The Confucian and Taoist Sages of Mortal Cultivation

"Five hundred low-grade spirit stones!"

"Six hundred..."

"Seven hundred..."

"Eight hundred spirit stones!"

As soon as this "Crimson Heavenly Furnace" appeared, it attracted the attention of the Foundation Establishment cultivators present, who immediately began bidding against it, and the price quickly doubled.

Yang Qingyuan had previously found more than fifty mid-grade spirit stones and a large number of low-grade spirit stones in Lian Feihua and Wang Ping's storage bags, so he was calm and casually raised the price, "Nine hundred spirit stones."

This price exceeded the expectations of most Foundation Establishment cultivators, causing the auction to fall silent instantly.

"Nine hundred spirit stones, first time!" The auctioneer looked around and, seeing no one else bidding, announced, "Nine hundred spirit stones, second time."

"make a deal!"

"Congratulations to this fellow Daoist on winning the Crimson Heavenly Furnace."

Yang Qingyuan took out a spirit stone bag from his storage bag, then walked onto the auction stage to complete the transaction on the spot, putting the crimson Red Luo Heavenly Furnace into his storage bag before taking his seat again.

Next, the auctioneer brought out more than twenty top-tier treasures, such as top-grade magic artifacts and various rare materials, which greatly excited the cultivators participating in the auction.

"The next item up for auction is a bit special, so please take a close look!"

Just then, the auctioneer on the stage suddenly took out a pair of dark, animal-shaped dolls from his storage bag.

These two dolls are only the size of a fist and resemble lions and tigers in appearance.

"Please look, esteemed guests, here is a pair of top-grade magic artifacts called 'Puppet Mechanical Beasts,' whose strength is comparable to that of a cultivator at the ninth level of the Qi Refining stage. Moreover, they are absolutely loyal and fearless in the face of death."

"Starting bid is only one hundred spirit stones!"

These words immediately caused a stir in the room.

"What are puppet mechanical beasts?"

"How come I've never heard of it before?"

Most of the cultivators present had never heard of puppetry, so they all spoke up and asked about the origin of the puppet beasts.

The auctioneer on stage explained in detail: "This mechanical puppet technique originates from weapon crafting, but it is completely different from weapon crafting. It uses various spiritual woods, ores, and essences as materials to craft puppets for cultivators to control."

"The art of puppetry is almost extinct in our Yuanwu Kingdom, except for the 'Thousand Bamboo Sect' in the far west."

"It is said that the top-tier puppets they create can even rival cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage."

"Imagine this scene: you're fighting your enemy one-on-one, and suddenly he taps his storage bag and pulls out a hundred or so puppets to attack you. Wouldn't that be terrifying?"

After these words were spoken, many cultivators present became curious. However, the two mechanical beasts on the stage were of poor quality, so no one bid, and the scene instantly became quiet.

Yang Qingyuan sat in the corner, a look of surprise on his face behind the mask. He thought to himself, "It seems I really have run into that matter between Senior Brother Lin and the members of the Thousand Bamboo Sect."

He vaguely remembered that the pair of mechanical beasts were originally given to the owner of the secret shop by the cultivators of the Thousand Bamboo Sect for auction, with the purpose of drawing out the warehouse steward of the Yellow Maple Valley, "Uncle Lin".

This Deacon Lin was originally the only son of the leader of the Thousand Bamboo Sect. However, due to the unexpected death of the leader and the subsequent rebellion within the sect, this young sect leader had no choice but to flee to the Yue Kingdom and join the Yellow Maple Valley, thus saving his life.

Unfortunately, this Deacon Lin was obsessed with the second half of the "Great Evolution Technique" and secretly contacted his old subordinates, which resulted in the news being leaked and alarming the current leader of the Thousand Bamboo Sect.

Seeing that Senior Brother Lin was still not giving up, the leader of the Thousand Bamboo Sect decided to eliminate him completely. He spread the word that the two puppet beasts contained the second half of the "Great Evolution Technique," which indeed lured Deacon Lin out.

Although Yang Qingyuan had met this Steward Lin once when he joined Huangfeng Valley, he had no intention of interfering.

"One hundred spirit stones!"

"I want this puppet beast!"

Just then, a voice rang out from the corner; someone had already called out a bid.

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look.

The person who spoke was a strange man whose entire head was covered by a large gray cloth bag, and whose aura was around the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

"Two hundred spirit stones."

Before everyone could react, a burly man wearing a green cloak doubled the auction price.

"Four hundred!" Upon seeing this, the strange man with the hood over his head bid again, looking determined to win.

"Six hundred..." The burly man wearing a green straw hat immediately followed.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them went back and forth, raising the price to nine hundred low-grade spirit stones, which was more expensive than the top-grade magic weapon that had been auctioned earlier.

The other cultivators present were already suspicious upon seeing this, secretly wondering if there was some astonishing secret hidden within this puppet beast.

Thinking of this, several cultivators with some wealth also joined the bidding, and the scene briefly got out of control.

"one thousand……"

"One thousand and one..."

Seeing that more and more cultivators were joining the bidding, the burly, hat-wearing cultivator grew anxious. He pulled out an iron ingot from his storage bag and shouted, "I'll trade this for..."

"This item is worth at least two thousand spirit stones."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent and turned to look at the iron ingot in the burly man's hand, extremely curious about what this treasure worth two thousand spirit stones could be.

Yang Qingyuan glanced at it and recognized that the iron ingot was a piece of refined iron, but it was far inferior to the piece of refined iron that Li Huayuan had given him.

In the corner, the three Foundation Establishment cultivators in black robes from the secret shop stepped forward, took the iron essence, carefully examined it, and then said, "High-grade iron essence, priced at two thousand low-grade spirit stones."

Upon hearing this, the cultivators who still wanted to participate in the auction immediately gave up.

After all, two thousand spirit stones is a considerable sum.

Seeing that no one else was bidding, the auctioneer put the iron essence into his storage bag and handed the pair of mechanical beasts to the burly man.

The burly man took the mechanical beast, breathed a sigh of relief, and returned to his seat.

"Next up is the grand finale item."

The auctioneer took a bright green box from his storage bag and placed it on the table.

"A thousand-year-old elixir, a single Ganoderma lucidum plant."

"It has been a long time since a thousand-year-old spiritual herb appeared in Yuanwu Kingdom. I'm sure all of you fellow cultivators are well aware of the value of a thousand-year-old spiritual herb."

"If this Polygonatum sibiricum is refined into a pill, it will surely allow all of you fellow cultivators to advance your cultivation level further."

"Starting bid: 500 spirit stones."

After saying these words, the auctioneer opened the box, revealing a yellow Ganoderma lucidum.

A rich medicinal fragrance immediately wafted out of the box, filling the entire hall, surprising and delighting the cultivators, who were all eager to try their skills.

"A thousand-year-old elixir! Coming to this trade fair was definitely the right decision!"

"One thousand spirit stones!"

The first cultivator to speak up immediately doubled the price of the spiritual herb.

"One thousand five hundred spirit stones..."

The cultivators present were already red-eyed, and their bidding voices rose and fell.

Yang Qingyuan sat quietly in the corner with his arms crossed, observing coldly. He vaguely remembered that this thousand-year-old spiritual herb was ripened by Han Li.

Because the mantra for "farming" can also accelerate the ripening of medicinal herbs, Yang Qingyuan was not interested in this Ganoderma lucidum.

In the end, this thousand-year-old spiritual herb was won by a cultivator in a gray robe for two thousand spirit stones plus a pile of precious refining materials.

The auctioneer was very satisfied with the transaction and announced, "Our auction for the Secret Shop has now concluded. Now, please come up on stage for free trading."

After saying that, he walked to the corner and gave up the auction table.

After pondering for a moment, Yang Qingyuan took the lead and went up to the stage. He took out a black bowl and a jade-green box, placed them on the table, and said, "The essence of the level two demon beast Gale Wolf and Ice Silkworm, plus a five-hundred-year-old Cold Tobacco Grass."

"To exchange for Qi Condensation Grass and pill formulas that increase cultivation level, one must be at least at the Foundation Establishment stage."

"Of course, trading pill formulas with spirit stones is also acceptable..."