(Author's note: Two chapters combined into one. Some readers will read them separately. Later on, the two chapters will be combined to see the effect.)
"The people of your auction house are quite secretive. How can I find you?"
Lu Xiaotian originally didn't want it, but when he heard Feng Shikuan's words, he was tempted. After seeing the auction house's strength, if the Cloudcliff Auction House was willing to help him collect those feys, it would be a good thing. At the very least, it would be better than him going alone.
During the bidding, powerful spiritual senses came and went in the auction house. Lu Xiaotian was shocked to find out that there were no less than a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators on the second floor of the auction house. In comparison, the previous auction was just an appetizer.
Lu Xiaotian still underestimated the attraction of the Scarlet Flame Pagoda Devil Art to Nascent Soul cultivators. In other words, he underestimated the effect of a cultivation method that could be cultivated to the late Deity Transformation stage. Even on the Scarlet Abyss Continent, the cultivation methods that had been passed down for thousands of years could only be cultivated to the peak Nascent Soul stage. As for the road after that, they had to rely on themselves. After all, there were hundreds of Immortal Kingdoms on the Scarlet Abyss Continent, but Deity Transformation cultivators only existed in legends. A cultivation method that could be cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage was enough to become a clan's treasure. This cultivation method was directly sold for 1.7 million mid-grade spirit stones, which was 170 million low-grade spirit stones.
After deducting the reward paid to the auction house, as well as the Red Spider Lily Leaf, Fire Cloud Bowl, and Nirvana Bone Sword Spirit Orchid. Lu Xiaotian still managed to save nearly a hundred million low-grade spirit stones.
"This is our auction house's VIP talisman. In the future, if you need it, you can use this talisman to inquire about some spiritual items in the auction house. If you can provide treasures similar to this cultivation method, you can even exchange them in advance without the auction or pay a certain amount of spirit stones in advance. Our auction house will help you look for spiritual items that you want."
As the auction house's last item, when the battle between the eleventh grade puppet and the mysterious armored soldier reached its climax, Lu Xiaotian chose to leave. After receiving the storage bag with the spirit stones, Feng Shikuan took out a yellow talisman.
"Now that you mention it, I do have some things I need to collect. If your auction house can help me collect them, that would be great," Lu Xiaotian said.
"What is Lu Daoyou looking for?" Feng Shikuan asked with interest.
"Kongming Sword Stone, Nirvana Bone Sword Serene Orchid, Nascent Soul Fruit, or the Primordial Spirit Essence of a Tenth-Order Demonic Beast. If there are Eleventh-Order Demonic Beasts, that's fine too." Lu Xiaotian briefly mentioned the things he wanted.
"Pfff …" Feng Shikuan was originally drinking spirit tea, but after hearing Lu Xiaotian's words, he spat out a mouthful of spirit tea from his mouth. Then, he said somewhat awkwardly, "Esteemed guest's appetite is really big."
"Could it be that you think my appetite is that big?" Lu Xiaotian smiled meaningfully.
"That's right, I've let Esteemed Guest see a joke. The things Esteemed Guest wants are not simple. Our auction house also needs to spend a certain amount of money to collect them. Esteemed Guest will need to pay a considerable deposit." Feng Shikuan smiled apologetically. Although Lu Xiaotian was talking nonsense, Feng Shikuan still believed him. After all, with so many things, it was indeed not something a Jin Dan cultivator could eat. Even if it was a large Immortal Cultivator Clan or a Nascent Soul Clan, it would be impossible for them to pour all their resources on a single cultivator. Even if a Nascent Soul Cultivator wanted to take these things, it would not be easy.
"How much do you need?"
"Forty million low-grade spirit stones as a deposit. Moreover, if Esteemed Guest does not show up to collect these things within three years, the deposit will be gone. As for the price, it will be ninety percent of the price of the last auction. "Feng Shikuan said. "As for whether these spiritual objects have been collected, Esteemed Guest can go to any auction house's website to inquire about it through the talisman."
"Alright." Lu Xiaotian nodded. The Cloud Cliff Auction House was not a stall and had its own set of rules of conduct. Lu Xiaotian did not bargain. Although forty million low-grade spirit stones was not an ordinary amount, he had just received such a large sum of spirit stones that it would not affect him much. After paying this sum, he still had more than fifty million spirit stones left. He needed these things that could save his life at a critical moment. If he lost his life, what was the use of spirit stones?
"Esteemed Guest is really straightforward." Feng Shikuan took the spirit stones handed back by Lu Xiaotian and slightly estimated them. The smile on his face could not be hidden.
"In that case, I won't stay any longer. I will wait for the good news from your auction house." Lu Xiaotian nodded and stood up directly.
"Esteemed Guest, are you really not going to wait until the auction is over? An eleventh-order Mysterious Armored Soldier is a rare sight. After the auction is over, there will still be a certain amount of spirit stones as a reward for the esteemed Guest. "Feng Shikuan reminded.
"No, no matter how good the Mysterious Armored Soldier is, it is still someone else's. Looking at it a few more times won't have much effect." Lu Xiaotian shook his head. As soon as his voice fell, his figure flashed out of the secret room and left the auction house from another road.
"Decisive, not sloppy, not moved by the number of spirit stones, very clear about what he wants and what he does not want. In the area of Blood Lion Mountain, when did such a powerful Jin Dan cultivator appear? "Feng Shikuan looked at the back of Lu Xiaotian and muttered.
The bustling outside Blood Lion Mountain did not reduce. The auction items inside even seriously aroused the curiosity of these cultivators.
After Lu Xiaotian left the auction hall, his heart was still filled with joy. He did not expect that the most valuable thing on Scarlet Cloud Mulberry was this Cultivation Method. Of course, the Wood Rock Essence was excluded.
Finding a secluded corner, Lu Xiaotian returned to his original appearance and went to the bamboo house where he had agreed to meet Yu Dongbao and Shao Zixia.
More than half an hour later, Shao Zixia and Yu Dongbao came back together. However, with the two of them, there was another young man with thick eyebrows wearing black clothes. His pair of eagle-like eyes were particularly eye-catching. In addition, there was a woman in a purple dress. She was elegant and beautiful.
When Shao Zixia returned to the bamboo house, she saw that there was an additional silver-haired cultivator. Her eyes flashed with a trace of surprise at first, then she blushed and said with a smile, "This is Lu Daoyou's real appearance. It is much more pleasing to the eye than before."
"Lu Daoyou is a man of his word. I wonder if you got what you wanted at the auction?"
"Our financial resources are limited. I didn't expect the price of the Cloud Cliff Auction to be so high. Of course, the auction items are really extraordinary."
"Fellow Daoist Lu is right. Back then, when I went to the Cloud Cliff Auction for the first time, I was just like you. I went there in high spirits and returned disappointed." Yu Dongbao laughed when he heard this.
"Is this the Alchemist you invited?" The eagle-eyed young man interrupted Yu Dongbao and asked, "Is he reliable? Don't waste our time. "
"Whether he is reliable or not, you will know after you try. Lu Daoyou, according to our agreement, we have to set off now." Yu Dongbao said.
"Before, I only promised to help you refine pills for a month. Now there are two more people. The promised time will not change, but you will have to find a way to get the extra money." Lu Xiaotian said indifferently.
"One month." Shao Zixia nodded.
A moment later, the group left Blood Lion Mountain and flew deeper into the Black Sky Mountain Range. From Yu Dongbao's introduction, Lu Xiaotian learned that the eagle-eyed young man was called Huo Ying. As his name suggested, he was a descendant of the Huo Family, a cultivator family in the Black Sky Mountain Range.
Yu Dongbao was the first son of the Yu Family, who owned a large number of businesses in Wushang City, Black Sky Mountain Range, and the surrounding countries. Shao Zixia and another woman in a purple dress, Mu Zixin, were Huo Ying's junior sisters. Their backgrounds were extraordinary.
Lu Xiaotian casually agreed with Yu Dongbao and Shao Zixia along the way, but did not say too much. They were already tens of thousands of miles away from Blood Lion Mountain. Along the way, they encountered several groups of cultivators. However, seeing that Lu Xiaotian's group was quite large, and Yu Dongbao and the others were very imposing, no one dared to provoke them.
Until they arrived at a swamp area, bubbles continuously emerged from the surface of the swamp. Within the bubbles, there was a faint colorless gas with a slightly fishy smell. Lu Xiaotian accidentally took a whiff, and felt a slight dizziness in his head. However, since it was only a small amount, he only needed to circulate his mana slightly to expel the discomfort from his body.
"This swamp is quite strange, especially these bubbles. I don't know what the gas inside is, but it can make people lose their minds. Brother Lu, don't underestimate this gas. Don't think that you'll be fine if you hold your breath. In fact, even if you don't breathe, this gas can enter your body through your skin. Once it accumulates in your body, it will make you lose your mind. In serious cases, even a Jin Dan cultivator will go crazy and die. Who knows how many Golden Core Stage cultivators have already perished in this swamp. It's just that their corpses have been eaten by some Demon Beasts in the swamp. "Yu Dongbao warned with a serious expression.
"Where is the Three Leaf Soul Stabilizing Grass?"
Lu Xiaotian nodded and asked. In fact, even if Yu Dongbao didn't say anything, even with his strong spiritual sense, he could feel an evil force trying to penetrate his skin. Even if he circulated his mana, it was difficult to completely block this evil force outside his body. It could only delay it to a certain extent, but was unable to fundamentally solve the problem. However, at this time, he was already a seventh level body cultivator. His body's defensive capabilities were incomparable to that of ordinary Jin Dan cultivators. Even if this evil force invaded his body, its speed was extremely slow. Coupled with the strength of his spiritual sense, it would take more than a day or two for it to reach the point where it could affect his mind.
"This is only outside the swamp. When we reach the place we want to go, this evil force will be several times stronger. This is a Soul Stabilizing Pill, it can restrain this evil force. Brother Lu, when the time comes, you must remember to return it to me." Shao Zixia waved her left hand and a crystal green pill flew towards Lu Xiaotian.
Lu Xiaotian could naturally see the origin of this pill. Without saying anything, he directly took the pill and swallowed it.
"Let's go, Lu Daoyou must refine the Soul Stabilizing Pill. Otherwise, with so many of us here, we wouldn't have come here to wander around aimlessly." Huo Ying laughed and gave Lu Xiaotian a warning look.
"The one who invited me here doesn't seem to be you. You seem to be meddling too much." Lu Xiaotian's face carried a trace of a smile as he replied bluntly.
"You! It seems that you're asking for trouble. "Huo Ying's face was full of anger as he stared at Lu Xiaotian with a pair of eagle-like eyes.
"Brother Yu, I only promised to refine the Soul Stabilizing Pill for you for a month. I didn't promise you that I would endure this gossip. If you can't control your friend's mouth, then our deal is off. "Lu Xiaotian crossed his arms in front of his chest and took a step back, putting some distance between himself and the others. Even if Huo Ying had already entered the late stage of the Jin Dan Realm and the others were only in the middle stage of the Jin Dan Realm, their strength couldn't be measured by common sense. With his current strength, if he wanted to leave, these people wouldn't be able to stop him. Right now, he had just bought several treasures from the Cloud Cliff Auction House and had a lot of things to do. There was no need for him to stay with these people and suffer this kind of humiliation.
"It seems that Brother Lu has a card up his sleeve. This is good. Brother Huo, although Brother Lu is a newcomer, he is very important to this trip. You should restrain yourself. "Yu Dongbao warned Huo Ying. Without waiting for Huo Ying's reply, he took the lead and flew forward at a moderate speed. They were only a few dozen feet away from the swamp and didn't fly too high.
Yu Dongbao also had some face. After Huo Ying heard this, he fiercely glared at Lu Xiaotian and immediately flew into the air.
"Brother Lu, don't worry. With Yu Dongbao and me here, that Huo Ying won't dare to do anything. However, if you meet this person alone in the future, you must be careful. This person's methods are not simple." Shao Zixia secretly reminded Lu Xiaotian and also flew into the air.
Lu Xiaotian nodded and secretly smiled. In reality, he wasn't such an impatient person. The reason why he opposed Huo Ying was because Huo Ying was always targeting him. On the other hand, he also wanted to test if this group of people was as solid as a piece of iron. In reality, it seemed that they weren't that close. The place that Yu Dongbao and the others were going to was not simple. If the four of them were of one mind, Lu Xiaotian would leave after refining the elixir. After all, although he was conceited, he couldn't guarantee that he would have the upper hand against these four cultivator clans. After all, he had some trump cards, but the others might not be weak. Other than Huo Ying, Yu Dongbao and the others were all in the middle stage of the Jin Dan Realm. The group's strength wasn't very strong, but along the way, other than being on guard against large groups of monsters, they didn't have much scruples about adventuring cultivators. This was not how a normal middle stage Jin Dan Realm cultivator should behave.
If they were of one mind, even if there was something good, the possibility of it falling into his hands was not high. Naturally, there was no need for him to get involved in this mess. However, if there was a gap between them, and the situation allowed, he might be able to get some benefits by following them.
Hua, a dozen or so Short Spirit Creatures, but their strength was equivalent to fourth to sixth rank Short Spirit Creatures, jumped up from the swamp and pounced towards Lu Xiaotian and the others. The anger in Huo Ying's heart hadn't subsided. He directly slapped his palm downwards. The dozen or so Short Spirit Creatures didn't even have time to scream before they turned into a bloody mist.
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