To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

"And who is this fellow Daoist...?" the handsome man asked hesitantly.

Li Chunyang turned around, a smirk playing on his lips, and introduced, "This is Fellow Daoist Meng Wei, who competed with me in fire control. We ended in a draw, and we were just having tea and chatting when you arrived at the perfect time."

The handsome man coughed lightly, concealing his shock and embarrassment.

He had known Li Chunyang for many years and was very familiar with the intricacies of his fire control techniques. He thought Li Chunyang would win easily, but to his surprise, the two were evenly matched.

"I am Mo Siliang. Greetings, fellow Daoist. I was being presumptuous just now."

The handsome man bowed and apologized for his earlier words.

"It's alright," Gu Fan waved his hand and said, "Fellow Daoist Li's fire control technique is indeed profound, and what you think is perfectly normal."

Li Chunyang pulled Mo Siliang to sit down, and after the tea boiled, the three of them drank tea and chatted.

Thus, Gu Fan learned about Mo Siliang's background. He was actually from the Jiangnan Mo family, one of the three great immortal clans of Chu. Their clan's territory was in the northern part of Chu, facing Qin across the river.

"The clan brought out quite a few treasures for this auction, including Dragon Scale Jade and Xuan Yang Jade Silk..."

When Mo Siliang recited the names of dishes, he would usually name more than a dozen kinds of rare and precious ingredients.

After saying that, Mo Siliang leaned forward slightly and said in a cheeky tone, "Is there anything you like? Call me 'brother' and I'll personally get it for you. A 20% discount is no problem."

"Why would I need your little bit of spirit stones?" Li Chunyang said with a sneer.

Gu Fan's heart stirred upon hearing the name "Mysterious Yang Jade Silk".

Xuan Yang Jade Silk is a spiritual material comparable to Yun Jin silk. It is made by melting Xuan Jade with Yang Fire, extracting its essence and stretching it into a silk shape. It is sufficient to repair the Qingyun Fuxiao Umbrella.

"I wonder if we have enough spirit stones." Gu Fan frowned to himself.

The Lingxiao Sect's salary to him was not small, but it was mostly distributed in the form of good deeds. Spirit stones were not so plentiful. He had previously killed Bai Xingzhou and others and found a lot of spirit stones in their storage bags. They were enough to be worth a piece of Xuan Yang Jade Silk. However, if there were other things at the auction, he would probably only be able to look on with envy.

Just then, Li Chunyang turned to Gu Fan and asked, "Fellow Daoist, would you like to come with us to the auction?"

Gu Fan slowly shook his head: "I have already made an appointment with someone."

Li Chunyang didn't press the matter, and nodded, saying, "Then let's talk about it another day."

Half an hour later, Li Mo pushed open the door and entered, placing a jade box on the table.

Li Chunyang pushed the jade box toward Gu Fan and said, "This is the Azure Spirit Flame, fellow Daoist, please keep it safe."

"Thank you." Gu Fan bowed and put the jade box away.

......

When Gu Fan returned to the courtyard, the sun was already setting in the west.

Yang Ju was meditating in the courtyard, while Yang Mengyun was holding a jade slip, trying to comprehend the principles of array formations that Gu Fan had explained on his journey.

Upon seeing Gu Fan, the two quickly stepped forward to greet him.

Gu Fan waved his hand, walked into the quiet room, took out the jade box given to him by Li Chunyang, and opened it to find a brownish, semi-transparent gel containing a pale green spiritual light.

Without a doubt, that pale green light was the seed of a Jadeite Spirit Flame.

Gu Fan held the translucent gel in his palm, examined it carefully, and then frowned, muttering to himself, "This is... peach gum? No wonder the Li family has so much Azure Spirit Flame."

If he is not mistaken, the Azure Spirit Flame was indeed conceived from the peach gum of the Immortal Peach Tree.

"I wonder what the fruit of the immortal peach tree would taste like," Gu Fan couldn't help but think.

Then, the Samadhi True Fire emerged from his palm, enveloping the peach gum until it was refined into a ball of pure spiritual liquid. Only then did Gu Fan extract the Emerald Spiritual Fire and swallow it.

As for the spiritual liquid, it was shared between the gourd and Chang Yuan.

The quality of the Azure Spirit Flame was not high, but its only advantage was that it contained a rich vitality. Gu Fan refined it in just two days. As for the true meaning of fire contained within it, he would have to comprehend it over a long period of time.

On the day of the auction, Gu Fan walked out of the quiet room.

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Just as they were about to set off, Yang Ju called out, "Senior, please wait."

Gu Fan turned around in surprise and saw Yang Ju take out a storage bag, present it with both hands, and say, "The Yang family is truly fortunate to have received your help, senior. We have no way to repay your kindness. Here are some spirit stones that our clan has accumulated. You may find them useful at the auction."

"The Yang family... there's no need for this," Gu Fan said with emotion.

His deal with the Yang family was fair, although the Yang family couldn't imagine how important the Xuanhuang Mother Qi was to him.

But considering that he didn't have many spirit stones, and that he was determined to get the Xuan Yang Jade Silk, he finally took the storage bag and roughly counted it; it contained 500,000 spirit stones.

The Yang family is not wealthy, so the fact that they could come up with so many spirit stones shows that they have placed a heavy bet on him.

Gu Fan pursed his lips, said nothing, and turned to leave the courtyard.

Following the flow of people, we arrived at the auction venue, a vast two-story pavilion constructed entirely of black spirit wood. The octagonal building was covered with golden glazed tiles that shone brilliantly in the sunlight.

The pavilion was named Wanbaozhen Pavilion, and two Foundation Establishment cultivators were checking the tokens in front of the door.

After a while, a loud bell rang out.

An old man dressed in plain clothes descended from the sky, and the pressure of his magical power as a Golden Core cultivator spread out, instantly silencing the entire Wanbaozhen Tower.

"I am Li Cangsong, and I have been ordered to preside over this auction. Welcome, fellow Daoists, to Peach Blossom City."

A small bell floated in front of Li Cangsong, and he gestured with his hands clasped in greeting to the four directions.

Then, two maids carried a tray forward, on which was a jade bottle.

Li Cangsong pointed at the jade bottle and announced loudly, "The first item up for auction: two strands of Xuanpin Ancestral Qi! Starting bid: 100,000 spirit stones!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an uproar erupted in Wanbaozhenlou.

Gu Fan hadn't expected that the first item up for auction would be the precious Xuanpin Ancestral Qi.

The two streams of primordial energies were auctioned as a package, rather than separately, with the aim of raising the price.

A single strand of primordial energy might be enough for the Han Clan to bid on with the full force of their clan, but no Han Clan could afford the price for two strands combined.

"Two hundred thousand!"

"Three hundred thousand!"

The shouts of bidding came from all directions, and only slowed down when the price reached 800,000 low-grade spirit stones.

"One million!" A deep male voice came from the private room on the second floor.

After this statement was made, no one else followed suit.

Subsequently, one item after another was brought out for auction, causing waves of excitement.

Gu Fan was extremely envious of the many spiritual materials he saw, but he could only suppress his desires.

Even including the spirit stones provided by Yang Ju, his entire fortune was only 1.4 million spirit stones.

I only regret that I don't have enough money!

Finally, after more than ten rounds of bidding, the Xuan Yang Jade Silk was brought up.

Li Cangsong introduced, "The next item for auction is Xuan Yang Jade Silk! Starting bid: 300,000 spirit stones."

"Four hundred thousand." "Five hundred thousand."

In an instant, the shouts of bids rose and fell once again.

"Eight hundred thousand!" Gu Fan shouted, his fist clenching slightly.

The value of the Xuan Yang Jade Silk is around 800,000. He raised it to 800,000 in one go. If others bid again, they would face losses. The auction has only just begun. Unless they are in urgent need, there is no need for others to deliberately raise the price.

As expected, no one followed suit after Gu Fan made his bid.

The Xuan Yang Jade Silk Quilt was put into his possession.

A moment later, the two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Li family delivered the Xuan Yang Jade Silk to Gu Fan's private room and took away the spirit stones.

Gu Fan had just put away the Xuan Yang Jade Silk when he saw the next item being brought up for auction.

A golden crystal lay on the tray, its sharp light refracting out and stinging the eyes.

"It's actually Gengjin Yuansui!" Gu Fan exclaimed in surprise.