Lord of Time: From a Five Elements Cultivator to a Master of All Daos

Chapter 544: Yandao Conference, Auction Begins

After three months of preparation in Xuanting Courtyard, Wei Zhong went to Black Earth Fairy City through the teleportation array in the courtyard.

This fairy city is extremely magnificent and is one of the affiliated fairy cities under the Xuanting Academy.

There are various shops opened by monks from Xuanting Academy in the city, selling magical tools and talismans.

Many foreign monks were attracted by these treasures.

At the same time, there are many forces in the city that are closely connected with the disciples of Xuanting Academy. Together, they form this special fairy city called Black Earth Fairy City.

Ten days later, it will be the important day for the Black Earth Immortal City Auction.

It is said that this auction is hosted by a Taiyi Jade Immortal Elder from Xuanting Academy, and many fine immortal artifacts and talismans born in Xuanting Academy will appear in it.

This is why it attracted the attention of many foreign monks.

At the same time, Xuantingyuan absorbed various precious immortal materials and integrated them into the auction, making them one of the items for auction.

It can be said that this auction incorporates the essence of hundreds of realms, enough to attract many cultivators.

As the auction preheating began, monks shuttled back and forth in the Black Earth Immortal City, which was far more prosperous than usual.

Walking on the street, you can see various colored lights above your head and hear the sounds of hawking from shops below.

Various messages are posted on street bulletin boards.

Among them are the dates of various monks' exchange meetings, as well as news of many small auctions.

These are all warm-ups before the real Black Soil Auction.

Wei Zhong looked around casually and saw an auction held by disciples of Xuanting Academy in a corner of the notice board.

"Various Taoist instruments will appear during the meeting..."

"These disciples will not miss any opportunity to earn immortal jade!"

Normally, if the immortal weapons are handed over to Xuanting Academy for purchase, the profit will naturally not be as much as exchanging them for treasures from independent cultivators.

Wei Zhong casually glanced at the time and place marked on the notice and decided to join in the fun.

There was no other purpose, just because Wei Zhong had been studying refining tools for many years and already had several Taoist tools on hand. He could take this opportunity to exchange them for some fairy jades to support the auction in ten days.

The idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

At the exchange meeting, there were many people who shared the same idea as Wei Zhong.

This eventually led to a situation where there were more weapon refiners than other people.

The exchange meeting fell into a dull atmosphere and had to be interrupted.

A wonderful exchange meeting of immortal levels ended here.

However, Wei Zhong's departure was not completely without gain.

He looked at the palm-sized talisman in his hand with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

"So this is what the talismans in Xuanting Courtyard look like..."

This item came from a Fu Pavilion disciple who attended this exchange meeting.

The Lei Workshop refines weapons, and the Fu Pavilion makes talismans. These two inheritances are the core of Xuanting Academy.

Although Wei Zhong holds the disciple token of Fu Pavilion, he has never participated in the training courses and assessments of Fu Pavilion.

Looking at the magic talisman in his hand, Wei Zhong had a hint of confusion in his eyes.

"What a special talisman paper, it can actually directly carry the law pattern..."

The talisman in his hand looked like a ghostly painting, without any beauty at all.

But within Wei Zhong's field of vision, he could see the laws flowing on it.

“It’s true that the main body is the Law of Thunder, but it has some special features.

“The Thunder Dao Pattern is drawn with three thunders as ink: Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, Chaos Purple Thunder, and Karma Fire Red Thunder. It contains part of the power of the law of cause and effect, and also contains a trace of thunder poison hidden in it.

"Tracking, exploding, and corroding the body and soul of others at the same time, it is a pure killing immortal talisman.

"It is more than enough to deal with the True Immortal level, but it is slightly insufficient for the Mysterious Immortals who are protected by the realm of laws."

Wei Zhong has many abilities contained in his body and his vision is much broader than that of ordinary cultivators.

With just a few glances, he could tell the origin of this talisman.

He casually rolled up the talisman and put it away:

“It seems that the Xuan Ting Academy’s method of making talismans is not that complicated.

"It just so happens that I have encountered some bottlenecks in refining Taoist instruments. Perhaps I can find inspiration from making talismans."

Wei Zhong made up his mind to return the talisman to Xuanting Academy after the auction and immediately start learning the talisman-making tradition.

After bidding farewell to this exchange meeting, Wei Zhong participated in several small auctions and exchange meetings.

Although he didn't get the Five Elements Immortal Marrow and other things he desired, he did get several bottles of Tao Essence.

It contains the power of the five elements and the law of the five elements.

It came from several disciples of the Immortal Palace who came from afar from the Five Elements Immortal Realm.

The strength of several people varies, some are Xuanxian, and some are only at the True Immortal level.

The other party took a fancy to the Thunder Magic Treasure refined by Wei Zhong, so he offered it in exchange.

"Brother Wei's thunder bead is extraordinary. It is somewhat similar to the five elements fairy bead in my fairy palace."

"Oh?"

Wei Zhong looked surprised:

“It was an accident that I was able to refine this thing. I couldn’t refine a Taoist tool, and I was worried that the immortal material would collapse.

“So I forcibly gathered the power inside and drew fairy patterns to suppress it, and finally formed this strange fairy weapon called Thunder Bead.”

After hearing Wei Zhong's explanation, the others nodded:

"Brother Wei is right. This thing is indeed extremely unstable. We have to be extra careful when using it."

While the few of them were talking, Wei Zhong took the initiative to direct the topic to the Five Elements Immortal Marrow.

When everyone heard that Wei Zhong needed this kind of treasure, they all turned their eyes to a young man present.

Although he looks to be in his twenties, with his cultivation as a True Immortal, it is impossible for him to be only this old.

When Wei Zhong was wondering, someone introduced:

"Although Jiang Xiaoyou's cultivation is not as good as ours, his background is not simple. His father is the Taiyi Elder in the Immortal Palace, a person who can access the Five Elements Immortal Marrow."

Wei Zhong was stunned when he heard this:
"Could it be that only the Taiyi Jade Immortal can touch this immortal marrow?"

Jiang Huaiyu looked at everyone's eyes, and heard Wei Zhong's doubtful words. He shook his head and raised the wine glass in his hand to explain:
"That's not the case, it's just that immortal marrow is rare. Especially the rarest five-element immortal marrow is a treasure among them, and it is only born in the few immortal veins in the Immortal Palace that have all five elements.

“That’s why the Five Elements Immortal Marrow is so rare. Normally, only the Taiyi elders and Daluo seniors in the Immortal Palace have a share of it.

“As for Xuanxian, there is a way to obtain this item. You just need to pay enough Immortal Palace contribution points.

"Unfortunately, none of us here have this ability."

Wei Zhong continued to ask: "What about external transactions?"

"Of course there are external transactions, but it's still the same old story. It will only be circulated among Taiyi Jade Immortals and above. It's not easy for Fellow Daoist Wei to obtain this item."

Wei Zhong sighed suddenly:
"Does Jiang Xiaoyou have any ideas?"

Jiang Huaiyu shook his head helplessly:
“Fellow Daoist Chai and his companions just think highly of me.

"My father has countless children, and I am just an ordinary one among them. How can I be worthy of receiving such a treasure from them?" Immortals have an endless lifespan. If they sow seeds intentionally, their descendants will be endless.

Jiang Huaiyu happened to be one of them.

"This……"

Seeing Wei Zhong's disappointed expression, someone present said something that rekindled Wei Zhong's hope.

"It's not completely hopeless. Fellow Daoist Wei, do you know about the 'Yan Dao Conference' held once every ten thousand years in my Immortal Palace?"

"Yan Dao Conference? What kind of event is this?"

After several people took turns asking, they found out that Wei Zhong had only been in Thunder Palace for a short time and indeed did not know the information about this conference.

Jiang Huaiyu explained:
“This kind of conference is originally a grand event in my Immortal Palace to encourage disciples to practice.

"The 33rd Dao Ancestor of the Houxian Palace felt that the competition among the disciples of the palace was causing the grand event to be closed. Therefore, he expanded the scale of this grand event and invited many disciples of the Xian Palace in the Xian Realm to participate...

“The Yan Dao Conference has continued until now, and has become a conference that any immortal-level cultivator can participate in.

“As long as the participating monks win first place in the conference, they can make reasonable demands to the top leaders of our Five Elements Immortal Palace.

"It is said that 410,000 years ago, a Taiyi took this position and took away a Hongmeng treasure from the Immortal Palace..."

When Wei Zhong listened to this person's narration, it was like listening to a foreign language.

"I am just an ordinary Xuanxian, how can I have such ability?"

"Hey, don't worry, Fellow Daoist Wei. We can't take the first place, but as long as we are among the top, there will still be rewards.

"And the Five Elements Immortal Marrow is a frequent visitor."

Others nodded frequently when they heard this:

"That's right, that's right!"

“But it’s not easy to be at the top. What matters in the event is not the strength of the rules.

"It's about the level of mastery of the laws, including the flexible application of a single law and the combination of multiple laws...

"For cultivators like me, it takes a lifetime to cultivate one law. It is really difficult to deal with multiple laws at the same time..."

"Yes, I have been practicing the Five Elements Law until now, and I have only just reached the Xuanxian realm. The Taiyi level is still a long way off. How can I be distracted for the sake of my future..."

"It doesn't have to be a variety of laws. Wasn't there a senior brother who relied on his own five elements magic to take the top spot a million years ago?"

"Brother Liu, are you talking about Palace Master You? How can we be compared with Palace Master You?"

"..."

After listening to everyone's discussions, Wei Zhong realized that Palace Master You was now at the Daluo level and was one of the most senior figures in the Five Elements Immortal Palace.

'Combination of rules? It seems to be within my area of ​​expertise?'

Wei Zhong held his chin in his hand and looked thoughtful:

"My Hun Yuan Dao, even if it is not the best in this world, is it still a very subtle one? It is not without a chance."

Wei Zhong continued to inquire and learned that the next grand event would be in five thousand years.

Having made up his mind to participate, Wei Zhong asked about the "Taixu Lingrang" again, but the knowledge of several people was even worse than Mingyou's.

They all shook their heads, indicating that they had never heard of such a treasure.

However, after a conversation, Wei Zhong learned that there was indeed innate soil inside the Five Elements Immortal Palace.

"The Taixu Spiritual Soil is a variant of the Xiantian Xi Soil. These people are just at a slightly lower level. Perhaps someone inside the Five Elements Immortal Palace knows about this thing?"

Talking with a few people gave Wei Zhong some hope.

After parting ways, Wei Zhong and others agreed to meet again at the black soil auction in a few days.

After Wei Zhong left, he participated in several auctions and exchange meetings in succession, and finally exchanged all the treasures he had obtained from the Lingze Treasury for fairy jades.

The next day, the sun rose.

The interior of the Black Earth Immortal City became even more lively, with the lights of many cultivators escaping like a colorful net, completely covering the entire Black Earth Immortal City.

Such a large number of monks even caused a rare "jam" scene in this world.

Fortunately, the managers of the Immortal City had anticipated this and had opened up various large and small teleportation arrays in the city to transport the monks to the auction venue.

Wei Zhong flew all the way and saw the auction hall located in the center of the fairy city.

This palace is magnificent and extremely tall, like a spire.

The coverage area is not wide and it is not the largest building in the city, but there is something else going on inside.

Wei Zhong walked into the palace through the door, and the spatial laws in his sea of ​​consciousness began to become restless.

Looking at the boundless world ahead, Wei Zhong already understood that this place was a unique secret realm of heaven and earth.

Its size is much larger than that of an ordinary secret realm, and it is even comparable to an ordinary small world.

Wei Zhong knew through the space seed that this secret realm was located between the fairyland and the void.

It straddles two realms, imprisoned here by higher laws.

"What a powerful move! The difficulty is probably about the same as refining a world."

There was a rainbow ribbon leading the way in the secret space. Wei Zhong flew on it and found that the ribbon was extremely compressed immortal energy.

At a glance, you can see thousands of ribbons, and their lengths are so long that the boundaries are invisible to the naked eye.

"With so many immortal qi ribbons combined together, the immortal meridians created may be enough for Taiyi cultivation. What a grand effort."

Wei Zhong followed the flow of cultivators, walking on the streamers of immortal energy.

After traveling like this for more than half an hour, they finally arrived at a place full of space portals.

Wei Zhong didn't need to make an active choice, the portal swallowed Wei Zhong in, and in the blink of an eye Wei Zhong found himself in a wide square.

There is a high platform in the center, on which fairies are dancing gracefully.

The outer seats were arranged in a circle, and Wei Zhong was one of them.

At first glance, it was difficult to tell the number of cultivators in the field, and they were all Xuanxian.

Not only that, there were several white light gates around Wei Zhong, projecting scenes from other auction halls.

Among the seated cultivators there was Taiyi, as well as Xuanxian of the same level as Wei Zhong, or Sanxian or Zhenxian of a lower level.

Just the few white light gates around Wei Zhong connected all the auction venues together.

This was the first time Wei Zhong had seen such a novel auction format.

Through the light gate, Wei Zhong was able to see the situations in other auction venues and even use them to make bids.

After observing the peculiar layout of the auction venue, it wasn’t long before the Black Soil Auction finally began.

The dancers on the stage left, and an old man in a white Taoist robe stepped forward:
"I am the elder of Xuanting Academy, Sikong Han..."

"Sikong Han, could he be the son of Master Fu Sikong Mo?"

The discussions ringing in his ears also brought back Wei Zhong's memories of the past.

'There is only one person in the entire Thunder Palace who can be called Master Fu, and that is the leader of the Fu Pavilion in Xuanting Courtyard, the peak Taiyi cultivator, and the Thunder Fu Master Sikong Mo.'

Sikong Han's opening polite remarks did not last long. With a wave of his sleeve and the sound of hammer, the first auction item was carried onto the stage by a maid.

"The first lot is the Xuanting Extermination Talisman, also known as the Taiyi Zhuxuan Immortal Talisman. It uses the Chaos Divine Thunder as ink and the Taiyi Dao Fruit as a guide..."

(End of this chapter)