Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 164 Same Parameter Effect
Just as Fang Jingxuan had guessed, a 'Mysterious Spirit Fruit' that was over four hundred years old did indeed appear at the subsequent auction.

However, the appearance of this fruit made all the late-stage Qi Refining cultivators take notice. The older the 'Mysterious Spirit Fruit' is, the higher the grade of the Foundation Establishment Pill it can be made from. A main ingredient that is over four hundred years old has a high probability of being able to refine a high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.

Therefore, the appearance of this fruit prompted many Qi Refining cultivators to make a move, and in the end, the price reached as high as seven hundred mid-grade spirit stones.

Fang Jingxuan was among them, and he shouted a few times, but when the price of the fruit rose to five hundred mid-grade spirit stones, he wisely gave up.

Currently, after purchasing the Three-in-One Ginseng of the Cold Season, Fang Jingxuan still has over six hundred mid-grade spirit stones in his reserve. Even if he were to use all his resources, he still couldn't buy this priceless 'Mysterious Spirit Fruit'.

Therefore, Fang Jingxuan set his sights on two other things: high-level spatial attribute spiritual materials and first-grade top-quality magic artifacts.

Finally, Fang Jingxuan spent 130 mid-grade spirit stones to bid for a vine ball fruit with spatial attributes.

This fruit is a main fruit that can only be produced once every hundred years on a mid-grade second-tier Void Vine tree. It has storage space and the ability to transform the real into the virtual.

Fang Jingxuan valued its ability to serve as the main core of the Spirit Control Bag and its potential for growth, which is why he spent precious spirit stones to purchase one.

However, after this experience, Fang Jingxuan never encountered another magical artifact that satisfied him.

Although all the magical artifacts at this auction were exquisite, Fang Jingxuan felt that those of lower grade were not as powerful as the spells he could cast.

As for those second-tier magic weapons, there was a lot of competition among Foundation Establishment cultivators. Fang Jingxuan, a first-tier Qi Refining cultivator, decided not to get involved in the competition among these Foundation Establishment cultivators.

By the end of the day, nearly two hundred items had been sold.

At this point, the auction was drawing to a close, and the final item was finally revealed.

"Fellow Daoists, what we will be auctioning next is the penultimate and final item of this auction."

This is a second-tier high-grade pill, the Mysterious Heaven Longevity Pill!
After taking this pill for the first time, Qi Refining cultivators can extend their lifespan by thirty years, while Foundation Establishment cultivators can extend their lifespan by nearly twenty years.

The effect is halved with the second use, and it can only be taken a maximum of three times. After three times, it will no longer be effective. This bottle of pills is produced by the Dan Ding Sect and was refined by the Dan Ding Ancestor sixty years ago. Now that the Dan Ding Ancestor is no longer in the public eye, this pill has become a rare and discontinued product.

There are six pills in total. The starting bid for each pill is 1,500 medium-grade pills, and each bid must be at least 50 medium-grade pills higher. The highest bidder wins.

Immediately, the cultivators present were in an uproar. This was a longevity pill! If a Qi Refining cultivator took it, he could immediately gain thirty years of lifespan.

Moreover, compared to the Foundation Building Pill, this pill has no risk of failure after consumption and will inevitably increase lifespan.

Some of the younger cultivators were alright; they felt they still had a long lifespan ahead of them, and although they were envious, they didn't go crazy for it.

But those white-haired, decrepit patriarchs of Qi-cultivating families, and high-ranking Qi-cultivating cultivators, all had sparks flying from their eyes.

Who wouldn't want to live another thirty years? The life expectancy of a Qi Refining cultivator is only one hundred and twenty years, which is incredibly short.

Not only Qi Refining cultivators, but Foundation Establishment cultivators also became excited. The life expectancy of Foundation Establishment cultivators is 250 to 260 years, so this 20-year increase is not insignificant compared to that. The key point is that these Foundation Establishment cultivators are much more valuable than Qi Refining cultivators, so four of the six longevity pills ended up in the hands of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The price of each longevity pill has been driven up to three thousand mid-grade pills or more. This astronomical figure is enough to make even a poor cultivator like Fang Jingxuan despair.

After the auction of the Longevity Pill, the last item was a needle-shaped talisman. Although it only had one chance to be used, it still attracted fierce competition from the major Foundation Establishment families.

This item is the foundation of a Foundation Establishment family, a treasure that can be passed down for hundreds of years. Even a family like the Cui family couldn't resist trying to seize it.

Finally, this talisman treasure fetched the highest price of the entire auction, 18,000 mid-grade spirit stones, and was bought by the He family of Guixu.

At this moment, Fang Jingxuan felt heartbroken again because of his poverty. He thought that after inheriting Chen Heichan's estate, he would be a rich man, but after this auction, he realized what true wealth really meant.

As the auction ended, Fang Jingxuan quietly returned to his rented cultivation cave.

He made two bids at the auction, spending 430 mid-grade spirit stones, and still had less than 500 mid-grade spirit stones left.

Inside the cave, Fang Jingxuan took out the Three Friends of Winter that he had won at auction and began to examine them carefully.

Previously at the auction house, he didn't have enough time and only did a cursory inspection. Now he had the energy to examine it carefully.

Inside the quiet room, four items belonging to the same master were laid out, including Fang Jingxuan's original item, the "Longevity Cypress".

The remaining three items are [Rhymed Spirit Cold Pine], [Heart-Piercing Cold Bamboo], and [Proud Bone Cold Plum], each a second-tier low-grade ginseng. Just looking at the spiritual energy they contain, they are several times more concentrated than [Longevity Cold Cypress].

As Fang Jingxuan looked at his fellow practitioners, he recalled the excitement he felt when he obtained the [Longevity Cypress] years ago, a feeling that was still vivid in his mind.

However, things have changed. It has been almost ten years since he obtained the Longevity Cypress. In these ten years, although the Longevity Cypress has also grown, its growth rate is too slow and obviously cannot keep up with his cultivation speed. Therefore, even though he was reluctant, Fang Jingxuan had no choice but to replace it.

Silently putting the [Longevity Cypress] into his storage bag, Fang Jingxuan planned to sell it when the opportunity arose. After all, it had been cultivated for ten years and was of superior quality among first-grade high-quality ginseng, so it should be worth thirteen or fourteen mid-grade spirit stones.

Fang Jingxuan focused all his attention on the [Rhyme Spirit Cold Pine]. With the hidden enhancements from the [Heart-Piercing Cold Bamboo] and [Proud Bone Cold Plum], although the [Rhyme Spirit Cold Pine] was only a second-tier low-grade, its actual effect was infinitely close to that of a second-tier mid-grade.

Now, Fang Jingxuan is going to try it out. This is equivalent to a mid-grade second-tier cultivation item. He wants to see how much it can enhance his cultivation.

After a night, Fang Jingxuan slowly finished his practice. The [Rhythmic Cold Pine] placed in front of him swayed gently a few times, as if it had come to life.

Fang Jingxuan played with the [Cold Jade Cicada Shell] in his hand, his brows and eyes relaxed. Although his current cultivation progress was already perfect, after careful sensing, Fang Jingxuan could still estimate that after this night of cultivation, he could increase his cultivation progress by about eight points.

Is it possible to increase the existing cultivation speed by 60%?
The fact that such a boost was achieved simply by switching to a mid-grade second-tier [Thousand Spirit Cypress] companion item shows that a good companion item plays a crucial role in a cultivator's practice.

Now, it's time to test the latest enhancement of my innate divine power, [Moonlight Jade Dew]. I hope that this time, I can successfully break through the 100-drop mark.

(End of this chapter)