Longevity Begins With The Birth Of A Daughter At An Old Age

Chapter 94: Heavenly Snow Qilin Beast

"Hou Fellow Daoist, I have always been puzzled as to why the sect is so strict about the management of Foundation Building pills," Xu Mu asked with confusion.

"Xu Fellow Daoist, as a wandering cultivator and someone who has recently advanced to Foundation Building, it's normal for you to not understand!" Hou Quan laughed. "Let me give you an example, and you will naturally understand!"

"Hou Fellow Daoist, please go ahead!"

"Now, there are two people, one with exceptional talent and the other with ordinary talent, and Fellow Daoist only has one Foundation Building pill!" Hou Quan took a sip of tea and continued to smile. "Xu Fellow Daoist, do you know which one you would give the pill to?"

"..."

Xu Mu didn't say anything, he already understood the other party's meaning.

Hou Quan didn't know much about the specifics of the investigation. According to him, he was already old and no longer concerned about these matters. Even the information he knew now was only occasionally heard from a few close friends in the sect.

After chatting with Hou Quan for a while, he was asked to come back in a few days to meet the Patriarch Xuan Guang.

Xuan Guang, Lei Ji, and Yun Xiao were the three Gold Core ancestors of the Liyang Sect, equivalent to the three factions within the sect.

Xuan Guang was Hou Quan's master, and Xu Mu was recruited by Hou Quan, so he naturally belonged to the Xuan Guang faction.

In fact, Xu Mu should have gone to pay his respects when he first joined, but at that time, Patriarch Xuan Guang was called to the Tianhe Sect to suppress the ghost cultivators, so it was delayed until now.

After Xu Mu agreed, he bid farewell to Hou Quan and left with a few catties of spiritual tea that he had given him.

After leaving the Liyang Sect, Xu Mu sent a message to Chi Feiyan, informing her of the information he had learned and asking her to be careful in her actions.

Although the Liyang Sect had already started investigating and had clearly sent out experts, Xu Mu had no intention of stopping.

Fortune favors the bold!

Without the harsh suppression of the Liyang Sect, where would the high profits come from?

Besides, it was Chi Feiyan who was taking the risk, what did it have to do with him?

If worse comes to worst, he could hide in the Cangming Sea, and even a Nascent Soul cultivator wouldn't be able to do anything to him.

"But before that, I still need to improve my strength, especially my escape Divine Ability, so as not to capsize in a real crisis!"

Three days later, Xu Mu followed Hou Quan to pay respects to Patriarch Xuan Guang. The Patriarch appeared to be a kind-looking old man, without any terrifying aura, like a friendly old neighbor.

When Xu Mu saw him, it was like a junior meeting an elder. After exchanging a few casual words, he was sent away.

Originally, Xu Mu was a little nervous before meeting him, after all, he was currently trying to poach him from the sect, and this Patriarch Xuan Guang was the actual controller of the Liyang Sect, a top expert in the later stage of Gold Core.

But after meeting him, he realized that the Patriarch was clearly nearing the end of his life and in a state of retirement, not really concerned about sect matters.

Xu Mu also confirmed this from Hou Quan.

Currently, the Liyang Sect is officially run by the Sect Master Xiao Bufan, but the actual controller is Patriarch Lei Ji, who recently advanced to the mid-stage of Gold Core.

It was the Gold Core ancestor that the Luo family had once sought refuge with.

According to Hou Quan, the other party was not only wealthy and powerful, but also practiced both law and body cultivation. They were a genius figure that the Liyang Sect had not produced in five hundred years.

Speaking of which, it was thanks to the Thunder Tribulation Vine that the other party was able to successfully advance to the mid-stage of the Gold Core realm, which was given to them by the Luo family.

Knowing the strength of the Thunder Extreme Ancestor, Xu Mu had one thought: don't let him know that I destroyed the Luo family.

In the following days, Xu Mu visited several acquaintances to make his presence known. After that, he boarded the Qingyu Boat and headed towards the Tianhe Sect.

After flying for more than ten days and passing through the territories of three Gold Core sects, he finally arrived safely at Tianhe City, where the Tianhe Sect was located.

...

Above a hundred meters in the sky, nine huge islands floated and sank in the clouds, surrounded by spiritual light, with celestial music playing and groups of immortal birds soaring with outstretched wings.

A river with a width of a hundred meters meandered up from the ground, passing through the islands in the clouds and rushing down from the other side, flowing into the distance.

The fact that the Liyang Sect built its sect at the mouth of a volcano was already spectacular enough, but compared to the Tianhe City in front of him, it was simply insignificant.

This was a sect of immortals, a divine residence!

"Truly worthy of a Nascent Soul sect! Truly worthy of the Tianhe Sect!" Xu Mu couldn't help but be shocked as he looked at the scene before him.

The islands in the sky were where the Tianhe Sect's sect was located, and it was difficult for outsiders to go up. The Tianhe City that Xu Mu was going to was located on the ground below the islands.

The area of Tianhe City was nearly a hundred miles long and wide, divided into the outer city, inner city, and core area.

The outer city area was surrounded by a circular city wall, and thirty miles towards the center was the inner field area, covered by a formation light curtain.

As for the most core ten-mile area, it was guarded by a huge formation tower.

Xu Mu descended from the sky and followed the crowd through the city gate of Tianhe City, entering the outer city area. He looked up at the floating islands above his head and couldn't help but feel worried that they might fall.

If such a large island were to fall, it would probably cause a level ten earthquake!

However, Tianhe City had existed for a thousand years and there had never been any reports of it falling, so there was probably no need to worry.

Xu Mu comforted himself and stopped looking up.

The outer city area of Tianhe City was populated by low-level cultivators, so Xu Mu didn't stay long. He quickly passed through the outer city area, paid a low-grade spirit stone as an entrance fee, and entered the inner city area.

As soon as he entered the inner city, Xu Mu immediately felt the difference. Not only was the spiritual energy denser than in the outer city, but the cultivation levels of the cultivators were also noticeably higher. There were Qi Refining cultivators shuttling back and forth in the later stages, and Foundation Building cultivators coming and going.

The shops on both sides of the street were also noticeably high-end and grand.

Overall, it seemed to be three times stronger than the Wind City.

It can only be said that the main city where the Nascent Soul sect is located is truly remarkable.

After wandering around the streets, I bought some interesting little things to bring back as gifts for the girls. At the same time, I received more than ten bottles of Grass Pill, but I didn't see any Condensing Yuan Pill.

But luckily, I managed to buy a bottle of Fire Lotus Pill.

The Fire Lotus Pill is a fifth-grade pill, with the main ingredients being Fire Lotus Seeds and Green Spirit Grass. It can assist in cultivation, strengthen the meridians, and help break through cultivation bottlenecks.

Whether for his own use or for the girls, it is a good pill.

"This can also be considered a good start!"

After finding an inn to rest for a day, the next day, Xu Mu began to participate in auctions all over the city.

The token given to him by Chi Feiyan represents the annual grand auction. In addition to this grand auction, there are also many small-scale auctions in the city, held every few days or half a month. The items inside may not be precious, but occasionally there are some rare things.

After participating in more than a dozen auctions in a row, Xu Mu stopped participating after obtaining a prescription for the Resplendent Pill.

It's just that the level of these auctions is too low. A fourth-grade Sealing Spirit Artifact or a fifth-grade pill can be considered a treasure.

Compared to the auctions he attended in Liyang City, it is a lower level.

In the following days, he collected some books on local customs and stayed in the inn, reading while waiting for the start of the grand auction.

Ten days later!

The grand auction in Tianhe City officially began.

The entire auction venue is divided into three levels: upper, middle, and lower. It surrounds the central high platform in a circular manner. The lower level consists of ordinary seats, one next to another, accommodating about two to three thousand people. The middle level consists of private rooms, about one to two hundred, and the upper level is the VIP area, with only about twenty to thirty rooms.

Both the middle and upper level rooms have formations that isolate divine sense detection.

Xu Mu presented the token and paid a middle-grade spirit stone, and was led by a maid into a small private room.

The token only grants him the qualification to participate and obtain an ordinary seat in the lower level. If he wants to enter a private room, he must pay extra.

In order to conceal his identity and out of caution, Xu Mu could only indulge himself a little.

As for the VIP area on the upper level, in addition to paying spirit stones, one must also have a certain status.

Xu Mu speculated that perhaps only experts at the Gold Core stage or figures like the Sect Master of Liyang Sect could enter the VIP area.

As the guests arrived one after another and filled all the seats, the cultivator in charge of hosting went up to the high platform, and the auction officially began.

"I am Li Xianyin, representing the Tianhe City Chamber of Commerce, and I welcome everyone's arrival!"

"Without further ado, let's introduce our first auction item!"

As the words fell, a majestic and extraordinary white beast, resembling a combination of a lion, elk, and horse, was released by Li Xianyin from a spirit beast bag.

"A third-grade mount! Heavenly Snow Qilin Beast! It possesses three Divine Abilities: Cloud Treading, Wind Pursuit, and Water Control. It also has a trace of the bloodline of the divine beast Qilin, with the potential to advance to the fourth grade in the future!"

"The starting price is one hundred pieces of medium-grade spirit stones! Each bid must not be less than ten pieces of medium-grade spirit stones!"

"One hundred and fifty pieces!"

"One hundred and eighty pieces!"

"One hundred and ninety pieces!"

In the end, this mount was sold to a guest in the private box for two hundred and thirty pieces of medium-grade spirit stones.

Upon seeing the Heavenly Snow Qilin Beast, Xu Mu also felt a slight temptation. Strength was secondary, the key was to look cool while riding it.

But thinking about taking care of it every day, it's better to forget it. It's better to marry another concubine to take care of, as they can also be used as mounts.

After the first item was auctioned off, the woman on the stage took out a walnut-sized seed and placed it on a red silk woven from spirit threads.

The seed had a yellowish color and emitted a faint spiritual light. It was clearly not an ordinary item.

"Five-grade Yellow Spirit Apricot Seed! It can grow in just a hundred years, and then bloom and bear fruit every ten years. The efficacy of each fruit is comparable to a fourth-grade spirit pill!"

"The starting price is eighty pieces of medium-grade spirit stones! Each bid must not be less than ten pieces of medium-grade spirit stones!"

As soon as the woman hosting the auction finished speaking, someone in the private box shouted a price.

"One hundred and thirty pieces of medium-grade spirit stones!"

"One hundred and forty pieces of medium-grade spirit stones!"

...

This Spirit Apricot Seed also caught Xu Mu's attention.

Unlike ordinary spirit flowers and herbs, once cultivated, this would become a continuous source of wealth.

"But a hundred years is too long!"

Xu Mu silently shook his head and did not make a bid.

In the end, this Spirit Apricot Seed was sold for two hundred pieces of medium-grade spirit stones.

After that, there were sets of fourth-grade defensive artifacts, several fourth-grade sealed spirit artifacts, and even two medium-grade Foundation Building Pills, which were fiercely fought over and sold for three hundred and eighty pieces of medium-grade spirit stones.

Xu Mu couldn't help but suspect if someone had bought the pills from him and resold them here.

With a profit of nearly two pieces of high-grade spirit stones per transaction, they were almost catching up to the manufacturer.

One item after another was auctioned off, and Xu Mu was dazzled by various rare and precious treasures. Fortunately, he resisted the temptation and didn't spend his spirit stones recklessly.

Until a thousand-year spirit medicine appeared, he finally couldn't resist the temptation and called out a price.

(End of this chapter)