Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 36: Ten Volumes of Heavenly Demon Strategy, Blood and Nerves of Good and Evil
The interior layout of Liujin Ancient Artifact Workshop is far more magnificent and ten times more luxurious than the black crystal gold ornaments outside, as if it wanted to bring the beautiful buildings in heaven to the earth.

The entire auction hall is designed in a semi-circular shape, with a huge auction platform in the center.

The clouds on the ground formed the sky, and it felt like cotton to walk on. The monks walking on it felt like immortals riding on the clouds.

As far as we can see, copper will never be used where gold can be used, and crystal will never be used where pearls and jade can be used.

Lu Cheng's seat was in the semi-circular area directly opposite the auction house, and diagonally above it was the box structure.

It is obvious that the place is only owned by cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage, senior deacons of the City That Never Sleeps, and the extremely wealthy.

However, the ordinary area below was not equipped with any treatment. Every seat was covered with thick white bear fur, and sitting on it felt like falling into the clouds. There were hundreds of thousands of monsters and beasts in the mountains of southern Xinjiang, so such an arrangement was reasonable.

After sitting down, Lu Cheng waited for half an hour.

The auction officially begins.

The first lot served was in good condition:
"This sword is called Red Flame. It is a second-grade high-quality flying sword that can release a spiritual fire to attack the enemy. The fire power is overbearing. The reserve price is 200 spiritual stones. Each bid must not be less than one-tenth of the auction item's price."

The flying sword on the auction table was red in color, full of spirituality and with a hint of fire. Lu Cheng liked it very much, but when he heard the price, he wanted to give up because it was obviously much more expensive than the one sold in the Divine Weapon Shop outside.

However, it seemed that other cultivators also thought so, so the sword was only lifted twice and it was not worth much.

"Two hundred and eighty!"

Lu Cheng couldn't bear to see the sword being treated so lightly, so he couldn't help but bid for it.

Although each level of flying swords is divided into only three grades: high, medium and low, there is still a difference in power among the high-grade flying swords. The Red Flame Flying Sword in front of him is well designed in every aspect, and it is obvious that the swordsmith has poured a lot of effort into it. In other words, it feels very good to use.

"Two hundred and eighty-one times. Two hundred and eighty-two times."

"make a deal."

Lu Cheng didn't expect that he could buy the sword for 280 spirit stones.

Although it is not quite the same as what I expected, it at least solves the problem that the current grade of the flying sword does not match my own realm.

The next items to be auctioned were various magical instruments, spiritual beasts, elixirs, and even map information and immortal palace ruins.

Apart from the few magical instruments and spiritual objects at the beginning, Lu Cheng soon found that he could not afford the items that were auctioned later.

"Yellow Dragon Pills, taken by Qi training cultivators to increase their mana and help them break through the realm. There are nine pills in a bottle, and the base price is one thousand two hundred spirit stones."

"Blood Spirit Pill. Taking it can increase one's lifespan by twenty years, but it cannot extend the lifespan of a foundation-building cultivator. The base price is five thousand spirit stones."

"Foundation Building Pill, assists cultivators to break through the late stage of Qi training, advance to foundation building cultivators, and prolong life by 120 years. The base price is 12,000 spirit stones."

"Twenty thousand!"

"Twenty-four thousand!"

"Twenty-eight thousand!"

When the Blood Spirit Pill that could prolong life was auctioned before, the cultivators at the auction venue had never been so crazy.

Of course, this is normal. The greatest effect of the Blood Spirit Pill is to replenish the life span of a foundation-building cultivator whose vitality has been depleted. It is said that it can extend the life span by twenty years, which is the most ideal state. Don't take action, don't lose vitality, and it's best to have no desires, no demands, and cut off emotions and love.

The foundation-building pill is different. It helps cultivators break through to the foundation-building stage. Once successful, life span will be extended by 120 years, and the world will be different from then on when they advance to the foundation-building stage. At the end of this auction, Lu Cheng, who had more than 3,000 spirit stones in his pocket, was watching. Oh, after buying the Scarlet Flame Sword, he now has more than 2,000 spirit stones.

"Even if you come here to broaden your horizons and see how high-level cultivators spend money. They may not be high-level cultivators. Two families have accumulated for decades, and then owed foreign debts, and desperately bid for a foundation-building pill. If they buy it back and use it but fail to break through, a small family will not be able to recover for decades."

In the end, the Foundation Establishment Pill was bought by a white-bearded old man at the price of 32,000 spirit stones. The old man spat out blood when he took his last step, but he held on and refused to be supported by his juniors, and took the Foundation Establishment Pill directly from the auction table.

This is the hope of a family.

Of course, the prerequisite is that they can deliver the elixir back to the family safely.

As time went by, the auction gradually came to an end.

Lu Cheng was almost ready to leave, but when he looked up, he suddenly noticed that the lights in every box above were bright.

So he sat down and waited for a moment, wanting to see what these great men were waiting for.

A slim and beautiful female monk, surrounded and escorted by several monks, brought a red wooden box to the auction table.

"This is the last lot to be auctioned tonight."

"The most advanced and supreme magic formula of the magic way, 'Blood Nerve'..."

Following the words of the female monk, all the monks present were slightly in an uproar. Although each individual voice was not loud, because there were so many people doing so, the sound was very obvious.

The most advanced and supreme magic formula in this world is the Yuanshi Tianmo Strategy, the supreme secret book of the Yuanshi Demon Sect in the past, which is divided into ten volumes.

Later, the ancient catastrophe caused great destruction, and even a powerful sect like the Yuanshi Demon Sect fell apart. Now most of the Yuanshi Tianmo Strategy is in the hands of the Dongyang Orthodox Church, but it is good enough to have preserved five volumes.

Apart from Yuanshi Tian's Demonic Strategy, the most notorious magic skill in the world today is this "Blood Nerve".

It is said that it was not originally a magic skill, but a secret skill left behind by a Taoist immortal who ascended to heaven. It elaborated the "essence and blood" of the Taoist three treasures of essence, energy and spirit to the extreme.

"Blood Nerve" is divided into two volumes, good and evil, but the good volume has been missing since it started to be circulated. Almost all the monks who practiced the Blood Nerve fell into the evil way and brought disaster to the world.

The true power of "Blood Nerve" may not be inferior to "Yuanshi Tianmo Strategy", but no one in the history of this world has ever practiced it completely. But even so, a cultivator who has only practiced the Evil Blood Nerve to a small extent is enough to rely on it to dominate the world.

However, this skill does not have a stable inheritance lineage. It has been copied and republished, with many fragments circulating in the world.

At this moment, Liujin Ancient Artifact Shop is also selling this kind of incomplete copy. If it really is the complete version of "Blood Nerve", I'm afraid all twelve top sects of Taoism and Demonism in the world will come to attack. A mere city that never sleeps may not be enough to be affected by the aftermath.

"This is one of the thirteen chapters in the ninth volume of Blood Nerve. After inspection, the inheritance of the technique is reliable. The starting price is fifty thousand spirit stones."

Even if it is a fragmentary copy, as long as the content is true, there will be a large number of cultivators willing to pay a large amount of spirit stones to obtain it.

Over the past thousand years, isn’t there enough powerful magic skills derived from the "Blood Nerve" in the Tongxuan Realm?

"Blood Demon Heart Transforming Method", "Poison Blood Scripture", "Blood Sea Demonic Art", "Blood River Method", almost all of them are techniques that directly target the golden elixir. Even if a righteous golden elixir master gets hold of this treasure, I am afraid that very few people can resist not reading it, even if they know that they will be bewitched by it and fall into the devil's way.

Before the auction officially began, Lu Cheng exhaled lightly, then paid the spirit stone, took the Scarlet Flame Flying Sword and left the Liujin Ancient Artifact Workshop.

Lu Cheng also wanted to read the book "Blood Nerve", but he knew clearly that he was far from qualified. If he really got it, no matter if he was a disciple of Huoyun Mansion or in this city that never sleeps, he would definitely die the next day.

(End of this chapter)