PS: Xiao Yu wasn't in a good state when he wrote the previous chapter. Now, he has changed a lot. Before writing this chapter, you can go back and look at the changes in the previous chapter.
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Although Gu Zheng had a lot of resources, he didn't have a lot of celestial coins. And the resources he took out that could be exchanged for celestial coins were all things that weren't very useful to him. For example, refining resources and immortal equipment.
Since the Cool Breeze Temple was hosting an auction, it would naturally help its guests exchange immortal coins. Before entering, Gu Zheng had already learned this from the Daoist apprentice.
The Daoist apprentice fiddled with the pile of resources a few times before picking up two immortal tools and looking at them.
"These things can be exchanged for a total of fifty yellow immortal coins," the Daoist apprentice said.
Gu Zheng naturally had a good understanding of the prices in the Wilderness. If these things were exchanged for immortal coins outside, they could be exchanged for fifty-five yellow immortal coins at most.
Although the Cool Breeze Temple provided the service of exchanging immortal coins, it still needed to collect some remuneration. Since the exchange was lower than the market price, it could be considered as a disguised form of payment.
"Okay, let's exchange!" Gu Zheng said indifferently.
The resources that Gu Zheng was exchanging for yellow immortal coins were all brought from Earth. Most of the resources he harvested in the Wilderness were ingredients. In the Primitive Desolate World, because there were many Immortal Chefs, ingredients were also considered as a hard currency. After all, all the Immortal Chef Stores had signs of purchasing, and good ingredients could be exchanged for immortal coins in the Immortal Chef Stores.
"Give me some more blue immortal coins."
After receiving the fifty yellow immortal coins, Gu Zheng took out five high-grade ingredients.
The Daoist apprentice apprentice looked at the ingredients and said, "You can exchange them for four blue immortal coins."
Gu Zheng slightly frowned. Although the remuneration from the Cool Breeze Temple didn't count, it was still within the range he could afford. However, five high-grade ingredients … If they were exchanged outside, not to mention the Immortal Chef Stores, even if they were exchanged for five blue immortal coins in an ordinary exchange house, they should be exchanged for at least five blue immortal coins.
"Only four blue immortal coins? Isn't this a bit too much?" Gu Zheng said with a frown.
The Daoist priest looked at Gu Zheng and slowly said, "Fellow Daoist, is this your first time attending an auction hosted by Cool Breeze Temple? If these resources were sold outside, they would be worth less than four blue immortal coins. But in the Cool Breeze Temple, they are only worth that much. "
The Daoist priest then pushed the resources in front of Gu Zheng. "If you feel that it's unfair, you can exchange them outside, set up a stall in the backyard, or find other Daoists to exchange for them."
The Cool Breeze Temple's request was a bit harsh, but it didn't seem like they were bullying their customers. In any case, they didn't seem to care much about the exchange.
Gu Zheng put away the resources again. Although he still had some high-grade ingredients, it wasn't to the point where he didn't care about losing one.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, why are you exchanging so many celestial coins? Could it be that you've taken a fancy to the two most expensive items? "
Huang Qi, who had been following beside Gu Zheng, didn't say much. It was only when Gu Zheng left the side hall that he couldn't help but ask.
"No, I'm not interested in those two items," Gu Zheng said.
The two items that Huang Qi mentioned were immortal equipment, and both of them were of high grade.
"I want to help Fellow Daoist Bai, but I don't have enough money!" Huang Qi smiled.
Although there were many resources in the Untainted Land, there were very few resources that didn't belong to anyone. For example, when Gu Zheng first came to the Untainted Land, he could attract Little Goblin just by hunting some wild animals. Therefore, not every cultivator in the Untainted Land was particularly rich. Just like those cultivators who escaped to Earth but were killed by Gu Zheng, they didn't have many celestial coins on them. They only had a few high-quality resources that could be exchanged for yellow immortal coins. To Gu Zheng at that time, it was already a great harvest.
Seeing that Gu Zheng only smiled and didn't say anything, Huang Qi said, "Fellow Daoist Bai, if you want to exchange outside now, it's definitely too late. This is the border area. The nearest exchange shop will probably take half a day to fly. By the time you return, the auction will probably be over. Otherwise, you can set up a stall in the backyard! Although there is a fee for setting up a stall, it's still acceptable. "
"Let's go to the backyard to take a look. As for setting up a stall, I don't have that intention yet."
Although the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed was precious, Gu Zheng had enough celestial coins to buy it. After all, Gu Zheng had more than 50 yellow immortal coins.
Gu Zheng and Huang Qi came to the backyard of the Cool Breeze Temple. There were more than 20 stalls and more than 100 cultivators.
On the whole, the strength of the cultivators in the backyard was higher than that in the front yard. There were as many as thirteen Golden Immortals, but there were no Perfected Golden Immortals.
The stalls weren't street stalls. Perhaps because the auction was held every five years, the backyard of the Cool Breeze Temple only had two rows of bluestone strips that were one meter above the ground. The items to be sold were placed on the bluestone strips, looking very neat.
"Forget it. Since we're here, I won't follow Fellow Daoist Bai. I'll just take a look," Huang Qi said.
"Go ahead!"
Gu Zheng nodded at Huang Qi. Then, he started to look at the first stall on the left, while Huang Qi went to the right.
Although there was a possibility of picking up scraps in this kind of stall in the Untainted Land, the possibility of picking up scraps was much smaller than on Earth. First of all, ingredients in the Untainted Land were also resources, unlike on Earth where ingredients were only used to satisfy one's appetite before the opening of the Extremely Fragrant Villa. Secondly, the people who set up the stalls were all cultivators. Their knowledge was far beyond those on Earth.
After visiting six stalls in a row, Gu Zheng finally found a resource that was worth buying.
"Stall owner, how much is this?"
Gu Zheng pointed at a long piece of ice with a pink tongue sealed in it.
"High-grade ingredient Qilin Tongue. If you sell it in the Immortal Kitchen, it's worth one blue immortal coin and two yellow immortal coins. However, in the Cool Breeze Temple, I'm in urgent need of immortal coins to prepare for the auction. I'll only take one blue immortal coin and one yellow immortal coin from you. How about it?"
The stall owner was a grey-haired old man. His cultivation was at the late stage of the Jin Xian Realm. When he spoke, he had a smile on his face and seemed to be quite amiable.
Gu Zheng nodded, showing that he approved of the stall owner's words. However, he didn't have many immortal coins and didn't want to use them to buy things.
"Stall owner, are you willing to trade?"
For immortal cultivators, celestial coins were hard currency, but bartering was also a common method of exchange.
The stall owner furrowed his brows. "It's not that I can't trade. However, other than the Cold Ice Jade Essence, Heavenly Silk, and Jin Xian Pill, I won't trade for anything else."
The Cold Ice Jade Essence and Heavenly Silk that the stall owner was talking about were top-grade materials for refining tools. Their value was similar to that of a high-grade ingredient. As for the Jin Xian Pill, it was a type of pill that could raise the cultivation of a Jin Xian Realm. Because it was specially made for the Jin Xian Realm, its medicinal effect was better than ordinary high-grade Immortal Essence Pills. In comparison, it was more precious.
The Qilin Tongue could be used to refine the Jin Xian Pill. If a Qilin Tongue was used to refine the Jin Xian Pill, the amount needed to refine the Qilin Tongue was less than one-tenth of the Qilin Tongue. Of course, refining the Jin Xian Pill didn't only require the Qilin Tongue. It also required other medicinal ingredients. Therefore, it wasn't too much for the stall owner to ask for the Jin Xian Pill. This Qilin Tongue was also worth a Jin Xian Pill!
Gu Zheng didn't have the Cold Ice Jade Essence or Heavenly Silk, but when he heard that the stall owner wanted to ask for the Jin Xian Pill, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"How about I exchange this top-grade elemental cultivation increasing food for your Qilin Tongue?"
Gu Zheng took out a top-grade elemental cultivation increasing food from his Storage Belt.
The top-grade elemental cultivation increasing food was made by Gu Zheng before he left Mount Shu. With his current understanding of food and drink, the preservation time of the food increasing food had been greatly improved.
This was the Untainted Land. The quality of the ingredients used by Gu Zheng to make the top-grade elemental cultivation increasing food was also greatly improved compared to when he was on Earth. At least in this top-grade elemental cultivation increasing food, he used as many as six high-quality ingredients.
Of course, to Gu Zheng, it was impossible for him to use six high-quality ingredients to make just one top-grade elemental cultivation increasing food. He made four of them.
Immortal coins were hard currency, and so were food cultivators. As long as one wanted to increase their cultivation, almost no one could resist the temptation it brought.
The top-grade elemental cultivation increasing food was placed on a plate with a layer of transparent immortal energy covering it. Inside the plate, there were red and green food cultivators, which were flashing with dense light.
At this moment, not to mention the stall owner widening his eyes, even the surrounding people walked over. After all, very few people would use food cultivators to make a transaction. Those who ordered food cultivators in the Immortal Kitchen basically used them for themselves. However, very few didn't mean that they didn't exist. It was just that they rarely saw them.
"If this is really a top-grade elemental cultivation increasing food cultivator, it's not impossible to exchange it for a Qilin Tongue," the stall owner said as he licked his lips.
Gu Zheng didn't say anything. He raised his hand and gestured for the stall owner to check the goods.
The so-called elemental cultivation increasing food cultivator was a general term for elemental cultivation increasing food cultivators in the Desolate Era. Immortal cultivators also had their own methods to test its efficacy without tasting it.
The stall owner stretched out his finger, and the immortal energy covering the plate shattered. Then, he used his immortal energy to create an immortal array on the food cultivator.
When the food cultivator was preserved, it was just after the Extreme Fragrance Transformation. The steam rising from it entered the immortal array, and under the operation of the immortal array, it turned purple.
Using this method to test the efficacy of the food cultivator, although it wasn't as accurate as personally eating it, it was not far from the mark. The color was red, which meant that the food cultivator was low-grade. The color was golden, which meant that the food cultivator was middle-grade. As for the color purple, it meant that the food cultivator was high-grade.
"That's right. This is a top-grade elemental cultivation increasing food cultivator. I'll exchange it for it!"
The stall owner handed the frozen Qilin Tongue to Gu Zheng. Then, he picked up the elemental cultivation increasing food cultivator, closed the stall, and left the backyard. It seemed that he wanted to find a place to eat this delicious and elemental cultivation increasing food.
"Fellow Daoist, do you have any more elemental cultivation increasing food cultivator?"
Although they felt that the possibility of Gu Zheng having more elemental cultivation increasing food cultivator was low, someone in the crowd still asked. After all, if they went to the Immortal Chef Store to exchange for the high-grade elemental cultivation increasing food cultivator, they would have to pay one yellow immortal coin and two red immortal coins for each Qilin Tongue. Who wouldn't want to take advantage of something like this?
"What a coincidence. I still have a top-grade elemental cultivation increasing food cultivator, and I'm short of immortal coins. If you give me one blue immortal coin, then this high-grade elemental cultivation increasing food cultivator is yours."
"I'll exchange it for it!"
Seeing Gu Zheng take out another food cultivator, the cultivator who asked the question hurriedly said, as though he was afraid that the food would be snatched away by someone else if he was too slow.
The cultivator immediately began to examine the food cultivator. The rest of the onlookers looked somewhat guilty. They definitely regretted not asking. After all, it was really cheap to exchange one blue immortal coin for a top-grade elemental cultivation increasing food cultivator!
"Fellow Daoist, do you still have any top-grade elemental cultivation increasing food cultivator?" Another cultivator asked, unwilling to give up.
"No, I only have these two. If it wasn't for the urgent need for immortal coins and Qilin tongues, I wouldn't have sold them. This is a loss!"
Gu Zheng said with a regretful expression. The onlookers also felt that it was a loss. After all, the first cultivator who asked the question had already given Gu Zheng a blue immortal coin and left with the food cultivator.
"Including the immortal coins I already have, I now have five blue immortal coins, sixty yellow immortal coins, and thirty red immortal coins. It shouldn't be a problem to get the North Reed Immortal Ginseng today, right?"
Gu Zheng's heart was also filled with joy. The others felt that they had taken advantage of him, but he also felt that he had taken advantage of them. After all, other Immortal Chefs used one top-grade elemental cultivation increasing food ingredient, while Gu Zheng could make two with the same effect.
"There should be a first come, first served rule in everything, right?"
"First come, first served? You actually said something like that. Don't you think it's funny? "
The voices of Huang Qi and another unfamiliar man entered Gu Zheng's ears.
The argument had already started, but now, the voices of Huang Qi and the other man had changed. It seemed like they were about to start a fight.
"Fellow Daoist Huang, what's wrong?"
Gu Zheng came to Huang Qi's side.
Huang Qi said angrily, "I took a fancy to this' Ice Heart 'and was bargaining with the stall owner when this Fellow Daoist interfered!"
The so-called Ice Heart was actually the gall bladder of the Three-headed Ice Snake. However, it was pink in color and heart-shaped, so it was called the Ice Heart.
Huang Qi's cultivation was at the mid-stage Jin Xian. The one who was arguing with him was an old man with a long beard. His cultivation was at the late-stage Jin Xian.
The old man glanced at Gu Zheng, then looked at Huang Qi with contempt. "What's wrong? Now that you have a helper, your waist has become hard again? Let me tell you, if this wasn't the Cool Breeze Temple, you would be lying on the ground right now! "
"You …"
Huang Qi still wanted to say something, but he was stopped by Gu Zheng. "Since we are buying something, then let's see what the stall owner wants. If the stall owner is willing to come first, then first serve, then first come first serve. If the stall owner isn't willing to come first, then Fellow Daoist Huang doesn't need to say anything."
Huang Qi and the old man both looked at the stall owner. Under normal circumstances, whether it was the buyer or the stall owner, they would all pay attention to first come first serve. However, there would always be people who didn't pay attention to this.
"Although this Fellow Daoist came first, I didn't say that I must sell it to you. Therefore, I will sell this Ice Heart to whoever offers the highest price." The stall owner smiled.
"Alright, then sell it to him!"
Huang Qi gritted his teeth and turned to Gu Zheng. "Fellow Daoist Bai, do you still want to continue shopping? I'm going to return to the guest room first! "
Huang Qi had something he wanted to buy in this auction, and he didn't have enough celestial coins. Since the stall owner wanted to sell the Ice Heart to the highest bidder, then he should withdraw.
"I'm not going to continue shopping. I'm going back too."
Having seen what he wanted to see, Gu Zheng planned to leave the backyard.
However, when Gu Zheng was leaving, he saw that the old man with the long beard had a victorious smile on his face and looked at him with contempt. This made him frown.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, the price I offered for the Ice Heart was what the stall owner wanted in advance. I didn't expect his character to be so bad. When he saw someone offering a high price, he immediately said that the highest bidder would get it," Huang Qi said hatefully on the way back.
"Don't be angry. This is not a world that cares about character. Just accept everything," Gu Zheng said indifferently.
After returning to his residence, Gu Zheng immediately sat cross-legged on his bed and prepared to start cultivating.
"Your cultivation has progressed too quickly in the past five years. You need to seize the time to consolidate your cultivation."
The Artifact Spirit's voice sounded in Gu Zheng's mind.
"Yes!"
Gu Zheng replied with a sigh.
In more than five years, Gu Zheng had advanced from the Jin Xian Early Stage to the Jin Xian Late Stage. Although he would take some time to stabilize his state of mind after each advancement, his current situation was still a special state where his strength did not match his cultivation level.
In terms of combat strength, Gu Zheng was confident that he would not lose to any immortal cultivator of the Jin Xian Realm. However, immortal cultivation was not only about combat strength. Combat strength was only an external manifestation of one's cultivation level. On the inside, there was also the state of mind and the understanding of Dao.
The so-called understanding of Dao was very broad. It could be reflected in many aspects! From Gu Zheng's point of view, if combat power represented destruction, then what he lacked was in the aspect of 'construction'. This' construction 'was also very broad. For example, the snowman in the Chaos Space, or some immortal techniques and divine abilities that did not have direct destructive power but could be used wonderfully, etc.
Gu Zheng knew what he lacked, but he could not explain it clearly. It was as if there was a layer of window paper between them.
"Practice the Gokusen Technique well. The Gokusen Technique is already a top cultivation method. By using the Gokusen Technique to sense the heaven and earth, you will have a greater chance of understanding something. This is even more obvious in a high-level plane like the Primitive World," the Artifact Spirit said.
Although Gu Zheng did not say anything, he agreed with the Artifact Spirit's words very much. After entering the Prehistoric World, he had already experienced this obvious change. If it were not for this obvious change, he might not have understood his own inadequacies so clearly.
"Artifact Spirit, do you have any auxiliary immortal techniques that can be used as a task reward?" Gu Zheng asked.
"You mean the Calming Skill, the Ethereal Body Illusion Skill, or some other immortal techniques with magical effects, right?" the Artifact Spirit asked.
"Yes, I feel that I am lacking in this aspect. If there are any mysterious immortal techniques that can be used as a reward, I am willing to accept the task to obtain them."
Gu Zheng wanted to obtain such immortal techniques. He wanted to see if he could get any inspiration by practicing them.
"Of course there are, and there are a lot of them. However, when you communicated with the Lord Gokusen this time, the Lord Gokusen specifically told you not to give any immortal techniques or immortal skills as a reward, "the Artifact Spirit said.
"Why is that?" Gu Zheng frowned.
"The Lord Gokusen must have checked your body. Since he said so, it can only mean that your current situation is more suitable for you to learn or even create something through comprehension. After all, practicing the Gokusen Technique has already given you more opportunities to comprehend than ordinary people. "
After hearing the Artifact Spirit's words, Gu Zheng's competitive spirit was aroused. It did not seem right that all the things he learned were created by others.
Without saying anything more, Gu Zheng immersed himself in cultivation.
Unknowingly, it was already midnight. Gu Zheng, who was cultivating, suddenly opened his eyes.
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