Chapter 1298

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Protagonist:

Xu Changqing

The doorway fell quiet for a very long time.

Among the onlookers, some silently withdrew their gazes, lowered their heads, and left in quick steps.

Some did not leave, staring at the corpse on the ground, their faces white as a sheet of paper.

Miss Zheng was neither dead nor alive, already utterly despairing.

"Heh~"

Nangong He walked into the auction house without looking back.

In his eyes, the few people outside the door had already been dead from the moment they opened their mouths.

In the two hundred years he had held office, he had personally witnessed far too many of these blind fellows.

Relying on a bit of cultivation, a bit of family background, they thought they could run wild before anyone.

Normally it would be fine, but today they ran into this one; it could only be said they got what they deserved.

The other party could produce a VIP token from five thousand years ago; that most likely had a connection to the Beidou Xianfu.

And the people of the Beidou Xianfu, not to mention killing a few noble family children, even if they tore down the whole street, no one in Qinglong Donglu would dare utter a sound.

The Nangong Family's little auction house didn't even count as an ant before them.

As the auction house's great doors closed shut, everything was isolated outside.

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Led by Nangong He, Xu Changqing passed through the front hall and arrived at the VIP room at the very deepest part.

This room was the foremost among the auction house's best-positioned rooms; its window faced the exhibition platform directly, and the seats were carved from the core of a thousand-year Green Soul Wood tree, emitting rich Wood Spirit Qi.

Nangong He personally brewed a pot of Qinglong Star's specialty spirit tea, and after finishing, he himself retreated to the side and stood there, not even daring to sit.

While sipping tea, Xu Changqing asked: "Today, is there anything good?"

Hearing this, Nangong He immediately stepped forward half a pace: "Senior's visit this time is timely; today there is a Spirit Plant Special Auction.

In the auction catalog there are two items you may be interested in."

Hearing this, Xu Changqing let out an "oh," revealing a curious look.

Nangong He hurriedly introduced them: "One is a three-thousand-year Wood Spirit Crystal, produced from the depths of the Qinglong Mountain Range.

Not only is its grade high, but it has a marvelous effect for cultivators who cultivate wood-element techniques.

The other is an 'Ancient Relic Seed.'

It was accidentally unearthed by our establishment in a collapsed ancient ruin in the Qinglong Mountain Range.

Its grade is undetermined, but it is most likely a wood-element spiritual herb seed left behind from the ancient era.

My father said, in his whole lifetime he has never seen a seed with such an ancient grade."

After listening, Xu Changqing's hand holding the tea cup paused for a moment.

The Wood Spirit Crystal would indeed be useful for stabilizing his foundation.

But that Ancient Relic Seed might also be a good thing.

Thinking it over, Xu Changqing set down the tea cup and leaned back against the chair back: "All special, high-grade items today, temporarily do not put them on the auction platform.

Send them here first; after I finish selecting, the rest can be taken to auction."

Hearing this, Nangong He blanked for a moment.

The auction house's rule is auction first, transaction later; all auction items must go on stage in order, highest bidder wins.

Sending items not yet auctioned to the guest early for selection — this does not follow the rules.

However, this thought only turned in his mind for less than a breath before it vanished.

Rules?

Those are set for the people outside!

Therefore, Nangong He did not hesitate at all, immediately transferring the high-value auction items to Room No. 1.

Not only that, he even had the attendants push back the originally scheduled auction process.

To the outside, it was just said the auction house temporarily adjusted the auction item order.

"Please wait a moment, the items will arrive very soon!"

After arranging everything, Nangong He stood in place again, the smile on his face even richer.

Even somewhat excited.

He did not want to be trapped in Qinglong Donglu for a lifetime.

He did not want to be like his grandfather, guarding this auction house until he passed away.

Outside there are the Endless Star Domain, Beidou Star Domain, Four Directions Star Domain, Three Enclosures Star Domain.

And this white-haired man before him is the first step for him to step out of Qinglong Star.

The attendants moved very quickly.

In less than a moment, nine trays entered the room in succession.

Then they were arranged in a row on the table.

On each tray lay a layer of semi-transparent spirit gauze.

Nangong He personally stepped forward and, following the first tray, lifted the cover.

The first item, Wood Spirit Crystal.

Fist-sized, entirely emerald green.

Visible emerald liquid flowed constantly within.

With every ripple, the surrounding Wood Spirit Qi grew denser.

Xu Zhangqing's Wood Spirit Root twitched at that moment.

The second item, Ancient Relic Seed.

The seed was about thumb-sized, its shell dark gray.

Its surface was covered with naturally formed spiral patterns, each finer than a strand of hair.

Xu Zhangqing peered into the seed's interior and found its core had not died; a faint wisp of vitality pulsed within.

Each pulse caused a slight resonance in the surrounding Wood Spirit Qi.

Judging by his experience, though the seed's vitality was faint, it was extremely pure—undoubtedly a primitive strain left by some powerful wood-element Lingti from ancient times.

Nangong He did not stop, continuing to unveil.

The third item, Qingdi Changsheng Jue Fragment.

This was not a complete cultivation method, but an ancient version closest to the original.

Every character emitted a faint green glow.

Seeing this, Xu Zhangqing shook his head.

He already possessed this technique back in the Tianyuan Realm, and at full level no less.

The fourth item, Withered Wood Meets Spring Talisman.

A palm-sized green talisman, its face outlined with silver threads depicting a withered tree and a spring seedling growing side by side.

Once activated, this talisman could forcibly reverse the vitality cycle within an area.

The withered would sprout anew.

The corrupted would return to their original state.

For an ordinary Spiritual Root Cultivator, this was a life-saving talisman.

For Xu Zhangqing, it was dispensable.

First, he could draw such talismans out of thin air.

Second, his cultivation method already had a similar function, and a stronger one at that.

The fifth item, Endless Life Array Plate.

A circular array plate three feet in diameter, inscribed with spirit patterns finer than a spider's web.

Once activated, the array plate could maintain a large spirit-gathering array covering a thousand li, continuously nurturing Lingti without requiring extra spirit stones.

Its energy came from the vitality cycle of the nurtured Lingti.

The more planted, the stronger the array plate.

The stronger the array plate, the better the planting.

Seeing this, Xu Zhangqing said regretfully, "Too late."

If only it had appeared back in the Tianyuan Realm.

Now, he had Creation Power.

The sixth item, Taichu Nourishing Soul Wood.

A piece of rotten wood, thumb-thick and pitch black throughout.

Its surface had no luster, even looking somewhat ugly.

As Xu Zhangqing probed with his Divine Sense, he discovered its unusual nature.

The internal structure of this rotten wood was extremely special, condensing dense soul power.

Worn long-term, it could not only nourish the Divine Soul,

but also rapidly repair it when a cultivator's Divine Soul was damaged.

Xu Zhangqing nodded: "This one is passable."

The seventh item, Nine Apertures Exquisite Seed.

A silver seed the size of a peanut.

Nine extremely fine apertures grew on its skin; through them, one could see a drop of crystal-clear white liquid sealed inside the seed.

This was a Spiritual Herb Seed born of heaven and earth.

It could not be artificially cultivated, nor forced to sprout by any ripening method.

It only needed to be planted in soil containing all Five Elements, and it would take root and sprout on its own.

In short, it required the Five-Colored Earth of a Fourth-Grade Spirit Field, or the Breath Soil of a Fifth-Grade Spirit Field!