Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 206 Lingbao Fragments
The first item that appeared on the platform was a top-grade spiritual weapon-level flying sword, suitable for cultivators in the late stage of foundation building.

However, most of the independent cultivators are short of money, and even if they are fake alchemy cultivators, using such a flying sword does not seem cheap.

"...Fellow Daoists, this sword was made by a third-rank weapon refiner within the Chamber of Commerce. The main material is Tianyan Mingxi copper, and it is most suitable for sword cultivators who practice fire-attributed techniques..."

The beautiful woman in golden robe introduced the many advantages of this flying sword in a soft and bright voice.

"Who of you wants it?"

Ling Changqing looked at the beauties around him.

Tang Qiuyao and the others are already Jindan Zhenren, so naturally they don’t need this. Only Ling Bingyun and the others need to consider it.

However, the skills and supernatural powers practiced by the women are mostly based on water attributes, so they are not compatible with this flying sword.

Mu Yuxin, who was wearing a bright red dress, thought for a moment and said boldly:
"Since none of the sisters need this, I would like to bid for it, is that ok?"

"Ok."

Ling Changqing nodded. The daughter of the Mu family had just married into the family and her behavior was a little timid. It was rare for her to make a request to him.

She is now in the middle stage of foundation building, and it is a bit difficult for her to use this flying sword, but with Ling Changqing's help, she can be promoted to the late stage of foundation building in no time.

"…The starting price for this flying sword is two hundred middle-grade spirit stones, and the price will increase by five each time. Fellow Taoists who are interested can make an offer now!"

The beautiful woman in golden robe said finally.

A voice immediately rang out from the meeting room below: "Two hundred and ten!"

"Two hundred and fifteen!"

A slightly sharp voice followed.

"Two hundred and twenty!"

Another middle-aged man hesitated and made an offer.

Soon, the bid price exceeded the 300 mark, but there were still monks who refused to give up.

According to the exchange rate of one to one hundred, three hundred medium-grade spirit stones are equivalent to thirty thousand low-grade spirit stones. For a casual cultivator at the foundation-building stage, this is not a small number.

Ling Changqing was not in a hurry. When the bid price approached four hundred and there were obviously fewer competing monks, he signaled Mu Yuxin to take action.

"Three hundred and seventy-five dollars!"

Mu Yuxin quoted the price carefully.

There was a special magic array in the private room, which caused her voice to be distorted when it was transmitted out of the room, making it impossible for outsiders to hear any clues.

In this way, the risk of being targeted by people with ulterior motives can be avoided.

"Three hundred and eighty dollars!"

Another voice came.

"Three hundred and eighty-five dollars!"

Mu Yuxin continued to raise the price.

After several rounds of competition, when Mu Yuxin quoted a price of four hundred and fifty medium-grade spirit stones, the field finally quieted down.

It’s not that no one can afford it, but it’s mainly because they spent too much on the first item, and when better weapons appear later, they may not be able to afford it.

The beautiful woman in the golden robe asked three times, and seeing that no one continued to bid, she dropped the hammer.

This price for purchasing a top-grade spiritual weapon-level flying sword is neither high nor low, and is roughly in line with past market prices.

A moment later, a deacon from the Chamber of Commerce walked into the private room with two maids in colorful skirts, followed by a Zhendan monk guard.

"Senior, this is the flying sword you asked for."

The Chamber of Commerce steward took the colorful ancient sword case and spoke respectfully.

He was just a fake elixir cultivator, so he naturally didn't dare to be negligent when facing a room full of golden elixir masters.

Ling Changqing reached out to take it and examined it. After confirming that there was no problem, he handed it to Mu Yuxin.

Tang Qiuyao beside him immediately took out a sufficient amount of mid-grade spirit stones and handed them to the Chamber of Commerce deacon, and the transaction was completed.

"Thank you, husband."

After the Chamber of Commerce steward left, Mu Yuxin put away the sword case and spoke with a smile.

"You still lack a better defensive spiritual weapon. If I come across a suitable one, I'll give it to you!"

Ling Changqing said gently.

"Well, okay, okay."

Mu Yuxin's face turned slightly red. This guy was indeed very generous to her, just like he would give her everything he knew every time they practiced dual cultivation, and he would not stop until his heart was filled.

But you know what, it feels quite comfortable, and my cultivation level improves a lot faster.

The second item that appeared on the platform was a second-level Tianhua Longevity Pill, and there were three of them.

Taking a Tianhua Yanshou Pill can extend your life by five years, but it is only effective the first time you take it, and the effect will be greatly reduced afterwards.

Among low-level cultivators, this thing, like the Foundation Establishment Pill, is a very popular resource.

Especially those old men and women in the foundation-building stage who are approaching death, are willing to empty out all their assets in exchange for the opportunity to extend their lives for five years.

However, now that the Ling family has two third-level alchemists, Ling Qiyue and Ling Changqing, they will naturally no longer be short of such resources.

In addition to meeting the needs of the family, Ling Changqing can also sell a portion of the life-extending elixir he refines to the Chamber of Commerce every year in exchange for other resources.

After more than ten rounds of bidding, these three life-extending pills were won by a golden elixir force in the nearby sea area.

"Madam, what level does this kind of auction belong to within the Chamber of Commerce?"

Ling Changqing asked.

"It's at the level of a regular meeting! A mid-term meeting is held every three years, and a grand meeting usually only happens once every ten years!"

Xue Qingtan explained with a smile.

The rules of various auctions are actually similar, with only differences in scale and time.

The auctions of the Nebula Falcon Chamber of Commerce are divided into different categories such as regular meetings, medium meetings and grand meetings. The higher the level, the more good things will appear in the auction.

Taking the once-in-a-decade event as an example, many rare resources that are rarely seen in normal times may appear on the platform.

For example, some high-quality mid-to-upper-grade magic weapons, quasi-fourth-level or above elixirs, Taoist soldier puppets, combat spirit pet cubs, rare spiritual medicines, and mid-to-upper-grade Xuan-level martial arts manuals are all likely to appear at the auction.

As long as the monks' pockets are thick enough, they can buy all the resources they want from such a grand event, provided that they are thick enough.

"My husband, take a look at this. This is the list of resources for the auction. It doesn't need to be kept secret anymore."

Xue Qingtan took out a palm-sized jade talisman and handed it over.

This jade talisman is a carefully crafted magical instrument, from which one can query information about various treasure resources that are about to appear.

Ling Changqing looked through it and found that there were indeed a lot of good things inside, but there were no rare treasures that particularly surprised him.

Of course Ling Changqing didn't feel disappointed at all. The list of treasures listed in the jade talisman was only a part of it. There were many treasures that would not be displayed on the jade talisman.

They are only put on display during auctions, a deliberate arrangement by the Nebula Falcon Chamber of Commerce to create a sense of mystery and anticipation in order to increase the popularity of the event.

The third item to be auctioned was a pair of twenty-four golden talismans, all of which were second-grade, top-quality talismans.

Due to its good attack power, this kind of talisman is quite popular among small sects and small families, and they will try to stockpile some when they have the chance.

Ling Changqing took a look and ignored it. Both he and Qin Yun could draw the talisman. There were already a batch of them stored in the family warehouse, so there was no need to purchase them from outside.

Ling Changqing and his beauties were not interested in the next few items and let them be taken by the foreign monks.

As the heavy curtain on the high platform was drawn open again, a team of twelve Taoist puppets appeared in front of the eyes of all the monks present.

They are about ten feet tall, with iron bones and strong muscles, equipped with heavy axes and huge shields, and exude a cold and murderous aura from head to toe.

The twelve Taoist puppets were obviously made by one person. They all had quasi-third-level combat power, equivalent to fake elixir cultivators, and they were skilled in the art of forming formations and attacking together. As long as the owner commanded and controlled them properly, they could be said to be veritable killing tools on the battlefield.

"We want it!"

Ling Changqing said without hesitation that with Ling Yuzhu's current level, he was not able to refine such a Taoist soldier puppet.

"We really have to get this. It will be very useful to the family." Ling Qiyue said with a smile and gave Xue Qingtan a quiet look.

Last time, Ling Changqing wanted to purchase a large number of Taoist puppets of this level to strengthen his family's combat power, but was politely rejected by Xue Qingtan, who always obeyed him.

Ling Changqing expressed his understanding of this. The Chamber of Commerce is a place where profit calculations are indispensable. The best resources will certainly not be sold out so casually, and Xue Qingtan will not unscrupulously open a back door for him.

Whenever there are high-quality resources, the Chamber of Commerce's top brass will usually consider putting them up for auction, and the highest bidder wins. This is the only way to maximize the Chamber of Commerce's interests.

Anyway, there will be no shortage of buyers for this kind of precious Taoist soldier puppet. As long as the Chamber of Commerce makes careful arrangements, it will definitely be sold at a price higher than the market price at the auction.

"...Fellow Daoists, the starting price for this team of Daoist puppets is 2,500 mid-grade spirit stones. Each bid will be increased by 100 mid-grade spirit stones. Anyone interested can make an offer now!"

The beautiful woman in golden robes on the high platform finished her introduction and announced with a smile.

"Two thousand six hundred!"

A sharp-eyed True Dan monk stood up in the meeting hall.

"Two thousand seven hundred!"

A voice that was difficult to tell whether male or female came from a private room somewhere.

"Two thousand eight hundred!"

Another burly man with disheveled hair jumped onto the seat and shouted loudly.

Quotes came in rounds one after another, and soon the price soared to the four thousand mark and continued to rise.

"Four thousand three hundred!"

Under Ling Changqing's instruction, Tang Qiuyao began to join the bidding.

"Four thousand four hundred!"

A cold and arrogant voice came from another private room.

There will never be a lack of bidding for this kind of bargaining chip that can significantly enhance the hard power of a force.

Furthermore, as long as one force obtains this batch of combat power, the top leaders of the surrounding forces will probably not feel at ease.

"Four thousand five hundred!"

……

"Four thousand six hundred!"

Tang Qiuyao raised the price calmly. Anyway, the Ling family was going to buy it today.

"Four thousand eight hundred!"

……

After the price exceeded five thousand medium-grade spirit stones, the voices of competition obviously decreased a lot.

Finally, these twelve excellent Taoist puppets were bought by Tang Qiuyao at the price of 5,600 medium-grade spirit stones, which meant that from now on, the Ling family had an additional group of fake elixir-level combat power.

In fact, the Ling family has quite a few Taoist puppets. Most of them were brought back by Ling Qiyue from outside, but they are usually kept secret.

"There should be more of this kind of thing in the Chamber of Commerce, right?"

Ling Changqing asked with lingering interest.

Xue Qingtan smiled and said, "Of course there are, but even VIP customers cannot buy them at will.

If you want, I can help you find a solution."

"Okay, let's talk about it later."

Ling Changqing said no more. As long as the spirit stone resources were in place, there would always be a workaround for this kind of situation.

However, the expressions of those cultivators who came from the nearby sea area seemed to be not very good. The combat power of this group of Taoist soldier puppets was not to be underestimated.

The strength of the Ling family in Changqingzhou has increased again, which is definitely not good news for them.

The next item to be auctioned was a complete set of Jindan resources, the quality of which was not bad at all, and it immediately caused a stir in the entire venue.

For those cultivators in the late stage of foundation building, who doesn’t want to break through to the stage of forming a golden core?

Even the most useless Fake Dan cultivators can live a hundred years longer than Foundation Establishment cultivators, let alone the more powerful True Dan and Golden Dan realms?
"Do you need to take action?"

Tang Qiuyao asked cautiously.

"Yes,"

Ling Changqing smiled and said, "There are still a few Jindan cultivators in our family. This unfavorable situation must be reversed bit by bit."

The resources for forming dan are much more precious than those for establishing foundation, and the threshold for purchasing them is almost harsh, and many times there is no place to buy them.

Of course, Ling Changqing no longer needs to care about this. As long as the beauties around him have the resources to form pills, he doesn't care about anyone else.

…"This set of Dan-forming resources includes genuine Ningjing Tufan Dan and Yuanqingjing Huashui, as well as four auxiliary resources!
The starting price is one thousand medium-grade spirit stones, and the price will increase by fifty each time. Anyone interested can make an offer now!"

The beautiful woman in golden robe said with a smile.

"One thousand and fifty!"

Immediately, a monk shouted out excitedly.

"Eleven hundred!"

Another mellow and elegant voice sounded.

"One thousand one hundred and fifty!"

"Twelve hundred!"

Tang Qiuyao waited until the price soared to eighteen hundred before she made her bid.

From the Ling family's point of view, this kind of strategic resource must not fall into the hands of surrounding forces. Every time they have an additional Jindan cultivator, the Ling family will face greater pressure in the future.

Anyway, Ling Changqing has no shortage of spirit stone resources, so he can just take them and prepare them for his Taoist partner in advance.

……

Finally, after a series of fierce bidding, all competitors were defeated and the Dan-forming resource finally fell into Tang Qiuyao's hands as she wished.

"Whoever among you reaches the Jindan threshold first will be given priority to use this Jindan resource. How do you think?"

Ling Changqing said with a smile, he was referring to Ling Bingyun, Mu Yuxin, Song Xuelan and other girls.

"Don't worry, my husband. We won't slack off!"

Ling Bingyun said with a sweet smile, even if Ling Changqing didn't say anything about this kind of thing, they were all secretly competing with each other and trying their best to improve their own strength.

Of course, you also have to serve this husband well, so that you can get more luck and fortune.

Ling Qiyue's gaze swept across the girls, and she felt a slight emotion in her heart. The fate of anyone around Ling Changqing had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Not to mention others, even maids like Song Xuelan and Ling Menghuan are now foundation-building cultivators, and their accumulation is quite good, and there is still room for further improvement in the future.

At this moment, another treasure appeared and immediately attracted Ling Changqing's attention.

It was a fist-sized, round, ochre-colored bead, made of something like gold but not gold, and like iron but not iron, and there was no fluctuation of any magical power.

Looking closely, the bead itself seems to be a little broken and not complete at all.

"Master, this piece of spiritual treasure is quite good, can you help me get it?"

Gong Ling's voice sounded.

"No problem at all!"

Ling Changqing smiled and stared at the bead again and again.

The beads were quietly placed on the gold-threaded sandalwood table, with mysterious and complex texture symbols faintly visible on the surface, exuding a faint, desolate and distant atmosphere.

"...Everyone, this is a fragment of an unknown ancient spiritual treasure. It was brought back by an ancestor of our Chamber of Commerce from a secret place ten years ago after surviving many life-threatening situations..."

The beautiful woman in golden robe introduced calmly.

(End of this chapter)