No hope for eternal life

The leader on the auction stage was a slightly plump old man. He smiled and said, "Before the auction begins, let me introduce myself. I am Wan Longchang, the president of the Kamikaze branch of the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce. I will host this auction. I think everyone has no objection."

The scene suddenly fell into silence. The person who could become the branch president of Wanbao Chamber of Commerce was certainly not an ordinary person. Who would dare to express any objection at this time?

However, someone did speak up. A voice came from the top floor box: "Wan Laogui, you talk too much nonsense. Let's get started."

Branch President Wan Changlong was not angry when being called "Old Ghost Wan". Instead, he said with a smile: "Duke Shen has given an order, and I shall obey it."

Wan Changlong's words touched everyone's heart. They didn't expect that even a big shot like Duke Shen would come.

Then, Wan Changlong waved his sleeves, and a maid behind him came forward and lifted the red cloth covering the item in her hand, revealing the first item of the auction.

Mu Changsheng took a closer look and was a little surprised that the first auction item was actually an eighth-level golden elixir.

Then, Wan Changlong said, "There will be four rounds of this auction, auctioning items needed for the four realms of foundation building, golden elixir, Nascent Soul, and Spiritualization. The first item of the first round of foundation building is something that most of you here probably recognize. It is the eighth-turn golden elixir."

"Everyone knows that the Nine-Turn Golden Pill is hard to come by, and the Eight-Turn Golden Pill is also something that can only be found once in a while. If you need it, you must seize this opportunity. Otherwise, you don't know how long you will have to wait until the next Eight-Turn Golden Pill comes out. Starting price: 3,000 middle-grade spirit stones, and each bid must not be less than 500 middle-grade spirit stones. The bidding is now officially started."

As soon as the voice fell, someone immediately shouted: "Four thousand middle-grade spirit stones."

"I'll pay five thousand."

"Six thousand middle-grade spirit stones. This item is what I am determined to obtain. No one can snatch it from me."

……

Just as Wan Changlong said, the Nine-Turn Golden Pill is something that countless foundation-building cultivators can only dream of, and it is already very good to have an Eight-Turn Golden Pill as a substitute. Even so, the Eight-Turn Golden Pill is in short supply and only one is available occasionally, so it is normal for it to cause a scramble among the crowd.

In the end, the Eight-Turn Golden Pill was sold for nine thousand five hundred medium-grade spirit stones, which was considered a good start.

It has to be said that the popularity of the Eight-Turn Golden Pill far exceeded Mu Changsheng's expectations. You know, the price of the Condensing Golden Pill, which also helps the foundation-building cultivators to form an elixir, is only a few thousand low-grade spirit stones, while the price of the Eight-Turn Golden Pill is more than a hundred times that of the Condensing Golden Pill, not to mention the sky-high price that the Nine-Turn Golden Pill will be sold to.

At the same time, Mu Changsheng also had some enlightenment in his mind. Why is it difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son? You use the Ningjindan to form the elixir, while others use the Jiuzhuanjindan. The gap is widened little by little.

Mu Changsheng clenched his fists, which made him more determined: "I must form a ninth-grade golden elixir. If I can't achieve my goal, I would rather stay in the foundation-building stage for ten years."

Afterwards, Foundation Establishment items continued to be auctioned, including the Sheling Fruit that Mu Changsheng and Mu Xun had always longed to obtain. Unfortunately, the palace examination was approaching, and even with the Sheling Fruit, it would not allow them to improve their cultivation immediately, so Mu Changsheng and Mu Xun did not choose to bid for the Sheling Fruit.

At the same time, in the box on the top floor, a feminine man in a white fur coat stood by the window, looking down, but his eyes were not on the auction table where the auction was taking place, but on Mu Changsheng in the audience seats on the first floor.

Inside the box, in addition to the man in white fur, there was also a man in black standing respectfully beside him. If Mu Changsheng were here, he would definitely recognize that the man in black was Sha Tongmo, the prefect of Nansha County!

"You mean, that little fellow named Mu Changsheng got the true teachings of Yang Wuque." The man in white fur coat said without turning his head. There were soundproof formations in the box, so there was no need to worry about the conversation being eavesdropped.

"To reply to Your Majesty, this is absolutely true. I saw with my own eyes that he used a secret technique of burning qi and blood during the county examination. It is extremely similar to the secret technique that Yang Wuque once used. Besides, who else except Yang Wuque would pass on such a profound secret technique to him?" Shatongmo replied respectfully.

It turned out that the man in white fur was the Duke of Shen who had spoken earlier - Shen Xu. Sha Tongmo had found this man when he couldn't get through to Xue Rang.

"In that case, after the palace examination, you find an opportunity to deal with him and ask for his secret technique, and we will share it." Shen Xu said lightly.

"This." Shatongmo's face suddenly froze. He came to find Duke Shen precisely because he didn't want to do it himself.

I thought that Shen Xu was also taking the path of body refining, and since he had some old grudges with Yang Wuque, this matter would go smoothly. I didn't expect Shen Xu to turn the tables on him.

Seeing Sha Tongmo's hesitation, Shen Xu turned around, stared at Sha Tongmo, and said dangerously: "Why, do you only want to talk and not work? You want me to help you snatch the secret technique, and then you sit back and enjoy the results. It's a good idea, but unfortunately your cultivation is not good enough."

At the same time, Shen Xu sneered in his heart. They were all thousand-year-old foxes. Could Shatongmo's idea of ​​killing someone with a borrowed knife be hidden from him?

“No, no, no.” Shatongmo explained quickly: “It’s not that I don’t want to help, but Mu Changsheng must have something to save his life, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to stop the monster’s attack. I’m worried that with my limited skills, something unexpected might happen.”

"Don't worry about that. I will give you a formation plate. With the help of the formation plate, you can set up a sixth-grade grinding formation. With this formation, no matter what life-saving means Yang Wuque gives him, he can break and trap and kill him." Shen Xu said lightly. Since he proposed that Sha Tongmo take action, he naturally took all aspects into consideration.

When Shatongmo heard this, his heart skipped a beat. He felt like he had voluntarily boarded a pirate ship.

Since ancient times, pirate ships are easy to board but difficult to disembark. Shatongmo made up his mind and agreed: "Thank you, Lord Duke, for your high regard. I am willing to do your bidding."

Sha Tongmo felt helpless in his heart. There was nothing he could do. He was the one who took the initiative to find Shen Xu. Now that things had come to this, if he dared to refuse, he would be offending Duke Shen to death. It would be better for them to form a partnership and be in the same boat.

……

Half an hour later, the finale item of the Foundation Establishment Realm finally appeared, and the only thing that could be the finale item of the Foundation Establishment Realm was the Nine-Transformation Golden Pill.