Starting from the two realms, cultivating immortality by taming beasts

Chapter 76 Moon and Dew

The following morning, Chen Beiwu left the rented cave and set up his stall in the northern trading area of ​​Yinxiafang Market as usual.

Even when the sun was high in the sky at noon, he hadn't sold many talismans.

"As expected, everything is difficult at the beginning." Chen Beiwu glanced at the talismans on the stall, not surprised.

Although he sold talismans at prices lower than his competitors, independent cultivators in the market preferred to buy them from acquaintances to ensure their effectiveness, resulting in dismal business.

Changing this situation is quite simple.

He doesn't need to do anything; he just needs to wait for the reputation of the talismans to spread, and the business will naturally improve.

"Fellow Daoist, here is the Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium you requested." Wei Xuesong had just arrived at the stall when he took out more than a dozen sacks from his storage bag.

Chen Beiwu scanned the area with his divine sense and nodded in satisfaction.

The Dendrobium nobile in the sack was of excellent quality, even better than the Dendrobium nobile he had purchased in Biyuan Market.

After paying the bill with fifty spirit stones, Chen Beiwu put all the Phoenix Yellow Beans into his storage bag.

He couldn't earn much spirit stone by selling talismans at a stall in Yinxia Market. He did this simply to integrate into the market, build his reputation for talismans, and eventually join Mirror Moon Palace.

The real money-making business is selling Dendrobium nobile.

Once he finishes this two-thousand-pound order, he can focus on his cultivation and reach the ninth level of Qi Refining in the shortest possible time.

After receiving the spirit stone, Wei Xuesong didn't say much and returned to his stall on his own, afraid of arousing Chen Ziang's suspicion.

After all, water-attribute celestial spiritual roots are extremely rare, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them the pride of heaven.

Such a talented individual possesses a concealing magical artifact, indicating either a powerful background or extraordinary luck. He needs to further assess the other party's capabilities before deciding whether to make a move.

"I hope this guy really is just a rogue cultivator with no connections," Wei Xuesong thought to himself.

He can manipulate Qi Refining cultivators without any background at will, but it's different for Qi Refining cultivators with backgrounds. He can't be easily schemed against, otherwise he will lose his life sooner or later.

At dusk, Chen Beiwu finished setting up his stall and headed to Heiyan Mountain by the Chihong River.

Wei Xuesong's eyes flickered slightly, but he continued setting up his stall and did not follow.

……

Over millennia, wind erosion has carved obsidian peaks into the rock surface.

Meanwhile, amidst the cliffs and peaks of the mountains, a depleted spiritual vein mine was transformed by its owner into a private auction venue.

The two gatekeepers coldly replied, "Please show your jade token."

Chen Beiwu did not use his divine sense; he simply took out the jade token and passed the inspection smoothly.

Those two gatekeepers seemed ordinary, but in reality, they were highly skilled and even made him feel a sense of danger.

This shows that the cultivation families behind the Chihong River black market are not simple; they can even use cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining to guard the gate.

Following the flow of people deeper into the mine, Chen Beiwu paused, and a gray-blue circular open space came into view.

On the auction stage, an old monk dressed in a short tunic was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, seemingly waiting for the auction to begin.

Below the auction stage, rows of ebony chairs were arranged in a fan shape, each chair back engraved with its own number.

Two hundred and ninety-eight!

Finding the wooden chair corresponding to the jade plaque, Chen Beiwu sat down and looked around, discovering that the entire auction hall was already full.

A quarter of an hour later, the old cultivator opened his eyes, stood up, picked up the wooden mallet, and struck it. The pressure of a Foundation Establishment cultivator instantly swept across the entire auction hall.

"I am Bi Xi, in charge of this auction. Before the auction begins, there are three ironclad rules that I need to make clear to all of you fellow Daoists."

"First: No speaking allowed. Fellow Daoists, please refrain from loud noise and use the auction jade token to bid."

"Second: Once a item leaves Taiwan, it will not be investigated. Any item that leaves Taiwan will have no connection with the Chihhong River Auction House."

"Third: Once the gavel falls, there is no going back; the bidder cannot back out after the gavel has fallen."

At this point, Bi Xi struck the gavel, and a graceful maid with a veiled face walked onto the auction stage carrying the items for sale.

"The first item up for auction is a second-tier spirit-gathering array plate. The starting price is one thousand low-grade spirit stones, and each bid must be at least one hundred spirit stones higher."

The moment the words were spoken, the price on the auction stage changed immediately.

"One thousand five hundred spirit stones!"

"One thousand six hundred spirit stones!"

When the auction price on the auction stage reached 2,200 spirit stones, Bi Xi struck the gavel to confirm the sale of the item.

"It seems that array masters are quite scarce in the Southern Wilderness!" Chen Beiwu thought to himself.

A set of second-tier spirit-gathering array plates only costs five hundred spirit coins in the Immortal Alliance, but its price skyrockets four times in the Southern Wilderness Realm.

If he were willing to sell the array plates, he could make a fortune.

However, the Immortal Alliance array plate and the Southern Wilderness array plate are quite different. The former is too exquisite and perfect. If he were to sell it directly, it would attract attention.

Soon, as time passed, one treasure after another was brought to the auction stage, greatly expanding Chen Beiwu's knowledge.

"The 237th item is a second-grade high-quality spiritual item, Moon Dew. This treasure is a special product formed by the moonlight shining on the water-shaped earth veins all year round. After a cultivator consumes it, it can improve the purity of the water-attribute spiritual root. The starting price is 1,500 spirit stones, and each bid must be at least 100 spirit stones higher."

Chen Beiwu's heart skipped a beat when he saw the beautiful dewdrops presented at the auction.

Using Moon Dew to enhance the purity of a cultivator's spiritual root is a complete waste; its true purpose should be to nourish the spiritual seed.

"One thousand six hundred spirit stones."

As soon as Chen Beiwu pressed the bidding button, the auction price of Yue Tianlu on the stage soared to a sky-high price of 2,500 spirit stones.

Clearly, these cultivation families are not stingy with spending spirit stones in order to nurture their descendants.

"Phew!" Chen Beiwu exhaled a breath of stale air and did not continue bidding.

There's no way around it; seven or eight out of ten things in life are regrets.

He only had a few hundred spirit stones on him at most, but he dared to ask for a high price of 1,600 spirit stones because he had a cultivation technique that could be converted into a price.

But the price of Moon Dew kept rising, and he couldn't very well offer three or four different martial arts techniques to offset it; that would be blatantly admitting that he had a problem.

"Two thousand eight hundred spirit stones!"

When the auction price remained unchanged and no one continued to bid, Bi Xi had no choice but to strike the gavel to confirm the sale of the item.

"Finally got it!" Gu Chun loosened his grip on his white hand beneath his black robe.

Half a month later, the Mirror Moon Palace will begin its enrollment.

If she wants to become a disciple of a Golden Core cultivator and obtain the status of an inner disciple of the Mirror Moon Palace, instead of being assigned to work as a laborer in an affiliated sect of the Mirror Moon Palace, she must at least be a second-level alchemist.

However, the Golden Core Master of Mirror Moon Palace has extremely high standards, and it is difficult for ordinary second-tier low-grade alchemists to gain his favor, unless they are second-tier alchemists who can successfully refine the [Moon Essence Pill].

Moon Dew is one of the main ingredients for refining the second-grade low-level spiritual pill, Moon Essence Pill.

"I hope we can succeed in refining it this time." Gu Chun pursed her lips.

The family gave her a chance when they bought Moon Dew, but she failed, which led to the marriage recruitment event.

This time, she was determined not to fail.

If cultivating immortality doesn't allow one to control their own destiny, then what's the point of cultivating immortality?

(End of this chapter)