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Chapter 253 What a beautiful escape technique!

Ever since he entered the late stage of foundation building in his early years, Xiao Chen has almost never been short of spirit stones.

Before coming to the Eastern Region, he obtained a large amount of spirit stones from the Cang Yan Sect.

After coming to the Eastern Region, not only did he basically not have any major expenses, but he also received a lot of spirit stones.

To date, the Hanhai Ring has accumulated more than 7.46 million low-grade spirit stones.

At the same time, he also had 22,700 medium-grade spirit stones.

Even though Xiao Chen had already spent a full 4.2 million spirit stones at the auction.

But he still had more than 5.53 million spirit stones in his hand.

Therefore, when he heard that the last item to be auctioned was the Sanguang Soul-Nourishing Jade, he did not hesitate to bid a high price of two million again.

As I said, forming a baby is Xiao Chen’s top priority right now.

There is absolutely no need to save on such material things.

If two million is not enough, he will increase it to four million, or even go all in, and he will not hesitate.

After all, as the saying goes, even if you spend all your money, you will get it back.

Spending money to break through your cultivation level is like investing, and you can earn it back after you successfully break through in the future.

"I'll give you 2.2 million!"

In box No. 5, Gang Yuan Zhenjun from the Tiangang Sect was briefly surprised, and then immediately followed suit.

As someone who had been through this, he was of course very clear that the Three Lights Soul-Nourishing Jade was of some help in breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Therefore, an additional three million spirit stones were reserved at the beginning.

"I'll add another 200,000 spirit stones!"

Another mellow voice sounded from Box A4.

In addition to assisting in breakthroughs, the Three Lights Soul-Nourishing Jade itself is beneficial to the soul and is very important for cultivators who practice the Qianji Valley's secret method of "Dividing the Soul".

Therefore, after learning the news, True Lord Qianshu specially withdrew two million spirit stones from the sect’s warehouse.

Adding the two million spirit stones he already had, he prepared to snatch this piece of spirit jade.

"three million!"

Before Master Qianshu finished speaking, Xiao Chen accepted the offer without hesitation.

Ok?
Zhenjun Gangyuan was stunned when he heard this. It’s only three million?

It only took half a quarter of an hour to take out the last item.

How can you raise the price like this?
The wandering cultivators below were completely dumbfounded by what they heard.

"I originally thought that the elixir would fetch the highest price at this auction, but I didn't expect there would be an even higher price."

"Wow, three million spirit stones, this is going to break the record."

"I've been to many major auctions in the past 100 years, and I've never seen a higher price than this."

In fact, this is also the reason why Zhenjun Gangyuan brought three million spirit stones. He didn't think there would be a higher price at the beginning.

Hearing this, he couldn't help but frowned.

It’s not that we can’t afford to continue raising prices; the key issue is cost-effectiveness.

Unlike Xiao Chen, who only needs to consider his own needs, one person’s fullness feeds the whole family.

As the supreme elder of the Tiangang Sect, Zhenjun Gangyuan cannot be said to be too biased towards any one side within the sect.

The so-called worry is not about scarcity but about inequality.

It would be fine if I can’t take the photo today.

If we get the Sanguang Soul-Nourishing Jade at a premium today, we will have to coordinate with the other parties, otherwise people's morale will easily fall apart.

"Well, add another 100,000 spirit stones."

Zhenjun Gangyuan thought for a moment and tried to raise the price one last time.

If Xiao Chen had also reserved three million spirit stones, he would not have missed this opportunity.

If the other party really came prepared and brought enough spirit stones, then he would choose to give up.

"I'll add 50,000!"

True Lord Qianshu immediately followed, smiling slightly.

From the extent of the bid increase, he had already guessed that Master Gangyuan should withdraw from the bidding.

In fact, he also wanted to prepare three million spirit stones at the beginning, but on the one hand, he took into account that the current chief of Qianji Valley performed very well, but his spiritual awareness was a little weak.

Getting this Sanguang Soul-Nourishing Jade can just make up for the shortcomings, and it is worth spending a few more spirit stones.

Secondly, I also thought that everyone might make preparations based on the experience of past auctions, so I intentionally brought some extra spirit stones.

This wave, this wave he is on the third level.

"I'll pay four million!"

Xiao Chen's voice was very calm from beginning to end, as if he was simply counting.

However, to the ears of others, it sounded like thunder.

How many?

Master Qianshu's smile suddenly froze.

But Master Gangyuan smiled with relief.

Four million spirit stones are too expensive. Considering the situation of the Tiangang Sect, it is not cost-effective at all. Even if he has enough spirit stones, he will not continue to bid.

After a brief silence in the first-floor hall, the whole audience gasped.

"Hiss~, Senior Brother Zhang, I just heard four million spirit stones, did I hear it wrong?"

"Junior Brother Li, I might have heard it wrong."

"Increasing the price by one million spirit stones at a time is really eye-opening for me. This auction was really worth coming to."

"Hiss~, what does it mean to spend money like water? I've really learned something new!"

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Inside each box, monks from various major forces looked at each other in shock.

On weekdays, they are also considered wealthy people in the eyes of others.

However, sitting here today, listening to Xiao Chen adding one million spirit stones, and then looking at his storage ring, he only had less than 500,000 spirit stones accumulated in total.

I finally understood what it means that there are always people better than you.

Some people couldn't help but sigh: "We still have to go out more often and see the real world."

Someone was completely impressed: "Master always said that comparing people will make you die, and comparing goods will make you throw them away. Today I have finally experienced his lesson."

Master Qingluan, who had been feeling resentful before, now had a look of confusion on his face.

Originally, he felt a little jealous, thinking that the other party was just squandering money by relying on his background.

But now that ridiculous idea has been dismissed. Even if it is to represent the sect and control so many spirit stones, it is definitely not something that anyone can do.

The gap between the two sides was so huge that he couldn't even feel jealous.

On the high platform, Luo Hanxiang was also feeling a little dizzy at this moment.

Logically speaking, as an auctioneer, she should be responsible for using various rhetoric to guide everyone in bidding.

But ever since she met Xiao Chen, a ruthless man who raised the price without blinking an eye, she suddenly didn't know what to do.

Should she speak now? But what should she say?
Fortunately, Xiao Chen did not urge him like the mysterious man before.

Luo Hanxiang stood there gratefully, pretending to be a wooden man.

True Lord Qianshu hesitated for a moment, thinking carefully for a long time before finally speaking: "Your Excellency is wealthy, this piece of spiritual jade is yours."

Tsk~!

Xiao Chen curled his lips when he heard this, as if he could have competed but just gave it to himself.

If you have the guts, just raise the price. It's up to you whether I follow or not.

I say all these nonsense to save face.

However, the other party was a Yuanying Zhenjun after all, so he did not say anything to disrupt him and pretended not to hear it.

"The Daoist friend in Box B 24 bids four million spirit stones!"

Luo Hanxiang immediately clapped her hands vigorously: "Let us congratulate him for winning the most precious treasure of this auction!"
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When the result is settled.

The hall cheered again, with both applause and various expressions of emotion.

"In the past three hundred years, there has never been a price as high as four million!"

"Not just three hundred years, at least not in five hundred years."

"Wow, he actually got this piece of spiritual jade from Yuanying Zhenjun. Doesn't that mean he is richer than Zhenjun? From now on, I will dream according to this standard."

"What are you thinking? This must be the sect's spirit stone."

"What are you talking about? What happened to the sect's spirit stones? The leaders of the major sects are all sitting there, and I haven't seen them be able to produce so many spirit stones."

"I don't know where he comes from, I want to stay and take a closer look."

Many monks also thought so.

The auction was clearly over, but almost no one left. Instead, they stood up and stared in the direction of Box 24.

Everyone wanted to see Xiao Chen’s true face.

Not only them, but also the monks in other boxes were waiting at the door.

Even True Lord Yunfeng, True Lord Tieshan and others were not in a hurry to leave.

Therefore, when Xiao Chen pushed the door open and walked out, he instantly felt thousands of eyes falling on him.

It contains different emotions such as curiosity, exploration, admiration, envy, etc.

One monk couldn't help but exclaimed: "My God, he looks so young!"

A young man said with a burning gaze: "I'm going to buy a feather robe later, it's really beautiful."

There were also female cultivators who said with peach blossoms in their eyes: "He is indeed handsome, what a handsome young man."

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In addition to these, some elderly people were not optimistic: "There is no elder with him, and he did not cover his face. How foolish."

about this point.

The several True Lords who were looking in this direction were also a little surprised.

Gang Yuan Zhenjun could tell at a glance that Xiao Chen's blood and energy were boiling, and he had practiced the art of body refining: "How strange."

"This body-refining technique seems quite accomplished. Is there any hidden sect that also emphasizes body-refining?"

True Lord Qianshu was a little surprised: "To let a junior carry so many spirit stones alone, is this a family tradition?"

He remembered that it was mentioned in a previous intelligence report.

In the northwest corner of Cibei Sea, three hidden families have become active recently, namely the Sun family, the Wang family and the Fan family.

Could it be that the other party comes from one of them?

True Lord Dielang's focus returned to his appearance: "You look so young, your real age should not be more than fifty."

He had conceived a baby at the age of fifty-eight, so naturally he paid more attention to this aspect.

Seeing that Xiao Chen didn't seem very old, he felt a little hopeful: "I hope you can break through to the Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible and become my sword-wiping stone."

As an extremely young swordsman, Master Dielang felt a lack of pressure.

This is not to say that he is arrogant.

But without the pursuit of fellow monks, he became a little laxer than before.

"Hahaha!"

Suddenly, the door of Box B No. 26 opened, and a mysterious monk wearing a bronze mask came out.

He laughed three times, then cheered, "We did it! Let's go, let's go!"

Then he shouted loudly to attract everyone's attention and quickly ran out of the auction hall.

I saw that while he was running, he actually took out three storage bags.

He threw one directly into the arms of the person closest to him, the young man with blue cedar standing at the door of Box No. 25.

Next came Xiao Chen, and then the middle-aged monk in Box B 23... "Not good!"

The blue-fir young man reacted immediately and reached out to throw the storage bag to the ground.

He didn't want to have anything to do with the fourth-level life-extending elixir, as it was now a death warrant.

But the next moment, he suddenly realized that it was no longer easy to explain.

He had already touched the storage bag, and it seemed too late to say now that there was no life-extending elixir in it.

Thinking of this, the young man Lanshan immediately looked up and glared at the mysterious man. This was a blatant frame-up!
At the same time, the middle-aged monk reacted too quickly.

He subconsciously reached out and grabbed the flying storage bag as if it were a hidden weapon.

Then he realized something was wrong and his face suddenly darkened.

Only Xiao Chen in the middle, when he saw the suspected attack, subconsciously wanted to take action but realized that he could not take action on the island.

So he turned around and dodged at a faster speed.

Although he is not the one with the fastest reaction, he is the one with the best escape technique.

In a flash, he fell from the second floor to the middle of the hall.

The storage bag didn't touch him at all, but hit the wall behind him.

Huh~!

After standing firm, Xiao Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

I didn't expect to encounter such shameless and despicable behavior.

Fortunately, he was agile and his escape skills were much faster than those of ordinary people, so he avoided trouble.

The mysterious man had already run to the door of the hall. When he looked back, his whole body suddenly stopped, and he was obviously a little surprised.

He never expected that in order to ensure success, he had to cast a magic spell before throwing.

As a result, Xiao Chen broke free from the influence of the illusion so quickly and avoided the blank storage bag.

If there weren't three storage bags prepared, this plan to attract attention would have failed.

But how is this possible?
He should have secretly injected the Phantom Spell into Xiao Chen's body.

The opponent didn't have any counter spells or responses, yet he was safe and sound in the end.

The mysterious man couldn't figure out how this was done.
But now he was pressed for time and obviously had no time to think about these things.

He took a closer look at Xiao Chen and memorized his appearance.

The mysterious man chuckled: "What a beautiful escape technique! We will meet again soon!"

After saying that, he immediately turned around and left in a hurry.

Ok?
Do you want to play this trick with me?

Xiao Chen's eyes narrowed. He wanted to let the other party feel his escape technique.

But after thinking about it, he calmly suppressed his urge to take action.

After all, Master Dielang had specifically emphasized before that no fighting was allowed on the island during the auction.

Just give him some face and spare this bronze-faced guy for once.

"What a beautiful escape technique!"

The True Lord Canye above also noticed Xiao Chen's timely dodge: "It looks like he has some basic skills in fire magic, which is not common."

He sighed secretly and made some speculations.

Rumor has it that there is a hidden Taoist sect in the West called the Nongyan Sect, which specializes in fire magic that is very rare in the Eastern Region.

Could it be that Xiao Chen is the successor of the Nongyan Sect?

Considering the items he brought out for auction, there was the white jade box which was obviously of a different style, and the purple star box which was unidentifiable but suspected to have been left over from ancient times.

Master Canye felt as if he had guessed something.

If the Nongyan Sect really wants to come to the Mercy Sea, the already unclear situation will obviously become even more complicated.

I don’t know whether this will be a blessing or a curse.
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"Ahem~!"

A low cough was heard, and the ancestor of the Yi family walked out of the box.

In fact, the A-type boxes all have back doors for Yuanying Zhenjun to leave quietly.

However, he deliberately showed up in front of everyone and was not in a hurry to chase after the mysterious man.

When the young man Lanshan and the middle-aged monk saw this, their hearts immediately tightened and their bodies couldn't help but tremble slightly.

They didn't know how to explain that they had nothing to do with the mysterious man.

However, the Yi family ancestor did not embarrass them. Instead, he smiled and said, "Don't panic, my two young friends. Although I am old, I will not fall for such a simple trick."

After giving a soothing word, he walked slowly towards the main entrance.

He chose to leave in front of everyone, and it seemed that he had no intention of killing the mysterious man.

But then again, with Yuanying Zhenjun's spiritual awareness range and escape speed.

Even if an ordinary Jindan cultivator were to run for two quarters of an hour, it would just be a cat playing with a mouse.

"what?"

When passing through the hall, the ancestor of the Yi family paused, as if he sensed something was wrong.

He actually stopped and turned to look at Xiao Chen.

This action surprised the surrounding monks.

What is going on? Xiao Chen was clearly the one who avoided the storage bag.

No one noticed that a gleam of light flashed in the turbid eyes of the Yi family's ancestor.

Such rich energy and blood!

What a vibrant energy!

What a perfect material!

He felt an exceptionally strong vitality from Xiao Chen, which was at least several times or even dozens of times stronger than that of an ordinary Jindan cultivator.

It’s great to be young!
The ancestor of the Yi family sighed inwardly, and also remembered Xiao Chen's face before turning around and leaving.

The monks along the way consciously made way for him, and no one dared to rush ahead.

Only after the other party had completely walked out did the monks start to follow him.

Xiao Chen was a little puzzled. He didn't quite understand why the Yi family's ancestor was staring at him specifically.

Logically speaking, he didn't try to steal the elixir.

This should be the first time the two parties met today. There is no grudge between them in the past or in the present, so what does that strange look of his mean?

"Forget it, if there is any problem, just adapt to it."

Xiao Chen never lets trivial matters affect him: "Let's settle the spiritual objects first."

You still need to pay the spirit stones before you can get the things you bought before.

As we all know, only after something enters the storage ring, it is considered to truly belong to you, otherwise there may be some variables in the middle.

Maybe he arrived in time and successfully completed the handover at the back of the auction hall.

Especially the successful acquisition of the most crucial Red Moon Dew and Three Lights Soul-Nourishing Jade made Xiao Chen breathe a sigh of relief.

With the former, there will be no more obstacles in practicing the secret art of bestowing blood and drawing babies.

In other words, he took another step towards the Nascent Soul stage.

With the latter, two of the three fourth-level spiritual objects in the Infant-Raising Altar have been gathered, and the only thing missing is the final Nine-Aperture Transparent Jade.

At the same time, Xiao Chen also obtained several urgently needed spiritual objects at this large auction.

At this time, one hundred and twenty-six kinds of spiritual materials have been prepared. Except for the Nine-Aperture Transparent Jade, the only thing missing is a piece of coarse-grained twisted leaf.

It's strange to say, this thing shouldn't be considered a particularly rare item.

Unfortunately, he had never bought it in the Moshi Market before, and he didn't see it at the auction either.

"How about going to the nearby market to take a look?"

Xiao Chen remembered that there was a market opened by Yuntao Sword House on Tingtao Island, not far from Tinglang Island.

In fact, it seems a bit strange to make a special trip just for such an ordinary spiritual herb, but it doesn't seem a good thing to come back empty-handed, and I feel uncomfortable.

"Forget it, I'll just run once."

Xiao Chen didn't think too much about it: "I'll buy all these ingredients first, and I'll feel at ease."

"Well, go get the money first."

He turned and went to the Treasure House next door and took out the spiritual contract he had signed earlier to exchange for spirit stones.

"Your distinguished guest, please wait a moment."

The steward carefully checked the spiritual contract, then took out the account book and compared it: "You have a total of six items, all of which were successfully sold."

"They are... a total of 959,600 spirit stones."

He handed over a handwritten list and said, "Please check the amount. If it's okay, please sign the list."

Xiao Chen had calculated it before he came, and this was the correct number.

So he picked up the pen and wrote his name neatly.

"Okay, here are your spirit stones."

The manager took out a temporary storage bag that had been prepared long ago from the cabinet and said, "Please check carefully. After you leave here, our Chamber of Commerce will not be responsible for any missing spirit stones."

Xiao Chen took the bag and scanned it with his spiritual sense, only to find that there was not a single spirit stone missing from it.

Not only was there nothing missing, there was even an extra piece of letter paper.

Logically speaking, as the organizer, Feiye Merchants should charge 5% of the spirit stones as handling fees.

He took out the letter paper out of curiosity and saw a few lines of small characters written in iron and silver strokes.

"Just now I saw you spending a fortune at an auction. Your generosity was truly admirable."

"I'm waiving the commission as a token of my appreciation."

"I've also prepared a pot of green tea leaves from the ancient Yunya tea tree. If you're free today, why not take this letter and come to the third floor for a chat?"

There was no name at the end of the signature, but a withered yellow leaf seal.

Xiao Chen blinked his eyes. Based on the information he had purchased before, he calculated that it should have been left by True Lord Canye.

He put away the spirit stone and went to the third floor with the letter paper.

Although the above statement was very polite, indicating that he would go if he had time, it was just a polite remark.

According to the custom in the cultivation world, if a senior who is one level lower than you invites you, not going would mean looking down on you.

If you meet a monk with a bad temper, you will become enemies just because of this.

Besides, Xiao Chen was actually curious about why he was looking for him.

So I relied on the letter paper to get to the compartment on the third floor without any obstruction.

As I pushed the door open, I smelled the fragrance of tea coming from behind the screen on the right.

He took a small puff and immediately felt his mind become clearer.

Xiao Chen's eyes suddenly lit up. This was a fourth-level spiritual tea!

But it’s also true that if Yuanying Zhenjun is treating you, you can’t present something of low quality.

He closed the door and turned the screen.

I saw a middle-aged monk with thick eyebrows and big eyes sitting in front of a small square table.

There was a clay pot on the table, with wisps of hot steam wafting out.

Seeing Xiao Chen bowing in greeting.

Master Canye lightly tapped the sandalwood table twice with his fingertips as a response.

Then he extended his hand and said with a smile: "Please sit down, my friend. There is no need to be so polite."

"The essence of tea ceremony lies in spontaneity. I have never liked those cumbersome formalities."

"Today, regardless of our status, we should just chat as friends regardless of age."

(End of this chapter)