Lake-Holding Pearl, the Secret to Raking In Spirit Stones

Above Taichang Market, the crimson sky once again transformed into a series of spiritual screens.

On the spirit screen, spirit figures reappeared, including pills, spirit medicine, Law Artifact, and various rare spirit medicine, constantly circulating among themselves—the very items to be auctioned.

Ye Jingcheng led a group of the Ye Family members through the streets and alleys of the market, watching the bustling torrent of cultivators surging northward.

"That's Thunder Essence Fruit!" Ye Jinghu exclaimed from time to time. Seeing the item he wanted, he regretted for a moment why he didn't have a skill, otherwise he wouldn't be so short of Spirit Stone.

"And Purple Bellflower!" Ye Jingting was equally excited at this moment.

These treasures are extremely rare to find under normal circumstances, and they only appear one after another at auctions like this.

Ye Jingcheng watched their actions without saying a word, only chuckling softly. His eyes, however, were full of admiration when he looked at Ye Jinghe.

Compared to the other two, Ye Jinghe and calculating.

And it is only such cunning and ambitious individuals who are truly terrifying to the Ye Family.

Otherwise, Ye Jinghe wouldn't have been able to complete the first test, gain the opportunity to Beast Communion, and have so many people vote for him.

When Ye Jinghe felt Ye Jingcheng's gaze, a hint of smugness appeared on his lips, but it came and went quickly.

If you weren't constantly watching Ye Jinghe, you would hardly notice.

Ye Jinghe hidden this very well.

"Actually, there are many more treasures that can only be seen at the auction. And even if you don't buy anything, you can watch the auction projection at the Rogue Cultivator Plaza!" Ye Xingyi couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up.

Ye Jinghu and Ye Jingting listened very attentively.

They immediately turned to look at Ye Jingyu.

The two of them were brought back to Soaring Cloud Peak from White Cloud Town by Ye Jingyu and Ye Jingcheng, so they relied on the two of them more.

Ye Jingcheng is the head of the family, so the two of them also like to ask Ye Jingyu at this moment.

Soon, they finally arrived at the entrance of the auction house.

The entire auction hall was now filled with six long queues, with cultivators steadily making their way into the several main entrances.

The entrance fee for the auction remained at twenty Spirit Stone per person. After Ye Jingcheng paid one hundred and forty Spirit Stone, the group entered the auction hall.

The auction hall remains enormous, easily accommodating tens of thousands of people.

The front row has regular seats, while the back row consists of individual cubicles with several screens separating them from the others.

The entire auction hall was decorated and furnished in a grand style, while the private rooms on the second and third floors were even more luxurious.

It's a pity that the Ye Family, who once lived on the second floor, can only stay in a small room on the first floor today.

For some reason, Ye Jingcheng noticed that many cultivators were staring at the fourth floor.

This action is unusual; clearly, someone is orchestrating it.

The fourth floor is targeted at Nascent Soul True Lord, but the Taiyi Sect only has one Nascent Soul True Lord, and he is in seclusion year-round, so it's impossible for him to appear on the fourth floor.

Seemingly sensing the strange gazes of the auctioneers, a terrifying Divine Sense suddenly descended from the sky, pressing down on everyone.

This caused many people to feel both fear and tension, and some even knelt down at this moment.

That's because the pressure is too great, even the physical body can't withstand it.

"I've recently heard that Evil Cultivator are causing chaos. This method is to check if any corpse-refining cultivators have infiltrated!" A voice came from the third floor, which made Ye Jingcheng immediately shudder.

He recognized the voice; it belonged to the Miaofa True Person.

This is a blatant warning: if any lawless individuals still try to stay on the fourth floor and draw everyone's attention to the True Lord, their fate is predictable.

Moreover, Ye Jingcheng suspected that even if they stopped, those who started it would still face retribution.

He glanced at Ye Xingyi, whose eyes were also filled with seriousness.

This indicates that the Taiyi Sect is indeed in a bad situation right now.

When a subordinate force ran into trouble, they tried to use the Purple Palace Jade Liquid to boost their prestige, and someone even openly provoked them at their own auction.

These are merely using the lives of ordinary Rogue Cultivator to test whether True Lord exists.

Ye Jingcheng didn't know how much longer the Taiyi Sect could remain hidden.

At this point, all he could do was pray that the Taiyi Sect could hold out a little longer, otherwise the Ye Family would also be drawn into it.

At that time, they might really have no choice but to flee to the Azure Cloud Sea Region.

"Almost everyone has arrived. The auction is about to begin. Please be patient!" An elderly man with white hair once again stepped onto the platform. His graying temples seemed unchanged from fifteen years ago.

"I am Qiu Xianyun, the auctioneer for this auction. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all fellow Daoists and seniors for your presence."

Qiu Xianyun bowed slightly, then took out a jade plate covered with brocade from the side.

"Alright, enough with the chit-chat, let's look at the treasure!" Qiu Xianyun lifted the brocade cloth, revealing a transparent sea pearl the size of an adult's fist.

"This treasure is the Lake-Holding Pearl, as the name suggests, it can hold a lake in your palm!" Qiu Xianyun introduced, then made a hand seal. In an instant, the pearl flashed with light, and countless lake waters scattered out, transforming into various water beast spirits.

And with a flick of his wrist, Heavenly Water instantly filled the air.

"This treasure contains a drop of Thousand-Origin Heavy Water and also contains a void lake. It can suppress people with gravity or flood the sky with water, which is beneficial for water escape techniques. For Water Attribute cultivators, it can be considered a treasure that combines offense, defense, and escape!"

"This treasure is a second-tier high-grade magic Law Artifact. The starting bid is five thousand Spirit Stone, and each bid must be at least one hundred Spirit Stone!" Qiu Xianyun announced.

This caused the Foundation Establishment cultivators to gasp, their eyes filled with eager anticipation.

Even Ye Jingcheng was extremely interested in this Lake-Holding Pearl.

After all, the Lake-Holding Pearl works extremely well with Water Escape, but he didn't give this treasure to the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon; he used it himself.

Jade-Scale Flood Dragon can breathe clouds and mist on its own, so it has no shortage of water vapor. However, it lacks the means to gather rain.

He also knows the Mist Escape Technique, and if he uses the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon's spiritual power to unleash it, his speed is equally astonishing.

Pairing it with the Lake-Holding Pearl provides an extra means of escape.

Moreover, if more Thousand-Origin Heavy Water is refined into the Lake-Holding Pearl, this treasure could very likely be upgraded to Law Treasure.

"Six thousand Spirit Stone!" Ye Jingcheng quoted a price without hesitation.

"Seven thousand Spirit Stone!"

"Seven thousand five hundred Spirit Stone."

Prices don't change quickly, but there are always a few people making offers.

Ye Jingcheng was delighted with the escape methods and potential of the Lake-Holding Pearl, and the other cultivators could naturally see it as well.

Fortunately, Ye Jingcheng finally won the Gathering Lake Pearl when he offered 11,800 Spirit Stone.

Upon hearing this price, many cultivators at the auction showed signs of madness, their anticipation for the remaining treasures growing even stronger.

The first item was a second-tier high-grade special Law Artifact, something that had never appeared in previous auctions.

But now the specifications are getting higher and higher.

Ye Jingcheng was somewhat puzzled; the Taiyi Sect's actions seemed very much like a collection of Spirit Stone.

The reason given for gathering so many Spirit Stone was to prepare for the Beast Tide at Jade Dragon Lake.

But now it seems possible that he could gather the Beast Tide, refine a large Spirit Gathering Formation, upgrade the Spirit Vein, and even break through to the Nascent Soul stage by taking advantage of the tide of Spirit Vein upgrades.

Thinking of this, Ye Jingcheng finally felt relieved.

Such a Spirit Gathering Formation must be enormous; no wonder the Taiyi Sect mobilized all its Artifact Refiner, Array, and Spirit Talisman masters back then.

They were probably there preparing for that very moment.

Moreover, there are particularly problematic issues regarding the Zhang Family, since nothing seems to have happened in the Zhang Family Desolation-Suppressing Secret Realm, and no one from the Zhang Family has even come out of it.

The Zhang Family has been silent for so long, only to be investigated, while the Yuhe Zhong Family was wiped out.

It carries a strong sense of warning or even bribery.

"The second treasure is a second-grade low-level Spirit Material, Fire-Pattern Sinking Iron. This Spirit Material weighs ten jin and is refined iron after tempering. In addition, it has natural fire patterns on it. If it is used to forge a magic Law Artifact, it will definitely be a rare treasure. This item is worth 1,500 Spirit Stone!"

Soon, Qiu Xianyun began the next item for auction.

Even the second item was extremely valuable.

Ye Jingcheng was now completely certain that the Taiyi Sect was indeed collecting Spirit Stone.

Otherwise, they wouldn't all be top-quality Spirit Material.

Moreover, the other party is using the Purple Palace Jade Liquid as a signboard to attract cultivators, and then using other treasures to harvest Spirit Stone.

As for first-level Qi Refining cultivators, the Taiyi Sect probably only intends to use Foundation Establishment, and this time, there will likely be an unprecedented amount of Foundation Establishment.

After Ye Jingcheng had finished thinking it over, he sat down and closed his eyes to rest.

He's here to auction off the Purple Palace Jade Liquid. One or two pieces are acceptable for sale, but if he bids too many times, it will seem fake.

On the contrary, Ye Jingli and Ye Xingyi frequently took action.

Both of them had just entered the Foundation Establishment, and if they had more Spirit Stone, they probably would have bought several items.

Ye Jinghu felt much more at ease; since he couldn't afford it anyway, it was better not to buy it.

After six or seven second-tier treasures and materials were sold, first-tier top-quality treasures are only now starting to appear.

Such as * Thunder Essence Fruit and Purple Bellflower *.

Ye Jingcheng also made another move, spending 790 Spirit Stone to bid for the Thunder Essence Fruit.

With this spiritual fruit, Ye Jinghu's cultivation can quickly break through to the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Once the Beast Communion is complete, it's even possible to break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining.

That might be a bit rushed.

As each item was auctioned off, Ye Jingcheng estimated that the Taiyi Sect had already collected five or six hundred thousand Spirit Stone.

At this moment, Qiu Xianyun also took out the Foundation Establishment.

"Fifty Foundation Establishment will be sold this time. The first twenty will be sold individually, and the remaining thirty will be sold in groups of three!"

"Single Foundation Establishment are now being sold, with a starting bid of 8,000 and each bid increment no less than 100."

He randomly selected a jade bottle from the jade bottles in front of him, then opened it, and instantly a terrifying Spiritual Qi filled the entire auction house.

This made those Qi Refining cultivators almost instantly turn red with envy.

Everyone assumed that with more and better treasures, there would also be more Foundation Establishment, but at this moment, the Taiyi Sect had actually reduced the number of items compared to the last grand auction.

This means the competition will be even fiercer this time.

Ye Jingcheng was not surprised by this, after all, less than six years had passed this time. Selling too much would cause Taiyi Sect's price control to collapse, resulting in less profit.

Most importantly, this also helps to conceal the fact that the Taiyi Sect is collecting Spirit Stone.

After all, the easiest ways to earn Spirit Stone are Foundation Establishment and Purple Palace Jade Liquid.

Ye Jingcheng estimated that there might be at most two portions of Purple Palace Jade Liquid.

Ye Jingcheng didn't compete for the Foundation Establishment at first; on the contrary, Ye Jingyu was extremely envious of it.

She came to Taichang Market for the Foundation Establishment, and now that Foundation Establishment was right in front of her, she was naturally extremely excited.

However, her current cultivation level is only at the eighth level of Qi Refining. She is fifty-five years old and has five years left. She has earned a lot of Spirit Stone, but whether she can break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining and consolidate her cultivation level within five years is the most important thing.

"The Wan Family bought quite a few Foundation Establishment." Ye Jingcheng looked at the private room on the second floor. He was also very interested in the Lineage of Taihang Commandery Taichang Commandery.

Representatives from both the Yuan Family and Wei Family were present this time, but they remained in separate rooms and kept a very low profile.

Regarding the Foundation Establishment Pill, the Wei family showed equal enthusiasm, while the Yuan family's performance was mediocre.

It was as if they didn't care at all.

Ye Jingcheng had his answer.

In fact, the situation in the Taiyi Three Prefectures is very clear and also very urgent.

The price of each Foundation Establishment has reached between 25,000 and 30,000 Spirit Stone.

Ye Jinghu, Ye Jingting, and Ye Jingyu's expressions changed upon seeing this, as they were all about to break through to the Foundation Establishment. If the price remained the same in the future, it would be even more difficult for them.

Gathering 30,000 Spirit Stone is not difficult for a cultivator in their lifetime, but breaking through to the ninth level of Qi Refining before the age of sixty requires a large amount of Spirit Stone.

This is the biggest obstacle that prevents many cultivators from breaking through to the Foundation Establishment.

Moreover, even with Foundation Establishment, there's no guarantee of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment.

Every ten years, there are more than a hundred Foundation Establishment, but only about thirty or forty people actually break through to the Foundation Establishment. This is because the cultivators who are qualified to buy Foundation Establishment are already exceptionally talented.

On the contrary, Ye Jinghe's eyes showed some excitement.

He seemed to think he had victory in his grasp and had even earned an extra five thousand Spirit Stone.

"Next up are Foundation Establishment sold in sets, with a starting bid of 23,000 Spirit Stone and a minimum increment of 200 spirit stones!" Qiu Xianyun announced again.

This time, it can be seen that among the three Foundation Establishment in the set, there is basically one of above-average quality and one of below-average quality.

That's excellent marketing.

"Sixty thousand Spirit Stone!" This time, Ye Jingcheng directly shouted out sixty thousand Spirit Stone.

"Patriarch, it's not appropriate for us to offer this price!" Ye Xingyi immediately spoke up from the side.

Ye Jingli nodded in agreement; they hadn't wanted to buy them individually earlier.

It wasn't that they didn't have Spirit Stone, nor that they didn't care about their Lineage; rather, they wanted to save all their Spirit Stone to buy Purple Palace Jade Liquid for Ye Jingcheng.

Therefore, in their view at this moment, buying the Foundation Establishment is an extremely irrational decision.

"Whether the Lineage can obtain the Foundation Establishment and the Purple Palace Jade Liquid depends on this Storage Bag, but it also depends on the people competing with us!" Ye Jingcheng took out the Storage Bag, shook his head, and spoke.

His eyes also turned to the Wan Family, the Cheng Family, and the Jiang Family —those were Lineage from Taiqing Commandery.

He then looked towards the Rogue Cultivator on the first floor.

He estimated that under such circumstances, the price of Purple Palace Jade Liquid might reach an unprecedented level.

Even if the Ye Family kept these Spirit Stones, they still wouldn't be able to get them.

As expected, Ye Jingcheng instantly won three Foundation Establishment with his 60,000 Spirit Stone.

It's not that the Foundation Establishment isn't tempting enough, but rather that everyone is putting in their best effort to wait for the Purple Palace Jade Liquid!