Immortal of the Nine Realms

The cultivators were whispering in excitement, each of their faces filled with anticipation. It wasn’t only the wandering cultivators who were enlivened, even some disciples from the sects showed interest.

Watching them, Manager You revealed a self-satisfied smile.

What was most valuable in the cultivation world? It wasn’t rare elixirs or mystical medicines, nor was it treasures. Ultimately, it was the basis of cultivation—cultivation techniques! The most valued of treasures!

To wandering cultivators, the biggest obstacle they had to face was the lack of cultivation techniques. Some of them would die even before reaching the second or third stage of the Qi Refining Realm. Their lack of talent aside, the incomplete cultivation techniques they practiced were also one significant factor.

Only the major sects possessed complete cultivation technique inheritances. However, even that wasn’t an absolute fact; some sects might have a complete inheritance for the Qi Refining Realm but wouldn’t possess a cultivation technique for those in the Foundation Building Realm.

”Manager You, you better not be tricking us. Don’t just bring out some incomplete cultivation technique!”

”It wasn’t easy for us to come all this way. Don’t let us down!”

Several cultivators at the eighth and ninth stages of the Qi Refining Realm spoke up.

Manager You smiled contentedly. ”This cultivation technique has been appraised and verified by our Foundation Building Realm ancestor. There are no issues with cultivating it to the 12th stage of the Qi Refining Realm. It’s a complete cultivation technique!”

The auction venue erupted into an uproar. Countless faces flushed with excitement as they looked at Manager You.

A complete Qi Refining Realm cultivation technique!

This was an opportunity that was rarely seen in a hundred years!

In the VIP room, Song Yu clenched his fists slowly, glaring at Manager You. ”This old man didn’t even inform me beforehand!”

”Master Song, cultivation techniques are the inheritance of sects. Can they be sold casually without fearing reprisal?” asked Fang Chen casually.

Song Yu seemed to have thoughts of his own, tumbling in his mind, and he replied somewhat distractedly, ”The cultivation techniques that can be put up for sale may come from sects whose lineage has already ceased to exist. Even if there are a few scattered disciples remaining, they wouldn’t pose a threat to the You family. However, it may indeed cause some trouble, which explains why they chose to sell them in Dragon Ridge. This place is inconspicuous and relatively remote.”

Song Yu glanced at Fang Chen apologetically. ”Young brother, I have some urgent matters to attend to....”

Fang Chen nodded. ”Please.”

Song Yu got up and left in a hurry, seemingly very anxious.

After Song Yu left, Fang Chen slowly took out a talisman brush and ground some Nine Tribulations Cinnabar. Then, he slowly began to draw on the Thunderous Wood talisman paper spread out in front of him.

To create high-quality talismans, one needed to be extremely skilled. The strokes had to be smooth and precise, any slight flaw in one’s work was unacceptable. In addition to that, one needed strong control over their spiritual energy.

The talisman brush made of Sky Blue Stone provided a significant boost in stability. However, Thunderous Wood talisman paper and Nine Tribulations Cinnabar were different from ordinary spiritual materials; they almost instantly depleted Fang Chen’s spiritual energy by about twenty percent!

Fang Chen reckoned that by the time he finished crafting the Purple Lightning Talisman, his spiritual energy would be almost completely depleted.

Meanwhile, whilst Fang Chen was busy with his craft, the auction had already reached a climax, one that had been birthed right from the start.

In just a short while, the price of the cultivation technique had shot up to three thousand three hundred low-grade spirit stones.

Among the cultivators present, it could be said that no one could come up with such a sum of spirit stones by themselves. Therefore, many cultivators had privately reached an agreement to join hands in bidding for the technique and study it together!

Several figures had already stood up in the VIP room where Clear Void Poison King was located. These people were all well-known wandering cultivators from nearby areas, with cultivations not weaker than Clear Void Poison King.

”We must obtain this cultivation technique. I see that everyone should put in some effort. If we miss this opportunity, we may never encounter such a good opportunity again,” said the Clear Void Poison King lightly.

The several cultivators looked at each other. One of them gritted his teeth, then said, ”I can sell my treasure. At most, I can come up with six hundred low-grade spirit stones.”

”I’ll provide eight hundred!”

”Seven hundred.”

In the end, they pooled together around four thousand low-grade spirit stones. Clear Void Poison King nodded, smiling faintly. ”If we successfully buy the technique, those who contributed less should remember to repay the owed spirit stones.”

”Of course.”

Two of the cultivators immediately nodded, as they had contributed the least amount of spirit stones.

Manager You’s voice came again. ”Three thousand five hundred low-grade spirit stones. Is there a higher bid?”

By now, there were only two factions left competing. One faction consisted of cultivators from several sects, while the other faction included Clear Void Poison King and those around him.

”Four thousand,” said Clear Void Poison King slowly, his voice echoing throughout the auction hall. Countless cultivators looked up at the VIP room where Clear Void Poison King sat, showing expressions of shock, envy, and jealousy. For them, this cultivation technique was already out of reach.

”Clear Void Poison King, why did you raise the price to four thousand directly?” A white-robed cultivator behind Clear Void Poison King frowned, clearly displeased.

Clear Void Poison King glanced at him and calmly said, ”If we don’t bid aggressively, with everyone adding just a little bit more, do you think we can secure it?”

The white-robed cultivator was speechless for a moment. He didn’t say anything else and only silently hoped that the other side wouldn’t bid again.

Unfortunately for him, things didn’t go as hoped.

”Four thousand two hundred low-grade spirit stones,” the other side bid again.

Clear Void Poison King’s face turned ashen upon hearing this. He suddenly stood up and paced back and forth in the room, accompanied by the visibly displeased group of cultivators who had joined hands with him. They couldn’t come up with any more spirit stones.

Clear Void Poison King suddenly spoke viciously. ”Damn it, since when did these sect disciples have a lack of cultivation techniques? They have the guts to compete with us wandering cultivators? I’ll poison them to death!”

The surrounding cultivators hurriedly advised him against it. ”Poison King, you can’t act recklessly. If you offend those sect disciples and they lay their eyes on us, where would we run off to?”

Clear Void Poison King’s gaze swept coldly around. ”You think I’m afraid of them?”

Since they were all very wary of Clear Void Poison King’s vicious poison techniques, they could only awkwardly laugh it off.

Clear Void Poison King squinted. ”Well, since we don’t have enough spirit stones to buy this cultivation technique, why don’t we join forces and snatch it after they leave Dragon Ridge?”

The group looked at each other, their hearts stirred. If it were just an ordinary item, it might’ve been fine to let it go, but a complete cultivation technique was extremely important to them. Even if it meant offending some sects, it was worth it.

As the group steeled their determination, they heard Manager You’s voice resound. ”Good, since there’s no higher bid, congratulations.”

The middle-aged Daoist from the Clear Sky Monastery was amongst the group of cultivators who had banded together to fish out the spirit stones required. Just as both sides were preparing to complete the transaction, Li Huafeng quietly asked, ”Senior Wei, doesn’t our Clear Sky Monastery have a complete cultivation technique?”

The middle-aged Daoist glanced at Li Huafeng and smiled. ”Junior Li, you may not know this, but even the Clear Sky Monastery’s cultivation technique has many shortcomings. If we can have another qi cultivation technique to corroborate with, it can save us from a few pitfalls during our cultivation. Our master knew that this item would be auctioned today, so he specifically asked me to bring you here, to let you get acquainted with the world.”

Li Huafeng was suddenly enlightened. ”I see,” he said. Then he glanced around but didn’t see the figure he had in mind, feeling relieved. He thought he might encounter Fang Chen here, but considering how vast the cultivation world was, such a coincidence was unlikely.