I am devoted to the Tao

Chapter 117 Are even the gods having such a miserable time these days?

The giant object is ochre in color and more than three meters high. It looks like a rock, but also like a corner of a mountain.

What was strange was that a life force surged out of it, as if it was a monster about to awaken.

"Is this a treasure or a monster egg?" Jiang Chuan looked curious.

Patriarch Ziyun replied, "To be precise, they are the descendants of that old fellow, the Nine Peaks Mountain God."

"Descendants of the mountain god? Descendants of the gods?"

Jiang Chuan was stunned for a moment: "They even dare to sell the descendants of gods. Isn't Hongchen Pavilion afraid that the gods will come to find them?"

Standing in front of the Dragon Platform, the pretty lady Hong Fu, the headmistress of the Hongchen Pavilion, wearing a golden hairpin and a long red dress, began to introduce herself.

"The Jiufeng Mountain God of Jiufeng Star is recently short of spirit stones. Therefore, he sold three of his descendants to our Hongchen Pavilion, and this is one of them. Whether hatching as a mount or using it to refine pills, the descendants of the mountain god are excellent choices."

Jiangchuan: "."

No, are even gods having such a miserable time these days?
They have to sell their children to make a living.

"You can't use mortal concepts to apply to monks."

Patriarch Ziyun jumped onto the silver pear wood chair next to Jiangchuan.

"It may take ten months for a mortal to give birth to a child, but in the end, a child is nothing more than the fusion of the essence and energy of the parents, which transforms into the original energy and is conceived."

"When the Nine Peaks Mountain God's essence merges with the essence of the demon beast, it can produce many offspring. It can be said to be a very profitable business."

"You think this is selling off your children, but in the eyes of the Nine Peaks Mountain God, it's just selling a little bit of essence, not even the original essence."

"The auction begins now, with a starting price of 700,000 spirit stones."

As soon as Mrs. Hongfu finished speaking, the monks at the auction began to bid.

"Seven hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones!"

"Seven hundred and sixty thousand spirit stones!"

"Eight hundred thousand spirit stones!"

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Patriarch Ziyun asked, "Do you want to buy it and use it to practice Kuntian Immortal Venerable's 'Taishi Purity and Turbidity Refining the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, All Spirits and All Things'?"

"This is almost one million spirit stones. It's too expensive."

Jiang Chuan shook his head. He renamed the book "The Clear and Turbid Refine the Heaven and Earth" to "The Tai Shi Clear and Turbid Refine the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, All Spirits and Things". In order to cultivate it, he needed to seize the clear and turbid qi.

According to legend, when the world was first created, pure air rose to form the sky, and turbid air sank to form the earth.

The clear and turbid energies are the essence of heaven and earth. The mountain god is a god born from the earth. The descendants transformed from his essence and energy can naturally extract the essence of the earth by refining his origin.

In the end, the descendant of the Jiufeng Mountain God was bought for 1.5 million spirit stones.

After the descendant of the Jiufeng Mountain God was carried down, a silver-white jade ruyi was brought to the dragon platform by a maid.

The jade ruyi is inlaid with spiritual materials such as yang crystal stone, blood jade diamond, and rosy jade as decoration, and looks exquisite and gorgeous.

"This jade ruyi was refined by a fellow Taoist from the Wanmu Taoist Palace using the remains of two top-grade magic weapons. It is one step away from being a top-grade treasure. If a fellow Taoist with superb refining skills can refine it again, it should be able to become a top-grade treasure." Mrs. Hongfu introduced.

"what?"

The Tai Chi Bagua diagram appeared under the feet of Ancestor Ziyun. The Tai Chi Bagua diagram slowly rotated, emitting a mysterious aura.

"This Jade Ruyi is a small flaw. The blood jade diamond inlaid on it is not a blood jade diamond, but a Heavenly Demon Stone. The two are very similar. It seems that the cultivator who refined the weapon must have confused them."

"The Sky Demon Stone? Legend has it that this treasure was formed when the blood of a Sky Demon spilled onto the earth and condensed."

Jiang Chuan touched his chin and said, "My Infinite Yang Body is only one step away from reaching the peak of the Yang Realm. By refining the essence and blood in the Heavenly Demon Stone, I should be able to break through to the peak of the Yang Realm."

"The person who refined the weapon had a very creative idea. He combined the spiritual wood containing the power of the moon with the yang crystal stone containing the power of the sun, hoping to achieve the unity of yin and yang and refine a Taoist weapon."

"True, it's a pity that it's not easy to combine yin and yang, otherwise this magic weapon has the potential to become a Taoist weapon."

"Yin and Yang are the foundation of heaven and earth. How can they be so easily integrated?"

Many discerning monks at the auction also saw the true nature of this jade ruyi.

"The power of Taiyin is perfect for practicing the Black Cloud Lightning Hand."

Jiang Chuan's eyes flickered slightly.

Among the magical powers he obtained from An Yunyi, apart from "The Devil's Descent", the most powerful one is "Black Cloud Lightning Hand".

"The auction begins now, with a starting price of 80,000 spirit stones."

As soon as Mrs. Hongfu finished speaking, Jiangchuan started bidding.

"One hundred thousand spirit stones."

"One hundred and ten thousand spiritual stones."

"One hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones."

"Two hundred thousand spirit stones. I just recently accepted a new apprentice, and this little gadget is perfect for him to practice with."

A loud voice came from a private room.

"Old Ghost Wang, you haven't accepted any disciples in five hundred years. How could a disciple like yours even catch your eye?"

"Get lost! Wei Lin, you've already snatched one of my apprentices. I won't let you snatch a second one."

"Who stole your apprentice? You were drunk and said I didn't have a single apprentice. You insisted that your apprentice become my disciple and take care of me until the end of my life."

"I just said that, who knew my apprentice would really take you as his master!"

Jiangchuan: "."

Ancestor Ziyun: “.”

The master said it casually, but the disciple actually took it seriously.

However, with a master like this who has no say and doesn't seem very reliable, it makes sense to change his job.

"Two hundred thousand once!"

"Twenty-one thousand."

"Two hundred and twenty thousand."

"Two hundred and fifty thousand."

"Three hundred thousand."

The cultivator known as Old Monster Wang directly raised the price to three hundred thousand.

"That's too high! I can buy a good top-grade flying sword for that price."

"Although it has the potential to be a Taoist weapon, it still needs to be fulfilled." "That's right, I still won't follow."

When the price was raised to 300,000 spirit stones, many cultivators who had previously participated in the bidding withdrew.

"Three hundred and ten thousand." Jiang Chuan continued bidding.

"Three hundred and twenty thousand."

"Three hundred and fifty thousand."

Jiang Chuan directly raised the price to 350,000 spirit stones.

Old Monster Wang did not continue to bid, obviously thinking that the price of 350,000 spirit stones was too high.

"Three hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones once."

"Three hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones twice."

"Three hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones three times. Congratulations to this fellow Taoist!"

Madam Hongfu announced the deal, and the maid took the jade ruyi off the dragon platform.

A moment later, the door of the box was opened with a creak.

A large man in green walked into the box with a maid holding a jade ruyi.

The big man had a turtle-like back and a crane-like shape, and his spine was straight like a spear, reaching into the sky.

"I am Jin Yingyang, the deputy leader of the Red Dust Pavilion. May I know the name of this fellow Taoist?"

"Jiangchuan."

As he spoke, Jiang Chuan raised his hand, and his magic power turned into a big hand, grabbing the jade ruyi.

Click!

Under Jin Yingyang's gaze, Jiang Chuan directly pinched the jade ruyi into two halves.

"Friend Jiang Daoyou has such a terrifying body!" A hint of surprise appeared in Jin Yingyang's eyes.

He could also crush a top-grade treasure with his bare hands, but he definitely couldn't do it as easily as Jiang Chuan.

"Jiang only has some experience in the physical body."

Jiang Chuan smiled slightly, and spirit stones flew out of his storage bag like a small river.

He killed Ji Yanran and nine elders of the Maha Palace and obtained all the assets of the ten people, which amounted to nearly 500,000 spirit stones alone.

At the same time, Jiangchuan wrapped the broken jade ruyi with his magic power.

As Jiang Chuan extracted the Taiyin power from Yu Ruyi, the entire box seemed to have turned into winter.

The maid who followed Jin Yingyang in was shivering from the cold.

After a few breaths, everything returned to calm and the box returned to its original state.

"What kind of magical scripture has this boy practiced to be able to refine such a terrifying Taiyin power in just a moment." Jin Yingyang looked at Jiang Chuan with a calm expression and was secretly shocked.

After waving his hand to put away the 350,000 spirit stones, Jin Yingyang spoke again: "I heard that Fellow Daoist Jiang has a deal worth over a million spirit stones. I wonder what spiritual materials and treasures Fellow Daoist Jiang plans to buy?"

"Fellow Daoist Jin, let's discuss this matter after the auction is over."

Jiang Chuan was very satisfied with the bargain he had just found and was looking forward to the next auction even more.

The maid held a scroll of Taoist scriptures made of jade and placed it on the dragon platform.

Madam Hongfu introduced, "This scroll of Taoist scriptures was left behind by Taoist Hufeng a thousand years ago. It records his famous magical power, the Ghostly Crying Wind."

"Ghosts Crying, Dark Wind, this magical power was very famous thousands of years ago!"

"I never thought that Taoist Hu Feng's inheritance would be found by someone."

"My master also told me about this magical power and praised it highly!"

The monks in the auction hall began to discuss.

"Ghosts weeping in the cold wind."

Jiang Chuan touched his chin.

Ancestor Ziyun said in a voice transmission: "I don't think you need to buy this kind of magical power."

"I want to build a foundation for immortality, but I still lack a lot of magical powers."

Jiang Chuan has cultivated a total of fifteen kinds of magical powers so far, and including "Heavenly Tribulation Thunder" and "Purifying Turbidity and Refining Heaven and Earth", there are only more than thirty kinds in total.

To build an immortal foundation, one needs at least 49 kinds of magical powers.

Ziyun Patriarch squatted on a chair and asked: "Have you absorbed the power of Taiyin into your brain?"

Jiangchuan: "."

Don't think that just because we've been through life and death together, you can make fun of Jiang at will.

Do you really think you are Jiang's iron? You are a top-grade Taoist weapon spirit, so you can say whatever you want.

"Haven't you refined the Treasure Mountain Seal? Go into the Treasure Mountain and look for those Daoist instruments. Even though many Daoist instruments are restricted and can't impart magical skills and scriptures, there are always some that can be taught. There's no need to waste spirit stones."

Hearing what Ziyun Patriarch said, Jiang Chuan's eyes lit up: "That's right!"

It’s fun to get something for free!

It’s always fun to get something for free!

Taoist weapons such as the Ghost Rain Sword and the Daytime Sky Knife clearly possess the magical powers of scriptures.

Being able to get scriptures and magical powers from them for free is definitely like picking up a mountain of spirit stones!

The auction continued, and items were sold one after another. Jiang Chuan did not have the opportunity to find a bargain again, so he did not buy any items.

An hour later, it was time for the finale item to be auctioned.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone in the auction hall, the maid walked onto the dragon platform holding a transparent crystal bottle.

The crystal bottle was one foot high and filled with an unknown golden liquid.

The golden liquid, like gold melted into golden water, shines brightly.

"What kind of treasure is this?"

Jiang Chuan showed curiosity. This golden liquid did not match the many spiritual waters he had seen in ancient books.

"Could it be that kind of thing? But how could anyone sell that kind of thing?" Old Ancestor Ziyun stared at the crystal bottle on the dragon platform without blinking.

(End of this chapter)