Immortal Road.

After three calls went unanswered, the Xuanwu Spirit Boat was sold for a high price of one hundred chips!

This is also the highest-priced Xuan Tian Ling Bao (mysterious heavenly treasure) at auction since the first day.

Lin Shan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that even though he had signed the buyout agreement in advance, he still lost out on thirteen chips. He had to admire Lie Yunsheng's market predictions; he truly lived up to his reputation as a young master from a prestigious family.

He didn't seem to regret it; having the chips in hand in advance for unforeseen circumstances is probably the choice most people would make.

Next, three more Xuan Tian spiritual treasures were brought to the stage, but none of them could replicate the stunning appearance of the Xuanwu Spirit Boat. The first two were sold for prices ranging from seventy to over seventy, while the third even faced the risk of failing to sell at auction!

Because the first Purple Spirit Merchant Guild had already released a batch of Xuan Tian spiritual treasures, the Void Realm cultivators present had already bought what they wanted. The rest were either unaffordable or unnecessary for people like Lin Shan.

Finally, their own master, Cangjian, stepped in to win the bid, to prevent them from losing face.

Various supreme supernatural powers, secret techniques, and spiritual medicines were then put up for auction, dragging on until the twenty-second item, which was something that Lin Shan was interested in.

"The Soul-Cleansing Jade Bamboo, born from the essence of the moon, cleanses the soul and purifies the spirit, reshaping the damaged divine foundation. It is an unparalleled tonic for fellow cultivators with ailments in their primordial embryo. Starting price: three chips. Bidding begins!"

After Lie Yunsheng finished speaking, he glanced at Lin Shan's private room without realizing it.

Everyone at Yi Bao Lou knew about the auction list, and Lin Shan had told him beforehand that he needed spiritual medicine to repair the soul, so he deliberately lowered the price.

However, others present were also interested in the item and quickly began to place bids.

Three.

Four.

Five.

I'll put up six.

Lin Shan's main body was in box number nine, and this was his first time making a bid. He changed his voice to prevent others from recognizing him.

Fortunately, the price was already settled, and the others didn't follow suit, allowing him to successfully acquire them.

He then used the same method to acquire another elixir for repairing the soul for six chips.

Immortal Lord Xuheng in the Immortal Vine had already confirmed that these two treasures could effectively help the other party wake up and shorten the time of deep sleep.

After all, it concerned his future chance to become an immortal, so he was very concerned about the immortal lord's recovery.

The number of chips remaining has now dropped to forty.

And the prized item from Yibaolou Auction arrived as scheduled!

"Item number twenty-eight, a seventh-grade spiritual material, Huliu Bathing Sand, a treasure for forging Void Realm cultivators, starting price four chips, bidding begins."

One bid after another was placed for the VIP cabins in the air, and within a short period of time, more than a dozen Void Realm cultivators rang the bells, demonstrating how sought-after this item was among those of the same level!
The Silent Avatar and Star Pivot Child changed their boxes and altered their vocal timbres, joining the competition in hopes of winning it over.

The result was as expected: Elder Huang once again forcefully intercepted the deal!
I'll put up ten.

The room fell silent. Many people looked over with puzzled expressions. What was going on with number 74? He had snagged two related items yesterday, and now he was here again?

A sense of discontent began to brew, but no one said anything.

Who can find fault with something that was bought based on price?
Lin Shan was not surprised at all. Even if the Annihilation clones fired one shot and moved to another, the other party would not let them go. Consider it a drain on his resources.

As the auction progressed to its thirty-sixth item, yet another item was brought to the table.

"Mysterious Pattern Stone Marrow, a seventh-tier material found alongside Immortal Gold Mine, boasts excellent conductivity and is robust and sturdy, making it suitable for condensing Dharma Images. Starting price: three chips. Those interested, please take a look."

Lin Shan himself made a bid and won the bid with a price of five chips.

Both of his Dharma forms were destroyed. The Calamity Star Dharma form had already gathered the materials of his natal star, and the Thunder Pool Dharma form also needed to be rebuilt.

Elder Huang didn't snatch it, probably because he thought the clone was a nascent domain, so he only cared about the domain materials and ignored the Dharma form.

The auction continued until the first fifty items were sold out, and all the seventh-tier spiritual items for the day were gone. Now it was time for the Nascent Soul stage cultivators to take center stage, where a large number of sixth-tier spiritual items were brought out!
This process will last a long time, with hundreds of items needing to be photographed from morning till night. Most cultivators at the Void Transformation stage cannot wait that long, so they leave one after another.

Neither the Annihilation Avatar nor the Star Pivot Child lingered; they separated and left one after the other, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

During this period, due to the grand scale of the trade fair, the Enforcement Hall did not want to make too much of a fuss and clearly dared not make the matter public. Therefore, even though they found out that Xing Shuzi was mixed in with the auction, they did not use the arrest warrant to check each room one by one.

The impact of this was too great for them to bear, so they had no choice but to continue the food shortage strategy.

Lin Shan got up and went to the back room, where he bought the three items he had bid on that day. After the discount, he received sixteen chips from Lin Shan, leaving him with thirty-six chips.

He knew that with his meager funds, he could no longer compete for the treasures in that field.

Moreover, time is tight, with only one month left. Once the trade fair ends, the true nature of Xing Shuzi and the Annihilation Avatar will be revealed, and a tough battle will be inevitable!
Counting the materials at hand, there is roughly enough to cultivate the rudimentary form of the Annihilation Avatar's domain to its full potential.

As for his own body, he wasn't in a hurry. After all, he had a luck card, which allowed him to use other people's domains to fight. He would take this time to improve his star cultivation system, including Dharma form, natal star, star aperture, body tempering, and so on. He didn't know if a month would be enough time.

Recalling the oppressive atmosphere Elder Huang had just created at the auction, where the other party recklessly spent a lot of money to block their path without considering the consequences of being stuck with overpriced materials.

This battle will be his first real battle in the Immortal Realm, and he cannot afford to be careless!

After leaving the auction house, he immediately rushed back to the appraisal center and began his intensive training.

The annihilation clone also returned to its cave and began to refine its own domain.

Day three.

The auction held at Qutian Pavilion was once again a resounding success.

However, the quality of the auction items declined significantly. Only one Xuan Tian Ling Bao appeared, and the seventh-tier spiritual items were sold out by the time the forty-fifth item was auctioned.

After a morning of auctions, Lin Shan left the auction house without bidding on a single item that interested him.

Accompanying them were several people from Yibaolou. Lie Yunsheng and the three old masters were relaxed. After their own auction, they felt inferior to Ziling Chamber of Commerce, but they were better than the third place winner. The rest of the goods were not worth mentioning.

On their way back, Xuanjian's sister-in-law brought up something.

"Speaking of that person in VIP room number seventy-four, who has won six domain treasures in three consecutive days? I was even thinking of helping my younger brother refine his domain prototype, but I still couldn't beat him."

Jingxuzi and Master Cangjian became curious and started gossiping.

"When did your brother reach the Void Realm? I didn't see you send us any invitations to the ceremony." "I remember you sent him to Yunfeng Inland for further studies a long time ago, to a cultivation sect called Hanyun Sect or something like that."

Upon hearing the name Hanyun Sect, Lie Yunsheng's expression turned solemn with respect.

"This is a truly powerful force, with a revered ancestor within its ranks. Your younger brother has a bright future ahead of him!"

Xuanjian's sister-in-law looked proud whenever she talked about this.

"Yes, he sent a message a while ago, saying that after accumulating a thousand years of foundation, he finally broke through to the Void Realm. He is my only younger brother, so I thought that after supporting him for so many years, I could finally put down the burden and take this opportunity to give him a final push. Who knew that this domain treasure would be so hard to snatch?"

She was just saying it casually, venting her frustrations, and then she started talking about other things with the others.

For example, when she was young, Xuanjian's sister-in-law was considered a beauty. However, because she had a younger brother, her original partner developed a rift with her, feeling that this burden was too heavy and unable to bear it, so he left.

As she got older, it became harder to find a partner in the circle. People would avoid her as soon as they heard she had a younger brother. Now that she has finally raised her brother to adulthood, she can finally escape the quagmire.

Lin Shan found it quite intriguing!

"You're already a Void Transformation cultivator, do you still need to find a partner?"

"Brother Xiong Shan, you are still young and naturally do not understand. Once a person reaches a certain age, if they feel lost and stuck in one place, they need emotions and something to rely on, which has nothing to do with their level of cultivation."

Lie Yunsheng noticed his confusion and put his arm around his shoulder, telling him that all the older generation in his family were like this. No matter how much they cultivated, they were stuck in the same place. If they had no ambition, they could only find a partner.

Lin Shan scoffed inwardly, "Look at Elder Huang!"
Despite having a grudge against himself, he was still working so hard at his advanced age and never gave up. He chased after Qiyun Ridge alone and waited for half a year. He was willing to mistakenly kill and offend three unrelated cultivators of the same level in order to dig him out.

This is what a life without giving up is all about!
After returning to Yibaolou, he locked himself in the appraisal room. He had been working himself to the bone for the past two months, but now that he had some free time, no one cared what he was cultivating inside.

The fifth day arrived in the blink of an eye.

As the hourly flash sale ended, a sigh rippled through the crowd in the square. The Annihilation Avatar swiftly entered the inner hall to retrieve the domain materials he had just acquired.

Behind him, Ji Xuanjun was left standing bewildered in the wind, his face ashen and extremely unpleasant!
He was already fast enough, but his hand speed was still a step too slow. He was beaten to the punch twice in a row, and in the end, he got nothing.

So all my efforts in placing fake orders and leaving positive reviews these past few days have been for nothing?
Helpless, he took one last deep look at the other person's back, gritted his teeth, and left.

The number of people at the auction was significantly reduced.

Thirty percent of the Void Realm cultivators were absent from the suspended pavilion in the air. It was unclear why they left early; they might not be interested in the items later, or they might have run out of resources. Meanwhile, the quality of the items began to decline rapidly.

Lin Shan looked at the first twenty seventh-tier treasures, but none of them were what he wanted, so he had to leave early.

He deeply felt the gap between the ten chambers of commerce; the first three were significantly more established, equivalent to the combined strength of the latter seven.

Therefore, he only glanced at them briefly afterward, and he didn't hold out any hope for the domain treasures. With Elder Huang around, even if they appeared two or three more times later, they were all bought by his rivals at high prices, so they were basically out of his reach.

Hoshino was equally helpless, and he even missed several auctions, presumably because he was busy running his black market.

This continued until the end of the first ten days.

The auction of the ten major chambers of commerce came to a successful conclusion, and the flow of people in the entire Qiyun Ridge of Luoxia Mountain began to flow out in large numbers, with a full 40% leaving the market.

The remaining people stayed because they were clearly still eager to see what good items the individual sellers at the same level had to offer.

Or perhaps they still have something in their possession and want to take this opportunity to sell it.

The Thirty-Three Market remains bustling with people, with all sectors thriving and driving consumption in surrounding industries, even in the gray areas and prostitution.

In Market No. 1, the group of people who had withdrawn from the auction were invited to a large hall in the back mountain.

The more than eighty Void Realm cultivators present formed a small trading meeting for internal exchange.

Lin Shan's main body was busy refining his natal star and did not come; only his annihilation clone came this time.

Most people show their true faces, since Qiyunling is considered safe, and most of the Dongxu-era people in Nankaido know each other, so the circle is only so big.

People at this level don't easily make enemies, and the items in a mere trade fair aren't worth coveting.

However, there were still a few individuals on the field who covered their faces and bodies, which was permitted by the organizers.

The Annihilation Avatar easily found Xing Shuzi among the group.

Both were dressed in a dark and reserved manner, and sat in the last row, deliberately avoiding being recognized.

But Elder Huang was also present and immediately noticed them!

"There are only a few people hiding on the field, and Zhong Shenxiu and Xing Shuzi must be among them. I will test them one by one."

He was about to get up when he was stopped by Elder Izumo.

"Brother Dao, you..."

"Brother Huang, let's leave it at that. Let's not cause any more trouble before the trade fair ends. It'll only make things worse. Let's settle this privately later. Don't forget about what happened with Daoist Huangyue a while ago."

Elder Chuyun, being a high-ranking member of the Enforcement Hall, did not want to cause any trouble in the city. If it became news, it would become a laughing stock in the Thirty-Three Wards, which would be detrimental to public opinion in the future. He wanted to stay in his position for a few more years.

"Anyway, the auction is over, and we've already taken all the treasures that appeared. The remaining scraps at the auction won't cause any trouble for them."

Elder Huang sat down again after hearing this, but his brows were still full of suspicion, and he kept glancing back as if he wanted to see every move these people made.

The Annihilation Avatar and Star Pivot cursed inwardly. This old man was truly a persistent ghost, extremely annoying, making them feel like they had a fishbone stuck in their throats. They felt restricted and constrained ever since they entered.

Bang bang~~~
Someone was striking a gong in front of the main hall, presided over by an elder from the Imperial Household Department.

"Alright, everyone's here. Without further ado, our Void Refinement stage circle is just these few people. It'll be over in half a day if things go smoothly, and in a day or two at most if things go slowly. Unlike the Nascent Soul and Nascent Soul stages, which have tens of thousands of people and require hundreds of matches to exhaust everyone, let's get ready to begin?"

The Void Transformation stage cultivators present all agreed, and with everyone in unison, the trade fair began.

"Let me repeat the rules: you can barter or settle accounts with chips. Before you leave, hand over your chips to any of the ten major merchant guilds, and they can be exchanged for seventh-tier spirit crystals at a fixed rate."

Bang bang~~~
With the sound of two gongs, the cultivators in the first row took turns to enter the stage.

A middle-aged man, dressed in a long gown with the insignia of an alchemist tattooed on his chest, stepped onto the stage with a smile and introduced himself.

"I am the Supreme Grandmaster of the Qiyunling Pill Pavilion. Today, I have brought out ten bottles of Void Realm cultivation pills, each containing ten pills. At market price, each bottle is equivalent to one purple chip. However, today I do not want chips; I want a seventh-tier treasure with mixed metal and wood attributes. Which fellow Daoist meets the requirements may come up on stage and claim it from me?" (End of Chapter)