Mortals get a golden finger for immortal cultivation every year

Chapter 162: Unveiling the True Face of the Long Family

As one auction item after another appeared, Zhao Shuang also repeatedly bid on the items that were auctioned, such as elixirs, spiritual treasures, or animal spirit talismans such as the "Poisonous Python Order", and these things were all for Xu Qianyu, the beautiful woman in his arms.

The beautiful female cultivators who came in to collect spirit stones were envious, but Zhao Shuang did not want another beautiful female cultivator. He just lacked a female cultivator to give him a massage.

As for Xu Qianyu, she was in his arms and naturally couldn't give him a massage, and with Xu Qianyu's personality, it was also difficult to give him a massage.

Soon, the finale auction item that Zhao Shuang had been waiting for appeared!

Scales of the ink qilin.

This is a true spiritual scale. Without any refining, its strength is comparable to that of an ordinary spiritual treasure. If it is refined, there is a good chance that it will become a new Tongtian spiritual treasure, but its ranking will not be too high.

In addition, it can be refined into a pill: Kuishui Zhendan, which can improve the strength of a cultivator in the Spirit Transformation Stage by one level, and can be called a miraculous elixir that defies the heavens.

However, it is of no use to Zhao Shuang, so it would be better to refine it into a celestial magic treasure.

It just so happens that Xu Qianyu has the ice attribute and the same origin as water, so she is more suitable.

"Qianyu, do you want it?"

Now that he had made up his mind, Zhao Shuang naturally had to ask Xu Qianyu in his arms for her opinion.

At this moment, Xu Qianyu, whose face was flushed as she stared at the ink-black unicorn scales, frowned when she heard this, and spoke in a tone of disbelief.

"Brother, what do you mean? Return Qianyu? No, it's too expensive," Xu Qianyu refused without much hesitation.

The relationship between the two is not worthy of such a precious treasure.

"It's nothing, just consider it as a betrothal gift. But I need to refine it into a Tongtian Lingbao first."

Zhao Shuang smiled nonchalantly.

"Thank you, Brother Yanxiao."

When Xu Qianyu heard the proposal and betrothal gift, her cheeks turned red and she agreed.

After all, the more valuable the betrothal gift, the more it showed Zhao Shuang's concern for her, and the more face the Xu family would have. And having a celestial treasure was a great thing for both her and the Xu family.

"it is good."

Seeing Xu Qianyu agreed, Zhao Shuang stared at the trio who were testing the authenticity of the ink unicorn scales.

At this moment, the second test is underway!

Test the hardness!
The woman in the testing group of three shook her sleeves, and suddenly, a golden axe about a foot in size appeared in her hand.

It was shining with cold light, and it turned out to be a very powerful ancient treasure.

Then, the golden axe turned into golden light and slashed directly at the ink Qilin piece.

There was a loud bang, but the ink unicorn's scales were not damaged at all.

"This ink unicorn scale is so hard, it's worthy of being dropped from a true spirit."

Seeing this scene, Zhao Shuang couldn't help but sigh.

The middle-aged woman did not stop before she finished speaking. She chanted a spell and suddenly, a pillar of green fire shot out from under the ink unicorn scales, swallowing up the ink unicorn scales in an instant like a volcanic eruption and disappeared.

And this blue flame is nothing else, it is a fire-related magical power that is quite famous in Tianyuan City.
Three-color blue fire

But compared with the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire in Zhao Shuang's body, it is a world away. If it is the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire, it would not be able to burn the Ink Qilin scales so quickly.

But it's okay to burn it after a long time.

However, this three-colored green fire did not affect the ink unicorn scales at all, which made everyone sigh at the power of the ink unicorn scales.

Thus, the "identity" was confirmed. It was indeed the "Ink Kirin Scale". This was a good thing, and everyone present was surprised.

In fact, fake "true spiritual objects" have appeared in the past. Most of them are made of materials from ancient beasts or monsters with true spiritual blood, and then processed with special refining methods, making them almost indistinguishable from the real thing.

This is also the reason why the Taixuan Palace has been repeatedly testing this, all for the sake of integrity. Otherwise, how could the Long family, the family behind the Taixuan Palace, control most of the human race's auction houses? This is one of the foundations: integrity.

Although this time the plan was for the little princess of the Ye family, the things used were indeed real materials, which made people convincing.

Although he had other purposes, Zhao Shuang would not miss such an opportunity.

After a series of tests were completed, Master Chi walked to the front of the stage and announced the starting price.

"Three scales of the True Spirit Black Qilin, the starting price is 15 million spirit stones, each bid increase must not be less than 1 million, start bidding now!"

"Seventeen million"

"Eighteen million"

"Twenty million spirit stones"

……

Before he finished speaking, the cultivators in the Spiritualization Stage present rushed to bid.

After all, it is the same as the Nascent Soul stage in the human world. To be precise, most realms are the same. Almost the vast majority of cultivators will be trapped in the early stages for their entire lives.

Not to mention the cultivators in the Spirit Transformation Stage, so at this moment most of the cultivators in the early stage of the Spirit Transformation Stage had red eyes and were competing desperately.

But as the price increased to 25 million, most of the cultivators in the God Transformation Stage came to their senses again.

There were only three monks left who had made bids, but Zhao Shuang did not make any bid. Xu Qianyu was not worried that Zhao Shuang would break his promise and continued to wait.

Pay attention to the competition among the remaining three people.

One of them had previously competed for the True Toad Spirit Blood, and his voice was as lazy as ever.

The other two people were one extremely old and the other had a cold and pleasant voice. They seemed to be an old man and a young female cultivator respectively.

The three of them increased the bid by one million at a time, and in a blink of an eye it reached a sky-high price of nearly 30 million.

When the sky-high price of 30 million was announced, the voices of the female cultivator and the old man stopped abruptly.

At the same time, many monks in the hall stared at the sky above the auction table with different expressions. There, the numbers on the huge magic plate were changing colors. When it completely turned into red gold, the ownership of the items was settled.

"Thirty-one million."

Zhao Shuang made a bid, and the hall became lively again.
Thirty-two million

The lazy voice sounded a little surprised.

"Thirty-three million"

Zhao Shuang continued to raise the price. He didn't have many spirit stones, but he could definitely use spiritual medicine as collateral.

Anyway, no matter what year the elixir is from, it only needs to be ripened using the "Qingdi Muhuang Gong".

It's no big deal.

Thirty-four million

The lazy voice hesitated for a moment before speaking again. "Thirty-five million."

Zhao Shuang's words startled Xu Qianyu in his arms.

This price is enough to buy the lower ranked Tongtian Lingbao.

"Thirty-five million? Humph! Fellow Daoist Chi, I doubt this Daoist doesn't have that many spirit stones and is just causing trouble. Shouldn't you test this person to see if he can really come up with such a large fortune?"

At this moment, the lazy owner could no longer sit still.

After all, thirty-five million spirit stones had already reached his limit.

Then, Master Chi spoke.

"After the bidding ends, I will personally examine this matter. But before that, I will not interrupt the auction. Please continue bidding, fellow Taoists."

"Okay, in that case, I won't make any more offers. I hope this fellow Daoist can actually come up with 35 million in collateral."

The owner of the lazy voice was a little angry and said this in a sarcastic tone, and really stopped bidding.

Afterwards, the numbers on the magic plate turned into red gold.

Master Chi immediately announced that the three true spirit scales belonged to Zhao Shuang.

He personally took the woman holding the wooden box with her hands, and flew towards the flying house where Zhao Shuang was with her clothes fluttering.

The old man paused and stopped in front of the house.

Without saying a word, he flipped his hand and a green token appeared in his hand.

He gently shook the flying house wrapped in runes, moved his body, and went directly into the house. The woman in plain clothes followed him in without making a sound.

As soon as he entered the house, the old man surnamed Chi looked at Zhao Shuang, who was surrounded by a white halo, and smiled slightly. Then he clasped his fists and said, "Chi has already delivered the treasure. Daoist Fellow, it's time to pay the spirit stones. If you have collateral, Daoist Fellow He and I will assess the value and convert it into cash. If you feel that it's undervalued, I can ask the other two Daoists to come over."

The old man in white robe was extremely polite.

Seeing this, Zhao Shuang continued to smile. He waved his sleeves and immediately threw a storage bracelet to Master Chi, then smiled.

"The stuff here should be enough. If there's anything left, use it as a deposit for the two finale items. We'll settle the bill when the time comes."

As soon as these words came out, Master Chi's pupils shrank and he spoke tentatively.

"Fellow Daoist, are you also interested in the next two auction items?"

"Of course, these are the Tongtian Lingbao and the techniques left behind by the Fusion Stage. Who among the many cultivators present wouldn't be interested? Is there something wrong with these two items, or have they already been assigned to owners?"

Zhao Shuang said meaningfully.

"Haha, fellow Daoist, you're really good at joking. Let's check it out." Master Chi's expression remained unchanged. He laughed and quickly changed the subject. He handed the storage bracelet to the woman beside him.

The woman did as she was told and began to check the thousand-year-old elixirs in the storage bracelet. As she took out one thousand-year-old elixir after another, Master Chi began to have deep doubts about Zhao Shuang's identity.

In recent years, many thousand-year-old elixirs have appeared in Tianyuan City, even lowering the price of thousand-year-old elixirs in the entire Tianyuan City by a few cents, but they are still in short supply.

After confirming that the ten thousand year old elixir was worth no more, Master Chi, although he suspected Zhao Shuang's identity, was also afraid that Zhao Shuang would find out something, so he took the woman away directly.

In response, Zhao Shuang's smile only grew more intense.

"Brother, is there something strange about this auction?"

At this moment, even Xu Qianyu could see that something was wrong.

"Don't worry, it's not targeting us, there's nothing to worry about."

Zhao Shuang chuckled and soothed.

"Who is that?"

Xu Qianyu felt that Zhao Shuang must be someone who knew about it, but she didn't know where he got it from.

At this time, Master Chi returned to the stage and announced the next auction item without mentioning Zhao Shuang.

"Now, let's begin the auction for the next treasure. This item is a spiritual treasure on the Chaos Myriad Spirits List, its value is only surpassed by the True Spirit Scales. This is the all-encompassing spiritual treasure 'Pinghai Spear', and the starting price is 20 million!"

As soon as the words fell,
Another old man came out at the right time and took out a short spear with thousands of blue rays of light directly from the storage bracelet.

Zhao Shuang had bought this Tongtian Lingbao at the auction for a whopping 30 million Lingshi. He needed to study Tongtian Lingbao carefully, and this one was quite good. He naturally couldn't miss it.

All of a sudden, everyone present became more curious about Zhao Shuang's identity, and at the same time, they were curious whether Zhao Shuang was interested in the last item to be auctioned.

……

Master Chi was also worried. He always felt that Zhao Shuang must have seen something, but he had no evidence, just this feeling.

But no matter how he felt, he would not forget the important matter, and immediately spoke.

"This last item is a secret technique from a late-stage fusion master renowned in both the human and demon worlds. Many Daoists may not know this master's name, but the 'Great Circulation Extermination Divine Needle' is a powerful technique."

"I'm sure most of you here have heard of this. This magical power has been displayed brilliantly several times during the wars against alien races. Various versions of its cultivation methods have been circulated, and even among the demon race, some have practiced this secret art. This technique is one of the powers inherent in this set of skills. It is the original version of this technique personally created by the elder 'Five Spirits True Lord' in ancient times. Therefore, its value is immense, and I need not elaborate further. The most important value of this set of skills lies not only in this, but in the fact that after practicing, one can temporarily transform the five elements of one's mana, granting it unfathomable power. The conditions for practicing this set of skills are quite demanding. First, the practitioner must not have a cultivation level that is too high or too low. Only those in the Nascent Soul and Spiritualization stages can consider practicing it. Furthermore, practitioners must possess spiritual roots of the five elements; otherwise, success is difficult..."

"Wait a minute, can I ask a question?"

At this time, Zhao Shuang suddenly spoke up to stop Master Chi from talking nonsense. He asked him for so many thousand-year-old elixirs. If it made the Long family happy, it would not be his style.

"Fellow Daoist, please speak?"

Master Chi's heart tightened and he had to stop and speak.

"May I ask if this senior's surname is Long? Is he from the Long family, a True Spirit family?"

As soon as these words came out, Master Chi's face darkened slightly, but he still forced a smile.

"Fellow Daoist, you're joking. That senior has absolutely no connection to the Long family, a True Spirit family."

"Oh! Really? Haha, that was my misunderstanding. It's just that I once found something in an ancient notebook..."

Before he could finish his words, a threatening voice sounded in Zhao Shuang's ears.

"If you don't want to die, shut up!"
"Haha, I never thought that the Taixuan Hall of the Long family, a True Spirit family, would actually threaten others. They clearly have the intention to murder others, but they won't allow kind-hearted people to speak out. That's right, if they did, the Long family auction house would not be able to operate."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Shuang couldn't help laughing.

Now, even if the ancestor of the Long family took action personally, he would not be able to do anything to him. He was not worried about anything at all.

"Fellow Daoist, please stop talking nonsense!"

At this moment, under the strange looks of many monks, Master Chi's face was as frosty as a frost.

"The fellow Daoist who just threatened me should be the young master of the Long family: Long Dong."

"I have heard of the name of the young master of the Long family for a long time, but why doesn't he dare to show himself in front of others? He acts suspiciously and threatens others. Doesn't this damage the reputation of the Long family as the number one true spiritual family?"

Zhao Shuang laughed.

(End of this chapter)