Inside Xihe Immortal City.

In a restaurant, Shen Lian looked out through the window.

On the streets, young monks wore colorful clothes, wore hairpins with flowers on their heads, and had makeup on their faces. Most of them also used perfume extracted from spiritual herbs.

There are cultivators dressed like this, regardless of their realm, from Qi training, foundation building to Golden Core Real Man.

Even some of the old-timers dress themselves up nicely.

This dressing trend originated from Zhenjun Yue'e. It is said that Zhenjun Yue'e likes monks with handsome features.

Although the True Lord is very quiet this time and wants to find another Taoist companion, but he also likes boys and male favorites. If they can't be Taoist companions, having male favorites is also good.

The Yuexie Sect now has an elder who is at the Nascent Soul stage. It was by relying on this path that he received the love of the True Lord and walked step by step from the Foundation Establishment stage to the Nascent Soul stage.

With such a role model in front of them, fellow Taoists are too eager to take shortcuts.

Thinking back to that senior, he was first chosen to be an opera boy because of his handsome face, and danced for Yue'e Zhenjun for fun. Later, with his superb dancing and singing skills, he was promoted to a male favorite.

Therefore, after serving the True Lord, he received rewards step by step, first breaking through the bottleneck of the Golden Core, and then breaking through the bottleneck of the Nascent Soul, and became an elder of the Yuexie Sect.

Just ask, who dares to laugh at the Yuanying Ancestor!

The Taoist friends were not only putting on flowers and powder in their hair, but also singing songs to warm up their voices.

There are so many cultivators in the city. How can I get the attention of Master Yue'e? Naturally, I have to show myself well.

There is also a large stage in the center of the city. As long as you pay a certain fee, you can perform on stage.

Therefore, there are long queues outside the stage every day. If you want to go on stage early, it is not impossible. There is a donation list in front of the stage. As long as the price of the donated resources is on the list, you can jump the queue and perform on stage early.

If the price offered is satisfactory, the Xieyue Sect will even have elders and disciples come to watch in person and promote the cultivator's talent.

Now that you have a reputation, are you still worried that it won’t reach the ears of Zhenjun Yue’e?

…

"Fellow Daoist, do you want the Rejuvenating Pill?"

Among the crowd gathered outside the stage, a figure in a black robe grabbed a good-looking foundation-building cultivator.

"Get lost, you liar. I ate the top-grade anti-aging pills from Xieyue Tower. Don't delay my performance on stage today."

The man in black robe did not say anything. He quietly opened his robe to reveal a gap, and a ray of spiritual light pierced Rongyan Xiaozhu's eyes.

"Superior anti-aging pill!"

Rongyan Xiaozhuji's eyes suddenly lit up. He knew that what he had just said about eating top-grade anti-aging pills was just bragging.

Although the Rejuvenating Pill is only an auxiliary pill and is easier to refine than normal cultivation pills, luck is still required to refine high-quality ones.

The anti-aging pills produced by Xieyue Tower are a best-seller, but most of them are of inferior quality, with medium quality being rare. As for the top quality, there are only three or two pills a year, so there is no way he would get to eat them.

In addition, the efficacy of the anti-aging pill does not mean that your appearance will be frozen in a youthful state after taking it. It just slows down the aging process depending on the efficacy of the medicine.

If you want to keep the effects the same, you need to take the anti-aging pills long term.

The better the quality of the natural anti-aging pill, the longer it can maintain a youthful appearance.

“Fifty thousand spirit stones!”

The black-robed monk bared his teeth and shook five fingers.

"You're robbing!"

The young foundation-building cultivator cursed loudly.

"Hey, robbing is not as fast as selling pills to make spiritual stones."

"Do you want it or not? If not, I'm leaving."

After saying this, the black-robed monk turned and left.

"Wait, can I exchange it with other spiritual objects?"

"Yes, ores, elixirs, animal skins, and animal blood are all fine."

"I need to check the pills first."

Hearing this, the black-robed monk nodded and pointed to a restaurant in the distance.

"Let's go and see it there."

The man in black robe took the lead and walked towards the restaurant. "Fellow Daoist, let me tell you, you have made a great bargain. Believe it or not, my boss said that he will sell it for 700 million spirit stones tomorrow."

"The day after tomorrow, one hundred thousand."

"You are definitely crazy." Rongyan Xiaozhuji yelled.

The Rejuvenating Pill is only a second-grade pill. A lower-quality one can be sold for two thousand spirit stones. It is an item for female cultivators with a little assets. As for ordinary cultivators, they can just use their spiritual power to beautify their faces.

Even if it is of top quality, three thousand spirit stones is the maximum it would cost outside.

But the situation here is a little different in Xihe Immortal City. The price of top-grade anti-aging pills in Xieyue Tower is around 20,000 spirit stones, and sometimes the price may reach 30,000 spirit stones if there is competition for it.

But whether it is 30,000 or 20,000 spirit stones, he can take them out. However, with his family background and power, it is not his turn to participate in the competition.

It can be said that this is not a question of spirit stones, but a question of strength.

"Fellow Daoist, what are you talking about? If you don't want it, let's just part ways. I'm sure there are countless fellow Daoists in the city who want this top-grade anti-aging pill of mine."

"Fairy Yue'e likes people with smooth, supple skin and delicate skin that can be blown away."

"If I can win the favor of the fairy, fifty thousand spirit stones will be nothing."

"In addition, this is also paired with light and refreshing spiritual water, hibiscus tent warming cigarettes, a combination of sex and happiness, a universal spiritual moisturizing liquid for both water and land, a special fox fur tail and a small whip, and a refreshing spiritual wax."

…

A stick of incense later, the black-robed monk tightened his robe and walked out of the restaurant. He walked through a narrow alley in the city, changed into a different appearance, and blended into the crowd on the street again.

"Fellow Daoist, a top-grade anti-aging pill, 60,000 low-grade spirit stones or equivalent resources."

"You're crazy, get out of here."

…

"Superior Rejuvenating Pill, plus a Happy Combination suit, 70,000 low-grade spirit stones or equivalent resources."

…

"I see that you all have handsome faces, and you are three brothers. I will give you a group purchase price of 68,000."

…

"Lord Yue'e, we have been friends for a long time even though we haven't met in years."

More than a month later, Shen Lian looked back at Xihe Fairy City, and his figure disappeared outside the city in a flash.

More than ninety sets of the Anti-aging and Happiness Combination Set were sold for more than six million low-grade spirit stone resources.

The cost price of a Happy Combination Set is less than six hundred spirit stones.

As expected of her, she is the Yue'e ancestor, her influence is so great.

It is no wonder that Shen Lian is so cruel and ruthless. The cultivators who can come to Xihe Immortal City to be gigolos must either have a family behind them or be quite resourceful, otherwise it is impossible for them to travel a long distance to Xihe Immortal City.

No matter which type of monks they are, they are all wealthy.

It is natural that these cultivators who have spirit stones and are jealous of each other will not allow others to surpass them.

It's not that he doesn't want to continue pulling it out, it's just that he has no other choice.

The biggest sales point for the Rejuvenating Pills in the city is the Xieyue Chamber of Commerce of the Xieyue Sect. The top-quality Rejuvenating Pills they sell only cost 20,000 spirit stones, and they can only sell three or two pills a year, and they make money from the mid- and low-quality Rejuvenating Pills.

Suddenly, a dragon appeared from across the river and produced nearly a hundred anti-aging pills, which were sold at a starting price of 50,000.

Not only do they sell anti-aging pills, they also sell other miscellaneous things.

The angry old shopkeeper of Yuexie Chamber of Commerce slammed the table and issued two vicious orders.

Deploy manpower to uncover the guy who destroyed the market of anti-aging pills and grind him to dust.

Then they deployed more people to imitate these messy things and sell them together with inferior anti-aging pills, and raised the prices of all these products.

Damn it, these monks who swarmed here to do good things still have spirit stones in their pockets. They were sold too cheaply before.

…

After leaving Yuexie Sect, Shen Lian did not stay there. He found that these places were okay for selling some medicinal pills, but it was impossible to recruit members of the Butian Sect.

So he went all the way north and entered the territory of the Chixiao Sect.

As the only sect in the Tiannan Continent that has two ancestors who have reached the great perfection of the Nascent Soul stage, the Chixiao Sect can be said to be the overlord of the entire Tiannan cultivation world.

The Chixiao Sect’s territory is very large, and there are many immortal cities.

According to the previous plan, the secondary soul wandered around, collected second- and third-level resources, and then sold some elixirs, talismans and other things in exchange for spirit stones.

Shen Lian himself stayed in the Bu Tianzhu Cave to continue his cultivation.

Things in the Chixiao Sect's territory have finally returned to normal, and the hostility is not as strong as before.

"Father, please tell me your name."

"Lou Yuanbin"

"The first time I recognized the Master of the Heaven-Repairing Order, it has been branded with divine thoughts."

"Friend Lou, congratulations on joining the Butian Sect."

"From today on, you are the Yellow-rank Heaven-Repairing Angel of the Heaven-Repairing Sect. You can use the Heaven-Repairing Order to exchange for magic weapons, elixirs, talismans, puppets, spiritual plants, secret techniques, etc."

…

"Father, please tell me your name."

"Qi Xiaohe."

"Fellow Daoist Qi, congratulations on joining the Butian Sect."

…

"Fellow Daoist Ao Yuanxu, congratulations on joining the Butian Sect."

…

"Fellow Daoist Zhuo Chengxu, congratulations on joining the Butian Sect."

…

Four years later, in the Tianyuan Sect’s territory, Cailuo Fairy City.

Shen Lian sipped the wine happily in the restaurant. The orthodox sect still had its merits. At least the temperament and state of mind of the cultivators were much better than when they were in the chaotic area.

Of course, this does not mean that fighting does not exist, it just means that they are more cautious and guarded than the monks of the Demon Sect and the Evil Sect.

The cultivators of the Demonic Sect and the Evil Sect often fight each other in a split second, without caring about what happens next. They just do it first and don't care about any consequences later.

In the past few years, he has traveled across the territories of the two major sects, Chixiao and Tianyuan, and passed through thousands of fairy cities and markets of all sizes, gathering nearly forty Jindan Daoists and two foundation-building Daoists.

Shen Lian has his own set of criteria for selecting fellow believers. The first is to inquire about their reputation through nearby monks. The other is to go there personally to investigate and try his best to ensure that there are no problems with the recruited believers.

After having a meal in the restaurant, he walked towards the inn in the city.

The reason for not leaving in a hurry is that a large auction will be held in the Immortal City, and fourth-level spiritual objects will appear.

Don’t think that he has been to so many fairy cities and has only picked up a few small pieces of fourth-level ores. The largest one is no bigger than a finger. If it weren’t for their terrible appearance, the sellers would not have sold them as ordinary ores.

As for other fourth-tier spiritual objects, the Chamber of Commerce in Daxian City has also encountered them, but the Chamber of Commerce has conditions for selling them.

The first is the identity issue. In addition, one must spend a certain amount of spirit stones in the Chamber of Commerce before one can purchase a fourth-tier spiritual item.

After all the wrangling, the spirit stones spent were far more than the price of a fourth-level spirit object.

…

More than ten days later, the auction began.

Shen Lian sat in the box in the middle of the auction venue.

The entire venue is divided into three floors: upper, middle and lower. The upper box is the largest and is for Nascent Soul cultivators.

The middle-level box is next in class and is for Jindan monks.

The large row of seats below are for the younger generation who are building their foundation and practicing Qi.

Although they did not get close to investigate, they could sense from the pressure emanating from above that this auction attracted more than twenty Nascent Soul cultivators.

There are over a hundred Jindan cultivators, not to mention the Foundation Establishment cultivators, whose number is even greater.

"clang!"

After the door of the auction venue closed, a clear sound echoed everywhere, and a green bell fell in the center of the venue.

"My name is Qing Ling, and I am the auctioneer for this auction."

The bell flickered with green light, revealing the figure of a tall and charming female cultivator, who bowed towards all directions.

"Weapon spirit?"

Shen Lian looked at the green bell and then shook his head.

If it is a transformed spirit, it should at least have the strength of the Nascent Soul stage, but the green light and shadow in front of it is only at the Golden Core stage.

When he showed his curiosity, auctioneer Qing Ling had already started the auction.

The first things that came up were some second-level spiritual objects. The cultivators at the foundation-building stage below began to scramble for them, while the cultivators at the middle and upper levels did not make much noise. Occasionally, the younger generations who came with the True Masters in some private rooms would clamor to grab them.

After the second-level spiritual creature, there is the third-level spiritual creature.

"Three-pattern Qingxu Pills, eight of low quality, two of medium quality."

Qing Ling opened a medicine bottle and took out the ten pills inside, highlighting two of medium quality.

…

"Ten pills of Nine Jade Bodhisattva Spiritual Pills, all of which are of inferior quality, without any adulteration or inferior pills."

…

"Five portions of Yuan Yang Powder required for mid-stage Jindan cultivation. They are of medium quality and can be auctioned one by one."

"Three Origin Spirit Pills used by late Jindan cultivators for daily practice. The pills are intact and of low quality."

…

Listening to the frantic scramble among his fellow Jindan practitioners, Shen Lian also raised the price in a proper manner, squinting at the pills displayed on the auction table.

The quality of these pills is really just average.

After the third-level elixir, the fourth-level elixir comes.

"Wantong, a fourth-rank lower-grade spiritual elixir, is asking for Jade Pill. We are not accepting bids of middle or lower-grade spiritual stones. The reserve price is 10,000 upper-grade spiritual stones."

Wantong Qiuyudan is a fourth-tier healing elixir with Wanlingtongmai root as the main ingredient. It is a commonly used healing elixir circulated among Nascent Soul cultivators.

"Twelve thousand."

"Thirteen thousand."

"Fifteen thousand."

…

"Twenty-one thousand."

Finally, an old monster at the Nascent Soul stage offered 21,000 and took the elixir away.

"The fourth-level cultivation elixir Yuanji Shengling Pill is of low quality. It comes in groups of five, for a total of five groups. It will also only accept high-quality spirit stones for bidding. The starting price is 10,000 high-quality spirit stones."

…

Inside the box, Shen Lian looked at the suspended pill.

From the third stage to the fourth stage, these pills were almost the same in his eyes. None of them were round like beads. Instead, they were all bumpy and lacked spiritual light.

Although it is not a low-quality pill, it can be said to be of inferior quality, which is somewhat unscrupulous.

"The Yuanji Shengling Pill is a three to five point inferior pill, sold in a group of five, with a starting price of three thousand high-quality spirit stones."

I thought the previous pills were bad enough, but when Shen Lian saw the black pills taken out from the auction table, he almost choked to death.

The waste pills were also sold.

What the hell is three to five points?

Upon careful sensing, there was a glow on the surface of these black pills. In some cases, the black part occupied one-third of the entire pill, while in others, it occupied half.

This kind of pill has a serious erysipelas effect and even dogs won’t eat it.

Shen Lian hadn't finished cursing in his mind yet, but the scramble had already begun outside.

"Five thousand high-quality spirit stones!"

"Five thousand five!"

"Six thousand!"

"Six thousand five!"

…

"Eight thousand!"

"Ten thousand!"

"Congratulations to fellow Taoist in Box No. 7 for winning this set of fourth-level elixirs."

In box number seven, an old man sighed, with an expression that showed that it was neither bitter nor funny.

(End of this chapter)