Xu Batian's heart surged. The excitement he felt far surpassed even what the Flame Dragon Saber had stirred in him.
But...
Xu Batian was not worried.
The reason was simple: not everyone possessed a Body-Refining Cultivation Technique.
Body-Refining Cultivation Techniques were rare and precious. They had appeared at auctions before, but seldom, and they invariably fetched astronomical prices.
Besides, even with a Body-Refining Cultivation Technique, achieving anything on the path of Body Refinement remained fraught with difficulty...
Xu Batian alone had spent hundreds of millions of Spirit Stones since he began practicing his Body-Refining Cultivation Technique!
A terrifying sum!
In the early stages, body-refining resources could still be replaced with things like body-refining paste. But in the later stages...
Once Body Refinement reached a level comparable to the True Martial Realm Ninth Layer, the quality and quantity of resources needed to advance rose sharply.
That was why Xu Batian now found it extremely difficult to increase his physical strength.
He simply had no treasures left to use for Body Refinement!
And so...
When he sensed that the ten red-covered trays held body-refining resources, Xu Batian's heart began to race.
Once I win these ten body-refining treasures, I'll start cultivating immediately. I'll strive to bring my physical strength to a level comparable to the Saint Martial Realm Ninth Layer before the Tea Gathering... Even an increase of just one layer would help me enormously.
Xu Batian made up his mind.
Elsewhere.
"Body-refining resources!"
Xu Batian was not the only one who sensed what was being auctioned. Qin Hao sensed it too. His eyes narrowed, a flicker of surprise crossing them.
The energy in these body-refining resources is immense—far greater overall than that of an Immortal-Demon Fruit!
The second part of the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art: the Sacred Embryo Chapter!
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