Chapter 21: The Change of Yin and Yang

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  Divine Machine Auction House, a renowned divine machine merchant guild established across the entire Nine States Continent.

  Chen Yuan was born in a small villa, but he liked those immortal wind and material records, and also had some understanding of the Jiuzhou world.

  The book has a very high evaluation of the credibility of Shenji Shanghui, and in fact, without any recommendation, he also plans to come here to participate in the auction.

  He arrived at the reception counter. Compared to Baibao Store, this auction house had a whole hundred counters. Chen Yuan was lucky and happened to be in line for the 100th position.

  The one who welcomed them was a slender and beautiful female cultivator with the same cultivation as Chen Yuan.

  Chen Yu secretly admired him, and it was no wonder that he was a top-notch merchant on the entire continent. A cultivator who could be considered an expert in a small villa was actually just a servant who received guests.

  These major forces are not something Chen Yuan can currently come into contact with.

  Praise should be given where praise is due, but when he comes in to make a deal, he's a customer, and naturally doesn't have to lower himself.

  。

  The appraiser at counter 100 was a middle-aged man with a slender build and an air of elegance, but he was actually a foundation repairman.

  "Senior." Chen Yuan called out in a neither arrogant nor humble tone.

  The middle-aged appraiser nodded at him and asked: "I don't know what you want to consign, sir?"

  Chen Yuan took out the hundred-year-old demon wood's origin core, along with a palm-sized purple crystal stone.

  "Hanshuizi Crystal!" The middle-aged appraiser's gaze directly skipped over the valuable Yaomu Benyuan and astonishingly spoke out the name of the purple crystal.

  When Chen Yuan heard this, he also felt at ease. This crystal stone was discovered by him in a cold pool, and he had seen the introduction of Hanshu Purple Crystal Stone in a book called "Heavenly and Earthly Rare Minerals". After digging it up, he didn't dare to confirm it, but now with the help of this experienced and knowledgeable appraiser, who identified it at once, he finally felt relieved.

  "What a treasure I've picked up!" Chen Yuan secretly rejoiced.

  The middle-aged appraiser was surprised, but soon calmed down. However, looking at the Purple Crystal, there was still some greed in his eyes. As an appraiser, he naturally had professional ethics, and if he were to embezzle other people's auction items, it would undoubtedly damage the reputation of the Shenji Chamber of Commerce, and what awaited him might be the pursuit of a Yuan Ying cultivator.

  "This piece of Xuezi Crystal is a top-quality, fourth-tier water-element ore. It's a bit small, but its value should be over 100 fourth-tier demon crystals. It can definitely be auctioned off as one of the highlights of this sale. As for this Youmu wood core, it's also a great item. If you promote it well, you might be able to sell it for around 30. Do you want to consign it?"

  "Yes!" Chen Yuan nodded.

  "Hmm! This is our auction house's contract book. Take a good look at it, and if there are no problems, sign it with your blood!"

  Taking over the contract from the middle-aged appraiser, Chen Yuan could feel the fluctuations of the spell on it. This contract should be a special talisman issued jointly by the ten prefecture masters of Yunzhou Prefecture. Those who breach the contract will offend the ten prefecture masters and suffer the punishment of destruction of both body and soul.

  Chen Yuan carefully read through the contract and confirmed that there were no errors before signing it in blood.

  "Tomorrow afternoon, there will be an auction. The price of the items you consigned has reached the qualification to become a VIP guest at Shenji Auction House. This jade pendant is a symbol of VIP."

  。”

  Chen Yuan naturally wouldn't refuse and put the jade pendant into his pouch.

  After finishing the delivery, he came out of the counter and was greeted by the receptionist, who had obviously received a message from the middle-aged appraiser and learned that Chen Yuan was already a Ding-class noble guest, showing even more courtesy.

  The other party was a fellow cultivator of the same level, and Chen Yuan didn't dare to give her any reward. He asked her about tomorrow's auction and got an auction list.

  Chen Yuanyi swept a glance and instantly discovered the main material he was looking for this time he entered the city.

  "A hundred-year-old dragon's breath wood, base price one hundred third-grade demon crystals."

  "Fourth-level Lei system crystal, base price fifty-three level crystal."

  "Hei Shui E Jiao's scale piece, base price ten blocks four-level Yao Jing."

  ……

  Chen Yuanshan made a rough estimate in his heart, as long as he auctioned off the Cold Snow Purple Crystal Stone, he should be able to buy all the materials needed for his Array Refining.

  Waiting for him to come out of the auction house, the sky had already darkened, and the afterglow of dusk merged with the bloody aura of the prairie, making the scenery in the west of the city have a kind of unspeakable desolation.

  The residents of Ruo Mu City seemed to be familiar with this scene, but Chen Yuan stood still on the stone steps outside the auction house, looking for a long time. He seemed to see in the sunset the picture of the demon tide surrounding the city, countless monks throwing their heads and bleeding hot blood to resist. Thinking that he was about to embark on the road of opening up his own estate, cultivating together with others, and facing an unknown number of demon tides in the future, and how many people would sacrifice themselves before him...

  "What's the point of going so far?" Not until the sun had set and the afterglow had faded, with nightfall shrouding everything, did Chen Yuan shake his head in self-mockery and head towards the inn at Ruo Mu City.

  Kowloon Walled City is a sleepless city, after nightfall, it is still bright with lights.

  At night, the number of street stalls did not decrease, and some corners that were originally uninhabited also had many more stalls. Most of the monks who went out to hunt and kill monsters during the day returned, and most of the people walking on the main streets were in their actual training period, but there were also quite a few in their Qi-refining period, and Chen Yuan would often encounter foundation-building monks. The city was big, and naturally, all sorts of people from different walks of life were present. Chen Yuan knew his own abilities - although he could ambush and kill third-level monsters, he definitely couldn't defeat a foundation-building monk head-on, so he tried to keep a low profile and didn't go to crowded places to join in the excitement. He quickly found a pretty good inn.

  。

  He booked a fairly comfortable room and traveled continuously for three days without rest, and fell asleep as soon as he entered the room.

  ……

  Early in the morning is probably the quietest time in Rōmusha City.

  Chen Yuan woke up very early and started practicing qigong after exercising his lower body.

  The spiritual energy of Kuangmu City is exceptionally dense, ten times that of Bai Xiao Village. If Chen Yuan was born here from the beginning and had the qualifications of a Kuangmu City resident, he might have broken through to the Refining Qi stage long ago.

  Chen Yuan could be certain that within the protective array of Ruo Mu City, there was definitely a Spirit Gathering Array. That's why the spiritual energy was so dense here. This was the western city's bustling streets, and apparently the Spirit Gathering Array didn't have much influence here. As one headed towards the center of the city, the spiritual energy should be even denser.

  Vital energy is abundant, and cultivation becomes even more smooth. Chen Yuan absorbs the morning light, with yang energy flowing, and a faint golden light emanates from his entire body.

  Now his Yin Yang Lian Shen Jue has completed the first realm of Yuan Chu, and the strength of his physical body is no weaker than that of a cultivator who has undergone foundation washing. The divine snake once said that he was a body with both yin and yang extremes, a physically gifted body among cultivators, but because he had not cultivated properly before, his progress was slow.

  Now that he has the divine art of physical cultivation, his cultivation speed has naturally increased. Chen Yuan is now in the yuan huan realm, also known as the yuan huan three transformations. Currently, Chen Yuan is cultivating the first transformation, 'yin yang transformation'. In the yin yang transformation, Chen Yuan can freely transform between yin and yang energies. However, the yin yang transformation is still at a beginner level. Once Chen Yuan completes the yin yang transformation and enters the wuji transformation, he will be able to harmonize and transform yin and yang at will, turning duality into unity, with yin and yang generating each other, and true energy flowing endlessly. He will also break through the refining qi stage and enter the foundation building stage.

  Chen Yuan's internal true energy was incredibly powerful. Even if he were to engage in a contest with someone who had reached the later stages of Qi refinement, it's unlikely that person would be able to match the depth of his true energy.

  "After I build the manor, I also want to set up a Spirit Gathering Array." Having experienced the effects of the Spirit Gathering Array, Chen Yuan added a new goal for his future manor.

  The auction was in the afternoon, so Chen Yuan couldn't waste his morning.

  He is now wealthy and a cultivator of internal energy, able to recruit some followers. So in the afternoon, Chen Yuan plans to find talent.

  Originally, many young people in the Fragrant Creek Village wanted to follow him, but after getting along with Hai Mingyue, they naturally didn't dare to flirt with her. So Chen Yuan is still a lone commander until now.