Chapter 712

After the whole auction, there were not many things worth Song Qingming's attention. In his spare time, he wanted to search for Feng He's figure in the crowd, but didn't see anyone similar to him.

I don't know if he knew that the first day of the "Auction" would not have the things he needed, or if he deliberately hid his identity.

After all, those who came to participate in the auction, besides major sect cultivators like them, also had many Jin Dan loose cultivators who were unwilling to reveal their identities in front of others. Song Qingming also found it difficult to judge whether Feng He was among those who deliberately covered their figures.

On the second day of the auction, the "Star Sect" finally took out many spiritual items that could attract everyone's heart, among which there were many various elixirs that could assist cultivators in breaking through their cultivation base.

"Foundation Establishment Pills" and "Du Yuchen Pills," elixirs that were hard to find in the workshop, were taken out by the "Star Sect" in batches of twenty for auction, and even "five-element spiritual items" to assist in forming the Jin Dan appeared in several pieces.

Seeing this, Song Qingming and the others also took action one after another to compete for these precious spiritual items with the many cultivators present.

Besides spirit stones, this kind of "Star Assembly" auction also accepts various high-tier spiritual items from cultivators to exchange for spirit stones.

Coming out this time, although Song Qingming didn't bring many spirit stones, he also brought high-tier spiritual herbs worth more than one hundred thousand spirit stones. Facing these precious spiritual items appearing in front of him, he naturally wouldn't miss them.

Song Qingming's cultivation base had reached the Jin Dan late-stage, and he was not short of magic treasures, cultivation methods, and the like. This time coming to the Wu Guo to participate in the "Star Assembly" was mainly for the sake of Jin Dan formation spiritual items.

After a fierce competition, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan took action one after another.

They auctioned three "Du Yuchen Pills" and two "five-element spiritual items," and also harvested two Foundation Establishment Pills, spending nearly seventy thousand spirit stones in one go.

Such a generous performance by the two also made Chu Fengping and the others on the side cast very surprised looks at them one after another.

During the beast turmoil, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan's group harvested materials from several beast kings, and the Song family also harvested many low-tier beast materials at "Jin Shan Workshop." Chu Fengping and the others naturally knew that the Song family had made a small fortune in this beast turmoil.

They were not too surprised that Song Qingming could take out seventy thousand spirit stones in one go.

What surprised the Xiaoyao Sect group was that Song Qingming and the two would be willing to spend so many spirit stones to buy "Foundation Establishment Pills" and spiritual items to assist in forming the Jin Dan, instead of using them to exchange for elixirs and spiritual items needed for their own cultivation.

Although it is relatively easy for these Jin Dan cultivators to earn spirit stones, the resources needed for their cultivation are also far from what Foundation Establishment cultivators can compare to. Tens of thousands of spirit stones are not a small amount for them either.

Although Chu Fengping and the others could also take out quite a few spirit stones, they would definitely prioritize supplying their own cultivation needs before considering supporting their Dao companions and those younger relatives with closer relationships.

A Jin Dan ancestor like Song Qingming who is so generous and willing to spend so many spirit stones on family younger generation is indeed rare in the cultivation world.

Seeing the younger generation of Foundation Establishment cultivators who followed Chu Fengping and the others cast envious looks at their side, Song Qingming didn't pay too much attention to it.

Now that he was finally a bit wealthy and had the opportunity to buy these important spiritual items for the family's future development at the "Auction," he naturally wouldn't miss them easily, saving himself from spending energy searching for these things in the future.

As for Song Qingming and their own cultivation, nowadays the family still has spiritual items worth hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, so they don't have to worry about cultivation resources in the short term, and naturally, it won't be delayed.

On the second day of the auction, besides Song Qingming, the number of times other members of the "Xiaoyao Sect" took action also increased.

Zhang Tieyang, who was participating in the "Star Assembly" auction for the first time, also took action at the auction and took down a "Foundation Establishment Pill," intending to keep it to cultivate one of his younger descendants.

Nowadays, the Zhang family where Zhang Tieyang is located, although it was just established not long ago, has only a dozen or so cultivators.

However, with Zhang Tieyang, this Jin Dan ancestor who is in the middle of the day, plus the Zhang family has now obtained "Mount Tiexian Castle," the best spirit vein in the northwest of the Wei State, the family will slowly develop and grow sooner or later.

Since Zhang Tieyang had the idea of creating a cultivation family, he naturally had to think of ways to cultivate his younger descendants. Otherwise, when he, this ancestor, is gone in the future, the Zhang family will definitely not be able to hold onto the spirit vein of "Mount Tiexian Castle," and if it's not handled well, there will be a disaster of extermination.

Besides Song Qingming and Zhang Tieyang, the other few elders of the "Xiaoyao Sect" were not so interested in these Foundation Establishment and Jin Dan formation spiritual items.

Xu Ziyuan and Fang Baixuan, although participating in the auction for the first time, were also very well prepared when they came. Both spent quite a few spirit stones to buy high-tier elixir spiritual items to improve their cultivation base.

Li Wutong and Chu Fengping didn't see elixirs suitable for their own use, so they just took action to take down a magic treasure and a spirit talisman of not low quality.

Only Zhao Mengling was single-mindedly looking for the healing elixirs she urgently needed. It's just a pity that they didn't appear at the auction for two consecutive days, so she could only return to "Guyang Pavilion" with some disappointment.

As the sun set and rose and a new day arrived, the "Star Assembly" auction finally reached its exciting last day.

On the third day of the "Auction," the Star Sect finally took out all the precious spiritual items prepared for the auction, and the quality of the spiritual items was obviously much higher than the previous two days.

As soon as it came up, the first auction item taken out was a very rare third-tier top-quality flying sword magic treasure.

Although this magic treasure was just a flying sword of relatively average quality, and its power was slightly worse compared to the two top-quality magic treasures on Song Qingming's body.

However, third-tier top-quality magic treasures can already be said to be rare spiritual items that are hard to find in the Floating Yunshan Range cultivation world. The moment it was taken out, it immediately caused a burst of commotion at the auction site.

The many Jin Dan cultivators sitting on the second floor saw the appearance of this flying sword and focused their attention on the stage one after another. Including Song Qingming, at least half of the people opened their mouths to try to bid.

Only a small number of cultivators whose cultivation base had already reached the Jin Dan peak were unmoved when seeing this item. Obviously, they were all here for the final pressure-bearing spiritual item of the "Auction" and had no great interest in this kind of third-tier top-quality magic treasure.

In the end, this third-tier top-quality flying sword did not disappoint the "Star Sect" people, and it was auctioned for a high price of forty-six thousand spirit stones, falling into the hands of a Jin Dan sixth-layer loose cultivator.

After this person obtained this precious magic treasure, he soon disappeared directly from the auction site and didn't even participate in the following auction anymore.

Although he didn't get this magic treasure, seeing the "Star Sect" take out such precious spiritual items at the very beginning, Song Qingming's face not only didn't show disappointment, but instead became even more expectant of the following auction.

Sure enough, just as Song Qingming thought, before long, another high-tier spiritual item that made him even more moved was taken out.

"Fellow Daoists, this spirit fruit is a Jade Heart Fruit that the Star Sect's spirit herb garden can only obtain one in a hundred years. As long as it is a Jin Dan cultivator, swallowing this item raw can save at least ten years of hard cultivation."

"This item cannot be seen in the market in normal times. This time, it was also specially taken out by the Sect for everyone to participate in the auction to reward everyone for coming from afar. I hope everyone will not miss this rare opportunity."

Hearing the "Jade Heart Fruit" placed in the middle of the auction, which could increase the magic power of Jin Dan cultivators by ten years of hard cultivation, Song Qingming's eyes were immediately attracted over.

After the auction host began to call out the bid, the many Jin Dan cultivators at the scene also immediately began to compete for this item, and even Chu Fengping and Li Wutong shouted their own bids.

Song Qingming didn't choose to participate in the competition this time. He waited until the price of the "Jade Heart Fruit" had risen to twenty thousand spirit stones, and seeing that not many people were bidding anymore, he participated in the competition halfway.

In the end, Song Qingming relied on the fact that he was not short of spirit stones and spent twenty-eight thousand spirit stones to obtain this item.

Although the final auction price was obviously much higher than the value of this "Jade Heart Fruit," Song Qingming didn't feel too distressed. After all, this kind of spiritual item useful to Jin Dan late-stage cultivators is hard to find in the Floating Yunshan Range.

If it weren't for this kind of "Auction," even if you had enough spirit stones in normal times, it would be very difficult to buy one.

After obtaining the "Jade Heart Fruit," a smile also appeared on Song Qingming's face. Regardless of how the following auction went, he had gained something from this auction today.

Seeing Song Qingming successfully obtain the "Jade Heart Fruit," Chu Fengping and the others on the side were also a bit envious and hurriedly congratulated Song Qingming.

Before the group could chat for a moment, another spiritual item was immediately taken out on the auction stage, attracting everyone's attention.

"Third-tier mid-grade Recovery Pill. This elixir has some miraculous effect on restoring a cultivator's dantian. If there is any fellow Daoist who just happened to injure their dantian due to fighting with others or breaking through their cultivation base, then this elixir cannot be missed."

Hearing that it was a high-tier elixir useful for dantian healing, Zhao Mengling, who hadn't had much movement for several days, immediately opened her eyes wide and locked her gaze on the elixir on the stage.

"Congratulations, Senior Sister Zhao. This elixir is useful for dantian healing, so it must belong to Senior Sister!" Before Zhao Mengling could speak, Xu Ziyuan on the side immediately congratulated her with a smile.

Seeing this, Zhao Mengling also nodded excitedly, and after the price was announced below, she immediately joined the competition for this item. Originally, she thought that such healing elixirs would rarely be needed by anyone.

What Zhao Mengling didn't expect was that as soon as the competition for this "Recovery Pill" started, the price was quickly raised to twenty thousand spirit stones. In the end, she gritted her teeth and reported a price of nearly thirty thousand spirit stones to take down this elixir.

Although she had achieved her wish and bought the spiritual medicine that could help her injuries, Zhao Mengling also paid a not-so-small price this time. Not only were the spirit stones she brought almost used up, but she also temporarily borrowed a few thousand spirit stones from Xu Ziyuan.

In the following auction, Li Wutong and Chu Fengping also didn't return empty-handed, each taking down a spiritual item that helped improve their cultivation base. Xu Ziyuan also auctioned a third-tier mid-grade magic treasure of good quality. Everyone had gained something.

Soon the auction was coming to an end. Just as everyone was guessing what treasure the "Star Sect" would take out as the pressure-bearing spiritual item this time, a gray spirit wood wrapped in some black energy, which didn't look very eye-catching, suddenly appeared on the auction stage.

"This is a fourth-tier spirit wood!"

When everyone first saw this gray spirit wood, they didn't understand it. After a while, a Jin Dan cultivator sitting on the second floor with sharp eyes shouted in surprise, attracting everyone's attention.

"Unexpectedly, it really is a fourth-tier spiritual item! The Star Sect is really willing this time, even taking out things of this level." Seeing the gray spirit wood on the stage, Li Wutong, sitting on the side, also immediately sighed.

"The uses of this kind of spirit wood are relatively single, and it can only be used to refine fourth-tier magic treasures or spiritual items like flying boats and puppet beasts. The Star Sect doesn't have a fourth-tier refiner, so it's indeed of no great use to keep it."

"Simply taking advantage of the Star Assembly to auction it off, not only can it attract many Jin Dan cultivators nearby under the guise of a fourth-tier spiritual item, but it can also successfully handle this item at the auction. They really have a good plan."

Seeing the gray spirit wood in front of him, Xu Ziyuan on the side shook her head with a smile, but saw through the intention of the "Star Sect" doing this in just a moment.

However, a fourth-tier spiritual item is not an ordinary thing after all. Although everyone knows that this item is of no great use to them now, many people still had hearts of being moved.

Regardless of anything else, this is a fourth-tier spiritual item useful to Nascent Soul cultivators. If you auction this item and take it to a large-scale cultivation world like the "Donghuang State," you might have some chance to find a senior cultivator who needs this item. Maybe you can exchange it for a spiritual item useful for condensing the Nascent Soul.

After this fourth-tier spirit wood appeared, those Jin Dan peak cultivators sitting on the second floor who hadn't had much movement from the beginning also started to move, preparing to take action to compete for this item.

It wasn't just the Jin Dan cultivators above. The many Foundation Establishment cultivators below the stage were also very excited when they saw such a scene, sending out bursts of shouts.

Even if most of the cultivators present knew that this fourth-tier spiritual item taken out by the "Star Sect" was inevitably expensive and not something ordinary people could participate in bidding for, the atmosphere at the scene was still very hot.

After all, it is a rare scene that many people haven't seen in their entire life of cultivation. Even if they have no way to participate in the competition, they don't want to miss this once-in-a-thousand-year grand scene.

Among the "Xiaoyao Sect" group, except for Li Wutong, who was here representing the Sect and was still a bit moved by this fourth-tier spiritual item, everyone else had long lost the heart to compete for this item and were all watching from the sidelines, preparing to watch the fun.

Although Song Qingming brought quite a few spirit stones and had some qualifications to compete for this item, he was not very interested in this spiritual item and didn't choose to bid, just quietly observing the entire auction site.

In the end, the price of this fourth-tier spiritual item didn't disappoint the people present, rising all the way to the sky-high price of one hundred and twenty thousand spirit stones before falling into the hands of a mysterious cultivator wearing a bamboo hat.

This person hadn't taken much action since participating in the auction, but suddenly snatched this item from the hands of many Jin Dan cultivators at the end, which also shocked the many Jin Dan cultivators present.

After the "Auction" ended, Song Qingming and the others, who had gained something, stayed in "Seven Star Workshop" for two days before setting off to return to the Sect together.

Having auctioned so many spiritual items from the "Star Assembly," everyone was very happy. Although they didn't take the Sect's large flying boat on the return journey, the road was very smooth, and they returned to the Wei State in less than a month.

A few days after Song Qingming and his group returned to "Mount Funiu," Zhang Tieyang took the initiative to come to the door again and handed the prepared beast core and auxiliary spiritual herbs to Huang Siyuan.

In order to refine this furnace of elixirs, Zhang Tieyang had also been prepared for a long time. To avoid any mistakes when Huang Siyuan was refining the elixir, he specially brought quite a few more auxiliary spiritual herbs.

The elixir Zhang Tieyang needed to refine had reached the third-tier mid-grade quality. Although the elixir formula and spiritual herbs were all complete, Huang Siyuan's alchemy level was currently only at the third-tier low-grade. Forcibly refining this kind of relatively high-quality elixir, the success rate of forming the elixir would generally not be very high, and there was also a small probability that the elixir refining would fail directly.

Before refining the elixir, Huang Siyuan also took the initiative to explain these problems to Zhang Tieyang and was willing to bear the losses after the elixir refining failed together. However, she also added a condition: after the elixir refining was successful, this third-tier mid-grade elixir formula must also be copied and left for her own use.

Zhang Tieyang didn't seem to care too much about this. As soon as Huang Siyuan finished speaking, he immediately bowed and agreed.

After all, he was the one who took the initiative to come to the door to ask for help this time. Besides Chu Fengping, Huang Siyuan's alchemy level was already one of the best in the Wei State. If she wasn't willing to take action, Zhang Tieyang wouldn't be able to find a suitable person to help for a while.

The reason why Huang Siyuan was willing to take action to help was mainly because of the third-tier mid-grade elixir formula in the other party's hand.

Over these years, although Huang Siyuan had helped the "Heavenly Elixir Alliance" refine many high-tier elixirs, the elixir formulas obtained each time when refining high-tier elixirs were limited and could not be used to refine elixirs privately.

The contribution required to exchange for high-tier elixir formulas in the alliance was also very huge. Over so many years, she didn't have many third-tier or higher high-tier elixir formulas in her hand.

Back then on the flying boat, after seeing the third-tier mid-grade elixir formula in Zhang Tieyang's hand, Huang Siyuan was immediately moved. Now that the two reached an exchange, it could be considered that each got what they needed.

After taking this alchemy task, Huang Siyuan soon began her seclusion to refine the elixir in the Song family's Alchemy Pavilion.

Back then, after Song Qingming went to the "Donghuang State" cultivation world, Huang Siyuan advanced to a third-tier alchemist not long after.

In order to facilitate her own and the family cultivators' alchemy, and not have to run to "Mount Tuoyun" every time she refined high-tier elixirs.

Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu searched for a long time, and finally specially invited a second-tier "Spirit Explorer" from the Sect to help, and only then found a medium-grade fire vein of good quality on "Mount Funiu," which was guided to the family's "Alchemy Pavilion."

Since then, over these decades, all the alchemy or refining of the Song family cultivators could basically be self-sufficient, and the two skills of the family cultivators were also obviously greatly improved.

Besides Huang Siyuan, this third-tier alchemist, the alchemy skills of Song Yuanqian and Song Xuanqing in the Song family had also been improved to above the second-tier, among whom Song Yuanqian, who had better talent, had successfully broken through to a second-tier mid-grade alchemist.

In terms of refining, although the Song family didn't have a refiner above the third-tier, they had already cultivated four second-tier refiners, among whom Song Yuanfang, who had the highest level, had successfully advanced to the second-tier top-quality level not long ago.

The third-tier refining furnace obtained by Song Qingming and Song Qingyu exploring the Yue State Nascent Soul cave dwelling had now come in handy and was placed directly in the family's "Refining Pavilion" for family cultivators to use for refining.

Besides alchemy and refining, the Song family's other skills such as talisman making, array formation, and spirit planting had also been improved quite a bit after so many years of development.

Currently, the family already has inheritances above the second-tier in several relatively important cultivation skills such as alchemy, refining, talisman making, array formation, and spirit planting. In this regard, its foundation is no worse than ordinary Jin Dan families in the cultivation world.

Besides the family's progress, Song Qingming's own talisman making and array formation skills had also been improved quite a bit after returning from the "Donghuang State" cultivation world.

Song Qingming's talisman making technique had been promoted to third-tier low-grade for many years and could have attempted to promote to third-tier mid-grade long ago. It was just that he had been busy with cultivation over these years and hadn't had too many high-tier talisman making materials on him, so he hadn't succeeded in the promotion.

After this beast turmoil, he obtained many high-tier beast materials. As long as he was willing to spend some time, his talisman making technique would definitely be a matter of course to promote to third-tier mid-grade.

In terms of array formation, after successfully refining the third-tier mid-grade "Spirit Gathering Array" before, Song Qingming had already advanced to a third-tier mid-grade array master.

His array level in the "Xiaoyao Sect" was now one of the best. Except for the Sect Master Bai Yuxian, he was the array master with the highest level in the Sect currently.

This trip to the Wu Guo, although he obtained many elixirs and spiritual items, the harvest that Song Qingming was most proud of was that piece of third-tier top-quality "refining jade stone" handed to him by Feng He.

This item is the key spiritual item for repairing the third-tier top-quality "Heavenly Gang Five-Element Array" on Song Qingming's body. After obtaining this item, Song Qingming already had great certainty in repairing this array in his heart.

After Huang Siyuan went into seclusion to refine the elixir, Song Qingming also entered the seclusion cave dwelling not long after, starting to cultivate while attempting to repair the "Heavenly Gang Five-Element Array" in his hand.

The "Heavenly Gang Five-Element Array" is a magic array with very outstanding defensive ability among third-tier top-quality arrays. At its peak, this array could even resist the attacks of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.

Since witnessing the power of this "Heavenly Gang Five-Element Array," Song Qingming had been thinking about it in his heart. For these decades, he had been searching for ways to repair this array everywhere, just wanting to possess a defensive means that could deal with the attacks of Nascent Soul cultivators.

And for Song Qingming, who had already cultivated to the Jin Dan late-stage, the role of the "Heavenly Gang Five-Element Array" was far more than that. (End of chapter)