Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

The next few items, either mid-grade spiritual tools or spiritual materials and pills, were all worth less than the Fire Cloud Gourd.

Two bottles of mid-stage foundation-building pills among them attracted the enthusiastic pursuit of the cultivators present.

Qi's cultivation world lacked spiritual energy, not even a large spiritual vein, and spiritual herbs were even more scarce. Pills were more popular than spiritual stones, and there would never be a lack of buyers.

However, as an alchemist, Chen Yuan would naturally not participate in the bidding.

These two bottles of pills were finally bought at the price of 45 mid-grade spiritual stones. If they were replaced with spiritual herbs, they would be enough for Chen Yuan to refine ten furnaces of pills.

After the pills were auctioned, the wealthy cultivator took out a high-grade spiritual weapon flying sword, which attracted more than ten foundation-building cultivators to bid.

Chen Yuan already had the Spirit Bamboo Sword in his hand, and the Silver Gang Sword might also be upgraded to a high-grade spiritual tool in the future, so he did not bid.

This top-grade flying sword was finally bought by the monk in the bamboo hat who competed with Chen Yuan for the Wind Escape Talisman at the price of 75 middle-grade spirit stones, which was 5 more than the price of the Fire Cloud Gourd.

After the monk in the bamboo hat won the flying sword, all the monks present looked at him with a sidelong look, and were very afraid of him.

This person first won the Wind Escape Talisman, and then the top-grade spirit weapon flying sword, and he did not hesitate when bidding, which was obviously far from his limit.

If there is another treasure next, this person is very likely to bid again, and he is a big competitor of everyone.

Chen Yuan was not afraid at all. He still had more than 250 middle-grade spirit stones in his hand. No matter how rich this person was, he was enough to compete with him.

After the top-grade flying sword, there were three more items of little value, and the atmosphere in the hall eased a little.

But when it came to the fourth lot, the wealthy monk did not take it out immediately, but looked around and said loudly: "Fellow Daoists, the next treasure is the third to last lot, which is extremely precious and rare. It is the first time that Qian has seen it in his life. Unfortunately, Qian is limited by his status and cannot participate in the auction. Otherwise, I would definitely bid and compete with you Daoists!"

His words whetted the appetite of everyone in the hall. After he finished speaking, he paused for a moment, then stroked the storage bag, took out a jade box, and carefully opened it to reveal the things stored inside.

Chen Yuan looked closely and saw a fist-sized fruit in the jade box, shining with golden light, with a rough skin and pieces divided into pieces, like dragon and snake scales.

The wealthy monk said in a loud voice: "One dragon scale fruit of three hundred years, taken by a foundation-building cultivator, can increase three thousand pounds of strength, strengthen the body, and resist the attack of low-grade magic tools. The starting price is seventy middle-grade spirit stones!"

As soon as these words came out, the hall was quiet for a moment, and then voices rose.

"What? Dragon scale fruit!?"

"This fruit can actually strengthen the body?"

The monk in the bamboo hat said directly: "I will offer eighty middle-grade spirit stones!"

Then another old voice said: "Ninety!"

A crisp female voice sounded: "One hundred!"

Chen Yuan's pupils shrank when he heard this, and his body sat straight and almost stood up.

This was the first time he saw a spiritual medicine that could strengthen the body!

Chen Yuan was not surprised by the people's pursuit of dragon scale fruit.

Before he built his foundation, he was shallow-minded and thought that the body was useless for cultivators, and that attracting starlight to the body was just to strengthen the consciousness.

Later, he successfully built his foundation and obtained the "Nine Transformations of the True Spirit" technique, and then he realized the importance of the physical body to the cultivator.

According to the "Nine Transformations of the True Spirit", when a cultivator condenses his infant, he needs to go through three tribulations, namely the Yin Fire Tribulation, the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation, and the Heart Demon Tribulation.

Among them, the Yin Fire Tribulation is to burn the golden elixir and the physical body. If the cultivator's physical body is not strong enough and cannot survive this tribulation, it will be burned to ashes in an instant.

Moreover, the higher the realm, the more tribulations the cultivator will encounter, and the more important the physical body becomes, which is related to whether the path can go long-term.

Although it is extremely difficult to cultivate the physical body, it is much easier than the law cultivator to overcome many tribulations.

Chen Yuan possesses the supreme technique that leads to the Great Dao, and his understanding of the path of cultivation is far superior to that of ordinary cultivators.

But everyone in the hall is a foundation-building cultivator, and they are financially strong. Most of them are well-established people, and it is normal for them to know about the three tribulations of the Nascent Soul.

These bidders clearly knew that they needed to strengthen their bodies in order to survive the Yin Fire Tribulation, so they shouted out high prices one after another in order to get the dragon scale fruit.

When the wealthy monk told him about the effects of the dragon scale fruit, Chen Yuan also wanted to bid for this exotic fruit.

Although he could draw starlight to infuse his body, he would not refuse if it could strengthen his body extra.

However, when a foundation-building monk shouted out the price of "one hundred and ten spirit stones", Chen Yuan gave up the idea.

Such a large number of spirit stones was enough to buy a top-grade spiritual weapon, which some shabby late-stage foundation-building monks could not even afford.

Chen Yuan took this dragon scale fruit, which was just the icing on the cake. Even if he missed it, as long as he experienced a few more starlight infusions, the medicinal power contained in this fruit would be far greater.

In the end, this dragon scale fruit was bid by the monk in the bamboo hat at an astonishingly high price of one hundred and twenty-five medium-grade spirit stones.

The wealthy monk on the square stage smiled widely, and his eyes had narrowed into slits.

Even if it is a top-grade spiritual weapon, it can't be sold at this price.

He immediately completed the transaction with the monk in the bamboo hat, and struck while the iron was hot, and took out the next item.

This is a golden talisman, which depicts a short gun, and it is actually a talisman.

The wealthy monk said loudly: "Fellow Taoists, the next item is the penultimate item, a Broken Moon Spear talisman, which can be used three times. When fully activated, it can exert 20% of the power of the magic weapon. The starting price is 70 medium-grade spiritual stones!"

Compared to the dragon scale fruit just now, the value of this talisman is much lower.

But auctions are always like this. The most valuable items will not be auctioned last, so as to avoid the monks running out of spiritual stones and unable to sell at the best price.

When Chen Yuan saw the wealthy monk took out this talisman, he immediately decided to bid for it.

Previously, Chen Yuan led the four sects' Qi-refining disciples in the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm to kill the disciples of Ziyang Sect and Guiyuan Sect, and had obtained a lot of talismans.

But those were all the things of the disciples of the four sects. In order to make the four sects owe him a favor, Chen Yuan could only play a full set and return the talismans.

Since Ziyang Sect sent demon pill monks into the secret realm, it would naturally not give them talismans.

Therefore, although Chen Yuan obtained a large number of spiritual herbs and demon beast materials, he did not get a single talisman.

This Broken Moon Spear talisman came at the right time. It can exert 20% of the power of magic weapons, which is at least twice as powerful as the power of the best spiritual weapon. It can be used as a trump card to save his life in the demon calamity.

But just as the wealthy monk finished speaking, the monk in the bamboo hat started bidding: "Seventy-five middle-grade spirit stones!"

Chen Yuan said in a rough voice: "Seventy-six!"

The monk in the bamboo hat glanced at him and said: "Eighty!"

Chen Yuan was not to be outdone: "Eighty-one!"

With just a few words from the two, the price of this talisman went up by twenty-one middle-grade spirit stones.

After this round of bidding, the other monks who originally wanted to bid shut up.

Everyone in the hall saw that Chen Yuan and the monk in the bamboo hat were extremely wealthy. Middle-grade spirit stones were as worthless as low-grade spirit stones in their mouths. Bidding with them would only make things boring.

The monk in the bamboo hat said in a deep voice: "Eighty-five!"

Chen Yuan said indifferently: "Eighty-six."

The monk in the bamboo hat turned his head and glanced at Chen Yuan, and said nothing more.

On the square platform, the wealthy monk looked slightly surprised and looked around: "Are there any fellow Taoists who want to bid?"

He waited for a while, and when no one spoke, he frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Eighty-six medium-grade spirit stones, deal!"

Chen Yuan did not expect that the monk in the bamboo hat, who would get something as long as he bid, would give up.

He turned his head to look at the monk in the bamboo hat, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, then took out a blank storage bag, put eighty-six medium-grade spirit stones into it, raised his hand and pushed it to the square platform.

After the wealthy monk checked it, he raised his hand and waved it, and the Broken Moon Spear Talisman slowly flew in front of Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan injected his true energy, and the talisman glowed with golden light. The short spear painted on it suddenly became solid, as if it was about to appear.

After confirming that the talisman was intact, Chen Yuan nodded slightly, retracted his true energy, and put the dimmed talisman into the storage bag.

At this time, a voice as thin as a mosquito came into Chen Yuan's ears: "Before, fellow Daoist did not compete with me for the Wind Escape Talisman, so I will give this talisman to you."

Chen Yuan's heart moved, and he looked at the monk in the bamboo hat, and found that he was also looking over here, nodded slightly, and then turned back.

"This person is very particular about doing things..."

Chen Yuan said to himself in his heart, with a smile on his lips.

He knew that the monk in the bamboo hat was financially strong and could not be scared off, so he did not directly shout out a high price like when bidding for the Fire Cloud Gourd, but only added one spirit stone to his bid to reduce the consumption of spirit stones.

But the monk in the bamboo hat only bid three times and then stopped, and the other monks were scared off by the calm attitude of the two when bidding, so Chen Yuan picked up a small leak.

The talisman is powerful, and unlike the best spiritual tools, it consumes a lot of true essence. It can also be used by monks in the early stage of foundation building. The market price is around 90 spirit stones, which is only slightly lower than the best spiritual tools.

If it had not been used so infrequently, the price would not even be lower than that of a top-grade spiritual weapon.

Chen Yuan bought it at the price of eighty-six spiritual stones, saving at least four medium-grade spiritual stones.

That is why the wealthy cultivator looked so ugly.

But since the talisman has been sold, it cannot be recovered.

He shook his head, took out the last item, and said in a loud voice: "The top-grade spiritual weapon Pinghai Ge is made of the top-grade spiritual material Haixin Iron. It has the potential to be promoted to a magic weapon. When it is used with full power, it has the ability to split the river and stop the flow, and calm the waves of the sea. The starting price is eighty medium-grade spiritual stones!"

Thank you for the reward from Shenri Laozi!