My Optimized Immortal Life

However, although the art of looking at qi is mysterious, Chen Qing's current cultivation level is only at the Jindan stage. It is unrealistic for him to want to see through the methods of a Yuanying cultivator.

Chen Qing was not disappointed. After all, he had already found out some of the background of the owner of Tianxianfang, and that was enough.

He stopped using the Qi-gazing technique and stopped observing the monks below, and concentrated on waiting for the auction to begin.

After half an hour, all the seats in the auction hall were filled with people, and countless monks were staring at the auction table in the center.

At this moment, a man in a red robe and with a straight face walked out from the back of the auction house. He came to the auction table and looked at the restless monks around him. His face darkened and the aura of perfect foundation building on his body was slightly revealed, which made these monks shut up.

"It is an honor for our sect that you, fellow Daoists, can attend this auction. I am Lingyang Zhenren, and I am in charge of hosting this auction."

He glanced around and saw that everyone had stopped making noise, then nodded and continued.

"Everyone knows the rules of the auction. Without further ado, the auction officially begins."

He said loudly, and then took out a silver-shining, extremely extraordinary robe from his storage bag.

"This is the Water-Repellent Mysterious Fire Robe, forged by our sect's weapon master. It is a second-grade, upper-grade spiritual weapon with extraordinary power. It can resist all water-based spells below the second-grade upper grade."

After saying this, he injected his magic power into the robe, and saw spiritual flames burning on the robe. He raised his hand again, and the robe floated in front of him. Then, a foundation-building monk came on stage, raised his hand to form a magic seal, and cast a water ring, which spread directly towards the robe.

This is a second-level, mid-grade water spell, the Mysterious Water Ring, which has the ability to bind the enemy and seal magic power. It is the most practical type of second-level water spell.

As soon as the Mysterious Water Ring approached the Water-Proof Mysterious Fire Robe, it was quickly melted by the spiritual flame wrapped around it, and finally quickly dissipated, but the Mysterious Fire on the robe also decreased a lot.

After demonstrating the power of the robes, Master Lingyang spoke.

"The starting price for the Water-Repellent Mysterious Fire Robe is nine thousand spirit stones, and each bid increase must not be less than one hundred spirit stones."

As soon as he finished speaking, several foundation-building cultivators immediately started to offer prices.

Chen Qing also watched the demonstration of the Water-Repellent Mysterious Fire Robe from the side, and he thought to himself.

This robe is extraordinary. Ordinary cultivators who practice fire-based techniques will be more or less restrained by cultivators who practice water-based techniques, unless their cultivation level exceeds that of the other party. If they have this robe, they can get rid of this predicament and fight with water-based cultivators with similar or even higher cultivation levels.

It will consume a lot of mana and it will be difficult to sustain it.

Chen Qing was also a second-level weapon refiner, so he could naturally see the shortcomings of this water-proof black fire robe. He could even replicate part of the magic array on it and refine some robes with similar functions, but the power would be much lower, perhaps only at the first-level level.

However, Chen Qing was just taking a look. A second-level robe was of no use to him. As for Xu Lingxin, she was practicing water-based skills, so this robe was also useless to her.

Finally, this Water-Repellent Mysterious Fire Robe was bought by a second-floor casual cultivator who was in the Foundation Establishment stage, spending 11,300 spirit stones.

The first item to be auctioned was a second-grade, top-quality robe, which not only made the group of foundation-building monks on the second floor more and more looking forward to the next item.

As for the Qi-refining cultivators below, they were not dissatisfied. After all, it was a large-scale auction held by the Lieyang Sect, and it was normal to auction second-level spiritual objects. However, there were only a limited number of Foundation Establishment cultivators in Wanren City, and there would definitely be first-level spiritual objects auctioned next, so they were not in a hurry.

True Man Lingyang sent the Water-Repellent Mysterious Fire Robe to the stage and let the monks of the sect take it. Then these monks would deliver the robe to the room of the person who was building the foundation to complete the transaction.

He raised his hand and took out the next item from the storage bag, only to see three jade bottles appear in his hands.

Then, I heard him say.

"Because of this beast tide, many foundation-building cultivators in Wanren City have perished. In order to strengthen Wanren City and resist the next possible beast tide, our sect has deliberately set aside six foundation-building pills for auction to increase the number of foundation-building cultivators in Wanren City."

Upon hearing this, all the cultivators present at the scene fixed their eyes on the three jade bottles in Lingyang Zhenren's hands, even the foundation-building cultivators on the second floor were no exception.

Of course, the most excited ones were the cultivators who had reached the tenth level of Qi Refining and were sitting below. They were only one step away from building their foundation, but because they did not have the foundation-building pill, they did not dare to break through at will. Now that the Lieyang Sect had put the foundation-building pill up for auction, they were really tempted.

"Each bottle contains two Foundation Establishment Pills. One bottle will be auctioned at a time. The starting price is 15,000 spirit stones, and each bid must be no less than 100 spirit stones."

True Man Lingyang then explained the auction rules for the Foundation Establishment Pill. When many Qi Refining cultivators heard this, they immediately realized something was wrong and frowned.

Seeing this, Chen Qing couldn't help but shake his head and laughed.

"This isn't sold to independent cultivators. It's clearly used to consolidate one's own position."

One Foundation Establishment Pill increases a cultivator's chances of breaking through the Foundation Establishment stage by 60%. In addition, cultivators who can cultivate to the perfection of Qi Refining will not be short of resources. It can be said that one Foundation Establishment Pill can enable a cultivator who has reached the perfection of Qi Refining to successfully establish his foundation.

But now, these foundation-building pills are being auctioned in pairs, in order to prevent those casual cultivators from buying them. They are specifically sold to those foundation-building families or forces to increase their foundation-building combat power.

Chen Qing has also been working at the bottom of the world of immortal cultivation for more than ten years, so he can naturally see the purpose behind this foundation-building pill.

Although the Foundation Establishment Pill is a second-grade pill, it is mainly used by Qi Refining cultivators, and only uses three main ingredients that are ranked second grade. Therefore, the price is only about a few thousand spirit stones. This is also the most spirit stones that those Qi Refining Perfection cultivators can come up with. But now two of them are auctioned together, and the starting price is directly 15,000 spirit stones, which is a number that those casual cultivators can never come up with.

Even for those foundation-building forces, it is not easy to come up with so many spirit stones at once, not to mention that it is an auction now, and the final price is likely to reach 20,000 spirit stones.

After hearing the words of Ling Yang Zhenren, the eyes of those wandering cultivators who had reached the perfection of Qi training suddenly lost their luster. They participated in this auction just to see if they could bid for a foundation-building pill to help themselves break through the foundation-building stage. Who knew that the foundation-building pill existed, but it was auctioned in this way? What should these wandering cultivators do?

Chen Qing stood in front of the windowsill, looking at the expressions of the cultivators who had reached the perfection of Qi training below, and his eyes suddenly became deep.

The recipe for the foundation-building pill he deduced using the inner alchemy of monsters is still in his hand. He and Xu Lingxin were able to break through the foundation-building stage thanks to this recipe. Otherwise, with the four sects' blockade of the foundation-building pill, he would have had to try to break through the foundation-building stage on his own unless he had some kind of fortuitous encounter.

The construction of Xutian Palace has not yet been put on track. It seems that these Qi-refining monks can be won over and the power of Xutian Palace can be strengthened.

Chen Qing thought so, but it was just an idea. He needed to think carefully about the details and discuss it with Zhu Chiting.