Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 2206 - 1573: Harvest

”The next item up for bidding is another Profound Immortal Rank Spiritual Object, the Xuanqing Essence Crystal.”

The auctioneer introduced loudly, ”After refining this treasure, it can accelerate mana growth and refine the mana itself, not only saving a lot of time but also enhancing one’s foundation, beneficial for future breakthroughs.”

”The starting bid is fifty million Spirit Stones!”

Unlike the first auction item, the Nine-Colored Rainbow Light, the Xuanqing Essence Crystal immediately drew countless heated gazes upon its appearance, capturing the attention of everyone present.

Even the elders from the few large factions couldn’t remain calm at this moment.

For treasures like these that can enhance one’s foundation and subtly decrease breakthrough difficulty are extremely rare and precious, nearly impossible to find in the outside world.

For the Tongtian Sect to publicly auction such an item is unheard of; others would typically keep such things secret for personal use.

”It’s impossible for the Tongtian Sect not to know the effects of Xuanqing Essence Crystal, yet they still are willing to auction it, so either they have more on hand or they have an even better substitute.”

But regardless of the reason, it indicates that the Tongtian Sect has plenty of good things in their possession!

If it were before, they might have had other thoughts, but now, knowing that the Tongtian Sect has a Profound Immortal Realm Sect Leader, all those ideas have vanished without a trace.

Given that throughout the entire Mingzhou, you can barely find a few Profound Immortals!

Now that the Tongtian Sect’s leader refrains from subduing other forces, they already feel fortunate; how dare they initiate any offense?

However, this also made them more curious about the Tongtian Sect’s identity and origins; it couldn’t possibly be a newly established force with such a foundation and a Mysterious Immortal.

While the elders of the various forces were conjuring up all sorts of speculations, the third auction item appeared.

Though it wasn’t a Profound Immortal Rank Spiritual Object, it was fairly precious and spurred many cultivators to bid, but ultimately fell into the hands of a certain faction.

For compared to loose cultivators fighting alone, those with the backing of a faction could surely produce more Spirit Stones.

Yet not every treasure landed into the hands of a faction, as they couldn’t produce that many Spirit Stones either.

Moreover, there were even more precious Spiritual Objects not yet presented, requiring them to reserve a large sum of Spirit Stones for competition with other factions.

Not every auction item was something they needed either.

In such cases, it was the loose cultivators or cultivators from smaller factions vying instead.

One by one, precious, rare, or universally needed Spiritual Objects appeared on the auction stage one after another, maintaining the atmosphere in an elevated, excited state throughout.

If someone were to carefully observe the entire auction, they would discover a phenomenon: all the Spiritual Objects provided by the Tongtian Sect were mature, or rather, finished Spiritual Objects.

None involved Spirit Seeds, young Spiritual Object plants, or Methods of any sort.

And this decision came from Li Zhirui, as the sect’s treasure house indeed had these items, often of even higher value.

So why not sell them? The reason being considered is that if they can monopolize these categories to some extent, the benefits to the sect would undoubtedly be greater.

Keep in mind that the Tongtian Sect is a sect from over a hundred thousand years ago, and many of the Spiritual Objects left in the treasure house have either vanished from history or become extremely rare and scarce.

All of the Spiritual Objects presented at this auction have been confirmed not to be extinct or vanished from the Tao Spirit Realm.

Some attendees at the auction noticed this phenomenon, though only the first part, unaware of the Tongtian Sect’s history, given that the auction’s items have been carefully selected.

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Unknowingly, time passed swiftly, reaching the final few auction items quickly.

The auction up to this point surprisingly experienced no instances of unsold items; every Spiritual Object was taken.

”As of now, all the Spiritual Objects from the first half have been successfully auctioned. Now commencing the second half, with only nine extremely precious Spiritual Objects, each capable of astonishing everyone upon presentation!”

’Alas! It seems the upcoming auction is completely beyond our reach now.’ These are the inner thoughts of many loose cultivators and those with lower cultivation.

The higher the grade of the Spiritual Objects, the more valuable they are, the more competitors there are, and the stronger the factions involved, making it impossible for them to compete, perhaps without any competition qualification at all, so they can only calm their minds, treating it as an eye-opening experience.

As the auctioneer made the announcement, the previously heated and excited atmosphere instantly cooled down!

This wasn’t due to any lack of anticipation for the upcoming treasures; quite the opposite, it was precisely because of high expectations that this happened. Everyone held their breath, speculating on what shocking treasures the Tongtian Sect would present that warranted such words from the auctioneer.

”The first treasure is the Top Grade Immortal Pill, the Sky Cleansing Pill!”

Shuffling sounds—

Before the auctioneer could even begin the introduction, a rustling noise erupted from the crowd rising too quickly in unison.

A group of Earth Immortal Cultivators gazed intently at the jade bottle no larger than three inches on the stage, their eyes brimming with intense desire.

The auctioneer ignored the commotion they caused and continued with his explanation, saying, ”This is also a kind of Breaking Realm Pill, able to increase the chances of an Earth Immortal cultivator breaking through to a Heavenly Immortal by twenty percent, and due to the high quality of the pill, an additional increment of five or six points is also added.”