Chapter 125: Chapter 125: Devouring Living Souls, Grand Auction
Ti flew by.
「Several months later.」
Inside the VIP port of Weiyuan Immortal City.
The Ghostly Flood Dragon.
Su Ye entered the captain’s cabin.
He set up a restrictive barrier to prevent anyone from spying on him.
Then, Su Ye raised his hand. A flash of light emanated from his Storage Ring, and three Magical Artifacts appeared.
A jet-black Soul Summoning Banner, a White Bone Skull, and an ancient bronze mirror!
’Weiyuan Immortal City truly lives up to its na as a holy land for Loose Cultivators...’
’Even Demon Dao Magical Artifacts used for blood sacrifices of life souls can be bought, as long as you have the connections and the Spirit Stones...’
Su Ye mused, his fingers stroking the White Bone Skull.
It felt quite nice in his hand—smooth, round, and cool to the touch.
At that mont, with the appearance of these three Magical Artifacts, the temperature in the room plumted, and a sinister, cold aura erged.
Even the light seed to dim a few shades.
Su Ye could almost hear the roars of countless life souls!
’Loud and full of energy, aren’t they...’
Su Ye paid it no mind. To a Foundation Establishnt cultivator, this sinister chill was like a gentle breeze on his face.
A smile touched his lips. With a thought, he activated the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s legendary ability, Soul Abyss Blood Prison!
BUZZ!
Inside the captain’s cabin, a blood-red vortex suddenly appeared on the floor!
Su Ye tossed the three Demon Dao Magical Artifacts into it, feeding them to the Ghostly Flood Dragon.
CRUNCH! CRUNCH!
The sound of the Magical Artifacts shattering echoed as countless life souls were devoured by the Soul Abyss Blood Prison, completely powerless to resist!
’It probably... increased the number of life souls by about three thousand...’
Su Ye closed his eyes, sensing the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s status.
The three Magical Artifacts had contained nearly four thousand life souls in total.
There was so loss in the process.
However, the life souls of the Soul Abyss Blood Prison were of a higher quality, far surpassing those from these Demon Dao Magical Artifacts.
It was normal to have so loss during the conversion process.
To Su Ye, this loss was insignificant.
’As long as I can prove that the path of acquiring and feeding it life souls is viable, then it’s not a loss for .’
And now, after devouring these three Demon Dao Magical Artifacts,
the total number of life souls imprisoned within the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s Soul Abyss Blood Prison had reached sixty thousand!
It was now only forty thousand short of the one hundred thousand life souls required for the Ghostly Flood Dragon to advance to a Tier-2, Mid-grade spiritual ship!
’I can still acquire so more Demon Dao Magical Artifacts.’
However, Su Ye was also aware that such Demon Dao Magical Artifacts, which imprisoned a large number of life souls, were rather bloody and difficult to refine.
Out in the world, even with ample Spirit Stones, the number one could acquire was quite limited.
"Hmph..." Su Ye sighed softly.
In truth, he knew how to obtain a massive number of life souls in a short amount of ti.
The answer was: Weiyuan Immortal City’s Nine Nether Blood Sea Array!
It imprisoned tens of millions of life souls!
Even if he could get just a million-level share of the life souls, it would be enough for the Ghostly Flood Dragon to advance to Tier-2, Peak-grade.
It might even advance directly to Tier-3!
’Unfortunately... that’s not sothing I can accomplish right now...’
The number of life souls in the Nine Nether Blood Sea Array was directly related to the array’s power.
Unless Su Ye could produce a treasure that played a crucial role in the Golden Core Tribulation, there was no possibility of a trade.
’Even if I had sothing like that, I wouldn’t dare make a deal with a Golden Core Master...’
Su Ye sighed and shook his head.
...
In the blink of an eye, more than half a year went by.
Weiyuan Immortal City’s decennial grand auction was held!
Su Ye, accompanied by Luo Xiyin, used a special passage to reach a VIP private room overlooking the auction hall.
He was attending this grand auction with a very clear objective.
He had to obtain the main ingredient for the Cold Jade Elixir, the ’Nine-leaf Ice Orchid’!
In addition, he could also try to acquire pills that would increase a Foundation Establishnt cultivator’s Magical Power.
One of the reasons for Su Ye’s rapid cultivation speed during the Early-stage Foundation Establishnt was the ’Yunling Pill’, a spoil of war he obtained after killing a Foundation Establishnt cultivator from the Qi Family in the battle of Donglong Island!
’Furthermore, I also need Foundation Establishnt treasures to help Qing’e, as well as life soul-type Magical Artifacts like the ’Ten Thousand Souls Blood Sail’.’
Having settled on his goals, Su Ye closed his eyes to rest.
...
「An hour later.」
"I am Deng Jinhai. Thank you, fellow Daoists, for taking ti out of your busy schedules to be here."
The host of this auction was, once again, Deng Jinhai.
After all, as a direct descendant of one of the five major families of the immortal city and a disciple of Canghai, his status was quite suitable for the role.
Moreover, he was personable and skilled at socializing.
"A Tier-2 Spirit dicine, the ’Nine-leaf Ice Orchid’, produced by the Chen Family of Ice Lake Island. It can be used as the main ingredient for various ice-elent pills."
"There are nine stalks in total. The starting bid for each is six hundred Spirit Stones."
"Seven hundred... Eight hundred..."
As a rare ice-elent Spirit dicine, the Nine-leaf Ice Orchid had quite a few competitors.
"One thousand two hundred."
Su Ye calmly placed his bid and won the first ’Nine-leaf Ice Orchid.’
He then acquired five more ’Nine-leaf Ice Orchids’ for a similar price.
Out of nine stalks, Su Ye had obtained six, which was a good result.
In truth, with his financial resources, he could have easily bought all nine Nine-leaf Ice Orchids.
However, that would have drawn too much animosity.
Su Ye chose to quit while he was ahead.
...
With the ’Nine-leaf Ice Orchid’ secured, the auction continued.
Su Ye purchased two bottles of ’Profound Yuan Elixir’, a pill effective for Early-stage Foundation Establishnt cultivators to improve their Magical Power.
Pills effective for the Foundation Establishnt Stage were quite rare, so this was a pleasant surprise.
And then,
"Next, we have the True Dawn Spirit Liquid, a Foundation Establishnt treasure! Its effects do not overlap with the Foundation Establishnt Elixir. It has an additional effect on the ’Mana Barrier,’ one of the three trials of Foundation Establishnt, and can increase the probability of success by roughly ten percent."
"The starting bid is two thousand Spirit Stones."
Deng Jinhai’s voice rang out.
"Two thousand... Two thousand two hundred..."
The competition for the Foundation Establishnt treasure was fierce, with most of the bidders being Foundation Establishnt cultivators themselves.
With the capabilities of a Foundation Establishnt cultivator, it wasn’t difficult to obtain a Foundation Establishnt Elixir for one’s wives, concubines, or children.
But, the Foundation Establishnt Elixir only increased the success rate by thirty percent.
It couldn’t guarantee that a cultivator would succeed in their Foundation Establishnt!
Under these circumstances, Foundation Establishnt treasures like this, which added to the success rate without overlapping with the elixir’s effects, were exceptionally precious!
In the end, Su Ye joined the bidding.
He won the ’True Dawn Spirit Liquid’ for a small premium over the previous bid.
’Nine-leaf Ice Orchid’, ’Profound Yuan Elixir’, ’True Dawn Spirit Liquid’.
Su Ye’s goals for attending the auction had been more or less achieved.
...
Next up, Magical Artifacts and Spiritual Artifacts were put up for auction.
Su Ye had little interest in these and let out a yawn.
The only item he was paying attention to was the ’Golden Simurgh Sword’ that he himself had submitted for auction.
As a flying sword-type Magical Artifact, it attracted many bidders.
In the end, it was sold for three thousand five hundred Spirit Stones, a premium of twenty to thirty percent!
This pleased Su Ye greatly.
But to his even greater surprise, the Ten Thousand Souls Blood Sail appeared in the second half of the auction!
Seeing this, Su Ye joined the bidding without hesitation.
Ultimately, as expected, he won it for a price slightly higher than the last ti!
’Another ten thousand life souls...’ Su Ye was delighted.
...
Having achieved his goals, Su Ye didn’t bid on any more items. He had already displayed considerable wealth.
Any more would attract unwanted attention.
Afterward, Su Ye left the auction hall with Luo Xiyin, boarded the Ghostly Flood Dragon, and departed from Weiyuan Immortal City.
However, what surprised him slightly was...
’Hm? Is soone following ?’
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