Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme - Chapter 505

Chapter 505: Chapter 309: Auction

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Time flew by in the blink of an eye, and thirty years had passed.

Thirty years later, in the Southern Sea, on East Lai Island.

The island was a small kingdom known as East Lai, one of the Ten Sects of the South Sea, a subordinate spirit island of the Bright Moon Pavilion and also a famous trading land in the Southern Sea.

Today coincided with the centennial of East Lai, and cultivators from all sectors and factions in the Southern Sea had come to attend the once-in-a-hundred-years East Lai Meeting hosted by the Bright Moon Pavilion.

The Ten Factions of the South Sea were the leaders of the cultivation realm in the Southern Sea. Side-door Grandmasters and Left-path Great Sects, whose founders were once Mahayana True Immortals, were collectively revered as the “Master of the Marginal Path” by the Southern Sea cultivators and had passed down their teachings to the present day.

Alas, although the Mahayana possessed the title of True Immortals, they were not true Immortals and did not achieve eternal life, let alone immortality. With the seas turning to mulberry fields and the passage of time, today, only three of the ten factions still had Mahayana Ancestors in residence: the South Sea Sect, Mysterious Yin Island, and Bright Moon Pavilion.

The Southern Sea’s cultivation realm, though a side-door, had its distinctions of right and wrong. The South Sea Sect was on the side of the Righteous Path, while Mysterious Yin Island tended towards the Left-hand Path in their actions.

As for Bright Moon Pavilion, positioned neutrally, it was the strongest and most prestigious among the three major trade guilds in the Southern Sea, conducting trade throughout the world and with the Northern Domain and Central Plains heartland.

With such development and tradition, the Bright Moon Pavilion had accumulated profound potentiality. Aside from the Mahayana Ancestor who did not involve themselves in worldly affairs, there were several Integrations serving as the core pillars and dozens of Return to Voids roaming in all directions.

The East Lai Meeting, though a minor event compared to the millennium Bright Moon Great Meeting, still drew the entire Southern Sea’s cultivation world and all sects together due to the Bright Moon Pavilion’s influence, and even numerous Loose Cultivators would spend fortunes to compete for all kinds of rare and unusual treasures and Mysterious Skills.

And so…

“We now welcome the tenth auction item, the Xuanyuan Spiritual Sword, provided by the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion!”

“This sword, forged from Mysterious Iron Refined Gold and tempered with the Might of Thunder and Fire, was personally refined by Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion Master, Refinement Grandmaster Li Xuanyuan. It is a Spiritual Treasure of the highest quality and aligns with the Sword Dao. Its metal is keen, and its edge is unmatched; its thunderous and fiery might is swift and peerless. Even Return to Void Sword Cultivators can use it…”

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“The starting bid is ninety million Spirit Stones, and each bid must increase by at least five million. Furthermore, as per Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion’s request, if Spirit Stones are insufficient, high-quality Mysterious Iron Refined Gold, Artifact Refining Spirit Materials, and high-grade Cultivation Techniques of the Sword Dao, Dao of Tools, or Array Formation can also be deducted as credit, and we at the Bright Moon Pavilion can serve as the intermediary…”

“The auction starts now!”

“One hundred million Spirit Stones!”

“One hundred and ten million!”

“One hundred and twenty million, and an extra piece of Gengjin Stone that can refine a sliver of Geng Metal Iron!”

No sooner had the words on the stage finished than the competition began below.

“This…”

“What a grand gesture!”

“Even the Gengjin Stone is being offered.”

“Geng Metal Iron, an Innate Metal Elemental Object, ranks at fifth tier and is a superior material for refining artifacts, especially for forge Flying Swords used in battle. By offering such an item, it’s clear that they are determined to obtain this Xuanyuan Sword!”

“This truly hits home for the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion, as everyone knows that the Pavilion Master is obsessed with swords, always collecting various kinds of Mysterious Iron Refined Gold, aiming to refine Flying Swords with Immortal Spirits. Now that the Geng Metal Iron has appeared, the Pavilion will surely not let it go!”

“That’s not necessarily the case. Nowadays, who in the Southern Sea doesn’t know of the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion Master’s proficiency in swordsmanship and Artifact Refining? Although this Xuanyuan Spiritual Sword is just a high-quality Spiritual Treasure, in the hands of a Sword Cultivator, it can be comparable to a Low-Grade Immortal Artifact. How many sword fights in the Southern Sea in recent years have been won with the swords from the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion?”

“Such a Spiritual Sword, suitable even for Return to Void Sword Cultivators, might not be secured with just a piece of Gengjin Stone and a sliver of Geng Metal Iron.”

The crowd below buzzed with discussion and continuous exclamations.

On the stage, Pavilion Master Lu Mingyu smiled as well, “A piece of Gengjin Stone can only refine a sliver of Geng Metal Iron, and there are labor costs, refinement risks, so it can only offset thirty million Spirit Stones.”

“The guest in room number seventy-three bids one hundred and fifty million Spirit Stones. Are there any other esteemed guests willing to bid?”

“…”

“One hundred and sixty million!”

After a moment of silence, another bid was made.

Seeing this, the person in room seventy-three could only grit their teeth and call out, “Add half a sliver of refined Geng Metal Iron!”

“With that, the equivalent bid is one hundred and eighty million Spirit Stones!”

Pavilion Master Lu Mingyu looked to the audience with a smile in her eyes, “Are there any other guests who wish to bid?”

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The crowd remained silent.

One hundred and seventy million Spirit Stones for a high-quality Spiritual Treasure was indeed an excessive price to pay. It was only because the Xuanyuan Spiritual Sword from the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion was so exceptional that the bidding reached this level. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been so competitive.

But however exceptional, it was still a Spiritual Treasure and couldn’t reach the price of an Immortal Artifact. Instead of bleeding resources to compete for this Spiritual Sword, it would be better to aim for a universally applicable Immortal Artifact.

Seeing this, Pavilion Master Lu Mingyu was straightforward.

“One hundred and eighty million once!”

“One hundred and eighty million twice!”

“One hundred and eighty million thrice!”

“Congratulations to this guest for acquiring the Xuanyuan Spiritual Sword!”

The hammer fell with finality, and the auction concluded.

The crowd reacted with sighs.

“A Spiritual Sword for one hundred and eighty million!”

“Isn’t that too easy a fortune to earn?”

“There’s no helping it, who has the skill to do it?”

“With the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, Pills Talismans, Artifact Refining, and Formations as the mainstays, as long as one is proficient in these four arts, why worry about lacking Spirit Stones?”

“Easier said than done. Do you actually think these four arts are easy to master? Who knows how many Spirit Stones and resources must be invested to hopefully cultivate a Fourth Rank Grandmaster?”

“In the Southern Sea’s cultivation realm, out of the Hundred Sects and Ten Factions and millions of cultivators, there are barely a thousand Fourth Rank Grandmasters and less than a hundred Fifth Rank Refinement Grandmasters. In the Artifact Refining path alone, there are only a dozen or so experts. Since Master Lingbao was slain thirty years ago, such skills have indeed become even more valuable due to their rarity!”

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