Chapter 809: Long Long Ziyun, The Trading Assembly Begins

Seeing the true face of the white-clothed woman, Song Song Qingming couldn't help but sigh at the coincidences in the world. He didn't expect this white-clothed woman to be "Shen Yun," a Jin Dan elder of the "Hunyuan Sect" whom he had participated in the "Fenglei Island" secret realm with a few years ago.

Back then in the "Fenglei Hall," because she fought with Qiu Qiu Wuxin for the "Thunder Infant Fruit," she was also the only one who witnessed Song Song Qingming killing Qiu Qiu Wuxin with her own eyes.

Later, the two parted ways. After coming out of the "Fenglei Hall," Song Song Qingming quickly teleported and fled to avoid the pursuit of the "Luofeng Valley" cultivators.

Since then, he had never seen "Shen Yun" and her two companions again.

After many years, "Shen Yun's" cultivation had also broken through to the seventh layer of Jin Dan, becoming a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator like Song Song Qingming.

Song Song Qingming never expected that he would encounter her by chance when he was selling spiritual objects in "Tianxin City."

Thinking that their meeting this time was because he had taken the initiative to find her door, Song Song Qingming couldn't help but reveal a somewhat awkward smile on the corners of his mouth.

Seeing that Song Song Qingming had already remembered who she was, "Shen Yun" smiled and poured a cup of spirit tea, placing it on the table to the side, before continuing to explain:

"Fellow Daoist, don't feel strange. This concubine is originally a cultivator from Lei Lei Yuanhai, and this Qingxin Pavilion is an industry of the sect I belong to."

"Back then, I went to Donghuangxianzhou just to travel and purchase some spiritual objects I needed. I happened to hear about the Fenglei Island secret realm and went to participate out of curiosity."

"It's just a pity that we were not as skilled as others. After a struggle with the people from Luofeng Valley, we ended up losing all the benefits to you, which is truly shameful."

"It was Fellow Daoist Jin who gained so many benefits that day, not to mention that it implicated us in being pursued by the people from Luofeng Valley."

"If it weren't for the fact that we were lucky enough to escape and leave the Tianhai cultivation world, I fear this concubine would have no chance to see you again today."

Hearing the complaints in "Shen Yun's" mouth, Song Song Qingming remained unmoved and didn't step forward to take the spirit tea she had specially poured for him, directly changing the subject: "I am indeed unaware of what you said, and I hope you can forgive me."

"My main purpose in coming to your shop today is to sell these few spiritual objects; I don't have much time to reminisce with you."

"If your shop can take a fancy to these few things, you can give me a price. If you don't like them, then I will have to find the next shop to exchange for spirit stones, and I can only come to visit another day when I have time."

After saying this, Song Song Qingming put away the magic treasures in front of him, preparing to turn and leave here at any time.

Song Song Qingming's purpose in coming to "Qingxin Pavilion" initially was just to find a relatively safe and secure place to sell the numerous spiritual objects he had brought that were not easy to see in public.

But now that he had bumped into "Shen Yun" here, Song Song Qingming, who didn't want to attract attention, also lost the mind to trade with her, wanting to leave here and find another place to sell the spiritual objects in his hands.

Anyway, there were still a few months before the trading assembly, so he didn't have to rush for this moment.

Just as Song Song Qingming walked to the door of the private room, "Shen Yun's" voice came from behind, making him take the initiative to stop his steps.

"It is a fate to have the honor of meeting you today. Why don't you sit down and sip a cup of spirit tea, Fellow Daoist? Although Tianxin City is large, now that the trading assembly is about to be held, it is also the most crowded and mixed place."

"If you sell too many high-tier spiritual objects outside, I fear it will be very difficult to achieve absolute concealment."

"I can promise you first that no matter what spiritual objects you want to sell today, our shop can acquire them directly, and I can also guarantee that I will absolutely not let outsiders know that these things have anything to do with you."

Hearing "Shen Yun's" words, Song Song Qingming hesitated for a moment before turning to look at the other party.

"Oh! Are you sure you can acquire everything I have on me? I only want spirit stones; I don't accept other spiritual objects for mortgage or exchange!"

"Fellow Daoist, rest assured. In order to cope with this trading assembly, we just transferred quite a few spirit stones from the sect a few days ago."

"If you had come later, I wouldn't dare to say, but now in the entire Tianxin City, there shouldn't be many shops that can take out more spirit stones to acquire spiritual objects than our Qingxin Pavilion."

"Shen Yun" finished speaking, her face full of confidence, and she smiled and made a gesture of invitation to Song Qing

"Haha! We cultivators traveling abroad naturally cannot easily reveal our true names to others; I believe Fellow Daoist Jin will understand this! However, since I am to do business with you, I should no longer continue to hide this matter.

My name is Long Long Ziyun, and I am a Jin Dan Elder of the Green Dragon Sect on Profound Cloud Island. I hope for your guidance, Fellow Daoist Jin." After speaking, Long Long Ziyun stood up and bowed to Song Song Qingming with cupped hands.

Seeing that the other party had been frank with him, Song Song Qingming no longer stood on ceremony. After putting down his teacup, he immediately removed the concealment on his face, stood up, and returned the bow to Long Long Ziyun with cupped hands.

The two looked at each other and smiled, which could be considered a reintroduction. — More than an hour later, as night fell, lanterns for illumination were gradually raised on the streets, adorning the entire night with colorful lights.

At night, there were actually more people entering and leaving the "Clear Heart Pavilion," which was still open for business, than during the day, giving this relatively secluded shop a rare surge of popularity.

Before long, a man in green robes walked down from the second floor of the "Clear Heart Pavilion."

After merely glancing at the crowd in the lobby who were purchasing spiritual items, the man in green robes strode directly out and subsequently merged into the bustling crowd on the street.

Not until he had left the "Clear Heart Pavilion" for some distance did Song Song Qingming find a relatively decent restaurant on the roadside. Led by a waiter, he arrived at a private room and ordered a table full of delicious delicacies.

"Guest, please enjoy your meal. I will be waiting outside the door; if you need anything, just let me know."

After serving the last pot of spiritual wine, the waiter immediately nodded respectfully to Song Song Qingming and then turned to leave the private room.

After the waiter helped him close the door, Song Song Qingming did not rush to taste the delicious spiritual food on the table before him. Instead, he turned and took two spirit stone bags from his waist and placed them in front of him.

With a wave of Song Song Qingming's hand, the spirit stone bags were instantly opened, revealing the many sparkling and exquisite spirit stones inside.

In this transaction with Long Long Ziyun, Song Song Qingming had sold all the many magic treasures and spiritual medicines he had brought with him to the "Clear Heart Pavilion" in one go.

However, Long Long Ziyun was indeed a very shrewd businessperson; she knew that Song Song Qingming did not want others to know the origin of these spiritual items and was in a hurry to dispose of them and exchange them for spirit stones.

Therefore, Long Long Ziyun pressured Song Song Qingming quite a bit on the price, forcing him to make concessions and give up a significant amount of profit to the "Clear Heart Pavilion."

But for Song Song Qingming, being able to sell all the spiritual items he brought with him at once and avoid potential risks was something he was willing to accept, even if it meant giving up some profit to Long Long Ziyun.

Fortunately, the strength of the "Clear Heart Pavilion" did not disappoint Song Song Qingming.

Long Long Ziyun not only bought all the spiritual items Song Song Qingming brought out, but she even set her sights on the few high-tier spiritual items Song Song Qingming had obtained from Qiu Qiu Wuxin that day.

Hearing the other party inquire about the "White Lion Puppet Beast" and the "Li Fire Red Heart Sword" he possessed, Song Song Qingming did not think much and immediately refused decisively, dispelling Long Long Ziyun's intentions.

These high-tier spiritual items were all things that could enhance Song Song Qingming's combat power and were very useful to him; naturally, he could not easily sell them to others.

Seeing that Song Song Qingming had no intention of selling these spiritual items, Long Long Ziyun sighed with some regret after trying, but she still remained somewhat unwilling to give up.

When Song Song Qingming finished the transaction and was about to leave, she specifically informed Song Song Qingming of a shop located in the Tianhai cultivation world.

As long as Song Song Qingming changed his mind in the future and wanted to sell these spiritual items, he could go there, and she could help arrange the handling of these items whose origins were somewhat difficult to disclose.

The "Green Dragon Sect" to which Long Long Ziyun belonged could not be considered a top-tier Nascent Soul sect in the "Thunder Origin Sea" cultivation world, but its business was very large; this sect controlled shops in many places throughout the "Thunder Origin Sea" cultivation world.

Not only that, the "Green Dragon Sect" was also one of the core members of a large commercial alliance in the Thunder Origin Sea, and the influence of this commercial alliance had even extended to other cultivation worlds such as the "Donghuang Immortal Continent."

In this transaction, Song Song Qingming had completely cleared out the magic treasures he had accumulated over the years that he no longer used, and for this, he also brought out more than 100,000 spirit stones from the "Clear Heart Pavilion."

Looking at the thousands of mid-grade spirit stones of different colors neatly arranged in the spirit stone bag before him, Song Song Qingming could not help but reveal a satisfied smile.

After successfully obtaining so many spirit stones, plus the more than 100,000 spirit stones he had originally brought, the spirit stones Song Song Qingming could now produce amounted to nearly 300,000.

Such a large number of spirit stones was enough for him to purchase the items he wanted at the upcoming "Tianxin City" trading assembly.

After successfully exchanging all the spiritual items in his hands for spirit stones, Song Song Qingming did not go out again in the following days, staying quietly in the rented cave dwelling to wait.

Finally, more than two months later, as the "Tianxin City" trading assembly officially arrived, Song Song Qingming took Song Song Yuanhao and the others out of the cave dwelling and followed the "Xiaoyao Sect" members to the trading assembly site at the foot of the mountain.

Compared to more than two months ago, now that the trading assembly had opened, the number of cultivators in "Tianxin City" had almost doubled again.

Even by a conservative estimate, the number of high-tier cultivators at the Jin Dan stage or above who had come to participate in this trading assembly was likely no less than a thousand.

In such a place already crowded with high-tier cultivators, Jin Dan cultivators like Song Song Qingming, who were usually high and mighty, had long since become inconspicuous existences in the crowd.

Only when a small number of Nascent Soul cultivators like Bai Bai Yuxian appeared in the sky above "Tianxin City" would they attract the attention of the surrounding cultivators, causing everyone to start guessing the identities of the newcomers.

Because the trading assembly is held every hundred years, "Tianxin City" has carefully built a huge palace in the city that can accommodate tens of thousands of people at the same time, specifically for the purpose of hosting the trading assembly. There are four entrances around the palace for cultivators to enter and exit, and each is guarded by high-level cultivators at the Jin Dan stage or above to verify the identities of cultivators, so as to prevent anyone from forcibly entering the trading assembly site to cause trouble.

Whether they were low-tier Foundation Establishment or Qi Condensation cultivators, or high-tier Jin Dan and Nascent Soul cultivators like Song Song Qingming, after arriving at the trading assembly site, everyone lined up honestly to enter in turn, and no one dared to break the rules here.

According to reliable rumors, the "Tianxin City" trading assembly, which shocked the entire Thunder Origin Sea cultivation world, was spearheaded by the Liuyun Sect, known as the number one sect of the "Thunder Origin Sea."

This cultivation sect, which is famous throughout the "Thunder Origin Sea" cultivation world, not only has dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators with profound cultivation in its ranks, but there are even legendary Soul Transformation cultivators.

During the entire "Tianxin City" trading assembly, this Soul Transformation ancestor of the "Liuyun Sect" would also come to personally sit in Tianxin City.

It is precisely because they know that there is a Soul Transformation ancestor sitting in the city that the cultivators participating in the trading assembly on the spot dare not act recklessly.

Similar to other trading assemblies Song Song Qingming had attended, the "Tianxin City" trading assembly was also divided into two parts: the inner city and the outer city.

The inner city is an auction assembly only for cultivators at the Jin Dan stage or above, while the outer city is a trading assembly in which all cultivators can directly participate.

The rules of the outer city are relatively simple; in addition to the various merchants in "Tianxin City," all cultivators participating in the assembly can also rent a stall to sell the spiritual items in their hands.

But no matter whose spiritual items are being bought or sold, the price must first be approved by the cultivators managing the venue, and one cannot set prices privately to deceive the cultivators buying the spiritual items.

If rare spiritual items whose prices are difficult to determine are encountered, they will be sent to the small auction platform in the middle of the assembly after their authenticity has been verified by the assembly's cultivators, allowing all cultivators to bid fairly for the spiritual items.

On the inner city side, the rules are more complicated; not only is it required that the cultivation base of the cultivators entering and exiting must be at the Jin Dan stage or above, but the spirit stones carried by each person cannot be less than 30,000.

In order to protect the personal information of the auctioning cultivators and prevent anyone from causing trouble on the spot, all cultivators entering the auction assembly site will be arranged separately in specific private rooms that can isolate the cultivators' spiritual sense.

Even those who came together cannot sit in the same private room at the same time.

When cultivators bid for spiritual items at the auction, they do not need to bid face-to-face in the venue; they just need to have someone write down the price and raise a sign to indicate it.

The advantage of doing this is that when everyone is bidding for spiritual items, they basically will not know who their opponent is, and they will not have any conflicts afterwards because of this.

For some loose cultivators who come alone, this can provide a lot of security and also allow them to bid with peace of mind to compete for the spiritual items they want.

Although they cannot sit in the same place, those cultivators who came together still have ways to communicate with their companions beside them.

The auction assembly has specifically arranged special teleportation arrays in each private room that can talk at any time. If fellow cultivators want to borrow spirit stones or avoid competing with their companions, these things can be done.

The entire inner city auction assembly is divided into two steps. The first half month is for various auction items prepared by the organizers of the "Tianxin City" trading assembly.

If the cultivators participating in the trading assembly have any spiritual items they want to take out for public auction, as long as they have been appraised and confirmed that there is no problem with their quality and origin, they can also be handed over directly to the auction assembly for auction on their behalf.

However, once a spiritual item is successfully auctioned, regardless of whether the result is a profit or a loss, the auction party must extract 10% of the spirit stones as profit.

The half month after the public auction ends is the free trading time for all cultivators participating in the auction assembly.

At this time, there are no longer so many rules and restrictions; all cultivators can freely take the stage to acquire or exchange various spiritual items they need.

During this period, the organizers of the auction assembly will only maintain order in the venue and will not interfere with any transactions between cultivators.

But likewise, the auction organizers will not bear any responsibility for spiritual items traded during this time, even if there are quality problems afterwards; all cultivators participating in the transaction must keep their eyes peeled.

After verifying his identity and entering the "Tianxin City" trading assembly, because he could not bring Song Song Yuanhao and the others into the inner city, Song Song Qingming told them to find the spiritual items they needed in the outer city.

Subsequently, Song Song Qingming took out 20,000 spirit stones from his body and distributed them to Song Song Yuanhao and the others, telling them to pay attention and look around, and if they encountered spiritual items useful to the family, they should not easily miss them.

In such a large venue as the "Tianxin City" trading assembly, even in the outer city, there must be many auxiliary elixirs and spiritual items useful for Foundation Establishment or Core Formation.

After giving instructions to Song Song Yuanhao and the others, Song Song Qingming followed Bai Bai Yuxian and the others into the inner city where the auction assembly was located.

After handing over a few hundred spirit stones each at the entrance, Song Song Qingming and the others were quickly led into separate private rooms by the low-tier cultivators responsible for guiding the venue.

"Greetings, Senior!"

Just after entering, two maidservants with cultivation bases only at the Qi Condensation stage took the initiative to greet Song Song Qingming, bowing respectfully to him.

Seeing this, Song Song Qingming immediately smiled and nodded, then, guided by the two, he came to a window position in front where he could see the auction assembly site below and sat down.

The entire front of the private room had been completely shrouded by a formation. From inside the private room, one could clearly see every move in the venue below, but the cultivators outside could not see the situation inside each private room at all.

After the maidservant beside him had contacted the private rooms where the "Xiaoyao Sect" members were located using a sound transmission formation, Song Song Qingming soon heard the voice of Zhang Zhang Tieyang coming from a nearby private room.

"This auction assembly is truly held in secret, not even allowing us to see each other.

Zhang came in a hurry this time and did not bring many spirit stones. If I encounter good things later, I hope all Senior Brothers and Junior Sisters can help support me with some spirit stones. I will certainly not forget this great kindness after returning to the sect."

Hearing what Zhang Zhang Tieyang said, Chu Chu Fengping immediately smiled and replied: "Junior Brother Zhang, rest assured, we fellow sect members should help each other.

However, in such a large-scale trading assembly, there will certainly be no shortage of good things. Junior Brother, you must not be too anxious later.

Lest you be dazzled all at once, spend all your spirit stones, and miss out on a greater opportunity."

"Haha! Senior Brother Chu is right. It is rare for us to have the opportunity to participate in such a large-scale trading assembly, so naturally, we cannot easily miss the opportunity."

"..."

Zhang Zhang Tieyang did not bring many spirit stones to participate in the trading assembly this time; Song Song Qingming and the others had long known about this.

Hearing him open his mouth to ask for help in advance, Song Song Qingming could not help but sigh secretly in his heart; this guy's skin was really not usually thick.

Everyone had worked hard to come to the "Thunder Origin Sea" to participate in this kind of large-scale trading assembly, and no matter who it was, they certainly had things they wanted to buy. How could they easily lend the spirit stones in their hands to others?

Chu Chu Fengping was just being polite to him; when the time came that he really needed spirit stones, it would be good if he didn't ask Zhang Zhang Tieyang to borrow spirit stones.

Just as the few members of the "Xiaoyao Sect" were chatting with each other, as the cultivators participating in the auction assembly continued to pour in, the time for the auction assembly below to open soon arrived.

Before long, under the gaze of everyone, four cultivators with different attire, all with cultivation bases at the Jin Dan stage or above, walked to the platform that was the focus of everyone's attention.

Among them, a white-haired old man at the late Jin Dan stage smiled, bowed to everyone with cupped hands, cleared his throat, and said loudly:

"Fellow Daoists, the four of us are the ones auctioning spiritual items at this auction assembly. Later, we will take turns showing you the auction items. If you see anything you like, feel free to raise your sign and bid.

I believe everyone now knows the rules of the auction assembly, so we won't be long-winded.

Next, please verify the first auction item, a third-tier magic treasure, the Purple Cloud Banner!

This banner is a rare third-tier top-quality defensive magic treasure, and it has also been refined with the essence soul of a demon king. It is especially suitable for fellow Daoists who practice fire-attribute cultivation techniques. I hope all fellow Daoists will not miss it.

The base price for this item is 20,000 spirit stones, and each bid increase must not be less than 1,000 spirit stones."

"The first spiritual item is actually a third-tier top-quality defensive magic treasure; this trading assembly is indeed of extraordinary standard.

It's just a pity that we don't practice fire-attribute techniques. It seems that this item can only be left for Senior Brother Chu to compete for. Zhang will congratulate Senior Brother in advance here."

"Haha! Many thanks for the reminder, Junior Brother Zhang. This item is indeed difficult for me to refuse, but there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in such a place, so it's hard to say whether I can get it or not. Junior Brother, please don't praise me like this."

Seeing the purple banner magic treasure brought out by the white-haired old man, Zhang Zhang Tieyang's exclamation immediately came from the sound transmission formation.

After the two said a few words, Chu Chu Fengping, as expected by everyone, immediately took the initiative to ask the person beside him to raise a sign to participate in the bidding.

Not only them, but even Song Song Qingming, who did not specialize in fire-attribute techniques, was also somewhat moved when he saw this third-tier top-quality defensive magic treasure that was rarely seen on weekdays on the stage.

It's just that since Chu Chu Fengping was already participating in the competition for this item, Song Song Qingming did not intend to bid again.

After all, although this third-tier top-quality magic treasure was good, it was not a spiritual item that Song Song Qingming had to compete for when he came to participate in the trading assembly. (End of chapter)