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Chapter 41 The Four Seas Auction: An Unexpected Gain (Please read on, please vote with monthly tickets)

time flies.

Ten days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Yuanzhou City, Yuehua Inn.

"Shh!"

Zhou Qing opened her eyes.

A smile appeared on his lips.

In ten days, he accumulated ten Dao Source Points.

The Crimson Sun Breathing Technique and the Dripping Water Stone Penetration Technique have both been integrated into the Primordial Chaos True Skill. The Primordial Chaos Internal Force is dozens of times stronger than when only the Profound Ice Heart Method was practiced.

He could 'see' the gate to heaven and earth within his body, which was within his reach.

However, the Sihai Pavilion auction is being held today, and it is not difficult for him to collect the eighth first-class internal skill. Only by fusing eight first-class internal skills can the Hunyuan True Skill truly reach 'perfection'.

When the time comes, opening the gates of heaven and earth and stepping into the innate realm will be a natural outcome.

Zhou Qing stood up, straightened her clothes, and stepped out of the room.

At this time, the lobby of Yuehua Inn was already full of people, or rather, almost all the inns in Yuanzhou City were full.

These people are all here for the Sihai Pavilion auction.

Sihai Pavilion is a top-tier business association that has emerged in the last ten years or so. Its background is mysterious and unpredictable, and it controls many rare resources.

An auction is held every three years, and often some unexpected treasures appear, including top-notch internal skills and even divine intentions.

Therefore, whenever the Four Seas Pavilion holds an auction, it doesn't need to advertise what treasures are available to attract attention; naturally, many martial artists gather there.

Soon.

Zhou Qing arrived at the auction venue of Sihai Pavilion.

This is a giant auction house capable of holding tens of thousands of people.

Outside the auction house, a large number of disciples from the Four Seas Pavilion were maintaining order.

Zhou Qing mingled among the crowd, scanning his surroundings. There were many entrances to the auction house, but most of them had long queues and were quite crowded.

However, there are also VIP access channels at the auction house.

Zhou Qing left the crowd and walked towards the VIP passage.

"Distinguished guest, please present your invitation!"

Before the advanced passage, a martial artist in tight-fitting clothes blocked Zhou Qing's way.

hum~~
With a thought, Zhou Qing activated his sword technique.

"This is... sword intent!" The martial artist in tight-fitting clothes was startled and immediately said respectfully, "Please come in, distinguished guest!"

The auction house's VIP entrance requires an invitation, but top-tier martial artists can enter directly without one.

Furthermore, the Sihai Pavilion auction is divided into an inner venue and an outer venue.

The outer area is a giant auction hall that can accommodate tens of thousands of people, while those who can participate in the inner area are either wealthy merchants and gentry with invitations or top-notch martial artists.

The number of people is usually only a few hundred.

As Zhou Qing stepped into the VIP passage, he was struck by its luxurious decor, a stark contrast to the hustle and bustle outside, exuding tranquility and elegance.

"This way, esteemed guest!"

A maid in palace attire immediately came forward and led Zhou Qing to a VIP room inside.

The VIP room window offers a direct view of the auction stage below.

"Honorable guest, the auction will begin in half an hour." A maid in palace attire stepped forward, picked up a booklet from the table, and handed it to Zhou Qing, saying, "This is a list of the items to be auctioned. Please take a look."

Zhou Qing sat upright on the soft couch, took the invitation from the maid in palace attire, and slowly opened it.

The post detailed all the items in the auction, ranging from precious medicinal herbs and weapons that could cut through iron like mud to various secret manuals and techniques.

"Thunderclap Technique!"

Zhou Qing saw the top-notch internal energy cultivation technique mentioned in the post.

Lightning-based internal energy, that's exactly what he lacks.

He has already integrated seven different types of cultivation techniques. Once he integrates one more, he will be able to blast open the gate to heaven and earth with 100% certainty.

"A fragment of the Nine Syllable Mantra!"

Just then, Zhou Qing's eyes lit up.

He saw the post listing an auction for a fragment of the Nine Syllable Mantra seal.

He cultivated the Nine-Character Mantra Seal, and its power goes without saying. The value of this secret technique surpasses that of ordinary first-class cultivation methods.

Unfortunately, he only obtained three of the nine syllable mantras. He never expected that a fragment of the nine syllable mantra would be auctioned off. The lion seal within the character "者"!
It is said to be a fragment, but it only contains one character of the printing method.

The inner lion seal, like the outer lion seal, is designed to stimulate the body's potential.

However, the outer lion seal burns blood and internal energy to enhance combat power, which is directed outwards, while the inner lion seal is directed inwards.

By using special methods to stimulate the body's potential, the body's cells can regenerate more rapidly, metabolism can be improved, and injuries can heal quickly.

It can even reconnect severed pulses and regenerate severed limbs.

This is essentially a sacred healing technique that can be used not only on oneself but also to heal others and stimulate their life force.

The side effect is that it depletes your life force. Each use will shorten your lifespan. The more severe the injury, the more lifespan you will lose if you want to recover quickly. If you want to regenerate a severed arm, it may take decades to shorten your lifespan.

Of course, stimulating the life force within another person consumes their lifespan; for a martial artist using the Inner Lion Seal, this consumption is internal energy.

However, this was an unexpected gain for Zhou Qing.

"God's intention?"

Zhou Qing also saw divine intent in this post.

The Divine Intent is a treasure that many top-tier forces do not possess. It can not only help first-rate martial artists quickly cultivate their power of momentum to perfection, but also, through years of cultivation with the Divine Intent, under its tempering, perfected power of momentum can be transformed into a seed of intent, or even condensed into a prototype of intent.

Some grandmasters who have just entered the Innate Realm can also quickly transform the rudimentary form of their intent into true power of intent by cultivating with the help of divine intent.

One can imagine how fierce the competition would be if divine will were to manifest.

Time passed little by little.

Soon, half an hour had passed.

The auction officially begins.

An old man stepped onto the stage and began to introduce the first item to be auctioned.

Zhou Qing simply closed his eyes to rest.

His goal was the top-tier internal skill Thunderclap Technique and the fragment of the Nine True Words Seal. The other items were not of much use to him, and there was no need to waste money bidding on them.

time flies.

One by one, the auctioneer brought the items to the auction stage.

Every item is worth at least 10,000 taels of silver. Anything less than 10,000 taels of silver is not even qualified to enter this inner auction.

However, so far, not a single treasure has piqued Zhou Qing's interest.

Just then, the old man on the auction stage suddenly became serious, lowered his voice, and said, "The next item for auction is the first-class internal energy technique, Thunderclap Technique. I'm sure everyone knows the value of a first-class internal energy technique, so I won't go into too much detail. The starting price for Thunderclap Technique is 50,000 taels of silver, and each bid must be at least 1,000 taels of silver!"

"I'll give you sixty thousand taels!"

"Seventy-five thousand taels!"

"Eighty thousand taels!"

"..."

"One hundred thousand taels!"

As the auctioneer's voice faded, bids rose and fell.

Before long, the price of the Thunderclap Technique exceeded 100,000 taels.

Zhou Qing sat calmly in the VIP room, his eyes fixed on the Thunderclap Technique on the auction stage, while secretly making calculations in his mind.

One hundred thousand taels of silver was already an extremely high price, but Zhou Qing knew that it was far from the true value of the Thunderclap Technique.

Based on past auction records, top-tier internal energy cultivation techniques can often fetch astronomical prices of over 150,000 taels of silver.

as predicted.

The price quickly soared to 150,000 taels.

"Sixteen thousand taels!"

Just as the old man on the auction stage was about to bring down the gavel, Zhou Qing spoke up.

"Sixteen thousand taels, someone has offered sixteen thousand taels, is there anyone else bidding?"

The old man on the auction stage looked around, a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

Everyone in the room fell silent. Sixteen thousand taels of silver was an extremely terrifying price. Even the wealthiest sects and forces would have to think it over carefully.

Although they could come up with so many silver notes.

But there's a final, divinely inspired plan to come.

That's the real highlight.

(End of this chapter)