I seek immortality by chance

Chapter 652: Auction of the Treasure Raft, Divine Thoughts as Bright as the Sun

The mountains are as vast as dragons, the ancient trees are twisted and winding, and the roars of beasts are deafening.

This is a wild and desolate land.

The place was filled with miasma, and all kinds of poisonous insects and demonic butterflies appeared one after another. There was no human habitation.

In the center of the mountains, the rocks collapsed and a huge bottomless pit suddenly appeared.

This huge pit is tens of thousands of miles wide and is pitch black inside. The sunlight from the sky disappears in an instant when it falls into it.

It was pitch dark inside.

On a mountain peak a hundred miles away from the giant pit, a towering city is situated on the peak, like a giant dragon hovering.

There were many monks in the city, and the bustling scene broke the silence of the wilderness.

At this moment, a jade-green Dharma boat came flying from the sky at high speed. A cultivator in the Heavenly Spirit Realm on the boat stood respectfully in front of the quiet room at the top of the Dharma boat and shouted respectfully: "Your Majesty, we have arrived at Xingyuan City!"

Hearing this, the handsome Taoist in the quiet room opened his eyes, with golden flames flashing in his eyes. In just a moment, he scanned the vast mountains and even the entire [Xingyuan City], and then looked at the Tianling monk standing outside the quiet room, and said gently:
"Now that we have arrived, let's enter the city immediately."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

While the two were talking, a stream of light flew into the sky from the city, revealing two armored, deep-breeding monsters who shouted at Fazhou, "Which cultivator is entering our Xingyuan City? Do you have a permit to enter the city?"

"How dare you! This is the Supreme Lord Donghua from the Tianxing Palace coming to visit us. Why don't you quickly lift the ban and bring the Supreme Lord into the city!"

The Tianling monk on the Dharma Boat shouted angrily and threw out a purple jade disc.

"It turns out that the Supreme Lord has come. Please enter the city quickly!"

Seeing the purple jade disc, the two big monsters immediately showed respectful expressions, pointed the magic weapons in their hands downwards, and then faint ripples appeared in the sky above the giant city, revealing a corridor.

Then the two of them transformed directly into their original forms, which were actually two dragons, swimming in front of the Dharma Boat, leading the way, and bringing the Dharma Boat to a courtyard on the top of the giant city.

This courtyard covers an area of ​​several acres. It is luxurious and elegant inside, with simple furnishings, and all expenses are top-notch.

"Welcome Your Excellency to Xingyuan City!"

In the courtyard, a row of maids and Taoist boys came out one after another and greeted them respectfully in front of the courtyard.

Facing this scene, the handsome Taoist on the Dharma Boat remained calm and asked calmly, "When will the Xingyuan Dharma Assembly begin?"

"Report to Your Excellency, three days later."

One of the leading dragons said respectfully.

The Taoist nodded slightly, and then his figure disappeared in the Dharma Boat and came to the quiet room in the deepest part of the courtyard.

Only the Tianling monk on the Dharma Boat led more than ten Yuanxiang monks into the courtyard.

Many maids and Taoist children immediately began to serve.

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The handsome Taoist priest is naturally Gu Yuan.

Three days ago, he made up his mind to go to the Star Sea Abyss, but this is a dangerous place and he might not be completely sure of going there alone, so he went to find Tian Xuanzi, hoping to explore this place with the help of his master.

But Tian Xuanzi has already found hundreds of thousands of contribution points, exchanged them for the method of refining magic seals in "The Immortal Seal Magic Method Tiangang Canlu", and is currently in seclusion in the cave.

It is difficult to refine the magic seal, and it would take at least a year or so to come out of retreat. Tian Xuanzi asked Gu Yuan to wait for a while, and they would go together after he came out of retreat. However, after a little thought, Gu Yuan decided to try it alone first.

Opportunities are fleeting.

Something unexpected may happen in a year or so.

The Starry Sea Abyss is the "abyss" left behind by the explosion of stars when the world was first created. In this abyss there are countless star fragments, which were conceived when the world was conceived, forming countless broken "star realms".

Rather than calling this place an "abyss", it would be more accurate to describe it as a "star realm".

The abyss reaches many star realms, but not the earth's core.

The abyss was originally in chaos, with countless "stardust" and "star cores" exploding and spewing sparks every moment. The millions of miles of land in this pit was a sea of ​​fire and magma, and every inch of it was scorched earth.

But more than ten thousand years ago, there was a top monk at the peak of the Mahayana realm who sorted out the veins of the earth, harmonized the sea of ​​stars, and set up an extremely magnificent [Chenhui Star-Suppressing Array] in this pit.

As soon as this formation came into effect, the gushing sparks suddenly died down, and the entire "Starry Sea Abyss" seemed like a roaring river that had been controlled by a dam and no longer flooded at will.

This Mahayana monk is so talented and has spent so much money, it is certainly not just for the purpose of governing the starry abyss.

He set up a large formation and built a city here, named [Xingyuan], using it as his own place of practice, and practiced here for more than 1,300 years.

No one knew what benefits he had gained during these 1,300 years, but 1,300 years later, he successfully survived the heavenly tribulation, ascended to heaven, and became one of the immortals.

This person ascended to heaven, but his descendants still survived and took over the city, which has continued to this day.

As time went by and with the departure of the top Mahayana master, this [Star Sea Abyss] gradually changed from private property to a tool for profit.

Xingyuan City will hold the "Xingyuan Dharma Assembly" from time to time. As long as you pay a certain price, you can bid for a "place to enter the abyss" at the Dharma Assembly, obtain the "Xingyuan Treasure Raft", and float in the abyss, looking for opportunities in many star realms.

The Xingyuan is connected to the outer sea of ​​stars. Every period of time, many broken "star realms" are born. Although this "star realm" is broken, it is a sea of ​​stars after all, and there will always be some opportunities.

But everything depends on luck, no one can guarantee it.

But over the years, there are always some lucky ones, so the Dharma Assembly is quite popular.

The depth of the Star Abyss is different, and the degree of danger is also different. The shallowest Star Abyss can be explored by Yuanxiang cultivators. Therefore, every once in a while, cultivators from the Tianxing Palace will go there to try their luck. For this purpose, an "escort mission" was born.

Because Xingyuan City is located in a wild land, there is only one Xingyuan City in millions of miles of land.

Not to mention the various alien races, even the big monsters in the ancient forest of the wilderness are ferocious enough. It is not safe for Yuanxiang monks to cross the wilderness, so there is a task of spending contribution points together and asking Tianling monks for escort.

Gu Yuan came here by chance and had nothing to do, so he took on the task and entered the city with the monks from the Tianxing Palace.

He even took the time to seize a green opportunity on the road.

"It seems that there are quite a lot of people in Xingyuan this time..."

Gu Yuan stood cross-legged in the quiet room and took a quick glance to see that the more than ten courtyards on the top of the peak were already full.

The courtyard at the top of the mountain is exclusive to Mahayana monks.

In the past, it would only be half full at most.

But today it is full.

Not to mention the hustle and bustle in the peak, the number of people is more than double than usual.

"call!"

The divine consciousness was like mercury pouring down on the ground, falling towards the city.

The formation in this city is extremely powerful. All caves and courtyards are protected. No divine thoughts from the outside world can break in and listen. However, the shops, teahouses, restaurants and the words of passers-by in the city are not protected.

With a sweep of his divine consciousness, Mahayana obtained the information he wanted from among the many chaotic conversations in an instant.

"There is a precious light rising into the sky, shining all day long?"

Gu Yuan was thoughtful.

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Three days passed by in a flash.

On the top of Xingyuan City, countless starlight suddenly fell from the sky and condensed into neat star bricks, arranged in the air in specific trajectories.

This was a massive and extremely fast project. After just a few dozen breaths, a starry cone appeared in the sky, with many star clusters arranged on it.

"clang!"

"clang!"

"clang!"

The bell rang three times, announcing the event to the entire city.

"call out!"

"Shh!"

Then many lights rose into the sky from all directions, came to the circular platform, and sat down on the star clusters one by one.

All of these auras are profound, and the lowest one is at the Yuan Xiang level.

Among them, humans only account for one third, and the rest are monsters and alien races from all directions with human bodies and bull heads, double horns on their heads, broad faces and fish gills.

"Welcome all fellow Taoists to participate in the Xingyuan Dharma Assembly. Our Xingyuan City is truly honored!" A hearty laugh rang out from the center of the circular platform, and then an unkempt-looking old man appeared, with his gray hair tied up in a straw rope and his beard braided into a fishing line.

The current city lord of Xingyuan City, Xingya Supreme who is in the middle stage of Mahayana.

His voice was so loud that it echoed throughout the Star Platform, but it was not directed at the Yuan Xiang or Tian Ling cultivators.

"boom!"

Vast divine thoughts rose from the courtyard on the cliff and landed on the star cluster at the top.

Every divine thought was like a huge sun floating in the sky. Many cultivators in the Heavenly Spirit and Yuanxiang realms could only bow their heads in worship and dared not look any further.

Twelve Mahayana monks!
This is a rare sight in Xingyuan City.

"My fellow Taoists have come from afar, so I won't waste your time. The quota for entering the Abyss will be auctioned off now!"

The Star Cliff Supreme smiled and bowed to the twelve Mahayana monks, then clapped his hands, and eight dazzling star plates emerged in the void, with a golden key on each star plate.

This is the golden key to the [Star Abyss Treasure Raft], which also means a place to enter the abyss.

"I'm sure you all know that the power of the formation is limited. The Star Abyss can only accommodate eight Mahayana cultivators at a time. If there are more, it will cause a Star Abyss tide, which is extremely dangerous."

"So this auction is the same as in the past. There are only eight places for sale in the Mahayana realm!"

“The highest bidder gets it!”

The Star Cliff Supreme pointed at the eight star plates and said to the twelve Mahayana monks with a smile.

"I'll offer you a 3,000-year-old Snow Ginseng."

As soon as Xingya Shangzun finished speaking, a middle-aged monk with knife-like wrinkles on his face and a stern and majestic face appeared above the star cluster on the upper left.

"This is... Leopard Cloud Supreme from Luoyun Mountain?"

Upon seeing this middle-aged cultivator, the celestial spiritual cultivators in the star cluster below immediately exclaimed in surprise.

On top of the seventh star cluster, Gu Yuan looked at the middle-aged cultivator with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

During the few days in the Tianxing Palace, he collected a lot of information, which naturally included information about Mahayana monks and various powerful alien races.

Lord Baoyun is a powerful monk from the Tianxing Palace.

Although the Tianxing Palace is a subordinate force of the Heavenly Palace, its practice model is completely different from the Taoist veins in Xuanhuang. There is not much "master-disciple inheritance" or any fellow-disciple friendship in it.

This hall is like a "mission agency" where monks from all sides can obtain methods of cultivation and exchange resources. It is quite loose and free.

Even if one breaks through to the Mahayana stage, the Tianxing Palace will not grant any temples or magical instruments, and everything must be exchanged for contribution points.

This resulted in many Mahayana cultivators not staying in the Tianxing Palace to practice after their breakthroughs, but going out of Chenhui to look for sacred peaks and rivers and build their own temples for practice.

After all, Chenhui is rich, with countless sacred peaks and rivers, so there is no need to be confined to one place.

Even if you conquer a sacred peak, you can exchange it for contribution points, which can be redeemed for immortal materials from the Tianxing Hall or even the Heavenly Palace.

Luo Yun Mountain is a sacred peak with extremely abundant spiritual energy in Chenhui.

When Lord Baoyun occupied this peak in the past, he used his strength at the early stage of Mahayana to kill a powerful demon at the middle stage of the seventh stage, and he became famous since then.

Now he has even reached the middle stage of Mahayana, and there is no need to say more about his cultivation.

Gu Yuan didn't expect to meet this person here.

"Fellow Daoist Baoyun did this!"

"Are there any Taoist friends who would like to raise the price?"

Upon seeing this, Supreme Lord Xingya bowed to Supreme Lord Baoyun, and then asked everyone with a smile.

The Starry Abyss is a treasure hunt like opening a "blind box". Although there was a light of treasure rising into the sky a few days ago, he was not sure what treasure it was. One quota in exchange for a seventh-grade snow ginseng is enough.

In response to Xingya Shangzun's question, there was silence for a moment and no one bid.

The first spot was easily won by Lord Baoyun.

"Which fellow Taoist would like to bid for the second spot?"

Xingya Shangzun pointed to the second star disk and asked everyone.

"I want both the second and third gold keys. I'm offering two longevity herbs for you!"

Just as the Star Cliff Lord had finished speaking, a hoarse voice came from above the star cluster, and then the shadow of a thin middle-aged man with a face as red as a date and green lotus-shaped ghost fire burning in his eye sockets appeared.

The man had a deep aura, and he was undoubtedly a Mahayana cultivator, but there was a faint small word between his eyebrows: Li!

Seeing these small words, there was a sudden silence above the star cluster. Many low-level cultivators were greatly shocked, but they did not dare to say much. They all lowered their heads, fearing to get into trouble.

The Mahayana monks present also frowned slightly.

Gu Yuan looked at the small words, his heart heavy: "Lishan Monster Guard!"

The Demon Guards are humans cultivated by the demon tribe. They are raised from childhood and allowed to practice cultivation so that they can become slaves.

Lishan is an extremely powerful demon country in the Chenhui Realm. It is the territory of the Tianfeng clan, a place that even the Tianxing Palace dare not easily set foot in.

Only such a powerful monster would dare to raise humans unscrupulously.

One can imagine the effort required to train the demon guards into great masters. The one who can command the demon guards must be a person of extremely noble status in Lishan.

who is it?

Everyone's minds were wandering, but they did not detect any breath of the Tianfeng clan among the Mahayana practitioners present.

Xingya Shangzun remained calm and asked everyone, "A Taoist friend is offering a price for the longevity medicine. Is there anyone who would like to bid?"

If only this demon guard made a bid to buy a spot, everyone would probably compete for it.

But now, with two places to compete for, it goes without saying that the great demon Tianfeng in Lishan must enter.

Bidding at this time is quite disadvantageous.

The strength and wealth of the Tianfeng clan is well known.

"Okay, then let's start the auction for the fourth spot right away!"

Upon seeing this, Xingya Shangzun did not waste any time and directly began to announce the fourth place.

"Are there any Taoist friends who would like to make an offer?"

Gu Yuan raised his eyes slightly, not wanting to wait until the fiercest competition at the end, and said directly: "I will offer a [Smashed Sun Jade]."

This is a seventh-level item he obtained in the Baopuzi Secret Realm. It can increase the qi and blood of Mahayana cultivators and has extraordinary effects, but it does not do much for him. Now it is the most suitable item to be used as a bidding item.

"A mere Sun-Broken Jade, you are too stingy, fellow Daoist!"

As soon as Gu Yuan finished speaking, a loud laugh came from a star cluster on the side: "I offer a seventh-level wind and thunder apricot. If you eat it, you can get the wings of wind and thunder!"

The seventh-rank Wind-Thunder Apricot is indeed a treasure and is worth a lot of money.

But Gu Yuan just said calmly: "Seventh-level Xiangshan Fruit!"

This was a green opportunity he had obtained on the way here. It was used to increase the magic power of Mahayana cultivators. The magic power gained by taking it was as strong as a mountain and as heavy as an elephant, thick and boundless. Its value was slightly higher than that of the Wind and Thunder Wings. After all, this was a permanent increase in magic power that could be achieved according to the realm.

As soon as Gu Yuan finished speaking, there was silence for a moment.

"Your aura is so strange, I wonder which sacred mountain you are practicing in?!"

A cold question was asked from the side, and then a huge divine consciousness suddenly rose up, like a sharp sword, stabbing at Gu Yuan, wanting to see the true face of his divine consciousness incarnation.

But Gu Yuan just sat cross-legged, motionless.

"Zizi!"

On the contrary, the sharp and boundless sword of divine consciousness, as soon as it fell within a few feet of Gu Yuan's side, was melted by a terrible high temperature and turned directly into ashes and disappeared.

The man suddenly let out a muffled groan, his spiritual power was damaged, and the halo outside the incarnation dissipated, revealing his true appearance.

"Supreme Lord Wangchuan!"

Seeing this man's appearance, the Tianling monks below were suddenly shocked.

This is a Mahayana sword cultivator from the Chenhui Realm. He once killed two great demons of the same realm with a single sword strike. His sword power was so great that he was unrivaled. But now he can't even see through the face of this unknown Mahayana cultivator?
Who is this person?

Above the star cluster, all the Mahayana monks were also slightly surprised.

When Gu Yuan entered Xingyuan City, they all sensed it and had a general understanding of his identity. The same was true for Lord Wangchuan. The reason he did this was just to give him a warning and make him retreat.

But he never expected that he would suffer a small loss, and his spiritual power couldn't even get within three feet of the opponent?

(End of this chapter)