Mortal's Purple Sky Cave Heaven

Chapter 519 Dao Immortal Pill

For some reason, ever since she heard Silver Moon's whispered words, which sounded like those of a demon, this thought would often pop into her mind.
A thoughtful expression appeared on Yue Li's jade-like face. After only a moment, whether she was truly immersed in the moment or simply to fulfill Nie Zhaonan's request, she uttered a truly beautiful sound.

Without any deliberate suppression, he became somewhat rusty.

But to Nie Zhaonan, it instantly ignited like dry tinder catching fire.

He let out a strange cry.
He didn't need to hold back with Yue Li; he could simply unleash his full body-refining power.
"Mmm..."

Yue Li's voice was muffled, but Nie Zhaonan knew clearly that it was a statement of affirmation towards him.

Soon, Nie Zhaonan was panting heavily and slowly asked a question that was completely out of place:
"Yue'er, do you know the recipe for the Guangling Dao Fruit?"

Having obtained the Guangling Dao Fruit for a long time, although consuming a complete Dao Fruit could temporarily transform an ordinary person's body into the legendary Guangling Dao Body, this Dao Body is of no use in combat. It is only incredibly wonderful in cultivation and comprehending techniques. Nie Zhaonan has always had spiritual pills to assist in his cultivation, so he has not consumed this spiritual fruit until now.

“Of course. Within the clan, after obtaining the Guangling Dao Fruit, most clansmen will supplement it with several precious spiritual herbs to refine the Guangling Dao Pill, thereby increasing its efficacy by one or two percent. The Guangling Dao Fruit is hailed by many powerful individuals as the number one spiritual fruit in the Thousand Realms. Even if the pill only slightly increases the efficacy after such a great cost, it is still well worth it.” Yue Li struggled to prop herself up on her elbows, her lips parted slightly, and she spoke slowly.

"Guangling Dao Pill?" Nie Zhaonan shook his head slightly. Given the close connection between the two, he didn't need to hold back and asked directly:

"If this is all I want, I can simply consume the Dao Fruit directly. The Guangling Dao Fruit is so extraordinary, can't it be refined into a miraculous elixir to break through bottlenecks?"

“Indeed, there is such a pill formula. However, such a Guangling Dao Fruit can only be used as the main ingredient for refining pills. The other auxiliary materials required, although far less precious than the Guangling Dao Fruit, are still not something that an ordinary Mahayana cultivator can collect in full. Moreover, most of them are items from the Immortal Realm.” Yue Li shook her head slightly, clearly not believing that it was possible to collect them all in this lower realm.

That's what she said, but she certainly understood what Nie Zhaonan meant. With a wave of her slender hand toward the clothes rack beside her, a cyan jade pendant slowly flew over.

Knowing that the person behind her couldn't free their hands, she simply let the jade pendant fall onto her jade back.

"It suits my heart perfectly." Seeing Yue Li's actions, Nie Zhaonan couldn't help but praise her. He then released a wisp of his divine sense to invade the jade tablet and carefully browse its contents.

Upon hearing this, Yue Li smiled charmingly and explained in a soft voice:

"The 'Dao Immortal Pill' requires one Guangling Dao Fruit, nine rare spiritual flowers and herbs, and forty-nine precious spiritual medicines as auxiliary ingredients to be refined. If you can truly refine this pill, its efficacy will not disappoint you. This pill can ignore any bottleneck below the True Immortal level!"

After a while, Nie Zhaonan withdrew his divine sense, but his face did not show much excitement:

"Of the nine rare spiritual flowers and herbs, I have three of them. As for the other forty-nine precious spiritual medicines that have long since disappeared from the spirit world, I have about half of them."

It should be noted that because Yue Li brought many spiritual herbs from Dragon Island, and had gained an astonishing amount of resources from the battle with the Sea King Clan, the variety of spiritual herbs in Nie Zhaonan's possession was absolutely unmatched by any Mahayana cultivator.

"So you're aware of the difficulty now?" Yue Li chuckled. "I thought you'd still be as confident as before."

After making a slight joke, Yue Li comforted him:
"If you still can't collect all the spiritual herbs needed to refine the Dao Immortal Pill after advancing to the Mahayana stage, you should take the Guangling Dao Fruit as soon as possible. That way, even if you get stuck at a certain bottleneck in the future, with the Guangling Dao Body, you can still break through by cultivating in seclusion for thousands of years."

"Without the Guanghan Realm, we should indeed take the Dao Fruit as Yue'er suggested as soon as possible. Whether we can refine the Dao Immortal Pill or not, we'll have to go to the Guanghan Realm to find out." Nie Zhaonan's tone didn't show much discouragement, but rather a bit more anticipation.

"Mmm," Yue Li replied softly.

Suddenly, something occurred to her, and she asked with a hint of disappointment:
"You're only concerned with making love to me. You didn't make up the story about the Xuan Tian Refining Technique just to appease me, did you?"

Upon hearing this, Nie Zhaonan, while selling, explained:
"how could be."

"The Profound Heaven Refining Technique that you've been longing for is located in a desolate area outside Cloud City, known as the Demon Gold Mountain Range. However, it is currently occupied by the Demon Clan, and can only be entered during a fixed month of the year. It is not yet open."

"I'm glad you didn't lie to me," Yue Li's voice gradually lowered, unconsciously taking on a hint of allure.

Nie Zhaonan and Yue Li stayed in the cave for more than half a year.

But on this day, he finally stepped out of the cave. After looking around, he and his companions transformed into streaks of light and flew down the mountain.

Then, he beckoned a horse-drawn carriage parked at the foot of the mountain, and gave the driver a casual instruction:
"To Yunyi Auction House!"

Upon hearing this, the coachman agreed and immediately spurred the spirit beast in front of the carriage to gallop away.

Nie Zhaonan and his group were naturally going to participate in the Four Clans Auction held by Yunyi Auction House.

These four-clan auctions are held every ten years by four of the thirteen clans of Tianyuan, and are used to boost the popularity of Yuncheng.

The treasures auctioned are all precious artifacts from the clans that would never normally be displayed, which is why they always attract many high-level beings who come to Cloud City specifically to participate in the auctions.

This time, due to the attack of the Horned Chi tribe, the thirteen tribes of Tianyuan were at a disadvantage in several major battles. In order to boost their morale, they brought out some treasures that were far superior to those in previous sessions.

Among them was the 'Myriad Wonders Pill,' an excellent auxiliary pill for cultivators at the Refinement Void level to break through the bottleneck of the Integration stage. Although Nie Zhaonan no longer needed it, Nangong Wan and the others still required it.

Besides, Nie Zhaonan naturally wanted to see if he could find some materials for refining Dao Immortal Pills at this auction.

Nie Zhaonan gave up hope of collecting the spiritual herbs and medicines that had long been extinct in the spirit world, but he did have some hope of collecting the forty-nine rare spiritual medicines.

After the beast-drawn carriage sped along for more than an hour, it changed direction and arrived at an unusually wide street.

Suddenly, beast-drawn carriages appeared on this street, and many cultivators who looked to be quite powerful strode towards the same direction on both sides of the street.

Finally, the beast-drawn carriage came to a sudden stop near the end of the street, stopping at the same time as dozens of other beast-drawn carriages.

Nie Zhaonan and his fellow Daoists stepped down from the beast-drawn carriage. Their eyes swept around.

Right in front of them stood a massive, square building.

It was about a hundred feet tall and nearly a thousand feet long and wide. And this was only the visible size. With Nie Zhaonan's discerning eye, he could naturally see that the building in front of him was a treasure with spatial attributes. The real space inside was far beyond imagination.

At the very top of this building, there is a cylindrical altar with a yellow ring, more than ten feet in diameter, floating on it. It is neither gold nor wood, and it is unknown what material it is made of. However, as it slowly rotates, it releases a chilling light that envelops the entire hall.

Around this grand hall, another row of armored soldiers stood motionless; they were actually puppets of considerable rank.

There are three entrances to this main hall, one large and two small, with more than thirty blue-shirted guards stationed there.

These guards were also quite powerful, all of them being at least at the Refinement of Emptiness level!
This demonstrates the importance that the thirteen clans of Tianyuan attach to this auction of four clans.

This is the largest of the three entrances, the main entrance, but not many people go in. On the contrary, the two smaller entrances next to it are bustling with activity.

Auctioning items definitely requires a large amount of spirit stones. The two small entrances lead to the side hall, which is where people exchange some rare treasures and materials they have accumulated for spirit stones.

Nie Zhaonan, of course, had no shortage of spirit stones, so he led his group of Daoist companions directly toward the main gate of the main hall. The main gate of the main hall was almost three or four times the size of the entrances to the two side halls, and the number of blue-robed guards guarding the gate was far greater than that of the side halls.

However, these guards did nothing more than maintain order.

Without making a sound, Nie Zhaonan and his group followed the crowd inside.

As soon as he entered the palace, Nie Zhaonan's eyes lit up.

Several parallel corridors appeared in front of him in a large hall, and Nie Zhaonan passed through a passage that glowed with yellow light, finally arriving in a huge hall.

After glancing around, Nie Zhaonan's expression changed slightly.

This hall is not only incredibly spacious, but it is also divided into three floors: upper, middle, and lower.

The middle and upper layers are entirely white and float quietly in mid-air without any support, giving them an air of mystery.

The middle and lower levels each contain an ordinary table and chairs, each about ten feet apart.

The upper level, however, consisted of rooms of the same size, with flashes of spiritual light constantly appearing on their surfaces, clearly indicating that some kind of restriction had been placed upon them.

Clearly, these rooms were prepared specifically for those who had status and position in Cloud City.

Nie Zhaonan glanced at it, then looked away without interest and sat down with his fellow Daoists in a random area.

They waited quietly for the auction to begin.

Nie Zhaonan sat there for half an hour, during which time a large number of people from other races poured into the hall.

The seemingly spacious three-story hall was suddenly filled with a dense crowd of people.

Even the topmost rooms were entered by people who used their escape light to fly directly into them.

The cultivators participating in this auction range in cultivation level from the lowest, who are at least at the Nascent Soul stage, to the highest, who are at the Integration stage.

There were at least four or five peak-level Nascent Soul cultivators that Nie Zhaonan had noticed.

Among them was an elderly man dressed as a Taoist priest in a green robe, who glanced at him discreetly.

Feeling confident in his ability to protect himself, Nie Zhaonan was slightly puzzled, but stopped thinking about the old man in the green robe looking at him.

After waiting for a while, the main hall was packed.

Three melodious and clear chimes rang out, and amidst the flashing of five-colored light, the originally wide-open palace doors slowly closed.

Once the palace doors were completely closed, the auction for the four clans finally began.

At the very front of the hall, just like in a regular auction hall, there was a platform more than ten feet high.

The only difference was that at the four corners of the platform stood four golden humanoid puppets, each several feet tall, holding a giant silver halberd.

It has an old-fashioned style, but it exudes a chilling aura!

Although these puppets were motionless, they gave off an awe-inspiring and terrifying feeling, clearly indicating that they were no ordinary creatures.

At the center of the platform is a blue magic circle, inside which sits a light red table.

The table surface was also covered with densely packed runes, giving it an air of mystery.

As soon as the palace doors closed, the blue magic array flashed and emitted a low humming sound.

Amidst the flashing runes throughout the magic circle, a figure suddenly appeared behind the table.

This magic array is actually a small teleportation barrier.

The person who was teleported over instantly became clear.

This was a middle-aged man with a gentle and refined appearance, dressed in a brocade robe, with a fair complexion and no beard, looking no different from an ordinary human.

However, after scanning the man with his divine sense from afar, Nie Zhaonan discovered that this middle-aged man was a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

Moreover, not only that, but one could also faintly sense an extremely terrifying aura emanating from him.

The aura was unusually gloomy, yet it complemented the middle-aged man perfectly, creating an extremely dangerous atmosphere.

The middle-aged man in front of them was clearly a cultivator with great supernatural powers.

That makes sense; for such a large-scale auction, the person presiding over it must naturally be capable of commanding respect and authority.

The middle-aged man seemed to be quite famous in Yuncheng. As soon as he appeared, the previously bustling noise in the hall suddenly fell silent.

Nie Zhaonan noticed that many people looked at the man on the stage with a hint of fear in their eyes.

The middle-aged man glanced at the audience below, then smiled slightly and began to speak:

"My name is Xiao Buyi. I imagine many of you here recognize me, and some of you may even have had dealings with me before. In that case, I won't go into further introductions and will get straight to the point."

"Since my Sand Clan is among the participants in this Four Clans Auction, I will be hosting it. The rules of the auction are the same as any other auction."

"In addition, I can give you some information about the final auction item. This time, the final item is definitely much more valuable than the last Four Clans Auction."

"Alright, I hereby declare the Four Races Auction officially open!"

Xiao Buyi's voice wasn't loud, but with the infusion of spiritual power, it could be heard clearly from any corner of the hall, and with just a few simple words, he piqued the interest of tens of thousands of cultivators present.

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