Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

In Caibai Pavilion.

After listening to He Chuan's words, Li Ping pondered for a moment, and a sense of doubt arose in his heart towards the person in front of him.

He wasn't sure if there really was such an auction, or if it was all a trap set by He Chuan.

Such things are not uncommon in the cultivation world.

Occasionally, one can hear stories in Lingxiao City of people being invited by a close friend of most of their lives to go on an adventure outside the city, only to never return.

As a third-tier alchemist, he was quite wealthy.

It is not surprising that someone would go to great lengths to scheme against him and try to seize his wealth.

After thinking for a moment, he calmly asked, "May I ask where exactly this underground auction that Fellow Daoist He mentioned is being held?"

To Li Ping's surprise, He Chuan shook his head after hearing his question: "I don't know the specific location of the underground auction at the moment. In fact, due to the nature of underground auctions, the location is different each time. Usually, it is only finalized five years in advance to make it convenient for participants to get there..."

Only after He Chuan explained did Li Ping learn the truth.

It turns out that after each underground auction, the auction organizers would give each participating Core Formation cultivator two tokens. Besides their own token, the extra token could be given away or sold to other cultivators.

Holding the token allows you to participate in the next underground auction.

The location of the next underground auction will be revealed on the token five years in advance.

As for the interval between each underground auction, it is one hundred years.

Last time, He Chuan spent a lot of money to acquire a token from someone else, participated in an underground auction, and successfully won the treasure he needed.

When he left, he received an extra token from the organizers.

At this moment, he hoped to use this token as payment in exchange for Li Ping refining a pill for him.

Seeing Li Ping remain silent, He Chuan immediately smiled and said, "If Fellow Daoist Li is worried that the auction token isn't worth its value, he can rest assured. After all, the most precious treasure in the last underground auction I attended was the Nascent Soul Spiritual Object, the 'Nascent Soul Transformation Pill,' and countless other precious materials appeared during that auction!"

"If Fellow Daoist Li does not believe me, I can swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao to guarantee the truthfulness of my words!"

Finally, He Chuan said solemnly.

Upon hearing this, Li Ping looked at He Chuan with a hint of surprise. This world was not Earth, and the oath of Heaven truly had an effect.

No cultivator would joke about making a vow if they still wanted to improve themselves.

Since He Chuan is willing to swear an oath, it can be basically confirmed that what he said is most likely true.

This is certainly enough to prove that he really wanted to refine this batch of pills.

Li Ping smiled and nodded slightly: "Since Fellow Daoist He has said so, then I am willing to believe you this once. Speaking of which, I am quite interested in the underground auction that Fellow Daoist He mentioned."

……

In a cave by the river.

After several agonizing days of waiting.

The pill was finally completed. He Chuan left overjoyed with the pill, leaving only Li Ping standing in the courtyard, holding a dusty token in his hand.

According to He Chuan, eleven years later, the location of the auction will appear on this dusty token.

Sixteen years later, the auction officially began.

When the time comes, he will go to that location and, holding the token, will be able to participate in the underground auction.

"It's so mysterious, it might really contain something good."

"Li Ping held the token in his hand and thought to himself.

Of course, even though He Chuan had already made a vow to Heaven in front of him to prove the truth of the underground auction.

However, for the sake of prudence, he will still go to Tianji Pavilion and Yingsha Tower to find out the details of the underground auction and decide whether to participate.

As long as the underground auction itself is real, the probability of him encountering danger while participating in the auction is not high.

After all, the manpower and resources required to organize such an auction and spread it among Core Formation cultivators are unimaginable; it's impossible to do anything illegitimate.

After a moment's thought, he put on an outfit to conceal his appearance and flew towards the black market.

……

The third floor of the Shadow Killer Tower.

The man who greeted Li Ping was still the same one with the snake-faced mask. However, Li Ping did not change his appearance this time, so the man did not recognize Li Ping as the person who had spent a lot of money at the Shadow Killing Tower, and his attitude towards Li Ping was quite cold.

In fact, if Li Ping hadn't been a Core Formation cultivator, he probably wouldn't have personally come out to greet him.

The reason Li Ping didn't change his appearance was mainly because he knew that he had obtained the token from He Chuan, and many people probably knew that, so he couldn't keep it a secret.

Besides, he only wanted to verify the authenticity of the underground auction through Shadow Killer Tower's information; it wasn't anything shameful. Even if Shadow Killer Tower knew his identity, it wouldn't matter.

After all, he still had to go to the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion later.

"Are you issuing an assassination mission, or are you buying intelligence?" the snake-masked man asked calmly.

Li Ping didn't care about his attitude and directly took out the dusty token and asked, "I want to buy information related to this token."

The man with the snake-faced mask was somewhat surprised: "Oh?"

……

Li Ping walked out of the Shadow Killing Tower with a relaxed expression.

The jade slip containing information about the underground auction was in his storage bag. He glanced at it and found that what He Chuan said was basically true and that he had not been deceived.

Although the organization that holds the auction is extremely mysterious, and there is no clear record of it even in the Shadow Killing Tower's intelligence, this underground auction has been held more than ten times and has not encountered any problems so far.

This is enough to prove that there is no need to worry too much about the safety of participating in auctions.

To avoid any issues with the information sold by Shadow Killer Tower, Li Ping planned to visit the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion after leaving the black market.

With cross-referencing intelligence from two sources, he could rest assured.

However, now that he had come to the black market, Li Ping was in no hurry to leave and simply strolled around the black market.

Although many items in the black market have unknown origins and there is no concept of "honest transactions," a good eye can sometimes lead to finding a bargain.

As Li Ping walked, he suddenly noticed a large crowd gathered around a stall ahead, and from time to time, he could hear people talking about "soul-nourishing wood" and "rare objects".

"Soul-Nourishing Wood!" Upon hearing this term, Li Ping was also taken aback.

He had certainly heard of this famous divine tree. Although it was not as good as the Yaoji Starwood, it was a spiritual object of the same level as the Jinxuan Wood.

Especially the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul-Nourishing Wood; if a cultivator can carry a piece with them for a long time, their spiritual sense will naturally increase.

The benefits of having a strong spiritual sense are self-evident.

If a cultivator's soul is damaged, it can be nourished back through the Soul Nourishing Wood. This item can be considered the most top-tier sacred object for healing the soul!

With that thought in mind, Li Ping moved his feet and walked into the crowd.