Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

"The auction is over now. Thank you all for participating in this auction..."

On the square platform in the center of the first floor of the hall, the red-robed old man smiled and bowed to all four directions. His voice was loud, but he could not hide the fatigue between his brows.

After seven days and seven nights of sleepless auctions, even if he was a Jindan cultivator, he was extremely tired.

The Qi-refining cultivators and foundation-building cultivators on the first and second floors stood up and walked out of the hall, talking and laughing.

Some people looked up at the boxes on the third floor from time to time, their faces full of amazement. The most eye-catching boxes were No. 16, No. 24, No. 59, No. 67, and No. 69.

In the No. 59 box, Chen Yuan leaned on the soft couch, picked up a cup of spiritual tea on the table, sipped it gently, and had no intention of leaving.

The array plate on the table was dim, and the water curtain technique quietly dissipated. He could not see the scene in the hall, nor did he spread his consciousness to investigate the situation outside the box.

The formation in the box can not only prevent others from peeping, but also make it difficult for the cultivators in the box to detect their spiritual sense.

At the same time, a strong pressure descended, as if a mountain was pressing on his shoulders. Chen Yuan paused for a moment, then raised his head, drank the spiritual tea in the cup, and put it back on the table.

This is the practice of the Fanyang Auction. In order to avoid conflicts between Jindan cultivators, the Jindan cultivators in the box will leave one by one under the guidance of the cultivators of the three sects of Fanyang, and they cannot be detected with spiritual sense, so they will not meet.

A group of Jindan cultivators with extraordinary financial resources and considerable strength just confronted each other for treasures, and even could only watch the spiritual objects they had been looking for for a long time being taken by others. How could they not have hatred in their hearts?

Just like Yan Tongchun was robbed of the Zhenkong Stone by Chen Yuan, and he rejected his face in public, he must be full of hatred for him.

The formation in the box to isolate the spiritual sense is very simple, but the Yuanying cultivator sitting on the scene made all the Jindan cultivators dare not act rashly.

It is precisely because the three sects of Fanyang are so thoughtful that they can attract so many monks to participate in the auction.

Many precious treasures that are rarely seen in other markets will appear in turn at the auction, making the reputation of the Fanyang auction bigger and bigger.

The last few treasures are rare treasures in the world. They are all listed in the treasure list in advance. A group of monks are well prepared and shout out one sky-high price after another.

Among them is a thousand-year-old Qingfeng bamboo, which is similar to the one Chen Yuan gave to Zhang Wushan.

This item may not be a big deal in other states, but in Renzhou, where Confucianism and Taoism are flourishing, the value of this Qingfeng bamboo is no less than that of ordinary top-grade spiritual materials. It was exchanged by Yan Tongchun for three bottles of late-stage Jindan elixir and one thousand high-grade spiritual stones.

Chen Yuan then knew why Zhang Wushan insisted that he owed him a favor. For him, compared with the useless Tianlei Fu, the value of Qingfeng bamboo is indeed much higher.

However, Chen Yuan did not regret it at all. Qingfeng bamboo was of no use to him.

Zhang Wushan stood up for him at the auction and tore his face off with his fellow disciples. This affection was truly precious.

The last item of the auction was a golden wind jade dew pill, which could condense golden wind jade dew in the body of the cultivator, resist the burning of Yin fire, and safely survive the Yin fire disaster. It was a sacred object for the formation of the infant.

It attracted more than a dozen Jindan cultivators to compete for it. Zhang Wushan did not participate in it, but Yan Tongchun made frequent bids, but in the end it was bought by the female cultivator in Box No. 16 at a sky-high price of two top-grade spiritual materials and three top-grade spiritual stones, shocking all the cultivators in the hall.

These two top-grade spiritual materials can be used as the main materials for refining high-level magic weapons. With the addition of several top-grade spiritual materials, perhaps two high-level magic weapons can be refined. The three top-grade spiritual stones are also enough to make the Yuanying cultivators excited.

The spiritual energy in a top-grade spiritual stone seems to be only equivalent to one hundred top-grade spiritual stones, but it is far more pure than the spiritual energy in the top-grade spiritual stones.

At least 500 high-quality spirit stones can be exchanged for a top-quality spirit stone, but there is still no demand.

The monks in the hall were discussing. The disciples of Haoran Sect were in boxes 24 and 67. The female cultivator in box 16 must have a high status. There must be a Nascent Soul cultivator behind her to take out such a precious treasure.

Chen Yuan was also quite envious of the Golden Wind Jade Dew Pill. This thing can resist the Yin Fire Tribulation and greatly increase the confidence of passing the tribulation, but it will not reduce the strength after the Nascent Soul.

But the seller's reserve price is a top-quality spiritual material, and then someone shouted out two top-quality spiritual materials. He couldn't take it out at all, so he had to give up this idea.

Chen Yuan looked at several wealthy Jindan cultivators bidding, and could only comfort himself in his heart that he was a physical cultivator. As long as he refined the true spirit and blood in Kunfeng's body, the Yin Fire Tribulation would be nothing.

...

Chen Yuan waited for about half an hour before there was a knock on the door.

He tapped the jade card on the table, and the door quietly opened.

A young female cultivator at the fourth level of Qi Refining walked into the room, bowed gracefully, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time. Do you want to leave the hall or continue to attend the trade fair?"

Chen Yuan stood up from the couch and said lightly: "I want to attend the trade fair."

The young female cultivator smiled, flicked the storage bag at her waist, and a mask appeared in her hand. She bowed slightly and handed it to Chen Yuan with both hands: "Please wear this mask, senior."

Chen Yuan took it and saw that it was a gold-threaded hollow mask with intricate and exquisite patterns, flashing with a faint spiritual light. It was actually a low-grade magic weapon.

Covering his face, the mask covered the upper half of his face, and his eyes were hidden in the exquisite gold-thread patterns, so it was impossible for others to see his face clearly.

The young female cultivator raised her hand and said: "Senior, please follow me."

Chen Yuan followed her, walked out of the box, and came to the first floor.

At this time, all the cultivators below the Jindan stage had left the hall. The two did not go through the main entrance of the hall, but came to the back of the hall through a side door.

After walking another hundred feet, they entered a much smaller hall.

The hall was empty, with more than 40 stone platforms scattered around. Treasures were hung on the platforms, including elixirs, magic weapons, spiritual materials, spiritual herbs, and spiritual objects. Looking closely, all of them were unsold items at the auction.

There was a water curtain on each stone platform, and behind it stood a foundation-building cultivator with a respectful expression.

More than 20 cultivators wandered around the hall. Like Chen Yuan, they all wore exquisite masks with gold thread hollows to cover their faces.

The young female cultivator whispered: "Senior, the treasures at the trade fair are all unsold items before. When all the Jindan real people participating in the trade fair gather together, you can negotiate the price with the seller through the water curtain and trade on your own."

After that, she bowed to Chen Yuan and turned away.

Chen Yuan walked to a stone platform. The light of the water curtain was dim. It was obvious that there were still Jindan cultivators who wanted to participate in the trade fair who had not arrived yet. They had to wait for a while.

The pressure of the Yuanying cultivators still loomed over everyone's heads. The cultivators in the hall were silent. No one dared to touch the treasures that were close at hand. They quietly waited for the trade fair to begin.

Masked Jindan cultivators walked into the hall one after another, led by a young female cultivator. After two quarters of an hour, no one entered.

The red-robed old man walked out from the back of the hall and came to the center of the hall. He bowed to all four directions and said loudly: "There are many treasures on sale at this auction. According to convention, at this trade fair, fellow Taoists can trade with the sellers on their own. This trade fair will only last for one day. Fellow Taoists can leave at any time."

As soon as he finished speaking, the water curtain on the stone platform lit up with blue light, illuminating the dim hall.

Chen Yuan had already seen the stone platform where the Red Flame Pearl was. He walked to the front of the stone platform and looked at the water curtain.

There was a vertical row of small black characters on the far right side of the water curtain: "Three bottles of late-stage Jiedan elixirs."

Chen Yuan spread his consciousness and left a row of small green characters on the left side of the characters: "I am willing to give two bottles of late-stage Jiedan elixirs."

Just as he left this line of small characters, a thin male cultivator walked to the stone platform.

He saw the characters left by Chen Yuan and sneered. A row of small red characters appeared on the left side of the small green characters: "I am willing to give two bottles and one late-stage Jiedan elixir in exchange for this red flame bead!"

Chen Yuan turned his head to look at him, then turned back and looked at the water curtain calmly.

A row of small black characters appeared: "At least two bottles and four late-stage Jiedan elixirs, otherwise this bead will not be exchanged."

Chen Yuan's mind moved, and he left a row of small green characters: "I am willing to give two bottles and five elixirs."

"Two bottles and six." A row of small red characters followed closely.

At this time, two more monks came to the stone platform. After seeing the words on the water curtain, they looked at Chen Yuan and the thin monk, shook their heads, and turned away. They obviously did not think that this red flame bead was worth so many pills.

"Two bottles and seven pills." Chen Yuan added pills one by one.

The thin monk glared at him with anger in his eyes, and reluctantly looked at the red flame bead on the stone platform, and turned away.

A row of small black words appeared on the water curtain: "Deal!"

Chen Yuan smiled slightly, took out three jade bottles from the mustard ring, took out three pills from one of the jade bottles, and then handed the remaining pills to the foundation-building monk behind the stone platform.

After the foundation-building monk carefully checked the pills, he said respectfully: "The pills are correct, senior can take the red flame bead."

Chen Yuan raised his hand and took the red flame bead on the stone platform and put it into the mustard ring.

Among the treasures that failed to be auctioned, he was only interested in the Red Flame Pearl. Although the other things were also precious, he could not use them at present.

Chen Yuan walked out of the hall, and no one took back the gold thread hollow mask on his face.

There was also a Jindan cultivator who walked out of the hall with Chen Yuan. The two looked at each other, and a trace of vigilance flashed in their eyes. They turned around and walked in the opposite direction.

Chen Yuan spread his spiritual sense, covering a hundred feet around him, and circled in the market several times.

After making sure that no one was following him, he came to a secluded place, took off the mask, changed into a set of green long gowns, and walked towards the rented cave.

He came to the foot of the mountain where the cave was located, climbed up the steps, and suddenly his heart moved, and his body turned and turned to another mountain step. His feet seemed to be slow but actually fast. In less than a quarter of an hour, he came to a quiet courtyard hidden in the bamboo forest.

He knocked on the door and said loudly: "Brother Zhang, are you here? Chen Yuan is here to visit!"

Soon, the door opened and Zhang Wushan walked out quickly, saying with a smile: "Brother Chen, please come in."

The two walked into the main hall and sat down as host and guest. Zhang Wushan took out the teapot and teacup from the mustard ring, filled Chen Yuan with spiritual tea and handed it to him.

Chen Yuan picked up the teacup and took a sip. When the spiritual tea entered his stomach, he felt a faint spiritual energy flowing into his limbs and bones, and his spirit was relaxed. He praised: "The fragrance is lingering, the aftertaste is long, and it has the effect of warming the soul. Good tea!"

Zhang Wushan smiled and said: "This is the 'Yu Lin Tea' unique to the Chongde Mountains. If Brother Chen likes it, Zhang has a lot of it here. I will give one to Brother Chen."

He raised his sleeves and a celadon teapot appeared out of thin air on the table.

Chen Yuan put down the teacup and declined, "This tea has the effect of warming the soul, it must be very valuable, I will only take half."

Zhang Wushan smiled and said, "It's just a spiritual tea, brother Chen, don't be polite. If it weren't for brother Chen's generosity in giving me the Qingfeng Bamboo, I would have kept the spiritual stone and competed with Yan Tongchun for that Qingfeng Bamboo. I would have missed the chance to get that jar of purple cold spring."

Chen Yuan then put the celadon teapot into the mustard ring and said solemnly: "I would also like to thank Brother Zhang for helping me out at the auction. Brother Zhang has offended Yan Tongchun. Will there be any trouble in the future?" (End of this chapter)