Ascension Through Generations

Seven days later, the auction finally arrived.

Zhao Sheng left the inn, followed what the old man in the shop said, walked through the streets, and came to a magnificent palace building in the southwest city of Fenghuo Island.

Zhao Sheng stood at the corner of the street, not in a hurry to enter, but just looking at the auction venue.

As the time approaches, immortal cultivators arrive here one after another. They have different styles, some are upright, and some deliberately conceal their appearance. However, as long as a letter of guarantee is presented and the guard at the door inspects them, they will all be let in.

"It seems that this auction will not recognize anyone, and the defense is very tight. I heard the shopkeeper say a few days ago that for this auction, Longgui Island rarely sent a Jindan real person to sit here. Come to think of it, first For safety reasons, there are many rare treasures in this auction." Zhao Sheng thought to himself with a calm expression.

"I'm afraid many of the people who came today came specifically for the Foundation Establishment Pill. Some of them are fighting for it this time."

With this thought in mind, Zhao Sheng, who had changed his appearance, turned around the corner and strode towards the entrance.

When he arrived at the entrance of the venue, he showed the intact jade-page letter of guarantee to the guard.

Just as he was about to walk in, Zhao Sheng's expression suddenly changed, and he turned his head and glanced behind him.

Not far away, I saw three unusually tall men in black robes, surrounded by a woman in a blue skirt, walking towards here.

This woman has a graceful figure and wears a gauze hat on her head, with a white veil hanging from it, covering her face.

Although he could not clearly see the woman's appearance, Zhao Sheng felt a throbbing feeling in his heart, as if there seemed to be some very vague and secret connection between him and the woman.

"Who is this woman?" Zhao Sheng was a little surprised,

Just as he was about to take another look, the guard impatiently urged him to get in quickly.

Zhao Sheng looked away and walked into the venue with some thoughts in his mind.

On the other side, the woman in white gauze suddenly stopped and stared at the entrance of the auction, looking at Zhao Sheng's slowly disappearing figure.

"Young Master, why did you stop suddenly? Is there something wrong?"

At this moment, an old voice suddenly came from the woman's sleeve. The voice was so erratic that she could only hear it.

"Old Chong, have you seen that person just now?" Wang Yingling shook his sleeves, lowered his head and whispered.

"Who is it? I was just here to sense my ancestor's legacy and didn't pay attention to my surroundings."

Wang Yingling licked his lips, and while walking forward, he whispered secretly: "I seem to have discovered a member of the same race, and it seems that the blood purity is not low."

"What?!"

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"The auspicious time has arrived and the auction has officially begun!"

In the grand venue, a thick and magnetic voice came from the high platform in front.

The auction venue, which had some whispers, immediately fell silent.

Then I saw a middle-aged man wearing a bright red robe, with a long face and big ears, and a flame totem tattooed on his forehead, walking up to the high platform in front of him with a calm expression.

In the venue below, more than a hundred participants each occupied a round table and sat scattered throughout the venue.

As for those with special status or those who are cultivating immortals above the Foundation Establishment level, they are in private rooms on the second floor, overlooking the venue below.

The number of people at the auction was a little small, but Zhao Sheng didn't find it too strange.

After all, just requiring merchants to provide guarantees and produce auction items that match the requirements will directly screen out most of the immortal cultivators who are not wealthy.

Auctions in the world of immortality have always valued quality rather than quantity, whether it is the auction items or the participants.

Being in the venue, Zhao Sheng couldn't tell the depth of other people's cultivation levels. But based on his rich experience, not to mention the private rooms on the second floor, there were at least five or more foundation-building monks in the venue on the first floor alone.

"It seems I have to be more careful this time." Zhao Sheng thought secretly.

"Welcome, fellow seniors, to Fenghuo Island to participate in this year's auction. I won't go into details about the rules. I believe you already know that the highest bidder gets the treasure. If there are special requirements, bartering is also allowed."

After saying that, the middle-aged man bowed respectfully to the lower left side of the platform, and then resumed his posture.

Everyone looked there and saw a flaming wooden chair placed alone on the left side of the high platform, with a thin old man in gray robe sitting on it.

The old man closed his eyes and rested his mind, sitting on the chair without moving, but the aura on his body was unfathomable.

This is Jin Dan, the master of the town.

The middle-aged man paused briefly, glanced at everyone in the venue, and then said:

"No more words to say! Please take a look at the first treasure!"

As he spoke, he patted the storage bag with one hand, and a palm-sized jade box appeared in his hand. The jade box opened, and a golden-blue flying sword about an inch long was lying inside.

"The first auction item is a top-quality magic weapon, Geng Gold Flying Sword. The sword body is mixed with Geng Gold. It is indestructible. The sword speed is three points faster than the flying sword of the same level. It contains nine forbidden laws. The base price is seven thousand spiritual stones. Every time the price is raised, the increase must not be less than one hundred spirit stones." The middle-aged man said with a smile on his face and a proud tone.

As soon as this statement came out, there was an uproar on the scene.

You must know that the flying sword is one of the most demanding materials among the killing weapons. Sword cultivators are also famous for their saying, "Where the sword is, the person is there, but when the sword dies, the person dies."

Geng gold is the most precious treasure for refining flying swords.

Even though the amount of Gengjin mixed with this flying sword is unknown, it might just be a gimmick.

Even seven thousand spiritual stones can buy a low-grade spiritual weapon.

But such a flying sword of excellent quality is enough to cause many immortal cultivators to rush for it.

The first treasure I saw was the Geng Gold Flying Sword. Zhao Sheng was a little disappointed, he didn't care about Geng Jin at all.

If he could return to Central Continent, I dare not say anything else, but he would be able to get Geng gold as big as a human head.

"Eight thousand!"

"Eight thousand one hundred!"

"Eight thousand eight hundred!"

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Sure enough, as soon as this top-quality flying sword appeared, everyone at the scene raised the price.

After a fierce competition, the flying sword was bought away by an old man with a cold face for a high price of 19,000 spirit stones.

At this time, the atmosphere in the venue was successfully heated up by Geng Jin Feijian. The next two treasures were an orange-gold armor and a mother-child spiritual shield. They were also top-quality magic weapons, and were auctioned for high prices of 6,000 and 9,000 spiritual stones respectively.

The reason for this is naturally because defensive magic weapons are generally more difficult to refine than killing magic weapons, and the price is usually 20 to 80% higher, with the exception of flying swords.

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

The standards of this auction are not low! The lowest starting points are top-quality magic weapons, and spiritual weapons will become the mainstream later on.

"The fourth auction item, the best talisman, the Five Elements Talisman Plate."

After the words fell, the middle-aged man took out a square wooden box with one hand.

He clapped his hand with one hand, and the lid of the box opened immediately, revealing a talisman plate about a foot in diameter, with three layers of multicolored colors, in the shape of Zhoutian Bagua. It looks extremely delicate and vaguely exudes a five-color halo.

"Although the Five Elements Chaos Disk is only for talisman cultivators, its main materials are made of thousand-year-old psychic wood and Five Elements Spiritual Gold. It took a third-level weapon refining master seventy-seven and forty-nine days to refine it. . Although it is not a spiritual weapon, it is more precious than ordinary spiritual weapons." The middle-aged man held the Talisman Plate and said slowly.

As soon as these words came out, the scene naturally caused a commotion, and Youxin asked the reason on the spot.

The middle-aged man smiled slightly and said confidently: "The weapon-refining master originally wanted to refine a spiritual-level Talisman Plate. However, due to some changes during the refining process, the Talisman Plate dropped by one level. level.

Although the grade is much lower than originally planned, there are two more novel functions by chance. One is that it can carry higher-grade talismans, and can withstand up to second-grade high-grade true talismans. The second is to arrange five-element talismans on the talisman plate. When activated at the same time, there is a certain probability that talismans with different attributes will produce mutations under the guidance of the talisman plate, such as the mutual evolution of the five elements, wind assisting fire, etc.

The former is okay, after all, high-grade true talismans are rare and rarely available.

But if the latter falls into the hands of a fellow Taoist who practices both Talisman and Dharma, it will be of infinite use.

What's more important is that this Talisman Plate was acquired by chance, and it is almost impossible to refine a second identical one. So...the starting price is 10,000 spirit stones! "

Having said this, the middle-aged man paused deliberately to observe the reactions of everyone in the audience.

As expected, there was another commotion in the audience, and many people were tempted, including Zhao Sheng.

No matter what anyone else thought, he really wanted to take a picture of it.

With this sharp weapon, he is not afraid of the early-stage foundation-building monks at all.

"Fifteen thousand spirit stones."

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, someone immediately spoke up and raised the price by five thousand spirit stones.

Such a high bid shocked many people, and even caused some people to swallow their words alive.

After a while, someone snorted and shouted out eighteen thousand spiritual stones.

Good guy, it’s increased by three thousand.

And this call for price immediately drove most people away.

After all, the original Gengjin Flying Sword only cost 19,000 spirit stones.

After all, the purpose of a talisman is narrow. Even if the accompanying effects are rare and magical, the price is at its peak.

At this time, Zhao Sheng, who was the first to bid, couldn't help but frown slightly.

It’s not that he doesn’t have spiritual stones. Not to mention the nearly 30,000 spiritual stones he got from selling magical artifacts before, and not to mention that the spiritual artifact scroll can also sell tens of thousands of spiritual stones. Even if you take out the pure Yin spirit stones dug at the bottom of the fog, it will be enough to buy three or four such charms.

It's just that he has some worries in his heart. He will take pictures of the Foundation Establishment Pill later. If the spirit stone is not enough, the pure Yin spirit stone will inevitably be exposed.

Given the rarity of pure Yin spirit stones in the Broken Star Sea, there was no guarantee that the organizers wouldn't take advantage of him.

Just as Zhao Sheng was weighing the pros and cons, Wang Yingling secretly stared at his back in a private room on the second floor.

"Young Master, are you sure that person really has the blood of the Saints?" Gui Lao's old voice sounded at this moment.

"Yes," Wang Yingling nodded gently.

"Great! After this incident, we must bring this person back to Xulingyuan. The great minister will definitely be very happy." Turtle Lao said excitedly.

This time, Wang Yingling only nodded and said nothing more.

At this moment, a faint voice suddenly sounded in the venue:

"Twenty thousand spiritual stones."

The bidder was naturally Zhao Sheng.

He added two thousand spirit stones in one breath.

With such a high price, even some wealthy foundation-building monks couldn't help but shake their heads secretly.

"Okay, very good. It seems that this fellow Taoist is bound to get the Five Elements Talisman Plate. Is there any fellow Taoist who bids higher than this?" The middle-aged man was very happy and asked everyone again.

Seeing that no one was bidding in the audience for a long time, the middle-aged man didn't care and immediately announced that the charm plate belonged to Zhao Sheng.

After bidding on the charm plate, the middle-aged man began to take out spiritual weapon-level treasures for auction, with a starting price of at least 10,000 spiritual stones.

Zhao Sheng's spiritual weapon scroll was auctioned on the ninth item. Because it contained the Chili Spiritual Fire and this place was Fenghuo Island, which is famous for its weapon refining, the final transaction price was unexpectedly high. It was 34,000 yuan. Spiritual stone deal.

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"... Below, this treasure is provided by a certain Taoist friend. It is a white spirit turtle shell, which has the magical effect of turning disaster into good luck. The starting price is 20,000 spirit stones."

After saying that, the middle-aged man turned his palm over, and a white jade turtle shell as big as a palm appeared in his hand.

As soon as these words came out, the entire cave fell into an extremely quiet and strange atmosphere.

Everyone stared at the turtle shell, but most of them showed disdain.

This white jade turtle shell is very famous on Fenghuo Island. It has been auctioned five times. Each time it was auctioned, less than two years later, it would be auctioned again.

One thing we all know is that all the owners of this turtle shell died violently, and no one was spared.

What turns bad luck into good fortune should be the tortoise shell of bad luck!

Seeing this, the middle-aged man smiled awkwardly and asked everyone again if anyone had made a bid.

After a while, a cold voice came from a private room on the second floor: "Twenty-one thousand!"

"Okay! Deal!" The middle-aged man stopped asking others and blurted out immediately, as if he was afraid that someone would regret it.

Wang Yingling secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this. It would be better if no one competed with her.

But she didn't notice that Master Wuyan, who had been keeping his eyes closed under the high platform, now narrowed his eyes to a slit and looked towards her intentionally or unintentionally.

Three hours later, the auction came to an end.

"Ahem!"

The middle-aged man coughed twice on purpose, focusing everyone's attention on him, and then confidently took out three sapphire pill bottles.

Seeing the elixir bottle appear, the venue suddenly became quiet. Everyone's hearts were filled with excitement and their eyes were eagerly looking at the middle-aged man on the high platform.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man poured out a round, longan-sized, fragrant white elixir from the elixir bottle, and displayed it in front of everyone.

"These are three foundation-building pills. The grades are all low-grade. Even if I don't tell you its value, fellow Taoists will naturally know it. So I won't say anything more.

This auction is divided into two forms: light and dark. The starting price of the open auction is 30,000 spirit stones, and each increase in price shall not be less than 1,000 spirit stones. For the same price, priority will be given to high-grade spiritual stones. Secret shots can be exchanged for other treasures, techniques, and secret techniques. "

There were as many as three Foundation Establishment Pills, which really surprised everyone.

You should know that in previous years, there was usually only one for everyone to fight for.

The middle-aged man seemed to be satisfied with everyone's shocked expressions. After a pause, he said confidently:

"Okay, you can write down the price of the secret auction, or you can participate in the open auction. As for who will get these three precious foundation-building pills in the end, it will be decided by Master Wuyan."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the venue suddenly became extremely tense. Many people looked at Master Wuyan with awe and envy in their eyes.

There was silence again in the venue. No one spoke first, as if everyone was waiting for others to speak first.

The middle-aged man was not in a hurry and just looked at the people in the audience quietly.

"Thirty-three thousand spirit stones. Since you haven't spoken yet, let me take the lead." After a moment, an old man with a stern face slowly spoke.