I conquer the immortal with my strength.

Chapter 304 The Power of Incense
Soon, the incense burner was received by the auctioneer backstage, and a foundation-building cultivator quietly came to Xia Daoming and asked him whether he wanted to deliver it now or later.

Xia Daoming was interested in the incense burner after accidentally auctioning it. He wanted to see if there were other items worth his while, so he did not make the transaction immediately.

It’s a pity that apart from the incense burner, there was nothing else that really interested him.

The auction house, on the other hand, was creating a climax due to the appearance of several Dan-forming items and magic weapons later on. People quickly forgot about Xia Daoming in the climax.

Compared to the nearly 10 million low-grade spirit stones, or even the pill-forming objects and magic weapons that need to be bartered, the incense burner worth 3 million spirit stones is not really an expensive item.

Only the bearded monk apparently had not forgotten Xia Daoming and glanced at him coldly from time to time.

However, Xia Daoming, who had just fought with the Nascent Soul Patriarch a few days ago, naturally would not take a mere mid-stage Jindan cultivator seriously.

The fourth day of the auction ended with a climax brought about by a magic weapon.

Xia Daoming stood up and went backstage when the finale item appeared at the auction.

What surprised Xia Daoming was that the person who received him was actually a cultivator in the early Jindan stage, and a beautiful young woman at that.

"My name is Yin Jingyao, and I am honored to be the guardian of Iron Fan Island. Thank you for participating in today's auction and buying this mountain temple incense burner."

The beautiful young woman bowed and asked someone to present a small incense burner. Facing Xia Daoming, a foundation-building cultivator, she did not put on the airs of a golden elixir cultivator at all.

"Thank you, Protector Yin." Xia Daoming accepted the incense burner calmly, and then handed over a storage ring containing three million low-grade spirit stones. He did not show any reserve in front of a Jindan cultivator, nor did he exchange polite words with her and call her senior.

Yin Jingyao took the storage ring, probed into it with her spiritual sense to count it, and quickly transferred the spiritual stones in the storage ring. Then she handed the storage ring back to Xia Daoming and said with a slight bow: "I wish you a successful pill formation soon."

"Thank you, Protector Yin, for your kind words. I would like to ask Protector Yin for the qualification to bid in the auction the day after tomorrow." Xia Daoming said.

Yin Jingyao's watery eyes flashed with surprise when she heard this, but she smiled: "Daoyou is not a Jindan cultivator, so I can't make the decision on this matter. But if Daoyou can prove that you have assets worth a thousand high-quality spirit stones, I can give you a pass to participate in the auction the day after tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Xia Daoming casually took out a demon core.

As soon as the demon core was taken out, the temperature around it suddenly rose.

"Level 4 high-level fire demon core!"

Seeing this, Yin Jingyao’s beautiful eyes suddenly widened and she exclaimed in a low voice.

“Is this enough?”

"Since fellow Daoist has a demon core of this level, he is naturally qualified." Yin Jingyao quickly regained her composure and said with a bright smile.

After saying that, Yin Jingyao took out a token and handed it to Xia Daoming.

"Then you can take this token to enter the auction. If you don't want others to see you, you can pay an extra fee to have an independent private room that is isolated from the prying eyes of the gods."

"Thank you, Protector Yin. Bye." Xia Daoming took the token, bowed slightly, and left.

Looking at Xia Daoming's departing back, Yin Jingyao fell into deep thought.

Naturally, she did not believe that a cultivator who had reached the Perfect Foundation Establishment stage had the ability to hunt down a high-level fourth-level fire-type monster, nor did she believe that a cultivator who had reached the Perfect Foundation Establishment stage with no background could behave so calmly in front of a Jindan cultivator.

"Master Protector, I heard that Yun Ran has privately asked someone to find out the background of the man just now. Do you want to remind Yun Ran and reveal some information? This will prevent him from doing anything against the rules and bringing disaster upon himself." The attendant who had been following him stepped forward and reminded in a low voice.

Obviously, this follower was also quite smart. Through the fourth-level high-level demon core, he guessed that Xia Daoming should be of some importance.

"He brought trouble upon himself. We are only concerned with making money from auctioning items. Why should we care so much?" Yin Jingyao smiled coldly.
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After Xia Daoming returned to the cave beside Qinglongzhuo Lake, he took out a set of Daqian Dunyan formation flags, made some arrangements around them, and then took out the small incense burner that was bought at the auction.

The Daqianyan Escape Array is a fairly advanced concealment and concealment array.

Xia Daoming spent a lot of money to purchase this set of formation flags.

Once this formation is set up, even an Nascent Soul ancestor would find it difficult to see what is going on inside.

As soon as the small incense burner was taken out, the mountain god's scepter above the boundless sea of ​​blood began to vibrate violently, and runes flashed on it, as if it was about to break out of the body.

At the same time, the solidified incense ash in the small incense burner began to move, as if something was trying to come out from underneath.

Before Xia Daoming could react, wisps of purple smoke visible to the naked eye were rising from below, and a layer of the solidified incense ash loosened on the surface, emitting a rich sandalwood scent.

The rising purple smoke seemed to be attracted by something and floated towards Xia Daoming, lingering around him. Xia Daoming took a deep breath as if it was a conditioned reflex.

Immediately, the purple smoke drilled into his nostrils, flowed down, entered the boundless sea of ​​blood, floated towards the Mountain God's Sceptre, and then sank into the Mountain God's Sceptre.

Faintly, Xia Daoming felt that the Mountain God's Scepter had undergone a slight change, as if the mysterious power consumed within it was increasing.

Even as this scene happened, a scene that had been sealed away for an extremely long time came from the mountain god's hu.

In a mountain temple, there stands a golden statue, and in front of the golden statue, there is an incense burner.

The incense burner was filled with incense sticks, and various creatures were lying in front of it.

They worship and pray devoutly.

There is a mysterious, invisible aura floating from them towards the incense burner.

When the sunlight shines down, purple smoke rises up.

On the golden statue appears the shadow of a mountain god that is invisible to all living beings. It holds a mountain god sceptre in its hand and is peacefully enjoying the offerings of incense.

The phantom continued to grow larger, and so did the mountain god's scepter, and the runes on it became clearer and clearer.

The ancient scene quickly disappeared.

Xia Daoming returned to reality.

Looking at himself sitting cross-legged in the midst of purple smoke, Xia Daoming's expression and mood were very subtle.

At this moment, he seemed to have become the mountain god from ancient times who accepted worships from thousands of creatures and enjoyed incense.

However, time has passed, the Heavenly Court has long disappeared, and the Mountain God no longer exists. He just got a Mountain God Hu by chance, and happened to follow the path of body refining, and used the ancient body refining method to sacrifice this Mountain God Hu, so he was not a real Mountain God canonized by the Heavenly Court.

He was unable to use the power of incense to improve his own cultivation.

However, the mysterious power consumed by the mountain god's hu is constantly increasing.

Part of the power of the Mountain God's Sceptre comes from the strength of the holder, and part of it comes from the power granted by the Heavenly Court in the Mountain God's Sceptre itself.

This power is closely related to the power of incense that the mountain god's hu bears.

Xia Daoming quickly guessed the answer in his mind, and the subtle expression on his face gradually turned into joy.

He had never hoped that this incense burner could improve his own cultivation, but rather hoped that it would be useful to the Mountain God's Hut.

And it turned out that the power of incense was indeed useful in repairing the mountain god's hu.

Soon, the joy on Xia Daoming's face turned into calmness.

He sat cross-legged in the midst of purple smoke, continuously absorbing it.

Above the boundless sea of ​​blood, the originally blurry runes on the Mountain God’s Scepter became clearer and clearer.

But the damaged and incomplete parts cannot be repaired.

The night passed.

Purple smoke no longer rose from the incense burner.

The runes on the mountain god's scepter sparkled and exuded a mysterious aura.

This aura gave Xia Daoming a feeling of being much more majestic and powerful than when he first obtained the Mountain God Scepter.

If he were to meet the giant firebird again now, with the help of the Mountain God Sceptre, Xia Daoming believed that even though he would still be defeated, he should be able to leave relatively calmly.

"Three million spirit stones can actually be exchanged for such a rare item. It's really a huge profit." Xia Daoming slowly opened his eyes, put the incense burner into the storage ring, and felt deeply moved.

Soon, Xia Daoming came to the auction house with great interest.

Having tasted the sweetness, Xia Daoming naturally wanted to take advantage of it again.

Unfortunately, finding a bargain is something you can only encounter by chance.

On this day, Xia Daoming returned empty-handed.

The sixth day is also the last day of the auction.

On this day, there were Jindan monks patrolling the auction venue.

No outsiders are allowed to approach the area within a few miles of the auction venue.

Only those holding access tokens are eligible to enter the venue.

Xia Daoming still wore his cloak and tried his best to conceal his aura.

On this day, most of the participants were Jindan cultivators, and there were also several Yuanying cultivators, including Chai Chuanmo. Naturally, Xia Daoming had to act carefully. He even spent 600,000 spirit stones to get an absolutely confidential private room with dedicated service.

Sitting in a specially made box, Xia Daoming could see more than a hundred Jindan cultivators and dozens of foundation-building cultivators sitting in the venue, including many late-stage Jindan cultivators.

The terrifying aura emanating from so many Jindan cultivators gathered together was enough to make Xia Daoming, a man with such strength, feel his heart palpitating.

The Nascent Soul cultivators did not sit in the conference hall. Like Xia Daoming, they had their own special box.

However, that is the standard equipment and status symbol of Nascent Soul cultivators, and no additional spirit stones are required.

Soon, the auction begins.

This auction was indeed of a high level.

The first item to be auctioned was a magical weapon of extraordinary quality.

The appearance of this magic weapon instantly ignited the atmosphere and caused many Jindan cultivators to compete fiercely.
It was eventually bought by a cultivator in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm for 16 million low-grade spirit stones.

After the first magic weapon, soon there were excellent spiritual fruits and elixirs that could help form elixirs, as well as various fourth-level, intermediate-level, and high-level demon beast cores that were placed on the table one after another.

But these are not what Xia Daoming needs.

He also has a large accumulation of magic weapons, various demon cores, and other excellent spiritual fruits that can help in forming elixirs.

In the box, Ye Lu, who was standing behind Xia Daoming, secretly looked at the man in front of her with a puzzled look from time to time.

Generally speaking, nine out of ten cultivators who have completed their foundation building stage come to participate in an auction of this level for items that can help them to form a golden elixir.

Those who are really wealthy may also participate in the bidding for suitable magic weapons.

But the auction was almost halfway through, and the cultivator in front of him who had reached the Perfect Foundation Establishment stage showed no signs of bidding for any Dan-level items or magic weapons. This really puzzled Ye Lu.

"The next item to be auctioned is the Xuanwu Order. This order is a token for entering the Xuanwu Secret Realm located in the sea area of ​​Xuanyin Island tens of millions of miles away. The Xuanwu Secret Realm opens once every two hundred years, and it has been one hundred and ninety years since the last opening.

It is said that the last time someone found a Xuanwu blood bead, a piece of Xuanwu broken shell, a turtle snake spirit herb that can extend the life of the Nascent Soul ancestor by sixty years in the Xuanwu secret realm, and even someone picked a Liangyi Yuan fruit that is very useful for breaking the elixir and becoming an infant.

Of course, in addition to these, there are many things that have long since disappeared from the outside world that are helpful for forming the golden elixir, and elixirs that increase the golden elixir and even the Nascent Soul ancestors' cultivation. There are also ancient treasures left in there, but many people keep them secret and they are unknown to outsiders.

This time, the number of Xuanwu Tokens issued by Xuanyin Island was small, and most of the tokens had been reserved in advance in the early years. Now there are only a few Xuanwu Tokens left to be issued.

Now I have a Xuanwu Order. If you bid for it, you can enter the Xuanwu Secret Realm to find a great opportunity. If you miss it, you may never have the chance to enter the Xuanwu Secret Realm again. The starting price of this Xuanwu Order is 1.5 million low-grade spirit stones. Each bid must not be less than 100,000. Start now!"

When Ye Lu was puzzled, the host held up an ancient token engraved with a totem pattern of a turtle and a snake and started auctioning the Xuanwu Token.

(End of this chapter)