Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 207 Luo Qingxuan: Made from the same mold
As a giant with a long heritage and profound cultural background, the Nebula Falcon Chamber of Commerce has many masters who are well-versed in ancient and modern times.

They are well-versed in the long history of the immortal cultivation civilization, as well as various legends and secrets unknown to the outside world. They also have a profound understanding of the research on various natural treasures and spiritual treasures.

The Chamber of Commerce's top brass once organized a large number of people to try to verify the origin of this fragment of spiritual treasure. Unfortunately, even in the oldest secret books, there is no record or description of this thing.

"...Fellow Daoists, this should be a fragment of a magical treasure from the ancient times. If someone can refine it successfully, they will definitely gain great benefits..."

The beautiful woman in golden robe was still introducing diligently and conscientiously.

"Sister Feiyu, can you tell where this thing came from?"

In the private room, Tang Qiuyao turned her head and asked Meng Feiyu.

Meng Feiyu frowned slightly, stared at the bead for a moment, then shook her head:

“This is indeed a fragment of an ancient spiritual treasure, but it has been severely damaged and contaminated by demonic energy, so its original appearance cannot be seen now.

Even if I get it, it's impossible to repair it, so I don't think I need to bother with it."

According to the convention of this world, above the magic weapons are the spiritual treasures, which are divided into the initial grade, middle grade, upper grade, supreme grade, and then the ancient spiritual treasures.

Meng Feiyu's memories and experiences from her previous life have not yet been fully recovered, so she cannot see more clues.

“It’s also good to keep it as a collection.”

Ling Changqing smiled and said that with Gong Ling's reminder, he would never let this thing fall into the hands of others.

The beauties looked at him and vaguely felt that this husband must have discovered something but was just unwilling to say it.

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

The beautiful woman in golden robe finally announced with a smile.

Whispers were heard in the meeting hall, and many monks frowned and examined the ochre-colored bead, seemingly hesitating whether to take action.

A few hundred middle-grade spirit stones is not an exorbitant amount for a cultivator at the Jindan stage, but spending it on something that brings no visible benefit is another matter.

Given the vastness of this world and the long history of the immortal cultivation civilization, there are countless cave ruins left by our predecessors.

A large number of cultivators travel around the world in search of immortal opportunities. Every year, there are always some things of unknown origin that are discovered by them through various means.

A small number of these things can be considered useful opportunities, but most of them, because no one knows about them, can only be sold cheaply or thrown into the warehouses of sects or families, never seeing the light of day all year round.

The Nebula Falcon Chamber of Commerce did this because no one could figure out its origins, so they planned to sell it at the auction in exchange for some spirit stones.

The monks in the field were well aware of this routine, so most of them were unwilling to be the scapegoat.

After a long while, someone hesitated and offered a price: "Three hundred and ten!"

"Three hundred and twenty."

Another voice followed.

"Three hundred and thirty."

Ling Changqing spoke.

Although there were not many people participating, after several rounds of bidding, the price slowly exceeded four hundred and approached the five hundred mark.

There are always some monks who are not short of spirit stones and dream of finding a bargain. What if they happen to encounter such a good thing?
"five hundred!"

A female voice came from the open private room on the second floor. It was that of a female cultivator wearing soft animal skin armor and with a curvaceous figure.

"Five hundred and ten."

Ling Changqing continued to bid.

"Five hundred and twenty."

A tall and thin old man in a green robe, leaning on a green bamboo stick, said calmly. He squinted his eyes and looked carefully at the beads on the table, as if he was concentrating on thinking about something.

"Five hundred and thirty!"

Another teenage girl said hesitantly.

"Five hundred and forty!"

……

The discussions in the venue became louder and louder. No one would have thought that something that seemed to be of no use could be sold at such a high price.

"... So many people are fighting for it. Could it really be the fragment of an ancient magic weapon? Not a scrap?"

"Maybe. Otherwise, why would so many people be interested? After all, no one is stupid."

"It's hard to say."

"It's a pity that we don't have so many spirit stones, otherwise we would have fought for them."

"Come on, even if we buy this thing back, we don't have the ability to restore it. Even the Nebula Falcon Chamber of Commerce is helpless with this thing, so what else can we do?"

"Well, that's true..."

As he was talking, the price of this thing had already exceeded the six hundred mark and was gradually approaching seven hundred.

"Seven hundred!"

Ling Changqing still bid calmly.

The few monks who were still fighting were obviously startled, so much so that no one followed for a while.

Obviously, it felt a bit of a loss to spend more than seven hundred mid-grade spirit stones for such an unknown thing.

"Seven hundred and fifty dollars!"

Just when Ling Changqing thought that he was about to succeed, a clear, pleasant, soft and gentle voice suddenly came, and his face changed suddenly.

In a luxurious private room dozens of feet away, a tall beauty in a fiery red dress was sitting upright. It was the Dragon Girl Luo Qingxuan who had not been seen for several years.

Unexpectedly, she came here and appeared at the auction.

There were layers of barrier formations and restrictions outside the private room, but these methods were meaningless to Gong Ling, so Ling Changqing knew it was her.

"Eight hundred dollars!"

Ling Changqing was silent for a moment, then signaled Song Xuelan beside him to bid for him.

"..."

Luo Qingxuan looked surprised, as if he was weighing something, but ultimately he remained silent.

Ling Changqing breathed a sigh of relief. This thing finally belonged to him.

A moment later, this fragment of a magical treasure in the eyes of outsiders was brought over by the Chamber of Commerce's steward.

Ling Changqing paid the bill, grabbed the bead and put it directly into his body.

Deep in the sea of ​​consciousness, the Epoch Star Palace spewed out a chaotic spiritual light that enveloped the bead, directly melting it, refining it and swallowing it.

A message with a mysterious rhyme emerged silently:
[Lord of the Era Star Palace: Ling Changqing]

【Bone age: 45/997】

[Cultivation: Early Golden Core Stage]

【Luck:195+457】

【Fortune: 186+343】

Ling Changqing was stunned for a moment, then he felt ecstatic.

After refining this fragment of ancient spiritual treasure, the Era Star Palace seemed to have taken a tonic, and its luck and fortune increased by fifty points, and even Ling Changqing's own luck and fortune increased significantly.

Another change is that the scope of the blessed land inside the Era Star Palace is slowly expanding, from the original two miles in radius to five miles in radius before it stabilizes again.

"This thing is pretty good. It saves me at least two hundred years of recovery time."

Gong Ling said with lingering satisfaction, her appearance was lively and bright, and her aura became more powerful.

"Don't worry, there will be more opportunities like this in the future."

Ling Changqing said with a smile.

Gong Ling nodded, looked him up and down for a moment, and continued:
"Master, you now have two choices. One is to gain another 500 years of life, and the other is to improve your spiritual root qualifications to heavenly spiritual roots. Which one do you choose?"

Both options would bring huge benefits to Ling Changqing, but the latter is obviously more important.

Ling Changqing pondered and said, "Then I will choose spiritual root qualification?"

"Ok."

Gong Ling nodded slightly, waved her hand, and a brilliant, magnificent, mysterious and profound chaotic starlight fell down, enveloping Ling Changqing.

[Spiritual roots: gold, wood, water, fire, earth, lower heaven grade 2/50000]

There is no need to explain the benefits of having a heavenly spiritual root. It means that Ling Changqing will grow faster in the future, and everything will go smoothly before he reaches the Divine Transformation realm, without any bottlenecks.

It is said that among the top forces in Yuzhou, those who possess the talent of heavenly spiritual roots are extremely rare and hard to come by.

Ling Changqing suppressed his excitement and continued to follow the progress of the auction.

As several treasures were successively bought, a set of intricate, gorgeous, and shining dark purple gold-painted brocade palace dress appeared on the high platform.
It was a mid-grade magic weapon. The palace skirt was filled with a strong breath of life. Not only was it extremely defensive, it also had a series of magical uses, such as resisting inner demons, maintaining youth, and healing.

"This treasure doesn't seem to be on the list? It's really a rare treasure."

Ling Qiyue raised her eyebrows slightly and smiled with a hint of surprise.

"Take it down first, and then you can discuss who to give it to."

As Ling Changqing was talking, Ling Qiyue herself already had a set of mid-grade magic weapon-level dress, while the clothes on the other girls were still of spiritual weapon level.

"Okay, that's settled then."

Tang Qiuyao smiled and said that she felt that this palace skirt was quite suitable for her.

According to Xue Qingtan, at an auction of this level, a mid-grade magic weapon is already the best treasure.

If you want something better, you can only look for it at the auctions held by the top forces in Yuzhou.

"...The starting price for this palace dress is eight thousand middle-grade spirit stones, and the price will increase by one hundred each time. Fellow Taoists who are interested can make an offer now!"

The beautiful woman in the golden robe announced.

Even for a Jindan Zhenren, this price is not cheap, but the value of a mid-grade magic weapon is needless to say.

So someone immediately spoke up:
"Eight thousand one hundred!"

"Eight thousand two hundred."

"I'll give you eight thousand three hundred."

……

In a short while, the price soared to the 10,000 mark, and there were still more than a dozen monks who refused to give up.

Powerful cultivators would all fight for this kind of treasure that could significantly enhance their strength and increase their chances of survival.

Moreover, the refining of a magic weapon is long-lasting, time-consuming and laborious. In addition, there are not many third-level mid-level weapon refiners, which makes this palace skirt even more valuable.

"Eleven thousand."

Tang Qiuyao spoke.

There was a moment of silence before someone raised the price: "Eleven thousand five hundred."

"Twelve thousand."

Tang Qiuyao remained unmoved.

"Twelve thousand five hundred!"

……

After another round of tug-of-war, the price successfully approached the 15,000 mark.

At this time, there were less than ten cultivators who still had the strength to continue competing, including Luo Qingxuan.

Compared with past records of mid-grade magic weapon transactions, this number is not exaggerated.

"Sixteen thousand."

Tang Qiuyao was too lazy to argue with them and just reported an integer.

Then two more female practitioners gave up helplessly, leaving only a few people still struggling to hold on.

Luo Qingxuan in the private room looked over here in confusion, feeling vaguely that something was wrong, but couldn't tell the specific reason.

She thought for a moment and asked the maid beside her, "What is the identity and origin of the guest in that private room?"

Seeing the other party hesitate, she directly threw out a handful of spirit stones.

The maid then replied: "I heard that he is the head of the Ling family, the master who controls the entire Feiyu Sea."

"I see."

Luo Qingxuan nodded and did not continue bidding.

Given the wealth of the deep-sea dragon clan, she had no shortage of treasures of this level; she had only done it for fun before.

Outside, when the price soared to 18,000 medium-grade spirit stones, the last few competitors were defeated unwillingly.

"Finally got it."

Tang Qiuyao breathed a sigh of relief, but her heart was also trembling a little. It was the first time for her to spend so many spirit stones in one go.

Soon, a female deacon from the Chamber of Commerce led people into the private room, followed by two Jindan Zhenren escorting them to prevent any accidents.

"I think this dress can be given to Sister Qiuyao for a while, and then the right to use it can be distributed as appropriate later. What do you think?"

Ling Qiyue said with a smile.

"Well, that's it! I have no objection."

Qin Yun said this immediately, and then Ling Yuzhu and Ling Yulu also expressed their opinions.

"Thank you all, sisters!"

Tang Qiuyao said happily.

"...The people of the Ling family are really extremely wealthy!"

In a private room, several cultivators with gloomy expressions were muttering to each other, and most of their cultivation was at the true elixir and false elixir levels.

"After all, he controls the resources of an entire sea area, and there are not many people in the family. The head of the family must have more money than us."

An old man with a sinister face said sourly.

They were all Jindan forces in the nearby sea area. Seeing the Ling family was so willing to spend money, they naturally felt jealous.

The strength of the Ling family in Changqingzhou is obviously not in their interests, but they don't have a good way to stop it now.

The auction continued, and the next item was six Foundation Establishment Pills, which were in good condition.

This is destined to be something that only forces or independent cultivators at the Jindan level can afford. The lower-level independent cultivators who need this kind of resource the most can only watch.

Next, another batch of different third-level talismans appeared, followed by several third-level spiritual gold materials, and several quasi-third-level and third-level combat spirit pets.

Ling Changqing doesn't like spirit pets or the like very much. He actually prefers to use Taoist soldier puppets.

However, the girls still liked pets, so they each chose their favorite target and participated in the bidding, and in the end they all got what they wanted.

Next, Dan-forming resources appeared on the platform twice more.

"Husband, there is actually no need to bid for this. With the level of the Ling family's customers, it would be more cost-effective to purchase the Jindan resources privately."

Xue Qingtan said softly.

"Okay then, we won't argue about this."

Ling Changqing nodded.

As the auction entered the second half, more and more good stuff appeared, even quasi-fourth-level elixirs, formation flags and diagrams, talismans, spirit pets, and first-grade magic weapons made an appearance.

Ling Qiyue naturally would not be stingy with spirit stones. As long as it was a resource that the girls and the family could use, she would basically participate in the bidding.

But in order to avoid being targeted by other forces, she arranged for a group of foundation-building cultivators from the Ling family to change their appearance and bid at other locations in the venue to distract the attention of certain interested parties.

After more than an hour, the auction finally came to an end.

"...Fellow Daoists, this is the last treasure of this auction, the Mysterious Yin Weak Water Pearl."

The beautiful woman in golden robes unveiled the colorful brocade in front of her, revealing an exquisite jade box underneath.

In the jade box was a fist-sized black pearl, emitting a faint pure light. Rich water vapor filled the space, and at the soul level there was a faint sound of surging waves.

This thing is produced from certain special environments in the deep ocean. It takes a series of harsh conditions and a long time to form. It contains a large amount of mysterious water essence.

For cultivators who practice water-attributed skills and magical powers, the effectiveness of this thing is irreplaceable.

As long as he refines this Xuanyin Ruoshui Pearl, Ling Changqing's practice of Taixuan Cangming Roushui Jue can at least reach the minor success realm, and even his other water-attributed skills and magical powers can be improved to a higher level.

"This thing must be captured and cannot fall into the hands of other forces."

Ling Qiyue said with a serious expression.

Before Ling Changqing could speak, a cold and soft voice came:

"You want this thing, right? I have plenty of it."

The door of the private room opened, and Luo Qingxuan, who was charming and hot, and stunningly beautiful, walked in slowly.

Ling Changqing's heart beat slightly faster, but he had already changed his appearance at this moment, and even his luck and fortune had been completely blocked by Gong Ling, so he didn't have to worry about exposing his identity.

Luo Qingxuan's gaze swept across the entire room, lingered on Ling Changqing for a moment, then looked at Ling Qiyue, a hint of doubt emerging in her beautiful, soft eyes.

The women in front of her, their eyebrows, facial features, and the aura they exuded from their bodies always made her feel that something was wrong, as if... they were cast from the same mold.

What is going on?

(End of this chapter)