Mysterious mirror hanging high

"This is Master Kongjie of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple. He is in the early stages of the Golden Elixir Realm. He is in charge of many of the temple's mundane affairs. The last Ten Thousand Buddhas Auction was also presided over by Master Kongjie."

Song Qingya whispered, "Master Jindan is presiding over the auction, which shows how much importance Wanfo Temple attaches to this event."

"The first lot is a small piece of [Sunken Wood], with a starting price of 600 Spirit Stones, no upper limit."

Song Qingya's eyes lit up. "A wood-type Dan-forming spiritual object! And it's the [Sunken Wood] that carries ghostly energy. It's perfect for Aunt Jinghong."

"Wow, the first lot is a Jindan spiritual object? This Wanfo Auction really lives up to its reputation."

Song Yu, who had been keeping to himself, said, "Sir, at a large auction like this, the first lot is usually a bit better. It's a prelude to attract attention and get a good price to create excitement. Just wait and see, the second lot will be far inferior."

"Six hundred and fifty spirit stones." Song Qingya on the side had already raised his sign to bid.

"Six hundred and eighty spirit stones."

"Seven hundred spirit stones."

"Seven hundred and one!"

The price of [Sunk Wood] soared very quickly, increasing by more than a hundred spirit stones in just a moment. After all, this was a wood-type spiritual object that could be used for forming elixirs, and many wood-type foundation-building cultivators could use it.

It was only because the [Sunk Wood] was tainted with a trace of Netherworld ghost energy that it was more suitable for wood-type cultivators who practiced the ghost path, so Song Qingya bid for it repeatedly.

In the end, Song Qingya bought this piece of [sunken wood] for 1,530 spirit stones.

"Tsk tsk, the price of three foundation-building pills is really expensive."

Jing Yu was astonished. Although the spiritual objects that could form the golden elixir could improve its quality, many spiritual objects could be used in combination. Usually, when the golden elixir seeds of aristocratic families formed the golden elixir, they had to prepare three or five complementary spiritual objects for forming the golden elixir. One set of spiritual objects would consume more than 1,500 spirit stones, and the cost was really not low.

Song Qingya handed over the spirit stones, and a moment later, a waiter brought up the piece of [Sunken Wood]. He inspected the item and put it into his storage bag after confirming it was correct. He said, "Actually, the price isn't that expensive. It's barely within my expectations."

"This is assuming that rival families like the Wang and Zhang families don't cause trouble. Otherwise, the price would be much higher, potentially reaching two thousand spirit stones."

"It seems that these two companies really don't have the intention of raising prices to disgust people."

Song Qingya sneered, "There are hundreds and thousands of items being auctioned at the main venue. Are you disgusted enough to come here? Besides, every household's spiritual stone reserves aren't blown away by the wind. This [Sunken Wood] is perfect for Aunt Jinghong. Even ordinary wood cultivators have to give a discount to use it. Are they going to buy it and let it gather dust in the warehouse? No matter how many spiritual stones you have, you shouldn't squander them like this."

"Whether Aunt Jinghong can form a golden elixir doesn't just depend on this one spiritual object. The quality of the golden elixir also depends on luck. It's not uncommon for someone to prepare seven or eight top-grade spiritual objects for forming a golden elixir and only form a low-grade one..."

Before Song Qingya finished speaking, Master Kongjie spoke:

"The second lot is a top-grade magical weapon, the [Zhenjin Weak Water Bottle], an offensive magical weapon suitable for gold and water-type cultivators. The starting price is three hundred spirit stones."

The second item was indeed not as popular as the [Sunk Wood], and was eventually bought by a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building on the first floor for 427 spirit stones.

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"The 36th lot is the Dan-Jing spiritual object [Stone Spring], which can slightly improve the quality of the Dan-Jing of earth- and water-type cultivators."

"Uncle, this is a rare water-type Dan-forming spiritual object. Why don't you take a picture of it?" Song Qingya said, "If you don't have enough spirit stones, I can use the Song family's spirit stone inventory and lend it to you temporarily."

"No." Jing Yu shook his head: "I have already prepared a few spiritual objects for Dan-forming. A few more won't be of much use."

What he said was half true and half false. It was true that he now had a water-type spiritual object called [Tian Jing Shui], which he obtained when he killed the Black Blood Taoist. It has been safely preserved until today.

But in fact, according to the [Method of Seeking the Elixir] given by the Buddha Pudu, if you want to make the elixir flawless and form the [Flawless Golden Elixir], you cannot use any spiritual objects to improve the quality of the golden elixir, and can only rely on the secret method of forming the elixir.

Therefore, for Jing Yu, the spiritual object for forming the elixir is not important at all. His goal is actually the high-grade secret method of forming the elixir.

In his idea, since he could not use the spiritual objects for forming the elixir, the only thing that could improve the quality of the elixir besides his own foundation in the way of immortality was the secret method of forming the elixir. Therefore, he had to obtain at least three non-conflicting secret methods of forming the elixir and use them in combination.

It is temporarily determined to be the three secret methods of forming elixir: blood, magic power, and divine consciousness, corresponding to the three treasures of essence, qi, and spirit.

Among them, the secret method of blood-qi condensing pills has already been found. It is the [Divine Mansion Blood-qi condensing pills secret method] presented by my seventh brother Zhao Mingfu.

This secret method of forming a pill with blood and qi is suspected to have come from the Shending Immortal Dynasty. It is of extremely high quality and uses essence, blood and qi. It is almost tailor-made for immortal cultivators like Jing Yu and does not need to be changed.

The secret method of forming a pill with magic power is the most common. The [Magic Pill Condensation Technique] previously placed on the third floor of the Song family's library is the most common item. The Song family must have better ones hidden. Jing Yu had asked Song Jianxu before, and he had been promised that he would show it to him before forming a pill. Therefore, there is no need to look for it specifically. You can just pay attention to whether there are people with higher status.

The only thing is that the secret method of forming a pill with divine consciousness is too rare, and it is almost a secret that cannot be passed on. I am afraid that even the Yuanying Immortal Clan does not have many collections of it. Jing Yu has no idea for the time being and can only try his luck.

"Forget it, you have your plans." Song Qingya turned to look at Song Yuze:

"Yu Ze, you are almost at the stage of forming a pill, right?"

Song Yu was silent for a while, then sighed: "My foundation is much worse than that of the eldest lady, and I am slower in accumulating my cultivation. I probably won't be able to catch up with the old ancestor to complete his foundation building before his death."

"Second Young Master, don't worry about Yu Ze's Dan-Jing spiritual object. Just focus on the eldest lady first."

"If the eldest lady cannot successfully form a pill, then the Song family will surely fall into the hands of an outsider..."

Song Yu glanced at Jing Yu and kept silent.

The auction continued and soon reached the 100th lot.

"The 100th lot, [Mysterious Thunder Sword Immortal's Teaching Diagram], I don't know if it's genuine, the starting price is thirty spirit stones, no upper limit."

"Ok?"

Song Qingya sat up straight at once, staring at the picture intently.

In the painting, a female swordsman in a black robe with outstanding temperament and domineering aura stands on the roof of a fairy city attic, holding a black thunder sword, as if preaching.

Tens of thousands of cultivators were eagerly waiting at the foot of the city, including many Jindan Zhenren.

The skills of this spiritual painter are extremely superb. In such a huge picture, tens of thousands of monks with different shapes and costumes are vivid and lifelike, making the people who are watching the spiritual painting feel as if they are personally on the scene.

Jing Yu also widened his eyes at this moment, looking at this picture:

"Isn't this Lu Yingzhao, who explained the key to forming a pill in Qingyun Immortal City over five hundred years ago?"