[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-eternal-cultivation-starting-from-the-blessed-cu":3,"chapter-eternal-cultivation-starting-from-the-blessed-cu-eternal-cultivation-starting-from-the-blessed-cu-chapter-197":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Immortal Cultivation for Eternal Life: Starting as a Fortune Cultivator",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1902483,2538,"Chapter 197: Auction","eternal-cultivation-starting-from-the-blessed-cu-chapter-197",197,"\u003Cp>Time passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Liu Fei selected enough personnel to join the City Lord's Mansion and fully took over the miscellaneous affairs within Dongxuan City,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>nearly twenty days had elapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, only three days remained until the Dongxuan City auction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the auction date approached, more and more cultivators entered Dongxuan City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, many Nascent Soul experts had already appeared within Dongxuan City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Nascent Soul experts were mostly from major powers; very few were independent cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, within Ye Qingxuan's array sense,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>several faint Soul Transformation auras lingered outside Dongxuan City, with no immediate intention to enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three days passed in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Qingxuan stood atop the peak of Wanling Mountain, hands clasped behind his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overlooking the Dongxuan Market below Wanling Mountain, he said softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Dongxuan Auction is about to begin. Daoists of Purple Mansion realm and above, please enter the Dongxuan Blessed Land.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the array's amplification, Ye Qingxuan's voice instantly spread throughout Dongxuan City, inside and out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Ye Qingxuan shifted his mind, and a massive gateway suddenly appeared at the foot of Wanling Mountain in the center of the Dongxuan Market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon the gateway, the four large characters \"Dongxuan Blessed Land\" shimmered with spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the gateway, thick spiritual energy churned; various ornamental spirit plants were scattered everywhere, and spirit butterflies fluttered, resembling a fairyland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current Dongxuan Blessed Land was far from the desolation it had been when first opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fluttering spirit butterflies were Wan Hua Spirit Butterflies, spirit beasts released by Ye Qingxuan into the Dongxuan Blessed Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within ten years, Ye Qingxuan had transplanted numerous fifth-grade ornamental spirit plants from the Qingxuan Cave Heaven Blessed Land into the Dongxuan Blessed Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ornamental spirit plants were not without utility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was merely that their practical effects were inferior, and better spirit plants could replace them, so they gradually became ornamental.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The combined effect of the Wan Hua Spirit Butterflies and various fifth-grade spirit plants created the current scenery of the Dongxuan Blessed Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Ye Qingxuan's words ended, the gateway to the Dongxuan Blessed Land opened wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivators attracted by the Dongxuan Blessed Land successively passed through the appearing gateway and entered the Dongxuan Blessed Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dongxuan Blessed Land? Hmph, quite a grand name.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Yuan, the Sect Master of the Huangji Sect, stood before the gateway to the Dongxuan Blessed Land with the Third Elder of the Huangji Sect, his face showing displeasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slightly released his own Soul Transformation aura, instantly startling the cultivators around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This aura? Could it be a Soul Transformation Venerable?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, this is a Soul Transformation Venerable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I never expected the Dongxuan Auction to attract a Soul Transformation expert!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, a few Nascent Soul experts recognized Cheng Yuan's identity:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the Sect Master of the Huangji Sect. He must have come to Dongxuan City to cause trouble!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, the cultivators who had not yet entered the Dongxuan Blessed Land immediately hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wondered whether to abandon the Dongxuan Auction and leave Dongxuan City directly. However, before they could react,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the moment after Cheng Yuan released his Soul Transformation aura, the sky above Dongxuan City churned with aura as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful force directly locked onto Cheng Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Yuan raised his head slightly, Dao patterns swirling in his eyes, and a hint of wariness appeared on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After weighing the situation for a moment, Cheng Yuan slowly retracted his aura and, expressionless, led the Third Elder behind him into the Dongxuan Blessed Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Cheng Yuan enter the Dongxuan Blessed Land, the Duanhun Venerable, who had just entered the venue, wore an amused expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he stepped forward and entered the Dongxuan Blessed Land as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Cheng Yuan voluntarily retract his aura and enter the Dongxuan Blessed Land, the others exchanged glances for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after realizing the situation and recalling the churning aura above Dongxuan City, they seemed to guess something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, they all put aside their concerns and entered the Dongxuan Blessed Land. After all cultivators of Purple Mansion realm and above had entered the Dongxuan Blessed Land, a figure wearing a purple-gold mask and dressed in a green robe walked calmly to the gateway of the Dongxuan Blessed Land in the Dongxuan Market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dongxuan Blessed Land? Hehe, interesting!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having spoken, his figure likewise entered the Dongxuan Blessed Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after he entered did the gateway to the Dongxuan Blessed Land slowly close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Wanling Mountain, Ye Qingxuan frowned: \"Three Soul Transformation Venerables have come. It seems the suppression item for the auction needs to be changed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Qingxuan originally did not wish to attract the attention of Soul Transformation experts in the early stages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since Soul Transformation experts had come, Ye Qingxuan would not disappoint them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps this auction could even be used to intimidate these Soul Transformation experts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today was of great importance, and too many experts had arrived; Ye Qingxuan needed to fully control the city protection array of Dongxuan City to be prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, this projection of his did not enter the Dongxuan Blessed Land but remained atop Wanling Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The host of this Dongxuan Auction was a sixth-grade mid-tier combat puppet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Qingxuan had left his spiritual sense on the puppet, allowing him to host the Dongxuan Auction remotely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Dongxuan Blessed Land,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the cultivators who had entered to attend the auction were now taking their seats one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dongxuan Blessed Land had restrictions set by Ye Qingxuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Dan cultivators could only remain on the flat ground of the Dongxuan Blessed Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nascent Soul cultivators could access the interconnected chambers opened on the second-level stone wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soul Transformation realm cultivators may access the private rooms carved into the third-tier stone wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before every seat, various spiritual fruits and delicacies were arranged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Foundation Establishment realm cultivators can only remain on the flat ground of the Dongxuan Blessed Land,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>seated among fifth-tier rare flowers and spiritual plants, with spiritual butterflies fluttering between the seats, they felt as though attending a gathering of immortal friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, they held no complaints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over three hundred cultivators entered the Dongxuan Blessed Land to attend the Dongxuan Auction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Excluding Jin Dan realm cultivators,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>thirty-eight Nascent Soul realm cultivators entered the second-tier open hall, while only three Soul Transformation realm cultivators entered the third-tier private rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon the central high platform of the Dongxuan Blessed Land, a figure stood before a small stone pedestal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This figure was one of Ye Qingxuan's three sixth-tier combat puppets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three Soul Transformation realm cultivators in the arena, upon entering the Dongxuan Blessed Land, had kept their gazes fixed on the sixth-tier puppet atop the high platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Soul Transformation realm? Yet the aura seems somewhat peculiar.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Yuan looked at the figure on the high platform, deeply puzzled in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sixth-tier combat puppet possessed the appearance of a normal human and was inscribed with various small sixth-tier formations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the combat puppet was not in battle mode, ordinary Soul Transformation realm cultivators could not see through its true form at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Cheng Yuan could not discern the true nature of that sixth-tier puppet at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After everyone had taken their seats,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the spiritual sense of Ye Qingxuan, attached to the puppet, controlled it to speak:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Dongxuan Auction officially begins.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, light flickered atop the small stone pedestal before him, and a wooden box was instantly transmitted over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the wooden box before him, Ye Qingxuan introduced:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The first item is a set of four-tier supreme Spirit Root Elixirs. One Spirit Root Elixir can increase a Jin Dan realm cultivator's spirit root conversion efficiency by 80%, with effects lasting for the burning of three incense sticks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The set comprises ten bottles, totaling one hundred elixirs. The starting bid is ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones. Please place your bids!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Spirit Root Elixir was, in fact, the Spirit Enhancement Elixir exclusive to the Xuantian Sect where Ye Qingxuan resided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, out of caution, Ye Qingxuan had merely changed the name and color of the Spirit Enhancement Elixir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of this chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1360,"2026-06-12T14:26:54.351Z",1,"Qwen3.5 122B","d77e6af22442ca69cfe64f8ff65dc2ae80b21bd8d2054a6ac99133a00c421db6","eternal-cultivation-starting-from-the-blessed-cu-chapter-198","eternal-cultivation-starting-from-the-blessed-cu-chapter-196",660,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Feternal-cultivation-starting-from-the-blessed-cu-cover.jpg"]