Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 386 Ancient Coins. (Second Update!)

In the semi-circular hall, rounds of bidding continued to rise and fall.

The next seven lots were all ghost servants consigned by Zheng Que.

The first of them, a top-grade ghost servant at the eighth level of the [Tongue-Pulling Prison], was auctioned off again by Yuan Zhonghao of Taoli County for 45,000 low-grade spirit stones.

The remaining six top-grade ghost servants, without the participation of Feng Guangchang, Mao Yanxin, Yuan Zhonghao, and Jing Zhengjie, saw other small and medium-sized counties vying for their attention, driving up prices even further.

Two of the six heads were auctioned off for 60,000 low-grade spirit stones; the remaining four heads were all sold for over 50,000 low-grade spirit stones.

The three men from Hengshui County beside Zheng Que also managed to snag a top-tier ghost servant at the eighth level of the [Tongue-Pulling Prison] realm, spending 54,000 low-grade spirit stones. The three men were all excited, their faces beaming with joy.

Looking at this scene, Zheng Que was very satisfied.

These ten ghost servants cost a total of 560,000 low-grade spirit stones.

After deducting the 20% fee charged by Heming Tower, he would ultimately receive 448,000 low-grade spirit stones.

Converted to mid-grade spirit stones, that's four hundred and forty-eight pieces.

The conversion rate between low-grade spirit stones and mid-grade spirit stones is one in a thousand.

Under normal circumstances, the spiritual energy contained in a thousand low-grade spirit stones will definitely be higher than that in a single mid-grade spirit stone.

However, this world is filled with yin energy, and the yin energy in low-grade spirit stones is even greater than the spiritual energy.

While mid-grade spirit stones also contain yin energy, the proportion of yin energy is far lower than that of spiritual energy, making them more suitable for cultivators and naturally more precious.

Four hundred and forty-eight mid-grade spirit stones, which is not much different from the possessions in Chen Zhentao's storage bag.

However, compared to the spirit stones in Gao Yinxia's storage bag, there is still a huge difference.

Gao Yinxia's storage bag contained two thousand mid-grade spirit stones!

This is because Gao Yinxia used up a portion of it. When he first obtained the other party's storage bag, there were more spirit stones inside than there are now!

Just then, another item was brought to the stage.

This item was stored in a three-foot-tall glass bottle. Through the translucent bottle, one could see that it resembled a vine, covered with interwoven gray and white patterns, with several fingernail-sized purplish-black fruits interspersed among the winding veins.

Aside from its rather strange color, it resembled the kind of wild grass that could be found everywhere in the wild. However, although a red silk ribbon was tied at the top and a sealing talisman was affixed to the mouth of the bottle to contain all the medicinal power and prevent any leakage, wisps of white mist still continuously rose from the glass bottle, turning into frost flowers that painted a mottled, cold hue along the bottle's surface, making it look quite bizarre.

Tao Xiliang's gaze swept over the many cultivators around him. When he saw the few cultivators who had won the bid for the top-grade ghost servants, his eyes were especially smiling. He then introduced the item in a loud voice: "This item is a rare and precious treasure, the Yellow Spring Vine."

"As you all probably know, this [Yellow Spring Vine] is rumored to be a spiritual vine imbued with the aura of the Yellow Springs, and its greatest use is to enlighten ghosts!"

"The starting price is also 10,000 low-grade spirit stones, and each bid must be at least 1,000 low-grade spirit stones!"

what?
A rare and precious material for enlightening ghosts?

Zheng Que was slightly taken aback, and then his scalp tingled.

The intentions of Heminglou are quite obvious.

First, auction off his batch of top-quality, mindless ghost servants. After the ghost servants are sold out, then auction off this rare and precious material that can awaken the intelligence of the ghost servants...

Those cultivators who have already bid for the top-grade ghost servant will definitely spare no effort to snatch this rare and precious treasure!

In this way, this rare and precious plant can be sold at a high price.

But the problem is... my ghost servants can't be made intelligent at all! What if they give themselves away?
While he was pondering, a cultivator had already started bidding: "Fifteen thousand low-grade spirit stones..."

"Twenty thousand low-grade spirit stones..."

This [Yellow Spring Vine] was quickly priced at 50,000 low-grade spirit stones and was eventually acquired by Mao Yanxin of Fengmu County.

Next, several more items were auctioned off on stage, all of which were elixirs.

Zheng Que wasn't interested and simply ignored it.

Soon, a female cultivator in colorful clothes emerged from the stone wall, carrying a small wooden box in both hands.

Tao Xiliang personally took the wooden box, solemnly opened it, and saw an ancient coin exuding a sense of vicissitude on the dark brocade.

Its outer circle and inner square are almost completely covered by verdigris, making it difficult to discern its original appearance. The few exposed edges and corners are also severely worn, making it hard to identify the specific condition at a glance.

However, after sensing it from afar, I realized that although this ancient coin had clearly been through a long period of time, it didn't have any yin energy.

Upstairs, in a private room with an entire wall of aquamarine crystal embedded in the exterior, a young man dressed in a moon-white robe and wearing an amber hair ornament was casually drinking tea when his gaze fell upon the ancient coin, and he immediately stood up.

He is Yu Rulan of Delu Temple!
I came to this Heminglou auction for only two items.

One of them is this seemingly inconspicuous ancient coin!

This involves a very special opportunity, and he possesses another part of that opportunity!

Thinking of this, Yu Rulan didn't wait for Tao Xiliang to introduce it and said domineeringly, "I want this!"

His voice wasn't loud, but it was like a thunderclap, resounding loudly in the ears of all the cultivators present.

For a moment, the cultivators with lower cultivation levels in the building were even slightly dizzy from the shock. The slight commotion that had just started in the semi-circular hall fell silent, and no one dared to voice any objections.

At this moment, Tao Xiliang chuckled dryly, cupped his hands in greeting to the private room where Yu Rulan was, but continued to introduce, "Our establishment is not entirely clear about the origin of this ancient coin."

"However, the ancient coin contains an extremely sharp sword aura!"

"Although this sword energy has weakened, it can still injure the ghosts in the Iron Tree Prison."

"Starting bid: 50,000 low-grade spirit stones!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than Yu Rulan's voice rang out from the private room upstairs: "Fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones!"

The arena was deathly silent. The many cultivators had different expressions and their hearts were secretly churning. Everyone wanted the sword energy that could injure the ghosts of the Iron Tree Prison, but due to the power of Deer Temple, no one dared to make a bid for the time being.

Seeing this, Zheng Que was about to bid, but after thinking it over carefully, he immediately transmitted his voice to Mu Xiangu: "Buy this coin."

"Don't offer too high a price, just a thousand spirit stones higher than others each time."

Upon hearing Zheng Que's command, Mu Xiangu's clear voice immediately echoed from the private room: "Fifty-one thousand spirit stones!"

Seeing Fu Qingge of the Heavenly Artifact Sect bidding against him, Yu Rulan frowned slightly and immediately spoke again: "One hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones!"

"One hundred and eleven thousand spirit stones!"

"One hundred and fifty mid-grade spirit stones!"

"One thousand one hundred and fifty spirit stones!"

(End of this chapter)