Yin Soul Spirit Threads, Clearwater Spirit Bamboo
"There are at least 30,000 cultivators sitting in the main hall, and about a thousand cultivators in the private rooms on the second floor."
"It is estimated that the number of participants in the medium-sized auction held every thirty years and the large-scale auction held once every hundred years in Wood Origin Marketplace will increase several times over."
"This Wood Origin Marketplace truly lives up to its name as a medium-sized market."
Although the private rooms on the second floor of the auction hall were protected by a third-order isolation array, Ling Pengyun's Divine Sense was comparable to that of Golden Core Third Layer expert, and because of his Spirit Planter, he was extremely sensitive to the aura of cultivators.
Under these circumstances, it wouldn't be a problem for him to find out how many cultivators were in this area.
As for their exact cultivation level and appearance, it is difficult to ascertain.
The private rooms on the third floor were heavily protected by an array, making it difficult even for Ling Pengyun to detect whether there were any cultivators inside.
The size of a market is determined by the flow of people. Small markets generally have a flow of 5,000 to 50,000 people, medium markets generally have a flow of around 100,000 people, and large markets generally have a flow of around 200,000 people.
With a stable flow of 100,000 people, Wood Origin Marketplace is naturally a medium-sized market.
The auction was hosted by an elderly man in the Pseudo-Core Realm, dressed in the Wood Origin Immortal Sect.
The Pseudo-Core Realm elder who was presiding over the auction was also auctioning some first-tier spiritual items.
Ling Pengyun wasn't interested, so he closed his eyes and sat quietly.
With his cultivation reaching the Golden Core realm, let alone first-tier spiritual objects, even second-tier spiritual objects rarely attract him.
Only third-tier spiritual objects could tempt him.
Over a thousand first-tier spiritual items were auctioned off before the auction entered its final stage at noon.
This auction featured 300 highlight items.
These final auction items are all of the highest quality, reaching the second tier.
Furthermore, the higher the grade of these final auction items, the more valuable they become, and the higher their auction prices.
After auctioning off several key items, the Pseudo-Core Realm elder who was hosting the auction took out a strand of black silk thread from his Storage Bag and began to introduce it.
"This is ten catties of Second Rank High Grade Yin Soul Spirit Silk, produced by Yin Soul Spirit Silkworm that feed on souls."
"If any fellow Daoist who wields a musical Law Artifact can buy this item, they can use these ten catties of Yin Soul Spirit Silk to refine a powerful musical instrument that can attack the Sea of Consciousness of others."
"The starting bid for this item is two hundred Spirit Stone. The highest bidder wins, and each bid must be at least fifty Spirit Stone higher."
As soon as these words were spoken, bids were raised from all over the auction hall.
These bidding voices all came from the people in the private rooms on the second floor.
Clearly, all of these bidders possessed Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation.
On the third floor, in a private room.
Upon hearing this introduction, Ling Pengyun immediately opened his eyes.
Two days ago, he had taken a liking to this item through the promotional picture of the auction items given to him by Jia Mu Zhenren.
While this Yin Soul Spirit Silk is a good material for crafting musical Law Artifact like zithers, it is also a good material for crafting Ghost Control Long Banner.
However, the Pseudo-Core Realm elder who presided over the auction did not mention this effect.
After all, long banners of the ghost-controlling type are mostly controlled by Devil Cultivator, so it was naturally inappropriate for the Pseudo-Core Realm elder, as a member of Righteous Path righteous sect, to say such a thing.
The Ghost Control Long Banner in Ling Pengyun's hand, which had fallen from the Magic Treasure Prototype to the Second Rank High Grade, was made from Yin Soul Spirit Silk.
The Ghost Control Long Banner has some damage. If it needs to be repaired, it would be better to use Yin Soul Spirit Silk. Using other types of spirit silk to repair the banner would affect its quality.
That is why Ling Pengyun has been delaying the repair of the Second Rank High Grade Ghost Control Long Banner in his hand, intending to search for Yin Soul Spirit Silk.
It's a pity that no Yin Soul Spirit Silk appeared in the territory of the Hundred Spirits Sect.
Now that he has witnessed the appearance of the Yin Soul Spirit Silk here, Ling Pengyun naturally does not want to miss it.
"Two thousand five hundred Spirit Stone."
Ling Pengyun called out the price.
Throughout the auction hall, all the cultivators who had been eagerly bidding for spiritual items crafted from Yin Soul Spirit Silk were startled when they heard a calm and measured bid coming from a private room on the third floor.
Even those cultivators who were planning to grit their teeth and bid for the Yin Soul Spirit Silk swallowed their words of bidding.
This is because only Golden Core cultivators are allowed to enter the private rooms on the third floor.
They wouldn't dare compete with Golden Core True Person for ten catties of Yin Soul Spirit Silk. It would be unwise to provoke a Golden Core True Person for such a mere ten catties of Yin Soul Spirit Silk.
Moreover, Ling Pengyun's offer was not low.
Due to its unique effects, Yin Soul Spirit Silk is about 30% more expensive than other silk of the same grade. Second Rank High Grade Yin Soul Spirit Silk costs about two hundred Spirit Stone.
Ten catties equal two thousand Spirit Stone.
Under these circumstances, the price of 2,500 Spirit Stone that Ling Pengyun is offering is already considered high.
For a moment, the entire auction hall fell silent.
After waiting for ten breaths, the Pseudo-Core Realm elder who was presiding over the auction announced with a smile.
"Ten breaths have passed, and the ten pounds of Yin Soul Spirit Silk were taken by that senior on the third floor."
He summoned a maid and handed her the ten pounds of Yin Soul Spirit Silk.
Then, he took out another highlight item from his Storage Bag and began to introduce it.
As for the maid who held the Yin Soul Spirit Silk, she quickly went up to the third floor, found Ling Pengyun's private room, and brought it to Ling Pengyun.
After Ling Pengyun paid the Spirit Stone, the maid handed Ling Pengyun ten catties of Yin Soul Spirit Silk.
Looking at the ten-pound Second Rank High Grade Yin Soul Spirit Silk in his hand, Ling Pengyun couldn't help but smile slightly.
"With this, my severely damaged Ghost Control Long Banner can finally be repaired."
After regaining his senses, he immediately put the item into his Storage Bag and turned his attention back to the auction.
After the Pseudo-Core Realm elder auctioned off several more of the final items, Ling Pengyun's desired item reappeared.
"These three bamboos are three Second Rank Low Grade Clear Water Spirit Bamboo. As you all know, Clear Water Spirit Bamboo belong to the water element. If someone who mainly cultivates water-attribute Cultivation Method obtains these three complete Clear Water Spirit Bamboo, each three zhang tall, they will be able to refine a complete set of Second Grade Magic Tool."
"Furthermore, these three Clear Water Spirit Bamboo can also be used as the main material for a magic boat that can travel on water."
"In addition, these three spirit bamboos were found by a Spirit Planter in the outside world. The Spirit Planter was very careful in transplanting these three Clear Water Spirit Bamboo, and the roots of this Clear Water Spirit Bamboo were also preserved very well by the Spirit Planter."
"As long as there is a suitable Spirit Soil, it is not impossible to cultivate a whole patch of Clear Water Spirit Bamboo by planting these three Clear Water Spirit Bamboo shoots in the soil over several decades or even hundreds of years, relying on the bamboo shoots that these three Clear Water Spirit Bamboo shoots produce every spring and winter."
"The starting bid for this item is five hundred Spirit Stone..."
The Pseudo-Core Realm elder who hosted the auction took out a huge Spirit-Locking Jade Box from his Storage Bag, and from it took out three blue spirit bamboos that exuded rich Water Spiritual Energy.
Before half a breath had passed, the sound of bidding came from the private rooms on the second floor of the auction hall.
In a short while, the price of those three Second Rank Low Grade Clear Water Spirit Bamboo rose to 1,700 Spirit Stone.
Furthermore, the bidding continued unabated at the auction, and the price of the three Clear Water Spirit Bamboo continued to rise.
This was exactly what Ling Pengyun had expected. If the Clear Water Spirit Bamboo had no roots and was difficult to grow, it would naturally be difficult to sell it for such a high price.
However, those three Clear Water Spirit Bamboo have roots, and the root system is complete, so they can indeed be cultivated like that Pseudo-Core Realm elder.
Under such circumstances, those three spirit bamboos are like a gold mine to the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment forces in the Boundless Sea Region Cultivation World. They only need to wait for decades or even centuries, and those three Clear Water Spirit Bamboo can also reproduce more Clear Water Spirit Bamboo, bringing them a continuous stream of wealth.
This is also why Ling Pengyun values those three Clear Water Spirit Bamboo.
Subsequently, Ling Pengyun quoted a high price again.
"Three thousand Spirit Stone."
Just like when he bid for the "Yin Soul Spirit Silk", everyone in the auction hall fell silent as soon as they heard the Old Ancestor in the third-floor private room make a bid.
The three Clear Water Spirit Bamboo were also successfully auctioned off by Ling Pengyun, a Golden Core True Person.
This also allowed Ling Pengyun to experience some hidden benefits brought about by his cultivation level.
Of course, Ling Pengyun's price is not low either.
A normal Second Rank Low Grade spirit bamboo costs 500 Spirit Stone, so two bamboos would cost 1,000 Spirit Stone.
Because those three Clear Water Spirit Bamboo have roots, the price is tripled, which can be considered a high price.
Afterwards, Ling Pengyun spent 12,150 Spirit Stone to auction off three Second Rank High Grade "Longevity Shell" and another 9,800 Spirit Stone to purchase 30 bottles of century-old Wood Origin Spirit Water.
On the market, a Second Rank High Grade Longevity Shell normally costs around three thousand Spirit Stone.
However, this item is extremely rare and rarely appears on the market; it only appears at auctions.
In addition, one of these items can increase a cultivator's lifespan by nine years, and a maximum of three items can be consumed, which would amount to a lifespan of twenty-seven years.
Under these circumstances, the final transaction price of the three Second Rank High Grade Longevity Shell rose to more than 12,000 Spirit Stone.
However, this item also has limitations; only Foundation Establishment Realm and Qi Refining cultivators can fully utilize its effects.
The effects of taking it on cultivators at the Golden Core stage are only one-third.
For this reason, apart from Ling Pengyun, a Golden Core cultivator, who made a bid, none of the other Golden Core cultivators in the auction made a bid.
Perhaps, for these native Golden Core cultivators of the Boundless Sea Region, finding Second Rank High Grade Longevity Shell is not difficult.
Or perhaps they felt it wasn't worth spending over ten thousand Spirit Stone to buy three Longevity Shell that only had one-third of the effect.
As for the Wood Origin Spirit Water, it flows from the Wood Origin Immortal Sect Wood Origin Immortal Sect. It is a spiritual water refined by the Alchemist of the Wood Element Immortal Sect using the Second Rank Low Grade Wood Origin Spirit Fruit formed by the sect's treasure Wood Origin Spirit Tree, and many other precious spiritual spirit medicine as auxiliary ingredients.
This water is a spiritual substance for cultivation, and its quality is comparable to that of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water of the same level.
Like the Evergreen Spirit Water in the territory of the Hundred Spirits Sect, this water is harmless to cultivators after consumption and can be refined by them in a short period of time.
Although Ling Pengyun had entered the Golden Core and didn't need this spiritual water, many of his relatives could use it.
As for cultivation-related spiritual items suitable for Golden Core cultivators, they are quite precious and did not appear at this auction held once every three years, so Ling Pengyun was unable to purchase them.