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Chapter 136 Wind and Thunder belong to Wood, or it may be the opportunity for the Golden Elixir
Zhang Ruihao’s idea was very simple. Since Xiao Chen could borrow money from the Liu family, he could also borrow money.

The Yuyu Chamber of Commerce brought a lot of spirit stones this time.

Yan Hui was willing to make this deal, but he had two conditions.

First, this amount of spiritual stones needs to be repaid within ten years, and double interest will be charged for each overdue payment.

Second, no matter when Zhang Ruihao repays the money, even if he returns it on the spot due to the auction failure, Yuyu Chamber of Commerce will charge 20% interest.

What does it mean to take advantage of someone’s misfortune?

This is taking advantage of someone's misfortune.

Zhang Ruihao had a gloomy face, but he still signed the contract and borrowed 40,000 spirit stones.

Returning to the third floor, he glared at Xiao Chen again and said, "I'll give you 90,000!"

In a blink of an eye, the price of the Wind and Thunder Sword soared by another 20,000 spirit stones.

The casual cultivators were still watching the fun with great excitement.

But some people have begun to feel that something is wrong.

For example, Cheng Qihong, the head of the Cang Yan Sect, once again looked at the Wind and Thunder Swords standing on the tray.

No matter how high the price Xiao Chen asked for, he could understand it as a fight of youthful pride, an impulsive decision made for the sake of face.

However, Zhang Ruihao's willingness to borrow money and demand such a high price is definitely not just to vent his anger.

This set of swords is definitely not as simple as an ordinary top-grade magic weapon.

But for a moment, he couldn't figure out what the secret was.

Other smart people also had ideas, but sometimes, ideas alone are useless.

At this price point, even if you want to intervene, you need to have enough spirit stones.

Moreover, even if there is some kind of opportunity in the Wind and Thunder Sword, it may not only be effective on Zhang Ruihao and Xiao Chen.

They exchanged glances with each other in an instant, and finally chose to stand by and watch.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk."

Xiao Chen listened to Zhang Ruihao's offer and pretended to be afraid, saying, "Adding so much money at once is really scary."

"I'll add one more spirit stone. I'll offer ninety thousand and one."

The auctioneer reminded: "Ahem, Fellow Daoist Xiao, the minimum bid for this item is one thousand spirit stones."

Xiao Chen corrected with a smile: "Is that so? Then remove that zero and I'll give you 91,000."

"Snapped!"

Zhang Ruihao slammed the table and stood up: "What do you mean?"

Xiao Chen deliberately stuck to the lowest bid, which was clearly a humiliation.

In fact, this situation of the lowest bid being stuck has only occurred once before this auction.

That is, Zhang Ruihao deliberately raised the price of the Five-Colored Golden Lotus.

Now Xiao Chen is using his own method to retaliate, and the targeted nature of this is too obvious.

Seeing that Xiao Chen had a smile on his face, he didn't reply.

Zhang Ruihao realized that he had lost his composure and sat down angrily: "I'll pay 93,000."

"Ninety-four thousand."

Xiao Chen's voice followed closely behind, still only pressing one thousand.

"You're ninety-six thousand."

"I'll add a thousand."

"I'll give you 100,000!"

"Another thousand."

Xiao Chen spoke in a casual tone, his voice lazily and carelessly.

Zhang Ruihao felt that the air around him became sticky, making him feel uncontrollably irritated.

Even including the loan from Yuyu Chamber of Commerce, he only had 170,000 spirit stones.

But looking at Xiao Chen's relaxed look, it doesn't look like he has reached his limit at all.

Zhang Ruihao wanted to draw his sword right then and there and chop Xiao Chen into two pieces with one strike, cleanly and neatly.

But this was the ascension ceremony of Master Mingyue, and he didn't have the courage to cause trouble.

He could only roar like a gambler, putting all his chips on the line: "I'll bet 107,000 spirit stones!"

I'm coming.

Everyone realized that these should be all the spirit stones in Zhang Ruihao's hands.

They looked at Xiao Chen, only to see him once again utter three words in a steady tone: "Add one thousand."

The auctioneer's face flushed red. "Fellow Daoist Xiao, may I ask if you mean to offer 180,000 spirit stones?"

Seeing Xiao Chen nod, he immediately shouted excitedly: "Fellow Daoist Xiao offers 180,000 spirit stones, is there a higher price?"

"One hundred and eighty thousand spirit stones for the first time!"

"One hundred and eighty thousand spirit stones for the second time!!"

"One hundred and eighty thousand spirit stones for the third time, deal!!!"

Thinking that the commission from this auction had already skyrocketed, the auctioneer's voice couldn't help but get louder and louder.

He called out the price three times with almost no interval, but at this point, these details were irrelevant.

A long line of maids came to Xiao Chen with trays in their hands.

Except for Zhang Ruihao who kept his head down and remained silent, even the other monks from the Ruibao Chamber of Commerce were looking in the direction where he was sitting.

Under the illumination of the eternal lamp, plate after plate of bright spiritual stones were taken away.

The storage bag in Xiao Chen's hand seemed to be filled with countless spirit stones.

After twenty-two maids had passed by, everyone began to discuss with great interest.

"Ever since I can remember, I have never heard of a magical weapon costing more than 100,000 spirit stones."

"More than that, there hasn't been such an expensive thing in a thousand years. He's really rich."

"Don't be afraid of being laughed at by fellow Daoists. The most spiritual stones I have are less than 8,000, not even a fraction of what others have."

"Today's event is truly worthwhile. In the next few decades or even hundreds of years, it will probably be difficult to have another event as grand as today."

The auctioneer personally held the Wind and Thunder Swords and handed them to Xiao Chen.

It was given to him along with the jade trough and tray below.

At the same time, he secretly apologized to Xiao Chen in his heart.

Before, he thought that Xiao Chen’s aggressive bidding was a bidding strategy.

Later, because no one bid for the Five-Colored Golden Lotus, he was worried about the commission and secretly cursed Xiao Chen.

It turned out that he had misunderstood, judging others by his own standards. This wasn't some bullshit tactic at all; they truly had the strength.

Mr. Cheng was in a similar mood at this moment.

When he saw Xiao Chen spending so many spirit stones to bid for the Liuhe Divine Water, he thought he was a prodigal son.

This wave is too hasty.

It seems there is no need to ask. There is definitely no such powerful Xiao family in the Lihuo Sect. This is entirely Xiao Chen's own strength. He is getting old and confused.

Mr. Cheng couldn't help but sigh: "It's really like the Yangtze River where the waves behind push the waves ahead."

Tian Jianning also sighed, but his words were meant for his clansmen to hear: "I knew long ago that I couldn't win the bidding against Fellow Daoist Xiao."

The tribesmen had said before that he had retreated in Gravel Valley, but now it seems that there was nothing wrong with his retreat.

This time, the Ruibao Chamber of Commerce will demonstrate what the consequences will be if the dispute continues.

What is happening now has proven that Tian Jianning's original judgment was correct.

The Tian family cultivator who came with them was also convinced at this time: "Jianning, you are indeed more stable. It is right not to argue with Fellow Daoist Xiao, otherwise I am afraid that we will become enemies."

The Tian family was grateful that they had avoided a feud with Xiao Chen.

However, anyone in the Jiang family who knew about the situation could no longer laugh.

Jiang Changhua was completely baffled: How on earth could Xiao Chen get the Liu and Chen families to lend him so many spirit stones?
It's no secret that the Chen family has always been close to Xiao Chen.

But what about the Liu family?

What did they know to make such a decision?
Jiang Changhua felt a little panicked.

He couldn't help but think of Heifeng Sanren who suddenly lost contact last year.

It was originally agreed that Heifeng Sanren would help kill Xiao Chen, but later he suddenly lost contact and did not show up at the Ascension Ceremony.

He originally thought that the other party had broken the contract. After all, some independent cultivators were indeed not that reliable.

But now it seems that, just like the Hundred Poison Demon, they were all killed by Xiao Chen?

Thinking of this, Jiang Changhua felt that he was in big trouble.

Xiao Chen is actually a killer.

If this continues, once the other party gains strength, they will definitely join forces with the Chen family to retaliate against the Jiang family.

But the other party has already established his foundation and has previously refused to reconcile with the Jiang family. What should they do now?

Jiang Changhua felt that it was no longer easy to take action now relying solely on the Jiang family, and it would be best to seek help from outside forces.

"Xiao Chen is currently working at the Demon Slayer Palace. Is there any way to get the Divine Fire Sect to solve this problem for him?"

He thought that in order to avoid involving the Jiang family, it would be best to kill someone with a borrowed knife, which would be the best strategy.

Lu Wuqiang did not have the same concerns as the Jiang family. Instead, he seemed to have seen a fat sheep.

Xiao Chen, a new foundation-building cultivator, possesses such a good magical weapon.

That's like a child holding gold.

Once he could capture Xiao Chen, the pair of swords, those spiritual objects, and even the countless remaining spirit stones in the storage bag would all become his.

Lu Wuqiang now only wishes for one thing.

That is, Xiao Chen should not be like a turtle, hiding in the Lihuo Gate for three to five years without coming out.

As long as the other party dares to go out, it will be a good opportunity for him to take action.

If he could make one deal like this, it would be enough for him to live comfortably for the next few decades.

On the other hand, Yun Jingxing guessed Xiao Chen's identity: "It seems that Xiao Chen must be a talented alchemist trained by the Chen family!"

In this way, all questions can be explained.

Why could Xiao Chen obtain the full support of the Liu and Chen families and boldly lend out so many spirit stones?
Because the Chen family is in the field of alchemy and the Liu family is in charge of spiritual medicine, they must have known Xiao Chen's identity as a genius alchemist.

A top-level alchemist can bring in countless profits, so there is no need to worry that Xiao Chen cannot pay back the spirit stones.

Why did Xiao Chen buy spiritual herbs and spiritual liquids several times at the auction?
Because only these top-level spiritual objects are precious materials that the Liu family cannot supply.

Why is Xiao Chen’s spiritual root not very good, but his breakthrough speed is so fast?

Because he can rely on drugs to force a breakthrough.

Yun Jingxing now dared to conclude that Xiao Chen must have taken a lot of pills along the way and swallowed a large amount of rare treasures to help him break through the realm.

Simply elevating one's realm is equivalent to actively giving up the path to the future.

But if one is a genius alchemist, he can indeed use this to improve his cultivation at any cost.

It is also a good choice to break through the late stage of foundation building as quickly as possible, then completely give up cultivation and devote yourself to studying alchemy.

Yun Jingxing looked at Xiao Chen and made a bold guess: "I suspect he is even a second-level alchemist."

"If nothing unexpected happens, that five-colored golden lotus might have been bought by him for himself." Yun Ruoyan raised her eyebrows when she heard that.

After thinking about it, I found that this possibility is indeed very high.

Yun Jingxing jokingly said, "How about a genius alchemist who can be my son-in-law?"

Yun Ruoyan thought about it seriously: "If there is no better choice in the future, it's not impossible."

Although she likes Jindan cultivators, it is indeed too difficult.

On the contrary, an alchemy master can provide a large amount of spirit stones to help her practice, and as a backup, he is an excellent choice.

Yun Jingxing frowned slightly. Such a young second-level alchemist was already one of the best among his peers.

In this generation, it is not certain that there is a better choice than Xiao Chen.

But considering that I had a daughter in my old age, and she is my only child, I decided to spoil her a little.

With the conditions of the Yun family, it would never be difficult for her to find someone in the late stage of foundation building.

As the auction officially ended.

The results of the auction were immediately reported to the top floor.

"Master, this auction has ended. The highest bid is 180,000 spirit stones."

After hearing the report from the Qianzhu Tower owner, Master Mingyue was clearly a little surprised: "Oh, is it that high?"

After all, he had just broken through to the Golden Core stage, and was most impressed by the 100,000 spirit stones.

Although the other Jindan Zhenren had experienced big scenes, they were still a little surprised.

Yusha Zhenren asked curiously, "I wonder what it is that is sold for such a high price?"

The shopkeeper replied respectfully, "Master, it is a set of top-grade magical instruments, consisting of two wind and thunder swords made of Donghua wood."

Yusha Zhenren was really surprised this time: "Just a top-grade magic weapon? You can buy a spiritual weapon for this price."

Yao Hua Zhenren immediately understood the mystery: "Wind and thunder belong to the wood element, which may be the opportunity for the golden elixir."

"Specially spending such a high price to purchase a pair of wooden swords from the same source, could it be that you want to use wind and thunder to comprehend the principles of yin and yang and forge a ninth-grade pure wood golden elixir?"

"The buyer is a wood spirit root?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly sent someone down to inquire about it, and then replied, "Master, the buyer is Xiao Chen from the Lihuo Sect. I heard it's a wood spirit root."

Master Yaohua smiled as if to predict it.

Then he looked at Master Ming Yan and said, "Then it seems that Xiao Chen should be the golden elixir seedling cultivated by Fellow Daoist Ming Yan."

The other real people also understood immediately.

They were wondering how a foundation-building cultivator they had never heard of could afford so many spirit stones. So this is what happened.

Only Master Ming Yan was a little confused at this moment.

Xiao Chen?

Golden elixir seedling?

He did have some impression of this name, but the Xiao Chen in his memory was just a Qi Refining Level 7 disciple whom he had met two years ago.

Everyone who came today is building a foundation. Could they be the same person?
Fortunately, Jindan had an outstanding memory. After a little recollection, he realized that he had indeed seen Xiao Chen in the Chen family team in the morning.

That must be him.

This process sounds complicated, but it actually only takes less than a breath.

Ming Yan Zhenren smiled and responded, "Daoyou Yaohua, you are too kind. I can't really be considered a golden elixir seedling. I just have a little bit of spirituality."

The so-called "a little bit of spirituality" is actually just a pure compliment, just like saying someone is smart when you don't know how to praise him.

However, to the other real people, his words sounded like modesty.
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Although it was late, the cultivators from the three major sects did not choose to stay overnight, but instead boarded the spirit boat for the return journey.

Master Ming Yan had just dealt with it casually before, but he had already decided in his heart that he would call Xiao Chen to find out what had happened.

Ever since he broke through to the Golden Core stage, he almost never asked about the affairs of the sect.

Therefore, on the way, he first called several elders to understand the situation.

Finally, he dismissed them and called Xiao Chen to his side.

There was only one cabin built on the spirit boat, which was very spacious and in no way inferior to the sect hall on the ground.

As soon as they met, Master Ming Yan asked directly, "I remember that you were only in the late stage of Qi Refining two years ago. How did your cultivation progress so quickly?"

When Xiao Chen heard the question, he bowed first.

Then he said the answer he had thought of long ago: "Report to the Immortal, this disciple has been appreciated by Elder Chen and has made some progress in the art of alchemy."

"After that, by chance..."

In short, he attributed the rapidity of his cultivation to the elixirs and the rare treasures he had consumed.

Master Ming Yan nodded slightly. What Xiao Chen said was basically the same as what he had learned before.

Although this disciple's spiritual roots are indeed a bit lacking, I heard that his comprehension is quite good. Not only have he had several sudden realizations before, but he is also practicing magic very quickly.

In addition, he usually doesn't like to socialize and concentrates on practicing in the yard.

He is a good seedling who is wholeheartedly seeking the truth.

Comprehension, diligence and a large amount of spiritual medicine can indeed achieve such a fast breakthrough speed.

such a pity.

Master Ming Yan felt a little sorry for Xiao Chen.

Although the probability of forming a pill with low-grade spiritual roots is less than half, there is still a glimmer of hope if you practice diligently.

However, relying on pills to forcibly improve one's realm will inevitably lead to a weak foundation.

Even if one can cultivate to the great perfection of foundation building early on, one will be stuck in foundation building for the rest of one's life, without any possibility of moving up a step.

At this moment, he had a similar inference as Yun Jingxing.

That is, Xiao Chen is just an alchemist trained by the Chen family, and he will switch to practicing alchemy in the future.

But he didn't need to guess, he could just ask directly: "You took a picture of the Five-Colored Golden Lotus before, are you already refining the Foundation Establishment Pill?"

Xiao Chen answered honestly: "Master, I am indeed planning to refine Foundation Establishment Pills and sell them to earn spirit stones."

The guess was confirmed, and Master Ming Yan looked at Xiao Chen with a bit more disappointment in his eyes.

I thought there would be a surprise, but it seems there wasn't one.

He had originally been thinking that if it really was a cultivation genius whom he had missed before, he could consider focusing on training him.

But now it seems that there is just one more alchemist who earns spirit stones.

It doesn’t matter to the Jindan Zhenren whether there are more or fewer such tools.

But it’s okay. After all, if Xiao Chen becomes a master alchemist in the future, he might be able to learn how to make a third-level elixir.

Ming Yan Zhenren finally gave some encouragement: "Alchemy is also very good. Remember to ask Tian Yuan and others for advice, and strive to surpass them."

"Okay, let's get busy first."

Xiao Chen was baffled by what he heard, but he still bowed and took his leave: "Thank you for your teachings, Immortal. I will definitely keep it in mind."

Speechless all the way.

As the foundation-building cultivators from all over Lizhou returned to their original areas one after another.

What happened during this ascension ceremony quickly swept across the entire Lizhou like a hurricane.

In addition to Master Mingyue's promotion to the Golden Core stage, Xiao Chen's name also spread throughout every street and alley, being discussed by countless cultivators.

After hearing the shocking price of 180,000 spirit stones, the casual cultivators couldn't help but exclaim in envy.

"Are the disciples of Lihuo Sect so wealthy?"

"Fuck, I can't earn this many spirit stones in my lifetime."

"Have you heard? This Xiao Chen seems to be still very young, less than 30 years old. He might be the next Jindan Zhenren."

……

However, as things went on, things changed and various rumors and speculations arose.

"Such a young foundation-building person must be from some big family."

"Tell me, how can he have so many spirit stones? Could he be the illegitimate son of some Jindan Zhenren?"

"Since we're so familiar with each other, I'll tell you a top-secret piece of information. Five years ago, Xiao Chen went to the mountains to collect herbs and accidentally entered an ancient ruin, where he found hundreds of thousands of spirit stones."

"Humph, that's all nonsense. The uncle of my seventh aunt's friend's son is in Lihuomen. He told me himself that Xiao Chen was just a decoy for the big family, and that the magic weapon is no longer in his hands."

……

These rumors and so-called top-secret information became more and more outrageous.

But the more outrageous something is, the more believable it seems to people.

Compared to Xiao Chen, who obtained so many spirit stones through normal means.

Many casual cultivators would rather believe that there are some intricate connections or unknown secrets involved.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Xiao Chen for the time being, and he can't hear them.

After returning to Lihuo Gate, he went straight back to Cuiwei Valley.

He immediately took out the Wind and Thunder Swords and placed them horizontally in front of his knees to observe them.

Ever since he used his magic power to refine the swords, he discovered that this set of swords had a hidden characteristic.

A stream of magic power was injected from his body into the wind sword, and then flowed into the thunder sword, and a subtle transformation would occur.

The reverse is also true.

Although this feeling is very subtle and very difficult to capture.

However, as the master of magical weapons and magic power, Xiao Chen confirmed after repeated experiments that this was not his illusion.

"Wind and thunder transform into each other? Is there such a thing?"

"No, could it be the Donghua Yin-Yang Wood? Is it actually the transformation of Yin and Yang?"

Xiao Chen was a little surprised. No matter what the reason was, this meant extra opportunities.

Although he has not yet dabbled in either the way of wind and thunder or the way of yin and yang.

So for a while, apart from feeling that this set of sword fighting was unusual, I couldn't explain why.

But it doesn’t matter. Now that I have the sword, I will have plenty of time to get familiar with it later.

Over time, I always dig out the secrets hidden inside.

And even for now, with this set of sword skills, he finally has a real means of attack.

Before this, if you encounter an enemy with top-grade defensive magic weapons, you will definitely be worried.

But now, with the combination of the top-grade magic weapon and the "Seven Star Sword Technique", plus two instantaneous fire thunders, he has the means to break through.

I dare not say that I am invincible within the foundation-building stage, but at least I can be considered to be hard to beat.

"The demonic sect is rampant now, and the situation in Hezhou is probably not good. It is always a good thing to have more means to deal with the enemy."

Xiao Chen put away his sword and recalled what he had seen and heard during the Ascension Ceremony.

The rest is easy to understand.

The only thing is that he is not sure what the situation is when Master Yaohua comes to Lizhou this time. It might be a signal of some danger.

Fortunately, this time, I took the opportunity to buy two bottles of top-level spiritual liquid.

The resources for cultivation for the next six months or so are already available.

"These are troubled times. I hope Hezhou can hold on for a few more years, giving me more time to grow."

(End of this chapter)