Chapter 90

Lu Li nodded, no wonder the Tianzhu Sect's auction is held once a quarter, and there are still quite a few people coming. It seems they have indeed put a lot of effort into it.

In the palace, hundreds of crystal counters were densely arranged. Black-clothed, hooded cultivators kept appearing, but there were also those who did not wear the black cloak, appearing just as they were, with no need to hide their figures.

Some immediately rushed to one of the crystal counters, took out spirit stones, and rented the counter. Then they took out the goods they prepared for trading, marked the prices, or wrote down their special requirements.

For the next period, cultivators could browse various goods at the crystal counters and look for what they needed.

This was quite new to Lu Li, and he started to look at them one by one!

"Dragon Sinuous Incense, sourced from the Black Dragon Sea Calming Sect, a specialty of the sect. Burning it has a strange effect, driving away external demons and enhancing spirituality. It is a high-quality medicinal incense for cultivation. Ten sticks of Dragon Sinuous Incense are sold together, with a minimum price of 300 spirit stones, and a fixed price of 1000 spirit stones."

In addition to these words, there were instructions for its use. This incense requires a special method of lighting and extinguishing to activate its medicinal effects. Burning this incense during cultivation has an excellent effect.

"Really expensive, 300 spirit stones for ten, 30 spirit stones for one, but it can only burn for two hours. This is really burning money, can't afford it!"

Lu Li continued to look.

"Purple Cloud Qi Gathering Pill, made from the essence of 999 Purple Cloud Flowers. Once taken, it can accelerate the aggregation and circulation of true qi, making it a good auxiliary medicine for cultivation. A box of 100 pills has a minimum price of 500 spirit stones and a fixed price of 1000 spirit stones."

Lu Li thought, "This should be an advanced version of the Qi Condensation Pill, containing the essence of Purple Cloud Flowers. A regular Qi Condensation Pill costs 2 spirit stones, while this costs 5 spirit stones."

"My Qi Condensation Pills are almost gone, I'll try to bid on a box!"

With this thought, Lu Li lightly touched the screen, and a water mirror appeared. Lu Li could input numbers. He entered 500 spirit stones, the minimum price, and instantly a line of text appeared below the crystal box: "First bid of 500 spirit stones."

If no one bids higher than Lu Li within a day, he can go and buy the box of pills with spirit stones in the evening. If someone bids higher, it will belong to the next bidder.

If Lu Li must buy it, he can choose the fixed price, put 1000 spirit stones in, and the crystal box will open, allowing him to take the pills and complete the transaction.

After this, Lu Li continued to walk forward and looked at the next crystal box.

"Kunyuan Bone-Replacement Pill, refined with secret methods, can enhance the user's physique, as if changing their bones. It is a high-quality auxiliary pill for cultivation. A box of ten pills has a minimum price of 500 spirit stones and a fixed price of 1000 spirit stones."

"Da Huang Blood-Tonic Pill, a high-quality golden wound medicine, taken internally to treat internal injuries. One pill can replenish blood and heal internal injuries, making it a top-grade healing pill. A box of ten pills has a minimum price of 50 spirit stones and a fixed price of 100 spirit stones."

"Red Iron Mortar, a low-grade Qi Condensation Period magical tool, containing sixteen restrictions, suitable for refining pills. Minimum price 300 spirit stones, fixed price 500 spirit stones!"

"Millennium Lightning-Struck Peach Wood, a heavenly and earthly spiritual material, containing lightning power, specifically for breaking evil. Minimum price 300 spirit stones, fixed price 500 spirit stones!"

"Storage Belt (Pseudo), containing eight storage bags, with a spirit-gathering array, making it easy and quick to store items. Comes with eight three-meter storage bags. Minimum price 3500 spirit stones, fixed price 4000 spirit stones!"

Seeing this, Lu Li nodded, really wanting to buy one, but it was too expensive. This was not a true storage belt; once a storage bag contains something, it cannot be placed in another storage bag of the same type. Because of this characteristic, many cultivators carry several storage bags, looking like beggars, which is very ungraceful.

Someone invented a way to refine storage bags into a belt, making it look like a storage belt and avoiding the awkwardness of carrying several bags. This belt is called a pseudo-storage belt.

A true storage belt is a storage magical tool above storage bags, forming its own space, ten times larger than a storage bag.

This belt was actually not expensive. A three-meter storage bag is worth 500 spirit stones, so this was essentially the price of a storage bag. Lu Li really wanted to buy one, but 3500 spirit stones was not a small amount. Lu Li had a total of 15,000 spirit stones. After some thought, he finally gave up.

Continuing to look, suddenly a mental message reached Lu Li's ears:

"The Purple Cloud Qi Gathering Pill you bid on has been outbid by 550 spirit stones. Your bid has failed!"

Lu Li smiled, failure is failure, it doesn't matter whether he buys it or not.

He continued to look. Here, various magical tools, materials, pills, secret techniques, even spirit grains and spirit herbs were all for sale. It could be said that all the items needed for cultivation were available here.

These items had some characteristics. Some goods were particularly cheap, some magical tools were sold at any price, because their origins were unknown, likely stolen and sold here.

Some goods were bulk sales, so they were given a certain profit margin, making them very cheap. Lu Li saw a batch of spirit grains sold in 10,000 pounds, which was 20% cheaper than buying them individually outside.

But some goods were particularly expensive, such as some famous masters' refined magical tools, some spirit beasts and pets, and some of the Tianzhu Sect's Xuan-stage heavenly and earthly spiritual materials, like the Black Jade Earth, priced at 150,000 spirit stones, with no fixed price limit. The Tianzhu Sect would raise the price as you bid, so no one could buy it!

These items were all very expensive, like the secret technique in front of Lu Li, the Jingyu Palace's Fish Swimming Shallow Water Technique!

"Fish Swimming Shallow Water Technique, a secret technique of the Jingyu Palace, which human cultivators can also practice. After practicing, the technique automatically generates a water-repelling aura, allowing the user to swim like a fish, diving to depths of a thousand feet without pressure, and resisting various tidal and vortex attacks. This is a supreme water technique, with a fixed price of 2000 spirit stones!

It also comes with the inner cultivation technique of the ancient Yuanzhu Sect, from the Qi Condensation Period to the Immortal Realm, the most complete and perfect super technique!"

Lu Li looked at this, hesitating. He really wanted to buy it. This water-repelling technique would allow him to cross any river or ocean, and with his Black Dragon body, it would be incredibly useful!

It also came with the complete cultivation technique of the Yuanzhu Sect, which, although seemingly worthless, was free, so why not take it?

This secret technique had only one price, 2000 spirit stones. Lu Li gritted his teeth, bid, and bought it!

The crystal box opened, waiting for Lu Li to put in the spirit stones. When 2000 spirit stones were placed, a light flashed, and two jade slips appeared: one for the Fish Swimming Shallow Water Technique and one for the Yuanzhu Sect's legacy. Lu Li knew they both contained mind-demon oaths, allowing only one person to practice.

Putting away the two jade slips, Lu Li continued forward. As he walked, a counter caught his attention!

"Flower Path Spirit Butterfly Robe. A specialty of the Spirit Butterfly Sect, a light and flexible robe containing 32 spirit restrictions, with the spells Flower Path and Illusory Butterfly Shield.

It can activate the Flower Path spell once a day, instantly doubling the flight speed for ten breaths. It passively activates the Illusory Butterfly Shield three times a day, automatically activating when in danger to block attacks.

It also has the ability to clean, repel dust, gather spirit energy, and automatically repair, suitable for Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment cultivators! Minimum price 500 spirit stones, fixed price 1000 spirit stones!"

Seeing this robe, Lu Li was very tempted. The robe's greatest feature was its beauty! It was made from a hundred layers of thin silk, appearing as one piece when worn, with a fine texture like ordinary fabric. Its intricate and exquisite design was a marvel of craftsmanship.

The robe's surface seemed to have a thousand stars, like a miniature Milky Way, looking incredibly beautiful. Wearing this robe, even a cultivator with only a third of the required aura would instantly appear ten times more refined. It was truly a good robe!

This robe was not owned by many inner sect cultivators of the Spirit Butterfly Sect; at least, Foundation Establishment cultivators had to own it, making it very valuable. Lu Li had long admired it when he saw others wearing it, and he immediately bid 550 spirit stones!

Continuing to look, the next counter:

"Empty Cicada Purple Sun Wine, a specialty of the Spirit Butterfly Sect, made from the Spirit Butterfly Sect's carefully raised Empty Cicada Spirit Butterflies, combined with safflower, white rainbow grass, linden leaves, red pearl fruit, Xuan Yang grass, and Tianzhu grass, among sixteen fifty-year-old immortal herbs, brewed for three years, and buried under the Purple Sun Cliff for three years to absorb the Purple Sun energy, finally becoming wine. A hundred jars, fixed price 300 spirit stones!"

This was a bulk sale, directly priced, no bidding needed. The Spirit Butterfly Sect's Empty Cicada Purple Sun Wine, which Lu Li had tasted and liked, seemed to be a specialty of this area!

Suddenly, Lu Li had a thought. At this auction, the amount of spirit stones was not much, but if he went to another place, how would he earn spirit stones?

He had also seen the spirit wines of the Black Dragon Sect and the Tianzhu Sect, and it seemed that the five sects of the Tianzhu Sect were good at producing wine. These wines were not expensive, and according to the Immortal Wine Technique of the Taibai Sect, these spirit wines had not reached their optimal state.

Could he buy a batch of these spirit wines, then use the Taibai Sect's Immortal Wine Technique to blend and purify them, making them into Taibai Sect's immortal wine, and then sell them in the cultivator markets of the Chu Nan region? Wouldn't this be a way to make money?

Suddenly, Lu Li saw it clearly! That's it! Lu Li immediately took action. He determined that this auction house had five types of spirit wines: the Spirit Butterfly Sect's Empty Cicada Purple Sun Wine at 3 spirit stones per jar, Purple Frost Cold Butterfly Wine at 2 spirit stones per jar.

The Black Dragon Sect's Dragon Flame Burning Wine at 2 spirit stones per jar, the Tianzhu Sect's Poison Spider Green Mist Wine at 3 spirit stones per jar, and the Jingyu Palace's Deep Sea Dragon Juice at 2 spirit stones per jar!

Then Lu Li started to buy: 500 jars of Empty Cicada Purple Sun Wine, 200 jars of Purple Frost Cold Butterfly Wine, 300 jars of Dragon Flame Burning Wine, 300 jars of Poison Spider Green Mist Wine, and 300 jars of Deep Sea Dragon Juice. With one effort, Lu Li bought out all the spirit wines sold in the auction house!

In one go, Lu Li spent 4000 spirit stones to buy 1600 jars of spirit wine. Fortunately, the seller included the cheapest storage bags, or Lu Li would have had nowhere to put them. However, Lu Li still spent a lot of time putting them into a storage bag to avoid carrying seven or eight storage bags, which would make him look like a beggar.

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