Chapter 134

He drove out the maid with an unfriendly look, and Yunhe leisurely sat on the soft cushion in the private room.

As for the auction house's arrangements, he merely gave a low chuckle and paid them no further heed.

He casually plucked a spirit fruit from the table before him, stuffed it into his mouth, and picked up the list of items for this auction.

Huh?

After a quick glance, Yunhe felt somewhat surprised.

Aside from some commonly needed elixirs, talismans, magical artifacts, and spiritual artifacts, this auction actually had a considerable amount of materials related to demon beasts for sale.

Presumably, they were obtained from the Demon Beast Body in the Tianling Mountain Range.

"Are the demon beasts in the Tianling Mountain Range recently very active?"

While he was browsing the list, this auction also began under the hosting of a Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivator.

The already bustling auction floor, after a brief calm, became even more fervent.

Fire Tinder Stone, an excellent material for refining fire-attribute spiritual artifacts, with a starting price of four hundred spirit stones, each bid increase must be no less than thirty spirit stones.

Using a Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivator as the host greatly avoids many unnecessary troubles.

Moreover, the host is very familiar with the auction procedure, without any delay; once no one bids, he quickly finalizes the buyer, appearing quite decisive and efficient.

After selling off some relatively low-value materials in succession, several scantily clad maids walked up carrying a tray covered with red brocade cloth.

It can be seen that what was placed on the tray was a spherical object.

Friends, take note: this item is not easily obtained; it is something the seller painstakingly acquired, and I believe everyone present will be very interested.

While saying that, the host lifted the red brocade cloth.

Murmur—

The entire venue immediately erupted in murmurs that did not cease.

Demon Beast Egg!

The egg of a mid-Second Stage demon beast, the Iron-Winged Eagle; upon reaching adulthood it can attain Second Stage strength, with slight cultivation it can even reach late Second Stage, and if one invests effort and energy, breaking through to Third Stage is not impossible.

You are likely familiar with this demon beast; I will briefly introduce it. It is an earth-attribute demon beast, its stiff feathers are as hard as iron, and its sharp claws can easily tear through the protective shields of Foundation Establishment cultivators; its flight speed is extremely fast, at least comparable to a mid-grade flying magical artifact.

This demon beast is certainly an excellent choice for many Foundation Establishment cultivators; the many advantages and disadvantages are well known to you all. Starting price is two thousand spirit stones, each bid increase must be no less than one hundred spirit stones; bidding begins!

The host obviously has great confidence in this demon beast egg; after a brief introduction, he began the bidding with an extremely low starting price.

But as he said, indeed many cultivators have already taken a liking to this demon beast egg.

Most of them are clan cultivators, and some are cultivators skilled in beast taming.

If successfully raised, this demon beast will be a great aid in combat; moreover, its lifespan far exceeds that of cultivators, making it entirely suitable as a clan's inherited spirit beast.

Of course, even if this demon beast is inherently extraordinary, raising it consumes a great deal of time and resources.

However, a demon beast hatched from an egg has another advantage: if successfully tamed, the possibility of betrayal is extremely low.

Two thousand five!

Three thousand!

Four thousand!

The price shot up rapidly, and many cultivators lost competitiveness amid the soaring bids and withdrew.

Yunhe had no desire to intervene at all; he merely continued to ponder the auction list.

Qiyou Silkworm.

He saw the information of a spirit worm.

I seem to recall

He flipped out a jade slip from the corner of his storage ring, exactly the jade slip containing various rankings that Huaxin had given him earlier.

He extended his divine sense and scanned toward the spirit worm ranking.

Although he had only briefly glanced at the spirit worm ranking before, some spirit worms, due to their peculiarities, left him with some memories, and this Qiyou Silkworm is one of them.

Just.

Before Yunhe could even find the Qiyou Silkworm, what he first saw was, astonishingly, the spirit worm ranked ninety-ninth: the Red-Ring Gold-Spotted Bee!

Huh?

Yunhe showed a hint of astonishment.

How did his Red-Ring Gold-Spotted Bee make the list?

"Is this a real-time updated ranking?"

It actually can have such an effect?

Then wouldn't that mean the cultivator who compiled these rankings, 'Shengbanzi', is truly a powerful expert capable of divining heaven and earth?

Discovering this change, Yunhe could not help but reassess the importance of this jade slip.

Back then, Huaxin casually gave him this jade slip as an unimportant afterthought, but now it seems this jade slip is certainly not something just any cultivator can obtain.

After the astonishment came delight.

The fact that his Red-Ring Gold-Spotted Bee could rank ninety-ninth on the spirit worm list undoubtedly affirms his path of selective evolution of spirit worms.

Although after several battles Yunhe has clearly recognized the strength of the Red-Ring Gold-Spotted Bee swarm, he still lacks an accurate assessment of it.

Now, he has it.

Moreover, he still has two dead eggs of the Qianyuan Bee in his hand; according to that insect's ability, perhaps it could allow the Red-Ring Gold-Spotted Bee species to undergo further optimization and strengthening.

Of course, the prerequisite is being able to find a spirit worm suitable for optimization pairing.

In that case.

Yunhe directed his gaze toward the list; this time it was not a casual glance but a very careful and serious look.

He discovered that the 'Gold Fire Centipede' ranked eighty-seventh on the spirit worm list, and finally, in the nineteenth position, he found a special spirit worm called the 'Gold Shadow Eight-Winged Bee'.

Indeed!

That four-winged gold-patterned bee is not some unknown spirit insect; it is very likely an underdeveloped or otherwise altered 'Gold Shadow Eight-Winged Bee'.

No wonder it gave the Red Pattern Spirit Bee swarm at that time such a great change.

After browsing this, Yunhe realized the importance of this jade slip and understood the value of some of its lists.

Afterwards, he continued looking down and quickly found the 'Enlightened Assistance Silkworm' at rank 183 on the spirit insect list.

According to the description, this silkworm's rank is not high because, even when cultivated, it has almost no combat power.

But a fragile spirit insect with no combat power can still rank 183 solely because of its special ability.

'Enlightened Assistance Silkworm', also known as 'Enlightened Juvenile Silkworm', secretes a special scent that can accelerate spirit insects, especially the growth of juvenile spirit insects!

For cultivators who raise only a single or four to five spirit insects, this actually helps little.

But for Yunhe, who routinely raises hundreds or thousands of spirit bees, its effect is huge.

He also remembers this silkworm because he was previously curious about its function, and for him, who was then raising Red Pattern Spirit Bees, it was also quite helpful.

'Fellow Daoists, the next item up for auction is a medium-grade spiritual artifact.'

While Yunhe browsed the jade slip, many items were also sold off one by one.

The auction prices fluctuated high and low; evidently the auction house deliberately interspersed more attractive items to keep bidders' enthusiasm high.

'This is the effect of such a spirit insect as the Enlightened Assistance Silkworm; the starting bid is three hundred spirit stones, and each raise must be no less than thirty!'

As the host's words fell, however, no one bid for a long time.

Indeed, that is the case; for such spirit insects, only those with a specific corresponding need might compete.

Moreover, this insect's base price is indeed rather high.

After waiting about five breaths, seeing no further bids, Yunhe prepared to make his first bid in this auction.

But before he could speak,

'Three hundred thirty.'

Suddenly a hoarse voice sounded.

The bidder was in the main hall, completely shrouded in a black cloak, their appearance indistinct.

Seeing this, Yunhe's eyebrows rose slightly, somewhat surprised.

He immediately followed with a bid: 'Three hundred sixty.'

'Three hundred ninety.'

'Four hundred twenty.'

'.'

For a moment, the entire auction hall seemed to have only two people bidding against each other.

The point is, this miserly bidding continued, each raise adding only thirty spirit stones.

'I say, fellow Daoists, can we speed up the pace?' a Foundation Establishment demon cultivator likewise seated in a private box, unable to watch any further, spoke up.

'Hahaha, Old Ghost Qiu can't wait any longer; I think you'd better act quickly, or else you'll invite trouble later.'

Another demon cultivator chuckled.

'Six hundred thirty.'

Facing the two demon cultivators' back-and-forth, Yunhe's expression remained unchanged; he simply raised his bid once more.

But their words seemed to have some influence on the other cultivator bidding.

'Sorry, everyone.'

Perhaps because the bidding was too slow, the host cultivator actually ran backstage.

Only now, seeing the auction end, did he come forward.

This clearly shows his lack of regard for the 'Enlightened Assistance Silkworm' auction item.

'First, congratulations to this fellow Daoist for winning the Enlightened Assistance Silkworm at a price of six hundred thirty low-grade spirit stones. Second, this house previously left the stage because it received a notice; the auction house temporarily added an item, which is also a good thing for fellow Daoists.'

Saying this, a servant girl brought the item up.

Adding items to an auction is not particularly unusual, but temporarily adding an item and inserting it directly into the middle is a relatively rare situation.

The host didn't keep secrets, and soon, under the curious gazes of many, revealed what this inserted item was.

'Third-rank demon beast, the essence blood of the Blunt-horned Yellow Rhinoceros!'

Whoa!

The entire venue erupted in an uproar.

The essence blood of a third-rank demon beast!

And it's a full bottle!

This means someone hunted and killed a third-rank demon beast.

You should know, a third-rank demon beast is comparable to a Golden Core cultivator!

Moreover, when a demon beast reaches the third rank, its spiritual intelligence is necessarily higher, making the difficulty of hunting it undoubtedly enormous.

The only place in this area where third-rank demon beasts are active is the Tianling Mountain Range; hunting them there further increases the difficulty.

Yunhe, who had been leisurely sitting on a soft cushion, also sat up.

Blunt-horned Yellow Rhinoceros, an earth-traversing demon beast, with cultivation base at the third rank, indicating that its essence blood likely contains the bloodline of an earth-traversing spirit beast!

In other words, this essence blood very likely meets the standard for condensing the phantom of an earth-traversing spirit body in the 'Great Longevity Five Elements True Classic'.

This could very well be the required plant for his cultivation method.

'I won't say more; as the seller requests, the base price is ten thousand spirit stones!'

After a long while, a Foundation Establishment cultivator in a private box shouted with some excitement: 'Eleven thousand spirit stones!'

'Twelve thousand spirit stones!'

"Thirteen thousand!"

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But Yunhe, who was sitting in the private box, did not rush to bid; his expression shifted repeatedly.

It wasn't that he wasn't moved by this item, but merely

At the monthly auction, so much demon beast material is sold; now even the essence blood of third-rank demon beasts has appeared—just how much demon beast material is sold each year, and how many demon beasts are slaughtered?

Is this really okay?

Watching the extraordinarily lively auction, Yunhe fell into contemplation.

"Twelve thousand low-grade spirit stones, plus this 'Seven Refined Gold Iron' in my hand, old lady!"

This item is also a rare top-grade refining material.

The bidders gradually shifted from pure spirit stones to spirit stones plus some valuable treasures.

One can only say that the appearance of third-rank demon beast essence blood is indeed overly attractive, making many forces and cultivators quite tempted.

"Thirteen thousand low-grade spirit stones, plus three stalks of 'Dispel Evil Grass'!"

This time the voice still came from the private box, and the bidder was recognized by many.

He is a Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator of the Spirit Beast Sect.

If we truly discuss the importance placed on demon beast essence blood, aside from an extremely small number of people present, the Spirit Beast Sect absolutely ranks at the forefront.

Watching the price surge, Yunhe inside the private box suddenly had a thought that even frightened himself.

"How about... trying being a robber cultivator for a change?"

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