Cultivation Begins From The Desert
Chapter 196 - 194: Auction (Part 2)

Chapter 196: Chapter 194: Auction (Part 2)

"Kan Yuan Spiritual Water" aids Purple Mansion Stage cultivators with water element techniques in forming their core.

Just this effect alone ensures it will become a treasure that countless water element cultivators will fight over, including some Golden Core Stage cultivators.

Although Golden Core Stage cultivators may not need "Kan Yuan Spiritual Water," how many who have achieved Golden Core Stage stand alone?

Even if they don’t need it themselves, their descendants, their pupils, and disciples will eventually need it!

Moreover, if the price is right, even if they don’t need it themselves, they can buy it and later sell it at a high price to those who do, right?

For these reasons, as Liu Yunyan announced the starting bid price for "Kan Yuan Spiritual Water," people began bidding in quick succession.

The starting price of seventy thousand Spirit Stones for a treasure that can assist in core formation is indeed insignificant.

Everyone knows that the auction gives "Kan Yuan Spiritual Water" a price estimate of seventy thousand, indicating that its effect in assisting core formation might not be that great.

But for every cultivator preparing to form a core or about to prepare for it, even just an additional one percent chance of success is worth their utmost effort to compete for!

After all, it’s the Golden Core!

The difference between the Golden Core Stage and the Purple Mansion Stage may seem like just one realm, but the significance between the two is not simply measured by realm differences.

Purple Mansion Stage cultivators barely touch the threshold of high-tier cultivators, while Golden Core Stage cultivators are truly high-tier.

Once cultivation reaches the Golden Core Stage, most places in the Cultivation Realm can be accessed, many forbidden areas that are perilous for Purple Mansion Stage cultivators are nothing in the eyes of Golden Core Stage cultivators.

Therefore, even if a Golden Core Stage cultivator is heavily indebted before their core formation, they can repay it all within a hundred years after successfully forming their core.

Thus, for those Purple Mansion Stage cultivators who truly need "Kan Yuan Spiritual Water," even if it means mortgaging their Tier Four Spiritual Artifact they’ve used for a hundred years, or borrowing debts, they are determined to obtain it.

"Eighteen thousand Spirit Stones! A fellow cultivator in room #22 has bid eighteen thousand Spirit Stones! Is there anyone who can bid higher? This is a treasure that assists core formation! If the technique I cultivate matched it, I’d go bankrupt to acquire it! Opportunities come only once, don’t miss out, fellow cultivators!"

As Liu Yunyan’s enticing and provocative words broadcast through the Projection Crystal Mirror, Zhouyang in the small chamber on the twenty-eighth floor couldn’t help but gulp down foam.

Not only he, but Xiao Ying, who also knew the inside story, widened her beautiful eyes, watching the Projection Crystal Mirror, her charming face full of excitement and thrill.

"Look at you two so excited, it’s just eighteen thousand Spirit Stones! If I had encountered such a treasure useful for core formation when I was forming my core, I wouldn’t hesitate even for twenty thousand Spirit Stones!"

Cao Wenjin saw the change in expression on Zhouyang and his wife’s faces, chuckled lightly, assuming they were inexperienced and momentarily swayed by the fierce atmosphere on the auction platform.

"Kan Yuan Spiritual Water" is a water element Celestial Spirit, yet in the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm, an immense desert, he wouldn’t have imagined this item to be consigned by Zhouyang.

"Hehe, Elder Cao’s right, we younglings got carried away."

Zhouyang grinned sheepishly, secretly squeezed Xiao Ying’s delicate hand, hinting her to restrain her emotions and not reveal the origin of "Kan Yuan Spiritual Water."

Despite her inherent innocence, Xiao Ying is a smart young woman; she simply doesn’t like plotting against others.

Receiving Zhouyang’s message, she silently recited the Purifying Heart Spell to calm her excitement, then sweetly smiled at Zhouyang, indicating she understood.

Seeing this, Zhouyang also returned a smile and released the grip on the young lady’s hand.

Subsequently, the price of "Kan Yuan Spiritual Water" soared all the way, ultimately reaching a sky-high price Zhouyang never dared to imagine before.

"Two hundred fifty-five thousand Spirit Stones, sold!"

"Congratulations to the friend in room #13 for winning our eighteenth auction item [Kan Yuan Spiritual Water] with a bid of two hundred fifty-five thousand Spirit Stones!"

With Liu Yunyan’s enthusiastic declaration of the final auction price for "Kan Yuan Spiritual Water" through the Projection Crystal Mirror, Zhouyang’s heart finally settled.

"Two hundred fifty-five thousand Spirit Stones, deducting the auction’s fee of twenty-five thousand five hundred, I still have two hundred twenty-nine thousand five hundred Spirit Stones!"

"Bringing so many spirit stones back to the clan would undoubtedly be a waste; they should be exchanged for various treasures that can enhance the clan’s strength and foundation to bring back. Hmm, what should I exchange them for? This requires some serious thought!"

As the "Kan Yuan Spiritual Water" was sold, Zhouyang’s thoughts drifted to how to utilize this enormous amount of spirit stones, making him pay less unnoticed attention to the subsequent auction process.

Only when the "Purple Heart Jade Marrow," which can help Foundation Establishment cultivators open the Purple Mansion, was taken out by Liu Yunyan, and then taken out twice, did he pay a little more attention.

Of course, it was just paying attention to the price. With Cao Wenjin watching beside him, he dared not bid.

Otherwise, if Cao Wenjin found out that the "Kan Yuan Spiritual Water" was actually consigned by him, that would be disastrous!

In the end, the auction prices for the two "Purple Heart Jade Marrows" were higher each time, with the first selling for as much as 180,000 spirit stones, and the second for as high as 200,000 spirit stones.

Some might ask why "Kan Yuan Spiritual Water," a treasure that aids in core formation, could only sell for 255,000 spirit stones, while "Purple Heart Jade Marrow," which only assists in opening the Purple Mansion, could sell for 200,000 spirit stones.

The reason is simple: "Kan Yuan Spiritual Water" can only be used by Water Element cultivators, and its effect on assisting core formation is something only heaven knows.

However, "Purple Heart Jade Marrow" is different. This spiritual object is useful for all Foundation Establishment cultivators who want to open the Purple Mansion and is of great use.

Since this item was discovered and refined, comparing those cultivators who successfully opened the Purple Mansion after consuming it with those Purple Mansion cultivators who did not succeed, it has been found that this item increases the success rate of opening the Purple Mansion by at least thirty percent!

With such significant help, and comparing the vast demand group of Foundation Establishment cultivators, do you think the price of "Purple Heart Jade Marrow" can be low?

However, even at such high prices, Foundation Establishment cultivators wanting to obtain the "Purple Heart Jade Marrow" could only seek it through auctions and exchanges with high-tier cultivators, besides exchanging it within a sect.

For cultivators in the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm, even if they have spirit stones, they shouldn’t expect to buy such treasures, as they are truly priceless items within that realm, strictly controlled by the Yellow Sand Sect.

After the "Purple Heart Jade Marrow," the auction began to truly reach its most intense phase. Various rare treasures, such as Tier Four Demon Pills, Tier Five Spirit Elixirs, Tier Five Spiritual Objects for refining Golden Core cultivators’ Lifebound Spiritual Artifacts, Tier Five Spirit Talismans, Tier Five Spiritual Artifacts, Tier Four High-Grade Arrays, Tier Five Spirit Pills, and Beast Eggs of Tier Five Demon Beasts, were paraded out like a running horse by Liu Yunyan.

The prices of these treasures ranged from as low as seventy or eighty thousand spirit stones to as high as thirty or forty thousand with sky-high prices!

Zhouyang and Xiao Ying, two Foundation Establishment cultivators, felt thoroughly thrilled watching such a spectacle. This kind of eye-opening experience is rare to come by in ordinary times.

Not to mention he was admitted for free viewing through the "Profound Sun Order"; even if he had to pay five hundred spirit stones for the entrance fee, he would absolutely not regret it!

Meanwhile, Cao Wenjin watched this scene with steady composure, obviously indicating that although these items are precious, they were not the target of his participation in the auction.

After waiting for most of the day at the auction, Cao Wenjin finally awaited the treasure he wanted to bid on.

"The next treasure, this humble one is truly reluctant to take it out because its preciousness can no longer be measured in spirit stones!"

In the Projection Crystal Mirror, Liu Yunyan’s charming and enchanting face was filled with reluctance and hesitation, unwilling to produce the treasure she mentioned, making Zhouyang almost wish to shout out, "Just hurry up and reveal it already," believing he was not the only one with such a thought.

After hesitating for nearly half a tea’s time, Liu Yunyan, full of suspense, finally closed her beautiful eyes and revealed an item.

Zhouyang widened his eyes; that item was a Reishi, a Reishi glowing with red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple seven-colored brilliance!

"Seven-colored Reishi, one of the most precious varieties among reishi. It takes a thousand years to increase one color, seven thousand years to mature. Once mature, it no longer changes color, but every thousand years, one color becomes more intense than the others. After another seven thousand years, the Seven-colored Reishi transforms into a Ganoderma Colored Horse, possessing great magical power comparable to a Late-stage Golden Core cultivator!"

"A mature Seven-colored Reishi can extend the life of cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage by a hundred years. If it transforms into a Ganoderma Colored Horse, it can extend the life of cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage by two hundred years and increase the success rate of forming a Nascent Soul by ten percent, also extending the life of Nascent Soul stage cultivators by a hundred years!"

The low, murmuring voice sounded in Zhouyang’s ears, but it was neither Liu Yunyan’s alluring words but rather the powerful voice of Cao Wenjin, filled with an unwavering intent to claim this treasure.

This left him no doubt that this was the target Cao Wenjin had set for this auction.

Just hearing the effects of the "Seven-colored Reishi" as narrated by Cao Wenjin, Zhouyang knew that Cao Wenjin would likely face quite a challenge to fulfill his wish today!

In the Cultivation Realm, treasures that can extend the lifespan of cultivators are few, even rarer for those that can extend the life of Golden Core stage cultivators. One that can extend life for a hundred years is a sight unseen for even a century!

With such a treasure, does Cao Wenjin truly have the resources to compete with those major sect Golden Core stage cultivators?