Chapter 24 Auction

  Nancheng, Yunjia.

  Yun Jia Zhang was sitting in the main hall, and Gu Qingyu was sitting on the guest seat.

  Gu Cang Yue took a sip of tea and said, "Yun brother, there is only one year left for the three families to re-allocate the benefits of Le Shui City. Twenty years ago, the Liu family had a Liu Huayuan who dominated the martial arts meeting of the three families and allocated half of the benefits of Le Shui City. Twenty years later, unexpectedly, the Liu family has another Liu Baisheng. Can it be that this time, the allocation will again let the Liu family take away half?"

  Yun Jinghong tilted his head to one side and said, "What a pity... The Three Families' Martial Gathering is only held once a year. Otherwise, with Xuan'er's talent, surpassing Liu Baisheng would be no difficult feat."

  Gu Cangyue let out a sigh and said, "The Liu family is powerful, and Liu Baisheng's talent isn't bad either. He has already reached the fourth layer of Xiantian cultivation, and with time, he will definitely enter the seventh layer of Xiantian; You Yunxuan from the Yun family is the number one talent in Leshui City, and at 17 years old, he has already entered the second layer of Xiantian. His future achievements are hard to predict, and it's likely that he'll enter the eighth layer of Xiantian in the future... Alas, only my Gu family has no successors."

  Yun Jinghong said, "Outsiders say that Xuan'er is the first in terms of talent in Leishui City, but that's just flattery. Don't we know who the real number one in Leishui City is? He started practicing at the age of 20 and reached the fourth level of innate realm in just 13 years, heh... If this person had the opportunity to practice from a young age, he would definitely surpass Xuan'er by a lot."

  "What's the point of bringing up that rubbish?"

  Whenever the Ancient Azure Heaven is mentioned, Ancient Azure Peak feels somewhat uncomfortable and says, "No matter how good his innate talent is, he has poor luck, so in this lifetime, he will only have that bit of achievement, not enough to be worried about."

  After a brief pause, Gu Cang Yue continued: "Speaking of that waste, it reminds me of his little bastard. His performance over the past month has been completely different from before. He even defeated Song Er and Yang Er several times, both of whom are in the Later Heaven Sixth Layer and Fifth Layer realms. Defeating them once is luck, but defeating them several times in a row is not normal at all. That little bastard broke through to the Later Heaven Third Layer a few days ago. It's not too abnormal for someone in the Later Heaven Third Layer to defeat those in the Later Heaven Fifth and Sixth Layers several times."

  When mentioning Gu Chen, Yun Xing's face turned cold and said: "En, it is a bit strange that time when he defeated Gu Song and Gu Yang in front of everyone... Hmph, what a presumptuous little bastard! However, since he only broke through to the third layer of the acquired stage, it's not a big deal. Gu Song and Gu Yang are still young and not skilled enough in using their powers, perhaps it was Gu Cang who carefully taught that little bastard, which is why he defeated Gu Song and Gu Yang. In the future, when Gu Song enters the innate realm, no matter how hard Gu Cang teaches, that little bastard will still be no match for Gu Song."

  Gǔ Cāng Yuè said: "I know that little bastard can't stir up too much trouble, but the old man has always wanted to pass on the position of clan leader to that waste, because that little bastard is really too useless. Moreover, with my father and second uncle's opposition, the old man only withdrew his mind. If the little bastard performs too outstandingly, the old man can't help but have a change of heart."

  Yun Jinghong said: "The patriarch of the ancient family is also stubborn, you are the only one in the Gu family who has reached the seventh level of Xiantian, with the highest cultivation. If the patriarch passes on to you, the Gu family will develop better... Brother Gu, rest assured, I will always support you as the patriarch of the Gu family. We have been friends since childhood, and Xue'er and Gu Song are also childhood sweethearts. When you become the patriarch of the Gu family, we can join forces to counterbalance the Liu family."

  "Dad... let's go out for a walk." At this time, the voices of three people came from outside the house, Yun Chao, Yun Xue and Gu Song were waving at them to come in.

  The two nodded, waved their hands, Gu Song pulled up Yunxue's hand, and Yun Chao walked out happily.

  Until the three of them walked out of sight, Gu Cang Yue and Yun Jing Hong only then brought their gazes back. Yun Jing Hong said: "Once Xue Er and Gu Song get married, we'll be one family."

  Gu Cang Yue looked at Yun Jing Hong's eyes and smiled: "Brother Yun, your words are wrong, we were originally a family."

  "Right... right, haha." Yun Jinghong laughed and said.

  At this time, a servant walked in from outside the door with an excited look on his face and said: "Head of the clan, news has come from the auction house in Western City that today's auction items include top-grade Gathering Yuan Spiritual Liquid."

  With a whoosh, Gu Cang Yue and Yun Jing Hong immediately stood up, Yun Jing Hong exclaimed: "What did you say? Top-grade Congealed Yuan Spirit Liquid?"

  "It's the clan leader, the official announcement from the government is that ten bottles of top-grade Yuan Spirit Liquid will be auctioned off." The servant replied respectfully.

  Even if it's a mediocre postnatal late-stage cultivator, taking ten bottles of top-grade Gathering Yuan Spiritual Liquid has a high chance of breaking through to the prenatal realm. Those with good aptitude will have an even better effect, greatly shortening the time it takes to enter the prenatal realm.

  The cultivators of the Innate Realm are completely on a different level compared to those in the Acquired Realm. The emergence of an additional Innate Realm cultivator can greatly enhance the overall strength of a family.

  Gǔ Sōng is currently at the sixth level of his cultivation, and the high-quality Yuán Líng liquid can just barely increase his cultivation speed. Gǔ Cāngyuè naturally wants his son to set foot in the Pre-Heaven as soon as possible.

  Yun Jinhong is the head of the Yun family. The Yun family has a considerable number of people who have reached the later stages of the Post-Heaven Realm. A high-quality Gathering Yuan Spirit Liquid can allow the Yun family to produce one more Pre-Heaven Realm cultivator, which is very important for the Yun family, the weakest among the three major families. Moreover, Yun Chao currently has a cultivation level of Post-Heaven Fourth Layer. Once Yun Chao reaches Post-Heaven Sixth Layer, serving him with the high-quality Gathering Yuan Spirit Liquid will allow him to step into the Pre-Heaven Realm even faster.

  Gu Cang Yue and Yun Jing Hong both secretly made up their minds to get the ten bottles of top-grade Jiyuan Ling liquid into their hands.

  West City, auction venue.

  The core members of the three major cultivation families have all arrived at the auction scene, as well as a large number of innate realm cultivators from Leishui City. Although they know that this top-grade Gathering Yuan Spirit Liquid will definitely be competed for by the three major cultivation families, they still came to the auction with a mentality of trying their luck and watching the excitement.

  Today's auction is more sensational and lively than the Yuanyuan Ling liquid auction last month.

  A month ago, it was just an auction for a bottle of low-grade Yuanling liquor, but today, it's an auction for ten bottles of high-grade Yuanling liquor, worth more than a hundred times as much.

  In Le Shui City, a congenital realm cultivator is the highest level of cultivator. Ten bottles of top-grade Congenital Spirit Liquid have a high probability of producing a congenital realm cultivator, how can this not drive the cultivators of Le Shui City mad?

  Gu Chen still sat in the second-floor guest room of the auction house, and could clearly hear the sounds from the auction hall. By pushing open the window, he could see the scene at the auction hall clearly.

  Most of the people who came today were here for the top-grade Gathering Spirit Liquid, and the items that were auctioned off earlier were quickly snapped up by eager buyers. The auction had entered its final stage early on.

  The auctioneer held up a box, opened it, and inside were ten bottles of crystal clear top-grade Yuan Spirit Liquid.

  The auctioneer loudly said: "Today's last item for auction, ten bottles of top-grade Yuan Spirit Liquid, one-time auction, base price 100 spirit stones, each increase in price must not be less than 10 spirit stones. The auction rules are that the price has no upper limit, and the highest bidder wins. Now the auction begins."

  100 spiritual stones, such a high price, except for the three major cultivation families, it's really rare for anyone to take out their hands, most cultivators who heard this price shrugged and looked helpless, can only be onlookers.

  But even as a spectator, this auction is still exciting. A 100-spirit-stone item at a low price? Such an item can hardly be found once a year in the entire auction house. Today's auction will be talked about for a long time to come.

  "100 spirit stones." Merchant Wan Jiu Hai was the first to shout out.

  The Fa instrument is the most profitable industry in Le Shui City, and Wan Jiuhai is ranked first among the merchants in Le Shui City. His personal strength is not bad either, with a congenital four-layer boundary. His influence in Le Shui City is second only to the three major Xiu Zhen families.

  Last month's inferior Gathering Spirit Liquid, Wanjiu Hai felt the price was too high and stopped bidding. This time it's a superior Gathering Spirit Liquid, he definitely won't give up so easily.

  "110 spirit stones." Yun Xiong was the second one to shout out a price.

  "120 spiritual stones." A voice sounded, Gu Chen listened and came out, it was the middle-aged man from the Liu family last time. He had already asked about this person's origin from Gu Cangyun, his name was Liu Huachan, he was the younger brother of Liu Huayuan, the patriarch of the Liu family, and had great power in the Liu family.

  "130 spirit stones." Soon after, someone raised the price again. Gu Chen heard that it was Gu Cang Yue's voice.

  "140 spirit stones." Wan Jiu Hai bids again.

  ……

  ……

  "180 spiritual stones." No one else bid, and Wan Jiu Hai and the three major repair true families were competing. Each time a few people raised the price by 10 spiritual stones, and Wan Jiu Hai had already bid for the third time.

  "190 spirit stones." Yun Xinghong once again suppressed Wan Jiu Hai's price and added 10 more spirit stones.

  Ling stones are not comparable to wild coins, one ling stone can be exchanged for 10,000 wild coins. A one-time addition of 10 ling stones is equivalent to a one-time addition of 1 million wild coins in terms of level. Ling stones are not something that ordinary people can afford, and they are not only used as currency among cultivators, but also greatly aid in the speed of cultivation for cultivators.

  The Ling Stone contains a rich spiritual energy, and Xiantian cultivators can absorb the Ling Stone to cultivate, so many Ling Stones become useless after their spiritual energy is absorbed. Although new Ling Stones are constantly being produced in the mines, the consumption of Ling Stones is also very large, so the number of Ling Stones has never been too many, and naturally there is no devaluation.

  Like Gu Chen's father Gu Cangqiong, he cultivated the allocated spiritual stones, and in a month, there were only 10 pieces, and in an entire year, there were only 120 pieces of spiritual stones.

  It's easy to imagine how high the price of these ten bottles of top-grade Gathering Yuan Spirit Medicine is, starting at 100 spirit stones. Each time it increases by 10 spirit stones, which is also quite frightening.

  "200 Spirit Stones." Liu Huachan's voice also quickly rang out, overpowering Yun Jinghong.

  "210 Spirit Stones." Gu Cangyun's voice also rose up at the same time.

  "220 spiritual stones." Wan Jiu Hai did not retreat this time and made another bid, suppressing the bids of the three major families.

  220 spiritual stones? The innate cultivators present swallowed their saliva one by one. So many spiritual stones, enough for them to cultivate for several years!

  Upon reaching the Innate Realm, each additional layer requires a very long time to cultivate. Without Spirit Stones, even cultivating for an entire lifetime would only allow one to advance a few layers. An Innate cultivator without access to Spirit Stones will generally be stuck at the third layer of the Innate Realm for their entire life.

  The Innate Four Layers belong to the middle period of the Innate Realm. Unless one is a cultivator with extremely good qualifications, it is impossible to reach the realm of the Innate Four Layers.

  The more Ling stones, the better the cultivation effect. However, Ling stones are extremely precious and continuously absorbing the spiritual energy from them will cause great waste. Although the cultivation speed will increase, it is generally slower for cultivators to absorb the spiritual energy from the Ling stones, ensuring every bit of energy takes effect. Therefore, one Ling stone can last a Xiantian realm cultivator several days of slow absorption.

  "300 spiritual stones." Just as Yun Jinghong was about to speak, Liu Huachan's voice suddenly rang out, suppressing Yun Jinghong's voice.

  "What? 300 spirit stones? From 220 spirit stones, it directly jumped to 300 spirit stones?" The entire auction hall suddenly became lively, with one by one pair of shocked eyes, whispering to each other.

  Gu Chen sat on the second floor of the auction house, but couldn't help laughing happily. 300 spirit stones were enough to buy the spiritual grass he needed.

  Wanjihai, Gucangyue and Yunjinhong's faces all showed a stunned expression, clearly not expecting that Liu Huaheng would suddenly raise the price from 220 spirit stones to 300 spirit stones. This is spirit stones we're talking about, not some worthless currency...

  However, due to his desire for the ten bottles of top-grade Gathering Yuan Spirit Liquid, in order to let his son step into the Pre-Heaven realm as soon as possible, Gu Cangyue quickly shouted: "310 spirit stones."

  "320 Spirit Stones." Wan Jiu Hai's voice also rang out immediately after, showing that he too was determined to get these ten bottles of top-grade Gathering Yuan Spiritual Liquid.

  The masters looked at Wanjiu Hai, all with surprised expressions. Although Wanjiu Hai was the number one merchant in Lesui City, in the eyes of the masters, he couldn't be compared to the three major cultivation families. Now that the price had been raised to over 300 spirit stones, he was still competing.

  It can be seen that Wanjiu Hai's strength is much stronger than what the cultivators in his eyes saw.

  "400 spiritual stones." Yun Jinghong hadn't even opened his mouth to bid when Liu Huachan had already made an offer, and surprisingly, he sharply raised the price again, bidding 400 spiritual stones. He then turned his head to glance at Gu Cangyue and Wan Jiuhai, a hint of mockery in his eyes.

  The Liu family is the first of the three major Xiu Zhen families, and the depth of the family's heritage is indeed extraordinary.

  "400 spirit stones? My heavens! 400 spirit stones?" The cultivators on the scene felt their hearts racing, their blood boiling and burning.

  The smile on Gu Chen's face had indeed deepened.

  Ten bottles of top-grade Gathering Yuan Spirit Liquid, 400 spirit stones, one bottle for 40 spirit stones. Although this price did not exceed Gu Chen's expectations, it was already enough to make him feel very satisfied. Being able to sell them for 400 spirit stones meant he had made a huge profit.

  Gu Cang Yue and Wan Jiu Hai's faces turned iron-green, clearly the 400 spiritual stones put immense pressure on them. Although Gu Cang Yue had many assets from his ancient family, he hadn't become the head of the Gu Family yet and couldn't possibly take out all his family's property to bid for these ten bottles of Yuan Gathering Spirit Liquid. Even if he was willing, the family head Gu Xian wouldn't agree. He could only grit his teeth and give up on bidding.

  Wanjiu Hai's face was about the same as Gucang Yue's, apparently also having given up, and at the same time not calling out a price again.

  "Mr. Liu Huahan bid 400 spiritual stones, is there anyone who can bid higher?" The scene suddenly fell silent, and the auctioneer shouted loudly.

  "Ten bottles of top-grade Gathering Yuan Spiritual Liquid, this is indeed a high-quality spiritual liquid, and in the major sects of cultivation, it's also a precious spiritual medicine that can quickly enhance one's post-heavenly realm later stage cultivation. For those who are about to enter the pre-heavenly realm from the post-heavenly realm, it has great benefits. Is there anyone willing to offer an even higher price?" The auctioneer saw that the scene was still silent and once again stirred up the flames.

  As expected, Yun Xiong's heart had been hesitant all along. Spending over 400 spirit stones to buy these ten bottles of top-grade Gathering Yuan Spirit Liquid was a worthwhile deal or not. As soon as the auctioneer shouted, his mind immediately leaned towards it being a good deal and he loudly called out: "410 spirit stones."