Chapter 596: Mingyu Art

"However, it seems there are no soul-seizure techniques in this Immortal Cultivation World, or perhaps humans cannot seize the bodies of Monster Beasts?"

Aaron gazed at this scene, lost in thought: "Otherwise, everyone would go and become turtles and tortoises, living for ten thousand years with ease... how wonderful that would be!"

After the lull caused by the Longevity Turtle, the next dozen or so female cultivators auctioned off as cauldrons heated the atmosphere right back up.

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"Foundation Establishment cultivation art—'Mingyu Art'. This art is incomplete in its later stages and can only be practiced to the Foundation Establishment Mid-stage, but it comes with two special effects: 'Youth Preserving' and 'Jade Bone'! Suitable for cultivators with Water and Earth Spirit Roots. Starting bid: fifty Spirit Stones!"

Huabao's voice entered Aaron's ears, causing him to sit up straight involuntarily.

"As expected... there are premium cultivation arts at a large Auction House!"

Subsequently, they all looked at Aaron with schadenfreude; the one who had bid the highest just now was this male cultivator.

"Eighty-five!"

"This one? It's rare to encounter a large Auction House, so I might as well go and see for myself. I am also quite curious about the finale item."

"Fifty-two Spirit Stones!"

Aaron put on a show of wanting to stand up and argue, but ultimately not daring to, shrinking back into his seat and letting out a long sigh. It was clear he was prepared to swallow his teeth and blood, forced to eat this bitter loss!

Seeing him settle down, Huabao couldn't help but breathe a slight sigh of relief and continued: "Then... the next auction item!"

"Does the fellow Daoist wish to leave directly?"

His Bone Shrinking Technique had hit a bottleneck and could not be broken through at all.

Some of them had no hope of Foundation Establishment in their entire lives, while others figured they would need to be thirty, forty, or even fifty years old before they had a chance at Foundation Establishment!

For a moment, many female cultivators glared at the man wearing the bamboo hat.

"Hongyu, my girl, why bid on this? Could it be that you dislike the effects of the family's 'Huachun Art'?"

When those Golden Core Sects recruit Disciples, they always specifically perform bone-touching to determine age.

At the very least, there is no problem practicing this to the Foundation Establishment Mid-stage.

Hongyu giggled, tugging on the old woman's sleeve: "Youth Preserving Pills are also very expensive... and switching cultivation arts doesn't take up too much time."

"Haha, who let our Hongyu girl be a little genius..." The old woman smiled kindly: "However, I still must ask one more thing, to avoid you stepping into a pit..."

"This is the 'Mingyu Art' cultivation manual, please keep it safe, fellow Daoist."

The bidding on site began, the atmosphere neither cold nor hot.

For an Immortal Cultivator, switching cultivation arts is not as difficult as it is for a Martial Master; it only takes a few years to slowly adjust the nature of one's Dharma Power.

This 'Mingyu Art' had already exhausted his Spirit Stones, and he still had to pay with some Spirit Medicine and Spirit Wine at a discounted value to make up the difference.

Even if more good items came along, he simply had no more Spirit Stones.

"Hehe... the finale item of this Auction House will certainly not disappoint our guests!" the old man said with a smile.

Aaron became interested and returned to the auction hall.

Aaron thought for a moment and decided to continue broadening his horizons.

Huabao's expression changed, then immediately turned into a wry smile: "So it is the Miao Family Grandmother... truly, your eyes are as sharp as torches... This 'Mingyu Art' does indeed have a Youth Preserving effect, but according to the description of the art, it should only begin after Foundation Establishment. That is to say... whatever you look like at the time of Foundation Establishment is what you will look like thereafter..."

"Oh?"

And the Jade Bone Divine Ability of this 'Mingyu Art' can refine the entire body's bones and increase defense; perhaps it could also be combined with the Bone Shrinking Technique to achieve the effect of concealing Bone Age?

And if one wants to conceal their own age, one can only find a way through bone-refining arts!

Aaron's expression remained unchanged.

The person in charge of the handover was surprisingly an old man with Qi Refining Perfection cultivation. He smiled as he collected Aaron's Spirit Stones and supplies, handing a White Jade Slip to Aaron.

A Loose Cultivator muttered to himself, voicing the question in everyone's mind.

The Foundation Establishment powers on the second floor already had suitable cultivation arts, and spending several years switching was not worth it.

Her smile vanished, and her voice rose, carrying across the entire venue: "Old Man Hua... when does the Youth Preserving effect of this 'Mingyu Art' begin?"

The old man collected the Spirit Stones and asked with a smile.

These years of investigation had let Aaron know that the ultimate method for determining age in the Immortal Cultivation World is still checking Bone Age!

"To think that even the inheritance of a Second-tier Alchemist is only ranked second to last; what on earth is the true finale item?"

Aaron took it, scanned it hurriedly, felt there were no problems, and nodded slightly.

By this time, the auction had reached its end, and all sorts of top-tier Magic Tools, alchemy, and Artifact Refining inheritances had appeared.

As for the excuse he had casually made up earlier, it could fool Donglong, but it could not fool truly shrewd people.

By that time, what use would this cultivation art be?

Besides that, the 'Jade Bone' Divine Ability was also quite tempting.

Aaron waited until the group of female cultivators had pushed the price to seventy Spirit Stones before shouting a bid: "Seventy-three Spirit Stones!"

After all, the value of an incomplete Foundation Establishment cultivation art is average, and it happened to be during a recent period of devaluation for cultivation arts.

You, a male cultivator, coming to snatch a Youth Preserving art?

At this moment, a crisp voice suddenly came from a private room on the second floor: "Seventy-five Spirit Stones!"

Beside her, a grandmother with white hair and a youthful face said kindly: "The original price of fifty Spirit Stones would have been fine to take and put into the family's Gongfa Pavilion, but now it is a bit too high. Our Spirit Stones must be reserved for buying that item later!"

"To think they raised the price by ten Spirit Stones in one go!" inside the private room, a little girl with buns in her hair said huffily.

"The base price is actually quite low... after all, cultivation manuals can be copied many times."

"Fifty-one Spirit Stones!"

"Comes with 'Youth Preserving' and 'Jade Bone' effects, and the Spirit Roots are suitable too. Not bad, not bad..."

"No, I don't want that!"

And after the Foundation Establishment Mid-stage?

By that time, with greater strength, one could easily go and search for the subsequent parts, or switch to another cultivation art.

Aaron had long wanted to find a Youth Preserving art; after all, his ageless appearance was not easy to explain. There were quite a few cultivators in the Immortal Cultivation World who practiced Spirit Eyes and the like, and mundane Disguise Techniques would eventually have flaws.

Unfortunately, the high price of hundreds or even thousands of Spirit Stones at every turn left Aaron only able to stare blankly.

Furthermore, there was also the issue of Spirit Root compatibility.

Aaron stood up and went directly to the backstage to settle the Spirit Stones and the cultivation art.

If it weren't for the fact that this "Mingyu Art" has the miraculous effect of Youth Preserving and can attract female cultivators, it might have even failed to sell!

As soon as these words were spoken, the other female cultivators all changed color.

However, Huabao did not make everyone wait long; he first activated the Defense Array on the display platform, stood within the Light curtain, personally held the tray, and carefully lifted the red cloth, revealing a transparent jade bottle and the azure Spirit Pill inside: "The final auction item—one Foundation Establishment Pill, starting price five thousand Spirit Stones, each bid must be no less than one hundred!"

After all, who couldn't see the Dharma Power of the "Hunyuan Art"? This cultivation art clearly has no Youth Preserving effect!

Boom!

The entire Auction House was in an uproar, especially those Loose Cultivators at the Qi Refining Tenth Layer Great Perfection, who all revealed expressions of Greed, longing, and fanaticism, their eyes staring fixedly at that jade bottle...

(End of this chapter)