Immortal Cultivation Families: The Rise of the Jinling Immortal Clan

Moreover, the market is currently bustling with people, and family businesses are thriving, so there is an urgent need for someone to manage and oversee the business.

Before their departure, Xia Yuzong, Xia Yufei, and the others entrusted Xia Yuhua with the task of purchasing items for them. Although they were unable to enter the auction, they could entrust the spirit stones to Xia Yuhua for the purchase.

Of course, given their cultivation level, they couldn't afford to buy anything of high value; at most, they could only help purchase some rare spiritual herbs.

After leaving the house, Xia Yuhui and his companion moved swiftly, no longer strolling leisurely on the road as before, but heading towards their destination with a clear goal in mind. Before long, the two arrived at the entrance of Wanfu Pavilion.

At this moment, the scene at the entrance was no longer the same as when Xia Yuhui had arrived. The place was heavily guarded, and Guiyun Sect disciples patrolled back and forth from time to time. Their cultivation levels were all no lower than the late stage of Qi Refining, which showed how much importance Guiyun Sect attached to this auction.

The two ignored everything else and went straight to the entrance. Just as they were about to enter, they were stopped by two sect disciples. "Fellow Daoists, to enter the auction, each of you must pay two spirit stones."

Xia Yuhui didn't say a word, but directly handed over four spirit stones and then stepped inside. Although he didn't speak, he was very unhappy. Two spirit stones per person, that's twenty spirit stones for ten people. How many spirit stones would Guiyun Sect make?

The auction hall inside Wanfu Pavilion is so large that it can probably accommodate at least two thousand people, which would amount to four thousand spirit stones. The Guiyun Sect's entrance fee alone is more than his entire fortune; the Guiyun Sect is simply inhuman.

Upon entering the venue, Xia Yuhui used his divine sense to scan the area. The auction house had five floors, with the first floor occupied by people from the Guiyun Sect, presumably to prevent others from suddenly launching an attack.

The second floor has seating for nearly a thousand people, as does the third floor. The fourth and fifth floors are different, each containing rooms of varying sizes.

Xia Yuhui tried to probe with his divine sense again, but found that his divine sense was blocked. It seemed that these rooms must have used some kind of special material to block the detection of divine sense.

During this period, he also saw many familiar people, including enemies, clansmen, and even more than ten people with whom he had traded over the years.

He is now quite well-known in the market, after all, he has achieved some success in weapon crafting. Most of his income comes from people asking him to craft weapons, some of whom also possess cultivation skills, and Xia Yuhui has many dealings with these people.

However, Xia Yuhui did not acknowledge these people. He and Xia Yuhua were both dressed in black robes and had several talismans on their bodies to prevent others from investigating, so no one knew his identity.

Xia Yuhua transmitted her voice, "Let's go, let's find someone to ask for a room."

Xia Yuhui nodded, found a disciple of the Guiyun Sect, and spent ten spirit stones to get a room.

Upon entering the room, the two were somewhat agitated, so they did not meditate or cultivate. Instead, they used their divine senses to scan the auction hall.

Half an incense stick's time passed in the blink of an eye.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Three bells rang out, and everyone fell silent instantly. A sect disciple slowly walked onto the auction stage on the first floor below.

"Fellow Daoists and seniors, welcome to this auction. Without further ado, the auction will begin immediately. The first item is a first-grade high-quality defensive magic weapon, the Golden Tortoise Shield, with a starting price of three hundred spirit stones. Please begin bidding."

"This humble Taoist offers three hundred and five spirit stones!" After examining the magical artifact, everyone began bidding.

"I'll offer three hundred and fifty spirit stones!"

Three hundred and fifty-five!

……….

Ultimately, this high-quality defensive magic artifact was purchased by a cultivator wearing a white mask for 365 spirit stones.

If this magical artifact were sold in a shop, it would cost at least 380 spirit stones. However, it was clear that most of the people who came this time were focused on other items and had no intention of spending extra spirit stones to buy these useless things.

Xia Yuhui and Xia Yuhua had no interest in such items.

Although Xia Yuhui is not yet able to refine such high-quality top-grade defensive magic artifacts, he firmly believes that he will be able to successfully refine them in the future, so he will not spend spirit stones on these things.

In recent years, Xia Yuhua has also purchased two high-grade magical artifacts from Xia Yuhui, and Xia Yuhui has also purchased elixirs from Xia Yuhua.

He needs to take a bottle of Spirit Essence Pill every two months, and his cultivation has now advanced by leaps and bounds, almost touching the threshold of the peak of the eighth level of Qi Refining.

After the first item was auctioned off, the value of the second item was much lower; it was merely a high-grade spiritual herb, yet it was still inflated to a high price of 160 spirit stones.

As usual, the subsequent auction items included cultivation techniques, elixirs, magical artifacts, and spells. During the auction, Xia Yuhua made several purchases, mostly of spiritual herbs and medicines, spending nearly 500 spirit stones. She also purchased some items for Xia Yuzong, Xia Yufei, and others.

Xia Yuhui, however, remained calm and was not in a hurry to make a purchase. His primary goal was to acquire a Foundation Establishment artifact.

After auctioning more than ten items, the last few items were finally up for auction.

Before the auction even began, a purple-robed cultivator on the first floor suddenly emitted a faint aura, instantly silencing the entire auction hall.

It wasn't that the crowd was of exceptionally high quality, but rather that they were awestruck by the cultivator's imposing aura.

The purple-robed cultivator suddenly stood up, his eyes wide open, his aura rising steadily. When the surroundings were silent, he said in a deep voice, "Everyone, I am Luoyun Daoist of Guiyun Sect. Those who know me well call me Luoyun Blood Sword. I hope that you fellow Daoists here will give me some face and not cause trouble here."

After speaking, he sat down again and closed his eyes to rest.

The Guiyun Sect disciple in charge of the auction waited until Daoist Luoyun finished speaking before speaking: "Everyone! What is being presented now is the Foundation Establishment Pill that you have been looking forward to for a long time."

Xia Yuhui on the stage was also startled by the aura just now. Judging from this aura, the person's strength must be above that of his own clan leader. Guiyun Sect sent such an expert to guard the area, probably because they were worried about being robbed. After all, the robbing of Guiyun cultivators has been a common occurrence recently.

With a flick of his sleeve, the Guiyun Sect disciple revealed a jade bottle on the platform. This bottle was designed to prevent the spiritual energy of the pills from dissipating. As soon as the Guiyun Sect disciple opened the bottle, a burst of spiritual energy overflowed, startling all the Qi Refining cultivators.

Upon closer inspection, everyone recognized it as a Foundation Establishment Pill, the very thing they had been longing for.

"As you all know, it has many benefits, so I will not go into details. Now, let's begin the auction. One Foundation Establishment Pill, starting price is 20,000 spirit stones."

This time, no one on the second or third floor participated in the bidding. The bidders were all from the fourth or fifth floor and above. "This humble Taoist bids 20,500 spirit stones."

"Hehe, 21,000 spirit stones."

"Twenty-two thousand spirit stones."

……….

The bidding was exceptionally fierce, with the lowest bidder increasing the price by 500 spirit stones. There were only seven or eight people bidding against each other. Xia Yuhui speculated that in addition to the four major families and some powerful Qi Refining families, there should also be cultivators from other counties among the participants. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Jinling County alone to have so many.