The Struggle for Foundation-Building Pills
In the Ye Family's private room on the second floor, Ye Jingcheng picked up a cup of spiritual tea and took a sip.
That gloomy expression made him look a little better; the Wisdom-Transforming Fruit definitely couldn't be the grand finale treasure, even if it hadn't been bitten.
This was also the brilliance of the auctioneer Qiu Xianyun; he deliberately mentioned that the starting price remained unchanged, but the number of cultivators bidding increased significantly.
"Three thousand one hundred Spirit Stone!" Seeing that the price had finally stopped rising, Ye Jingcheng finally made his bid.
Although second-grade high-quality spiritual fruits are rare, the Wisdom-Transforming Fruit is even rarer.
However, the price is still a bit too high for a spiritual fruit that only unlocks intelligence.
It's worth noting that a mid-grade second-tier Jade Soul Pill costs around a thousand spirit stones, while a regular high-grade second-tier spirit medicine costs a few hundred spirit medicine Spirit Stone, and is considered quite precious.
The reason why the Wisdom-Transforming Fruit is priced higher is because it doesn't require alchemy and can be used directly like the Longevity Fruit, and it doesn't have any toxicity. However, it's still at most a little over two thousand.
Once it exceeds three thousand, the price becomes severely inflated.
Ye Jingcheng had no choice but to film it; the Ye Family's Spirit-Transforming Pill was quite effective on Spirit Beast, but it hadn't Spirit Eyes.
Ye Jingcheng hoped that Stone Spirit would start cultivating the Turtle Ancestor's visualization diagram as soon as possible, and expand the Grotto-Heaven secret realm, so that his Spirit Beast could practice their Law Technique every day even within the Grotto-Heaven.
"Three thousand two hundred Spirit Stone!" At this moment, another cultivator still made an offer.
Ye Jingcheng frowned slightly; the voice coming from there was indeed from the Kong Family.
Clearly, the Kong Family wanted it too.
However, he had already offended the Kong Family and Ye Family, so he couldn't care less at the moment.
"Three thousand five hundred Spirit Stone!" Ye Jingcheng added three hundred Spirit Stone directly.
There's still a gap in the supply of this Wisdom-Transforming Fruit. If the Kong Family tries to take it maliciously, he wouldn't mind letting them have it.
But it has to be bought at a high price.
However, after Ye Jingcheng made his bid, the Kong Family cultivators did not respond.
They even seemed to be laughing at Ye Jingcheng for spending so many Spirit Stones to buy a chipped Wisdom-Transforming Fruit.
Ye Jingcheng breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that he had made the purchase.
He currently has over 100,000 Spirit Stone in his Storage Bag, not counting his contribution points to the Ye Family.
Most of these Spirit Stones were found by him in the secret realm, rummaged through the Storage Bag of the Kong Family and Xu Family cultivators.
So the Kong Family laughed at him?
It's still unclear who's laughing at whom.
Ye Jingcheng snorted coldly in his heart and sat down again.
As expected, the following treasures were all second-tier treasures and second-tier Spirit Material, along with some rare and precious second-tier Law Artifact.
Neither Ye Jingcheng nor Ye Xingliu lacked Law Artifact, so neither of them made a move.
The treasures from the wooden and Shi Fang did not appear, but a considerable amount of second-grade high-quality Thundercloud Grass, which was used to make Thunder Rhinoceros Pill, was found. Ye Jingcheng spent 6,300 Spirit Stone to purchase three of them.
"Next up is the auction of Foundation Establishment. A total of eighty Foundation Establishment Pills will be sold, with twenty sold individually and the remaining Foundation Establishment auctioned in groups of three!"
"We're auctioning single stones now. The starting price is eight thousand Spirit Stone, and each bid must be at least one hundred Spirit Stone higher." Qiu Xianyun beckoned, and this time a Foundation Establishment female cultivator stepped forward, bringing over a Storage Bag.
They quickly took out forty jade bottles, but the first twenty bottles contained only one Foundation Establishment, while the remaining twenty bottles contained three Foundation Establishment.
With the appearance of the Foundation Establishment, Ye Jingcheng could clearly feel that the breathing in the auction hall seemed to become more rapid. At this moment, among the five or six thousand people in the entire auction hall, eighty percent of the cultivators had burning eyes.
For a Qi Refining cultivator to advance to Foundation Establishment, they must prepare a Foundation Establishment; otherwise, failure to break through will result in death.
Needless to say, Foundation Establishment cultivators Purple Mansion cultivators also need a large number of Foundation Establishment to ensure a continuous supply of Foundation Establishment cultivators for their Lineage.
Currently, in the entire Taiyi Three Prefectures of the Yan Kingdom, at least openly, no other Lineage or power is capable of refining Foundation Establishment.
"Ten thousand Spirit Stone!"
"Eleven thousand Spirit Stone!"
With the release of Foundation Establishment Pills, even though the top ten sects emphasized that Lineage cultivators could not participate in the competition, the price still skyrocketed.
Although there were more Foundation Establishment this time, it was clear to everyone that many of the Rogue Cultivator were actually from Lineage clans.
Just like in the last decade, Ye Jingcheng and Ye Haiyi disguised themselves as ordinary Rogue Cultivator.
For a true Rogue Cultivator to purchase Foundation Establishment is several times more difficult than for a cultivator from Lineage.
The price of the first one ultimately settled at 21,000.
This made Ye Jingyong and Ye Xingyi nearby, feel somewhat uncertain.
Although they had a lot of Spirit Stone, this was the first one, and no Lineage cultivators participated in the competition.
They could all imagine how desperately the Kong Family, Xu Family, and Wan Family Lineage, who had lost a large number of Foundation Establishment, would try to buy Foundation Establishment.
Opening the secret realm before the auction was definitely a strategy employed by the Taiyi Sect to drive up prices.
Ye Jingcheng also saw Xu Xiuqing, whose face was full of disappointment; clearly, his bid had failed.
Her bid stopped at 18,800 Spirit Stone.
Ye Jingcheng had no doubt that if the price were calculated one Spirit Stone at a time, there might be even smaller fractions available.
But actually, this price isn't low.
In the last decade, that amount of money would have been enough to buy a Foundation Establishment.
The first one was photographed, and the second one was photographed very quickly afterward.
Ten consecutive pieces were auctioned off for 22,000 to 23,000 Spirit Stone each.
Xu Xiuqing failed without any doubt. At this moment, you could see Xu Xiuqing's body trembling as she stared at the high platform for a long time.
If you miss out on the first ten Foundation Establishment, the remaining Foundation Establishment will be even harder to auction off.
Xu Xiuqing clenched her fists, seemingly still hoping to snag Foundation Establishment from the next batch.
Upon seeing this, Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but sigh.
This is the reality of those at the bottom of the cultivation level; when faced with the auction of Foundation Establishment, they can only watch helplessly.
The Spirit Stone raised were all for naught. Many cultivators didn't have another ten years to wait for the next auction. They could only try desperately before reaching the sixtieth level, attempting to survive against all odds and break through successfully.
But that ultimately depends on fate, where survival is at stake.
Therefore, many of these lower-level cultivators will take risks after the auction ends, even knowing that they may become stepping stones and money-giving children for other cultivators.
"The eleventh Foundation Establishment still starts at eight thousand spirit stones, and each bid must be at least one hundred Spirit Stone higher!" Qiu Xianyun said with great enthusiasm. The higher the Foundation Establishment sold, the more Spirit Stone he would receive.
"Eleven thousand!"
"Twelve thousand!"
"Twenty thousand Spirit Stone!" This time it was Ye Xingyi spoke; he had been excited for a long time and could no longer contain himself.
But once the price was announced, it was quickly overshadowed by other offers.
In particular, the Xu Family's private room was quoted a price of 24,800, which broke the record for the entire Foundation Establishment.
For Foundation Establishment Lineage, Foundation Establishment cultivators are unique; for the Purple Mansion Lineage, they are an absolutely indispensable backbone.
Therefore, given the Xu Family's current vast territory, they need to cultivate more Foundation Establishment cultivators in order to maintain control.
For example, the Ye Family now lacks Foundation Establishment cultivators to station in Taihang Marketplace, Taichang Market, and even Cloud-Spreading Mountain Medicinal Herb Garden.
It's only because the Ye Family has a lot of second-tier Demon Beast that having a large territory isn't necessarily a good thing.
If the Xu Family, as an established Purple Mansion Lineage, were to have shop owners in various markets who were still Qi Refining cultivators, that would be a huge joke.
This one was also won by the Xu Family without any doubt.
Of the next nine, Ye Jingli bid for one, Ye Xingyi and Ye Jingyong ultimately had too few Spirit Stone and failed to win.
The two decided to borrow Spirit Stone, since they couldn't give up on Foundation Establishment.
Only Ye Xingliu up, indicating that the Lineage would bid for a set of three Foundation Establishment, did the two breathe a sigh of relief.
With the first twenty Foundation Establishment auctioned off, many independent Rogue Cultivator began to leave. In the past, two Foundation Establishment might have been enough for cooperation, but now Foundation Establishment three, the risk had increased significantly.
They were even worse off preparing in advance at the exit of Taichang Market to ambush those Qi Refining cultivators who had just finished taking Foundation Establishment Rogue Cultivator.
Xu Xiuqing also stood up, her eyes filled with determination, as if she had made up her mind.
Having persevered to this day, naturally no one would willingly give up on Foundation Establishment.
"Fellow Daoist Xu, shall we have a small gathering at the Chu-Ye Pavilion in half a day?" a voice transmission sounded.
Xu Xiuqing was also taken aback, then looked towards the private room on the second floor.
After seeing Ye Jingcheng, she finally nodded.
He sat down again.
Through subsequent bidding, the Ye Family finally managed to acquire a set of Foundation Establishment for 69,000 Spirit Stone, averaging 23,000 Spirit Stone per pill.
This price far exceeds the price of Foundation Establishment sold in the past.
Even Ye Xingliu felt a pang of heartache.
Ye Jingcheng even suspected that the Taiyi Sect had specially arranged for cultivators within the secret realm to kill Foundation Establishment cultivators from small Lineage or those who were alone at the Foundation Establishment.
This resulted in the mass loss of Foundation Establishment cultivators, increasing the price of Foundation Establishment at the auction and ensuring the absolute dominance of the Taiyi Sect.
After all, three or four hundred Foundation Establishment entered the secret realm that time, but only a little over a hundred Foundation Establishment came out, a loss of more than half.
With the Foundation Establishment sold out, the atmosphere at the entire auction became extremely tense.
Those who managed to buy the Foundation Establishment fine, but those who didn't, whether Rogue Cultivator or Lineage cultivators, all glared at them with hostility.
It seemed he was constantly thinking that if he couldn't get the Foundation Establishment, he would try to get free Foundation Establishment.
"The next treasure is a second-tier top-grade magic Law Artifact, the Heavenly Corpse Spear. Although it's not a superior weapon, it is indeed a top-grade magic Law Artifact, and any cultivator familiar with it can wield it!!"
"This item has a starting price of 20,000 Spirit Stone, and each bid must be at least 100 Spirit Stone higher!"
As Qiu Xianyun took out a cyan Corpse Spear, Ye Jingcheng's eyes flashed involuntarily.
This Corpse Spear is too similar to his Talisman Treasure Corpse Spear, which means that this Corpse Spear is a replica of the Talisman Treasure magic Law Artifact, and it is also very likely to be the spoils of war of the Corpse Daoist.
"The sect is fishing," Ye Jingcheng Ye Xingliu, also looking at the figure that resembled Chen Ya that he had seen earlier.
But at this moment, there was no trace of Chen Ya.
As a second-tier top-grade magic Law Artifact, 20,000 Spirit Stone is neither high nor low.
It was eventually auctioned off for 30,000 Spirit Stone.
Ye Jingcheng naturally wouldn't auction off this item; cultivators who auction off such items nowadays are easily labeled as members of the demonic sect by their respective sects.
Being followed and questioned is a minor matter; they might even be subjected to a soul search by someone in the shadows.
When it comes to the Demon Sect, no one can protect them, not even the True Person of the Taiyi Sect.
"Next up is the auction of the grand finale treasure, a third-tier Cloud Silver Iron Crystal!" Just as Ye Jingcheng was pondering, Qiu Xianyun spoke up again from afar.
"This item is an unparalleled Spirit Material for refining a mid-grade third-tier defensive Law Treasure or a special third-tier Law Artifact. Starting bid: 40,000 Spirit Stone!!"