Cultivation begins with forming a bond with a spirit bee.

The next day, Qu Ye went to Wang Meng's house for the banquet as promised.

On the way, he spent two spirit stones to buy a Spirit Awakening Pill, a special pill for children to awaken their spiritual potential, as a gift for Wang Xiaobao.

Besides Qu Ye, Aunt Chen also invited some friends and relatives to this family dinner, totaling seven or eight people.

At the same time, Wang Meng also cooked a dish of spirit fish, which was delicious and beautifully presented, and everyone praised it highly.

After the meal, he called Qu Ye into the quiet room inside the house and told him that he was preparing to resume his demon-hunting business and hoped that Qu Ye could take care of Aunt Chen and the other woman in the meantime.

Qu Ye knew that Wang Meng must have made the decision after careful consideration, so she did not try to dissuade him.

While asking Wang Meng to be extra careful, he hoped the other party could also keep an eye on the distribution of monsters in the vicinity.

Wang Meng knew that Qu Ye had always been interested in this area, so he did not refuse.

It was already afternoon when we left Wang Meng's house.

Qu Ye found a corner, changed his appearance, disguised himself, and went straight to Tianxiang Pavilion.

"What would you like, fellow Daoist?" the waiter asked as he approached.

Qu Ye shook his head: "Call your manager over, I want to sell some things."

He had a lot of items this time, so he planned to go directly to the manager of Tianxiang Pavilion to sell them.

The waiter went to the back room as instructed, and soon a beautiful female nun came out.

"what?"

Qu Ye was taken aback.

He remembered that the manager of Tianxiang Pavilion was usually a middle-aged monk with a gloomy face who often scolded the staff.

Has the person been replaced?

However, this is Tianxiang Pavilion's own business and has nothing to do with him.

The female cultivator had exquisite features and was dignified and elegant. She walked up to Qu Ye and gave him a smiling bow.

"My name is Chen Rong, and I am honored to be the manager of Tianxiang Pavilion. May I ask what you intend to sell?"

Qu Ye lowered his voice: "Take a look at these things and give me an estimate."

After saying that, he took out some of the materials from the two demons from his storage bag and placed them on the counter.

Chen Rong's eyes lit up as she looked at the demonic materials on the counter, which reeked of blood: "Fellow Daoist, are you a demon hunter?"

Qu Ye did not respond.

Chen Rong realized she had misspoke, but she wasn't embarrassed. She stepped forward, picked up the materials, and began to examine them carefully.

She first picked up the bear skin and examined it: "Brown bear pelt, well preserved, eight spirit stones."

Seeing that Qu Ye had no objections, he continued to quote prices for the other materials one by one.

Finally, she raised her head, looked at Qu Ye, and smiled, "The bear skin is worth eight spirit stones, the wolf hair is worth four spirit stones, the wolf skin is damaged in one place, so it only has six spirit stones. Adding the blood of these demonic beasts, it's a total of twenty-six spirit stones."

Qu Ye did a quick mental calculation and it was about what he expected.

He nodded: "Okay."

Before Chen Rong could settle the spirit stones, he took out a jade slip from his storage bag.

"Does your Tianxiang Pavilion accept cultivation techniques?"

Chen Rong paused and turned around.

"Fellow Daoist is too kind. Our Tianxiang Pavilion will naturally purchase cultivation techniques as well."

"However, please be aware that we will not accept any cultivation techniques that are already in our collection."

Qu Ye concealed the subsequent parts of the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Technique, leaving only the opening outline, and handed it to Chen Rong.

Chen Rong took the jade slip and examined it. Her expression first became serious, but after reading the general outline, she relaxed and handed the jade slip back to Qu Ye.

She joked, "Fellow Daoist, your cultivation technique has quite a reputation. It made me think I had struck gold."

Qu Ye smiled as well; he had the same reaction when he examined the technique.

Chen Rong pondered for a moment, then spoke:

"This cultivation technique is indeed not included in our Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion, but it's not very valuable. How about thirty spirit stones, fellow Daoist?"

Qu Ye shook his head.

"Too low."

He wasn't stupid. Although this technique would consume the potential of the physical body, there were very few cultivators in the market who had the potential to establish their foundation.

Moreover, combat power develops quickly, and all the independent cultivators who urgently need to improve their combat power are potential users of this technique.

Thirty spirit stones were not enough for him to sell them.

Seeing Qu Ye shake his head, Chen Rong knew that this cultivator was not easily fooled, so she asked again, "Then what price do you think would be appropriate, fellow Daoist?"

"Sixty spirit stones."

"No, no," Chen Rong quickly refused. "That price is too high. I can only offer forty yuan at most."

"Fifty-nine yuan."

"Forty-five at most!"

"Fifty-eight yuan."

Chen Rong gritted her teeth, "Fellow Daoist, I'll give you a bottom line: fifty spirit stones. If you want more, please find somewhere else."

Upon hearing this, Qu Ye estimated that this price was the highest Chen Rong could offer.

He didn't hesitate any longer and decided to quit while he was ahead.

"Fellow Daoist, after this cultivation technique is sold, you may pass it on to others without restriction, but you must not sell it in other shops."

Qu Ye naturally understood this principle and did not refuse.

After the transaction was completed, he purchased three Muscle Regeneration Pills and two Vitality Enhancement Pills, spending thirteen spirit stones.

Chen Rong then brought out two porcelain bottles and sixty-three spirit stones.

Just as Qu Ye was about to leave after putting the items into his storage bag, Chen Rong called him back.

He turned around in confusion and saw that Chen Rong had resumed her smiling expression.

"Manager Chen, is there anything else?"

Chen Rong took out a card with a cinnabar-shaped pattern from her storage bag and handed it to Qu Ye.

"Fellow Daoist sold quite a lot at Tianxiang Pavilion today. Our Pavilion Master is preparing to hold an auction in four months. We hope you will not hesitate to come and attend."

An auction?

Qu Ye, who had never participated in such an occasion before, remained expressionless as he accepted the invitation and put it into his storage bag.

"Thank you, I will definitely come when I have time."

He clasped his hands in a salute, turned his head, and disappeared into the vast crowd.

……

After leaving Tianxiang Pavilion, Qu Ye took a detour as usual before continuing to his second destination: Miaoyin Pavilion.

Please don't misunderstand, Qu Ye didn't go to the fairy to discuss Taoist magic.

He deliberately left the cut bear paws and wolf meat in his storage bag, intending to sell them at the Spirit Chef Shop in the market, while keeping the bear meat for himself.

But he suddenly remembered that when he was chatting with Zhou Ming, the other party had said that Miaoyinfang also had a great demand for high-quality ingredients and offered higher prices.

After thinking about it, Qu Ye understood the reasoning behind it.

For some lecherous men, it's not unreasonable to pay a little extra to savor the divine food made by the fairy herself.

It's all about wine, women, and food; those who know, know.

When Qu Ye arrived at "Spring Street".

A group of beautiful women surrounded him, their sweet voices filling the air, and the scents of various perfumes lingered around him.

Although Qu Ye's appearance had changed, his figure remained tall and slender. Coupled with his long-term practice of metal-elemental techniques, he possessed a sharp and imposing aura.

Many female cultivators fall for his tricks.

Qu Ye waved his hands repeatedly, negotiating with the madam of Miaoyinfang under immense pressure, and sold all the bear paws and wolf meat.

A total of twenty spirit stones.

After examining the spirit stones, he quickly put them into his storage bag, broke free from the female cultivators' encirclement, and fled.

"Pah, hypocrite."

As the men watched Qu Ye leave, they inwardly cursed him.

Qu Ye didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he reached another street and the heat in his body subsided.

It would be a lie to say he had no thoughts, but this temptation couldn't shake his resolve.

I will do this after I have achieved immortality.

Including the twenty spirit stones from earlier, my savings have reached eighty-seven.

It seems like a lot, but in reality, it's still not enough to buy that Flame Spirit Belt.

After leaving the market, Qu Ye made sure no one was following him, buried the note in a hidden mound of earth, and noted the location.

If we really need to participate in an auction next time, we can just bring it out again.

After doing all this, he changed his clothes, removed his disguise, and transformed back into the Hou family's spirit contract worker.