I am a mortal who has achieved enlightenment through burning my secrets

Chapter 188 Auction

"Wonderful—truly wonderful—"

Looking at the cultivation methods gleaned from the mind of the spirit of the artifact race, Xiao Wuji couldn't help but give them a big thumbs up.

One must first awaken spirituality with spiritual blood, and then refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to generate a primordial spirit, only then can one become a living being.

To continue their cultivation, they must cultivate an acupoint within their magical body. This acupoint, like the dantian, can contain magical power. Once their primordial spirit and magical power combine, they will form a solid primordial spirit similar to a human infant. Only then can they truly embark on the Great Dao.

Compared to humans, these spirit races also develop various so-called innate supernatural abilities due to their different physical forms; for the artifact spirit race, these are directly magical artifact supernatural abilities.

"In this way, my Dharma body can continue its cultivation!"

His Earth Core Fire Lotus Dharma Body was alright, as it belonged to the spiritual root category and could cultivate on its own. However, his Ancient Magic Body was merely a pure puppet, and ordinary methods could not improve its cultivation. Now that he had this bit of spiritual power, he could continue cultivating.

However, he has no need for his Earth Core Fire Lotus Dharma Body, and his Ancient Magic Body has disappeared, so he can only leave it for now.

Reaching out, he retrieved the corpse of the Black Phoenix, dug out its demon core, and tossed it into the nearby Yellow Springs Lake. The demon core was a crystallization of the demon race's cultivated magic power, containing the Black Phoenix's magical imprint. Only the Yellow Springs water could remove this imprint.

It was only because the original body knew that he was cultivating the method of immortality that it was willing to give him most of the Yellow Spring Water.

After a while, Xiao Wuji took the dark demon core out of the Yellow Springs water again.

Click!

"Mmm, crunchy and delicious, but it's a little too hot to eat!"

"This Black Phoenix Clan is truly a wonderful thing. Its flesh can be used to feed the Gold-Eating Insects, its Black Flame can be used to cultivate the Crimson Emperor Fire Emperor Qi, and its demon core can be eaten directly, saving me a lot of spiritual herbs."

"I wonder what this guy's status is in the Black Phoenix Clan, and whether any of the Black Phoenix Clan's Void Refinement Beasts will come after me..."

"I feel like if I consume a few more Void Refinement level demon cores, I can try to break through to the Nascent Soul realm..."

The myriad phenomena of the sun, moon, and stars, and the tortoise and snake that become the primordial spirit. Breaking through from the Purple Mansion to the myriad phenomena requires several thousand catties of primordial liquid, while breaking through from the myriad phenomena to the primordial spirit requires hundreds of thousands of catties of primordial liquid.

He had spent more than half a month undergoing tribulation, accumulating only about a hundred drops of tribulation liquid. If he refined them all into eighth-grade tribulation pills, that would be enough. However, to be on the safe side, he planned to consume a few Void Refining Demon Pills first.

"I didn't run away, so if you still can't find me, that's really not right!"

In order to wait for the high-level cultivators of the Black Phoenix Clan, Xiao Wuji still lived in this Chaos Valley. He refused to believe that the demons of the Black Phoenix Clan could be so cold-blooded.

He continued refining the Azure Spirit Sand Giant Rod with the Crimson Emperor's Fire Qi, but now he changed his mind. How could he use Azure Spirit Sand to increase the weight of such excellent materials as the Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain? He planned to kill a couple more demon cultivators to see if he could obtain even better materials.

……

Tianyuan City!
Tai Xuan Hall!
"As is customary, we'll begin with various finished pills and treasures, followed by rare materials, cultivation techniques, and secret manuals, and finally, our most treasured items. The first item up for auction is three bottles of 'Rejuvenating Heart Pills,' which can accelerate the advancement of cultivation for Nascent Soul cultivators. The starting price is 300,000 spirit stones, and each bid must be at least 50,000 spirit stones higher," the white-robed elder announced loudly, then waved his hand behind him.

Xiao Wuji nestled on the sofa with Linglong in his arms, watching the auction items being sold one by one, but he had no intention of making a move.

He hadn't expected to stumble upon this auction as soon as he arrived in Tianyuan City. He had originally planned to find a shop in this market, but upon hearing that an auction was being held, he decided to come and relax.

However, since he'd already run into them, he had no intention of leaving empty-handed. Although he only had one top-grade spirit stone, he had quite a few high-grade spirit stones. Besides, wasn't Linglong there? She was a veritable little rich woman!
"Eight million!" He casually bid on a spiritual herb for refining the Thunder Tribulation Pill. After that, Xiao Wuji did not make any more bids. In this auction, the only things that truly tempted him were the three scales of the True Spirit Ink Qilin and the scroll of the Five Elements Cultivation Technique.

Of course, he couldn't master the Five Elements Techniques, but he was very interested in the secrets within them. The Way of the Five Elements is profound and extensive, and he needed some reference books to practice it.

"Next, these are the three most precious treasures of this auction, each carried by Fellow Daoist Qin and his companions. The first is three scales shed by the True Spirit Ink Qilin, obtained from the Wilderness. They can be used to refine the legendary Kui Water True Spirit Pill, or as the highest-grade material for refining water-attribute spiritual treasures. Spiritual treasures refined with these materials have a certain chance of becoming Chaos Myriad Spiritual Treasures. As for the Kui Water True Spirit Pill, consuming just one can allow a Nascent Soul cultivator to advance to the mid-stage. Of course, the success rate of refining either spiritual treasures or Kui Water True Spirit Pills, even with a Grandmaster-level expert, is not very high. However, if any fellow Daoist actually wins this item and intends to refine a spiritual treasure, I, this old Daoist, can refine it for them for free. Hehe, this is just a little selfish of mine."

The white-robed elder smiled as he spoke the words above, then gracefully retreated behind the other three.

Next, one of them demonstrated the authenticity of the black unicorn scales before announcing:
"Three scales of the True Spirit Black Qilin, the starting price is 15 million spirit stones, each bid increase must not be less than 1 million, start bidding now!"

"Seventeen million..."

"Nineteen million..."

……

The price of the scales skyrocketed from the very beginning, starting at one or two million. This caused many cultivators present, who were experiencing such a rare treasure auction for the first time, to change their expressions drastically and instantly give up any desire to compete.

However, there were also those with astonishing wealth who drove the price of this item up to a staggering thirty million. That sounds like a lot, and it's actually quite a sum—a full three thousand high-grade spirit stones!

However, Xiao Wuji was very curious that such a treasure could be auctioned with spirit stones. Shouldn't it be bartered?
However, this action greatly benefited him. He hadn't used most of the spirit stones he dug up on Biling Island yet, since using them for cultivating supernatural powers would be too uneconomical, and he didn't need to spend much money in the lower realm. So he saved them all.

"Forty million!"

Xiao Wuji immediately added ten million spirit stones to the price, causing the two who were still arguing to give up on the item, as the price was simply too high.

For Xiao Wuji, such a price would definitely not be a loss. With his abilities, he could easily refine these three scales into a set of Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasures. Even if he didn't use them, he could resell them for more than that price.

As a result, after the numbers on the first-class magic plate turned crimson gold, the white-robed old man immediately announced that the three True Spirit Scales belonged to Xiao Wuji, and personally led the woman holding the wooden box, their robes fluttering, to fly towards the Flying House where Xiao Wuji was.

Upon entering the house, the elderly man surnamed Chi glanced at the two men, who made no attempt to conceal their identities, smiled slightly, and then clasped his hands in a fist salute, saying:
"I have already delivered the treasure, and you two should pay the spirit stones in full. If you have any collateral, Fellow Daoist He and I will assess its value and give you a discount. If you feel that you have been undervalued, I can ask the other two fellow Daoists to come over."

"No need!"

Xiao Wuji interrupted him and then threw over a storage bracelet that he had prepared in advance, which contained a full four thousand high-grade spirit stones.

The old man surnamed Chi used his divine sense to determine the quantity, then handed the brocade box containing the black Qilin scales to Xiao Wuji before returning to the stage, leaving the space to Xiao Wuji and Linglong.

After the two left, Xiao Wuji hugged Linglong back to his arms and opened the brocade box with one hand to examine it. However, after looking at it for a while, Xiao Wuji couldn't help but sigh and say:

"It's a pity they're just scales, unlike feathers which can extract some bloodline. I was planning to cultivate a Qilin Dharma Form first..."

Speaking of Dharma Forms, we must mention Martial Souls. Xiao Wuji currently has three Beast Martial Souls: the Evil Fire Phoenix, which has been refined into a Dharma Form; the Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul, which evolved from a Great Ape; and the Golden Dragon, which evolved from a White Armored Earth Dragon.

Unfortunately, due to the lack of corresponding exotic beast bloodlines, they haven't been able to refine them into Dharma forms yet. After all, true spirit blood is extremely difficult to find, so they can only wait to intercept Han Li's opportunity in the future.

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(End of this chapter)