunlan's eyes were as fast as lightning. Seeing that there was no one around in the sea, he slapped his big hand down.
Rumble.
A huge amount of magic power gathered in the palm of his hand, turned into a palm that slapped the ocean. The surging waves swept across an area of hundreds of miles, and continued to sweep in all directions at an incredible speed.
With a casual strike, a strange sea tide phenomenon with an area of hundreds of miles formed on the sea surface. Master Yunlan gritted his teeth amid the splashing waves.
"Old man, I have received great favors from the sect. If you dare to covet my Yunshang Sect, I will crush you to pieces."
"Don't be angry. I have no interest in your Yunshang Sect. Helping me is also helping yourself."
“Hehehe… It seems that you still don’t want to give up, hoping to obtain spiritual objects to make up for your foundation… But it doesn’t matter, I will wait for you to give up.”
"Later, you will understand that you have no other way except the method I give you."
"However, some people still need to be found in advance. If it's too late, it will delay things."
The voice floating in his ears faded away, and Master Yunlan's eyes became gloomy and the veins on his clenched palms were exposed.
…
Nanya Fairy City.
Auction.
Inside the tall tower, the boxes were surrounded in mid-air, with rows of seats made of white jade below.
The furnishings in the box were simple, with just a couch and a window in front of it that allowed one to look out. Shen Lian looked at the cultivator coming in from below.
"They dare to come into the city."
While waiting for the auction to start, Shen Lian saw the bartender and the blind old woman sitting next to each other on the white jade seats below.
Afterwards, he looked around the boxes and soon saw the fake Dan Zhenren sitting in charge of the Yuelu spirit ship at the window of a box.
At this moment, the fake Dan Zhenren was looking down at the old woman and the bartender.
Curiosity showed in Shen Lian's eyes. According to his speculation, this old woman was most likely a demon cultivator, and she had suffered serious injuries.
But he appeared at the auction in the city openly, which seemed to show that he was extremely confident in his hiding means.
I just wonder what kind of expression this fake elixir cultivator will have when he finds out that he has obtained a magic elixir.
Shen Lian leaned on the couch and closed his eyes, waiting for the auction to begin. The title of Grand Lord of Nanya Immortal City and Golden Core Elder of Yunshang Sect was very useful. In addition, Nanya Immortal City was a place where land and sea converged, and its prosperity was unmatched by other immortal cities.
When Shen Lian opened his eyes again, the white jade seats below were already filled with cultivators, and even the private rooms were almost all occupied.
A seat in the auction hall costs 100 spirit stones, while a seat in a private room costs between 1,000 and 3,000 spirit stones.
This also shows the prosperity of Nanya City. Even an auction held once a month can attract such a large number of visitors.
Most of the people who came were foundation-building cultivators, plus a few fake elixir cultivators.
"clang!"
"clang!"
Two clear voices rang out in the auction hall, and the door of the venue slowly closed, making the space inside a little darker.
But in the blink of an eye, the gems embedded in various places in the field emitted a soft light, which suddenly filled the entire field.
All the monks in the field were enveloped in this soft spiritual light.
Shen Lian squinted his eyes and looked at the gems embedded in various places in the venue, feeling the spiritual light that was rippled like rain from above.
"Array?"
He silently released his divine sense and scanned every corner of the venue again, confirming his thoughts again.
This is an irregular formation.
This formation belongs to a special sect and is quite troublesome to set up, but it is easy to hide invisibly and difficult for ordinary people to detect.
Moreover, the formation also enclosed the auction venue, and divine thoughts could not penetrate outside the venue.
Why would the auction secretly set up such a formation?
Shen Lian's mind suddenly perked up.
But now he tried to sense the falling light, but he didn't notice anything unusual.
Setting up a magical formation just to use it as a light bulb? How many minerals are there at home that would justify burning like this?
Finding nothing unusual on his own body, Shen Lian's mind fell on the cultivators in the venue.
Under the cover of the soft light, there was no change in the other monks.
…
Inside the auction venue, two monks, one old and one young, wearing robes embroidered with clouds, stood with their hands behind their backs.
"Just wait and see. I'm going to host the auction."
The old monk spoke softly and then flew away.
…
"My fellow Taoists, Yun is here to greet you."
As the gentle voice sounded, an old man in white landed on the auction table in the center of the venue.
The aura emanating from this person exceeds that of a Foundation Establishment level, and he is obviously a Fake Dan Zhenren.
Taking advantage of the moment when the conference room above was opened, Shen Lian, who had already let his mind wander to the ceiling, suddenly swept over.
Unfortunately, as the old man in white fell down, the opened ceiling above closed again, and the soft light once again filled the entire auction venue.
In the box, Shen Lian looked towards the auction table.
In the fleeting glimpse just now, he sensed that there was a figure behind him, but the time was too short for him to spy further.
…
“Ahem!”
Master Yunhe swept his spiritual sense across the entire place, taking all the cultivators in the place into his perception one by one, and then he coughed lightly.
"Some of you fellow Taoists have come to the auction more than once. The old rules apply before this auction. If any Taoist brings spiritual objects to repair the golden elixir, I will buy them at three times the price."
Some of the monks in the meeting hall showed surprise in their eyes.
These are the first time they have come here. I used to think that the news coming from the South China Sea was just hearsay, but I didn’t expect that they were actually collecting spiritual objects to repair their foundation.
The auction venue suddenly became quiet, from the private rooms to the ordinary seats.
It is not easy to find a spiritual object that can repair the golden elixir.
After a silence that lasted for more than ten breaths, Master Yunhe shook his head gently.
"Okay, the auction officially begins."
"As for the auction rules, I won't repeat them. During the auction, you are prohibited from suppressing or threatening others, otherwise you will be severely punished."
With a wave of his hand, Master Yunhe took out the first spiritual object, a magical sword that shone brightly with water.
…
Next, dozens of items were auctioned, including elixirs, magical instruments, and so on, including flying swords, flying knives, as well as spiritual objects such as alchemy tripods and compasses.
Shen Lian didn't look at any of these finished products, he only wanted the raw materials.
"The next magic weapon is a second-level medium-grade magic weapon, the Five Elements Treasure Light Compass."
"This item is made of five kinds of spiritual plants, gold, wood, water, fire and earth, rather than five kinds of mineral materials. It can release the five elements of Luo Guang and form a shield in a critical moment to resist the attack of a ninth-level foundation-building cultivator."
"Of course, this magic weapon will be useless after using it."
"Five Elements Spiritual Object?"
Looking at the five-colored compass that appeared on the auction table, the monks present all showed surprise.
All the better cultivators with five elements spiritual roots were absorbed by various sects. Among the independent cultivators, those who had five elements spiritual roots also chose one or two spiritual roots as their main spiritual roots.
It's a sheer waste of emotion to take out this five-colored compass.
Of course, there are exceptions where some cultivators with opportunities can advance all the way to the foundation-building level.
"The starting price for the Five Elements Treasure Light Compass is 10,000 low-grade spirit stones."
When the auction started, only a few monks started bidding. It wasn't because the Five Elements Treasure Light Compass was not good, but because it was too useless to the monks present.
The only bright spot is the defensive function.
"Twelve thousand low-grade spirit stones."
"One thousand six hundred."
"Eighteen thousand."
Among the few monks who made quotations, there was a middle-aged monk who sat on a white jade seat with a nervous look on his face.
"Eighteen thousand spirit stones at a time."
On the auction stage, Master Yunhe looked at everyone with a smile.
"Does anyone have any more bids? Eighteen thousand spirit stones for the second time."
"Eighteen thousand dollars three times. OK, this Five Elements Treasure Compass belongs to this Taoist friend."
Shen Lian squinted his eyes and looked down. In all his travels, he had only seen the Five Elements Magical Instruments for sale twice, including this time.
I got cheated last time.
His mind fell on the formation in the venue again. Just when the five elements magic weapon appeared, the formation began to fluctuate.
Most formations have multiple variations, and each variation has different focuses.
"Investigating the five spiritual root cultivators?"
Shen Lian frowned. The spiritual root is the great secret of the human body. The way the Holy Spirit Palace used to investigate it was indeed amazing.
But he didn't think the formation before him had such ability.
Looking at the other cultivators, Shen Lian finally understood.
In fact, it is simple. Whoever bids has the five spiritual roots. This is the simplest and most straightforward way to judge.
At least the cultivator who took the photo of this spiritual object is most likely one who has cultivated all five spiritual roots.
The fluctuation just now should be the person at the back of the venue, who was using the formation to observe the movements in the venue.
With his eyes, Shen Lian saw through the concealment of the cultivator who obtained the Five Elements Magical Weapon.
He looks to be at the sixth foundation building stage and is middle-aged.
In fact, he is at the ninth level of foundation building and looks like a young man.
…
"The next spiritual item is the second-grade high-quality deep-sea water spiritual crystal ore."
On the auction table, a flash of light appeared in Yunhe Zhenren's hand, and a piece of azure blue crystal appeared in front of everyone.
"This item can speed up the cultivation of water spirit root cultivators above the seventh level of foundation building. It can also be used to set up water formations. It weighs three hundred and twenty kilograms. The starting price is seventy thousand low-grade spirit stones."
"Seventy-five thousand."
"Seventy-eight thousand."
"Eighty thousand."
Inside the box, Shen Lian also started bidding.
The chances of finding a big and good spiritual object at a loss are slim.
"Eighty-five thousand."
…
Soon the price climbed all the way to one hundred thousand.
"One hundred and ten thousand."
Inside the box, Shen Lian continued to raise the price.
Such a large spiritual object with water attributes is of great use to him. Water is the most suitable spiritual object in the ocean.
He has more than ten third-order water-based formations in his hands. After such a large amount of ore is refined, it is enough to build a third-order formation as one of the large formations to protect advancement.
"One hundred and one thousand."
A fake Dan monk continued to speak.
"One hundred and twenty thousand."
…
"One hundred and twenty-three thousand."
The voice of Master Yunhe sounded continuously, and finally the raw ore of deep sea water spirit crystal stone fell into Shen Lian's hands.
"The next spiritual item is a second-grade, top-grade ore, the Dazzling Divine Crystal."
After a few more spiritual objects were auctioned off, a fist-sized milky white stone appeared in Yunhe Zhenren’s hand. When he focused his mind on it, he felt dizzy.
Yun He pointed at the milky white ore and said softly, "There's no need to say much about this thing. It can be used to set up formations and to refine spiritual instruments."
At this moment, several fake elixir monks in the box were also attracted. The rarity of soul defense magic tools has always been far higher than other magic tools of the same level, and they are hard to come by.
“What a shame.”
"Fellow Daoist Yunhe, although the ore is good, it is useless if you can't find a master refiner."
The level of refining of soul-type magic tools is much more difficult than that of the same level magic tools. Even if you can take a picture of it, if you want to find a third-level refining master to do it, I'm afraid everyone present is still lacking in status.
"Besides, this piece of ore is too small. Even if we find a refiner, he may not be able to refine it."
"That's right, useless."
The fake Dan monks in the box spoke one after another.
When a fake Dan cultivator spoke, the Foundation Establishment cultivators could only listen quietly, and no one dared to interfere.
"The starting price for the Dazzling Divine Crystal is 80,000 low-grade spirit stones."
"Ninety thousand low-grade spirit stones."
As the bidding began, the fake Dan Zhen people who had been sighing and swaying just now became more honest than their mouths when bidding.
Each one is more cruel than the other.
"One hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones."
"One hundred and twenty thousand."
"One hundred and fifty thousand."
A piece of second-level ore was directly reduced to the level of third-level ore.
However, it is normal for spiritual objects of the spirit and soul type to be sold at four or five times the price of other spiritual objects of the same level at an auction.
"One hundred and sixty thousand!"
In the box, Shen Lian also started bidding.
He also didn't expect to come across the dazzling divine crystal stone, which is something that you can only encounter by chance.
He is a great master of weapon refining, but now all he has to protect his sea of consciousness is a disposable talisman array.
This piece of ore is a bit small, but if you refine it carefully, it should be no problem to make a few needles out of it.
When I met Xue Zishou from Tianyuan Sect before, the needle in his hand was probably made from the ore with soul attributes.
It’s true that comparing yourself to others makes you feel nauseous.
He is fighting for the raw materials here, while others are using the finished products.
Shen Lian was highlighted immediately after he interfered in the bidding of the fake alchemy monks and also because he had previously won the bid for the raw water spirit crystal ore.
Suddenly, he felt several divine thoughts falling directly on him.
He sneered at this.
He has a third-level iron fist.
"Two hundred thousand."
Thinking of this, Shen Lian directly raised the price to 200,000.
When this price was announced, the fake alchemy cultivators present paused for a moment. If it was a finished spiritual weapon, they would have fought for it no matter what.
But a small piece of ore...
Finally, Shen Lian put the Xuanmu Divine Crystal into his pocket.
"One hundred thousand first, and then two hundred thousand spirit stones. The friends who are building the foundation below are very wealthy."
In the upper box, several fake Dan monks were communicating with each other via telepathy.
"The sea is rough and the boat can capsize quickly."
"Does anyone know this person's background?"
"Nanya Immortal City gathers cultivators from all over the world, so it is normal for one or two young people with strong financial resources to emerge."
Several fake Dan monks were communicating with each other, but their eyes were flickering.
"My fellow Taoists, please be careful with your words. This is Nanya Immortal City. Please be lenient."
The communication between several fake pill cultivators made Shen Lian look strange. Each of these fake pills had the strongest spiritual power of only one and a half penny stones.
"Ahem."
A light cough was heard, and the attention in the auction venue fell back on Master Yunhe.
"The following is the finale of this auction. Fellow Taoists or those with younger generations in your family or sect are blessed."
After looking around the venue again, Master Yunhe shook his sleeves and a red light flashed out.
A strong anger surged on the auction table.
"A quasi-third-tier magic weapon embryo, the Scarlet Flame Bell."
Then I saw a small bell gently floating in the red firelight, making a crisp sound.
In an instant, Shen Lian, who had squinted his eyes in the box, suddenly widened his eyes.
this……
Red Flame Bell? This was clearly the small bell he had made before.
(End of this chapter)