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Chapter 812

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You must know that in order to come to participate in the "Lei Yuan Sea" trade fair this time, Bai Yuxian almost emptied half of the sect's Merit Pavilion, bringing all the many high-tier spiritual objects that the sect had accumulated over the past few decades.

In the previous auction, Song Qingming saw a third-tier top-quality monster king material, which was exactly the same as the fur on the Golden Tiger Monster King who was besieged and killed by the "Xiaoyao Sect" and others back then.

Without asking, Song Qingming also knew that it must have been put directly into the auction by the "Xiaoyao Sect" cultivators to exchange for spirit stones.

It can be seen that the spirit stones carried by Bai Yuxian are definitely much more than those on Song Qingming and the others.

Otherwise, she couldn't have been so generous to Chen Xuanxin and Chu Fengping, casually adding tens of thousands of spirit stones to them.

Sure enough, as everyone expected, when the auction assembly entered the last three days, the quality of the spiritual objects on the stage gradually improved a lot, and spiritual objects above the fourth tier also began to appear frequently in the venue.

For these fourth-tier spiritual objects, as long as they were brought out, their prices were basically all above one hundred thousand spirit stones, and most of the cultivators present were unable to participate in the competition.

By this time, the main participants of the entire auction had gradually become the many Nascent Soul cultivators in the venue, and Jin Dan cultivators like Song Qingming and the others had all become spectators to the side, just like Chu Fengping.

Song Qingming didn't have much interest in those fourth-tier magic treasures, spiritual talismans, and elixirs that improve the cultivation of Nascent Soul cultivators that kept appearing. What he wanted to see more were those special spiritual objects that could be used to assist cultivators in condensing the Nascent Soul.

Although Song Qingming already had the "Thunder Nascent Fruit" and "Spirit Heart Jade Plate" that could assist in Nascent Soul formation, these two spiritual objects combined could at most increase his probability of Nascent Soul formation by about twenty percent.

Even a "Heavenly Spirit Root" cultivator like Bai Yuxian, who is one in ten thousand, couldn't break through to the Nascent Soul realm at once.

Song Qingming asked himself that his own cultivation talent was not very outstanding, so he couldn't have the confidence to think that he could do it.

Although his own cultivation had reached the late Jin Dan stage, the threshold of the Nascent Soul realm was still a realm that Song Qingming could see but not reach, so he had to be fully prepared for it.

Whether he would have to impact the Nascent Soul realm twice or three times in the future, as long as there was still a glimmer of hope, Song Qingming would not easily give up his own path.

After patiently waiting for several days, it wasn't until the last day of the auction that Song Qingming finally saw the biggest goal of his trip to the "Lei Yuan Sea" cultivation world appear on the auction stage, where spiritual objects were endless.

Seeing that the white-haired elder presiding over the auction took the stage again, he moved the spiritual glow in his hand and took out ten exquisitely shaped golden jade bottles, and then spoke loudly to the cultivators present: "What I have in my hand is the Nascent Formation Pill. This pill is a fourth-tier low-quality spiritual elixir that can be used to assist cultivators in condensing the Nascent Soul. I don't think I need to introduce it too much to everyone!

I can guarantee here that these elixirs were personally refined by our Liuyun Sect's Nascent Soul Elder, and they are superior spiritual elixirs that have been tested by the auction.

If you have any problems or quality issues after taking and refining them, feel free to come to Liuyun Island in the future, and our sect will naturally give everyone an explanation.

I have ten spiritual elixirs here. For the sake of fairness, and also to give every fellow Daoist present the opportunity to participate in the competition.

It is still the same as in previous years, all bidders will be randomly assigned, and each person can only participate in the competition for one of the elixirs. Everyone should have no objections to this, right!"

As a Jin Dan cultivator, Song Qingming naturally had heard of the "Nascent Formation Pill" that the white-haired elder took out. The effect of this pill is similar to the "Thunder Nascent Fruit" in his hand, and it can at most increase the probability of a cultivator condensing the Nascent Soul by about ten percent.

It is also the most common fourth-tier elixir in the entire cultivation world that helps cultivators break through the Nascent Soul realm.

The other several types of fourth-tier mid-grade or higher spiritual elixirs with relatively better effects are even rarer and are basically controlled by those large Nascent Soul sects or Soul Transformation forces, and will not easily spread to the outside.

For most Jin Dan rogue cultivators in the cultivation world, as well as smaller Nascent Soul sects like the "Xiaoyao Sect," the "Nascent Formation Pill" is the best Nascent Soul formation spiritual elixir they can use.

"I heard that every time at the Tianxin City trade fair in the past, the people of the Liuyun Sect could only take out five or six Nascent Formation Pills. They are really generous this time.

This Liuyun Sect is truly worthy of being the number one cultivation sect in the Lei Yuan Sea. They actually have such a big hand, taking out ten spiritual elixirs for auction at once. Could it be that they are a bit short of spirit stones recently?"

Seeing the ten "Nascent Formation Pills" taken out by the white-haired elder on the stage, not only Song Qingming, but almost all the cultivators present felt very shocked and couldn't help but let out bursts of sighs.

Bai Yuxian immediately transmitted a message to Chen Xuanxin on the side, telling him, who had already prepared spirit stones, to also help participate in the bidding to see if there was an opportunity to try to win one of the spiritual elixirs.

The value of a spiritual elixir like the "Nascent Formation Pill" that helps in condensing the Nascent Soul is naturally far beyond ordinary elixirs of the same tier. Coupled with the competition of so many cultivators at the scene, it is unknown how high the price will be raised next.

However, fortunately, the rule for auctioning the "Nascent Formation Pill" is that all cultivators are randomly assigned quotas, and the final result depends entirely on personal luck.

If you are assigned to the same group as those Nascent Soul sect cultivators who are determined to obtain this item, the difficulty will naturally increase a lot.

But if you are lucky and the assigned competitors are all rogue cultivators or small sect cultivators, the pressure to auction this item will naturally be much smaller, and perhaps you can save quite a few spirit stones yourself.

The reason why the auction organizers made such an arrangement is also because in the previous auctions, every time the "Nascent Formation Pill" appeared, it basically fell into the hands of those wealthy and powerful large sect cultivators.

Many rogue cultivators who came for the spiritual elixir simply didn't have the ability to compete with these large sect cultivators. Over time, everyone had great opinions on this and protested one after another, and some even chose not to come to participate in the trade assembly.

At first, the organizers of the auction didn't pay much attention to this. After all, a small number of cultivators participating in the competition wouldn't affect the final auction price of the "Nascent Formation Pill" in their hands.

It wasn't until later that this matter somehow shocked the Soul Transformation ancestor of the "Liuyun Sect," and it was only under his deliberate arrangement that this rule of one person only being able to auction one spiritual elixir was set.

In this way, although it was still unavoidable that most of the spiritual elixirs would fall into the hands of those large sects, the many rogue cultivators and small sect family cultivators present at least had a glimmer of opportunity to compete for spiritual objects.

As soon as the white-haired elder on the stage finished speaking, more than a dozen cultivators walked up from below to help count the prices bid by the many cultivators at the scene and randomly assigned them to each spiritual elixir.

Unlike other auctioned spiritual objects, the "Nascent Formation Pill" was not set with a starting price, and all cultivators could directly participate in raising placards to bid.

Because of this, even if they knew that they didn't have many spirit stones on them and it was difficult to compete for the precious spiritual elixirs on the stage, almost all the cultivators present at the auction still participated in the initial bidding.

This also included Chu Fengping and others who had no spirit stones on them long ago.

Anyway, for them, it was just to join in the fun, and it wouldn't affect anything.

Perhaps there might be a chance of good luck, and if they were assigned to a place where no Nascent Soul cultivators were competing, they might also be able to participate in the competition for the "Nascent Formation Pill."

After all the "Xiaoyao Sect" members participated in the bidding, they were quickly assigned to different elixir positions.

At the same time, all the sound transmission arrays provided for cultivators to communicate in the private rooms were all turned off at this moment, and even the room numbers were not displayed on the auction stage.

This is also to prevent the cultivators participating in the auction from colluding and borrowing spirit stones from each other, affecting the absolute fairness of the auction.

After the sound transmission array was turned off, Song Qingming couldn't communicate with others, so he could only judge the situation of everyone's assignment through the number of the private room they were in.

The first to start participating in the auction was Chen Xuanxin, who was entrusted with an important task by Bai Yuxian. He was assigned to the position of the first "Nascent Formation Pill" as soon as he went up, participating in the competition for the first spiritual elixir.

Although Bai Yuxian brought many spirit stones this time, whether she could successfully auction the elixir ultimately depended on a bit of luck.

Therefore, besides leaving enough spirit stones on her own body, Bai Yuxian also distributed a portion of spirit stones to Chen Xuanxin in advance, allowing him to also participate in the competition of the auction.

The two acted separately, so even if Bai Yuxian was too unlucky and hit a nail, Chen Xuanxin still had a glimmer of hope.

As soon as the competition for the first "Nascent Formation Pill" began, it was not beyond Song Qingming's expectation. Its price quickly broke through one hundred thousand spirit stones, and it was still climbing upwards without any sign of stopping.

"One hundred and sixty-five thousand spirit stones, one hundred and seventy thousand spirit stones, one hundred and eighty-five thousand spirit stones..."

When seeing that the price of the "Nascent Formation Pill" had already broken through to two hundred thousand, although Song Qingming was prepared, he still couldn't help but let out a sound of surprise.

Ordinary fourth-tier low-quality spiritual elixirs that can improve the cultivation of Nascent Soul cultivators are generally only around one hundred thousand spirit stones, and the price of the "Nascent Formation Pill" of the same tier could actually be raised to more than double, which truly surprised him a bit.

Because auctioning spiritual objects before had already spent quite a few spirit stones, the spirit stones Song Qingming had left on his body were only a little over two hundred thousand. At this moment, he couldn't help but sigh softly.

According to the price estimated by Bai Yuxian beforehand, it seems that Chen Xuanxin's hope of competing for this first spiritual elixir is already very slim! "Congratulations, this fellow Daoist auctioned the first Nascent Formation Pill for two hundred and fifty-four thousand spirit stones!"

As the white-haired elder's voice fell on the stage, hearing the final price at which the spiritual elixir was auctioned, Song Qingming's face also became very ugly at this moment.

Although he was qualified to participate in the auction of the "Nascent Formation Pill," the price of this spiritual elixir truly exceeded his expectations a bit.

Wanting to auction a "Nascent Formation Pill" with the two hundred thousand spirit stones on his body, unless Song Qingming's luck was extremely good, this possibility would exist.

Could it be that he was going to miss this opportunity that was already close at hand after so much difficulty?

Seeing that after the second auction started, the price of the "Nascent Formation Pill" was again raised to over two hundred thousand spirit stones as expected, Song Qingming no longer had any fluke mentality in his heart at this moment, and directly turned to ask the maid on the side: "If I mortgage the spiritual objects in my hand now, can I still exchange for more spirit stones?"

Hearing Song Qingming's inquiry, the two maids who had been waiting on the side hurriedly replied: "If the senior needs to mortgage spiritual objects to exchange for spirit stones, it is naturally possible.

It's just that you cannot leave the private room now, otherwise you will lose the qualification to continue the auction.

We can convey it for you to see which Elder is free to come up and help you identify the spiritual objects. Please wait patiently for a moment, senior." "That's good, hurry up and go!"

After Song Qingming finished speaking, he threw a mid-grade spirit stone from his hand to the maid, and the latter hurriedly thanked him and quickly left the private room.

After a long while, when the fourth auction had already started below, the maid led a bald man with early-stage Jin Dan cultivation back to the private room where Song Qingming was.

"This fellow Daoist, I am the one specifically responsible for identifying and recycling spiritual objects at the auction. Does the fellow Daoist need to exchange for spirit stones?"

Seeing that the person had already reported his identity, Song Qingming immediately bowed and returned the salute, then quickly took out three magic treasures that had followed him for many years: the "Golden Brilliance Treasure Ring," the "White Dragon Ruler," and the "Ink White Sword."

"Fellow Daoist, I want to mortgage these magic treasures. Could you please help me see how many spirit stones I can exchange for?"

"These two third-tier top-quality magic treasures are in quite good condition and can be discounted to exchange for sixty thousand spirit stones. As for this flying sword, although the quality is not low, it seems to be a bit damaged, so I can only give you fifteen thousand spirit stones at most.

If the fellow Daoist is willing, I can pay you the spirit stones directly."

Hearing the price quoted by the other party, which was clearly much lower than the original value of his magic treasures, Song Qingming hesitated slightly on his face before continuing to ask: "I don't know, after exchanging these magic treasures to you, if I raise enough spirit stones later, will I still have the opportunity to continue to take them back?"

The bald man smiled and nodded when he heard this: "If the fellow Daoist has this requirement, it is naturally possible.

Within three days, as long as the fellow Daoist can raise enough spirit stones, you can go to the auction backstage at any time to redeem the spiritual objects. Once this time is exceeded, I'm afraid these spiritual objects will be directly taken to the outer city for auction.

Besides that, we will need to charge an additional three thousand spirit stones as a storage fee at that time. Please be aware of this first, fellow Daoist, after all, we can't work for nothing."

"Thank you for the information, fellow Daoist!"

After negotiating with the other party, Song Qingming didn't hesitate anymore, directly handed the magic treasures in his hand to the other party, and obtained the spirit stones he urgently needed from the bald man.

After having an extra seventy or eighty thousand spirit stones on his body, Song Qingming's confidence immediately increased a lot, and he sat back in his seat full of confidence.

By the time Song Qingming completed the transaction, the fifth auction that Bai Yuxian participated in had also already begun.

This time Bai Yuxian's luck was quite good, and the final auction price of the "Nascent Formation Pill" was settled at twenty-two thousand spirit stones.

Although Song Qingming couldn't know whether the final winner of the elixir was Bai Yuxian, the competitors she faced were clearly much better than the previous ones.

Next, the sixth and seventh auctions ended one after another, and the prices at which the "Nascent Formation Pills" were auctioned were also much higher than the fifth one, and it was soon the turn of the eighth spiritual elixir auction that Song Qingming was to participate in.

After the white-haired elder on the stage announced the start of the bidding, Song Qingming, whose mood had been calm for a long time, also began to get nervous again, his eyes fixed on the viewing platform.

"One hundred and sixty-four thousand spirit stones, one hundred and seventy-eight thousand spirit stones, one hundred and ninety-five thousand spirit stones..."

Although the price continued to climb, it was indeed not beyond Song Qingming's expectation, and it quickly broke through the threshold of two hundred thousand spirit stones.

"Two hundred and fifteen thousand spirit stones, two hundred and twenty thousand spirit stones!"

Seeing that the opponent was still bidding non-stop, Song Qingming, sitting in the chair, couldn't help but have his hands tremble when he instructed the maid standing next to him to raise the placard.

After practicing for so many years, this was also the first time he had participated in the competition for spiritual objects of this level at an auction.

Those mountains of spirit stones on his body seemed to have become a long string of numbers in the mouth of the white-haired elder, and no one cared how shocking it would be if these spirit stones were laid out.

"Two hundred and forty-eight thousand spirit stones, first time!"

"Two hundred and forty-eight thousand spirit stones, second time!"

"..."

"Since no one continues to bid, this item belongs to this fellow Daoist."

As the white-haired elder's voice fell, the stone that had been hanging high in Song Qingming's heart finally landed, and a bit of relief appeared on his face.

Spending nearly two hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones, although the price was not low among all the "Nascent Formation Pills" auctioned, it was finally won within the controllable range in Song Qingming's heart.

Song Qingming, who slowly let out a breath, was also able to take care of the excitement in his heart at this moment, and hurriedly left the private room under the guidance of the maid on the side to take back the elixir he had finally auctioned.

Spending more than two hundred thousand spirit stones that he had accumulated for many years all at once, Song Qingming felt extremely painful in his heart. At the moment it was taken away by the other party, he also felt as if he had become a pauper overnight.

Song Qingming now not only had few spirit stones left on his body, but several magic treasures that had followed him for many years were also mortgaged to the auction, and he didn't know if he would have the opportunity to redeem them.

But no matter how much price he paid, for Song Qingming, these were all things that had to be given up.

Compared to the "Nascent Formation Pill" that could assist him in breaking through the Nascent Soul realm, these external objects were clearly not as important as the spiritual elixir in his hand.

By the time Song Qingming returned to the private room again, the auction had also entered the competition for the last "Nascent Formation Pill."

I don't know if it was because it was the last spiritual elixir, but the competition for the last "Nascent Formation Pill" was much more intense than all the previous ones.

It was finally auctioned for a sky-high price of nearly two hundred and eighty thousand spirit stones, which also made Song Qingming couldn't help but gasp in his heart.

Fortunately, although his luck was not as good as Bai Yuxian's, it was not too bad. Otherwise, if he had been unlucky enough to be assigned to the last round of bidding at the beginning, he would certainly not have had the opportunity to win this "Nascent Formation Pill."

After watching the entire auction process of the "Nascent Formation Pill," Song Qingming, like most of the cultivators present, also felt a bit more shocked by the "Liuyun Sect" that presided over the auction.

Not counting the other spiritual objects they released in the auction, just these ten "Nascent Formation Pills" alone had already earned the "Liuyun Sect" more than two million spirit stones.

With so many spirit stones, even if it were the accumulation of the "Xiaoyao Sect" for thousands of years, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to take out half of it.

It can be seen that the strength of this Soul Transformation sect has already far exceeded Song Qingming's imagination, making him couldn't help but secretly imagine how great the influence of such a huge force on the cultivation world would be.

Although Song Qingming had also seen Soul Transformation cultivators back then, the feeling that Master "Daoist Lingxu" gave him was very gentle, just like an immortal who had transcended the secular world and no longer asked about worldly affairs, and didn't give him too much pressure.

Seeing the wealthy and powerful "Liuyun Sect" at this moment, Song Qingming instantly felt his own insignificance.

Whether it was him or the entire Song family, in front of such a huge force, they were just an ant at the foot of a high mountain, a lonely boat in the ocean, and simply couldn't be compared with it.

After the auction of the "Nascent Formation Pill" ended, Song Qingming, who was already empty-handed, naturally couldn't continue to participate in the competition for other spiritual objects that followed.

Together with Chu Fengping and others, he sat quietly to the side and became a spectator.

Only Zhang Tieyang, who was impatient in his heart, didn't wait for the sound transmission array in the private room to recover, and took the initiative to run out to inquire about the news of everyone auctioning the "Nascent Formation Pill."

Regarding this, not only did Song Qingming directly shake his head and deny the matter, but even Bai Yuxian and Chen Xuanxin didn't admit to everyone that they had auctioned the "Nascent Formation Pill."

After all, it was a precious spiritual object involving more than two hundred thousand spirit stones. Regardless of whether they had auctioned the elixir or not, everyone would not say it easily. Zhang Tieyang wanting to inquire about this was destined to have no results.

However, through Bai Yuxian, who also took the initiative to win a fourth-tier spiritual object of great value in the final auction, Song Qingming could still guess some clues.

At least one of the two of them must not have succeeded, otherwise, Bai Yuxian wouldn't have been able to take out so many spirit stones.

In the subsequent auction, several spiritual objects that appeared as the finale were also one more shocking to the cultivators at the scene than the other.

Finally, a fourth-tier top-quality magic treasure that Song Qingming had never seen before appeared, and it was auctioned for a sky-high price of nearly eight hundred thousand spirit stones, which also made Song Qingming see the terrifying financial power of some Nascent Soul cultivators.

Song Qingming, sitting in the private room, besides a burst of shock in his heart, was also thinking about how to redeem those mortgaged magic treasures.

These magic treasures were all spiritual objects that had followed him for many years and were very handy to use. Song Qingming naturally didn't want to mortgage them cheaply to others like this.

Just as the auction ended, Song Qingming, who had no spiritual objects to exchange, had no intention of staying to participate in the subsequent free exchange meeting for cultivators.

After greeting Bai Yuxian and the others, he directly left his private room, intending to go find Song Yuanhao and the others to raise some spirit stones to see.

But just as Song Qingming walked out of the auction venue, a somewhat familiar figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

Making a trace of joy suddenly appear on Song Qingming's originally worried face. (End of chapter)

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