Chapter 9: Alchemy Auction

  His strength had reached the fourth layer of the Post-Heaven Realm, and after a moment of excitement, Gu Chen was faced with a problem: he had run out of spiritual liquid and his spiritual grass had been completely consumed.

  The price of spiritual grass over 100 years old is between 500-800 yuan, last time buying medicine, Gu Chen almost spent all his savings, now he only has less than 1000 yuan left. The聚元灵液 requires at least three main medicines: 100-year-old ice dream grass, imperial blood grass, and snow lotus flower, each one strain, 1000 yuan can't even buy the materials for a single dose of spiritual liquid.

  The money Gǔ Chén has on him now can buy 50-100 year-old Three Main Medicines, but the 50-100 year-old Spiritual Grass is very effective for the Early Stage of Later Heaven, yet its effect is halved for the Middle Stage of Later Heaven. Although it's a great temptation for ordinary people, for Gǔ Chén it would be a complete waste of time.

  Now Gu Chen is pursuing the fastest speed boost, with over a hundred years of spiritual grass, and will never use more than fifty years.

  No money, ask Dad for some? Gu Chen shook his head. Although as long as Gu Chen said it, his father would definitely give him some, but Gu Chen knew that this was a bottomless pit. Last time he bought medicine and spent more than 10,000 yuan, which only lasted half a month. In the future, there's still a long way to go, how could he always ask his father for money?

  Luckily, the spiritual grass needed for the Innate Boundary all have an age of over 200 years, so spiritual grass under 200 years can still be traded with wild coins. Although the price isn't cheap, Gu Chen could barely afford to buy some. If it's spiritual grass over 200 years old, that would require a spiritual stone to trade, and now Gu Chen doesn't even have one spiritual stone, so he can only watch helplessly.

  It's not good to ask father for it, so I can only earn it myself. As a Dan medicine master, I'm afraid of not making money? Just casually refine a furnace of Dan medicine and take it to auction, and there will be tens or hundreds of times the profit.

  Now Gu Chen has less than 1,000 wild coins. The price of spiritual grass over 50 years old is between 100-300 wild coins. He doesn't need to buy the best one, just choose the one that's exactly 50 years old. Three main spiritual grasses only cost more than 300 wild coins, and adding five supporting medicines, the total cost is around 400 wild coins.

  The fifty-year-old spiritual grass's refined Gathering Spirit Liquid has a great effect on the post-heavenly early stage, with its effect halved in the middle stage. Although it may not be valued by Gu Chen, in Le Shui City where there are no alchemists, any medicine that has been refined by an alchemist is precious.

  Gu Chen decided to refine a batch of fifty-year-old Yuanling liquor and take it to the auction house to sell, definitely able to get a good price. The auction house was located in Xicheng, within the official power sphere, where some spiritual artifacts were sold every mid-month and month-end. Leshui City had a large population, always with a huge market.

  Moreover, the truly good stuff is usually hard to find in the market and will be showcased at auctions. Auctioning off a bottle of Poly Spirit Liquid would earn enough money for Gu Chen to cultivate for a long time.

  Want to do it now, it's mid-month tomorrow, there will be an auction in Xicheng, practice the medicine well today and take it to the auction tomorrow.

  Just as he walked out of the door, Gu Cangyun happened to be walking towards him from the opposite direction.

  "Dad, I'm going out," Gu Chen said.

  "Ah......" Gu Cangqiong grasped Gu Chen's arm and exclaimed excitedly: "Chen'er, your cultivation has improved? You've reached the third layer of the Post-Heaven Realm!"

  After Gu Chen's cultivation rose to the fourth layer of the Post-Heaven, he would display his cultivation at the third layer of the Post-Heaven realm. As expected, Gu Cangqiong saw through it with one glance, which was within Gu Chen's expectations.

  Gu Chen smiled and said, "Thanks to the old immortal in my dream who taught me the technique. Father, the old immortal wants me to practice diligently, and later he will teach me new techniques. At that time, I'll ask the old immortal to teach me a superior pre-heavenly law decision, so I can teach it to you, father."

  Gǔ Cāng Qiú Xǐ Dào: "Wǒ ér yǒu cǐ xiān yuán, guǒ zhēn shì fú yuán shēn hòu, bù guò, xiū dào zhī rén qiè jì tān dé wú yàn, lǎo shén xiān yuàn yì jiào nǐ shì nǐ de xiān yuán, qiè wù yīn wèi ér rě fāng yú tā, miǎn dé duàn le nǐ de xiān yuán."

  Father always thinks for me in advance, but that old immortal is actually myself. How could I cut off my own immortal fate? When the time comes, I'll take out the superior technique of the Pre-Heaven Realm, and Father won't have to worry about anything else.

  "Don't worry, Dad, I'll go out first."

  "Be careful." Gu Cangqiong watched as Gu Chen disappeared from view, then withdrew his gaze, a warm smile spreading across his face.

  Gu Chen arrived in Nancheng, spent over 400 yuan, bought enough materials to practice the Yuanyuan Spirit Liquid, and still had about 500 yuan left on him. He bought an 80-year-old psoriasis grass for 400 yuan, an 80-year-old hemp flower for 400 yuan, and then bought some ordinary medicinal materials, spending all his yuan.

  It's been half a month since I last came to Nancheng to buy Lingcao, and no one would monitor Gu Chen every day, so this time there was no trouble, bought the Lingcao and returned home, soon after that, the fifty-year-old Yuanyuan Ling liquid was practiced.

  Put the Yuanling liquid into a light green bottle, Gu Chen continued to practice medicine. This time's materials were psoriasis skin grass, hemp flower and some ordinary medicinal materials that are difficult to use in daily life, even some strange materials that are not medicinal materials.

  The medicine being refined now is vastly different from the Congenital Spiritual Liquid just refined earlier. When refining the Congenital Spiritual Liquid, there was a fragrance that wafted up, but this current medicine has a bitter and astringent taste. The color isn't as crystal clear as the Congenital Spiritual Liquid either, instead it's dry and dull with an orange-yellow hue.

  The Yuanshen liquid is refined into a **, but this medicine is refined into a solid.

  This medicine is not a useful elixir for cultivation, but a special pill called ringworm dan, also known as easy disguise pill. After taking this medicine, a yellow or white ringworm will grow on the body, and dense smallpox will appear on the face, becoming extremely ugly, so it's called ringworm dan.

  After taking this pill for three hours, it will return to its original shape, or taking a common fruit called "wuhua guo" (literally "no flower fruit") will also restore its original shape, so it is also called Yirong Wan.

  Gǔ Zhēn went to auction off the Yuán Líng Yè liquid, but didn't want others to know his true identity. If his identity as a Dan medicine master were to be exposed, Gǔ Zhēn would no longer be able to live in peace. He would either be "invited" away by some powerful forces or taken away by force.

  The next day, Gu Chen left the Gu house and took the Easy Change Pill in a deserted alley. He transformed into an ugly dwarf with scabies on his hands and face, and a pockmarked complexion. Then he took off his outer garment to reveal a black shirt underneath.

  A short, ugly man wearing a black shirt arrived in the southern city and walked directly to the location of the auction. Gu Chen's appearance at this moment was too ugly, no one wanted to take a second glance at his face.

  Gu Chen wasn't afraid of being recognized, this low-grade disguise pill was enough to prevent anyone from seeing through it unless a cultivator above the Divine Sea realm used their divine sense to investigate, and there were no such cultivators in Le Shui City.

  For cultivators of the Innate Realm, Gu Chen was completely unpressuring.

  "Excuse me... what brings you here?" A man in his twenties who was in charge of receiving the auction items asked with a puzzled tone as Gu Chen arrived.

  This man in his twenties also had a cultivation base of eight layers, but Gu Chen had taken the Easy Disguise Pill, which not only concealed his appearance but also his cultivation. He looked like he didn't have any spiritual energy fluctuations on him, and was no different from an ordinary person.

  However, Gu Chen's face had several white patches and pockmarks, which were quite frightening. He didn't look like a young man at all, but rather an old one. This man had been to auctions for some time and knew that those who came here to bid on items weren't easy to deal with. The ugly person in front of him wouldn't be just an ordinary person.

  There is no fluctuation of spiritual energy, indicating that the opponent has concealed their breath. Perhaps the opponent's strength is very weak, but it is more likely that the opponent is a powerful monster.

  Gu Chen said in a hoarse voice: "I've come to auction some things, I don't know if they can be sold here?"

  In his past life, Gu Chen was a 500-year-old old monster. His tone was completely unpretentious and he said it lightly.

  "What does the elder have to sell? This auction in Le Shui City is the largest auction within hundreds of miles." The man was already suspicious, and seeing Gu Chen call himself "old man", he immediately used the term "senior" with a junior tone.

  "Elixir." Gu Chen continued in his hoarse voice.

  The man's face changed in shock, and he hastily said: "Senior, please wait a moment, I'll immediately ask the person in charge to come out and discuss with you."

  After a while, an old man followed the man out and saluted Gu Chen with his fists: "Is this gentleman going to auction off the spiritual medicine?"

  This person has congenital three-layer strength, Gu Chen secretly nodded and nodded.

  The old man said, "I'm the backstage manager of this auction. Please take out the spiritual medicine for inspection. It's a rule of the auction that all spiritual medicines must be inspected before they can be sold. I hope you understand."

  Gu Chen took out the Yuanshen liquid and handed it over to Gu Wengxian. Anyway, he had to hand it over to the other party for auction. If he was worried that the other party would take it without giving it back, then there was no need to come here for the auction.

  Looking at the color of the Congyuan Spirit Liquid, Gu Wengxian's eyes became much more excited, and he said: "Good medicine, please wait for a moment, sir."

  The auction was held by the government, and Gu Yongxian was naturally a government official. Although Gu Yongxian's cultivation was not as good as many people in the three major families, as the person in charge of accepting auction items, his vision was much higher than that of the three major families.

  Dan medicine is not something that anyone can do, but there are quite a few appraisers. The official representative of the imperial court, the largest immortal force in the Great Yan Dynasty, is naturally able to hold auctions and has appraisers. If they were to auction off a fake medicine, it wouldn't just be the auction house's reputation that would be ruined, but also the imperial court's face.

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