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Ling Xiu's disguise was so perfect that none of Yun Ziling, Su Nuonuo, and Mu Yinxue recognized him.

The room erupted in another uproar, and what followed was the most exciting moment of the entire auction.

Three guards at the Condensation Realm slowly ascended the stage, carrying a shimmering wooden box covered with layers of powerful restrictions.

Even Vice President Lin Hao's expression became serious as he carefully untied the outer layer of the wooden box's seal.

The moment the lid was lifted, a dazzling golden light burst forth.

The dazzling golden light flowed with rich divine charm, exuding a profound and unfathomable Daoist aura, accompanied by a strange and refreshing fragrance of pills, causing everyone present to be greatly shaken.

The true essence within the bodies of all the True Essence cultivators in the arena involuntarily boiled and surged.

Inside the box lay a perfectly round and translucent golden pill, its patterns clearly defined, containing immense medicinal power.

This is the Profound Enlightenment Pill!

"Gentlemen, I need not elaborate on the preciousness of the Tongxuan Pill."

If a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Condensation Realm takes this, they can ascend to the heavens in one step, successfully break through to the Profound Realm, and defy fate.

The starting bid is 30,000 low-grade spirit stones, and each bid must be at least 3,000 spirit stones higher. The auction begins now!

No sooner had the words been spoken than someone loudly offered a price.

"Eighty thousand!"

The bidder, a cultivator at the Tongxuan Realm, was in a private room on the second floor. He raised the price by 50,000 spirit stones in one go, and his voice carried an undeniable aura of power.

"Eighty-three thousand!"

Another private room on the second floor quickly followed suit with a quote.

"Ninety thousand!"

"One hundred thousand!"

"130,000!"

"150,000!"

Prices soared, with all bidders coming from the second floor and above private rooms, mostly representatives of the Profound Realm from various major powers.

Such exorbitant prices were beyond the reach of ordinary cultivators in the audience, and each bid increase drew gasps of surprise from the crowd.

Everyone looked on with envy at the heated auction. Without substantial financial resources or a powerful backer, no one dared to bid.

Ling Xiu originally intended to acquire the Tongxuan Pill at any cost, but seeing the powerful figures from various forces raising the price so aggressively, and several Tongxuan cultivators determined to obtain it, he simply gave up the idea of ​​bidding.

While the Tongxuan Pill is indeed precious and greatly beneficial to his cultivation, forcibly seizing it would only waste a huge amount of spirit stones and needlessly offend a group of Tongxuan Realm experts, making it a losing proposition.

More importantly, he has now gathered the two main ingredients for refining the Tongxuan Pill and the complete pill formula. He only needs to find the last main ingredient to start refining it himself.

"Look! It's a sky lantern! Someone actually lit a sky lantern!"

Someone in the room gasped in surprise. "Lighting the sky lantern" means that no matter how high the price offered by others, this person will continue to raise the bid and never give up.

The representatives of the private rooms kept raising the price to 230,000, but when they saw someone light a lantern, they all chose to give up the competition.

In the end, the Transcendent Realm expert who lit the sky lantern successfully bid for the Transcendent Pill at a price exceeding 230,000 spirit stones.

The other cultivators who had reached the profound level could only shake their heads helplessly, even though they were unwilling.

Two hundred thousand spirit stones is an astronomical price, which they simply cannot afford.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this auction has now come to an end. Please leave in an orderly manner. On behalf of the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce, I thank you all for your participation!"

Lin Hao spoke up at the opportune moment, announcing the end of the auction.

Before long, everyone left the venue in an orderly fashion.

Ling Xiu settled the spirit stones needed for the items he had previously bid on, and carefully put away the broken ancient talisman, the half-section of jade bamboo that looked like pure gold, and the Qingyang Spirit Pill.

His gaze remained fixed on Yun Ziling and Su Nuonuo. After the two finished their transaction, he chatted and laughed with several disciples of the Qingyun Sect as they walked out of the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce.

Ling Xiu desperately wanted to go forward and acknowledge them, but his heart was in turmoil.

He followed closely behind the group, keeping a respectful distance, just wanting to catch a few more glimpses of Su Nuonuo.

He watched this girl grow up, and she used to affectionately call him Grandpa Ling.

Just then, Ling Xiu's keen senses suddenly detected that several figures were quietly following behind Yun Ziling and her group.

He was surrounded by a subtle killing intent, and his eyes were sinister; he had clearly locked onto the Qingyun Sect members.

There were a total of seven Nascent Soul cultivators, four of whom were at the mid-Nascent Soul stage, and the remaining three were at the Great Perfection of Nascent Soul.

The crowd's eyes were filled with greed, their expressions were fierce, and they were clearly greedy and plotting something sinister.

"Hmph, daring to touch someone I care about is simply courting death."

Ling Xiu watched coldly, a fierce killing intent flashing in his eyes.

The Qingyun Sect has a total of five people on this trip.

Yun Ziling's cultivation level is at the late stage of the True Condensation Realm, Su Nuonuo's is at the early stage of the True Condensation Realm, and the other three disciples are only at the middle stage of the True Condensation Realm.

Even Yun Ziling, who had the highest cultivation level in the team, was no match for the combined attack of the seven people behind her.

He will never stand idly by.

Su Nuonuo had been kind to him, and Yun Ziling had also been by his side. If he were to watch them perish in danger, he would never be able to live with himself for the rest of his life. Moreover, he had long regarded Nuonuo as his closest relative.

If Nuonuo hadn't begged Yun Ziling to take him to the Qingyun Immortal Sect back then, he would never have had the chance to embark on the path of cultivation.

Ling Xiu moved like a ghost, concealing his aura, weaving through the crowd, following closely behind.

As the auction ended, many cultivators who won the treasures became easy targets for others to covet. Undercurrents surged within Qingyang Holy City, and murderous intent lurked everywhere.

……

Traveling a hundred miles outside Qingyang Holy City, and then another thousand miles further, one can completely leave the territory of the Southern Spirit Domain.

In a treacherous place with steep mountains and dense forests, seven figures suddenly darted out and blocked the way for the group.

"Oh no! Nuonuo, watch out!"

Yun Ziling shielded Su Nuonuo behind her and quickly summoned her spirit sword.

Upon seeing this, Su Nuonuo immediately assumed a defensive stance, summoning a powerful magical artifact to block the attack.

Without uttering a single superfluous word, one of the seven men, wielding a long knife, slashed fiercely with overwhelming force.

The defensive artifact met it in time, unleashing a deafening roar.

Yun Ziling simultaneously activated her spirit sword, unleashing a barrage of sharp sword beams that swept out directly towards the late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator charging towards her.

brush!brush!brush!

The sword light crisscrossed and tore through the void, and several attacks forced the male cultivator to retreat repeatedly, with a bloody gash cut open on his chest by the sword's edge.

Although the wound wasn't deep, it still caused him to groan in pain, and he quickly retreated to avoid the attack.

He grinned menacingly, raised his hand to wipe the blood from his chest, and licked it.

"Pah! I didn't expect this little beauty to have some skill; her moves are quite sharp. I underestimated you!"

A scar on his face twitched and trembled with his expression, making him look terrifying.

"Brothers, give it your all! Don't let a single one escape!"

The injured male cultivator let out a cold shout, bypassed Yun Ziling, and charged straight at another male disciple of the Qingyun Sect.

"Hahaha, little beauty, your opponent is me!"

As expected of a core disciple of the Qingyun Sect, it's just a pity that he will perish here today.

All the treasures you possess are mine. Don't worry, before we die, we'll make sure you two beauties have a good time, to the point of ecstasy!