Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 475 Core of the Secret Realm

As the auction entered its second half, the quality of the items on stage suddenly rose considerably.

The presiding elder was also replaced by an old man in the late Golden Core stage, who personally took the stage. Behind him were four guards in the late Foundation Establishment stage, each holding a tightly sealed jade box.

"The following items are all the highlights of this auction."

The old man's voice was calm and steady as his gaze swept across the entire room. "Fellow Daoists who intend to bid, please act according to your means."

The first jade box was opened quickly.

A palm-sized bronze mirror floated within the array's light screen. Its surface was extremely smooth, but it was not an ordinary reflective surface. Instead, it displayed a deep, dark green color, like a still, deep pool. The edges of the mirror were engraved with dense, miniature array patterns, each of which was slowly radiating spiritual light.

"The Mirror of Myriad Manifestations. An ancient relic, its function is to record and replay images, tracing specific reflections and subtle fluctuations of spiritual energy within a certain range. It is of great assistance in analyzing formation structures, reviewing battles, and gathering intelligence. Starting bid: two thousand mid-grade spirit stones."

Li Yuan's gaze fell on the bronze mirror.

In the preview hall, he sensed the item emitting a purple glow within a three-foot radius.

Starting at 2,000, it means the final transaction price will at least double.

Sure enough, the bidding started almost immediately.

Two thousand five hundred.

"Three thousand."

"Three thousand two."

Several late-stage Golden Core cultivators in the private room were the first to start vying for it. The auxiliary function of this item was too practical, and both array masters and combat cultivators could benefit greatly from it.

The price climbed all the way up to four thousand.

Li Yuan spoke up at 4,020.

There was a few moments of silence in the opposite compartment before they announced four thousand five hundred.

Li Yuan answered without hesitation, "Five thousand."

The offer of 5,000 mid-grade spirit stones silenced the entire room for a moment. This price was close to the market price of a top-grade third-tier magic weapon, which was indeed ridiculously high for an auxiliary item.

The other van did not continue to bid.

Five thousand mid-grade spirit stones were sold.

The mirror was quickly brought into the private room.

Li Yuan reached out and took it; the moment his fingertips touched the mirror, the panel in front of him popped out.

[Equipable item detected: Mirror of All Things (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: All Things Revert (Purple)]

[Effect: Increases soul strength by 50%, soul refinement by 30%, and enhances the ability of divine sense to analyze more information]

[Permanentization Requirements: Record and successfully analyze three battles involving Nascent Soul level or higher.]

Purple entry.

This auction consumed a great deal of spirit stones. With five thousand spirit stones plus the two thousand that had been spent before, Li Yuan's reserves were almost depleted.

Next, two more items with purple-grade attributes were brought to the stage.

One item was an ancient sword radiating lightning, and the other was a strange alchemy furnace that was said to aid in alchemy. The bidding was fierce, and the final transaction prices reached six thousand and seven thousand mid-grade spirit stones respectively.

Li Yuan did not participate because he didn't have enough spirit stones, and the two items were not a good match for his current needs.

After several rounds of bidding for the purple items, the atmosphere quickly reached its peak.

The elderly man in the late stage of the Golden Core realm, who was in charge of the event, walked to the center of the high platform and solemnly placed the last jade box in the center of the display stand.

It was the ancient jade box in the preview hall that was tightly sealed by dark gold talismans.

"The last item up for auction."

The old man raised his hand and poured his spiritual energy into the talisman.

The dark gold seal peeled away layer by layer, and the jade box lid slowly rose up.

An extremely ancient aura surged from the box, instantly filling the entire auction hall. The aura was rich, pure, and carried an indescribable sense of antiquity, as if it came from a world that had disappeared ten thousand years ago.

The atmosphere of the space.

However, it is not entirely spatial power; it also contains extremely abundant spiritual energy of heaven and earth, as well as a kind of life force-like pulse.

Inside the jade box, a crystal the size of an infant's fist floated quietly. The crystal was completely transparent, with countless tiny points of light slowly rotating inside, like a miniature starry sky.

"The core of a secret realm." The old man's voice echoed in the hall. "A complete secret realm core sealed from ancient times. Function: It can be used to create an independent secret realm, where spiritual materials can be cultivated, spiritual energy can be stored, and even spiritual beasts can be raised. The scale and quality of the secret realm depend on the total amount of spiritual energy injected and the cultivation level of the maintainer."

Starting bid: 10,000 mid-grade spirit stones.

The entire audience erupted in uproar.

The starting bid was 10,000, a sum that exceeded the entire fortune of most of the Golden Core cultivators present.

But then, bidding began in succession from all the private rooms.

"Twelve thousand."

""

"Fifteen thousand."

"Eighteen thousand."

The bidders were all representatives of various forces, not independent cultivators. The Coral Palace, the Dragon Abyss Pavilion, the Dark Fiend True Man's Yuan Sect, and several other overseas forces that Li Yuan couldn't name all joined the competition.

The price broke through 20,000 in a very short period of time.

Li Yuan leaned back in his chair, quietly watching the secret realm core on the stage.

Purple entry.

In the preview hall, he had already confirmed the grade of this secret realm core. It was an anciently sealed secret realm core with powerful functions, but the grade of its attributes was still purple.

For major powers, even a small to medium-sized independent secret realm is a valuable strategic resource, worth paying a lot of money to fight for.

However, for Li Yuan, this core was too low in cost-effectiveness, and he himself was out of spirit stones.

Ultimately, the core of the secret realm was auctioned off to the Coral Palace for a sky-high price of 32,000 mid-grade spirit stones after fierce bidding between the Coral Palace and the Dragon Abyss Pavilion.

The sword cultivator from Longyuan Pavilion gave up bidding at the last minute, his cold and hard face revealing no emotion.

The auction has ended.

As the cultivators from all sides gradually left, Li Yuan did not rush to leave. Instead, he sat in the private room for a while longer, and only got up and left the core auction area after the crowd had dispersed.

After leaving the auction venue, Li Yuan did not return to Lingtai Palace, but instead turned around and headed towards the teleportation array plaza in the center of the main island.

The ultra-long-distance teleportation array, which was built under the leadership of the Tianyue Sect, is located right in the center of the plaza.

During the day, the square is bustling with people. Tianyue Sect disciples are on duty around the teleportation array, and occasionally cultivators line up to wait for teleportation.

Li Yuan did not approach the teleportation array itself, but instead stood on a high platform on the outskirts of the square, observing it from a distance.

The array network overview operates automatically.

The overall structure of the teleportation array rapidly took shape in his perception. Hundreds of spatial rune jade pillars were arranged in a precise matrix, and the array base loops under the ground extended deep underground, connecting with the ley lines of the island itself.

The core formation is of extremely high quality, undoubtedly crafted by a top formation master of the Tianyue Sect. The efficiency of spiritual energy flow and the stability of the spatial anchor points have reached an astonishing level.

However, the auxiliary formations on the periphery are much weaker.

Li Yuan's gaze swept over the secondary and tertiary auxiliary circuits laid around the core array. Due to the tight construction time and the expansion caused by the seabed strata anomaly, there were many traces of temporary splicing on the outer array nodes. The connection of spiritual energy transmission was not smooth enough, and the load of some nodes was already close to the limit.

The core of the teleportation array is fine, but the outer perimeter is still quite damaged.

The current short-distance teleportation is relatively stable, but if it is to carry out large-scale long-distance teleportation, the weak points of the outer formation may become a bottleneck.

Much repair and reinforcement work is still needed.

Li Yuan withdrew his gaze and turned to leave the square.