[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-can-fix-my-talent-in-hundred-lives":3,"chapter-i-can-fix-my-talent-in-hundred-lives-i-can-fix-my-talent-in-hundred-lives-chapter-22":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Can Fix My Talent in Hundred Lives",{"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},1302689,1728,"Chapter 22 - 19: The Auction","i-can-fix-my-talent-in-hundred-lives-chapter-22",22,"\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evening, on the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Wangyou leaned against Chen Sheng’s shoulder, the couple talking about everyday life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Chen Sheng’s years of support and diligent encouragement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Huang Wangyou was lazy, she didn’t give up on cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two years ago, she officially broke through to the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Wangyou suddenly spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Yun, the Cyan Wood Commerce Association sent an invitation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After March, there will be a major auction held every ten years, rumored to feature Foundation Establishment Pills this time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Sheng shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It might just be a gimmick.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for the Foundation Establishment Pill, there’s no need for us to think about it; even if they exist, the three major clans would have snapped them all up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But, since it’s a once-in-a-decade event, maybe there will be a few more Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Wangyou sighed softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects, we can only look at them, we can’t afford them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anything related to the Foundation Establishment Upper Realm is sky-high priced.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Wangyou is the head housekeeper and is well aware of the household expenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to the presence of the High Grade Beneficial Technique Pill, the Pill Workshop now has an annual income of around three thousand spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s a high number, enough to purchase one or two ordinary Top Grade Magical Artifacts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the price of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects is much higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A price of two or three thousand spirit stones is common; it would take us ten years of saving without eating or drinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not eating or drinking is impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The family’s daily cultivation, magical artifacts, magic robes, and Huang Yueyang’s alchemy research.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything requires money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Sheng chuckled lightly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s slowly accumulate, Chen’Er is still young, maybe there will be opportunities in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go look together; even if we can’t buy anything, it’s good to gain some experience.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Wangyou nodded upon hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She suddenly had a thought and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, Brother Yun, do you remember the Vascular Protection Pill from the last auction?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Sheng raised an eyebrow immediately:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could I forget, it’s a Tier One Elixir, costing three thousand spirit stones each, truly shocking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Wangyou smiled gently:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It can save your life, it’s worth the price.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For most cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foundation Establishment is an endeavor taken with a determination to risk life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are only two possibilities: either you die or succeed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vascular Protection Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was developed by an Alchemy Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Specifically used to preserve the body’s meridians after a failed Foundation Establishment attempt, keeping a person alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Sheng nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, this Vascular Protection Pill also has drawbacks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s a saying: strike while the iron is hot; a second attempt falters, and a third is exhausted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Taking this pill, the spirit of the Upper Realm is greatly diminished, and the probability of breakthrough decreases significantly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Wangyou smiled lightly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Without the aid of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects, the probability is low to begin with, a little lower doesn’t matter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it really comes to that, we’ll just buy a Vascular Protection Pill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Success or not is another matter; keeping life is the most important.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Sheng held her hand, feeling the warmth of her palm:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, I’ll listen to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once we reach Qi Cultivation Perfection, we’ll take a Vascular Protection Pill to at least save our lives.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Wangyou was delighted to hear this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mentioning the Vascular Protection Pill was precisely for this reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew her husband’s strong ambition of pursuing the Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wouldn’t be content without trying once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with their qualifications, the success rate was extremely low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Wangyou set her expectations very low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not seeking to successfully reach the Upper Realm, only to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another two months passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Sheng sat cross-legged on the meditation mat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A purple wooden box lay in front of him, filled with blue elixir pills — Beneficial Technique Pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In two months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had consumed seven Beneficial Technique Pills in succession, reaching the limit for this pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura was far beyond the early Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mana was abundant, reaching the late Seventh Layer, nearing the peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Sheng introspected the mana in his dantian and sighed softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, consuming pills is faster!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Saved seven or eight years of effort.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then operated the Qi Refining Technique, feeling many obstructions in his meridians, a discomfort throughout his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew this was caused by the accumulation of impurities from pill toxins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After circulating his energy for two cycles, he felt slightly relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First settle down for a few years, expel the pill toxins and impurities from my body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cultivate to the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer, and then seek other Enhancing Technique Elixirs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Sheng slowly planned in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed, another month went by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The auction day had arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One invitation could admit three people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cyan Wood Treasure Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands of pearls embedded under the ebony dome illuminated the pavilion like daylight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air was mixed with the scent of expensive incense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Yueyang, Chen Sheng, and Huang Wangyou presented their invitation and entered the auction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the three sat down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could feel the auras of various strengths and weaknesses around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were few mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators, mostly late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, and quite a few experts at Qi Cultivation Great Perfection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many familiar faces from the various market towns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also some figures in black robes with masks, unwilling to reveal their identities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the eastern private boxes, there were several deep auras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trio of Chen Sheng exchanged glances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing immediately that the rumors of the Foundation Establishment Pill were likely true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within a thousand-mile radius, there were only a handful of well-known Foundation Establishment cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they were probably all here now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Presiding over the auction was a hunched old man, leaning on a cane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura was equally deep, clearly a Foundation Establishment expert as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am Sun Nanbing, the seventh shopkeeper of the Cyan Wood Commerce Association, and I will be presiding over this auction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such an expert presiding, the audience immediately quieted down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The auction quickly began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magical artifacts, spiritual materials, talismans...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A variety of items filled the stage one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bidding voices from the audience rose and fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Sheng raised his paddle three times in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two successes, one failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He finally spent thirteen hundred spirit stones on a set of Top Grade Sword Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And eight hundred and seventy spirit stones to buy a ’Face Stabilizing Pill’ for his wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Yueyang fancied a Pill Formula, but the price was too high, so he reluctantly gave up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the final moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the auction of the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects and the Foundation Establishment Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A total of four Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects was presented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three of them ended up with the esteemed guests in the private boxes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only one went to a black-robed cultivator in the audience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the four Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cheapest was Celestial Cyan Spirit Water, which could cleanse the cultivator’s qi and blood, increasing Foundation Establishment probability by one tenth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It went for two thousand three hundred spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most expensive spiritual object was the Three Elements Divine Pill, a Tier Two Elixir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This pill could help a cultivator develop divine sense, increasing Foundation Establishment probability by one and a half tenths, with a final price of three thousand one hundred spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The climax came with the final item, the \"Foundation Establishment Pill\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This Foundation Establishment Pill was refined by Master Guyuan, boasting eighty percent potency, increasing Foundation Establishment probability by three and a half tenths.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Starting at forty thousand spirit stones!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With its appearance, there was no sound from the audience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All offers came from the private boxes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forty thousand one!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forty thousand two!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forty six thousand!\"...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bidding voices were steady and cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each increment sent waves of gasps throughout the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, the Zhou Clan of Yuquan, with a staggering sixty-seven thousand spirit stones, claimed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fierce competition left the trio of Chen Sheng awestruck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In one of the private boxes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A white-browed elder snorted lightly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Ghost Zhou won’t live much longer, thinking he can make one last push, it’s not that easy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the auction ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Huang Wangyou was somewhat displeased:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There wasn’t a Vascular Protection Pill this time!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Sheng chuckled softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not a Foundation Establishment Pill, it’s rare on display, we’ll encounter it eventually.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1440,"2026-06-05T18:09:17.150Z",1,"novelbin.me","d031802f847bf43d2fd33519772baa5ac598f772d39ba250dcc94d89dba8284f","i-can-fix-my-talent-in-hundred-lives-chapter-23","i-can-fix-my-talent-in-hundred-lives-chapter-465",563,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-can-fix-my-talent-in-hundred-lives-cover.jpg"]