Starting From A Fisherman To Cultivate Immortality And Live Forever

Chapter 209: Power Beyond the World (Two-in-One Subscription Request)

A five hundred year old spiritual herb should, in theory, qualify for a large-scale auction.

The shopkeeper of Qianqi Wanfa Pavilion had also discussed with the owner of that spiritual herb.

However, the other party firmly refused to wait too long.

This made the shopkeeper feel a little regretful.

After all, Qianqi Wanfa Pavilion also had performance requirements. If this five hundred year old spiritual herb could be auctioned off at a high price in the grand auction, he would be recognized as outstanding this year!

Time flew by, and soon it was the day of the small auction held by Qianqi Wanfa Pavilion.

The regular customers in the teahouses on the street and the merchants quickly noticed something unusual.

"Oh, isn't that Huang's old master's flying cloud lion?"

"Not only that, but Dong's family's two-headed fire-swallowing dragon is here too!"

"Tsk tsk, today is the day Qianqi Wanfa Pavilion holds an auction. So many old ancestors have come. There must be something good coming out, right?"

"Nowadays, the environment in the Immortal Cultivation World is getting worse and good things are becoming scarce. The major sects obtain them mainly for their own use."

"It's a pity that I didn't go to grab an invitation for this auction. I won't be able to enjoy the fun."

The cultivators in the teahouses speculated while drinking tea and eating snacks.

After most of the guests participating in the auction had arrived, suddenly a tremendous pressure descended upon this area of the city.

Many cultivators quickly looked towards the sky.

They found that it was a young man with a feminine appearance, riding on a red cloud, coming towards them.

On the cloud, besides this young man, there were also two sword-wielding maids.

The patterns on their clothes made the cultivators who could see them clearly change their expressions.

"It's the young master of the Zhu Yao Mansion in the inner city!"

The Zhu Yao Mansion was not a local force guarding the Immortal City.

Similar to the person in charge of the Supervisory Mansion, they were an external force that came to guard the Immortal City after all cultivators above the Gold Core stage were summoned to the Chiyuan Main Peak.

They accepted the invitation to settle in the Immortal City and serve as high-end combat power.

In the current Immortal City, only these external cultivators had Gold Core power.

The major local families in the Immortal City still possessed some heritage left by their ancestors who went to the main peak and partial control over the formation of the Immortal City, which barely ensured that they would not be directly torn apart and swallowed by outsiders.

However, as the higher-level cultivators had not returned for a long time, even though the higher-ups handled matters fairly, they had never really helped suppress the situation.

The local forces in the Immortal City were still gradually being encroached upon and suppressed by the external forces they brought in, and various industries were being taken over, along with the recruitment of various talents.

"I am also very interested in the five hundred year old spiritual herb."

"Coincidentally, after this Closed Door Training, I have successfully made a breakthrough and can now prepare for Core Formation!"

The young master lightly landed, deliberately making his voice echo in the surroundings, causing others to feel a chill in their hearts.

At the same time, one of the maids who had also landed took a step forward, and three invitations appeared in her hand.

The auction recognized the invitation, not the person.

The welcoming guests quickly greeted them.

Soon, these three people walked into the venue amidst the complex gazes of the surrounding people.

"It seems that my five hundred year old spiritual herb is quite popular."

Su Ping sat on the second floor of the teahouse and, seeing this scene, he touched his chin and got up to leave.

After estimating the time, he summoned the Demon Hunter Yun Kong, who appeared in an inconspicuous tavern in the outer city area.

As his true body, Su Ping quickly left the Immortal City.

By the time Qianqi Wanfa Pavilion's auction officially began with the shopkeeper's shouts, Su Ping was already dozens of kilometers away from the Immortal City, and this distance was still increasing rapidly.

At the same time, the Demon Hunter Yun Kong also left the tavern and exposed himself to the public.

Because of the five hundred year old spiritual herb, scouts from different forces in the Immortal City had long been searching for this white-haired youth.

After discovering Yun Kong's appearance, these scouts, who had been fruitless for some time, were all confused.

"It's impossible! We've searched that area at least ten times!"

"The surveillance of the nearby areas also didn't see any traces of him entering or leaving!"

"This Foundation Building youth is not simple!"

"Nonsense! Which disciple sent out by a force that can produce a five hundred year old spiritual herb is simple?"

"Now the problem is, which sect is he from? Why can't we find any clues?"

These scouts and their backers were all very confused.

The more they thought about it, the more they felt a headache coming on.

And at the Supervisory Office guarding Xiancheng, the colorful fairy also became slightly interested in the appearance of the exorcist Yun Kong.

Because she monitored the spirits of the entire city, she also did not discover how this white-haired youth suddenly appeared in that neighborhood.

The absence of traces is itself the biggest trace.

In a moment, the names of dozens of forces have already flashed through the mind of this Gold Core Power.

There are allies and enemies among them.

Su Ping controlled the demon hunter Yun Kong and went straight to the Wanfa Pavilion.

During this period, a scout who received orders stood up and planned to go and ask some questions.

However, just as he was about to get up, he was stopped by a Sword Qi.

This immediately caught the attention of other scouts.

Then they discovered that the one who made the move to stop him was actually a scout from the Dongli family!

The Dongli family is considered a major clan in the Chiyan Immortal Gate, with the Gold Core Ancestor Dongli Qiu Dao taking orders at the main peak of Chiyan.

They also have branches and descendants in various Great Immortal Cities.

"Why... why are you stopping me?" The stopped cultivator looked puzzled.

The cultivator from Dongli, who was trying to stop him, also smiled bitterly and said, "This is the order of our ancestors. Our clan must protect that white-haired young cultivator."

"Apologies!"

After speaking, the cultivator from Dongli revealed a determined look in his eyes.

The other scouts who heard this expression showed expressions of disbelief.

The Dongli clan was not afraid of them.

But some details deliberately revealed by the other party made them think deeply and feel terrified.

The ancestor of the Dongli clan, Dongli Qiudao... He was a Gold Core Elder of the Chiyuan Main Peak!

They all began to suspect with horror. The power behind this white-haired young man must be a mysterious force that only the ancestor of the Dongli clan, an Immortal Gate Elder, could have contact with!

This also explained why they couldn't find out the background of this white-haired young man no matter how they investigated.

Their circle was still too low, unable to reach the level of Immortal Gate Elders' secrets... It was just too normal!

The cultivator who was not stopped also chose to watch Yun Kong leave, so as not to unintentionally provoke a powerful enemy for his own faction.

Su Ping was unaware of all this. After entering the Qianqi Wanfa Pavilion, he didn't even go to the main hall. He just drank spirit wine and ate pastries in the provided VIP room, waiting for the auction results.

From time to time, Su Ping could hear some intense bidding voices coming from the venue.

With the attraction of the 500-year-old Moon Spiritual Herbs, many wealthy cultivators were drawn to the event.

The shopkeeper also brought many good items to this small auction, including High Grade Law Weapons, Storage Spiritual Weapons, and special-effect elixirs.

One by one, the auction items were presented and sold at good prices.

After a while, the auction finally reached the climax.

"The first 500-year-old Moon Spiritual Herb is up for auction!"

The shopkeeper treated the Moon Spiritual Herbs with the same level of attention as the top-grade medicine pills, choosing to sell them one by one.

Faced with this first Moon Spiritual Herb, most of the cultivators who came to participate in the auction were determined to obtain it.

Soon, the price of Spirit Stones reached a significant amount for an ordinary sect.

Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for 500-year-old Moon Spiritual Herbs to have such a price.

However, the current situation in the Immortal City was delicate.

Especially for the local cultivation families, this Moon Spiritual Herb represented the possibility of having a Gold Core ancestor appear.

The desire of these cultivation families, who had all gone to the main peak above the Gold Core level and couldn't see when they would return, to have a new Gold Core to support them was beyond imagination.

As for the foreign cultivators led by the young master of the Evil-Slaying Mansion, their demand for the 500-year-old Moon Spiritual Herbs was not as great.

However, their interest in obtaining the Moon Spiritual Herbs that the local forces couldn't easily obtain was still strong.

The shopkeeper looked at the atmosphere of the auction and secretly marveled at how the seller had everything in their favor this time. They estimated that they would make a lot of Spirit Stones from this auction.

But the shopkeeper didn't know that there were not so many favorable conditions in this world.

All of this was within Su Ping's calculations.

It was precisely because Su Ping saw the situation inside and outside the Immortal City that he chose the Moon Spiritual Herbs. After careful consideration, he gave up on maximizing profits with the 800-year-old herbs and chose the 500-year-old Moon Spiritual Herbs, which could stimulate consumption without causing the Nascent Soul experts to tear each other apart.

In the end, all three Moon Spiritual Herbs were obtained by the local forces.

Compared to Spirit Stones, the wealth of these families that had been occupying the Immortal City for thousands of years was even more abundant.

Moreover, they had Gold Core ancestors sitting in their families.

They were also not lacking in various secret techniques, formulas, and connections.

It's just that the price they paid... as long as they took a look at the average transaction price of the 500-year-old Moon Spiritual Herbs before, the heads of these family owners would ache.

"Money talks, but it still depends on you, the old-established families of the Immortal City!"

Several foreign factions of cultivators laughed.

Although they were unable to stop the success, they were still happy to see their opponents wasting Spirit Stones.

After leaving the auction, the young man soared into the sky and whispered to his followers about wanting to track down the white-haired youth who had made a fortune in Spirit Stones.

Soon after, he heard the news that the patriarch of the Dongli family had ordered the protection of this person.

After a slight pause, the effeminate young man became more interested in the exorcist Yun Kong.

"Could it be disciples from those hidden sects?"

"It doesn't matter, as long as we don't take action, we can pretend not to know. When the time comes, I can apologize and make amends with a gift!"

The unseen follower in the sky quickly complied, and then their Divine Sense locked onto the entrance of the Qianqi Wanfa Pavilion.

And then they waited and waited, until they noticed that the shopkeeper had made contact with the white-haired youth at the Foundation Building stage, indicating that the transaction was complete.

He should be coming out soon.

Suddenly!

These cultivators who were tracking him using their mastery techniques all sensed that the aura of the white-haired youth at the Foundation Building stage had abruptly disappeared!

"What's going on?"

This anomaly not only surprised these cultivators, but also caught the attention of several Gold Core cultivators who had been observing.

"It's impossible!"

"This is the Immortal City guarded by the formation. How could someone use an escape technique to disappear directly?"

The face of the colorful Gold Core female cultivator changed slightly.

As the one in charge of most of the authority of the formation guarding the Immortal City, she knew better than anyone the seriousness of this matter.

After all, the other party was just at the Foundation Building stage!

If someone at the Foundation Building stage could escape under her watch, wouldn't it mean that the formation guarding the Immortal City had no response to this escape technique?

If a Demon King were to know about such an escape technique and suddenly escape into the Immortal City...

Then this good job would turn into a deadly situation!

"Master!"

At the same time, the patriarch of the Huang family, who learned that the white-haired youth had disappeared, took out a Spiritual Treasure left by the ancestor of the clan in an attempt to locate the whereabouts of the large amount of Spirit Stones he had handed over.

He had auctioned off one of the Moon Spiritual herbs and received a large number of Spirit Stones.

These Spirit Stones were mixed with dozens of specially marked Spirit Stones using the clan's secret technique.

After learning about the Dongli family's order, he gave up the idea of taking advantage of the situation.

But he was still curious about where the other party had appeared after disappearing.

And then he went there, wondering if there were any special Spirit Medicines similar to the Moon Spiritual herbs that he could purchase.

However, this patriarch did not expect that after the exorcist Yun Kong obtained several large storage bags filled with Spirit Stones, he immediately activated a teleportation talisman and appeared next to Su Ping, then immediately disappeared into the Grotto-Heaven within the pot.

After activating the Spiritual Treasure, the patriarch of the Huang family immediately suffered a backlash.

He didn't even have a chance to see the peripheral illusion of the Grotto-Heaven within the pot.

Because the Spiritual Treasure cracked, his eyes burst and he vomited blood, fainting.

This caused other clan members to exclaim in shock and rush over.

Because the commotion was too big, it couldn't be concealed from the upper circles.

Soon, as this matter continued to ferment, various forces became more suspicious of the identity of the exorcist Yun Kong.

Even the Gold Core cultivators of the Immortal City, who had been somewhat confident before, began to doubt their own speculations.

According to their understanding, even those hidden sects should not have such abilities.

They remained hidden because, as former members of the Soul Formation Sect, they did not have any new Soul Formation cultivators.

And they couldn't defeat the other Immortal Gates that had entered the world, so they could only reluctantly preserve their heritage in secret realms.

As a result, these Gold Core cultivators turned to the Dongli family for inquiries.

However, the Dongli family was equally confused. They only knew that it was the order of their ancestor.

As for the reason... they didn't know either!

After Su Ping had Yun Kong enter the Grotto-Heaven within the pot with the Spirit Stones, he immediately took away the Grotto-Heaven and used a teleportation talisman to instantly appear on the overseas islands for safety.

Then he sneaked into the sea and entered the Grotto-Heaven within the pot from underwater.

In Su Ping's view, there was a problem with Yun Kong, and he disappeared the moment he entered the Grotto-Heaven within the pot.

At most, the other party could track to the first meeting point.

After that, they could only watch as that empty space puzzled them.

Inside the Grotto-Heaven within the pot.

Su Ping first took out the large storage bag filled with Spirit Stones that he had obtained this time and specially placed it in a room to avoid using them in the wrong place in the future.

Then Su Ping looked at the abundant stock of Spirit Stones and began to think about how to make good use of them.

.........

Chiyuan Main Peak.

Gold Core ancestor of the Huang family walked out of the Cave Mansion.

He was the former deputy city lord of Xiancheng and could be considered one of the high-ranking members of Xiancheng.

The Huang family of Xiancheng also grew and developed under his protection, and as a result, they were able to support his cultivation.

Therefore, this Huang family ancestor cared a lot about the people of his clan who stayed in Xiancheng.

"Dongli Quda, this old ghost, hasn't come out for a while."

"Could it be that he secretly contacted some hidden cultivator?"

"If that's the case, perhaps the Moon Spiritual Herbs also come from a hidden realm?"

The Huang family ancestor thought to himself and summoned a gust of yellow sand that instantly flew into the distance.

The range of the Chiyuan main peak was very large, occupying an area similar to half of the Jinzi domain.

In addition, every four to five hundred meters on the main peak, there were residential areas and marketplaces built on the continuous mountain slopes.

There were even small secret realms that had been pulled over.

The actual usable area of the Chiyuan main peak was not much more than that.

The Huang family ancestor also hurried to Dongli Quda's Cave Mansion.

After requesting a meeting according to etiquette, it didn't take long.

He thought he would be challenged, but it went smoothly and he was able to enter the Cave Mansion.

And then, not long after.

This Huang family ancestor saw Dongli Quda, who had already undergone a great transformation.

Dongli Quda had his eyes covered with black cloth.

He was as thin as a stick, with only a white robe draped over him.

Around the Cave Mansion, countless distorted immortal texts were drawn.

The Huang family ancestor glanced at these immortal texts and felt that he didn't recognize any of them.

If it weren't for the absence of any evil or Devil Dao aura around, and the fact that this was still the Immortal Gate main peak, with Divine Armaments and a Rank Four grand formation suppressing everything that didn't submit, the Huang family ancestor would have suspected that the person in front of him had experienced Qi Deviation or had turned into an evil spirit.

"Please have a seat."

"As you can see, I did encounter a little accident, but I didn't experience Qi Deviation, nor did any evil aura enter my body."

Seeing the other party nod and sit on a cushion, Dongli Quda continued with a faint smile:

"I already know some of your intentions."

"Unfortunately, I can't tell you too specific information about that person."

"Not too specific?"

The expression on the Huang family ancestor's face remained unchanged, but in his heart, he remembered that Dongli Quda was a well-known charlatan in the main peak.

He particularly liked to talk mysteriously and act in a mysterious manner.

However, soon, this Huang family ancestor's face suddenly changed.

He heard Dongli Quda, with a kind expression, ask:

"Fellow Daoist!"

"Have you ever heard of a truly great existence?"

"He is the Supreme who controls time and the memories of all things?"

"He can destroy everything and recreate everything, the great highest..."

Before the Huang family ancestor could finish listening, his scalp was already numb and he wanted to escape.

His Magic power surged out of his body, and the Divine Ability, Mysterious Immortal Yellow Sand, also spewed out from his mouth.

But at this moment, the distorted immortal texts all around emitted golden light.

In an instant, they suppressed the Magic power on the Huang family ancestor's body.

At the same time, Dongli Quda, with his eyes covered by black cloth, held up a cracked communication Spiritual Treasure and rushed to the front of the ancestor, his tone filled with excitement:

"Take a look, Fellow Daoist, this is the truth!"

On the cracked communication Spiritual Treasure, the silhouette that Dongli Quda had seen before appeared.

Although it was far less shocking than the one he had glimpsed at the time.

The Huang family ancestor suddenly stopped and looked at the figure in the treasure mirror, taking a deep breath and saying:

"What you just said... is it true?"

"Is there really such a great existence?"

The Huang family ancestor did not become mentally deranged and fooled into becoming a madman.

Instead, as a Gold Core cultivator who was trapped in the Chiyuan main peak and had more or less understood the truth of the Immortal Cultivation World, he was silently consumed by despair and the hope in his heart.

He knew very well.

At a time like this, if he could really contact a great existence from outside the world...

Perhaps, it could truly become the only way out for himself and others after all hope was lost!

(End of this chapter)