Chronicles of the Green Vine: A Mortal’s Path to Immortality

"This item, some fellow Daoists may not recognize, so let me explain. It's a Soul Gathering Bottle, containing two Yin souls at the late stage of the first level, five remnant souls with mid-stage strength, and twenty ordinary human fierce souls. The starting price is six hundred spirit stones."

"These remnant souls are enough to refine a Demonic Dao artifact like a Soul Banner. If any fellow Daoists need it, don't miss out."

Soul Gathering Bottle!

Zhang Ling's heart stirred upon seeing this. The remnant souls in his Soul Banner were almost completely used up.

However, the Yin souls that the beautiful woman brought out only had two remnant souls at the late stage of the first level. Their strength was somewhat insufficient.

Although there were nearly two hundred cultivators present, there were not many bidding. It was somewhat of a cold scene.

"Seven hundred spirit stones! This fellow Daoist bid seven hundred spirit stones, is there anyone else who wants to raise the price?"

The beautiful woman called out loudly upon seeing this, but no one else bid. She was also helpless. If this were in the territory of Demonic Dao cultivators, these Yin souls would be enough to fetch eight or nine hundred spirit stones, possibly even a thousand spirit stones.

But this place was within the influence of the昊元宗昊元宗, and there were basically no cultivators practicing Demonic Dao techniques, so naturally fewer people raised the price. However, she still congratulated the cultivator who bid for the item with a smile on her face.

It was none other than Zhang Ling. He thought about it and still bid for this item.

At that moment, the beautiful woman on the stage took out three more bottles of cultivation-enhancing pills, once again attracting competition from some cultivators.

"Fellow Daoist, this is the treasure you bid for." A grey-clothed youth came to Zhang Ling's table. He held a white jade tray in his hand, with two black jade bottles placed on it.

Zhang Ling waved his hand, a flash of spiritual light, and took out a bag from his storage bag and placed it on the table.

This person was also a cultivator with three levels of cultivation. He also wore a ghost mask on his face. A sweep of divine sense could not penetrate the mask, and he could not see the youth's face.

The youth picked up the bag, looked at it, and put it in his arms. He cupped his fist and left.

In the blink of an eye, the auction was nearing its end. The items that appeared later were much better than the items auctioned before. One of the treasures was even bid for at a high price of three thousand spirit stones.

"Next is the highlight treasure of this auction, fellow Daoists, take a good look."

The beautiful woman flipped her jade hand, and three identical spirit talismans appeared in her hand, with spiritual patterns flashing on the red talismans.

"Second-level talisman, Fire Snake Talisman, starting price is three hundred and fifty spirit stones per piece, auctioned individually, with each bid not less than twenty spirit stones."

Zhang Ling looked at the spirit talisman in this woman's hand, and his heart moved. The Fire Snake Talisman and the Heavenly Fire Talisman were both second-level fire attribute talismans.

Unlike the Heavenly Fire Talisman, which was a large-scale talisman, the Fire Snake Talisman only had one Fire Snake attack. The power was concentrated in one place, and the destructive power was enough to be equivalent to a full blow from a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.

One Fire Snake Talisman was worth the price of an ordinary high-grade magic weapon. Although the price was high, as soon as the talisman appeared, the cultivators present began to compete fiercely again.

After all, most of the cultivators who came here were at the Qi Refining stage. The first one was auctioned off at a high price of five hundred spirit stones.

Second-level talismans rarely appeared in the market. For Qi Refining stage cultivators, they were enough to be used as life-saving items. No wonder these cultivators were vying for them.

As a Fire Snake Talisman was auctioned off, Zhang Ling also joined the bidding ranks. The last two Fire Snake Talismans were bid for by him. It cost him a total of one thousand one hundred spirit stones. It attracted the attention of many people, but he remained indifferent.

He naturally couldn't let go of items like talismans that could increase his own strength, especially second-level talismans.

Then, the second highlight treasure was taken out by the beautiful woman. It was a small boat with a withered yellow color. Under the infusion of the beautiful woman's spiritual power, the item suddenly became several times larger, a small boat four feet wide and one foot long.

"Yellow Spirit Boat, a high-grade flying magic weapon. The flying speed is more than half faster than a cultivator's weapon flight. The starting price is one thousand five hundred spirit stones, with each bid not less than thirty spirit stones."

Flying magic weapon, such a treasure can still appear here.

The spirit boat was only a high-grade magic weapon, but the value of this type of special magic weapon was generally very high, especially flying magic weapons. As soon as this treasure came out, it immediately caused a boil among the cultivators present.

One thousand six hundred spirit stones.

I bid one thousand seven hundred spirit stones.

The competition was fierce on the scene, and it broke through two thousand spirit stones in a short time. Such a high price was no longer affordable for ordinary cultivators.

The entire net worth of a Qi Refining stage cultivator was like this. This was still for those sect cultivators who had the support of the sect. They also had to count the magic weapons and other treasures on their bodies to gather enough spirit stones.

It was also extremely rare for a Qi Refining stage disciple to be able to produce two thousand spirit stones at once.

Looking at this flying magic weapon, he did not participate in the bidding. If an excellent flying magic weapon appeared, he might have to risk bidding, but he gave up after considering the high-grade one.

After all, he didn't have many spirit stones on him. Even if he had a mysterious pearl, he could urge the growth of spiritual herbs and refine them into pills to exchange for spirit stones.

It would take him half a year to save up two thousand spirit stones. An ordinary rogue cultivator would be rich if they had three or four hundred spirit stones on them.

Subsequently, this Yellow Spirit Boat was auctioned off by a black-clothed man at a high price of two thousand four hundred and fifty spirit stones. This person didn't have enough spirit stones on him either, and finally used two high-grade magic weapons to offset part of the spirit stones.

"Cloud Breaking Pill, which can be used to break through the bottleneck of the Qi Refining stage, is useful for cultivators in the middle and late stages of Qi Refining. The starting price is two thousand five hundred spirit stones, with no limit on the price increase. Fellow Daoists, take a good look, there is only one."

The last highlight treasure was actually a Cloud Breaking Pill. This kind of pill contained powerful energy that could allow cultivators to break through bottlenecks. The cultivators present boiled again.

In the end, the price of this Cloud Breaking Pill was handed over to five thousand eight hundred spirit stones.

This kind of pill has the greatest value for cultivators. After all, cultivation is the foundation. This type of pill has always been extremely rare. It appeared at the auction house in Falling Star City before. Now this one is a few hundred spirit stones higher than the one at that time.

"The auction here is over. I would like to thank you all for your support. In the next hour, fellow Daoists can freely exchange here. Of course, if there are treasures with a value of more than two thousand spirit stones, we will also acquire them. The price will satisfy everyone."

Free trade!

After hearing the beautiful woman finish speaking, many cultivators got up and left. In the end, one-third of the cultivators did not leave. Instead, they sat at the tables in front of them and placed a lot of things on them. It seemed that this was their purpose.

Some people sat still, and some people walked around in front of these tables.

After these people put on the treasures, some people took out white cloths, and some people took out wooden signs. They all wrote what they needed on them.

Zhang Ling thought for a while and stopped rushing to leave. He put a few bottles of pills on the stone table in front of him, and also learned from these people, took out a piece of wood, and used spiritual power to engrave the words 'Demon Beast Essence Soul' on it.

Then he released his divine sense to observe the treasures of other cultivators, to see if there was anything he needed.

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