Ball Ball Cultivation

The Duobao Pavilion's once-a-century mega-auction was about to begin. Bai Yi had already been recognized by the upper echelons as a Second Elder, enjoying the privileges that came with it. He had his own private room for internal staff, which, while small, was exquisitely designed and secluded.

Qiuqiu, Xuanchen, and Xuanshen were enjoying a meal of high-grade spiritual fruit in a private room while they looked at a triple-sized Duobao jade, which contained introductions to various brands, something not seen in previous years. The Duobao Pavilion business alliance was commendable for its promotional and forward-looking nature.

Soon, Bai Yi finished dealing with the matter and brought in Bai Er and the brothers Zhang Hu and Zhang Chi.

After cleansing their tendons and marrow to remove toxins, the two brothers quickly drew Qi into their bodies, each now reaching the fifth level of Qi Refining. Because of the many hardships they endured in the early stages, they cultivated diligently. Combined with their cultivation techniques and spiritual roots, their training speed is catching up with Xuan Chen and Xuan Shen. At night, they bask in the moonlight, using it to cultivate their Xuanwu True Forms. They dare not advance too far, relying solely on constantly compressing their spiritual energy to cultivate their bodies. As a result, the speed of a cultivator with a single spiritual root is similar to that of an ordinary dual spiritual root cultivator.

Qiuqiu sat high up in the private room, unable to use his spiritual sense to detect anything, so he stared at the people passing by with his wide, dark eyes. Many major sects and aristocratic families had their own private rooms. Many outside cultivators sat in the hall, cloaked in black, waiting for the auction to begin. The main attraction of this auction was not only a fifth-grade elixir that replenished vitality and prolonged life, but also a semi-immortal artifact as the grand prize. There were also countless other treasures that could be called natural treasures.

Qiuqiu has not been in the world of cultivation for long, and is still staying somewhere to practice, give birth, and raise children, so he knows very few people. He is not as good as Bai Yi who has met many people in the environment of Duobao Pavilion. Bai Yi can tell the life story of any cultivator who is famous in some aspect. It seems that he has made a lot of efforts to become the true Second Elder!

This auction was hosted by the Pavilion Master himself, and the auctioneer was his confidant, a woman in pink palace dress who perfectly combined purity and charm, making people approachable and unconsciously attracted to her.

With a burst of passionate drum beating, the auction began.

"Welcome all fellow Daoists to Duobao Pavilion's once-a-century auction. The rules are: the highest bidder wins, and the item will be awarded after three bids without a single bidder. This time, we've added a non-directional teleportation array. Once the transaction is completed, you can use it to leave directly. The non-directional teleportation array randomly teleports within a 10,000-mile radius and is only available to Daoists who have successfully completed a transaction, so feel free to bid and buy. Finally, we'll add an unrestricted auction, which will be the same as the free trade of previous years. If you're not satisfied with the transaction, Duobao Pavilion can promote it on Duobao Jade for sale or exchange. We'll do our best to satisfy all Daoists and ensure your trip is worthwhile."

With the circulation of a large amount of Duobao Jade, everyone is still convinced of Duobao Pavilion's appeal and publicity efforts.

As the pleasant introduction ended, the auction welcomed its first lot: a bottle of ten high-grade, fourth-level Soul-Nourishing Pills. These pills, rich in vitality, could extend the lifespan of a Nascent Soul cultivator, disregarding any previously taken longevity pills and allowing for cumulative use. The starting price was 100,000 low-grade spirit stones.

The price in the auction hall below went from one hundred thousand to one million in the blink of an eye. The private rooms on the second floor started to bid, from twenty thousand high-grade spirit stones to one hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones. Finally, it was successfully auctioned by a large family of cultivators in private room number seven at a price of one hundred and thirty thousand high-grade spirit stones.

Below are various high-level talismans, talisman treasures, formation flags and formation plates. The bidding is also very fierce. The auctioneer will also adjust the atmosphere to ensure that the auction price continues to rise.

The next item that appeared on the lifting auction platform was a black tortoise shield, a low-grade defensive spiritual weapon. The palm-sized spiritual weapon was inlaid with seven star-shaped shining stones, forming a complete defensive magic circle.

Qiuqiu was considering filming it to protect Xuanchen or Xuanshen when a faint, hungry consciousness, eager to devour, reached him. He carefully sensed it as the consciousness emanating from the main body of the space. He summoned Huahua, who was independently developing the master signal transmitter. As soon as they emerged from the space, Huahua sent Qiuqiu a powerful message, clearly and intensely more sensitive than the condensed consciousness of her clone, demanding the Turtle Spirit Shield.

The enchanting auctioneer finished her introduction: "It can withstand three attacks from a Nascent Soul Great Perfection cultivator." She then announced the reserve price: "Three hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones."

A young foundation-building cultivator immediately offered a price in the hall: "Five hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones."

There was a female voice: "Eight hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones."

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As the bids continued to rise, the price for private room No. 18 on the second floor was two hundred high-grade spirit stones, and the bidding volume gradually stabilized.

Then a familiar man in the corner of the hall quoted a price of five hundred high-grade spirit stones, a price that far exceeded the value of a low-grade spirit weapon.

The man making the offer was Lu Yu, a man Qiuqiu knew well, with Qin Qingqing sitting beside him. Qiuqiu didn't feel comfortable raising the price directly to join the auction.

Then I heard that the price of private room No. 18 continued to increase by 600 high-quality spirit stones.

Qiuqiu immediately followed suit and quoted eight hundred high-grade spirit stones. Lu Yu, perhaps having recognized Qiuqiu's voice, glanced towards their private room and fell silent.

Private room number 18 directly quoted a price of one thousand high-grade spirit stones.

Qiuqiu continued to bid 1,500 high-quality spirit stones.

In private room number 18, Liu Liu's eyes were red with anger. Beside her was Nangong Wentian, the young patriarch of the Nangong family, at the early stages of the Nascent Soul stage, while Liu Liu was already a Golden Core cultivator. Because of her Piaomiao technique, Liu Liu had no shortage of male cultivators around her, and elixirs and magical tools were readily available. However, she didn't have many spirit stones.

After hooking up, people get straight to the point. Even if they want to have fun, they will give them a pill or a magic weapon. If they are poor, they will give them a spiritual plant or refining material. Talking about money directly hurts the relationship and is cheap.

Therefore, Liu Liu's spirit stones are from the storage bags left behind by those blind and useless male cultivators who were sucked dry by Liu Liu. The bidding between them and Qiuqiu, who has saved up spirit stones for several years through hard work in refining pills, is doomed to fail.

Lu Yu bid for it purely because Liu Liu had obtained this Turtle Spirit Shield in his previous life, which had been a great help to Liu Liu. He vaguely guessed that this thing was also one of Liu Liu's tasks, but to others it was just an ordinary defensive spiritual weapon.

Liu Liu wanted to ask Nangong Wentian to help with the bidding, but as the future head of the family representative, it was not easy to control him casually. The key point was that there was a family elder who had reached the great perfection of the Nascent Soul stage by his side.

Liu Liu remembered the sound and soul fluctuations of the ball, and decided to use special means to get it after leaving the auction.

Qiuqiu didn't know what danger he was about to face. He was now happily accepting the Turtle Spirit Shield he had purchased for 1,800 high-grade spirit stones. After paying the spirit stones and receiving the treasure box, he opened it in front of everyone to inspect it. As he closed the box, he used his sleeve to cover an obsidian in the Big Dipper formation and, with Huahua's help, took it away.

Then, the entire space entered a sealed state, a fusion of spatial fragments. Huahua's information indicated that the fusion could take anywhere from a dozen years to several decades. Qiuqiu's cultivation was currently acceptable, and the space still had puppets to maintain it, and the mature medicinal herbs had been largely cleared. However, the main signal transmitter Bai Yi and Huahua had been crafting still had some work to do. Furthermore, long-term operation would require the use of top-grade spirit stones for energy, something Qiuqiu couldn't currently achieve.

With the current financial resources, we can only use more high-grade spirit stones. The best spirit stones are buried deep in the spirit mines, which nourish the spirit mines. Who would kill the goose to get the eggs?

The next auction was for various spiritual plants, which were basically ancient treasures from heaven and earth, most of which had lost their vitality. Even for the active ones, Qiuqiu, as one of the fifth-grade alchemists of Duobao Pavilion, had already exchanged them for seedlings and seeds from Bai Yi.

He was interested in rare minerals, two of which were essential for the formation. Just as he was about to start bidding, Bai Yi immediately stopped him. As the powerful Second Elder, he had already reserved some under the pretext of the R&D center's transmitters. These were all at an internal reserve price, so he shouldn't participate in the bidding.

As each lot was sold at a high price, the final few lots were auctioned.

Ten Thousand Years Spiritual Root Lotus: People without spiritual roots will definitely develop spiritual roots after taking it;

Ten Thousand Years Jade Marrow Spiritual Liquid: Just one drop can allow a Nascent Soul Stage to break through to the next level;

Ten Thousand Years Willow Spirit Dew: Just one drop can bring a dying person back to life;

There's also the even more insanely good Ten Thousand Years Longevity Fruit. One Longevity Fruit can be refined into three to six Longevity Pills, which can extend one's lifespan by anywhere from a hundred to a thousand years. (It depends on the quality of the pill; a top-grade pill can extend one's lifespan by a thousand years, but this is only a legend. A lower-grade pill can only extend one's lifespan by a hundred years.)