18: The Wu Bai family was destroyed, and the Green Bamboo Auction was held.

In the past year, a major event occurred within the White Cloud Mountain Range.

That is, the Wu and Bai Families, who possessed Foundation Establishment Old Ancestors, were wiped out by the Wang and Yu families.

It was said that the Foundation Establishment Old Ancestors of the Wu and Bai Families had joined forces with the notorious evil Cultivator, Cultivator Meng, to besiege the Yu Family Old Ancestor. As a result, they delivered themselves to his doorstep and were casually annihilated by the Yu Family Old Ancestor!

As soon as this news broke, countless Cultivators in the White Cloud Mountain Range were in an uproar!

Although they found it hard to believe, didn't the destruction of the Wu and Bai Families serve as the perfect proof of the truth of the matter?

Not only in the White Cloud Mountain Range, but Su Yu's reputation even spread across tens of thousands of miles.

Even a certain Foundation Establishment expert from the Immortal Music Sect had heard of him.

After the Wang and Yu families destroyed the Wu and Bai Families, they firmly seized control over the resources of the entire White Cloud Mountain Range.

Currently, the two families possessed four large-scale cultivation markets. Even though the cultivation markets of the Wu and Bai Families had no Foundation Establishment Cultivator presiding over them, no one dared to cause trouble.

After all, the Yu Family Old Ancestor's illustrious and fearsome reputation hung over the heads of all Cultivators in the White Cloud Mountain Range.

After the Wang Family Old Ancestor helped wipe out the Wu and Bai Families, he obtained a large amount of resources. As for the portion belonging to Su Yu, he had the Wang Family Old Ancestor exchange it all for Spirit Stones.

It totaled one hundred and seventy thousand Spirit Stones!

Su Yu directly used fifty thousand Spirit Stones to boost his strength, raising his cultivation to the Late Stage Foundation Establishment.

Furthermore, he used thirty thousand Spirit Stones to upgrade the Foundation Establishment chapter of the Profound Thunder Slaying Firmament Sword Art to the Peak Realm.

He also spent fifty thousand Spirit Stones in the System Mall to purchase a Low Grade Tier 3 Talisman capable of Earth Escape, which was enough to save his life at a critical moment.

This Talisman could instantly transport him three hundred miles via Earth Escape; even a Core Formation Cultivator would find it difficult to hunt him down immediately.

He originally didn't want to buy it, but when he thought about how he was already at the Late Stage Foundation Establishment yet still lacked a life-saving trump card, he realized that if he truly encountered a Core Formation Cultivator, he would just be waiting for death. Thus, he had to take precautions!

Before he had enough immortal purchase coins to buy his way to Core Formation, he decided to arm himself first.

Subsequently, he spent some more Spirit Stones to purchase some special Magical Artifacts designed to prevent Divine Soul attacks. This way, he wouldn't have to worry about being unable to use the Earth Escape Talisman due to a Divine Soul attack when he brought it out.

At this moment, Su Yu's strength was several times greater than when he was at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment!

Now, if he were to face the combined forces of the Wu Family Old Ancestor and the others again, Su Yu would only need a single thought to kill them effortlessly.

Even if he faced a siege from several Late Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators, he could easily retreat.

The so-called 'number one person below Core Formation' was likely none other than him!

"Fellow Daoist Yu, I have something to discuss. Might we meet?"

Ever since Su Yu killed the Wu Family Old Ancestor and the others, the Wang Family Old Ancestor had been somewhat unnatural in front of Su Yu, as if he were Su Yu's subordinate.

Su Yu's voice drifted out from the Immortal Cave, saying, "Fellow Daoist, please enter."

He opened the Immortal Cave's Formation and let the Wang Family Old Ancestor in.

"Fellow Daoist Yu, you certainly have elegant tastes."

At this moment, Su Yu was brewing spiritual tea. The Wang Family Old Ancestor was also someone who loved tea tasting, so he approached and sat down opposite Su Yu without ceremony.

Su Yu poured a cup of tea for the Wang Family Old Ancestor, then lifted his own tea cup and began to drink by himself.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, for what matter have you come to find me?"

Having raised his cultivation to the Late Stage Foundation Establishment, Su Yu was no longer so urgent about increasing his strength.

After all, the Core Formation cultivation required three hundred thousand Spirit Stones, and he currently only had about several tens of thousands of Spirit Stones on hand.

He simply couldn't afford to buy the next Realm. He could only rely on the Spirit Stones offered as tribute each year to accumulate three hundred thousand before raising his cultivation to the Core Formation Stage.

Until then, he only wanted to stay in his Immortal Cave and wait until the Spirit Stones were fully accumulated.

Before reaching Core Formation, it was better to keep a low profile.

"I have come this time to inform Fellow Daoist of a major event.

Has Fellow Daoist Yu heard of the Qingzhu City centennial auction?"

The Wang Family Old Ancestor chuckled and asked.

"Fellow Daoist, there is no need to speak in riddles."

Su Yu shook his head with a smile.

Seeing this, the Wang Family Old Ancestor stopped beating around the bush and began to introduce the Qing Zhu Auction House to Su Yu.

This Qingzhu City was a power established by a Core Formation Expert, located within the Qingzhu Mountains of Yuan State.

It was only about a hundred and some thousand miles away from the White Cloud Mountain Range.

As a cultivation city presided over by a Core Formation Expert, Qingzhu City was massive, spanning over a thousand miles.

Loose Cultivators and Family Cultivators coming and going were too numerous to count, which led to the prosperity of Qingzhu City.

The Qing Zhu Auction House was born from this.

There were three types of Qing Zhu auctions: the annual small-scale auction,

The decennial medium-scale auction, and the centennial large-scale auction.

In these auctions, a large number of rare treasures would be auctioned off every time, especially at the large-scale auctions.

It was said that even Core Formation Experts would participate.

The Wang Family Old Ancestor, who had just stepped into Foundation Establishment a hundred years ago, had once participated in the Qingzhu City large-scale auction.

It could be described as a sea of people; there were dozens of Foundation Establishment Cultivators participating at the time, and even three or four Core Formation Cultivators!

There were even Core Formation spiritual items and treasures that would make Core Formation Cultivators covetous.

Back then, he had just reached Foundation Establishment and was short on funds, so he could only feast his eyes at the auction.

Now it was different. After the Wang and Yu families unified the White Cloud Mountain Range, aside from handing over thirty percent of the spiritual resources to the Immortal Music Sect,

The remaining seventy percent was divided into ten parts, and his Wang Family could take four.

Even though most of it had to be spent on his clansmen, he was now incomparably wealthy.

He also had ideas about improving his cultivation.

"So Fellow Daoist wishes to invite me to go along?"

Su Yu understood. Now that the Wang Family Old Ancestor had Spirit Stones in his pocket, he had more ideas regarding his subsequent cultivation.

If the Wang Family still only had him as a single Foundation Establishment Cultivator, he would have to shoulder basically everything, which was detrimental to his cultivation.

It just so happened that this Qing Zhu auction would have a large number of foundation establishment pills for sale. He planned to bid for a few to see if he could pile up another Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Otherwise, at his age, if he were to pass away, a Wang Family without a Foundation Establishment Cultivator presiding over it would sooner or later decline.

Dragging Su Yu along was also out of fear that after bidding for the foundation establishment pills, he would be intercepted and killed on his way back to the clan.

"Fellow Daoist Yu, don't be in a hurry to refuse. I heard that this auction features a Sword Testing Stone, which can temper a Sword Cultivator's Lifebound Treasure and enhance its power.

Fellow Daoist's Sword Pellet might be able to use this Sword Testing Stone!"

The Wang Family Old Ancestor was also quite cunning. He knew Su Yu's personality—that he feared trouble most of all—so he threw out the thing Su Yu cared about most.

Hearing this, a sharp light flashed in Su Yu's eyes.

He couldn't afford the Heavenly Gold Sword Casting Stone in the System Mall, but he could certainly try to bid for this Sword Testing Stone.

If he succeeded, it could save him at least several decades of nourishing his Sword Pellet.

"In that case, I shall go with Fellow Daoist."

Su Yu nodded.

The Wang Family Old Ancestor beamed with joy and then went back to his clan to prepare. This time, he also intended to bring the younger generation of the clan along.

After the Wang Family Old Ancestor left, Su Yu had Yu Tian star come to his Immortal Cave.

Then he told Yu Tian star about the Qing Zhu Auction House.

Furthermore, he voiced his intention to help the Yu Family nurture a Foundation Establishment Cultivator and asked for Yu Tian star's opinion to see if there was anyone suitable in the clan who could charge for the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Upon hearing this, Yu Tian star prostrated himself in gratitude. He had originally thought that the Yu Family would be restricted by Su Yu for life, becoming pawns in his hand to seek benefits for him.

His original plan was to wait until his grand-nephew in the Immortal Music Sect stepped into Foundation Establishment, at which point he would have the ability to negotiate with Su Yu to have him yield a portion of the benefits.

But what followed was Su Yu's record of killing three Foundation Establishment Cultivators single-handedly, which left this Yu Family Head completely without hope.

He even extinguished any thoughts he shouldn't have had.

Being Su Yu's vassal was certainly like living under someone else's roof, but the benefits that followed were things he hadn't dared to imagine before.

He had planned to wait until the Yu Family had accumulated enough weight in front of Su Yu before begging him to allow the Yu Family to nurture their own Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

But he never expected that Su Yu didn't care about these things at all, nor did he worry about the Yu Family competing for power and profit after a Foundation Establishment Cultivator was born.

He even intended to help the Yu Family nurture a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

This kind of kindness made Yu Tian star prostrate himself in admiration. He had already submitted to Su Yu wholeheartedly and would no longer have any second thoughts.

It was just that Su Yu wasn't clear about these things, and even if he knew, he wouldn't bother to care.

After all, in the cultivation world, the accomplished come first. Whoever has the bigger fist holds the right to speak. If the Yu Family were to become restless, he would just help them become 'restful'!