A Niang said to be careful of those fairies!

"I got some serious stuff done." Lin Xuan touched his nose. It would indeed be a good thing if he could really get a mountain.

"Come on, Fatty, I have something to tell you." The two men walked into the pavilion and talked.

"In half a month, several powerful merchants in the outer gate market will jointly hold an auction! This kind of auction house is only held once every few years, and there will be a lot of good things to sell!"

"The outer sect competition will be held in a month, Brother Lin, seize the opportunity!" After saying that, Pang Xi handed Lin Xuan an envelope containing the admission ticket to the auction.

The auction does not allow outsiders to enter. You need a ticket to participate. Tickets are only available in some specific circles. If you don’t have the ability to enter those circles, you will not have the opportunity to get a ticket.

As the head of the alchemy team who has reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, Pang Xiqu has the right to distribute some tickets.

"Thank you, Brother Pang, for the ticket!" Lin Xuan thought that he could give Brother Pang a few more bottles of high-quality Qi Gathering Powder every day in the future. Now he could only be grateful because the amount he could refine every day was stuck.

"Work hard, the rewards for the outer sect competition are quite generous." Fatty patted his shoulder.

Lin Xuan entered the closed alchemy room and sat on the cushion thinking. He was worried that he had no place to spend the spirit stones in his hand. He decided to spend them at the auction in half a month and buy some good things.

At this moment, an illusory symbol appeared in front of his eyes, and a voice without any sadness or joy flashed through his mind.

"Ding! System task released: Outer Gate Competition, at least enter the top 100 of the Outer Gate."

After several months, the system finally started moving again. He had gained some wonderful experiences last time, and his alchemy skills had greatly improved. Now that new tasks had appeared, he immediately looked forward to the rewards.

However, the system now only gives the task requirements, without mentioning the difficulty and rewards.

The last time I beat up Mogu and the other two, they were classified as beginners, and it was accomplished very easily. It seems that this outer sect competition is not easy. The system's task requirement can be completed as long as you rank no less than 100th.

Lin Xuan casually dispelled the system's sub-talisman and began to count the wealth in his hands. He attached great importance to the auction in half a month, so he first found out how many spirit stones he had so that he would have an idea when bidding.

After sweeping his consciousness and counting the number of spirit stones after a few breaths, he found that there were more than 7,600 spirit stones! In half a month, there would be more than 8,600! Because he also had to refine the pills for two hours every day.

The arrangements for the next month are already very clear. We need to improve our strength as much as possible. Obviously, we cannot break through from the early stage of the sixth level of Qi Refining to the seventh level of Qi Refining in one month. There is not enough time.

Therefore, the time for refining Qi every day can be reduced from three hours to one month, leaving time for Frost and Rain Technique and body refining unchanged, while the object control technique and the pill refining time will be increased by one hour.

After the skill of controlling objects reaches the minor level, compared to the initial stage of being able to only fly, not only is the speed faster, but one can also engage in fighting with monks, increasing actual combat effectiveness.

If Mogu and the other two had used the minor-success level of object control skills half a year ago, it would be hard to say who would win or lose, because Lin Xuan at that time could not dodge the speed of the flying sword.

It is said that above the skill of controlling objects there is the Xuan-level skill of controlling swords, which is a specialized spell for sword cultivators. Lin Xuan also wants to become a sword cultivator, but now he is busy with many things every day, so he will do it when he has time in the future.

In this way, half a month passed, and Lin Xuan's strength improved a lot, but his cultivation level still remained at the early sixth level.

He walked out of the alchemy room to get some fresh air. After half a month of seclusion, he felt like he was going to molder!

At this time, Fatty Xi came over and winked, "Brother Lin, you are really amazing. Ling Huaiyin, the beauty on the top of Wanlin Mountain, actually came to you in person. When did you two become so close?"

"Uh, I sold the pills to her. It's my fault that I didn't explain it clearly to Fatty last time."

"Hey, it would be great if I could also make pills, but unfortunately I know nothing about this." Fatty touched his nose, feeling sour. He was a handsome man, standing out among the cultivators, and had no shortage of women.

However, his talent lies in fighting and magic, but he is not the strongest. The sect is not short of talents in this area. Those top beauties and fairies are still far from being interested in him, and he also looks down on ordinary girls.

When Lin Xuan arrived at the foot of the mountain, he saw a beautiful woman waving at him.

"Come on, Xuan'er, let me take you to the auction. You'll definitely find a lot of good stuff there!"

His hand was held, and her slender hand looked soft and delicate, yet unexpectedly warm.

"Sister Ling, Brother Pang gave me a ticket." He took out an envelope.

"You don't need to go with me because you have the tickets? Let me tell you, all the disciples who can participate in the auction are extraordinary. With me around, they won't dare to interfere with your decision!"

"Besides, Xuan'er belongs to me, and I don't want him to be bullied by others."

“Meow meow meow?” Lin Xuan’s heart just felt a little warm but then it quickly cooled down. He said silently, “When did I become your sister? You got it the other way around. Your sister is mine.”

They walked for a while and met a group of direct members and senior sisters who had been waiting for a long time.

Chapter 35: I Won’t Abandon You; Explosive Pill

There is a small hill a few dozen miles away from the Zongwu Hall. A small town has been built on the hill. Many caves have been built around the town. It is the location of the disciples' market in the nearby area. Many outer disciples live in the market.

The mountain is where spiritual energy gathers. The spiritual energy in the market town is denser than the surrounding areas. You have to pay to live on the mountain.

"Stop! You can't bring extra people to the auction!" Someone stopped at the door of a building in the central area.

Zhao Yi's cultivation level is the seventh level of Qi Refining, and he is in charge of admission to the auction. He just reached out to stop a woman and a man with an expression of speculation and questioning on his face. No one could see that a hint of jealousy flashed in his eyes.

He thought of the fat woman at home who had to endure inhumane torture every night. Later, he found an opportunity to escape and joined the Xuannv Palace with great difficulty. It took him dozens of years to cultivate to the seventh level of Qi Refining.

When he first got started, he was seriously exhausted and took several years to recuperate before he officially began to practice Qi. In order to recuperate, he consumed many precious elixirs given by the sect, and he has not yet paid off his debts.

Although it was extremely miserable, Zhao Yi did not hate women. He only hated the fat woman at home when he was a mortal, a fat pig so ugly that it blinded people! He also hated the male disciples in the sect who had beautiful female companions.

He looked at the young man holding the hand of a beautiful girl and snorted with disdain in his heart, thinking that it's bad enough that this pretty boy is being kept by a woman, but he even dares to dream of entering the auction, I'll make you suffer!

Zhao Yi reached out to stop the two of them and said indifferently, "You can only enter the auction after showing your ticket!"

He had already made up his mind that if the pretty boy in front of him couldn't produce the ticket, he would laugh at him severely!

"Really? Where did the auction organizer find this watchdog? It has no knowledge of etiquette at all." The woman muttered to herself.

The boy blinked and took out the envelope from his storage bag, feeling strange about the gatekeeper's behavior.

Zhao Yi had an indifferent expression as if he was doing something official. After checking the tickets, he stepped aside and let the man pass. He felt gloomy and unhappy. This beautiful lady was very thoughtful and even prepared tickets for the pretty boy.

How could a pretty boy have the financial resources to auction treasures? Going in would be nothing more than a formality to see the world, and it would also be a waste of the auction space.

"Strange doorman, a bit annoying." Lin Xuan couldn't help but complain after entering the lobby on the first floor.

"The host's watchdogs don't know the rules. I have to talk to them!" Ling Huaiyin looked unfriendly. As the future mountain master, which of the other outer sect masters would not be polite to her on the surface?

The auction was held on the second floor. Many people were already waiting there, including outstanding talents, beautiful women, and peerless ladies. Each of them had an extraordinary temperament and powerful cultivation, many of whom were at the eighth and ninth level of Qi Refining.

Ling Huaiyin's eighth level of cultivation can only reach the general level, and there are many people at the ninth level of Qi Refining on the scene.

"Oh my, Fairy Ling brought a young man in. Wasn't he turned away by the gatekeeper?"

"Fairy Ling has both the temperament and strength. What's wrong with getting an extra ticket for the young master?"

"Poor family, they couldn't get extra tickets, and my good husband was stopped outside by the abominable gatekeeper."

Several sarcastic voices came into his ears. Several women whose looks were slightly inferior to Ling Huaiyin were whispering in strange voices not far away. The sound was not isolated and could be easily heard by the monks around them.

The beloved little men that they brought with them were stopped outside by the gatekeeper. They were already unhappy, and then they became even angrier when they saw an extremely handsome young man coming up with the same female cultivator.

Not only is she not as pretty as others, but the male companions are not as good as the ones around them. They can't accept this and are exploding with jealousy!

Ling Huaiyin was quite famous in the outer sect, and most of the cultivators on the second floor knew her. After hearing the words of a few jealous female cultivators, they all had strange expressions, and most of them looked at the handsome young man.

Their expressions varied. Some were delighted and amazed, some were disdainful and laughed silently, some were expectant and waiting to watch the show, and some were indifferent.

Lin Xuan frowned. Why did he encounter so much maliciousness today? How did he offend anyone?

"If you don't have the ability, don't act weird. Of course you won't be allowed in if you find a few ugly people." Ling Huaiyin glanced at the women out of the corner of his eye, smiled disdainfully, and replied to them calmly.

She is not a pushover. If someone is looking for trouble, she will naturally fight back. She can rebuke them twice with just one sentence!

After hearing this, a hint of purple flashed across the faces of several female cultivators. They were immediately furious. They were scolded twice for the same sentence. They secretly called them stupid and mocked them for having poor vision and choosing a bad Taoist partner!

"Yes, yes, Fairy Ling is capable. It would be best if you could hold on to the young master and not let him dump you." The cultivators speak with their strength. The female cultivators were not strong enough, so they could only fight back with a few sinister remarks.

"The young master has the appearance of a rare talent. I just hope Fairy Ling can keep up with the young master's future steps."

Hearing this, Ling Huaiyin laughed strangely and said, "Even if I can't keep up in the future, at least I once had it, unlike some people."

In fact, she felt lost for a moment. She knew Lin Xuan's background well, and their relationship was relatively shallow. It was indeed possible that she would be left far behind him, or even unable to walk together, like two intertwined lines!

Suddenly her slender hand was held, and the next moment she saw the young man looking into her eyes with burning eyes.

"Don't worry, Sister Ling, you are mine, and I will not abandon you!" His firm tone and serious eyes touched the softest part of Ling Huaiyin's heart.

Seeing this scene, the breathing of several female cultivators stagnated, and they were immediately defeated, with waves of jealousy rising up in their stomachs.

Even the carefully selected male companions seemed full of flaws. Those older young men were only of above-average appearance, and were far inferior to the handsome and lovely young man who was stunning at first sight!

Moreover, even at the age of thirty or fifty, he was only at the sixth or seventh level of Qi Refining, which was nothing compared to that young man! Although the appearance of a cultivator could not absolutely represent his age, when combined with his temperament, that young man was definitely very young!

The disciples who were watching the fun around them showed sympathetic expressions on their faces, which made the female practitioners feel even more defeated.

A stage was set up in the lobby on the second floor, on which stood a stern male cultivator and several charming female cultivators. They pretended not to notice the farce that was happening and calculated in their minds the time for the auction to begin.

After half an hour, people finally came up one after another. Almost everyone was there, so there was no need to wait. The stern male cultivator clapped his hands and said, "My fellow disciples, the auction has begun. I hope you can win the treasure you like."

Most of the disciples who participated in the auction were women, which was in line with the gender ratio of Xuannv Palace. Therefore, the several charming female cultivators who presided over the auction were dressed formally, unlike the auctions in the outside world, which often let a woman dress "boldly".

The two female cultivators went up to the third floor to bring down the auction items, and the remaining two said some words to warm up the atmosphere, while the male cultivator watched coldly in the corner, ready to take lightning action if there was any unusual movement.

"Okay, fellow Taoists, without further ado, let's welcome our first lot of auction today!"

Two female nuns came down from the third floor carrying a wooden tray covered with a cloth, looking very mysterious. They placed it on the altar on the stage, which was brightly illuminated by the light, and slowly lifted the lid.

"The first auction item is two bottles of high-grade Explosive Qi Pills, each bottle has three Explosive Qi Pills. The two bottles of Explosive Qi Pills will be auctioned separately. The starting price is 300 low-grade spirit stones, and each bid must not be less than 10 spirit stones."

When the explosive pill was put on the table, the crowd at the scene became lively, and soon someone made a bid. A small number of people joined in the bidding, and soon the price was raised to four hundred and eighty spirit stones.

Lin Xuan was secretly shocked. Just three top-grade pills were sold for hundreds of spirit stones. He suddenly felt poor again.

Chapter 36: Feeling ashamed of my sister

The Explosive Qi Pill can temporarily improve the cultivation level of the person who takes it. It is a pill for the Qi Refining Stage and can save lives at critical moments. In addition, it is relatively difficult to refine, so it has always been sold at a very high price on the market.

The outer sect competition will begin in half a month. Everyone outside the venue wants to buy a bottle of top-grade explosive pill as a trump card. In the outer sect competition, disciples are not prohibited from taking this kind of pill that can temporarily increase their strength.

After taking the low-grade explosive Qi pill, the cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage can improve one level of false Qi Refining skills, which will last for half a quarter of an hour. After the effect of the drug wears off, the cultivator will fall into an extremely weak state for a day.

The effect of the top-grade explosive pill is much stronger than that of the lower-grade one. After taking it, it can improve your cultivation by two levels! And it can last for a quarter of an hour. The weak state after the effect of the drug ends is better, and it only lasts for half a day.

Moreover, after the effect of low-grade Explosive Qi Pill wears off, 90% of the power will be lost, while high-grade Explosive Qi Pill will only lose 80% of the power.

Best of all, the two bottles of Explosive Qi Pills were sold at the prices of six hundred and seven hundred spirit stones respectively.

The disciples who failed to grab the Explosive Qi Pill looked regretful and prepared to go to the market to buy two bottles of inferior quality ones.

The auction of the explosive pill is over, and the second item for auction is a spiritual sword of extremely fine quality. When one's spiritual consciousness falls on it, one will feel the pain of being cut. It is said that this spiritual sword has touched the level of a magic weapon!

Spiritual weapons, magic weapons, and magical treasures. Only some disciples of Xuannv Palace who are in the early stage of Yongquan use the top-grade spiritual weapons.

After a round of bidding, the spirit sword was bought for seven hundred spirit stones. Lin Xuan blinked his eyes and suddenly felt that it was a huge profit to buy a top-grade spirit sword for less than two hundred spirit stones four months ago.

Later, two spiritual weapons were auctioned in succession, one was an offensive spiritual weapon, and the other was a defensive spiritual weapon. Both were of top-grade quality, but no longer reached the level of magic weapons, so they were sold for five hundred spirit stones.

The fourth auction item was again a medicinal pill. The female cultivator who presided over the auction became more enthusiastic. She introduced in a delicate voice, "The next item to be auctioned is the top-grade Qi-refining pill refined by Master Feng Ze!"

"Wow, a top-grade Qi-refining pill. I want one. Two hundred and thirty spirit stones!" A ninth-level cultivator made an offer.

"I'm almost there, I want one, two hundred and fifty spirit stones!" The eighth-level cultivator was not willing to be outdone.

Low-grade Qi-refining pills can greatly increase the cultivation level of a cultivator at the third level of Qi-refining, but they contain a lot of pill poison. If you eat too much, the toxins will accumulate and it will be difficult to reverse the situation. It will be very difficult to expel them completely in the future.

The accumulated toxins will damage the foundation, so the inferior quality Qi-refining pills are not very popular among the outer sects, and only the independent cultivators from the outside world do not despise them.

However, the top-grade Qi-refining pills are different. Not only are their medicinal strength far superior to that of the lower-grade Qi-refining pills, their toxicity is also greatly reduced. They only have one-tenth of the poison of the lower-grade Qi-refining pills, and are quite easy to eliminate.

Every time you refine a top-grade Qi-refining pill and then meditate for a month, your magic power will be able to cleanse the poison from the pill.

Therefore, the top-grade Qi Refining Pills were extremely popular, and the average price of each pill was raised to 900 spirit stones! Ling Huaiyin also bought one. With the top-grade Qi Refining Pill, she could break through to the ninth level faster.

Lin Xuan opened his mouth. He was shocked by the transaction price of the top-grade Qi-refining pill. Even if the auction price was significantly higher than the market price, the elixir-grade Qi-refining pill he swallowed last time was probably worth thousands!

Moreover, there is no demand for it. There is no alchemist in the outer sect who can refine Qi-refining elixirs, so the top-grade ones are limited!

"What's wrong, my dear Xuan'er? Your face is so red." Ling Huaiyin pinched his face.

Wan Lin himself did not come, but several deputy mountain masters were nearby. They looked at the two of them from time to time. They didn't get any information at all. When did Ling Huaiyin find a little man?

Xiang Caiyun frowned and roared inwardly, it has only been a few months and that kid has already reached the sixth level of Qi Refining!

"My sister is so good to me." Lin Xuan thought of Shu Yixiang who was far away in the inner gate. The elixir-level Qi-refining pill was given by her senior sister, so if you round it off, it would be equivalent to what she gave it, and a warm feeling appeared in his heart.

Not only did the elixir-grade Qi-refining pill not have any poison, it also allowed him to jump directly from the middle stage of the fifth level of Qi-refining to the stage of sedimentation breakthrough.

Lin Xuan felt grateful but guilty at the same time, thinking to himself, my sister is so good to me. Unlike me, I will only serve her if I am given spirit stones. I should be more proactive in the future and serve my sister happily.

"Well... kiss her next time, maybe she will feel happy?" the boy thought.

"Sister Ling, I'm fine. I just thought of some things." He smiled.

The treasures at the auction are all very powerful, including top-grade spiritual weapons, top-grade talismans, superior elixirs, and rare spiritual medicines. After observing them for a while, the treasure that caught his eye appeared, a first-grade top-grade formation-breaking talisman!

As the name suggests, the Formation-Breaking Talisman is a talisman specifically used to restrain formations. No matter which side sets up the formation when cultivators are fighting, or when encountering a blockade formation when exploring ruins, the Formation-Breaking Talisman can play a key role.

If he had the talisman to break the formation when he was ambushed by Ye Chuan last time, he wouldn't have been in such a miserable state.