After Fang Xing tactfully expressed his reluctance to join any faction, Min Yixing did not persist but instead began to share so insights about high-level cultivators.
At this, Fang Xing’s eyes slightly brightened.
After all, he had only recently entered the circle of Foundation Establishnt. He was quite intrigued by these secrets.
"So the southern part of Zheng Country is that chaotic? The majority of the area in the Five Sects Ten Countries is actually infiltrated by the Demon Path..." he remarked with a sigh.
Originally, he had wanted to tour these areas after his Foundation Establishnt, but now it seed he could spare himself the thought.
"Indeed, it is a ti of many troubles..." Min Yixing sighed and then turned his attention to the auction stage, "It’s starting!"
Fang Xing looked over and saw a woman whose beauty was like a smoke-filled room and whose Qi Cultivation was at the Perfect stage, gracefully walking onto the stage.
Her eyes shimred like peach blossoms, captivating souls with just a smile or a frown.
In truth, she was far more captivating than Zheng Yuanao with golden eyes who he had seen at the last Qinglin Square.
"Welco, everyone, to our Purple Swallow Immortal City... This auction will be hosted by , ’Jin Sanniang’. I hope everyone will show a little face..." she began, with the usual banter typical at such events.
After the introduction, with a clap of her hands, Jin Sanniang announced the first item up for auction: "The ’Minor Breakthrough Elixir’, a First Rank Top Grade Elixir that can assist Qi Cultivators in the Middle Stage to break through their latter stage bottleneck. The starting bid is five hundred Spirit Stones..."
"Breakthrough Elixir..." Watching the imdiate buzz of activity in the auction hall, Fang Xing curled his lips dismissively. Was breaking through from the sixth level to the seventh level of Qi Cultivation really that difficult?
"This Breakthrough Elixir could allow those cultivators, who have been stuck at their realm for many years, to break through... Perhaps they might be able to seize the opportunity to reach Foundation Establishnt before the Jiǎzǐ deadline and beco one of our ranks..." Min Yixing sighed.
Fang Xing nodded in agreent, looking as though he fully concurred.
This auction house in Purple Swallow Immortal City was indeed much larger than the one in Qinglin Square.
A diverse array of Secret Treasures, Arrays, Secret Books, spiritual pets, and Magic Artifacts successively took the stage, creating a lively scene.
"A Second Rank Xuan Water Turtle Egg... starting at three thousand Spirit Stones!" At this mont, Jin Sanniang was introducing a Spiritual Beast egg, "Xuan Water Turtles have a gentle nature, and once grown, beco Second Rank Demon Beasts. Taking one ho to guard the house or protect the family heritage is an excellent choice..."
Her words carried a seductive undertone, indeed drawing the attention of so naive youths.
However, more experienced cultivators sneered inwardly: "Turtle-type Demon Beasts not only have weak attacks, their greatest flaw is their prolonged growth period... A Second Rank Xuan Water Turtle Egg might take two hundred years to progress to a Second Rank Demon Beast, truly a turtle raising three generations of a family, people co and go, but the turtle remains..."
Other than a few Beast Taming Families, Loose Cultivators didn’t give it a second glance.
"Three thousand five hundred Low Grade Spirit Stones! Congratulations to this fellow Daoist on acquiring the Xuan Water Turtle Egg!" Jin Sanniang couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief when the Spiritual Beast egg finally found a buyer.
’Oh?’ Fang Xing cast his Divine Sense over the area, noticing that the buyers of the Spiritual Beast egg were none other than the two brothers from the Myriad Beasts Sect, making him smile inwardly.
These two acted carefreely without any disguise, full of the confidence typical of Immortal Sect disciples.
’Indeed, who in Purple Swallow Immortal City, or even in Zheng Country, would dare to provoke the Myriad Beasts Sect? Perhaps there are even Sect Elders overseeing the auction...’
He kept a poker face while engaging in conversation with Min Yixing about other matters, "I heard that to the east of Zheng Country lies a great nation nad Qi. How prosperous is the Cultivation World there?"
"The Cultivation World of Qi Country is naturally incomparable to our Zheng... On the border between Zheng and Qi, there is an Immortal City nad ’Beili’!" Min Yixing’s eyes held a trace of yearning: "When I was younger, I had the opportunity to visit... The prosperity of Beili Immortal City far surpasses our Purple Bird Mountain City. They have a stable channel for Foundation Establishnt Pills. Every year, they release Foundation Establishnt Pills... and sotis even opportunities for Core Formation arise."
"Opportunity for Core Formation?!" Fang Xing showed a face full of longing but actually discounted it completely.
Not to ntion that he had a Heavenly Spirit Root, Core Formation was not a major challenge for him. Once his true self condensed the Martial Arts Golden Core, obtaining one or two Core Formation Spirit Items would likely not be too difficult. The future of this Cultivation Avatar seed to be a smooth path.
’Nevertheless, Beili Immortal City is still worth a visit, to seek the Sun True Gang as well as other suitable Spirit Items...’ Fang Xing had previously purchased rough maps of the nearby countries, and knew Beili’s location. He could easily fly there on his own.
For an ordinary Qi Cultivator, such a long journey and the dangers along the way would be daunting, often necessitating joining a large trade caravan.
Each year, Purple Swallow Immortal City had a caravan that traveled the route to Beili Immortal City, ultimately reaching the territory of Qi Country.
As he pondered, the auction below was reaching its conclusion.
"A Second Rank Low Grade Spiritual Artifact—Wind Snow Sword! Forged from Millennium Mysterious Ice mixed with Thousand Refinents Mysterious Iron and ticulously crafted by a master artisan, once completed, buried in the Great Snow Mountains for twenty years, and having just recently resurfaced..."
Jin Sanniang was currently displaying the Flying Sword in her hand.
The sword glimred with a cold light, a foot long, radiating an aura of ice-cold sharpness.
"The starting bid for this sword is eight thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones, and each incrent must not be less than one hundred Low Grade Spirit Stones," Jin Sanniang said, looking towards the private rooms.
Spiritual Artifacts could only be used by Foundation Establishnt Cultivators, and this ’Wind Snow Sword’ was clearly not ant for Qi Cultivators.
There were quite a few Foundation Establishnt Cultivators in Purple Swallow Immortal City, with more than twenty private rooms alone.
At this mont, soone made a bid:
"Eight thousand one hundred Spirit Stones!"
"Eight thousand five hundred Spirit Stones!"
...
In one private room, an elderly cultivator leaning on a peachwood staff gazed affectionately at a young girl beside her.
The girl was extrely beautiful, but her deanor was cold, like an ice mountain that had not thawed in ten thousand years, exuding the aura of a Tianshan snow lotus.
"My dear granddaughter... Once your great-grandma purchases this Wind Snow Sword, it will be yours to use when you reach Foundation Establishnt, how about that?" the elderly Foundation Establishnt cultivator asked with a loving smile, "Xue’er, you are our Zeng Family’s pride and joy, not only possessing a Top Grade Ice Spirit Root but also having awakened the ’Snow Cold Body’. You’ll make twice the progress with half the effort when cultivating Ice Attribute Techniques... This Wind Snow Sword is perfect for you."
The girl nad Xue’er showed little emotion, but there was indeed a flicker of fondness in her eyes, "As great-grandma sees fit... As long as it doesn’t affect the final bid for the ’Shaoyin Evil Qi’."
"Of course, your great-grandma has a clear idea... That ’Shaoyin Evil Qi’ is a perfect match for you and its effects are nearly as good as half a Foundation Establishnt Pill. Naturally, I’ll prioritize accordingly."
The elderly woman tapped her peach wood cane and her voice carried far: "Nine thousand spirit stones!"
"This voice..."
"Could it be from the Zeng Family of Peach Blossom Forest?"
"The elder matriarch of the Zeng Family, she’s a master at the Qi Cultivation Middle Stage..."
Within the private boxes, divine senses intertwined, and several Qi Cultivators imdiately gave up on the auction.
"Nine thousand one hundred low-grade spirit stones."
Fang Xing joined in at this point, shouting out the bid.
"Hm?"
The Zeng Family elder was taken aback, but then spoke up, "Nine thousand five hundred spirit stones!"
"Ten thousand spirit stones!"
Fang Xing laughed and raised the bid nonchalantly.
The two sides went back and forth, and in the blink of an eye, the price reached thirteen thousand low-grade spirit stones.
"Great-grandmother!"
Zeng Xue’er stepped forward, tugging at the elder’s sleeve.
"Good lad!"
The elder snorted coldly, "If it weren’t for the fact that I need to save spirit stones to purchase the Shaoyin Evil Qi..."
"Thirteen thousand low-grade spirit stones, the Wind Snow Sword goes to the honored predecessor in Heavenly Character Room Number Nine."
Jin Sanniang’s smile was sowhat stiff.
Although this rivalry among Qi Cultivators could drive the price up, it put her in a difficult position, as she was constantly on edge.
...
Heavenly Character Room Number Nine.
Fang Xing watched the auction of several sets of storage bags, quietly calculating how many spirit stones his extra storage bags could sell for.
"Our esteed guest in the box also has the privilege of imdiate delivery."
At that mont, Min Yixing suddenly smiled, "Here it cos!"
Almost concurrently with him speaking, there was a knock on the box’s door, "With our respects to the honored guest, we’ve co to deliver the Wind Snow Sword..."
"Co in."
Fang Xing flicked his finger and deactivated the prohibition of the box.
Several cultivators filed in, led by a cultivator with white hair, who was taken aback upon seeing Min Yixing, "Turns out Brother Min is here too?"
"Haha, Old Lu, never mind ."
Min Yixing introduced him to Fang Xing, "This is Lu Yiming, a cultivator who has mastered the Spirit Eye Skill. He’s practically got golden eyes and is esteed as a Treasure Elder of the city."
"Greetings, Brother Lu."
Fang Xing bowed his hand in greeting.
"The Wind Snow Sword, please inspect it."
Lu Yiming instructed a maid to bring a tray forward, on which was that very Wind Snow Sword.
Fang Xing took the Wind Snow Sword, gave it a light flick, and a clear, chilling sword cry resonated, filling the room with cold air.
"Indeed, it is a second-rank flying sword... It’s just a sha it’s a bit short."
He waved his hand over the table, and instantly a pile of mixed low and mid-grade spirit stones appeared.
Lu Yiming swept his divine sense over them, counted the spirit stones one by one, and put them into his storage bag, then smiled, "The Wind Snow Sword contains prohibitions that after refinent, allow it to change size at will, Big and Small Ruyi; length and such, need not be a concern..."
This was only true for cultivators.
A Cultivation Avatar using the Wind Snow Sword naturally had no restrictions.
But his original body lacked mana and could only use it as a dagger in hand, not as convenient as the Green Rainbow Sword.
However, these details were unnecessary to share with outsiders.
Fang Xing kept a smile on his face, exchanged a few polite words, and after seeing Lu Yiming out, he saw Jin Sanniang already presenting the last item on the auction stage.
Under the expectant, fervent gazes of the qi cultivators throughout the hall, Jin Sanniang held up a jade bottle: "One portion of Shaoyin Evil Qi, useful for cultivators with Yin Attribute skills to break through Foundation Establishnt... Suitable for female cultivators! The starting bid is nine thousand low-grade spirit stones, and each bid must be no less than one hundred!"
Upon her announcent, many male cultivators below showed their disappointnt and sat back down.
The female cultivators at the peak of Qi Cultivation, however, were full of longing, and bids began to ring out: "Nine thousand one hundred!"
"Nine thousand two hundred!"
...
"Hehe..."
The Zeng Family elder laughed coldly and began to bid: "Ten thousand spirit stones!"
The many female Qi Cultivators below imdiately felt as though their hearts had turned to ashes, as if the Dao was slipping away from them.
Alas, they couldn’t participate in the competition among Qi Cultivators.
The female cultivators of the Cultivation World were very pragmatic, able only to bury their resentnt deep in their hearts.
"Xue’er, do you see?"
The Zeng elder took the opportunity to instruct the younger generation, "Don’t think these Qi Cultivators dare not speak out in anger now. Once my Zeng Family declines, they’ll pounce faster than anyone else. The Zhou Family of the Purple Qing Pond is the perfect example. If you don’t want to end up like them, you must always remain strong. Not only must the Zeng Family keep producing Foundation Establishnt cultivators, but we must also aim for... Core Formation!"
Her eyes brimd with hope as she looked at Zeng Xue’er.
With Zeng Xue’er’s talents, she could surely cultivate to Perfect Foundation Establishnt and attempt Core Formation.
Even if it were a fake core!
Then the Zeng Family of Peach Blossom Forest would be a fake core family in Zheng Country!
With such accumulation over generations, it’s possible that they could produce a true Core Formation expert!
"Please rest assured, great-grandmother. Xue’er will definitely live up to your expectations, starting with Foundation Establishnt," Zeng Xue’er declared resolutely.
But before she could finish, a young man’s voice interrupted, "Fifteen thousand spirit stones!"
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