Mysterious mirror hanging high

Zhao Yuanxi's ascension banquet came to an end amid the congratulations of the monks.

There are only 3,000 registered cultivators in Wushan Market today, and even fewer who can live in the inner courtyards, roughly less than a thousand cultivators. If a family has a child with spiritual roots, it is considered a big event. Not only will the surrounding cultivators talk about it with relish, but people like Wang Po of Yue Lao Pavilion will even secretly pay attention to the child when he is six or seven years old, and use him as a backup resource to matchmake for marriages in the market in the future.

However, the monks soon forgot such a small matter, because the large-scale auction held once every ten years in Wushan Market is about to begin!

This large-scale auction is said to be the largest auction held in Wushanfang City in the past hundred years, with more than ten thousand items on auction.

Correspondingly, the number of mobile monks in Wushan Market has reached over ten thousand in recent days!

In other words, if these itinerant monks were to become citizens of Wushan Market at the same time, then the current Wushan Market would even be qualified to be established as a city!

"Old Mu, there's talk of tens of thousands of items being auctioned at this large auction. Is that true?"

The day before the big auction started, Jing Yu came to Mu Shan to sound out the situation. His nephew-in-law was now the manager of Area A of the Spiritual Plant Garden, a middle- and high-level official in the market town. Apart from the several masters in the foundation-building stage, the managers below him were basically of Mu Shan's level.

"It's not tens of thousands, to be exact, it's more than 30,000!"

Mu Shan smiled and twirled his beard, saying, "Uncle, you're an alchemist now. I heard from Li, the manager of Dan Ding Pavilion, that your talent for alchemy is among the best in the entire Wushan market. I'm afraid you've accumulated quite a fortune over the years. Do you want to show off your skills at this auction?"

"Well, I'm just a nobody, just joining in the fun."

Jing Yu was modest for a moment, then became puzzled. "Ten years ago, a large auction had thousands of items, and it took five or six days to complete. Thirty thousand items? If we auction them off one by one, it would take at least half a year."

"Uncle, you don't know that this large-scale auction is very different from previous ones. The format has been completely changed."

Mu Shan explained, "Because there are so many items, this auction is divided into a main venue and branch venues. The items at the Qi training level are all placed in various booths at the branch venues. Depending on the value of the items, there will be a three to ten day bidding period. Anyone can bid during this period, and the highest bidder wins! Alternatively, you can negotiate a price privately with the stall owner, but the price will definitely be much higher."

"Once all the Qi training-level items at the branch venues have been sold or passed, the main venue's auction will begin. By then, all the goodies will be at the Foundation Establishment level. I heard there will be more than ten Foundation Establishment Pills alone! A big deal, right?"

"The entire large-scale auction process, including the sub-venues and the main venue, will last for a full month. After a month, a large area of ​​free trading will be allocated to all cultivators. The other day, Master Yuwen Fang also mentioned that this free trading area will be made permanent to fill gaps in the Fangshi commercial district."

"Oh, by the way, this large auction has also changed its name now."

Mu Shan slapped his head:

"What's it called? The Cultivation World's Curiosity Expo! It's called the Immortal Expo for short... We borrowed the name and the format from Xiaoyao Xiancheng. They've held it several times there, and the response is said to be quite good, so they've tried it out in the markets under the Xiaoyao Alliance. Since our Wushan market is closer to Xiaoyao Xiancheng, we're considered one of the first to try it out."

"This Yuwen Xiaojin is really aiming for something big." Jing Yu stroked his chin, thoughtfully saying, "He's clearing out the mortal body cultivators, and leveraging the Immortal Expo to aggressively recruit foreign cultivators and develop the market... If he keeps planning this for a few decades, maybe Wushan Market will actually have some hope of becoming a city."

"Master Yuwen Fang is truly a man of great talent and vision! He's a descendant of the Yuwen family, after all." Mu Shan said with a hint of bitterness, "He's young, yet possesses a high level of cultivation and a handsome appearance... I originally thought he was some dandy from an aristocratic family sent down to the Fang market to gild his reputation, but I never thought he was actually a man of such talent."

"Yuwen family?" Jing Yu's heart moved.

"Uncle, don't you know? Our Xiaoyao Alliance leader, Master Baoding, has the surname Yuwen." Mu Shan twirled his beard and said, "Yuwen Xiaojin is considered a direct descendant of the Yuwen family. It is said that he is closely related to Master Baoding by blood."

"You didn't see it. Yesterday, people from Xiaoyao Xiancheng also arrived at the market. A building ship docked outside the Wushan market. Wow, that building ship is the latest model developed by our Xiaoyao Alliance. It's at least 50% faster than the one we were on before!"

"From Xiaoyao Immortal City alone, three Foundation Establishment cultivators have arrived, and one of them is a Foundation Establishment Master! If Yuwen Xiaojin wasn't a direct descendant of the Yuwen family, how could he have such a great honor?"

Jing Yu understood that cultivators who could be called "foundation-building cultivators" must be in the late stage of foundation-building. Such cultivators were either running around for the resources needed to condense the golden elixir, such as the Jindan spiritual objects, or they were starting to retreat to the golden elixir realm. How could they have the time to run around? It was indeed a great honor for Yuwen Xiaojin to invite a foundation-building cultivator to come to Wushan Market to show off.

"Uncle, an old friend of ours has come from Xiaoyao Fairy City this time. Can you guess who it is?" Mu Shanshen asked mysteriously.

"Don't be pretentious."

Mu Shan smiled and said, "Uncle, do you still remember the group of spiritual roots that entered the market with you? One of them had a spiritual root that had the laurel tree as its special appearance?"

"Wan Lingjun?"

Jing Yu has an excellent memory. Wan Lingjun's spiritual root phenomenon is top-notch among the mid-grade phenomena. If we only consider the fact that his spiritual root aptitude is stronger than Yun Xuance and Li Jiangmei, he is naturally impressed.

"Isn't it rumored that this girl was accepted as a true disciple by a certain Immortal Master of the Free and Easy Alliance?"

"That's right. This Fairy Wan is now the closed disciple of Master Yuehua of my Xiaoyao League. Eleven years have passed, and she has reached the sixth level of Qi training. I met Master yesterday. Her spiritual light is profound and her foundation is solid. It's really frustrating to compare yourself to him."

"I guess the bottleneck of the sixth level of Qi training won't hold her back for too long. Fairy Wan is only twenty-one years old now. If she works harder, she might be able to establish her foundation before she turns forty."

At this point, Mu Shan stared at Jing Yu and suddenly took a deep breath. "Hiss—Uncle, I suddenly realized that you and Wan Xianzi both entered the immortal path at the same age, drawing Qi into your body. Now you've also reached the fifth level of Qi training! Your speed is surprisingly not much slower than that of a true master like Wan Xianzi."

Jing Yu's face tensed, and he laughed out loud, "Oh no! My cultivation is built up by taking pills, how can I compare to Wan Xianzi? She is a disciple of Yue Hua Zhenren, so she has to take pills at regular intervals and on time. A little more or a little less is not acceptable. Otherwise, if she forced her growth like me, she wouldn't be at the sixth level of Qi training now!"