Inside the Crystal Palace
After Zhang Jian entered, he was led by a Dragon Race Elder to the exclusive VIP section at the upper seats.
From the second floor, he could clearly overlook the sales hall below.
Zhang Jian was quite satisfied with this arrangement.
At this moment, the auction below had already reached the end of the first round.
The item being auctioned was a Golden Acupoint Divinity Transformation Pill, used to assist Golden Core Cultivators in breaking through to the Yin Spirit Realm, quite valuable indeed.
Many High-Tier Cultivators below were also participating in the bidding.
It was obvious that they were competing on behalf of their disciples, sect members, or Dao Companions.
After a few minutes of rest, the second round soon began.
The treasures sold in the second round would focus on those ranging from the Yin Spirit stage to the Primordial Spirit True Monarch level.
These included various Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, Magical Treasures, and Spirit Treasures.
There were also various Primordial Spirit Immortal Technique inheritances.
As well as unique pill formulas and artifact refining formulas.
The list of these items had already been displayed in advance.
Zhang Jian just glanced at it briefly and then put it aside, continuing to rest his eyes.
He currently didn’t lack these.
The Great Xia Dynasty now had the Xiyue Grotto Heaven’s inheritance, along with the various Primordial Spirit Techniques he created, gradually filling in the gaps.
What he needed now was to fill in his own shortcomings.
In the room, Zhang Jian just focused on absorbing spiritual mechanisms and honing his magical power.
His magical power growth rate was extremely fast.
The fusion of the Innate Taiyin Law Dao Seed made his body’s magical power growth extremely fast, continuously resonating with the Taiyin Law of Heaven and Earth through the mutated Taiyin Refining Technique.
Absorbing the Taiyin Qi between Heaven and Earth, a day’s diligent cultivation was equivalent to several months for others.
This exaggerated cultivation speed made his Primordial Spirit Magical Power advance rapidly.
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An hour later, the second round of auctions concluded in a slightly intense atmosphere.
For the cultivation resources at the Primordial Spirit stage, many High-Tier Cultivators competed fiercely as it was the main battlefield for their competition.
After a quarter-hour rest, the third round of auctions quickly began.
As the host of the auction, a Dragon Race Elder glanced at the crowd and smiled.
"Fellow cultivators, the third round of auction is for the grand finale items, and the item list will be delivered to each VIP room by the female attendants. It is also announced on the auction board in advance, allowing you to focus your efforts on securing your desired treasures!"
As his words fell, Zhang Jian sensed someone knocking on the door outside his room. Upon opening the door, he saw a beautiful Clam Maiden bow slightly.
"Honored guest, I am the auction’s patrol female attendant. This is the item list for the third round of auctions, please keep it well. Do you have any other instructions?"
At this moment, this beautiful Clam Maiden’s eyes held a seductive charm.
Zhang Jian waved his hand, signaling the Clam Maiden to leave on her own.
Casually accepting the item list, Zhang Jian’s eyes gleamed as he browsed it.
The third round of auction had not many treasures, only about ten items.
But each one was a significant treasure.
For instance, among them were three pieces of Tier One Immortal Treasures, namely Sword of Infinite, All Heaven Star Banner, and Ten Thousand Gu Tripod.
At this moment, the Dragon Race Elder below also began introducing the first item of the third round of auctions.
On the auction stage below, a large, ancient cyan-gray sword was brought in, and a rich, gray Sword Qi instantly emerged.
This majestic Sword Intent just revealed itself and caused the long swords in the hands of many High-Tier Cultivators below to hum without pause.
"This is the Tier One Immortal Treasure Sword of Infinite, a Tier One Immortal Sword originating from the relic of the Outer World Star Emperor. It was left behind by an immortal after slaying demons, alongside the corpse of an Outer Demon God, the Plague Demon God. That Plague Demon God was among the top True Immortal Level Outer Demon Gods, skilled in plague and poison techniques. For the Infinite Sword to slay this demon shows its divine profundity!"
"According to the inspection by our Dragon Race experts, this Infinite Immortal Sword is not only extremely sharp but also contains four Tier One Immortal Techniques within, with strong power, and also holds a Tier One Immortal Dao Escape Technique, allowing for attack and defense. It can be described as the ultimate Immortal Object for repelling evil and safeguarding oneself!"
"The minimum selling price for this item is 700,000 top-grade Spirit Crystals, please make your bids!"
"900,000!"
As the words ended, a voice sounded from a VIP room on the second floor; Zhang Jian looked towards the voice and saw the figure on the opposite side. The High-Tier Cultivator on the opposite side also opened the ban on the room, revealing his true form.
That was True Monarch Qinghe from the Shangqing Sword Sect.
One of Zhang Jian’s old acquaintances.
"1,050,000!"
But soon another voice chimed in, this voice was extremely cold, carrying a tone of indifference.
It came from another room.
"One of the Yun Family!"
The voice originated from the Yun Family’s room, a Noble Family, and it was the Golden Dragon Granny who previously harbored animosity towards Zhang Jian.
At this moment, she also revealed her figure, evidently determined to obtain this sword.
True Monarch Qinghe also saw the Golden Dragon Granny, his expression turned somewhat stern.
Yet, the Shangqing Sword Sect’s strength was not weaker than the Yun Family.
"1,200,000 top-grade Spirit Crystals!"
He showed no signs of retreat.
Upstairs, Zhang Jian coldly observed the scene, his gaze falling on the list in his hand.
This time, aside from a few Tier One Immortal Treasures, there were also three Tier One Immortal Techniques and two Tier Two Immortal Techniques up for auction.
To Zhang Jian’s delight, this time there was indeed a Tier Two Earth-Attributed Immortal Technique.
That Tier Two Earth-Attributed Immortal Technique also came from the outer world, named "Central Earth Yuan Qi"!
Once mastered, it can greatly mobilize the Power of the Earth, forming an Earth domain.
This is a field-control type Earth Attribute Immortal Technique.
Zhang Jian was fairly satisfied as this could fill in part of his shortcomings.
Besides, Zhang Jian was also interested in another Tier Two Immortal Technique.
This Tier Two Immortal Technique was a relatively rare Divine Dao inheritance called ’Celestial Dao Overawing’!
It was a Divine Dao technique that used Divine Dao Authority to connect with the Heaven and Earth Dao Laws, temporarily enhancing the connection between oneself and these laws.
Zhang Jian’s eyes lingered on this Divine Dao inheritance for a long time.
Currently, he possessed the Divine Dao Emperor’s Authority, but he had no super-tier Divine Dao techniques to match it.
If he could purchase this Divine Dao technique, his strength would undoubtedly enhance further.
The Divine Dao Emperor was indeed a Divine Dao Power, with abilities far beyond what he could currently demonstrate.
"One million six hundred thousand!"
Below, as Yun Family’s Golden Dragon Granny gritted her teeth and shouted out a staggering price, True Monarch Qinghe hesitated momentarily and finally gave up continuing to bid.
On stage, the Dragon Race Elder called out loudly.
"One million six hundred thousand for the second time, one million six hundred thousand for the third time, congratulations to our fellow Daoist in No. 3 Section B for winning the first Tier One Immortal Treasure in the third round, congratulations!"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone went on stage, resealed the auction item, and sent it to the Yun Family’s box.
Other high-tier cultivators shook their heads in secret when they saw this.
Spending one million six hundred thousand top-grade spirit crystals to buy a Tier One Immortal Treasure was already overpricing by forty to sixty thousand.
In addition to nearly ten percent auction commission, the final payment needed to be one million seven hundred sixty thousand top-grade spirit crystals.
It seemed unwise no matter how you looked at it.
No wonder the Golden Dragon Granny of the Yun Family looked gloomy.
Next in line for auction were the All Heaven Star Banner and the Ten Thousand Gu Tripod, two Tier One Immortal Treasures.
The two treasures were won by two high-tier cultivators for one million nine hundred thousand top-grade spirit crystals and one million four hundred fifty thousand top-grade spirit crystals, respectively.
Among the three Tier One Immortal Treasures, the All Heaven Star Banner went for the highest price.
This Tier One Immortal Treasure was the most versatile because it was both offensive and defensive, and it could also form a protection array of the celestial stars.
After the two Tier One Immortal Treasures were auctioned, the next items were three Tier One Immortal Techniques.
The attributes of these three Tier One Immortal Techniques were wind, fire, and earth.
The wind attribute one was the Cyan Nether Wind Escape Technique.
This was a Tier One escape-type Immortal Technique, extremely fast, capable of creating seven or eight wind attribute avatars to divert the attention of pursuers.
Its appearance attracted the attention of many Primordial Spirit True Monarchs, and even ancient True Immortals from two Immortal Sect Dao Lineages.
Although Zhang Jian had Wind Spirit Root, his interest was lacking due to possessing the Tier Two Immortal Technique Taiyin Rainbow Light Technique.
The remaining Tier One Fire Immortal Technique was "Phoenix’s Wrath" and the Tier One Earth Immortal Technique was Gravity Celestial Star.
Zhang Jian had some interest in fire attribute Immortal Techniques, given that he controlled the powerful Immortal Divine Fire, Celestial Purity Fire, and could use a high-tier fire attribute Immortal Technique to form a powerful finishing move.
However, Feng Ling Mountain God had mentioned to him that in her awakened Phoenix inheritance, there existed a Phoenix Race fire attribute Immortal Technique.
By then, he could ’get it for free’!
Thus, Zhang Jian had no intention of purchasing it at a high price.
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After the three Tier One Immortal Techniques were auctioned, the next were the two Tier Two Immortal Techniques that Zhang Jian yearned for.
"Next up for auction is the Tier Two Earth Attribute Immortal Technique ’Central Earth Yuan Qi.’ This Tier Two Immortal Technique is a large-scale venue control Immortal Technique, also collected from an Outer World True Immortal. The starting bid is one million two hundred thousand top-grade spirit crystals, and now bidding begins!"
As the Dragon Race Elder on the auction stage spoke, many high-tier cultivators turned their eyes.
However, towards this type of venue control earth attribute Immortal Technique, most were conservative, except for Primordial Spirit True Monarchs and Earth Gods rooted in earth and earth attributes, other high-tier cultivators didn’t regard it highly.
In the box, Zhang Jian spoke directly.
"Two million top-grade spirit crystals!"
As he opened his mouth, he directly raised the price of the Tier Two Immortal Technique to two million.
Considering the value of a Tier Two Immortal Technique, two million top-grade spirit crystals was not a lot.
In a box on the left side, a god with circulating divine light slightly furrowed his brows but still spoke.
"Two million one hundred ten thousand top-grade spirit crystals!"
He was a god from the Sheji Divine Dao, a Third-Grade God.
This time, he had come for earth attribute Immortal Techniques, having already acquired a Tier One earth attribute Immortal Technique, and he also wished to vie for this Tier Two earth attribute Immortal Technique.
"Two million three hundred fifty thousand top-grade spirit crystals!"
Zhang Jian continued to bid unhurriedly, raising his bid by over twenty-five thousand spirit crystals at once.
Zhang Jian was indeed wealthy at the moment.
The treasure vault of the Xiyue Sword Sect contained not millions, but several billion top-grade spirit crystals.
Nearly three to four billion top-grade spirit crystals, this amount was almost incomparable for the Immortal Sect Dao Lineages of this realm.
Only a transcendent Immortal Sect Dao Lineage like the Tongshan Dao Lineage could have accumulated comparable wealth.
With such confidence, he feared no large forces.
Perhaps sensing Zhang Jian’s wealth, the Third-Grade God’s bidding hesitated slightly but did not continue.
Nine Peaks Divine Monarch looked at the items on his list.
He wasn’t representing himself but the Earth Element Patrol Envoy, one of the four major Inspection Envoys of the Sheji Divine Dao.
His father had his eyes set on the next Tier Two Divine Technique ’Celestial Dao Overawing’!
That ’Celestial Dao Overawing’ was an essential authority application technique for high-tier gods.
And the current ’Celestial Dao Overawing’ excelled in terms of range, magnitude, and stability, making it a must-have for the Earth Element Patrol Envoy.
On the auction platform, after several successive calls, seeing no further bids, the Dragon Race Elder announced loudly.
"Two million three hundred fifty thousand for the third time, congratulations to our esteemed guest in No. 9 Section A for successfully acquiring the Tier Two Earth Attribute Immortal Technique ’Central Earth Yuan Qi’!"
With a smile on his face, he gestured to a nearby Dragon Race deity to seal the secret technique before retrieving a jade slip glowing with divine light. Lifting the azure jade slip in his hand, he announced loudly.
"Fellow Daoists, the next item for auction is a Tier Two Divine Technique. The distinction between a Tier Two Divine Technique and a Tier Two Immortal Technique is well known; it offers an unparalleled advantage to Daoists holding Divine Dao Authority by enhancing the authority and reducing the burden of the Heaven and Earth Dao Laws on the divine body!"
"This Divine Dao technique hails from an ancient god relic in this realm, created by ancient gods and demons, and starts at one hundred twenty thousand!"