Am I not a nascent saint demon cultivator?

"It's actually the Spirit Lotus!?"

Xu Yun's eyes widened, and he was extremely excited. This was one of the spiritual herbs recorded in the Spirit Tempering Technique.

As long as one refines this spiritual herb to cultivate the Spirit Tempering Technique, the effect and speed of spiritual consciousness transformation will increase, making it a rare and precious treasure.

Xu Yun never expected that he would be so lucky to encounter the Spirit Lotus at the Twilight Cloud Chamber of Commerce. He had to get it!

"This Spirit Lotus is a full hundred years old. Its effect is to nurture spiritual consciousness, and it can also be used as the main ingredient for refining spiritual pills. It is extremely rare. The starting bid is six hundred spirit stones."

Master Yulan surveyed the entire room and slowly announced the price of the Spirit Lotus. Immediately afterward, a series of bidding sounds rang out.

"Six hundred and thirty spirit stones!"

"Six hundred and eighty spirit stones!"

"Seven hundred spirit stones!"

This Spirit Lotus is quite interesting to some cultivators, especially those who practice spiritual techniques, as this spiritual herb has a good effect on them.

"Seven hundred and fifty spirit stones!"

Just then, Xu Yun spoke up forcefully, attracting a lot of attention.

Some cultivators who were interested in bidding frowned, because the current price had already exceeded the original value of the Spirit Lotus, and it might not be worthwhile to continue the auction.

"Seven hundred and sixty spirit stones."

After a while, another hesitant voice rang out, attempting to bid against Xu Yun.

"Eight hundred spirit stones!"

Seeing this, Xu Yun did not hesitate at all, but followed suit directly, and raised the price to eight hundred spirit stones, which scared away many people.

While the Spirit Lotus is indeed rare, this price already exceeds its intrinsic value. Continuing the auction would be pointless and would only be a waste of spirit stones.

Xu Yun's decisiveness immediately deterred many bidders for the Spirit Lotus, leaving them no choice but to give it up.

"Sold for 800 spirit stones in three transactions!"

After calling out three times, and seeing that no one continued to bid, Daoist Yulan finally decided on the ownership of the Spirit Lotus.

"Phew... I'm alright."

Seeing that no one was competing with him, Xu Yun breathed a sigh of relief. Actually, eight hundred spirit stones was not bad for him.

After all, he had previously robbed many people of their storage bags, obtaining abundant resources from them. In addition, he frequently went out to set up stalls to sell various spiritual items, accumulating considerable wealth.

Therefore, Xu Yun could easily afford to bid 800 spirit stones to acquire the Spirit Lotus.

Not to mention, he actually made quite a bit of money.

"You must understand, the Spirit Tempering Technique is a secret method that allows one to transform into a divine consciousness. If others were to learn that the Spirit Lotus can accelerate this process, its price would undoubtedly increase many times over."

Fortunately, no one knew about the secret technique of tempering the spirit, so even though some people knew that the spirit lotus was very rare, they had no idea of ​​its true value, and Xu Yun got a great deal out of it.

After the Spirit Lotus was auctioned off, Daoist Yulan continued to bring up the next item for auction, and Xu Yun paid even more attention to it than before.

Now that the Spirit Lotus has appeared, will other suitable spiritual herbs from the Spirit Tempering Technique appear? If so, then the day when Xu Yun transforms into a divine consciousness is just around the corner.

To his disappointment, after several more rounds of auctions, he still didn't find what he needed.

However, to Xu Yun's surprise, one of the targets he had been eyeing actually won the auction item, which was a pill formula.

Its name is Soul Nourishing Pill, a first-grade high-quality pill formula, whose effect is to nourish the injured soul of a cultivator.

"I never expected that one of the people I randomly picked would actually win the auction item. It was truly effortless."

Xu Yun was thrilled. He had originally planned that if none of the targets he had chosen obtained the auction items, he would have to take the risk and personally track down the people who had won them.

In retrospect, it saved him a lot of trouble, as he was able to locate the target's auction items using the tracking method passed down by Daoist Tianlin.

Moreover, the opponent actually won the bid for the Soul Nourishing Pill formula, which is a good opportunity to snatch it and see if there is a chance to refine it and give it to Daoist Tianlin, who is in the Foundation Establishment stage, to heal his soul injuries.

Even if the effect is only slight, it is still quite useful.

"This is great! I can complete the tasks of the Primordial Saint System and get an auction item for free. It's really worth it."

With that thought in mind, Xu Yun began to secretly observe the cultivator who had obtained the auction item. As for the items at the auction, to be honest, he no longer dared to hope for them.

Just now, a second-tier spiritual medicine appeared at the auction, and it was one of the main ingredients of the Foundation Establishment Pill, which immediately caused a frenzy of bidding among the crowd.

The next few auction items were just as rare, and Xu Yun didn't even have the qualifications to bid on them. The starting price was over a thousand spirit stones, not to mention that even if he won the bid, he wouldn't be able to keep it given his cultivation level and status.

Therefore, he silently observed the target's actions while listening to the heart-wrenching bidding sounds from the crowd at the auction.

"Huh? That guy's leaving?"

As one rare item after another appeared at the auction, causing a sensation among the crowd, Xu Yun, relying on his tracking technique, noticed that the target he was watching had begun to move, seemingly about to leave.

"Forget it, there's no need to stay at this auction any longer. The task issued by the Primordial Saint System is more important."

With that thought in mind, Xu Yun quietly left the futon, locking onto the target's location while heading to another part of the palace to retrieve the Spirit Lotus.

Soon, a dedicated steward brought out the Spirit Lotus and handed it over to Xu Yun, exchanging money for the goods.

"Honorable guest, please take your time. The auction is still ongoing. You can leave through one of the passageways to avoid being targeted by the robbers."

After receiving the spirit stones, the deacon kindly reminded Xu Yun.

This is one of the reasons why the Muyun Chamber of Commerce has been able to hold many auctions in Qingyu Market and has a good reputation; they have a complete set of protection measures for the distinguished guests who win the auction items.

To avoid the situation where customers leave only to be targeted by bandits who then kill and rob them, which would ruin the reputation and brand of the Muyun Chamber of Commerce.

"Thanks for reminding me."

Xu Yun bowed respectfully and then headed towards one of the passageways.

The palace of the Twilight Cloud Merchant Guild contains many trading areas, and this is just one of them. Therefore, the target that Xu Yun had his eye on also took a different passageway.

However, Xu Yun was not worried, because he had already left a mark on the other party and could clearly sense the other party's location at this moment.

"Hmm? This person is actually heading towards the more secluded parts of Qingyu Market after leaving the palace. Is he trying to leave as quickly as possible?"

After Xu Yun left the palace, he used his tracking technique to detect the target's movement, which surprised him greatly.

Logically speaking, this person is at the mid-stage of Qi Refining. Shouldn't he stay in the market to adjust his condition and make thorough preparations before leaving? Is there some urgent matter at hand?

However, Xu Yun quickly put all that aside. Opportunity knocks but once; he absolutely could not let this target slip away.

However, just in case, he secretly released Tianlin Daoist to observe any unusual activity in the dark.