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Chapter 170: Covering Pearl, Tiger Bone, Yin and Yang

In fact, there is a lot of discussion about Xiao Chen in the outside world.

The news also spread back to Lizhou, and several exaggerated versions of the story were added.

However, Xiao Chen himself no longer pays attention to these things.

The next day, he took the spiritual objects he no longer needed to Qiu Qichen for auction.

Then he went to find Manager Chen to ask if the Chen family had any connections in the Qingxiao Sect.

Of course, he did not ask about the spiritual vein directly, but instead used the trick of "making friends out of nothing".

He lied that he had a friend who wanted to do some business with Qingxiao Sect.

"Qingxiao Sect?"

Manager Chen shook his head: "There are just a bunch of old stubborn people there, there are really no familiar people there."

"It's best to persuade your friend to come to our side, or to Lingyuan Sect."

Xiao Chen turned around and asked Chang Shunping about it.

But the answer he gave was similar.

This made Xiao Chen curious: "Fellow Daoist Chang, you know so many people, but there are no fellow Daoists from the Qingxiao Sect?"

Logically speaking, a sect is a sect and a family is a family.

Although Lingyuan Sect and Qingxiao Sect don't get along well, shouldn't the major families under them be closely connected?
To put it another way, we should always follow the principle of making friends with those far away and attacking those nearby.

However, Chang Shunping smiled awkwardly and said, "Fellow Daoist Xiao, you don't know that the wealthy families over there look down on us small families."

A small door and a small household?

Xiao Chen was even more puzzled.

The Chang family had a fake alchemy cultivator among their ancestors, but they didn’t leave any friendship with them?
However, as Chang Shunping explained, he also understood why Manager Chen called the other party "a group of old stubborn people."

When the southern part of Hezhou was still called Jiuhua Sect, more than a dozen Jindan Zhenren emerged.

Therefore, many inheritances have been left in the sect, which can directly lead to the Golden Elixir realm.

However, for some reasons unknown to outsiders, these inheritances are not strictly controlled.

Instead, it was gradually acquired by the major families within the sect and privately taught to the family disciples for cultivation.

If it had only come here, the problem wouldn't have been serious.

It's nothing more than a small number of people who can bypass the sect and directly obtain a legacy.

Such things are common in other sects as well, the only difference is the severity.

But later, the Jiuhua Sect suffered internal strife and split into several small sects.

In order to strengthen their own strength, they shared their inherited spells with their allies on certain conditions.

In the long period of time that followed, some families grew stronger while others began to decline.

The weak will naturally be targeted by the strong, and the inheritance in their hands will be snatched away.

Gradually, a group of special families emerged. What they had in common was that they held more than one third-level inheritance.

So they claimed to be different from other families and acted arrogantly because of their family background.

They believed that every other family that did not have a third-level inheritance was eyeing the inheritance in their hands, and they were extremely wary when dealing with them.

Logically speaking, this will not last long.

But on the one hand, these families are intermarrying with each other, and on the other hand, the cultivation effect of the third-level inheritance is indeed good.

Even though there are no golden elixirs, combined with the family resources, each generation can cultivate several foundation-building cultivators, which also ensures the family's continued prosperity.

All in all, dealing with these people is not an easy task.

Xiao Chen frowned as he heard this.

No wonder he had hardly heard any news about the Qingxiao Sect after arriving in Hezhou.

In fact, it is because the people there basically play together on their own and don’t interact much with outside families.

Under such circumstances, it is not an easy task for Xiao Chen to enter the main spiritual vein of Qingxiao Sect.

And without any family connections to help, he had to figure it out on his own.

"Forget it, why think so much."

Xiao Chen returned to the yard, casually took out a wood-type spiritual fruit and swallowed it in one gulp: "Things will work out when the time comes."

Based on the principle of practicing first when in doubt, he decided to solve his own breakthrough problem in one go.

However, only one day passed.

The accident happened again.

Qiu Qichen came over specially early in the morning and handed him a stack of lists: "Fellow Daoist Xiao, the market has received a lot of auction items recently."

"Especially yesterday afternoon, a masked Taoist friend suddenly came and took out a lot of good things."

"This is a list of all the spiritual objects participating in this auction. Take a look and see if there is anything you can use."

Xiao Chen didn't take it seriously at first. He wasn't particularly rich, but he did have some assets.

I don't even look down on ordinary things.

I hadn't even planned to attend the auction.

But since Qiu Qichen came specially to deliver the list, he took a look at it out of courtesy.

However, what Xiao Chen didn't expect was that there were actually good things on this list.

He saw at a glance the beads of a pair of young red-billed cranes.

Although the name of the red-billed crane seems ordinary, it is one of the third-level monsters living in the Wan Yao Mountains.

As long as they successfully reach adulthood, they will have the same strength as a Jindan cultivator.

As for the so-called "covered beads", it is actually a more elegant term.

Another name is - eyeball.

Xiao Chen immediately looked up at Qiu Qichen: "Fellow Daoist Qiu, have you verified this list?"

Has anyone put something like this up for auction?

Logically speaking, even if you want to sell it, you should go to the black market, right?
Qiu Qichen glanced at the list before Xiao Chen saw the second one.

So I immediately knew what he was talking about: "Fellow Daoist Xiao, I've asked an appraiser to check it out, and it is indeed a genuine red-billed crane pearl."

"According to the identification results, this pair of beads should come from a red-billed crane cub that is less than five years old."

"Although judging from its grade, this is considered a third-level spiritual object."

"However, due to the cub's immaturity, it has not yet truly reached the standard of a third-level spiritual creature."

Xiao Chen finally understood. This meant that this thing could only be considered half a third-level spiritual object, so there was no need to offer it directly to the Golden Core True Person.

But then again, half a third-level spiritual creature is still a third-level spiritual creature.

As the saying goes, you are what you eat.

Xiao Chen has just started practicing the "Spirit Eyes that Break Delusion" and he really needs such a good thing.

He pressed on, "Did the other party tell us what the conditions were for the auction?"

Generally speaking, auctions in Lizhou use spirit stones for transactions.

But it’s different in Hezhou. In addition to exchange meetings, there are sometimes transaction conditions attached at auctions.

For example, if you specify that you want to exchange a certain type of spiritual object, you cannot participate in the bidding if you don’t have the spiritual object.

Xiao Chen only found out about this when he went to deliver the auction items the day before yesterday.

But he naturally didn't have any requirements. After all, what he took out were things he had no use for, and he just wanted to exchange them for spirit stones.

Qiu Qichen nodded: "The seller of this item requires a replacement for a defensive magical weapon that is no less than a top-grade magical weapon."

"And we do not accept brocade handkerchiefs and jade pendants."
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This offer is not cheap.

Xiao Chen, a person who hardly goes out, has heard that the price of defensive magic weapons has skyrocketed again during this period.

At the beginning of the year, there were basically no high-grade or top-grade defensive magic weapons circulating on the market.

Even if there are some, the prices have increased by 30% to 40% compared to before.

Including a large number of mid-grade magic weapons, they all increased slightly.

At the Qiu family's exchange meeting, Xiao Chen met several foundation-building cultivators who wanted to exchange for defensive magic weapons.

With the invasion of demon cultivators in late January, the prices of defensive magic weapons rose again.

Compared with two years ago, it has increased by 70% to 80%.

Now the general amount has reached five or six thousand spirit stones.

Some of the more powerful high-quality magic shields can even be priced at eight or nine thousand spirit stones, approaching the ten thousand mark.

In fact, many monks already have a defensive magic weapon in their hands.

But I would still think of stocking up on two more. After all, having a spare piece of this kind in my storage bag might save my life at a critical moment.

This is actually a good thing for Xiao Chen.

Last time, he obtained two top-quality magic shields from the Holy Son of the White Bone Sect, and he put them up for auction the day before yesterday.

There are also three ordinary high-quality robes, which should all be able to be sold at a good price.

But in this case, he would have no extra defensive magic weapons in his hands.

Thinking of this, Xiao Chen quickly asked, "Fellow Daoist Qiu, has this list been made public?"

Qiu Qichen shook his head: "Not yet. After the statistics are completed, you will be the first person to see it besides me, Brother Xiao."

Xiao Chen was immediately relieved: "In that case, then please trouble Fellow Daoist Qiu to change the list and bid on one less robe."

"I really could use this pair of beads."

Qiu Qichen nodded: "Of course, but I suggest you read this list first before making any plans."

The reason why he sent the advance list as soon as possible was that he had already taken this into consideration.

There are more good things coming up.

Ok?
Xiao Chen was really surprised this time.

He turned to the third page and saw a bone of a blue-eyed and spotted tiger.

hiss~!

Xiao Chen took a breath of cold air.

The blue-eyed tiger is also a third-level spiritual beast, but its number is far less than that of the red-billed crane.

And it basically only exists in the center of the Wan Yao Mountains.

If he had not accidentally seen the relevant introduction in the Lingyuan Sect's Sutra Library a few days ago, he would not have recognized this spiritual beast.

Xiao Chen asked curiously, "Is this also the bone of a cub?"

This time, Qiu Qichen shook his head: "No, this is the bone of an adult blue-eyed tiger."

"It's just that this bone came from an uncle of the Yao family."

"He made great contributions to the sect in his early years and was given this tiger bone by Master Leiyin to replenish his Qi and blood. I never expected that he would never be willing to use it himself."

"The source is clean, so it can be included in the public auction."

Oh I got it.

Xiao Chen was immediately moved when he heard this.

This is a third-level tiger bone, and it is absolutely excellent for replenishing qi and blood.

He just happened to be planning to improve his physical cultivation level, and it seemed that this tiger bone was destined for him.

So he continued to ask: "Fellow Daoist Qiu, does the Yao family have any conditions?"

Qiu Qichen held up two fingers: "There are two conditions, at least one of them must be met."

"Either you directly take a top-grade defensive magic weapon, or you need at least five high-grade defensive magic weapons."

"We also don't accept jade pendants."

Xiao Chen did not think that this condition was too high. If it was really the bone of an adult blue-eyed tiger, it would indeed be worth the price.

Improving qi and blood is actually a very luxurious thing.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is everywhere. Even if it is not near a spiritual vein, the absorption efficiency will be slightly lower at most.

However, if one wants to increase their total Qi and Blood, exercise alone isn't enough. Exercise can only develop their potential; they must also take various supplements. This is one of the reasons why the amount of Dharma cultivation is far greater than that of physical cultivation.

It is similar to the concept of being poor in literature and rich in martial arts, but for cultivators, it should be called being poor in Dharma and rich in body.

Xiao Chen had just seized the Water-Ringing Basalt Shield and the Mirror-Like Golden Light Shield from the four great travelers.

He actually doesn't need so many defensive magic weapons by himself, so this condition is not difficult to meet.

There are two more pages of checklists after that.

The fourth page contains some common spiritual objects, not worth mentioning.

At the end of the fifth page, there appeared a secret book written on the spur of the moment - "Yin Yang Can Tong Qi".

Xiao Chen blinked, a little confused.

As if afraid that he wouldn't see it, Qiu Qichen deliberately wrote this technique at the end.

He also drew a line under the technique as a reminder.

But the problem is that Xiao Chen really can't recognize what this technique is used for.

But it doesn't matter. If you don't understand, just ask: "Fellow Daoist Qiu, is there anything special about this last lot?"

what?
Qiu Qichen was stunned by the question.

He came here early today because after receiving this secret method yesterday, he wanted to give Xiao Chen a surprise.

After the exchange meeting at the beginning of the year, the Qiu family began to inquire about information about him from various sources.

After the demon-killing incident two days ago, the intensity has been increased even more.

Finally, a key piece of information was successfully found, that is, although the wind and thunder swords belong to yin and yang respectively, they come from the same source.

Xiao Chen spent a fortune and even spent 110,000 spirit stones to buy this set of swords.

It is very likely that he wanted to use wind and thunder to comprehend the principles of yin and yang.

At the same time, the Qiu family also found out a piece of "supporting evidence", that is, Xiao Chen once publicly collected the spiritual objects of "Yin Cun Yang".

This kind of spiritual creature with both yin and yang is rare, and usually few cultivators are interested in it.

Therefore, the Qiu family inferred that Xiao Chen needed items related to yin and yang.

If you can come up with something like this, you can cater to the other person's preferences and successfully establish a relationship with them.

This operation has been proven effective in the past, and few people see something they particularly want but remain indifferent.

However, Xiao Chen's reaction to "Yin Yang Can Tong Qi" was very strange.

Qiu Qichen even had some doubts. Could it be that he was overthinking it?
In fact, the other party doesn’t need any yin and yang related items at all?

Or was it that he came too late, and Xiao Chen had already successfully obtained spiritual objects related to yin and yang from somewhere else?
However, Qiu Qichen was stunned for a moment.

I decided to seriously explain the characteristics of this secret method and try to see if I can sell it.

Even if there is no demand, we can create it.

What if Xiao Chen was attracted by the effectiveness of this secret technique after listening to it?

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, this technique is just as its name suggests. It is a secret technique related to the yin and yang."

"It comes from the Eastern Region, a very famous ancient relic."

"I wonder if Fellow Daoist Xiao has ever heard of Xuantian Immortal Palace before!"
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what?
As soon as the four words "Xuantian Fairy Palace" came out, Xiao Chen immediately became excited.

Not only had he heard of it, he had also been there and obtained the inheritance of the Lord of the Immortal Palace.

He also took first place in the assessment and picked up a lotus jade ruyi for free.

Of course, there is no need to tell this to everyone.

Xiao Chen simply nodded slightly: "I've heard of it before. I heard it's a good place, but I don't know much about it."

Then he pricked up his ears and said, "If you know the story about the Immortal Palace, please tell me in detail."

Qiu Qichen originally intended to point out the background source to highlight the extraordinary nature of the secret technique.

Upon hearing this, he patiently introduced: "This Xuantian Immortal Palace is not ordinary. It is a super relic that has existed for countless thousands of years."

"It's just because it's located in the Eastern Region, so it's not very famous in our Southern Region."

These first two sentences contain a lot of information.

Xiao Chen entered the secret realm from the Southern Region, but from what he heard, Hezhou seemed to be completely unaware that there was an entrance to the Immortal Palace in the Southern Region.

But then again.

When I was looking through ancient books in the Sutra Library a couple of days ago, I did not see any relevant information.

In this way, the Immortal Palace is indeed not very famous in the Southern Region.

"This super relic is still well preserved today."

Qiu Qichen continued, "It is rumored that the Xuantian Immortal Palace only opens once every hundred years, and only cultivators in the Foundation Establishment or Qi Refining stages are allowed to enter."

"It is said that there is an ancient inheritance inside that can increase the success rate of cultivators in forming a pill."

"Rumor has it that nearly half of the Jindan cultivators in the Eastern Region have received inheritance in the Immortal Palace."

"The number of Jindan Zhenren in the Eastern Region is far greater than ours."

"It's not just because of the spiritual vein, it also has a lot to do with Xuantian Immortal Palace."

This should be an exaggeration.

The difference in the number of Jindan Zhenren on both sides should mainly be the difference in spiritual veins and spiritual objects.

Xiao Chen had heard before that the highest spiritual vein in the entire Southern Region was only level three.

However, there are a large number of fourth-level spirit veins and several fifth-level spirit veins in the Eastern Region.

According to cultivators who have been to the Eastern Region, in such an environment, if you just pick up a stone and throw it in, it will turn into a low-grade spirit stone in a short while.

However, many of the rumors are untrue.

Xiao Chen has never trusted this kind of gossip.

In his opinion, it was mainly because more spiritual veins could provide a better environment and more high-level spiritual fields, thereby cultivating more high-level spiritual creatures.

Moreover, the Eastern Region is close to the Endless Sea.

There are a large number of islands that can provide different specialties, various spiritual fish raised in the sea, and a large number of sea beasts that can be hunted.

Xiao Chen felt that this resource gap was probably the main reason for the difference in the number of high-level cultivators between the two domains.

As for the inheritance of the Immortal Palace, he had also seen the wooden tablet.

There was nothing on it except a picture of a large tung tree, so it seemed useless.

"cough."

Qiu Qichen coughed lightly.

He said so much about the situation in Xuantian Fairy Palace just for the next two sentences.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, the last time the Immortal Palace opened was exactly one hundred and eighty years ago."

"This secret method of the Yin-Yang Cantong Qi came from a Taoist friend who came out of the Immortal Palace back then."

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When Xiao Chen heard this, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

Where did the martial arts inheritance come from in the Immortal Palace?
Even if it really existed, how could it have ended up in the Southern Region?

Is there no one in the Eastern Region who knows what he is talking about?

This sounds like a story made up by a liar.

But the problem is that Qiu Qichen said it seriously.

Xiao Chen felt that the other party was not deceiving him, but rather that he was being deceived.

He thought about it and reminded: "Fellow Daoist Qiu, is the source of this thing reliable?"

Qiu Qichen's lips curled up slightly: "Absolutely reliable."

"To be honest, I bought this secret technique directly from the other party yesterday."

The Qiu family’s goal is not only to gain Xiao Chen’s favor, but also to gain a favor from a great person.

What's the point if it's just a message?

So when he discovered the secret method, Qiu Qichen took decisive action to obtain it.

This is also the reason why the name of this secret technique is not on the list compiled by the people below, and he needs to add it manually.

His confident attitude actually made Xiao Chen hesitate.

Could it be that there is really a reason behind this secret technique?
The next moment, Qiu Qichen actually took out this secret technique from his arms: "If Fellow Daoist Xiao is interested, you may want to take a look at it yourself so that you can help me identify its authenticity."

As he said this, he placed the secret technique on the table and gently pushed it over.

Wow, are you so generous?

Xiao Chen didn't jump in, but instead asked, "Fellow Daoist Qiu, could you give me a rough idea of ​​the value of this secret book?"

Qiu Qichen stretched out his right hand and shook his five fingers.

First exclude the one worth five spirit stones.

Secondly, with such a powerful background as Xuantian Immortal Palace, it should be able to eliminate 5,000 spirit stones.

hiss~!

Xiao Chen took a breath, so this thing is worth fifty thousand?
Is it a little bit expensive?
But he felt that this secret method suddenly became reliable.

After all, for the Qiu family to spend so much money, it must have been verified through various identification methods.

Xiao Chen picked up the secret book carefully and opened it with curiosity.

Just below the title on the first page, there were words written that he was very familiar with:

The sun and the moon shine together, day and night alternate

……

Yin and Yang cycle, Taoism lasts forever

Xiao Chen recognized it at a glance. Aren’t these the four inscriptions engraved on the back of the Yin-Yang fish compass of the Holy Son of the White Bone Sect?
No, are you serious?
And in the subsequent review process.

Xiao Chen was surprised to find that this secret book also mentioned the term "pure concentration of essence and energy".

He remembered that this statement was also written on the white jade wall in front of the Enlightenment Monument.

And not only did he write this sentence, but he also listed a detailed explanation of more than 5,000 words below.

The more Xiao Chen looked at it, the more he felt that this seemed to be a secret method from Xuantian Immortal Palace.

And it is related to the secret method of forming the golden elixir!

When he saw the last page, he even discovered that there was a pattern of a yin-yang fish.

What’s even more mysterious is that although this is just a black and white pattern, there seems to be a faint spiritual charm that shines through the paper.

The moment Xiao Chen saw this picture, he immediately understood.

There is no need for any identification methods. This pattern with spiritual charm is enough to prove that it is the authentic one.

In other words, it doesn’t matter even if the previous content is false.

It’s not a loss if you get this spiritual picture.

Qiu Qichen waited quietly until Xiao Chen finished reading the secret method and put it back on the table.

Then he said, "If Fellow Daoist Xiao likes this secret method, you may want to stay and appreciate it."

Xiao Chen shook his head: "Fellow Daoist Qiu, it's better to be frank than to speak in jargon."

"I really like it, but I don't know what price I would pay to get you to give it up."

Even though he had already read the content once, he could still copy it in a short time with his spiritual sense.

But without the Lingyun diagram, it would be difficult to understand the mystery based on the previous text alone.

Therefore, Xiao Chen still hopes to get this secret book directly.

He didn't want to miss anything related to Danjie.

Qiu Qichen came to the house on his own initiative, so he must have something to ask for.

Now it depends on whether the conditions are right.

(End of this chapter)