Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 233 Dragon Bone, Phoenix Feather.

Those who cultivate alone are always destined for hardship; Wanqing's dream was shattered in a single day.

Seeing that Lin Fan had taken away the last Foundation Establishment Pill.

Tang Wanqing seemed to have been drained of all her energy; her former vigor and vitality were nowhere to be seen.

She just sat there blankly, the surrounding light and shadows, the chatter of the crowd, all seemed to drift further and further away from her, as if she were in a nightmare from which she could never wake up, leaving her unable to come back to her senses for a long time.

At that moment, Su Qing reached out her hand and whispered to Tang Wanqing:
"Fellow Daoist Tang, please come to my shop after the auction. I may be able to provide what you are looking for!"

"Indeed!" Tang Wanqing's dim eyes brightened instantly, and she stared intently at Su Qing.

"Have I ever deceived you, fellow Daoist?" Su Qing raised his eyes and smiled, not forgetting to glance at Lin Fan. This fellow Daoist Lin thought he was determined to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill, but little did he know that Su Qing himself already had an extra Foundation Establishment Pill!

What are you looking at?

Why don't you hug that female cultivator and cry together!

What are you laughing at!

You're forcing a smile, aren't you!

Go home and cry!
Lin Fan was enraged by Su Qing's teasing gaze.

He snatched the Foundation Establishment Pill from Lin Song, waved it triumphantly, and only after feeling that he had dealt a fatal blow to Su Qing did he sit down smugly.

His actions immediately incited hatred between Tang Wanqing and Sun Yan and the others beside her. The group of sisters started hurling insults at each other, and even Su Qing, who was just listening, thought the insults were really too nasty.

"No noble families are any good!"

"Male cultivators aren't good either!"

"Male cultivators from aristocratic families are the worst kind of scoundrels!"

After the older sisters vented their frustrations.

The auction was entering its final stage.

It was a third-tier item auction that Liang Haishun and other rogue cultivators, including Lin Fan, felt they couldn't get involved in, and it was exclusively for the Golden Core cultivators and third-tier professionals on the second floor!
"Dragon bone. There was a vicious dragon in the Western Sea that stirred up storms and caused havoc on dozens of island nations. Fortunately, a cultivator from Penglai took action and killed the dragon. We dare not think about the other materials on the dragon's body. It is already a great blessing that we were able to acquire this dragon bone."

The dragon is a divine beast, and legend has it that its scales, horns, claws, teeth, bones, and core are naturally imbued with Dao patterns. If any fellow Daoist could glimpse even a trace of the wonders of these Dao patterns within the dragon's bones, then the value of those dragon bones would surpass that of even fourth- or fifth-tier materials!

Li Mubai stood in front of the dragon bones and gave a lengthy introduction.

The cultivators' attention was immediately drawn to the dragon bone the moment it appeared.

Su Qing was the same. He saw that the dragon's bones, with no flesh or scales, still exuded a majestic dragon aura. Water ripples gathered and dispersed around the dragon bones, as if it could instantly return to its former glory and wag its tail into the sea.

"Good stuff, no wonder it's a third-tier item!"

"Fool! Dragons and phoenixes are divine beasts. The materials on their bodies are by default one rank higher than other materials of the same rank. This dragon bone is only of rank three, but it's priced like a rank four!"

"So valuable? It must be at least ten million spirit crystals!"

"Ten million spirit crystals? You don't even have the right to touch it!"

Hearing the discussions among the scattered cultivators, Su Qing clutched her storage bag and silently shed tears.

I was too naive. I had prepared less than two hundred spirit stones and dared to dream of the dragon bone!

Pooh!
Selling for such a high price, it must be all show and no substance; I'd rather not have it!

Just as he came to terms with reality and realized that the wonderful illusions in his mind about the Dragon God Armor and the dragons that could cross the sea were things that he, a poor rogue cultivator, could not hope for at the moment.

A sneer came from the second floor. "The Overturning Sea Demon Dragon, it is said that it has the Nine Luminaries level Overturning Sea Dao Marks imprinted on its body. It was originally cultivating in the depths of the West Sea, waiting for the time to transform into a dragon, but because the Penglai Immortal Kingdom coveted the Dao Marks on its body, it was forced to emerge from the deep sea to fight."

Ultimately, the cultivators of Penglai moved dozens of island nations to suppress and kill it. Its dragon blood spread for hundreds of miles, and the sins of the people of those dozens of island nations who died tragically were also attributed to this dragon by the cultivators of Penglai.

Whether the dragon died unjustly or the tens of millions of lives in these dozens of island nations died unjustly, in any case, although the dragon died, the Dao patterns on its body merged with the evil spirits and vengeful souls, and from then on it transformed into the evil dragon of the West Sea, roaming back and forth in the West Sea, specifically targeting the cultivators of Penglai!
Most of the Dao patterns are still on the evil dragon's body, with only a few remnants remaining on the dragon bones. How could anyone else possibly comprehend their mysteries? If they could truly understand them, these dragon bones wouldn't have been passed down from the Penglai Immortal Kingdom to this place!

Hearing someone undermine him, Li Mubai knew it was the Joyful Old Demon who had spoken, but what he said was also true, so he shook his head and smiled:

“Fellow Daoist Jia is indeed knowledgeable. Although this dragon bone has no effect on comprehending Dao patterns, it can still be used by weapon refiners, puppeteers, and even the third-level corpse driver in Fellow Daoist Yuan’s clan.”

"If it's only used as a material, it won't fetch the price of a fourth-tier material. How about this, I'll offer three hundred spirit stones. Fellow Daoists, please give me some face and let me, Jia, have this dragon bone!"

Dismantling the platform and offering a discount is the real way to do business. Jia Chunqiu criticized the dragon bone, but he was the first to make an offer.

Surprisingly, both the Lin family, skilled in puppet making, and the Yuan family, capable of regenerating flesh from bones and controlling corpses and bones, were involved.

These two companies, who should have been determined to obtain the dragon bone, did not make any offer.

Su Qing could tell that the two families seemed to be trying to befriend each other, or perhaps they were wary of this old devil.

"This old demon has no family or clan, and his temperament is unpredictable, cruel and ruthless. Cultivation families like Yuan Lin's are most afraid of offending such an enemy, so they try not to offend him if possible!" Liang Haishun, who is worldly-wise and experienced in human relationships, explained.

"His face is incredibly valuable. With just one word, he saved two or three hundred spirit stones and practically won the dragon bone at the reserve price!" Su Qing nodded enviously.

But he also knew that Yunshan Sect had deliberately given them this advantage.

Otherwise, even if the Yuan and Lin families don't make a bid, someone from the Yunshan Sect will still bid.

However, these third-tier materials were merely a means for the Yunshan Sect to win over these Golden Core cultivators, which is why the Joyful Old Demon was allowed to bid on the dragon bone at a price far below the market value.

He had no chance with the dragon bone, but what worried him was that the Joyful Old Demon, the Yuan family, the Lin family, and others had reached a tacit agreement to quietly divide up the remaining third-tier materials.

If that's the case, I wonder if the Fire Phoenix Feather that the witch Liu Yun'er asked him to auction, and which he then asked He Xinyan to auction, can be successfully bid on amidst the presence of several Golden Core families and the Golden Core old demon.

"The Fire Phoenix Feather is the totem of the Fire Phoenix Clan and the recognized demon lord of many flying beasts in the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range. Although this feather was left by a third-tier fledgling phoenix, the fire energy within it can turn a low mountain into volcanic lava in an instant. There may also be a trace of Dao patterns remaining within it. In terms of rarity, this item is not much different from the dragon bone."

The starting price is three hundred spirit stones. Fellow cultivators, please place your bids!

After Li Mubai finished his introduction, Su Qing clearly felt several divine senses landing on the Fire Phoenix Feather from the second floor.

Unlike the dragon bones whose Dao patterns have turned evil, the Fire Phoenix clan has long resided deep within the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, protected by countless powerful demons. Even the Penglai Immortal Kingdom, which covets the Dao patterns on their bodies, dares not treat them in the same way it treats the dragons. Therefore, this Dao pattern has absolutely no possibility of turning evil.

It is a third-tier material that truly has the potential to comprehend the Fire Phoenix Dao Pattern, comparable to a fourth-tier material.

Such a precious item is worth five hundred spirit stones at market price!
"Three hundred and one spirit stones for this Fire Phoenix Feather. My Hundred Treasures Pavilion will take it. Fellow Daoists, does anyone else have a bid?"

As the only Foundation Establishment cultivator on the second floor, He Xinyan remained as arrogant as ever in front of the Golden Core cultivators. When she opened the bidding, her tone was cold and indifferent.

Be more polite!
Su Qing thought to himself that He Xinyan had never been beaten before. How could she be so rude to the Golden Core cultivators? If she had spoken to them politely, they might have given her some face out of respect for her parents and grandparents. But with such rudeness, how could they tolerate her?

But he didn't expect that the Golden Core cultivators on the second floor really didn't care whether He Xinyan was polite or not, and even wanted to indulge her!
I suspect her parents and grandparents have even more influence than I imagined.

Luckily, I pulled back from the brink and destroyed the Ama-style snake figurine. Otherwise, I'm afraid I would have been in even worse shape than when I offended the witch!
Su Qing secretly rejoiced and prepared to divide the remaining two hundred spirit stones of the witch into five equal parts, giving one hundred to He Xinyan.

People's pride costs money too.

Are 100 spirit stones expensive?

Whether it's expensive or not is the witch's spirit stone, what does it have to do with him? As the middleman, he didn't lose money on this deal and even made a profit of a hundred spirit stones. He's already made a huge profit.

(End of this chapter)