Eternal Blue Gold

The auction for the King's Divine Weapon had ended, yet Yaoguang Treasure Hall was still abuzz with discussion.

That treasure seal had fetched the highest price of the day.

Yet there was still no movement on the auction stage. Everyone grew curious and began talking among themselves, asking those nearby what was going on.

Looks like the final item is here. I wonder what it is! Zhou Tong was curious as well. Even a King's Divine Weapon was not the finale—could a Saint Weapon be up for sale?

At last, after a long wait, a middle-aged cultivator emerged from the back carrying a jade tray.

The jade tray was placed on a display stand to one side. The moment it was set down, the stand trembled slightly, and the corners of several cultivators' eyes twitched.

The display stand in Yaoguang Treasure Hall was no ordinary object. It had been refined from Mystic Ice Jade and possessed astonishing carrying capacity, yet it had been shaken.

One could imagine that the object on the jade tray weighed at least ten thousand jin.

"The final item of this auction is—"

Just as everyone turned their gazes toward it, the auctioneer abruptly tore away the red cloth covering the jade tray—

"What!? There's actually something like this?"

"Th-this is a peerless treasure that is nearly impossible to find! Such a large piece..."

"Heavens, this luster, this radiance—it can't be wrong. It's immortal gold!"

"Eternal Blue Gold!!"

Everyone was stunned, their burning gazes fixed upon the jade tray on the display stand.

There lay a palm-sized piece of blue immortal gold. It shimmered with a mysterious radiance, hundreds or even thousands of times more dreamlike than sapphire, making it impossible to look away at a glance. It was like a star that had fallen from the heavens into the mortal world, brilliant as a dream and an illusion. Blue light flowed across it, like the most dazzling star in the cosmos.

This was an emperor-grade divine material, a rare immortal material reserved for Ancient Great Emperors, beyond the reach of others.

"Eternal Blue Gold—one tiny grain is rarely seen in a thousand generations, yet such a piece has appeared here today. We must buy it. Our Holy Son needs such a material to refine his Dao Proving Artifact."

"As expected of a sacred object exclusive to Great Emperors, it is too dazzling! Heaven has delivered this object into my hands; it is fated that I will embark upon the Emperor's Path. If I forge an immortal sword from Eternal Blue Gold, I will surely be able to slay immortals above and Evil Ghosts below, roaming freely through heaven and earth!"

"This piece of Eternal Blue Gold looks like a fragment of some weapon. Could it be a shard of an Imperial Weapon? No, its Dao patterns have been worn away. It is now merely the purest material."

Waves of commotion came from within the private guest chambers.

At that moment, the auctioneer spoke. "Everyone, this final item is this piece of Eternal Blue Gold. However, the senior who entrusted this Eternal Blue Gold to us stated beforehand that he will accept only life-extending spirit pills and Spirit Herbs. He will accept nothing else, whether ancient scriptures or Divine Source."

"What? He won't even accept Divine Source?"

"How can that be?"

For a moment, everyone was deeply shaken. Refusing Divine Source meant that the capital in their hands was of little use.

"Furthermore, that senior has said that he has already used many life-extending methods. Ordinary Spirit Herbs are no longer effective on him." The auctioneer added one final sentence. "The auction begins now!"

Though the auction had begun, no one made a bid.

Extending one's lifespan sounded simple, but it was in fact exceedingly difficult.

For an ordinary mortal who had never cultivated, extending their lifespan required only a single ordinary source; for cultivators of relatively low cultivation, a drop of dragon marrow or some Spirit Herbs several thousand years old would suffice. But the higher a cultivator's cultivation, the more difficult it became to extend their lifespan.

Since the auctioneer addressed the person who had produced the Eternal Blue Gold as "senior," that person must have been extremely advanced in age, cultivation, and seniority. Extending the lifespan of such a person would be extraordinarily difficult.

More importantly, this person had already used many life-extending methods, making the task even harder.

Most life-extending methods could only be used once. Their effects were astonishing the first time, but greatly diminished the second; by the third time, they might have little to no effect at all.

"My Purple Mansion Holy Land is willing to offer a fifty-thousand-year Minor Medicine King—Crimson Blood Orchid." After a long wait, someone finally spoke.

Although any Minor Medicine King had remarkable life-extending effects, different varieties naturally possessed different medicinal properties. Medicine Kings specifically meant for extending life were exceptionally rare. This Crimson Blood Orchid was not one of them.

The auctioneer waited for a moment before saying, "A fifty-thousand-year Minor Medicine King, Crimson Blood Orchid. Are there any higher bids?"

It seems that senior is in the back... After Purple Mansion Holy Land made its bid, Zhou Tong saw the auctioneer wait, presumably for that senior's response.

But... there is also the possibility of Imperial Weapon fragments with their Dao marks erased. It should be somewhat easier than I imagined to gather all Nine-Colored Immortal Gold... The Big Dipper is definitely the place with the most Imperial Weapon fragments. This thought flashed through Zhou Tong's mind.

"My Ji Family is willing to offer a sixty-thousand-year Minor Medicine King—Golden Ginseng!" Not long afterward, a second voice rang out.

"Golden Ginseng is not a Minor Medicine King used for extending life either, but at sixty thousand years old, it can still extend the lifespan of an ordinary great expert by two or three hundred years!" Zhou Tong murmured inwardly. I just wonder whether this senior has consumed too many medicines of this grade...

Spirit Herbs also had ranks.

The Spirit Herbs Zhou Tong had obtained from Dragon Mountain on Kunlun Mountain were all of the highest grade, surpassed only by Immortal Divine Medicine. They were a tier better than Crimson Blood Orchid, Golden Ginseng, and the like.

Next, all those who possessed Spirit Herbs began calling out their bids.

The highest bid came from the Nine Li Divine Dynasty: a ninety-thousand-year Medicine King—Dog Leaf Vine.

"The senior in the back still hasn't reacted at all. It seems he has used more than enough life-extending medicines... There has been no response despite so many Treasure Herbs!"

Zhou Tong fell silent for a while, then activated the Front Character Secret. Threads of light flickered from between his brows.

"I don't sense that feeling of danger. It seems Yaoguang did not bring an Imperial Weapon?"

"That makes sense. Imperial Weapons cannot be used lightly. But there must be an Heirloom Sacred Weapon guarding this place... Still, it doesn't matter. I'm not afraid of any Heirloom Sacred Weapon!" Zhou Tong's eyes immediately lit up, and he spoke—

"Three drops of White Tiger Divine Medicine essence!"

Zhou Tong's voice was not loud, but it instantly silenced the entirety of Yaoguang Treasure Hall. Even the sounds of discussion stopped at once. Yet immediately afterward, an even greater uproar erupted—

"Divine medicine?"

"Someone actually brought out divine medicine!?"

"Heavens, someone is actually using divine medicine for a trade!"

Everyone was dumbfounded, scarcely able to believe it.

"Do you have a complete divine medicine?" At that moment, an aged voice came from behind the auction stage.

"Divine medicine can fly through the heavens and escape through the earth; even ancient saints find it difficult to capture. This junior merely happened upon it and seized a few drops of essence before it could react. It then escaped into the Great Emperor Array Patterns, where it is difficult to find again."

Naturally, Zhou Tong would not admit that he possessed the White Tiger Divine Medicine.

"Tell me where you discovered the divine medicine. Add those three drops of essence, and this piece of Eternal Blue Gold will be yours!" the aged voice behind the stage immediately said.

"It is useless. I do not know where that place was. It may not even be on this Life Ancient Star!" Zhou Tong said calmly. "It was a method arranged by an Ancient Great Emperor. Even if one has been there once, one cannot find any path back."

"So be it. The methods of Ancient Great Emperors are indeed unfathomable... This piece of Eternal Blue Gold is yours, Fellow Daoist!" The aged voice seemed unwilling to say more and made the decision directly.