Starting as a stray dog, I embarked on a journey of cultivation.

"An auction!" Long Youzi was intrigued upon hearing this.

Almost every place where cultivators gather in large numbers will have such an auction venue.

Even if you don't intend to bid, most auctions allow outsiders to watch for free, and you can see many rare treasures in person.

Soon, Gou An led Long Youzi to a multi-story building in the city, which was built in a grand and luxurious style.

The doors were now wide open, and the auction was about to begin.

Unlike other auction houses, Tianbaotai requires an additional entrance fee to enter, regardless of whether one participates in the bidding.

It sounds like it only costs 500 low-grade spirit stones per person, but for most independent cultivators, this is a huge sum of money. Very few people are willing to spend so many spirit stones and just come in to watch the excitement.

Even for a Grand Elder, 500 spirit stones is not a small sum.

If it were when he first entered the City of Ten Thousand Demons, he would have been reluctant to spend five hundred spirit stones easily, but now that he has become rich, his mentality has naturally changed.

So Gou An, along with Long Youzi, paid a total of one thousand spirit stones and successfully entered the Tianbao Platform.

Upon entering the venue, Gou An looked around and saw that the auction house was divided into three floors.

A high platform was built in the center of the first floor, with scattered seats in front of it, where many cultivators sat close together.

The second and third floors are filled with private rooms, offering a much better view than the first floor. However, renting a private room requires paying an extra huge amount of spirit stones, and Gou An was unwilling to spend more money, so he chose an inconspicuous corner on the first floor to sit down.

As time slowly passed, more and more cultivators entered the arena.

Just like outside the black market, everyone wore various masks and long robes, and no one revealed their true appearance.

Before long, the seats were almost full, and the heavy doors of Tianbaolou slowly closed.

Gou An glanced around and saw that there were at least five or six hundred cultivators who had entered the venue. The entrance fees alone amounted to hundreds of thousands of spirit stones.

Gou An secretly marveled at how easy it was to earn spirit stones at Tianbao Tower.

The auction was about to begin, and the surrounding cultivators were talking in hushed tones, discussing amongst themselves.

Gou An overheard many rumors from the casual conversations of the cultivators around him. One of them was that the master behind Tianbao Tower was none other than Wuxiang Xian, the lord of the black market.

Every time this place holds an auction, it brings out many rare treasures, but the number of items is limited, with only three items always offered.

The crowd was still discussing and eagerly anticipating what the three treasures to be unveiled would be.

Just then, a person dressed in a dark red robe and wearing a smiling cat mask slowly walked up to the platform. He was broad and stout.

He cleared his throat and then spoke, his loud voice immediately silencing the noise in the room: "Please be quiet, everyone. The auction is about to begin. Please refrain from making any noise."

Upon hearing this, the previously noisy auction hall immediately fell silent.

Gou An could sense that this person's cultivation was firmly at the Transcendent God Realm, but he couldn't tell for a moment whether it was the Divine Control Stage or the Primordial Spirit Stage.

It was precisely the immense pressure emanating from this person that prevented all the cultivators present from making a sound.

"Next up is the first item!" Smiling Cat didn't waste any words and, seeing that everyone had quieted down, immediately announced loudly.

At the same time, he gently flipped his palm, and a treasure appeared out of thin air in his palm.

All eyes instantly turned to it. The object resembled a spiritual seedling, but was made of jade. Its surface shimmered with spiritual light, radiating endless vitality.

"This substance is called Spirit Sprout Jade Marrow, a spiritual ointment naturally formed underground. It is only effective on children under the age of ten. It can cleanse the impurities mixed in with their spiritual roots and has the potential to improve the grade of their spiritual roots."

"If it is a high-grade Earth-rank spiritual root, there is even a chance to refine it into a Heaven-rank spiritual root."

After the introduction, the smiling cat gently tossed the item upwards, and the Spirit Sprout Jade Marrow floated in mid-air.

"The starting bid for this item is 200,000 low-grade spirit stones!" the smiling cat announced. "Minimum bid increment: 10,000 spirit stones!"

As soon as the smiling cat finished speaking, a bidding paddle was raised in one of the private rooms on the second floor: "Two hundred and one thousand!"

A moment later, someone on the third floor shouted out a price: "Two hundred and thirty thousand."

"Two hundred and fifty thousand."

"Two hundred and sixty thousand."

"Three hundred thousand!"

Prices have been rising steadily.

Clearly, many of the cultivators present were extremely interested in this item.

Gou An pinched his chin and quietly surveyed the entire scene. Almost all of those participating in the bidding were cultivators from the private rooms on the second and third floors, while most of the cultivators on the first floor were just watching the excitement.

It wasn't that they didn't want the treasure, but its price was simply too high for them to afford.

Treasures that can enhance a child's spiritual talent are extremely precious, and this was the first time Gou An had ever seen such a rare item.

Most cultivators' talents are predetermined at birth, and only powerful forces with abundant resources, such as large sects and families, have the opportunity to change their innate foundation by relying on rare and precious materials.

This Lingya Jadeite is a rare natural treasure, and its value is naturally considerable.

The price quickly rose to over 500,000 low-grade spirit stones before the bidding in the room gradually subsided. Finally, a private room on the second floor successfully bid for the item for 560,000 low-grade spirit stones.

The first item was sold.

The smiling cat handed the Spirit Sprout Jade Marrow to its attendant and instructed the attendant to take the treasure to the private room to complete the transaction with the cultivator who had won the bid.

He then announced, "Next is the second item."

As he spoke, he flipped his palm and took out a small brocade box. The box was covered with an exquisite embroidery pattern, which Gou An found very familiar. It looked somewhat like the dragon embroidery brocade that Bai He from Wan Yao City had given him.

"This item is called Tranquil Dust Spirit Smoke. It is a special item from the Ten Thousand Demon City in the Demon Beast Mountain Range, used exclusively by Demon Kings in the Nascent Soul stage for cultivation!" the smiling cat introduced. "There are ten spirit smoke sticks in one box. Inhaling this can clear the meridians, nourish the soul, and replenish spiritual energy. It is a great tonic for cultivation."

"Starting bid: 500,000 low-grade spirit stones!"

Upon hearing the Smiling Cat's explanation, Gou An was stunned. Long Youzi beside him also looked bewildered and asked in a low voice, "Master, isn't this something you made?"

"It really is true!" Gou An's lips twitched. He never expected that the special spirit smoke he supplied to the Demon King would end up at the auction of Tianbaotai.

Moreover, the starting bid of 500,000 was exactly the same as the price set by the demon Baihe.

It seems that the City of Ten Thousand Demons has far more connections with the outside world than I imagined.

"What is this?"

As soon as the treasure was revealed, people began to whisper among themselves, as many cultivators had never heard of it before.

"You don't even know this? This item is a treasure that came from the City of Ten Thousand Demons, and it's divided into four levels."

"These things even have different grades?"

"Of course! It's divided into low-grade spiritual smoke, mid-grade spiritual smoke, high-grade spiritual smoke, and the highest grade is this special grade spiritual smoke."

"What's the use?"

"It refreshes the mind, nourishes the meridians, and is beneficial for spiritual practice!"

"A while ago, a good friend gave me a mid-grade spirit cigarette, and it tasted really good!"

Listening to the conversation of the cultivators around him, Gou An scratched his head, not expecting that Lingyan's reputation had spread to the Eastern Continent so quickly.

It seems this item is indeed highly sought after by cultivators.

However, the price is really too high. The total cost of all materials for this special supply of spirit smoke is only one or two thousand spirit stones, which is definitely an exorbitant profit.

Soon, knowledgeable cultivators began to place their bids.

530,000, 550,000, 560,000, 580,000.

After several rounds of bidding, it was finally sold to a private room on the third floor for 780,000 spirit stones.

Gou An swallowed hard. He still had several packets of this special spiritual smoke in his storage bag, and he even had the idea of ​​selling them right here.

However, this idea only flashed through my mind. If I were to sell it privately here, I would definitely expose my identity, which is absolutely unacceptable.