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Chapter 215 Driving Away a Tiger to Devour a Wolf, the Departure Pill [Please Subscribe]

Ice Jade Soul Silkworm, a very peculiar insect.

This strange insect lives in the frigid wilderness and has an extremely long lifespan, growing only one inch every thousand years!

They are born without eating grains or blood; they only live parasitically in the bodies of creatures that have frozen unconscious, feeding on the dissipated souls of those creatures after they freeze to death.

Therefore, they also have a fearsome nickname—Soul-Devouring Ice Silkworm

However, it should be noted that the Ice Jade Soul Silkworms will not actively harm creatures that can still walk normally in the extreme cold. They will only appear next to creatures that are about to die and devour their dissipated souls after death.

Because of this, many cultivators do not consider it an evil thing.

For cultivators, the Ice Jade Soul Silkworm is definitely a rare treasure.

It feeds on souls and can also be used to nourish the souls of cultivators, with excellent effects in assisting in the opening of the Purple Mansion.

Even some cultivators whose souls have been damaged can refine it to repair their soul damage.

It is said that the Ice Jade Soul Silkworm, which is more than three inches long, can even heal the soul damage of a Golden Core cultivator.

Of course, if it were truly that high-level Ice Jade Soul Silkworm, it certainly wouldn't be auctioned off at this auction.

"Thirty-three thousand spirit coins!"

"Thirty-five thousand spirit coins!"

"Forty thousand spirit coins!"

At this moment, the bidding price for the Ice Jade Soul Silkworm continued to rise, with one Purple Mansion stage cultivator after another raising their voices to bid, wanting to acquire this rare treasure for their family.

However, Zhou Mingde remained silent.

Not only was he silent, but others who were equally determined to obtain the Ice Jade Soul Silkworm also remained silent.

By the time the price climbed to 60,000 spirit coins, most of the bidding had stopped.

It's not that the Ice Jade Soul Silkworm is only worth this price.

In fact, items like the Ice Jade Soul Silkworm have no fixed market price.

Its value depends entirely on how much money the person who wants to buy it is willing to spend.

The bidding has stopped because the leaders of most major cultivation clans can only offer this much liquid capital.

There aren't many powerful cultivation clans in the entire Jing Kingdom that can come up with 60,000 spirit coins; most powerful cultivation clans actually have less than 50,000 spirit coins in liquid assets.

After all, such a large family needs to feed its members and provide for its members, and there are huge expenses every year. Unless they make a fortune, it is difficult for their income to increase dramatically.

Moreover, in order to give the clansmen hope, every ten or eight years they have to spend a lot of money to buy spiritual items such as Foundation Establishment Pills to help a clansman establish his foundation, which makes it even more difficult to save up a lot of money.

If Zhou Chun hadn't received a windfall from Qinglian Temple and raised a considerable amount of spirit coins by selling some rare treasures from Longyuanze, the Zhou family wouldn't have been able to gather so many spirit coins this time.

However, it is clear that not every family's supreme elder, patriarch, or other elders are willing to personally raise money to purchase spiritual items to assist someone in the family in opening up their Purple Mansion.

So it's perfectly normal for the bidding to decrease at this point.

"Seventy thousand spirit coins!"

Just then, Zhou Mingde suddenly spoke up and immediately raised the price by several thousand spirit coins.

At this moment, all eyes turned to the Zhou family's table. Su Yunniang on the high platform also turned her beautiful eyes to look at Zhou Mingde, who had spoken.

"So it's Fellow Daoist Zhou from the Zhou family of Lanzhou! No wonder he's so wealthy and powerful!"

A deep, aged voice slowly rang out, then continued, "However, our Lin family has also taken a liking to this Ice Jade Soul Silkworm. We'll have to bid based on our own resources. I, Lin, will offer 73,000 spirit coins!"

Lin Jiayao from Yanzhou?

Zhou Chun looked at the old man who had spoken and immediately recognized that the old man's family was also one of the families that had entered the top 30 this time.

Clearly, this was because they had learned about the upcoming southern expedition against the Dragon Transformation Sect and wanted to acquire the Ice Jade Soul Silkworm to add another Purple Mansion stage cultivator to their family.

I've met my match!

The three members of the Zhou family exchanged glances, their eyes revealing a solemn expression.

Then Zhou Mingde nodded slightly and replied, "Fellow Daoist Lin is right, let's all bid based on our own resources."

After saying that, he didn't raise the price again.

Upon seeing this, the old man from the Lin family did not show any joy; instead, his expression became extremely solemn.

Sure enough, seeing that Zhou Mingde didn't raise the price, another voice suddenly rang out, "Eighty thousand spirit coins!"

In an instant, all eyes turned to the cultivator who had spoken, wanting to see who was so generous.

But when they saw who had spoken, everyone's pupils contracted.

Because the person who made the bid was none other than a Golden Core cultivator from a Golden Core family!

Competing with a Golden Core cultivator requires not only financial resources but also courage!

After all, they weren't familiar with each other, and no one knew how magnanimous the other person was.

If you happen to encounter a petty person who holds a grudge over this, then it would truly be an undeserved disaster!

So the old man from the Lin family, who had just been saying that he would bid based on his own capital, fell silent.

Even Su Yunniang on the stage, after glancing at Bi Qiuyue, Zhen Bingyang, and Shan Yangzi a few times, quickly said in a low voice, "Eighty thousand spirit coins per bid, are there any fellow Daoists who wish to continue bidding?"

This is something that has never happened before.

Previously, she would wait at least several hundred breaths before asking this question!

After she spoke, the old man from the Lin family and several other interested cultivators all felt their throats twitch, wanting to say something, but they didn't dare to speak.

But Zhou Mingde then said in a deep voice, "Eighty-one thousand spirit coins!"

Ok?

In an instant, the situation that everyone was watching was once again unfolding before the Zhou family.

At that moment, many people admired the Zhou family's courage.

Forget about the money, just for that courage, I have to admire you!

But the Golden Core cultivator merely glanced at Zhou Mingde before saying again, "Eighty-five thousand spirit coins!"

"Eighty-six thousand spirit coins!"

Zhou Mingde raised the price again without hesitation.

His expression was very calm and composed at the moment, as if he was completely unaware of the various gazes coming from all directions.

This caused the Golden Core cultivator's gaze to change slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Ninety thousand spirit coins!"

"Ninety-one thousand spirit coins!"

Zhou Mingde's expression remained unchanged, and his tone was extremely calm, still offering a bid of one thousand spirit coins.

This was his third price increase, but it was also his last.

Because if the price goes any higher, he won't have any money left.

But as the saying goes, things shouldn't happen more than three times.

Faced with bidding from Golden Core cultivators, Zhou Mingde dared to raise the price three times.

Putting aside his audacity, his unwavering determination to succeed is enough to draw attention.

Even the Golden Core cultivator fell silent, speechless for a long time.

After several hundred breaths passed without anyone speaking, Su Yunniang on the stage seemed to understand that the Golden Core cultivator had given up. She then said softly, "Ninety-one thousand spirit coins for the first bid. Are there any fellow Daoists willing to raise the price?"

After the words were spoken, no one responded.

So after waiting for about ten breaths, she repeated it again.

"Ninety-one thousand spirit coins for the third time, good! Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Zhou, on obtaining this Ice Jade Soul Silkworm!"

As Su Yunniang spoke for the third time, everyone in the Zhou family breathed a sigh of relief.

Regardless, they managed to capture the Ice Jade Soul Silkworm.

Although the victory was hard-won and the price paid was enormous, now is the time to celebrate, not to dwell on the bad things.

After letting out a sigh of relief, Zhou Mingde immediately bowed to the Golden Core cultivator and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Senior Ye."

He then clasped his hands in a fist and bowed to the four directions, saying, "Thank you all for your generosity!"

In response to his actions, the Golden Core cultivator surnamed Ye merely gave him a deep look without replying.

The other cultivators knew he was just being polite and didn't need to respond.

Amidst a cacophony of complex gazes, Zhou Mingde stepped forward with a large amount of spirit coins to complete the transaction, taking the jade box containing the Ice Jade Soul Silkworm into his hands.

After acquiring this item, the Zhou family could only be spectators at the auction.

The auction continued in full swing, with rare treasures being auctioned off, each fetching astonishingly high prices.

The more you progress, the more often you'll encounter precious treasures.

During this period, even some magical artifacts were put up for auction!

This was also the first time Zhou Chun had seen a talisman being auctioned off in public, and the price was not as expensive as he had expected.

A complete, unused talisman treasure had a starting bid of 30,000 spirit coins, but the final transaction price was only 83,000 spirit coins, which was even less than the Ice Jade Soul Silkworm that the Zhou family bought!

Zhou Chun was initially puzzled, but after Zhou Mingde explained, he understood.

While talismans are indeed extremely powerful, unless they possess certain special supernatural abilities, it is very difficult for someone at the Purple Mansion stage of cultivation to kill another person in a one-on-one fight.

A cultivator at the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm might be able to fight a cultivator at the middle stage of the Purple Mansion realm with a talisman, but he would find it difficult to easily kill another cultivator at the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm with the same talisman.

Generally, cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage will cultivate escape techniques for escaping in critical moments. Once they use these techniques, even if their opponents also possess similar abilities, they may not be able to catch up immediately.

Because when such escape techniques are activated, the speed is usually too fast, and the cultivator himself cannot accurately control the destination of the escape, but can only lock onto a general direction to escape.

In such a situation, unless one's cultivation level is much higher than the opponent's, or one has cultivated the art of escape to a very profound level, allowing for free control of speed and direction, then such an opponent would be in a very difficult situation.

Otherwise, it would be extremely difficult for a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage to kill another cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage.

Therefore, it's normal that a single talisman couldn't sell for more than the price of an Ice Jade Soul Silkworm.

After selling countless more treasures, Su Yunniang on the stage reached into her storage bag as usual and took out a fiery red pill bottle. She introduced it, saying, "The next treasure is a spiritual pill called the Crimson Bright Flowing Pearl Pill. It can help Purple Mansion stage cultivators who cultivate fire-element techniques break through bottlenecks. The effect is quite good."

After saying this, he held the pill bottle high in his hand and announced, "One Crimson Bright Flowing Pearl Pill, starting bid 20,000 spirit coins, minimum increment 500 spirit coins!"

"Such a thing really exists!"

On the Zhou family table, the three members of the Zhou family looked at the Crimson Pearl Pill held in Su Yunniang's hands, exchanging bewildered glances and remaining silent.

"Since we've already spent all the money, let's just stick to the plan!"

Zhou Chun muttered something to himself, which served as his reply.

So the three of them could only watch helplessly as the price of the item continued to rise, and it was eventually bought by someone for 78,000 spirit coins.

However, to the surprise of the three, the person who bought the Crimson Bright Pearl Pill was actually the mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivator from the Jiang family.

"What are the Jiang family up to? Could it be that that fellow wants to use this Crimson Bright Flowing Pearl Pill to break through to the late Purple Mansion stage?"

Zhou Mingde's expression changed slightly, and he looked at the Jiang family's Purple Mansion cultivator with a look of surprise and suspicion.

"That old guy does indeed practice fire-based techniques, but that might not be what he really thinks!"

Zhou Daoyi replied with a solemn expression, his tone suddenly becoming heavy.

If the Jiang family only has one mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivator and one early-stage Purple Mansion cultivator, then the Zhou family is not afraid of them.

However, if the Jiang family has a late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator, the Zhou family will truly be unable to gain any advantage in terms of strength.

"Why don't we just notify Lin Hongyu and have her snatch this Crimson Sun Flowing Pearl Pill? At the very least, we'll ruin that old man's chance to break through to the late Purple Mansion stage!"

At this moment, Zhou Chun secretly transmitted his thoughts to the two of them, speaking his mind in a harsh voice.

It must be said that his bottom line is very flexible.

Previously, he had used the excuse of not wanting to aid the enemy to persuade the clan leader Zhou Daoyi to accept the fundraising to purchase spiritual items to help open the Purple Mansion. Now that he saw that the Jiang family had purchased the Crimson Sun Pearl Pill, which might pose a great threat to the Zhou family, he immediately wanted to use one tiger to devour another!

Of course, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi knew that he did all this for the family, so they wouldn't tease him about it at this time.

Moreover, Zhou Chun's strategy of using one tiger to devour another is indeed simple and effective.

But after thinking about it for a moment, Zhou Daoyi frowned and said, "But I'm afraid there won't be enough time. It would take Lin Hongyu at least a month to receive our message. By then, that old man from the Jiang family would probably have gone home and taken the elixir long ago. Would Lin Hongyu be that stupid?"

"Then let's find a way to delay that old man from the Jiang family, so he can't take the elixir and go into seclusion to break through to the next level so quickly!"

Zhou Mingde stated his plan in a deep voice, indicating that he had already agreed with Zhou Chun's strategy of using one enemy to devour another.

The three then discussed various ways to delay the time when the mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivator of the Jiang family was in seclusion to break through, and had completely lost interest in the upcoming auction.

As the three engaged in their heated discussion, the auction gradually came to an end.

"This is the last treasure in this auction, a treasure specially prepared by the three major sects for this event!"

On the high platform, Su Yunniang spoke while reaching into her storage bag and taking out a jade box.

At the same time, the three Golden Core cultivators who were sitting cross-legged on the three sides all got up and walked closer to protect her.

Then she said in a seductive tone, "It is the pill contained in this jade bottle in my hand, the famous Li Chen Pill, the Li Chen Pill that can help people condense their Golden Core!"

Second update today

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