I planted the spiritual roots for my people, and they bestowed upon me a body inscribed with incense

After obtaining the spirit stones, Li Yuan took Li Shouqian for a stroll in the market. His son's knowledge was too limited, and this trip was to broaden his horizons.

He currently has 220 spirit stones, enough to buy two excellent magic artifacts. However, after thinking about it, Li Yuan decided to buy only one magic artifact. As for the remaining spirit stones, Li Yuan planned to use them to buy array flags for the "Thousand Rivers Earth Vein Technique," so that the Li family could increase the number of spirit fields again next year.

If anyone really has designs on the Li family's spiritual fields, Li Yuan can only bare his fangs and let others know that the Li family is not something that can be suppressed at will.

Moreover, the White Snake is already at the peak of level one. Although it is unknown what conditions are needed for it to transform into a Foundation Establishment demon beast, given its talent, it is believed that as long as there are sufficient cultivation resources, it can definitely fight for the opportunity to establish itself.

Besides, he has already reached the eighth level of Qi Refining. If he were to advance further, he would reach the ninth level of Qi Refining. If he continues to lie low for a few more years and gathers some resources, he will surely be able to take another step forward.

Before they knew it, Li Yuan led Li Shouqian to the busiest square in the market. Since the news of the auction began to spread to Daqing and the surrounding areas, Qingyang’s previously desolate popularity has begun to rise rapidly again.

The street was filled with merchants constantly promoting their products. Li Shouqian was still just a boy and was full of curiosity about his surroundings. Li Yuan specially took out five spirit stones and let him buy some odds and ends, and also bring some back to Li Shouyi and Li Shouchuan at home.

As for Li Yuan, he did not choose Xiuzhen Pavilion for the materials to refine the "Thousand Rivers Gathering Meridians Technique" on this trip. After all, since the Zhang family had designs on his family regarding the Moonstone, Manager Wang might also have become greedy. It was best to avoid meeting him if possible.

However, most of the monster materials are now ridiculously cheap. For just sixty spirit stones, Li Yuan bought another set of array flags.

What made Li Yuan feel that this trip was worthwhile was that he actually saw a first-tier peak-level ink beast hide, which was an excellent material for improving the great formation.

Currently, due to the material of the main array plate and main array flag, the number of array flags that can be connected is limited. With this level of peak Ink Beast Hide, once we find the best Dragon Spirit Wood, the main array flags that can be made will definitely be able to accommodate twice as many array flags as before.

The shopkeeper selling the black beast skin was shrewd. Seeing that Li Yuan showed a desire for the black beast skin, he immediately started to raise the price.

Li Yuan wouldn't compromise on this, and turned to leave. Seeing that the deal was going to fall through, the shopkeeper realized something was wrong and ended up paying 20% ​​less than the price set above, spending only thirty spirit stones to get the black beast skin.

After this, Li Yuan still had 130 spirit stones left, which was enough to buy a high-quality magic weapon. He wandered around the market for a long time and found that the magic weapons on display were either incomplete or had insufficient power and were expensive.

Therefore, Li Yuan had no choice but to temporarily put aside the matter of purchasing the magical artifact.

As the curtain was about to fall, Li Yuan returned to his residence with Li Shouqian. Although Li Yuan was a cultivator, he still needed to rest. In any case, there was still time after the auction, so there was no rush.

The next day, after Li Yuan woke up, he went to Luo Tong's residence, and the two of them headed to the auction together.

The venue for this auction was quite spacious, a three-story bamboo building in the center of the town. Inside, it could accommodate over a thousand people, but the upper seats were reserved for those with high cultivation and wealth.

Li Yuan and his companions sat down in a corner on the first floor. It was a good spot because it was inconspicuous yet offered a good view of the items being auctioned.

As cultivators from all over arrived, the auction began as scheduled.

At this moment, an old man, over fifty years old, slowly walked onto the auction stage. As soon as he exuded his aura, the surrounding crowd instantly fell silent. Li Yuan also sensed that aura; he was undoubtedly a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Seeing that the crowd had quieted down, the figure slowly addressed them:

"I am the Venerable Linghe, the person in charge of this auction and now a de facto owner of this market. Since you have all traveled a long way to my Qingyang Market, I am confident that the items in this auction will not disappoint you."

At this moment, a few calm sounds slowly emerged from the bamboo building.

"Fellow Daoist Linghe, you are too kind. Everyone is aware of your strength. Let's skip the formalities and begin the auction."

Following this voice, several more voices echoed it.

"Yes, Fellow Daoist Linghe, let's begin, let's begin." Unsurprisingly, anyone who dared to address this person as "fellow Daoist" must have reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

This scene shocked Li Yuan. He never expected that there were actually several Foundation Establishment cultivators among the common people of Daqing. They were truly hiding their true abilities.

After listening to everyone's opinions, Master Linghe on the stage laughed heartily and said:

"Since you all can't wait any longer, let's begin the auction."

After speaking, the figure of the Spirit Crane Immortal instantly disappeared from the stage, and soon a female cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining walked onto the stage with the first item up for auction.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am Huang Ying, the auctioneer for this auction. I will now introduce the items to be auctioned.

"Then, he pointed to the first item up for auction."

"Everyone, this is a hundred-year-old Earth Fire Ginseng. For cultivators who practice fire-attribute techniques, this Earth Fire Ginseng can improve the meridians damaged by the impact of fire-attribute magic power."

"Especially for cultivators who have failed to break through to a higher realm, this Earth Fire Ginseng can quickly repair their meridians."

After explaining the effects, he directly quoted a price of twenty spirit stones.

After only a brief silence, cultivators began bidding. The first cultivator, standing next to Li Yuan and his companions, immediately added five spirit stones to the bid.

Following this, other cultivators began to bid, but the item was of little use to Li Yuan and Luo Tong.

Finally, the Earth Fire Ginseng was bought by a Qi Refining Level 8 cultivator on the second floor for forty spirit stones. As for the following auction items, most of them were precious spiritual herbs, some of which Li Yuan needed. However, their prices were beyond Li Yuan's budget, so he didn't buy any of them.

After three more items were auctioned off, Li Yuan finally saw what he needed.

The item being auctioned was a top-tier level one magic weapon called the Star Iron Bow. This magic weapon could automatically condense a cultivator's magic power and transform it into arrows to attack the cultivator. Of course, it was also equipped with three arrows, each of which was a mid-level level one magic weapon.

Li Yuan found this combination of magical artifacts increasingly appealing, and he couldn't wait to make a move as soon as the auction began. The starting bid was fifty spirit stones, but Li Yuan quickly raised it to sixty spirit stones.

The price then began to rise steadily. Fortunately, there weren't many cultivators using bows, and Li Yuan only spent one hundred spirit stones to acquire the bow, which was in line with the market price.