Chapter 1,244 Priceless Treasure
Tiandu Martial Arts Contest, benefiting the three realms.
Having said that, the real highlight of Tiandu Martial Arts Contest is still the Golden Core Contest.
The so-called Foundation Establishment and Nascent Soul Contest is just the icing on the cake.
With the end of the Foundation Establishment and Nascent Soul Contest, time has passed through the entire September, and slowly, it is about to enter the trajectory of October.
At this time, the Four Treasures Hall, which once caused quite a stir in Tiandu City, publicly announced: On the first day of October, the Golden Core Auction; the seventh-level spiritual talisman, one spirit starts!
According to the announcement of the Four Treasures Hall, an auction of the Golden Core Realm will be held in the Four Treasures Hall on the first day of October. There is nothing strange about this matter. After all, the Four Treasures Hall is a shop, and it is also a shop under the name of Tongbao Pavilion. There is nothing wrong with holding some auctions regularly and irregularly. It is just a business method.
The strange thing is the last two sentences-the seventh-level spiritual talisman, one spirit starts!
No matter how inferior the talisman is, once it reaches the seventh-grade level, it will be a high-end item of the Nascent Soul Realm.
Put it in an auction of the Golden Core Realm, it is enough to become the finale item.
What's more, the starting price of this seventh-grade spiritual talisman is only one spiritual stone!
One spiritual stone, and it is a low-grade spiritual stone!
Is this the rhythm of courting death?
However, soon, the cultivators with a slightly more active mind saw through the plan of the Four Treasures Hall - the so-called one-spirit starting price is just a gimmick!
The starting price of an item can indeed partially reflect its approximate value, but as long as the item itself has no flaws, then a higher or lower starting price will not have much impact on its transaction price.
No one is stupid!
How could a seventh-grade spiritual talisman be auctioned off by others at a low price of a low-grade spiritual stone?
If the seventh-level talisman is really of high quality, it may take less than three rounds for the price to soar to about one million middle spirits...
But once this gimmick came out, everyone in Tiandu City knew about it.
The battle between the foundation-building stage and the Yuanying stage has ended successfully. Although the Tiandu Martial Arts Competition for the Jindan stage has not ended yet, the rematch will not be held until the tenth day of October.
On the first day of October, there is no village in front and no shop behind.
It happened that at this time, Tiandu City gathered hundreds of thousands of cultivators from the five states of the world.
Although not everyone will go to the auction of Sibaotang, as long as one-tenth or even one-percent of the cultivators participate, it will be extraordinary.
Of course, it is not only Sibaotang that has targeted the auspicious day of the first day of October. Stores such as Huangdao Palace and some other stores have also taken actions.
Even the nominal headquarters of Sibaotang, Tongbao Pavilion, has also made plans for auctions in early October, and will hold three large auctions in one go.
Even so, with the help of the gimmick of the seventh-level spiritual talisman, the Four Treasures Hall still attracted enough attention.
Therefore, on the first day of October, the entrance of the Four Treasures Hall was crowded with people.
However, the Four Treasures Hall was not very large, so they had to queue up to enter.
In this way, only one-tenth of the monks were able to enter the Four Treasures Hall to participate in the auction, but even so, there were as many as four or five hundred people...
Besides, the Four Treasures Hall spent a lot of money on this auction!
That seventh-level spiritual talisman was the first seventh-level spiritual talisman that Xiao Mian had completed in one go a few days ago - the Five Elements Holy Light Talisman!
The Five Elements Holy Light Talisman, the combination of the five elements, the holy light protects the body, even among the seventh-level talismans, is a rare defensive talisman.
However, this thing is of no use to Xiao Mian.
For one thing, Xiao Mian himself is a five-element spiritual root, and he is proficient in the five-element Taoism. He knows the five-element spells like the back of his hand, and there is no need to waste the Five Elements Holy Light Talisman.
Secondly, Xiao Mian's attainments in drawing talismans are deepening. Given time, there will definitely be more and more seventh-level talismans such as the Five Elements Holy Light Talisman, so there is no need to rush.
However, the seventh-level spiritual talisman is the best gimmick.
Therefore, at the beginning of the auction, Xiao Mian's Five Elements Holy Light Talisman was displayed and placed in front of everyone as the first prize.
Five Elements Holy Light Talisman, starting price - a piece of low-grade spiritual stone!
Seeing this, the monks who were fortunate enough to enter the Four Treasures Hall to participate in the auction were eager to move.
Of course, there were also many monks who were puzzled.
According to outside speculation, this Five Elements Holy Light Talisman with a starting price of a piece of low-grade spiritual stone should be the finale of this auction.
Now that the Five Elements Holy Light Talisman has been exposed in advance, doesn't it mean that the Four Treasures Hall has something else to use as the finale?
What could it be?
In anticipation, the bidding price of the Five Elements Holy Light Talisman opened high all the way...
It easily broke through the million-level spiritual barrier.
Besides, the person who presided over the auction this time was none other than Bai Qiye, who had made a name for himself in the Yuanying realm competition a few days ago—Bai Yuxi!
Although Bai Qiye was only interested in living a life of drunkenness and dreaming, he was born in the Bai family of Wanzong City after all, and had been well-informed since childhood. In addition, his status as a Yuanying primary-stage cultivator was enough to suppress the entire audience—after all, all the participants in the auction this time were Jindan cultivators.
Under Bai Qiye's occasional advocacy, the transaction price of the Five Elements Holy Light Talisman was fixed at three million middle spirits.
This price was slightly lower, but it was not bad...
After all, consumables such as talismans could not be equivalent to flying swords and magic weapons.
After that, the Four Treasures Hall took out a lot of sixth-level elixirs, talismans, array plates, and occasionally, some primary-level magic weapons and flying swords were mixed in.
For ordinary Jindan cultivators, these materials were just right.
The items selected by Sibaotang this time are all good and inexpensive, and therefore, there is no unsold item at the end of the auction.
Besides, these items are all produced by Sibaotang itself.
Some are the practice works of the older generation of cultivators such as Hua Yunqing, Qu Shengqing, Zhen Lingzi and Ban Hong, and some are the proud works of Hu Xiner, Xie Feng, Mo Suhe and others.
Among them, there is the sword, a talisman, a formation and a pill that Xiao Mian made on a whim when he was gambling with Jiao Yulong that day.
The other three items are fine, but just average.
But the immortal pill was sold at a sky-high price of two million middle spirits.
This auction is enough to make Sibaotang a lot of money...
Xiao Mian has already said in advance: all the proceeds from the auction will belong to Sibaotang, and will be used to maintain the normal operation of Sibaotang in the future.
Gradually, the auction is coming to an end.
Finally, the finale that everyone was looking forward to quietly appeared.
Mr. Bai Qi opened his right hand, revealing an ordinary small porcelain bottle.
In front of everyone, Mr. Bai Qi did not say a word and pulled open the cork of the porcelain bottle. Suddenly, a faint white smoke rose into the air.
Mr. Bai Qi covered it with his left hand, and the white smoke had nowhere to escape.
Suddenly, a seed fell from between Mr. Bai Qi's left fingers.
In front of everyone, Mr. Bai Qi glanced at it, and the round seed was split into two, half of it fell to the ground, and the other half was fixed in the air.
It was this half seed that floated in the white smoke and gradually changed.
In theory, it is impossible for half a seed to germinate.
However, in full view of the public, the half seed first took root and then sprouted. Not only that, it even pulled out a branch and grew a leaf...
In the end, it even produced a bright red fruit!
In just a few moments, the half seed grew into a swaying spiritual plant.
Everyone stared at the spiritual plant in amazement, but their attention was not on the spiritual plant, but on the inconspicuous small porcelain bottle below the spiritual plant!
Half a seed took root, sprouted, blossomed and bore fruit, which was amazing.
It was also half a seed, but the half that fell on the ground had begun to decay, while the half that was suspended in the air had regained its vitality.
One life, one death, one day, one place.
The small porcelain bottle was the cause of this sharp contrast.
To be more precise: it was the mysterious substance in the small porcelain bottle!
"This thing is priceless. Fellow Taoists, if you are interested, you may as well make your own offer!"
Once the words were spoken, Bai Qiye, the auctioneer, stopped talking.
Not to mention what the thing was, he was too lazy to even set the starting price.
Know what you know, and don't know what you don't know.
Those who can see the origin of the thing will naturally know its value; those who cannot see the details of the thing will think it is expensive even if they bid too low!
As soon as Master Bai Qi finished speaking, someone stood up.
"Zhongling - 100 million!"
These five simple words were like a huge rock smashed into the calm lake.
Zhongling 100 million is enough to buy several high-level magic weapons.
Zhongling 100 million is also enough to make ordinary Jindan cultivators go bankrupt.
What is the thing in the small porcelain bottle?
Who is the person who made the offer?
Just this price kicked out almost all the bidders on the scene.
Even Master Bai Qi, the auctioneer, was a little confused...
But at this time, another person stood up.
"One million Zhongling, what a big mouth!" The person was wrapped in a wide black robe, but the voice was graceful and pleasant, clearly a female cultivator, and then she continued to say: "Life and Death Valley is indeed a profitable sect; the heir of the Holy Land of Life and Death Valley is indeed a big spender! However, I want this bottle of immortal water!"
Simple words shocked everyone one after another.
The person who previously offered "one million Zhongling" was Ling Xiao, the heir of the Holy Land of Life and Death Valley.
What's more surprising is that the thing in the small porcelain bottle is actually the immortal water!
The immortal water is not only beneficial to cultivators, but also to spiritual plants. The previous practice of Bai Qiye is the best proof.
Life and Death Valley has always dealt with various spiritual plants, no wonder they are determined to win.
Some more careful people suddenly realized that the person who spent two million Zhongling to bid for the immortal pill was the mysterious cultivator who had previously offered "one million Zhongling".
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the man took off the bamboo hat covering his face.
A simple and elegant face appeared in front of everyone.
The contemporary descendant of the Holy Land of Life and Death Valley - Ling Xiao!
Now that Ling Xiao's identity has been confirmed, there is no doubt about the identity of the mysterious substance in the small porcelain bottle - it must be the water of immortality!
Staring closely at the black-clothed female cultivator, Ling Xiao frowned slightly.
The water of immortality is what Ling Xiao has always dreamed of.
Just as Bai Qiye showed before, the water of immortality can not only increase the life span of cultivators, but also enhance the vitality of spiritual plants.
Ling Xiao happened to have a half-dead spiritual plant seed on hand...
If there is the water of immortality, Ling Xiao may be able to make it take root and sprout, and grow vigorously.
For the descendants of Life and Death Valley like Ling Xiao, they do not pursue powerful magic weapons and flying swords. What they value is often precious and powerful spiritual plants.
Once the seed in Ling Xiao's hand grows smoothly, she will have an extra killer!
In order to obtain the immortal water, Ling Xiao had asked Xie Ying of Tongbao Pavilion for help before, but Xie Ying was unable to find out anything from Xiao Mian.
Now that he was surprised to see the immortal water at the auction, it was no wonder that Ling Xiao couldn't hold back.
Unfortunately, good things come with a long wait.
The black-clothed female cultivator not only exposed Ling Xiao's identity, but also revealed the details of the immortal water.
Now it seems that it will take some twists and turns!
If it really doesn't work, he can only ask for help from the sect...
Ling Xiao's desire for the immortal water has exceeded her self-esteem as a descendant of the holy land - as a last resort, Ling Xiao is ready to use her power to suppress others!
Unexpectedly, the next moment, Ling Xiao's expression changed.
But at this moment, the black-clothed female cultivator laughed softly.
"This item is priceless! I must get it!" With a faint smile, the black-clothed female cultivator's spiritual eyes hidden in the hat swept the whole audience, and said calmly: "Your lives are also priceless. I will exchange your priceless lives for this priceless longevity water. Do you mind?"
When the black-clothed female cultivator said this, everyone was stunned.
Then, the crowd was excited.
From the meaning of the black-clothed female cultivator's words, it was clear that she wanted to use the lives of everyone present as bargaining chips to exchange for the bottle of longevity water.
Longevity water is indeed a priceless treasure.
Everyone's life cannot be measured by spirit stones.
But life is one's own, how can we let the black-clothed female cultivator squander it?
"How dare you!" With a cold shout, Bai Qiye, who was standing on the auction table, had already shown the majesty of a Yuanying ancestor. He held the immortal water tightly in one hand and took out a wine gourd in the other. Bai Qiye took a sip of the spiritual wine and shouted: "Although my Sibaotang is unknown, it is not a place where you lowly people can do whatever you want!"
As he spoke, a Yuanying pressure erupted.
The black-clothed female cultivator did not dodge and took it calmly.
Everyone thought that she had been controlled by Bai Qiye, but Bai Qiye himself looked more and more ugly, and in the end, he was even full of fear...
At the first encounter, it was not Bai Qiye who subdued the black-clothed female cultivator, but the black-clothed female cultivator suppressed Bai Qiye in the opposite direction with the unpredictable power of ghosts and gods.
With the combat power that Bai Qiye has now, it is impossible for an ordinary Yuanying primary stage ancestor to subdue him so easily. Even the Qingqiu ancestor at the middle stage of the Yuanying realm is afraid that he can't do it - but the mysterious black-clothed female cultivator actually did it!
"Do you think: your lives are still your own?" While speaking, the black-clothed female cultivator slowly peeled off the black robe on her body, revealing a graceful and exquisite figure. With a turn of her beautiful eyes, the stunning female cultivator smiled sweetly: "For the sake of the immortal water, I will not kill you today, but one person must die!"
As soon as the word "death" came out, the murderous aura was chilling!