Chapter 286

Subsequently, Ye Qingxuan took out another sixth-tier supreme-grade flying boat.

"The forty-eighth auction item: a sixth-tier supreme-grade flying boat, engraved with the same array formation as the previous one. The starting price is seventy thousand supreme-grade spirit stones."

"Eighty thousand supreme-grade spirit stones."

"Ninety thousand supreme-grade spirit stones."

"One hundred thousand supreme-grade spirit stones."

Flying boats are products born from the combination of the Art of Artifacts and the Art of Arrays, requiring far more materials and time than ordinary magic treasures.

Therefore, their prices are generally higher than those of magic treasures of the same tier.

However, at an auction, demand varies, and no one can guarantee whose price will be higher.

Previously, Ye Qingxuan had originally intended to refine the sixth-tier peak-level one-horned sea dragon into a sixth-tier supreme-grade flying boat.

After weighing the options for a moment, he ultimately split the materials to refine the Red Dragon Elixir, the Dragon-Engraved Shield, and the Dragon-Engraved Spear.

Just as Ye Qingxuan was silently assessing the spirit mines obtained from this auction.

With these spirit mines, not only could he meet his raw material needs for a long time to come, but he could also accelerate the analysis of the elements within the Qingxuan Cave Heaven.

As soon as Ye Qingxuan finished speaking, the bidding in the arena began to ring out incessantly.

"Two hundred thousand supreme-grade spirit stones."

Looking at the storage ring before him, Ye Qingxuan spoke softly under everyone's gaze.

"The forty-ninth auction item: a sixth-tier supreme-grade Five Elements Inversion Great Array, integrating both offense and defense, with a maximum coverage area of fifteen million square kilometers."

Suddenly, a storage ring appeared floating above the stone platform before Ye Qingxuan.

This Dongxuan Auction now had only the final item remaining.

Besides this, Ye Qingxuan still had some leftover scraps from the one-horned sea dragon.

"Seven hundred and ten thousand supreme-grade spirit stones."

Many of these spirit mines were ones Ye Qingxuan had not collected before.

"The starting price is six hundred and ninety thousand supreme-grade spirit stones."

"Seven hundred and twenty thousand supreme-grade spirit stones."

If refined into a sixth-tier flying boat, the returns from that sixth-tier peak-level one-horned sea dragon would not necessarily have been this great.

With a slight movement of his spiritual sense, looking at the mountains of various spirit mines piled up in the Dongxuan City inventory, Ye Qingxuan's heart bloomed with joy.

The competition for the second sixth-tier supreme-grade flying boat had also settled.

He had not expected that the factions in Xingluo Province, whose strength appeared lackluster, actually possessed such substantial reserves.

"Seven hundred thousand supreme-grade spirit stones."

Inside that storage ring were all the array foundations and array disks for the sixth-tier supreme-grade Five Elements Inversion Great Array.

Ultimately, the second sixth-tier supreme-grade flying boat was successfully won by Xing Zejun, the City Lord of Xingluo City, for two hundred thousand supreme-grade spirit stones.

After both sixth-tier supreme-grade flying boats were auctioned off.

During the bidding for this second sixth-tier supreme-grade flying boat, Wang Mian had decisively remained silent and did not participate in the bidding.

Compared to the frenzy of other factions, Xing Zejun appeared much more calm.

This was because the city protection array of his Xingluo City covered a far larger area than the sixth-tier supreme-grade Five Elements Inversion Great Array appearing at the auction.

Therefore, Xing Zejun did not participate in the bidding for the final item of this Dongxuan Auction.

Ye Qingxuan glanced at the motionless Xing Zejun and felt no surprise.

More than a dozen factions had already entered the bidding; it did not matter if Xingluo City was missing from the list.

Arrays are the commodities with the most volatile prices.

For arrays of the same tier, differences in coverage area can result in a price gap as vast as heaven and earth.

According to Ye Qingxuan's understanding.

Currently, within Xingluo Province, aside from Xingluo City, which has the longest lineage.

None of the other factions' bases exceed nine million square kilometers.

It is not that they do not wish to expand their sect bases, nor that the spiritual lands they occupy are only this large.

It is because in Xingluo Province, humans and demonic beasts coexist.

If a sect base lacks a corresponding array for protection, it is highly likely to suddenly suffer an attack from demonic beasts.

Under such circumstances, cultivators cannot calmly enter seclusion within their sect bases.

It can be said that insufficient coverage of the sect protection array or city protection array is one of the main reasons restricting the development of these factions.

Previously, it was not that these sects did not want to expand the protection arrays of their own bases.

Rather, the array masters within Xingluo Province lacked the ability to refine sixth-tier protection arrays with larger coverage areas.

Although they all appear to be sixth-tier arrays, the larger the coverage area, the more array patterns must be engraved.

The array patterns engraved in an array must interlock and fit together perfectly.

It cannot be achieved simply by randomly engraving dense array patterns.

To expand the coverage area of the same Great Array based on the original foundation, one must comprehend the deeper connections between array principles and array patterns.

For ordinary array masters, this is a headache-inducing task.

But for Ye Qingxuan, whose comprehension is heaven-defying, this is nothing more than a trivial matter.

This time, many factions came specifically for this sixth-tier peak-level Five Elements Inversion Great Array.

A coverage area of fifteen million square kilometers is sufficient to encompass all the spiritual lands surrounding their faction bases.

In this way, with base expansion, the additional spiritual lands could increase the quota for their disciples.

Over time, the probability of strong cultivators appearing would increase, naturally creating a growing gap between them and other factions.

During the bidding for previous items, it was only because the major factions held back in order to secure this sixth-tier supreme-grade Five Elements Inversion Great Array.

How could they possibly let Zhenbao Pavilion so easily acquire so many treasures of the highest sixth-tier quality?

Did they truly think their accumulation spanning thousands or even tens of thousands of years amounted to only this?

Look at the frenzy with which these factions are bidding on this final item.

Ye Qingxuan knew that the bidding on the previous items was nothing compared to what these factions were willing to do.

"Nine hundred and seventy thousand supreme spirit stones."

"Nine hundred and eighty thousand supreme spirit stones."

"One million supreme spirit stones."

Seeing that the bidding for the Five Elements Reversal Great Formation had soared to one million supreme spirit stones and the major factions were still fiercely competing, Ye Qingxuan muttered to himself:

"It seems there is still plenty of profit to be squeezed from these factions in Xingluozhou!"

He had underestimated the deep foundations of these factions that had stood in Xingluozhou for so long.

Previously, Ye Qingxuan had worried that the factions in Xingluozhou could not bear the cost of a formation with a larger coverage area.

That was why he had restricted the coverage of this formation to fifteen million square kilometers.

Had he known these factions possessed such immense foundations.

He would have expanded the formation's coverage even further, driving the bidding factions into even greater frenzy.

However, it is too late now; this will have to wait for next time.

"Two million supreme spirit stones."

The bidder was Nan Yu Wentian, the City Lord of Nanyu City.

Nanyu City is a Soul Transformation-level faction located closest to the Tianqian Mountain Range, the gathering place of sixth-tier demonic beasts.

It is almost constantly required to defend against attacks from the demonic beasts of the Tianqian Mountain Range.

Therefore, Nanyu City has the greatest need for this sixth-tier supreme Five Elements Reversal Great Formation.

The price of two million supreme spirit stones was enough to make many factions back down.

Although they could afford this price.

The cost was too great and did not align with their interests.

As a faction, one must consider all aspects.

If they exhausted their own foundations, even if they won this formation and expanded their sect's territory, it would hold little meaning.

They do not face the threat of demonic beasts from the Tianqian Mountain Range like Nanyu City, nor do they urgently need a sixth-tier supreme guardian formation to defend their stronghold.

Outside the territories of most factions, although there are demonic beasts, they are not sufficient to endanger their very foundations.

Seeing the other factions stop bidding, Nan Yu Wentian breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of Chapter)