Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 129: Cang Yuan Dan Hua Jue
Tianhuaxuan's secret trading venues are all located underground.

Under the guidance of Xue Yumei, Ling Changqing and she passed through several heavily guarded gates, turned through seven or eight corridors and secret passages, and finally arrived at their destination.

The deliberately created dim space is dozens of feet in radius and is divided into three levels of seats. At a glance, it seems to be enough to accommodate thousands of monks at the same time.

Ling Changqing sat down in an isolated private room. The furnishings here were quite simple, with only a century-old iron wooden table and a few chairs.

On the table was a jade plate the size of a book and a gilded palace lantern in the shape of a flying fairy.

Ling Changqing looked outside and saw hundreds of cultivators sitting quietly, all dressed in black robes. Their auras were obscure and confused, and it was impossible to tell the level of their cultivation.

In other words, only a cultivator at the Jindan level can see through the disguise of this special magic weapon.

Of course, Ling Changqing didn’t think that any Jindan Zhenren would come to participate in this kind of trade fair. They have more high-end places to go.

At this time, a young and beautiful maid came over to serve tea and snacks, then bowed and left.

Even though there were quite a few monks present, no one took the initiative to talk, and the atmosphere seemed a bit depressing.

"Fellow Daoist, this kind of internal trading fair is held every month, right?"

Ling Changqing thought about it and asked quietly with his spiritual thoughts.

"That's right,"

Xue Yumei smiled slightly and responded unobtrusively:
"If you need any resources in the future, just come and find me. Of course... if you need to deal with any goods, that's no problem!"

She has already determined that the identity and origin of this beautiful young man in purple is not as simple as it seems.

Although his name, appearance and age are probably not real, this does not prevent me from gaining an additional cooperative client.

"Haha, then it's settled!"

Ling Changqing replied.

It wasn't perfunctory. At least at this moment, Jiyuan Xinggong had not sensed any malice from the other party, which showed that she was indeed sincere.

After a while, an old man wearing a bright red robe, a tall hat and a wide belt, and looking energetic came out, surrounded by several maids.

This old man who was in the middle stage of foundation building climbed onto the high platform in the center of the venue and looked around with bright eyes.

He held a small and exquisite jade hammer in his hand and announced simply:
"My fellow Taoists, the internal trading meeting of Tianhuaxuan has begun. The specific rules remain the same as before, so I will not repeat them."

The maid next to him walked up with a tray inlaid with gold and jade and gently placed it on the table in front of the old man.

The old man reached out and uncovered the brocade covering the tray, and an exquisite jade box appeared in everyone's sight.

"...Fellow Daoists, this jade box contains four genuine foundation-building pills. The starting price is two hundred mid-grade spirit stones. Anyone interested can bid now!"

The elderly auctioneer explained.

Ling Changqing looked up and saw many cultivators reaching out to pick up the jade plates in front of them, and using their spiritual powers to imprint numbers into this magical weapon.

Immediately, these numbers appeared simultaneously on the jade plate in front of the auctioneer.

"This arrangement of yours is indeed ingenious!"

Ling Changqing understood after a little thought that this special magic weapon could prevent the cultivators from exposing their true identities due to bidding.

Xue Yumei pursed her lips and smiled: "Our company has been passed down for tens of thousands of years, and our business is growing bigger and bigger. Naturally, we have to consider all the details in place to reassure our customers!"

There will be no such bad incidents in Tianhuaxuan where clients with huge fortunes are targeted by certain people and then killed for their treasures.

No matter what happens outside, at least on Tianhuaxuan’s territory, the management will never allow such a thing to happen, at least not openly.

Ling Changqing nodded slightly, and his trust in Tianhuaxuan increased.

It is true that he has some extra money in his hands, but at best he is relatively wealthy among the group of foundation-building cultivators. In the eyes of a Jindan Zhenren, he is nothing.

A large force with a long heritage like Tianhuaxuan would not break the rules just because of a foundation-building cultivator because of its hard-earned reputation.

As for those groups of robbery cultivators outside, Ling Changqing didn't care much about them. Even if they had the chance to target him, they were bound to end up losing more than they gained.

The Foundation Establishment Pill was naturally a more sought-after resource, and its price quickly rose to just over three hundred mid-grade spirit stones. After several rounds of bidding, it was finally bought by a cultivator for three hundred and fifty mid-grade spirit stones.

A maid in colorful clothes came over with a tray on which was placed the exquisite jade box containing the Foundation Establishment Pill.

The monk took out a storage bag full of mid-grade spirit stones and placed it on the tray, then took away the jade box. The transaction was completed.

Compared with the huge group of grassroots cultivators, Foundation Establishment Pills are not considered to be high-end resources, but they are always in short supply in the market.

Especially those big forces, they all like to do their best to monopolize the foundation-building pills and their refining materials. Therefore, the price of foundation-building pills has always been a bit inflated outside, after all, there is no cultivator in the Qi training stage who doesn't want to build a foundation.

With Ling Changqing's current level of alchemy, it is still a little difficult for him to refine the foundation-building pill, but it won't be long before he can try.

The second lot was three lower-grade spiritual weapon-level flying swords, with a starting price of one hundred and fifty medium-grade spiritual stones.

Ling Changqing took a look and found that this thing seemed to be made by the same weapon refiner. For those small forces in the foundation-building stage, it was a pretty good thing.

After several rounds of bidding, the flying sword was successfully bought by a monk.

The next items to be auctioned include Taoist puppets, talismans and elixirs, magical weapons and spiritual artifacts, as well as various first- and second-level materials.

Ling Changqing was not very interested in these things. He just watched the monks in the field bid and compete quietly.

"Don't you think these items are worth buying?"

Xue Yumei asked curiously.

"I don't lack these."

Ling Changqing answered briefly.

Xue Yumei seemed to be thinking, could this beautiful young man in purple be a core disciple from some powerful force?

As time went by, this internal auction gradually came to an end, and finally something caught Ling Changqing's attention.

The auctioneer took out a scroll of ancient and mottled jade from a pale green jade box in front of him. The jade slip had a slight bronze luster.

"My fellow Taoists, this is a volume of a lower-grade Xuan-level alchemy scripture. Although its content is not complete, this does not diminish its precious value..."

"Ok?"

Ling Changqing's eyes narrowed slightly, as if he felt something inexplicably familiar.

Could it be that... the remaining part of the mysterious alchemy book that I got from the Wu family appeared here?
"Are you moved, fellow Daoist?"

Xue Yumei asked with a smile.

“Yes, I feel like I have a connection with this thing!”

Ling Changqing did not hide his thoughts.

At this time, there was a slight commotion in the field, and many monks showed some interest in it, even though it was an incomplete copy.

When the auctioneer announced the reserve price of three hundred medium-grade spirit stones, many cultivators began to raise their prices.

In just a short moment, the price soared to five hundred medium-grade spirit stones, and it was still rising.

Ling Changqing finally took action and imprinted the number "five hundred and fifty" on the jade plate in front of him.

There was silence for a few breaths, and then another cultivator reported the number "five hundred and seventy".

Xue Yumei had already concluded in her heart that this beautiful young man in purple was most likely a second-level alchemist, or there should be a second-level alchemist around him.

After a short while of competition, when Ling Changqing quoted a price of seven hundred and fifty medium-grade spirit stones, the last few competitors finally gave in unwillingly.

Although the thing is good, it is not a complete alchemy book after all, but only a part of it, and the effect of cultivation is difficult to guarantee.

The most crucial thing is that there are no clues to the rest of the information. Whether they can be found in full in the future depends on God's will, so most of the monks present are a little hesitant.

If it is a complete Xuan-level lower-grade alchemy scripture, its value is definitely far more than this number.

Soon a maid came over with a tray. Ling Changqing took out the storage bag containing the spirit stones and placed it on the tray, then took the jade box in his hand.

After opening the jade box, he did not touch the jade slip immediately. Instead, he communicated with the Era Star Palace in his sea of ​​consciousness calmly. After noticing any dangerous aura, he picked it up.

Slowly unfolding the jade slip, Ling Changqing discovered that the material of this thing was the same as the jade slip he had obtained at the beginning.

Rather than being called jade, it is more like some unknown spiritual gold, but it is extremely light, just like a piece of paper.

The jade slip is covered with ancient seal characters as densely packed and fine as sand, exuding a mysterious and obscure Taoist aura.

Moreover, the contents of the two jade slips were superimposed together, allowing Ling Changqing to finally understand the name of the mysterious alchemy scripture: Cang Yuan Dan Hua Jue.

As for its grade, the first volume of Cang Yuan Dan Hua Jue can only be classified as a lower-grade Xuan-level book. With the middle volume that has just been obtained, it has actually been upgraded to a mid-grade Xuan-level classic.

If I have the chance to obtain the most precious second volume in the future, then the complete Cang Yuan Dan Hua Jue will be a veritable Xuan-level top-grade alchemy scripture.

(End of this chapter)