78: Foundation Building Pill

"1,500 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones..."

"1,550 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones..."

"1,600 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones..."

As time passed, the price grew higher and higher.

The speed of the price increase showed no signs of slowing down at all.

"2,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones."

Zhang Qingxiao saw that if things continued this way, there was no telling how high it would go, so he shouted a high price without hesitation.

When he shouted this price, the scene fell silent instantly.

Under normal circumstances, the price of a Foundation Establishment Pill was between 1,500 and 2,000.

It was rare for it to exceed 2,000, and Zhang Qingxiao had given a limit price directly.

Other Cultivators also saw his determination to obtain it.

If they continued to compete, it would benefit no one.

"2,020 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones."

After a few breaths, a Cultivator in one of the private boxes tentatively shouted a price.

"2,100 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones."

Seeing someone continue to bid, Zhang Qingxiao shouted a price again without hesitation.

This time, no other Cultivator continued to compete.

After the auctioneer confirmed it three times in a row, he announced that this Foundation Establishment Pill was sold for 2,100 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

Subsequently, a Cultivator from the auction house brought the Foundation Establishment Pill to the private box where Zhang Qingxiao was located.

This could be considered a service for Cultivators who were able to enter the private boxes.

If one were in the main hall, they would have to go and retrieve it themselves personally.

After checking that the Foundation Establishment Pill had no issues, Zhang Qingxiao took out the voucher, offset 60 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and then handed the remaining 2,040 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones to the auction house Cultivator.

Next, for the dozens of items, Zhang Qingxiao did not make any moves.

When the Tidal Sword was being auctioned, he only tentatively shouted two prices before giving up.

Under normal circumstances, a surpassing ordinary Magical Artifact Flying Sword would cost at most a little over 1,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

The price of this Tidal Sword had reached 2,000 and was still growing crazily; even if he had more Spirit Stones, he wouldn't be such a sucker.

In the end, this Tidal Sword was successfully bought by a Cultivator next to him for 2,800 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

"There really are quite a few wealthy Cultivators in the Xiaoyao Sect."

Seeing the Tidal Sword purchased by the Cultivator next door, Zhang Qingxiao couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Following the high price the Tidal Sword was auctioned for, the prices of the subsequent items also increased significantly.

When it was time to auction the second Foundation Establishment Pill, Zhang Qingxiao stubbornly spent 2,500 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones to successfully auction it.

After receiving the Foundation Establishment Pill, Zhang Qingxiao immediately came out of the private box and left the auction house.

Even so, he was still targeted by someone.

This left Zhang Qingxiao feeling somewhat helpless.

Since he had been targeted, he certainly couldn't return home immediately.

He had to deal with these Cultivators who were targeting him.

Before attending the auction, Zhang Qingxiao had anticipated this situation and had made preparations.

After coming out of the auction house, he headed straight outside of Xiaoyao City.

"Fellow Daoists, what is the meaning of blocking my path?"

Just after leaving Xiaoyao City not far, Zhang Qingxiao was blocked by the dozen or so Cultivators who had been following him.

This caused the surrounding Cultivators to cast their gazes toward them one after another.

"Hmph..."

"Hand over the Foundation Establishment Pill, and I can spare your life."

One of the Lianqi 8th Layer Cultivators snorted coldly and said in an icy tone.

"Fellow Daoist, if you wanted the Foundation Establishment Pill, you should have said so earlier; why make such a big scene?"

"I wonder, to which Fellow Daoist would it be most appropriate for me to give these two Foundation Establishment Pills?"

Zhang Qingxiao saw that when these people blocked him, they had already activated their Body Protection Talismans, knowing that it was basically impossible to resolve these people by surprise.

He could only try to see if he could incite internal chaos among these Cultivators.

From the positions these Cultivators were standing in, he had already guessed that they were not from the same group.

"Put the jade bottle containing the Foundation Establishment Pill... on the ground, and you move to the side."

A Lianqi 9th Layer Cultivator standing to Zhang Qingxiao's left had just wanted to tell Zhang Qingxiao to give him the Foundation Establishment Pill, but suddenly felt several sharp gazes directed at him and hurriedly swallowed those words.

"Fine, the Foundation Establishment Pill is merely an external possession; I only hope that I can be safe."

As Zhang Qingxiao said this, he placed the jade bottle containing the Foundation Establishment Pill at his feet and then quickly retreated backward.

The Cultivators who had originally surrounded Zhang Qingxiao, seeing that he had truly put down the Foundation Establishment Pill, all turned their gazes toward the Foundation Establishment Pill on the ground.

"None of you should fight me for it; I only want one, and you can divide the rest."

The Lianqi 9th Layer Cultivator who had just told Zhang Qingxiao to put the Foundation Establishment Pill on the ground, seeing everyone rushing toward the location of the Foundation Establishment Pill, shouted loudly and took out dozens of Talismans, throwing them directly at the other Cultivators.

At this moment, these Cultivators had long been blinded by desire and could no longer care about anything else; various techniques, Magical Artifacts, and Talismans were all used.

In just a moment's time, four or five Cultivators died an unnatural death.

Seeing that these Cultivators had fallen into complete chaos, Zhang Qingxiao no longer hesitated and quickly attacked the crowd.

Various attack Talismans were thrown at these Cultivators who were killing each other, as if Spirit Stones were of no concern.

At the same time, he also condensed seven or eight Fireball Techniques and Spirit Arrow Techniques.

His Fireball Technique proficiency had already reached the Great Grandmaster Level, which was simply not something a Body Protection Talisman could block.

The seven or eight Fireball Techniques, as soon as they made contact with these dozen or so Cultivators, instantly blew them into disarray.

Subsequently, the Spirit Arrow Techniques quickly shot toward the vital points of these Cultivators.

Within a few breaths, eight or nine Cultivators were killed by him.

The remaining Cultivators realized something was wrong and just wanted to join forces to attack Zhang Qingxiao, but were killed one by one by the Flying Sword he controlled.

The entire process only took four or five breaths.

"If I had known you were all so weak, I wouldn't have taken out the Foundation Establishment Pill."

Zhang Qingxiao put away the Flying Sword, picked up the two jade bottles containing the Foundation Establishment Pills, and then looked at the spectating Cultivators.

Most of these Cultivators were in the Qi Refining Early Stage and Qi Refining Middle Stage; seeing Zhang Qingxiao look at them, they were instantly so scared that they retreated repeatedly.

They had clearly seen the battle just now.

In just a few breaths, he had killed over a dozen Qi Refining Late Stage Cultivators in succession.

A Cultivator with this kind of strength was simply not someone they could provoke.

Seeing that these spectating Cultivators had been intimidated by him, Zhang Qingxiao quickly picked up the Magical Artifacts, Talismans, and Storage Pouches from the dozen or so Cultivators who had besieged him.

Then, he piloted the Flying Sword and quickly left this place.

It wasn't until a good while after Zhang Qingxiao had left that these spectating Cultivators swarmed forward to examine the corpses.

They wanted to see if there were any missed Talismans, Magical Artifacts, or Medicinal Pills.

Some who were lucky, while looting the corpses, actually found Talismans and Medicinal Pills hidden inside the clothes of these Cultivators, and they hurriedly tucked them into their own pockets secretly.

Zhang Qingxiao was naturally unaware of what happened afterward.

After he piloted the Flying Sword away, he circled around a large loop, and after confirming that no one was following him, he entered the wilderness, changed his appearance, changed his robes, and hunted a Late Stage 1st-Rank Yao Beast.

Then he leisurely returned to Xiaoyao City.