Chapter 451: News of the Fire of Heaven and Earth
Then Bai Ziyue's figure emerged from the Earth Fire Alchemy Room.
"Elder, how did it go?"
Qiu Dashang and the others felt a tightness in their hearts and couldn't help but approach.
"Rest assured,"
Bai Ziyue said calmly, with a wave of his hand. Three spirit pill gourds flew out and landed in the hands of Qiu Dashang, Wang Dalong, and Zhang Ru respectively.
"With this pill formation, a total of forty-five pills have been produced.
Previously, I troubled Patriarch Qiu quite a bit, and since he advanced the payment for the rental of this cave mansion, I've decided to forgo any fees for this alchemy session. All fifteen Enlightenment Pills are in the spirit pill gourd.
As for Patriarch Wang and Patriarch Zhang, according to the rules, I take a thirty percent fee, so I have taken four Enlightenment Pills from each of you. I hope this is acceptable?"
Bai Ziyue stated with a clear sense of justice.
"Thank you for your generosity, Elder."
Qiu Dashang spoke with excitement.
"I agree, of course, I agree. Elder, your noble character is admirable."
"It seems we are getting the better deal. Although it's said to be thirty percent, it's actually not the full amount. Zhang Ru is here to thank Elder."
Wang Dalong and Zhang Ru quickly expressed their gratitude, both with grateful expressions.
However, as they spoke, they couldn't help but glance enviously at Qiu Dashang.
The advance on the rental was merely a hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones. But these four extra Enlightenment Pills were worth at least two hundred thousand, especially since the Enlightenment Pills refined by Bai Ziyue were of extremely high quality, much more valuable than common Enlightenment Pills, and some would even be willing to pay a hundred thousand for one.
This amounted to at least four hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones...
"Right, Elder, when you left just now, we didn't have time to tell you.
The Qingxu Summit is about to begin, and the pamphlet for the Qingxu Auction has been distributed.
Besides the Enlightenment Pills, we came here this time to give this pamphlet to you."
Just at this moment, Xu Jia hurriedly stepped forward and spoke.
"A pamphlet?"
Bai Ziyue was slightly puzzled.
"The Qingxu Auction takes place once every ten years, involving various treasures collected by the Qingxu Sect. It also brings together treasures sent for sale by various sects, Immortal Cultivation Clans, Immortal Technique Influences, and countless loose cultivators within tens of thousands of miles of the Cloud-piercing Mountain Range."
"There are many items and various types.
To expand their influence and attract more Immortal Cultivators to participate in the bidding.
A pamphlet was specially made for this purpose.
This pamphlet itself has a high production cost and is only sent by the Qingxu Sect to those mountain gate forces with Divine Realm powerhouses.
Given Elder's new arrival and relatively low profile, we specifically registered with the auction house, and only then did they send one over.
As for those of us without a Divine Realm powerhouse overseeing our influences, we must purchase it ourselves.
Each one requires a hundred low-grade spirit stones."
Qiu Dashang quickly explained from the side.
"I must say, the Qingxu Auction has been extremely successful.
Its reputation is impeccable.
Over the centuries, its influence has even extended beyond the Cloud-piercing Mountain Range. In the last auction, powerhouses from the Gushe Mountain Range even came specifically.
The treasures auctioned therein are naturally extremely precious.
Low-tier magical artifacts and spiritual artifacts rarely appear in the auction, but it certainly does not lack for Dharma Treasures used by Divine Realm, and even Golden Core Realm powerhouses.
There's a wide array of second-grade, third-grade, and even fourth-grade spiritual pills in abundance; especially the fourth-grade spiritual pills, even Golden Core Masters scramble for them.
There are also many mystic arts directly elevating to the Golden Core Realm level, powerful magic and divine techniques.
Precious materials, rare spiritual materials, and various treasures of heaven and earth are virtually all-inclusive."
Wang Dalong acclaimed from the side.
"The auction, like the summit, also lasts for a month. During this time, Immortal Cultivators participating in the auction can freely enter and exit using the Qingxu Token.
This means they can attend at any time, or leave whenever they wish, which is very convenient.
It's said that this time, the auction has gathered as many as three thousand items, and as time goes on, the number of treasures may still increase—it is truly a grand event."
Zhang Ru couldn't help but add an explanation.
Bai Ziyue, having intended to participate in the Qingxu Auction, listened with keen interest.
He immediately felt that the Qingxu Sect had a sharp business acumen.
The month-long event would gather countless cultivators in Blood Peak City, who would need spirit stones for food, clothing, accommodation, purchase various materials, and auction treasures, requiring enormous financial investments.
Even Bai Ziyue himself had spent ten thousand low-grade spirit stones to rent this cave mansion, not to mention the over three million spent on buying the shop.
Ordinary cultivators might find their finances accumulated over ten years drained after a visit here.
The entire Blood Peak City, almost entirely belonging to the Qingxu Sect... Ultimately, the one who earned the most would still be the Qingxu Sect.
Then, Bai Ziyue finally reached out and accepted the pamphlet.
This atlas could be considered a special type of Jade Scroll Eye, larger in shape than the average Jade Scroll Eye, but the recorded information was actually quite extensive. As Bai Ziyue's Divine Thought swept over it, the information immediately flooded into his mind.
"Indeed, there were many Treasures of Heaven and Earth, some of which I had never even heard of, let alone seen.
However, the records above should only be a portion of all the treasures, a total of only five hundred types of treasures selected and recorded in the promotional atlas."
*As Bai Ziyue's thoughts stirred, carefully 'examining' the introduction information of the treasures within, he truly felt a sense of eye-opening experience.*
*He was envious of the Golden Core Treasures, Fourth-Grade Spiritual Pills, the Cultivation Techniques pointing directly to the Golden Core Realm, and the mystical Divine Techniques described within.*
Suddenly, as Bai Ziyue looked at the introduction of two Treasures of Heaven and Earth on the promotional atlas, his eyes lit up with excitement.
"Fire of Heaven and Earth, Thousand-Year Ice Heart Fire.
Fourth-Grade spirit water, Taiyi Generating Water.
Tireless seeking gets no reward, yet they come easily within grasp.
Unexpectedly, the Fire of Heaven and Earth that I originally needed to exhaust efforts to find to enhance the flame power of the Ten Thousand Flames Melting Furnace, and the Fourth-Grade spirit water needed for refining the Lifebound Dharma Treasure, were both found in this auction."
*He couldn't help but feel delighted, further solidifying his ambition to participate in the auction.*
"However, these two treasures... the Fourth-Grade spirit water Taiyi Generating Water was relatively minimal in usage, so there probably wouldn't be many vying for it.
But this Thousand-Year Ice Heart Fire, as the Fire of Heaven and Earth, plays a crucial role for Alchemists and Artifact Refiners who require refined flame power.
Whether Alchemists or Artifact Refiners, they are bound to be wealthy individuals.
The competition would inevitably be intense.
Nevertheless, regarding this Fire of Heaven and Earth, I was determined to obtain it.
In terms of wealth, I wasn't afraid of anyone."
*Bai Ziyue silently thought, his eyes flickering with a trace of deep light.*
He didn't know why even the Qingxu Sect was willing to bring out such Fire of Heaven and Earth. After all, within the Qingxu Sect, Alchemists and Artifact Refiners weren't in short supply.
But he was already resolute in his intention to acquire both of these treasures.
Because this concerned the refinement of his Lifebound Dharma Treasure, he was absolutely unwilling to give up easily.
...
In the void, two flood dragons with golden horns on their heads and bodies covered in scale armor roared mightily, flying across the clouds.
Behind the two flood dragons were two reins perfectly fitting their half bodies, while at the back half was a carriage resembling a chariot.
The carriage appeared small from the outside, but inside, it contained another dimension, like a miniature palace.
Inside the palace, a middle-aged cultivator, donned in a red Daoist robe, with a handsome face but leaving two long mustaches at the mouth, sat steadily.
Beside him were two cultivators, a man and a woman, carefully attending to him.
Suddenly, the middle-aged cultivator opened his eyes and asked in a deep voice, "What territory are we in?"
"Master, we're already near Jujing Peak, soon to descend upon Blood Peak City,"
the young male cultivator beside him replied respectfully.
"Good."
The middle-aged cultivator nodded, his eyes flashing with a trace of gloom, "This time, I want to ask Jin Fushui, how exactly is he, this Field Elder, carrying out his duties?"
Both disciples slightly bowed their heads, not daring to respond.
Their master could directly address the elder by name, but as disciples in the middle to late stage of the Enlightenment Realm, they dared not do so.
*Nonetheless, they understood why their master was so angry.*
Thirty years ago, when Master Dan Jun publicly announced a task seeking the Fire of Heaven and Earth within the Qingxu Sect as he advanced his alchemy from Third-Grade Initial Tier to Middle-Tier,
Master Fushui, as the Field Elder, hosted the Qingxu Summit and managed the Qingxu Auction, naturally had been informed by the master, reminding him to keep an eye on any information about the Fire of Heaven and Earth.
As a result, seeing the promotional atlas of the Qingxu Auction openly introducing the Fire of Heaven and Earth, the master became furious.
The Fire of Heaven and Earth, which the master earnestly sought for thirty years without success, had been found by someone within the Sect, yet it was going to be auctioned through the auction?
*Was the Qingxu Auction so scarce on treasures that even something as rare as the Fire of Heaven and Earth needed to be put up for auction?*
*Was the status of the Pill Treasure Hall's Alchemy Elder, who was virtually appointed as the next Hall Master and a Middle-Tier Third-Grade Alchemist, being so underappreciated?*
...
*He was determined to have a thorough discussion with Master Fushui.*
At the very least, he needed the Fire of Heaven and Earth, Thousand-Year Ice Heart Fire, to be removed from the auction list.
After all, the auction hadn't officially started, and it was not too late to change things.
This Thousand-Year Ice Heart Fire could only, and inevitably would, belong to him, Master Dan Jun.
No one else could dare take a piece of it.
A stick of incense later, the two flood dragons descended directly into Blood Peak City.
Then the middle-aged cultivator wasted no time and headed straight for the top of the enormous Blood Peak.
"Jin Fushui, there is something I think you must explain to me."
Master Dan Jun quickly found Master Fushui, speaking with a gloom-laden face.