Three days later in the blink of an eye.
Southwest of the Immortal City, the Crane Immortal Sect Auction.
Lin Xuankong stood at the entrance of the auction house, looking inside with a touch of emotion on his face.
He had once attended an auction in the Prison Dragon City of Great Marsh Prefecture in the Great Xia Dynasty.
At that time, when he saw the magnificent auction venue in Prison Dragon City and the powerful Mortal Transformation Realm cultivator from all over Great Marsh Prefecture, he was merely a nobody at the Early Mortal Transformation Layer Three.
At that time, seeing the large number of cultivators at the Prison Dragon City auction, spending money with incredible generosity, each one bidding thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of taels of gold, I was filled with envy and jealousy!
Three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and everything has changed.
At this auction held by the Crane Immortal Sect, the lowest level of cultivators present was none other than the late stage of the ninth level. They all arrived riding various tall and exotic beasts or flying birds, looking like immortals!
If you randomly picked any one of these cultivators and put them at the Prison Dragon City auction, they could probably buy up all the auction items without even blinking an eye!
The cultivators who participated in the Crane Immortal City auction, if placed in a place like Prison Dragon City, probably wouldn't even need to participate in the bidding.
Which cultivator from Prison Dragon City would dare to bid against a cultivator at the Layer Nine of Mortal Transformation Realm? Are they tired of living and want to add some grass to their grave?
Moreover, in this Crane Immortal Sect auction,
Every item in the auction is priced using Profound Truth Jade Stone. Gold and silver used by ordinary people and Mortal Breakthrough Transcendent cultivators are completely useless here!
If the auction items here were priced in mortal gold and silver, they would likely cost billions or even tens of billions of gold. Which cultivator would use such cheap currency?
Of course, what impressed Lin Xuankong the most was,
The auction house in this Crane Immortal City is actually built on a flying magic artifact!
The enormous auction house, a full twenty stories high and covering an area of several miles, was entirely floating in mid-air thousands of feet above the ground. Even the plaza outside the auction house's main entrance was floating in mid-air. Cultivators who could not levitate did not even have the ability or qualification to go up to the auction house plaza!
The floating plaza was surrounded by swirling clouds and mist.
The various exotic beasts and spirit birds ridden by the cultivators weaved through the clouds and mist, constantly emitting the roars of dragons and tigers and the clear chirping of celestial birds. Combined with the shimmering magical artifacts worn by some of the cultivators, this floating plaza was like a fairyland!
As he looked around, a clear voice suddenly called out from behind, " Mu Shiba!"
Lin Xuankong turned his head and saw his young mistress Li Xiaolan, dressed in green with a pretty face, waving at him.
Beside her stood two women who looked to be about the same age as her, both of whom were also beautiful. Although they were not quite as beautiful as Li Xiaolan, they were much more attractive than the female cultivators around them who rode spirit birds and beasts!
Above the three of them floated a magical artifact shaped like a jade ruyi (a traditional Chinese scepter symbolizing good fortune).
On the magical artifact stood a woman with a curvaceous figure, a beautiful face, and a red gauze dress. Around her body, numerous light and shadow of spirit cranes flickered, clearly the fluctuations of immortal energy, forming various strange phenomena around her!
A powerful Earth Immortal? She came with Miss Li Xiaolan; she must be a powerful Earth Immortal from the Crane Immortal Sect!
After glancing at it a few times, Lin Xuankong cupped his hands and smiled, "Miss Li has arrived!"
According to Li Xiaolan, her master Qu Wan'er has always been extremely averse to male cultivators. In the Crane Immortal Sect, even the Earth Immortal experts would avoid Qu Wan'er, who had a strange temper, and dare not approach her for fear of being rebuked by Qu Wan'er!
Therefore, recently,
Before joining the Crane Immortal Sect and before formally mastering the alchemy of the Ascension Treasure Pill, Li Xiaolan instructed Lin Xuankong not to reveal their relationship in front of their fellow disciples, but to address each other as friends, only saying that he was a fellow townsman from the Great Xia Dynasty!
Li Xiaolan and her two companions, along with the strikingly beautiful woman in the red dress, immediately attracted the attention of many cultivators attending the auction upon their appearance.
After all, Li Xiaolan and her two companions were already exceptionally beautiful and had great figures. With the arrival of a real female immortal, who could resist the temptation and not take a few more glances!
Li Xiaolan and her two fellow disciples quickly walked to Lin Xuankong's side. " Mu Shiba, these are my two senior sisters from the Crane Immortal Sect. This one is called Qu Qingfeng, and this one is called Qu Qingling. They are both personal disciples of my aunt Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er!"
Lin Xuankong cupped his hands in greeting, " Mu Shiba greets both senior sisters!"
Both female cultivators in white nodded slightly, their faces showing a hint of arrogance.
For them, who had joined the Crane Immortal Sect at a young age, the status of cultivators from remote places like the Great Xia Dynasty was simply too different from theirs!
Of course, Li Xiaolan is an exception, because Li Xiaolan is their aunt Qu Wan'er's most valued disciple!
"So you're Mu Shiba? My junior sister Xiao Lan told me you're quite accomplished in weapon crafting?" the female cultivator named Qu Qingfeng asked.
Lin Xuankong humbly replied, "I only have a slight understanding!"
With the support of Xiao Xiuyi's various insights, Lin Xuankong's weapon-refining skills have long since improved to the point where he can refine immortal artifacts. However, he is busy cultivating and spends the rest of his time constantly consuming various medicinal herbs to replenish his qi and blood, leaving him no time for weapon refining!
But why should he tell others about something like this?
Qu Qingfeng nodded slightly, "My master specializes in weapon crafting. My junior sister Qu Qingling and I have been following our master and have also studied weapon crafting for many years. We are quite interested in the art of weapon crafting. I wonder what treasures Mr. Mu has crafted, and whether he has ever personally crafted any magical artifacts of what grade?"
Qu Qingling, who was standing next to him, and Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er floating in mid-air, both had their eyes on Lin Xuankong.
When Lin Xuankong heard her ask this, a slight embarrassment appeared on his face. His weapon-refining skills were definitely not a problem, but refining magic weapons by hand? Let alone refining magic weapons by hand, he had never even refined armor. He usually spent his time cultivating or eating. Where would he find so much time? With Xiao Xiuyi, that 'skilled worker,' there was no need for him to take action!
"Oh, I spend most of my time studying theory; I haven't actually refined much!" Lin Xuankong said.
Upon hearing this, Qu Qingfeng's pretty face froze for a moment, then she shook her head slightly, losing interest in talking to Lin Xuankong.
Qu Qingling beside her, and Qu Qiao'er flying in mid-air, also changed their expressions, no longer showing any interest in looking at Lin Xuankong.
Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er frowned slightly and said:
"Xiao Lan, since he's your friend, why don't you take him to our Crane Immortal Sect's private room?"
Gentle breeze, clear spirit, let's not waste time chatting with him anymore, let's go into the auction house.
It's probably about to start. This time, Sister Wan'er wants me to help her auction three kinds of spiritual herbs for the Ascension Treasure Pill. I absolutely can't miss this opportunity!
Seeing the expressions on the three people's faces, Lin Xuankong couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.
These female cultivators from the Crane Immortal Sect, including that Earth Crane Immortal Fairy, were all quite pragmatic. Upon hearing that she had never refined magical artifacts, they immediately became so indifferent. If she hadn't claimed to be Li Xiaolan's 'fellow townsman,' they probably would have stormed off on the spot.
Seeing Lin Xuankong being ignored by the three, Li Xiaolan frowned.
However, with her Qu Wan'er, who was also Third Grade Earth Immortal, by her side, she couldn't lash out, though her expression had already turned cold.
If it weren't for the fact that she usually had a pretty good relationship with these two senior sisters and Qu Qiao'er, she probably would have slapped them all away with one palm, given her protective Husband towards her husband!
Just then, a man's voice suddenly came from not far away, "Oh, it's Crane Immortal Fairy! Duan He greets you!"
The group turned to look and saw a white cloud drifting by, upon which stood two male cultivators.
One of them was none other than Chang Li, the Second Prince of the Xianluo Dynasty, whom they had met outside the Fuyuan Immortal Inn, and who possessed a special bloodline.
At this moment, a small Earthwalker Dragon demon was wrapped around his right wrist.
That tiny Earthwalker Dragon, which looked only as thick as a middle finger, constantly emitted powerful fluctuations, forming a large amount of immortal energy fluctuations resembling various gemstones around its body and Chang Li's body.
This is clearly the terrain dragon that the Second Prince Chang Li once stood on, a dragon at the initial stage of the Demon King realm.
Once a demon reaches the initial stage of Demon King, it will be like Early Earth Immortal, not only able to easily transform into a size of several thousand feet, but also able to turn into the size of a tiny dust particle in the blink of an eye!
Now, it's incredibly easy for it to shrink to the thickness of a finger. If it wanted, it could probably turn into a speck of dust at any time, or even drift into a human's nostrils or lungs, attacking them from the inside out.
The Earth Immortal Realm realm represents the Mortal Breakthrough, and the Demon King realm represents the Mortal Breakthrough. Their strength and attack methods are highly varied and far beyond what low-level demons can match!
Moreover, unlike human cultivators, Demon King are often already enormous, so when they grow larger, their size becomes even more terrifying.
Some demonic creatures can grow to be hundreds of feet long. For example, this Earthwalker Dragon, at the ninth rank, is over two hundred feet long.
Upon becoming a low-level Demon King, once the demon body is activated, it can directly transform into a ten-thousand-foot-long earth dragon.
During its attacks, its power is terrifying, known as the earth dragon turning over and the earth collapsing. It can easily destroy a small country and cause violent tremors to occur in the surrounding thousands of miles, bringing terrible disasters. Generally speaking, only the terrain with special rocks deep in the Boundless Mountains can withstand the rampage of this monster!
At this moment, even though this low-level Demon King -level Earthwalker Dragon had been reduced to such a tiny, harmless form, it still appeared small and insignificant.
The celestial energy fluctuations it emitted still caused the surrounding cultivators to slightly change their expressions, quickly making way and not daring to approach the location of the two.
The various spirit birds and beasts ridden by the cultivators were so intimidated by the immortal energy fluctuations emanating from this Earthwalker Dragon that they tucked their tails between their legs and dared not make a sound!
Unlike human cultivators, mythical birds and beasts possess the spiritual sensitivity of demons, making them more susceptible to suppression and influence from the bloodlines and strength of powerful demons and cultivators!
Of course, what these cultivators and their spirit birds and beasts feared most was not just Chang Li's Earthwalker Dragon!
The tall, dark-skinned cultivator Chang Li was also radiating powerful immortal energy fluctuations. These fluctuations continuously formed illusory flames of various shapes and colors, which swirled rapidly around him!
This is clearly a cultivator who practices fire-attribute immortal arts.
Moreover, unlike Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er, whose immortal energy fluctuations were quite restrained,
This cultivator was clearly quite flamboyant, and the immortal energy fluctuations emanating from his body were quite intense. Even though Lin Xuankong, who was more than ten feet away from him and was at the Layer Nine Perfection perfection, could still clearly sense the oppressive feeling and threat brought by the fire attribute phenomenon and fluctuations!
He's not Early Earth Immortal, and definitely not a mid-stage first-grade Earth Immortal like Jialuo Bodhisattva. He's at least a Second Grade Earth Immortal!
Lin Xuankong secretly activated his Heavenly Eye and looked over; his expression shifted slightly.
[ Fire Bloodline Duan He: Remaining lifespan 1,926 years and 97 days]
Late Earth Immortal Third Grade, Immortal Essence: 2989/3000
Fire Path Comprehension: Spirit Level; Cloud Qi Technique Comprehension: Spirit Level; Cultivation Comprehension: Upper Grade (Lower Grade)
[Excellent condition]
This cultivator who practices fire-attribute immortal arts is actually a powerful Earth Immortal of the Earth Immortal Third Grade!
Lin Xuankong had just secretly looked at the information about Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er; her attributes were...
[Ling Ye Bloodline Qu Qiao'er: Remaining lifespan 2127 years and 81 days]
Mid Earth Immortal Third Grade, Grade 3, Immortal Essence: 2699/3000
Enlightenment in the Way of Thunder Spiritual Level), Enlightenment in Art of Artifact Refining Spiritual Level), Enlightenment in Cultivation (Middle Grade)
[Excellent condition]
Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er was already a mid-stage third-rank Earth Immortal, ranking second among the Earth Immortals Lin Xuankong had ever seen, only two ranks weaker than the Wine Immortal Chi Liuxia. Duan He, on the other hand, was Late Earth Immortal Third Grade, even stronger than Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er!
In particular, Duan He, a late-stage third-rank Earth Immortal, Chang Li with Chang Li Second Prince of the Xianluo Dynasty. The two clearly had a good relationship. Chang Li, on the Chang Li, had repeatedly harassed Xiao Ying'er, his Third Lady.
Lin Xuankong was thinking this when...
Chang Li glanced at Lin Xuankong, a cold glint in his eyes.
Just days ago, this very guy made him lose face in front of thousands of cultivators outside the Fuyuan Immortal Inn! The Third Princess Xiao Ying'er had repeatedly refused to see him, yet she invited this guy to the Fuyuan Immortal Inn alone!
Nowadays, I wonder how many cultivators are secretly gossiping, saying that I, Chang Li, am no good, far inferior to this guy named Mu Shiba!
I was just plotting how to deal with him and regain my honor in front of so many cultivators, and now, perfect timing—I've run into him at the auction. Before I kill him, I'll find a way to humiliate him properly at this auction and vent my anger!
While Lin Xuankong and Chang Li were each pondering their own thoughts,
Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er carefully sensed Duan He He's immortal energy fluctuations, a hint of surprise appearing in her beautiful eyes, followed by a look of respect on her face.