Chapter 115: Shocking the Cultivation World
"Nowadays, the Cultivation world is no longer as prosperous as it used to be. Not only have many advanced cultivation techniques been lost, but countless alchemy formulas and equipment refinement methods have also been lost. My second grandfather's cauldron was obtained from an ancient cultivator's cave dwelling, and my third grandfather studied it for a long time but couldn't find the key to it. So now, although cauldrons are not valuable and many exist, they are all below spiritual instruments." Gu Yan spoke of the facts, "If you really want a cauldron above spiritual instrument level, you'll have to wait for an opportunity. Who knows when another ancient cultivator's cave dwelling will be discovered?"
Yang Tian asked Bai Yan to turn around, putting the opportunity in the unpredictable luck, but this was not Yang Tian's style of doing things. He could only think of a solution slowly. Yang Tian did not dare to use a tenth-grade treasure to refine the Nourishing Spirit Pill again. This time it didn't explode, that was good luck, what about next time?
Yang Tianwen recorded the materials he wanted and handed them over to Gu Yan, then handed her a few magic treasures he had refined himself, saying: "You can take it away for processing first." Yang Tianwen also knew about business, although not very professional, but understood no less than Gu Yan. This business is all about making things scarce, the rarer the more valuable. Why was his first spiritual instrument worth tens of millions of sky-high prices? Wasn't it because it was rare and had special value?
Both parties cooperate, there must be enough trust. If you don't even have this courage, then don't come out and mix it up. Besides, Yang Tianwen doesn't care about these few pieces of trashy magic treasures. Although these magic treasures would definitely be sought after by the crowd outside, in Yang Tianwen's eyes they are just trash because he has better ones and is capable of refining even better ones.
Gu Yan didn't expect Yang Tianwen to trust her so much, she was stunned for a moment, and an intimate feeling surged in her heart. From then on, what happened next had nothing to do with Yang Tianwen anymore.
"Old friend, Yang has decided to go into closed-door training in search of a breakthrough, so..." Yang Tian didn't finish speaking.
"I understand, if you don't contact me, I absolutely won't come to disturb you. As for the division of layers, how about this: I'll take the middle fee of one layer and deduct it from your earnings for those materials you collected. Then I won't ask for labor costs." Gu Yan wasn't a greedy person either, with her background, what couldn't she get?
Yang Tianwen nodded after listening, indicating no objection. This was equivalent to finding a CEO for himself, with both parties cooperating and taking what they needed. "Alright, after you leave, I will seal off this valley. Remember, never approach this place again." Yang Tianwen warned very seriously.
"Don't worry, I don't have time to come over and find you anyway. Can't let everything out at once, need to space it out and release one thing at a time, that's the only way to maximize benefits. Gu Yan said with excitement, believing that her plan would shake the entire Xiuzhen world. Haha, just thinking about it is thrilling."
Gu Yan didn't know how she walked out of the valley, anyway when she came to herself, she was already a hundred miles away from the valley. Turning her head back for a look, the valley had an additional layer of mist. The entire valley was hidden from view.
Yang Tian asked sent away Gu Yan, and he didn't care about his own things flowing out to cause what kind of huge impact. At this time, he had already used the Nine Bends Yellow River Array to surround the entire valley, even the Suppressing Array Jiugong Seal was put up, thoroughly opening up the full power of the current stage array. If there were still people like Dai Jie who intruded, then he could only blame his own bad luck.
Yang Tian asked to close the death gate and ordered Xiao Bai to help with the protection, although it wasn't very necessary, but having some was better than none.
Xiao Bai nodded seriously and said: "Don't worry, boss. I won't let anyone disturb you while you're in seclusion."
Yang Tian asked this side to close the door, planning to fix the remaining big holes and then start impacting the fetal breathing period. The so-called fetal breathing period can be understood as cultivating the three souls and seven spirits like a fetus, although this metaphor is a bit disgusting, a big man is still fetal or not, but it's very fitting. It's a bit like the golden elixir period of ordinary cultivators, the golden elixir is also a cultivation process, otherwise where does the transformation of the elixir into a baby come from? However, other people's golden elixir period has strong magical powers, far surpassing those in the false elixir period. Yang Tian asked this fetal breathing period, but it was the weakest period, even weaker than the refining qi period, otherwise why would Yang Tian ask to spend his mind and energy on cultivating the Nine Bends Yellow River Array and Nourishing Spirit Elixir?
This period is probably the only drawback of the ancient refining method, and it's also the only weakness. Yang Tianwen was lucky because he had calculated everything early on, although he had a reputation in the cultivation world, but he himself had never been exposed before, always being very low-key. He had never made any enemies either, so everything went very smoothly, and this smooth life created a good environment for Yang Tianwen's upcoming critical moment.
The words are divided into two, one of the five major caves in the Xiantian Continent, the Wàn Miè Gǔ Dòng (Ten Thousand Extinctions Ancient Cave), where there are all kinds of spiritual beasts and treasures. However, it is not as easy to enter and exit as the Yún Mèng Zhǎo Zé (Cloud Dream Marsh). It has time restrictions and is controlled by multiple powerful scattered cultivators. On the other hand, Wàn Miè Chéng (Ten Thousand Extinctions City) is one of the most famous cities on the continent, with frequent transactions and a huge flow of people. As a newly emerging city, it can be compared to old-brand cities like Qīng Yuán Chéng (Clear Source City) and Jǐng Yáng Chéng (Scenic Sun City). Moreover, here, there are Daoists, Demons, and scattered cultivators, unlike the Eastern Continent where demonic cultivators are rarely seen, or the Western Continent where Daoist cultivators are rarely seen. This place is like a big melting pot, which is also one of the reasons for its prosperity.
After Gu Yan returned, she began to make a big splash by copying the work of "Wen Tian" master to boost her own reputation. Once her reputation was sufficient, she would launch another heavy attack. Another reason is that Gu Yan did not want the Spirit Nourishing Pill to fall into someone else's hands so quickly, at least not until Second Master had thoroughly studied it. To be honest, Gu Yan didn't have high hopes for this, just look at her Third Master who spent years studying the Array Method in the treasure but achieved nothing, from which we can predict that Second Master would also find it difficult to make a major breakthrough.
This is also one of the reasons why Gu Yan dared to openly sell his skills, even my third grandfather couldn't figure it out, let alone others.
The background of Gu Yan is well-known to the top levels of the ten major sects. In modern terms, Gu Yan is a high-ranking official's son, and a very high one at that. The scattered cultivators' forces are a very sensitive force, neither the Tao nor the Devil wants to offend them, so they didn't make any moves behind their backs, all of them were preparing for a fierce confrontation at the auction, especially the Huayang Sect and the Demon God Sect, which have been emitting a strong smell of gunpowder recently.
Gu Yan also collected a lot of auction items for this, and even invited the largest treasure and spiritual instrument supplier in the Xiuzhen world, Jibao Sect. The sect master of Jibao Sect was also very insightful, gathering a large number of treasures to support Gu Yan's auction. Then, many masters from the alchemy and artifact refinement worlds also came to attend.
No surprise, the first auction was very successful, almost everyone left with a full load, of course there were also regrets.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the Gu family auction will be held once every twenty years, striving to make everyone leave with satisfaction. I'll let you in on a little secret: at the next auction, there will be two artifacts personally crafted by the legendary Master Wen Tian, absolutely unparalleled. " When Gu Yan suddenly dropped this bombshell as the auction was coming to a close, it shocked and thrilled the various sects and schools present. It turned out that there would be another one next time, and they must get their hands on it next time."
After the next two auctions, Gu Yan threw out another blockbuster news, that is to open a trading firm, implementing an on-site bartering system. If it's an auction, you can also use physical objects to bid, with the high-ranking people of Ju Bao Zong acting as appraisers to estimate the value of the items and include them in the bidding price. This news undoubtedly changed the tradition of using spirit stones as currency in the cultivation world for thousands of years. However, this news is undoubtedly good news for most people, because some things are usually not available for purchase with spirit stones. In fact, these years have already begun to use bartering transactions, but it's very scattered and unsystematic. Gu Yan simply utilized the special atmosphere of Wanmie City where Dao, Mo, and San converged, concentrated these people together, promoted the development of the cultivation world, and at the same time, also satisfied his own desires while providing convenience for everyone.
It can be said that among the three forces of Taoism, Demon and Scattered, Gu Yan's great name has long been known as one of the top ten sects' leaders.
The upcoming fourth auction, the emergence of Nourishing Spirit Pill, caused a stir in the upper echelons of the Cultivation World. Indeed, if trading houses made it convenient for ordinary cultivators to exchange goods, then this Nourishing Spirit Pill was a wonderful hope, a tremendous blessing for high-level cultivators, especially those who had not made progress in years and were on the verge of dying of old age.
This is truly a gathering of all parties, with changing fortunes! As a result, even Gu Yan's several grandfathers couldn't have imagined that she would take out this "bomb" and throw it around wildly, causing utter chaos. However, despite their scolding, they still stood up for their dear granddaughter, while also rallying their friends to increase the momentum. Among the scattered cultivators, many hidden eccentrics were invited out, including some who hadn't appeared in public for thousands of years.
