"We have so many Spirit Stones—wasn't he afraid I'd run off with the money?" Song Changsheng joked as he weighed the Universe Bag in his hand.
"He only agreed after learning your identity. He believed your reputation was worth more than these ten thousand Spirit Stones."
Song Changsheng grinned. If he had been a mere Rogue Cultivator, he would certainly have chosen the ten thousand Spirit Stones. But he was a Song Clan Disciple, Song Xianming's grandson, Xia Yunxue's son.
"Let's first see what he wants." Song Changsheng took the Jade Slip from the Universe Bag and pressed it to his forehead. What he saw was an utterly ordinary black stone.
There were not a thousand, then at least eight hundred such stones by the roadside. Could it really be some kind of treasure?
He asked doubtfully, "Can this thing really be put up for auction?"
Zhu Yiqun shrugged. "Those were all clues provided by that senior. He said that if this item doesn't appear at the auction, the Heart Protection Pill is still yours. Seeing how confident he is, the clue should be reliable."
"Fine, then I'll wade into this muddy water." Song Changsheng made up his mind. After bidding Zhu Yiqun farewell, he returned to the Treasure Seeking Pavilion and quietly waited for the auction to begin...
Within Liuyun Market, although the Six Great Foundation Establishment Powers jointly held authority on the surface, everyone knew that Eight Directions Pavilion was the true behemoth.
After all, in the Ziyu Realm, from the moment Human Cultivators began their Dao Path with Qi Absorption into Body, they had to pass through Foundation Establishment, Purple Mansion, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, and Void Refinement before they could ascend to the Upper Realm and become true "Immortals."
Ascension was a rare