When they returned to the auction house, the entire auction had already ended.
This auction house is really something. When something went wrong, the cultivators stationed there went out to chase after the culprits, the rest tidied things up, and the auction continued. By the time Xuan returned, most of the guests had already left.
When the steward saw Leng Rufeng return with Shi Xuan, he led the two to the inner room, then respectfully took out a storage bag and handed it to Shi Xuan with both hands, saying, "Master, this is the payment for the three dantian treatments. Inside are also the personal information left by the three guests, as well as a communication jade."
Shi Xuan took the storage bag and glanced at it briefly. The bag was filled with piles of high-grade spirit stones.
The manager explained with a smile, "The three spots were auctioned off for a total of 219,000 high-grade spirit stones. We are very sorry that the Soul Nourishing Wood was not delivered to you due to an accident. Consider the small items you bid on earlier as our apology."
"No need," Shi Xuan said. They had already waived the handling fee for the spot Shi Xuan had bid on, and she didn't want to be greedy for such a small amount. She took out two hundred high-grade spirit stones, put them on the table, and then left with Leng Rufeng.
Leng Rufeng returned to the backyard of the cheap shop, still feeling very excited. The thought that the talismans he had drawn were being sold together with the pills produced by Shi Xuan, who had created the Dao Seal of the Pill Sect, made him feel honored. He couldn't care less about anything else and just wanted to draw talismans for three days and three nights to fill up his space!
After returning to her sect, Shi Xuan found herself in a rare moment of peace and quiet. She sat in her room and used her divine sense to communicate with the silver four-leaf clover on the inside of her arm, entering the newly acquired secret realm space.
The Silver Frost Secret Realm is much larger than they realized when they went in to explore. There are hundreds of different herb gardens alone. No wonder it opens every year and new spiritual herbs appear every year, because they are rotated.
In the dense forest in the southwest corner, there are far fewer monsters now. It was Shi Xuan who personally led the hunt, and she even killed the wolf king herself. It seems a bit of a pity now.
Besides its large size, this space also has the advantage of being able to hold living things and nurture spiritual plants.
Shi Xuan took the red fur out and put it back in the courtyard where it had been taken in, so that it could return to its most familiar environment.
From now on, the Silver Frost Secret Realm will no longer be open to the public. She can plant some of the spiritual plant seeds she has collected in this secret realm.
Without further ado, Shi Xuan had many seeds in his storage bracelet. Some were brought back by Zhao Cai from his travels, others were prizes from the Six Sects Alchemy Competition, some were obtained from secret realms, and some were spirit snake grass that he had picked in the back mountain of the Divine Cauldron Sect and planted in the courtyard, but which had never grown.
Shi Xuan chose the courtyard where the Enlightenment Tree was located. It was originally the residence of the original owner, and the environment must be the best in the entire space.
Her sparse seeds and saplings, which only needed a small area, looked pitiful in this large yard.
Thinking that perhaps one of the seeds would eventually grow into a towering tree, she planted them very sparsely, with each seed occupying an area of about ten square steps in diameter. The seed of the Enlightenment Tree was placed in the very center of the west side of the courtyard, on par with the mature Enlightenment Tree in the east, a position of great importance.
At the edge of the courtyard stood a well, its water brimming with spiritual energy. Shi Xuan took a sip and felt refreshed and invigorated; the water was incredibly sweet, a perfect match for brewing Enlightenment Tea!
She placed the puppet Xiao Liu in the courtyard and took care of the spiritual plants and flowers, as well as drawing well water to irrigate the garden every day.
The more than one hundred medicinal herb gardens captivated Shi Xuan, who already loved collecting spiritual plants. She thoroughly enjoyed herself and selected a few useful ones. Together with the Dragon Spine Ginseng, Moon Shadow Grass, Fiery Red Star, and Mystic Ice Grass she had previously collected, she sat down and refined a batch of third-grade, top-quality, flawless pills—the Talent Pill. It was far more perfect than the second-grade Rising Sun Pill she had refined during her Qi Refining stage, and its nourishing effect on her spiritual roots was also more significant.
After consuming a Talent Pill, Shi Xuan could clearly feel the improvement in his spiritual root. If he were to test his spiritual root again now, it would undoubtedly be much longer and its color would be much more intense.
The silver frost was branded directly onto her arm, making it more discreet and secure than a storage bracelet.
Shi Xuan transferred most of her possessions from the bracelet to Yin Shuang, leaving only some everyday items in the bracelet for convenience and to prevent accidents.
After becoming the master of Silverfrost, the feeling was completely different from when I first entered the secret realm. Everything in the entire space was under my control and could be disposed of at will, giving me a strong sense of control.
Shi Xuan couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If she hadn't ejected everyone when she took over Yinshuang, killing Fan Mingzhu would have been a piece of cake.
They were so captivated by the medicinal garden inside the Silver Frost that they couldn't move on, and by the time Shi Xuan came out, it was already the next morning.
She was still full of energy and ran to Lin Daozi to ask when she would be going to the Luoyin Sect.
Lin Daozi had just finished practicing his sword when he saw his young apprentice already waiting for him in the courtyard.
"Master!" Upon seeing Lin Daozi, Shi Xuan stood up and smiled, "Did the Sect Master already make contact with the Luoyin Sect yesterday?"
Lin Daozi sheathed his sword, handed the sword energy he had collected that day to Shi Xuan, and replied, "I've already made contact. The Six Sects Grand Competition is next month, and it happens to be held at the Luoyin Sect. Let's pack up and set off in three days. Consider it a good opportunity to get familiar with the environment beforehand."
Shi Xuan frowned and said, "The Luoyin Sect is now highly suspicious. Wouldn't it be unsafe to hold the Six Sects Grand Competition within their territory?"
"Let's go and see first," Lin Daozi said, taking a sip of wine. "There's still time. The sect leader, elders, and I will all go together. We'll see how things go."
The Six Sects Grand Competition is a grand event for the six sects of the Qian Yuan Western Region. Unlike the previous Dan Dao Grand Competition, which only involved alchemists, this annual sect competition is open to all members and lays the foundation for each sect's ranking among the six sects of the Western Region.
The sects in the western region of Qian Yuan attach great importance to this competition. Every year, the six major sects will provide generous rewards to the winning teams in the Six Sects Grand Competition.
Therefore, whether for fame or profit, for the sect or for oneself, there is a reason why one must win this competition.
"Master," Shi Xuan thought for a moment and asked, "Should we inform the other four sects about this investigation into the Luoyin Sect?"
Lin Daozi nodded, "Yes, that's right. The sect leader has already discussed this important matter with the other sects."
"Then..." Shi Xuan hesitated for a moment, then asked, "If, I mean if, could other sects also be involved in this matter?"
Wouldn't that alert the enemy?
“If we go and investigate, we won’t be able to hide this. We might as well do it openly and honestly, so that the other party will restrain themselves and reduce their activities, and there will be fewer victims.”
Shi Xuan pursed her lips and instructed, "Then Master must be extra careful and guard against everyone around you."
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