A Mortal's Journey to Immortality

Zhou Ping's anxiety gradually subsided after hearing Yun Shanghe announce the ownership of the Golden Spirit Seedling.

Thirty-five spirit stones to buy a Golden Spirit Seedling is undoubtedly a bit too expensive.

But for Zhou Ping, this deal was very worthwhile. With this seedling, his cultivation was finally back on track.

A mortal maidservant gracefully approached, presented the golden spirit seedling to Zhou Ping, and respectfully bowed.

"My lord, these are the spiritual plants you acquired at auction. They cost a total of thirty-five spirit stones. You may simply hand them over to me."

Zhou Ping stroked his chin, glanced at the other person, and then, instead of taking the spiritual plant, spoke in a low voice.

"I do not have enough spirit stones with me. Please invite your esteemed appraisal master to come. I would like to offer something in lieu of something else."

The maid was not surprised when she heard this; such situations had occurred at every auction.

Not all of these immortals have abundant spirit stones; there will always be people like Zhou Ping who compensate with other resources.

Before long, a maid brought over an old man. Judging from his attire, he must have a high status in Guiyuan Pavilion.

"My lord, this is Master Lin Mo, one of the three appraisal masters of my Guiyuan Pavilion. You may simply hand over the items you wish to deduct to him."

After speaking, the maid obediently retreated behind the old man and remained silent.

"Fellow Daoist, what do you intend to offer in return?"

Lin Mo didn't waste any words and asked very politely.

Zhou Ping waved his hand on the table, and several exquisite porcelain vases appeared out of thin air on it.

"Please take a look, senior."

Lin Mo's eyes darted around and immediately fell on the several porcelain vases on the table, a mixture of curiosity and excitement rising within him.

If he wasn't mistaken, the porcelain bottle usually contained elixirs, which were rare commodities.

It should be noted that among all the elixirs in the cultivation world, apart from some poisons which are relatively common.

Anything related to improving cultivation, advancing realm, or even some healing elixirs is extremely rare.

In other words, as long as the porcelain bottle doesn't contain any poison, it can be considered a rare item.

Lin Mo opened the porcelain bottles one by one and checked the pills inside each one.

He grew increasingly satisfied as he checked the last bottle, finally nodding with a smile and a hint of curiosity in his eyes as he looked at Zhou Ping.

"Fellow Daoist, these Black Scale Pills are made from extremely old spiritual plants, and their medicinal effects are all top-notch. According to the rules of Guiyuan Pavilion, they can be valued at thirty low-grade spirit stones."

"I wonder if you are satisfied with this."

Zhou Ping pondered for a moment. Based on his understanding of Wulin Pill, the quantity he had offered should be enough to replace this seedling.

However, considering the commission that Guiyuan Pavilion takes, the price of thirty spirit stones is not too low.

"Alright, here are five more spirit stones. Please accept them, Fellow Daoist Lin."

Zhou Ping casually took out the five spirit stones that were short and handed them to the other party.

After carefully storing the porcelain bottle and spirit stones, Lin Mo casually took out a jade box and handed it to Zhou Ping with a smile.

"I will give this jade box to you, fellow Daoist. Storing the seedling inside will greatly prevent the outflow of spiritual energy. Even if it is stored in a storage bag for more than ten days, there will be no problem."

After Zhou Ping took the jade box, a hint of joy appeared on his face. He was just wondering how to store this spiritual plant; he couldn't very well take it back in front of everyone.

The storage bag's spirit-suppressing space would severely damage any living thing placed inside. While a spirit seed might be able to survive for a few days, this fragile seedling was absolutely unacceptable.

"Then thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Lin. I would be impolite to refuse."

"Fellow Daoist, there's no need to be so polite. If you have any more high-quality pills for sale in the future, I hope you will give priority to Guiyuan Pavilion."

"Prices at other times will definitely be more reasonable than those offered as barter at auctions."

After handing over the jade box, Lin Mo casually revealed his intentions and gave Zhou Ping a friendly smile.

Zhou Ping naturally understood his meaning. In the eyes of these merchants, a cultivator like him who could sell pills was undoubtedly a high-quality customer.

"Of course, of course. If I have the opportunity to obtain such a spiritual medicine again in the future, I will definitely give priority to Guiyuan Pavilion."

Zhou Ping chuckled and gave a perfunctory reply, not wanting to dwell on the matter further.

After Lin Mo left, Zhou Ping followed his instructions and sealed the seedlings in the jade box before putting them into his storage bag.

The subsequent auction featured a variety of resources and magical artifacts, but most of them were mediocre items.

Only a few mid-grade magic artifacts attracted fierce competition among the cultivators, with one mid-grade defensive shield even fetching a sky-high price of 180 spirit stones.

In the cultivation world, defensive magical artifacts are often more valuable. Therefore, the fact that this shield can be sold at such a high level is still within the affordability range of most cultivators.

Zhou Ping had already acquired the Golden Spirit Stone he had been longing for, and had long since given up any hope for the items to be auctioned next.

He was already satisfied with acquiring the Golden Spirit Stone. Without more spirit stones, he wouldn't care about any other rare treasures that appeared.

Although Zhou Ping was eager to return to the quiet room and cultivate the golden spirit seed he had obtained.

However, if he left now, it would be too conspicuous and would attract everyone's attention, which was not the scene he wanted to see. So he had to be patient and wait until the auction ended before leaving with the crowd.

Under the eloquent guidance of Yun Shanghe, the auction was finally drawing to a close. He smiled mysteriously at the surrounding cultivators before speaking loudly,

"Ladies and gentlemen, today's Guiyuan Auction should have ended at this time."

"However, a mysterious fellow Daoist recently brought out a magical artifact, hoping to sell it at this auction, so we put it aside until the last minute."

"I won't keep you in suspense any longer. This magical artifact is a rare flying treasure, a mid-grade Azure Leaf Boat."

"Starting bid: 150 spirit stones. Minimum bid increment: 10 spirit stones. Bidding begins now!"

As soon as Yun Shanghe finished speaking, a piercing buzzing sound immediately erupted in the venue.

Flying magical artifacts are even rarer than defensive magical artifacts; they are generally only provided to disciples and clansmen by large sects or families.

As for independent cultivators, the vast majority of them travel by foot using spells such as the Wind Control Technique and the Lightness Technique, and very few of them possess flying magical artifacts.

Apart from a few powerful cultivators at the eighth or ninth level of the Qi Refining stage, most Qi Refining stage cultivators probably can't even scrape together half the spirit stones needed to buy a flying magic weapon.

Looking at the bustling auction hall, Zhou Ping recalled the high-level cultivators who had previously arrived at Guiyuan Pavilion riding celestial birds and magical artifacts, and his eyes also revealed a gleam of excitement.

Although he couldn't afford it, it didn't stop him from witnessing the grand auction of the flying artifact.