Chapter Forty-two: The Auction

  Yue Ling heard Lin Tianyang's somewhat surprised voice and immediately burst out laughing, shaking her head slightly: "Lin fellow daoist, this isn't some kind of Heart Demon Blood Contract, a Heart Demon Blood Contract is something that costs tens of thousands of spirit stones, not something a small shop like ours can afford to use. This is just an ordinary Heart Demon contract!"

  Lin Tianyang knew he had just lost his composure, so he chuckled and signed the contract with Yue Ling.

  As soon as the contract was formed, this demonic contract immediately turned into two black lights, which shot towards Lin Tianyang and Yue Ling. Although Lin Tianyang did not feel any difference after the black light entered his body, he still felt somewhat uncomfortable for the first time experiencing such a scene. On the other hand, Yue Ling seemed to have already gotten used to it.

  After the contract was successful, things were almost done, and Lin Tianyang immediately left Yunwu Pavilion.

  Nothing happened overnight, and early next morning, Lin Tianyang followed Ke Dongfeng to Yunwu Pavilion again.

  Today's Yunwu Pavilion is temporarily suspended for business with cultivators below the foundation building period due to the auction.

  The auction was held on the top floor of Yunwu Pavilion, but before entering the auction venue, each cultivator received a mask.

  Looking at the mask in his hand, Lin Tianyang's face showed a hint of puzzlement. At this time, he heard Ke Dongfeng laugh and say: "Lin fellow daoist, this mask is also a special magical instrument that can block the divine sense of cultivators from probing. In a place like this, if you buy something good, it's inevitable that some people will take notice of you. With this mask, at least it won't be someone extremely familiar who recognizes you!"

  Listening to him say this, Lin Tianyang also followed Ke Dongfeng's example and put the mask on his own face.

  Yunwu Mountain is indeed the largest market in a radius of three thousand miles, and the number of people participating in this auction is not small. Lin Tianyang roughly looked around and saw at least seventy or eighty foundation-building cultivators, and more were still coming in. After half an hour, the final number reached nearly one hundred and fifty people. Although most were early-stage foundation-building cultivators, there were also several late-stage ones, showing that this auction had quite some appeal.

  After a moment, Lin Tianyang found that the shopkeeper of Yunwu Pavilion, Yue Ling, appeared on the stage, it seemed that this auction should be hosted by her.

  As expected, Yue Ling bowed to the crowd and smiled as she said: "Yue Ling greets all fellow Taoists here. This auction will still be hosted by me. Since you are all able to come here, I suppose you should also know the rules of the auction. So I won't say much more. The auction is about to begin."

  At this point, two beautiful girls in their early teens, each holding a bottle of Dan medicine, walked to the back of Yue Ling.

  Yue Ling directly picked up a jade bottle and said: "First, the first item is the Bi Ling Dan. This dan is made from the inner dan of the Bi Ling beast and is very helpful for cultivators in the early stages of foundation building. Even for mid-term cultivators, it has some effect. As for the specific effect, I think most fellow daoists here are clear about it, so I won't say more. Each bottle contains five pills, only one bottle can be sold at a time, and the minimum price per bottle is 1,000 spirit stones!

  "1,200 spirit stones..."

  "1,300 Spirit Stones..."

  "1,500 spirit stones..."

  This Bi Ling Dan, as a medicinal pill to enhance one's cultivation, was the most suitable opening item. In a short period of time, its price doubled, and it was finally bought by a female cultivator for 2,400 spirit stones. Immediately after, the second item was auctioned off at an even higher price of 2,800 spirit stones, which can be considered a great start.

  Lin Tianyang quietly watched them bid without making a move, he had obtained some foundation-establishing pills from the Tongtian Tower which could support his cultivation for three months without interruption. This time when he returned, he would definitely enter the Tongtian Tower again, so he absolutely wouldn't waste spirit stones in this place. On the other hand, Ke Dongfeng beside him looked at the two final winners with envy in his eyes.

  The next auction is a number of high-level talismans, for these talismans, many monks are more cautious when bidding, although there is no flow, but the transaction price is not too high.

  Less than half a watch later, Lin Tianyang found that his tortoiseshell shield was taken out as the first magic weapon to be auctioned.

  After some introduction, the low price of Guijia Shield was set at 2,000 Ling Shi, but soon the price was raised to 3,000 Ling Shi, and finally it was bought by a female cultivator at a high price of 3,800 Ling Shi.

  For this price, Lin Tianyang was also very satisfied. If he were to sell it directly to the store, he would be lucky to get 2,500 spirit stones at most.

  Not long after, his own fish spear was also snapped up, but compared to the turtle shell shield, it was a whole thousand spirit stones less.

  The auction had passed in the blink of an eye, nearly three hours later. After selling a top-grade artifact, three girls came up with three colorfully different cold jade bottles. Yue Ling smiled and said: "Next are the last three finale items of this auction."

  As soon as it was announced, everyone's spirits lifted, and Yue Ling deliberately glanced around at all the cultivators attending the auction before smiling and picking up one of the yellow cold jade bottles: "First is this item, a fourth-grade ink python's inner dan. Fellow daoists should know that an ink python becomes a fifth-grade demon beast once it reaches adulthood; as an immature fifth-grade demon beast, the inner dan of this fourth-grade ink python is far superior to that of ordinary fourth-grade demon beasts. If used to refine into a medicinal pill, its effects will be extraordinary! The starting price for the ink python's inner dan is 5,000 spirit stones!"

  "Five thousand spirit stones, I'll take it!" A black-robed man with a Foundation Building middle-stage cultivation was the first to speak up after Yue Ling's words fell.

  "Five thousand two hundred spirit stones!" After him, a white-robed man of the same mid-stage cultivation hesitated for a moment before saying this price.

  "Five thousand three hundred spirit stones!" The black-robed man seemed to be determined to get the inner elixir, and quickly offered another price. The white-robed man saw this and no longer competed for it, and for a while, others also lost the idea of competing.

  This inner dan of the ink python is not bad, but after all, it's just a fourth-grade demon beast inner dan. If it were directly refined into a dan medicine, let alone 5,000 spirit stones, even 10,000 would be acceptable to some people. Now, 5,300 spirit stones are indeed a bit low, but it's not unacceptable either.

  Just as Yue Ling thought that the internal elixir would probably go for this price, someone suddenly spoke up and said: "Five thousand five hundred spirit stones!"

  The man in black thought he could smoothly take the item, but suddenly heard someone else bidding and his face sank. He glanced at the bidder and saw that he only had a foundation-building cultivation base. Immediately displeased, he bid again: "Five thousand six hundred spirit stones!" After speaking, he couldn't help but coldly remind the bidder: "Fellow Daoist, you only have an initial cultivation base, getting this inner elixir seems like a waste, doesn't it?"

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