Longevity with a Turtle

Chapter 85: Chapter 83: Mountain Furred Beast

”Six hundred and thirty Spirit Stones going once, six hundred and thirty Spirit Stones going twice, six hundred and thirty Spirit Stones for the third time... Sold!”

With a strike of Steward Chen’s gavel, the fist-sized Hundred-Year Ice Soul was successfully won by Yun Xiaoqian.

The second and third treasures were also rare items meant for Body Refining. They were auctioned off for four hundred and seven hundred Spirit Stones, respectively, both bought by a Foundation Establishment Ancestor who had traveled all the way from the Western Border.

The fourth treasure was a High-Grade Flying Sword, though it was one with a special attribute.

”This flying sword was forged using Nine Yang Fire Stones as its main material,” Steward Chen explained. ”It possesses violent Fire Attribute energy. If wielded by a cultivator who practices a Fire Element Technique, it can boost their attack power by ten percent.

”The starting price is four hundred Spirit Stones, and each minimum bid increment must be no less than ten Spirit Stones.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the price was quickly driven up to five hundred Spirit Stones. However, the momentum soon died down. It was clear that the sword’s true value lay somewhere between five hundred and six hundred Spirit Stones. Ultimately, a Loose Cultivator claimed it for five hundred and sixty Spirit Stones.

The fifth, sixth, and seventh treasures were also High-Grade Flying Swords with elemental attributes. They were auctioned off for five hundred and twenty, five hundred and thirty, and five hundred and seventy Spirit Stones respectively, purchased by two Loose Cultivators and a scion of a noble family.

The eighth treasure was a bottle of Nourishing Spirit Pills, which could assist cultivators in practicing Spiritual Cultivation Techniques and strengthen their Soul Essence, thereby increasing their chances of a successful Foundation Establishment. The bottle contained ten Nourishing Spirit Pills and had a starting price of six hundred Spirit Stones. It was eventually won by the Yun family for nine hundred and fifty.

In the seventy-thousand-mile expanse South of the Tongtian River, Nourishing Spirit Pills were only sold regularly at the Immortal Sect Marketplaces. In all other marketplaces, they were exclusively sold through auctions. As High-Grade Spirit Pills that enhanced Soul Essence, they carried a hefty price tag—usually ranging from eighty to one hundred and twenty Spirit Stones per pill. Thus, by winning ten Nourishing Spirit Pills for just nine hundred and fifty Spirit Stones, the Yun family had actually scored a bargain.

The ninth treasure was a piece of Meteorite Iron measuring five inches wide and four feet long—a prime material for forging a Top-Level Flying Sword. With a starting price of five hundred Spirit Stones, it was snagged by a Loose Cultivator for eight hundred.

Watching the proceedings, Chen Jianghe felt utterly dazzled. It seemed like he needed every single treasure being auctioned off. However, lacking both the Cultivation and the financial resources, he could only watch helplessly from the sidelines.

”Brother Jianghe, the finale treasures are up next,” Yu Daniu whispered, his eyes gleaming with restless excitement.

If the standard treasures were already this tempting, the finale items would surely be extraordinary. Chen Jianghe knew that one of them was an infant beast with a Third-Grade Lower-Class Bloodline, but what was the other? There was still one final treasure left.

”For our tenth auction item, we have a Spirit Beast consigned by the Zhou family,” Steward Chen announced.

Two cultivators carried a cage onto the stage. They pulled away the red silk covering it to reveal the imprisoned Spirit Beast. It was an infant Mountain Furred Beast. Small and adorable, it stood less than two feet tall, covered entirely in snow-white fur. With an ape-like appearance, it belonged to the category of Primate Spirit Beasts.

”This is a Mountain Furred Beast, a Water Element Spirit Beast with a Third-Grade Lower-Class Bloodline,” Steward Chen declared. ”Upon reaching adulthood, it will naturally advance to Late-Stage Tier One. If nurtured properly, it has a fifty percent chance of becoming a Tier Two Spirit Beast. If provided with a Tier Two Spirit Beast Spirit Core, those odds increase to seventy percent!

”Without further ado, the starting bid is one thousand and two hundred Spirit Stones. The minimum bid increment must be at least fifty.”

A brief silence fell over the venue. The Loose Cultivators looked on with adoring eyes but lacked the wealth to make a bid. Even if they managed to buy it, the subsequent Spirit Stones required to raise it would be an astronomical figure. Only Loose Cultivators who possessed tier-two crafts had the financial capability to cultivate such a Spirit Beast. Otherwise, this was a battle meant exclusively for the major families.

”One thousand and five hundred Spirit Stones.”

The Bai family of Qiyun Mountain was the first to call out. By immediately raising the price by three hundred Spirit Stones, they hoped to intimidate the other families into backing down. They were sorely mistaken.

Yun Bufan’s voice chimed in right on cue. ”One thousand five hundred and fifty Spirit Stones.”

Since the Yun family was being targeted by the Puppet Immortal Race Lu Family, they were definitely not going to win this Mountain Furred Beast. However, the Yun family was also keeping a close eye on the Bai family; this Mountain Furred Beast could fall into anyone else’s hands, but absolutely not the Bai family’s.

Seeing the Yun family make a bid, the Lu family’s Foundation Establishment Cultivator didn’t rush to counter. Trying to win a Mountain Furred Beast for a mere fifteen hundred and fifty Spirit Stones was absolutely impossible anyway.

Suddenly, voices rang out from other private booths in the mezzanine.

”One thousand and six hundred Spirit Stones.”

”One thousand six hundred and fifty Spirit Stones.”

”...”

”One thousand and nine hundred Spirit Stones.”

The bidding voices gradually dwindled. Two thousand Spirit Stones was essentially the ceiling for this Mountain Furred Beast. After all, the cost didn’t end at the purchase—it would still require an enormous amount of resources to nurture. For comparison, a Genuine Foundation Establishment Pill only cost two thousand Spirit Stones.

As the families fiercely competed, Chen Jianghe kept his eyes glued to the Mountain Furred Beast, carefully sensing the coercive aura radiating from its Third-Grade Lower-Class Bloodline.

”Is this the bloodline pressure of a Spirit Beast with a Third-Grade Lower-Class Bloodline?” he wondered.

A storm of shock washed over him. The bloodline aura spilling from the Mountain Furred Beast actually felt somewhat inferior to Little Black’s! How could he not be stunned? This meant that the purity of Little Black’s bloodline was even higher than that of this Mountain Furred Beast.

A Third-Grade High-Class Bloodline! This meant that once Little Black reached adulthood, it would naturally reach the Peak of Late-Stage Tier One. In the future, even without a Tier Two Spirit Beast Spirit Core, it would still have a seventy percent chance of breaking through to become a Tier Two Spirit Beast.

”How can its bloodline purity be this strong?” Chen Jianghe couldn’t help but wonder. ”Does the Third Transformation Demon Ascension Technique truly possess such terrifying power?”