Chapter 854

“This is the only opportunity you will have to come into contact with immortal arts.”

“If you join Little Bamboo Peak in the future, these will be yours. Otherwise, even if you join the Shushan Sect, you will not have a chance to touch these things without being observed for a hundred years.”

“We have already shown our sincerity; what about yours?”

Herta subconsciously wanted to ponder it for a moment, but Ruan Mei took it directly without changing her expression.

“Once I join the Shushan Sect, I will join Little Bamboo Peak.”

“Very good.”

Ningguang smiled brightly, and the next moment, the jade talisman turned into a stream of light and surged into Ruan Mei’s mind.

“When you become a cultivator, this cultivation technique will be officially activated.”

“We will wait for you at Little Bamboo Peak.”

As the words fell, without giving them a chance to react, Herta and the others only felt a blur before their eyes, and Ningguang and the others had vanished.

The pedestrians around them, who had been frozen in place, also began to make noise again.

Not a single person felt anything of what had just happened.

Herta could not help but marvel once more at the formidable methods of the cultivators.

0 Seeking flowers

This was a power close to freezing time and space, but, upon reflection, one knew that Ningguang, who was at the early stage of Refining Qi into Spirit, did not possess such power.

To put it bluntly, it was just some minor tricks.

However, in any case, Otto and the others had not discovered it.

“Ruan Mei, you didn’t even wait for us to consider it before you packaged and sold us all together?”

Herta looked at Ruan Mei with some resentment, and the latter, having sorted through the cultivation technique in her mind, said softly:

“I don’t think we have any possibility of bargaining. Rather than wasting time thinking, it is better to agree directly, so as to leave a good impression.”

“That may be so… but we’ve been sold, and we still don’t have the cultivation technique!”

Herta looked at Ruan Mei with some displeasure, and the latter said calmly:

“You will be given it later, but not now. That cultivation technique cannot be used at all if one does not cultivate immortality.”

“The top priority is to take advantage of this auction to familiarize ourselves with the power of the cultivation world as much as possible.”

Seeing Ruan Mei continue to shop on her own, Herta and the others looked at each other and could only follow helplessly.

In a dimension they could not observe, Ningguang and the others watched them quietly, listening to their conversation.

800. The reason for targeting Ruan Mei, the divine body…

“Senior Sister Ningguang, you just gave it to them directly?”

Nilou looked at Ningguang, somewhat puzzled, and said softly:

“What if they go back on their word?”

“They won’t. They are all smart people.”

Ningguang smiled, full of confidence:

“Smart people are the best at assessing the situation. They have no choice now, and my things are not so easy to take.”

“Let’s go back. Our Little Bamboo Peak is finally about to welcome a divine body, and what’s more… a divine body at the late stage of Refining Qi into Spirit.”

Ningguang stared deeply at Ruan Mei, and Barbara, who was on the side, was somewhat puzzled.

“Senior Sister Ningguang, it’s so strange. Those girls, except for the pink-haired girl, are all very strong. I feel that the energy in their bodies, if placed in the original Teyvat, would be too much even for Head Seat Zhongli to handle.”

“Why can they only become late-stage Refining Qi into Spirit?”

Ningguang shook her head and said calmly:

“Energy is insignificant. No matter how powerful the energy is, it is very fragile compared to the true essence of a cultivator.”

“What truly affects a cultivator’s strength is their realm.”

“Their realms are not very high. As for the energy you see, to put it bluntly, it is borrowed from their so-called Aeons.”

“That is not their own power. The Star Rail universe is very magical.”

“Aeons obtain infinite imaginary energy from the Imaginary Tree, and these so-called Pathstriders and Emanators obtain energy from the Aeons by walking their Paths.”

“In the end, it is uncertain how much of this power belongs to them.”

“Just like Head Seat Zhongli and the others, compared to these Emanators, their original power as the Seven Archons was very weak, but it should be noted that that power originated from the essence of their lives.”

“Even if placed in the myriad worlds, it can still be used, but their power, once it goes to a world without an Imaginary Tree, cannot be utilized.”

“Borrowed power is, after all, not cultivated by oneself.”

“And those Aeons are for the Sect Master to deal with; what will happen in the future is still uncertain.”

“However, their talent is excellent.”

Ningguang smiled with relief and said softly:

“Prepare yourselves. It shouldn’t be long before the Sect Master opens a special introduction channel for geniuses.”

“The Sect Master will not allow such geniuses to wait bitterly for a hundred years to join the Shushan Sect; that would be a waste of talent.”

Barbara nodded thoughtfully and then said in a low voice:

“But… if we do this, won’t Senior Sister Shenhe… after all, Senior Sister Shenhe is the Head Seat designated by the Sect Master.”

Ningguang amusedly tapped Barbara on the head.

“You said yourself that Shenhe is the candidate designated by the Sect Master, so what are you worried about? Our Little Bamboo Peak is very special; in our lineage, only a Pure Yin Body can inherit Little Bamboo Peak.”

“As long as a second Pure Yin Body does not appear, Shenhe will be fine.”

“Even if one does appear, the Sect Master is, after all, a person who values old ties.”

Barbara stuck out her tongue.

“Alright, then what shall we do next?”

“Of course, go back and cultivate.”

Ningguang said softly:

“The powerhouses of the Star Rail universe will join the Shushan Sect in a few days. By then, I expect there will be those at the Refining Qi into Spirit, or even Refining Spirit into Void stages.”

“Our cultivation cannot fall behind.”

“In the end, we have to rely on strength to speak. Recently, there have been no major events in Shushan, so we can cultivate in peace for a while.”

The group exchanged a few words, and before long, they turned into streams of light and flew back to Shushan.

Just like before, Otto and Old Yang and the others still did not notice.

801. The auction begins

Everything that had just happened was hidden in the hearts of Ruan Mei and the others.

After continuing to stroll around the market and purchasing quite a few things, with the sound of a bell, the auction officially began.

They met up with Otto and the others and, using the convenience of their identities, entered the fourth floor of the auction venue.

Although they would not participate in the auction, as disciples of Shushan, they naturally had privileges.

“Sitting here, you can get a full view of the auction.”

Otto sat by the window with a smile and pointed to the fruit on the table.

“These are some spiritual fruits of not very high grade, but they are already the best things at this auction.”

“Try them. For ordinary people, the effects are very good; prolonging life and being immune to all diseases are just minor matters.”

Hearing this, everyone said thank you, picked up the spiritual fruits to look at them curiously, and then cautiously took a bite.

The next moment, everyone widened their eyes in unison, looking at the spiritual fruits in their hands in surprise.

“How is it?”

Old Yang asked casually.

The group did not answer, but their behavior of eating faster already answered Old Yang.

Especially Fu Xuan, who was even more shocked.

Although she had thought that cultivators had a way to resolve the so-called Mara-Struck, but…

Heaven knows that after eating a piece of fruit, she felt that her Mara-Struck was basically gone.

Although she was still young and it was not yet time for her Mara-Struck to manifest, this thing called Mara-Struck had existed since the birth of the long-lived species on the Xianzhou.

She naturally had ways to confirm it.

It is ridiculous to say…

The long-lived species of the Xianzhou only live for a thousand years, yet they have such a painful curse.