wan hua dao xian

Chapter 11

Flight-type magical instruments have always been popular among cultivators. This Cloud-Piercing Shuttle, even among low-grade flight instruments, can be considered a decent one. The base price of seven hundred spirit stones is not unreasonable, so when Luo Ning made the offer, many cultivators eagerly bid!

"Seven hundred and ten spirit stones!"

"Seven hundred and twenty spirit stones!"

"Seven hundred and fifty spirit stones!"

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"One thousand two hundred spirit stones!" Almost all the cultivators in the audience shouted out this price! For these cultivators beneath the stage, offering over a thousand spirit stones at once indeed requires great courage. Some cultivators don't even have more than five hundred spirit stones on them!

"One thousand two hundred spirit stones! One thousand two hundred spirit stones! Any higher?" Luo Ning shouted from the stage.

"One thousand two hundred spirit stones for the first time!"

"One thousand two hundred spirit stones for the second time!"

"One thousand two hundred spirit stones for the third time!"

"Sold! This Cloud-Piercing Shuttle belongs to this fellow cultivator!" Luo Ning smiled.

The cultivator who won the bid for the shuttle followed the auction personnel backstage, paid the spirit stones, and immediately left the Golden Auction House!

Although Li Xiuxian found this Cloud-Piercing Shuttle interesting, it wasn't to the extent that he had to bid for it. Moreover, with his current cultivation at the third level of Qi Refinement, his spiritual power couldn't support using such low-grade magical instruments for long. To proficiently use these low-grade magical instruments, he estimated he would need to reach around the seventh level of Qi Refinement. Therefore, Li Xiuxian's desire for magical instruments wasn't that strong at the moment. Good magical instruments require sufficient cultivation to wield!

"Next up for auction is a 200-year-old spiritual herb—Golden Flower Vine, with a starting price of four hundred spirit stones. Each bid must not be less than ten spirit stones. Golden Flower Vine is the main ingredient for refining Foundation Establishment Pills. A 200-year-old Golden Flower Vine can improve the success rate of refining Foundation Establishment Pills. Don't miss out, friends interested in alchemy!" Luo Ning announced with a smile.

"Phew!" Li Xiuxian almost sprayed out the tea in his mouth when he saw this auction item. Just a 200-year-old Golden Flower Vine was priced at four hundred spirit stones, and even the age of two hundred years was considered valuable!

If a 200-year-old Golden Flower Vine is considered a rare spiritual herb, what about the 500-year-old Golden Flower Vine filling Li Xiuxian's Heaven's Wealth Pearl?

Li Xiuxian's disdain didn't represent everyone's opinion. Not everyone possesses treasures like the Heaven's Wealth Pearl. Some cultivators, stuck at the twelfth level of Qi Refinement for many years, desperately sought the five main herbs for refining Foundation Establishment Pills throughout their lives. For them, a 200-year-old Golden Flower Vine was an opportunity not to be missed!

"Five hundred spirit stones!"

"Five hundred and fifty spirit stones!" Li Xiuxian watched as these cultivators below crazily raised the bids, helplessly shaking his head. Not only the cultivators below the stage but even those in private rooms started bidding.

The price of this 200-year-old Golden Flower Vine kept rising, reaching a staggering sixteen hundred spirit stones!

Although the price for a 200-year-old Golden Flower Vine was far from worth it, its value rose steadily because it was one of the five main herbs for refining Foundation Establishment Pills!

The greatest dream of all Qi Refinement cultivators is to break through to Foundation Establishment and become a powerful figure in Yizhou. A Foundation Establishment Pill can change their destiny. Thus, just a 200-year-old Golden Flower Vine could drive them crazy!

"Sixteen hundred spirit stones! Any higher?"

"Sixteen hundred spirit stones once!"

"Sixteen hundred spirit stones twice!"

"Sixteen hundred spirit stones thrice!"

"Sold! This Golden Flower Vine belongs to the fellow cultivator in Room 204!" Luo Ning declared loudly.

After the Golden Flower Vine, most of the upcoming items for auction were spiritual herbs. Li Xiuxian had no interest in these herbs; there was no need for him to buy these herbs with relatively low ages at an auction. If he really wanted them, he could buy seeds or seedlings, which were much cheaper than these herbs!

Bored, Li Xiuxian picked up two jade slips on the table to browse through the information inside. Jade slips are tools used by cultivators to record information. Although Li Xiuxian was using this type of jade slip for the first time, he had a certain understanding of its usage.

As his divine sense entered the jade slip, a large amount of information flowed into Li Xiuxian's mind. These two jade slips were placed here by the Golden Auction House to entertain guests. They mostly recorded various anecdotes, customs, and information about the cultivation world in Yizhou. Ordinary cultivators usually paid no attention to such things, but for Li Xiuxian, this information was very useful.

Li Xiuxian rarely interacted with the cultivation world, and his only source of information was the conversations of some cultivators working in the mines. Therefore, his knowledge of the cultivation world was extremely limited. These two jade slips were just what he needed to supplement this deficiency!

So, while others were busy raising bids, Li Xiuxian immersed himself in the information within the jade slips.

Unknowingly, more than half of the auction had passed. The smile on Luo Ning's face never wavered. The results of this auction were quite good. Several spiritual herbs sold for impressive prices, and she would receive a substantial commission when the auction ended.

"Next up is one of the three treasures of today's auction! The fire-element cultivation technique 'Playing with Fire Art.' This 'Playing with Fire Art' was discovered in the ruins of ancient cultivators and has been verified as authentic by our appraisal experts. The appraiser even boldly speculated that this 'Playing with Fire Art' would be highly beneficial for alchemy. If any of you here are alchemists or aspire to become one, do not miss out! The starting price is four thousand spirit stones, with each bid not less than one hundred spirit stones!" Luo Ning announced, placing a crimson jade slip at the center.

When Luo Ning announced the starting price of four thousand low-grade spirit stones, the cultivators in the audience couldn't help but gasp. Four thousand low-grade spirit stones were beyond their reach. Even the cultivators in the private rooms shook their heads helplessly. The starting price of four thousand spirit stones was already beyond their budget!

The seating arrangement in the Golden Auction House was meticulous. Seats were assigned based on a cultivator's financial capability and cultivation level. The lower-grade seats were beneath the stage, occupied by cultivators with lower strength and wealth, typically at the third cultivation level with cultivation around the fifth or sixth level of Qi Refinement.

In the private rooms, there were individuals with some wealth, usually core members of cultivation families or introductory disciples of sects.

The ground-level rooms were for those possessing vast wealth or remarkable strength, typically family heads or elders of sects.

The sky-level rooms were reserved for the superpowers of Yizhou, who had the qualifications to enter! The three treasures showcased at the end of the auction were targeted only at cultivators in the ground-level and sky-level rooms!

"Four thousand five hundred spirit stones!" A cultivator in Room 304 of the ground level was the first to bid, raising the price by five hundred spirit stones at once!