23: Xuanyue Auction House

Back in Yunzhou City, the four continued to browse the market.

Li Yuanbao specialized in running to the street stalls, but how could it be so easy to find a bargain?

Encountering one was pure luck; wanting to encounter a second one... was simply dreaming!

Wu Ning shook his head speechlessly, and unknowingly walked in front of a magnificent and beautiful pavilion.

Looking up, the three characters "Linglong Pavilion" came into view.

"Linglong Pavilion..."

"Let's go, let's go in and take a look."

Wu Ning stepped inside.

Linglong Pavilion is affiliated with the top merchant guild in the Eastern Region—the Linglong Merchant Guild.

The Linglong Pavilion in Yunzhou City is considered a state-level branch, lavishly decorated, occupying a vast area, and its luxuriousness is far beyond that of the Linglong Pavilion in the Great Jin capital.

Inside Linglong Pavilion, it was resplendent, with people dressed in luxurious clothes coming and going.

Seeing the four walk into the main hall, a beautiful reception maid immediately came forward with a smile.

"Young Masters, what would you like to buy?"

"Buy whatever you want, I'll just look around."

Wu Ning walked further into the hall.

Xu Ziqian said to the reception maid, "We want to see Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills, at least High Grade Earth Rank."

Lacking powerful offensive means and Martial Skills that match their cultivation Realm was their most obvious flaw and weakness at present.

Now that they had money in their pockets, they naturally had to seize the opportunity to make up for it.

Hearing this, the maid's eyes lit up, "Young Masters, please follow me."

She led Xu Ziqian and the other two upstairs.

This Linglong Pavilion was very tall, but it only had three floors.

The ground floor sold Medicinal Pills, Spiritual Artifacts, Cultivation Techniques, treasures, and other resources for Cultivators below the Transformation Sea Realm.

The second floor's selling targets were Fa Xiang Realm and Heavenly Palace Realm Cultivators, including Earth Rank Cultivation Techniques, High Grade Spiritual Artifacts, and so on.

The customers on the third floor were King Realm Cultivators, and here there were various kinds of excellent Spirit Medicine, eighth-tier Medicinal Pills, rare treasures, and various Materials for Artifact Refining and setting up Restrictions, and so on.

There were even Heaven Rank Cultivation Techniques and excellent Spiritual Artifacts.

Although almost all of them were Low Grade quality, it was the only place in the entire Yunlan Province!

Xu Ziqian and the other two followed the maid to the second floor, arriving at the place where Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills were sold.

"Three Young Masters, please see, our Linglong Pavilion has hundreds of Earth Rank Cultivation Techniques, including twenty-six High Grade Earth Rank ones and nine Peak Earth Rank Cultivation Techniques."

"In addition, there are various Earth Rank sword techniques, saber techniques, movement techniques, fist techniques, palm techniques..."

The gazes of the three fell on a huge wooden shelf against the wall, where Cultivation Technique and Martial Skill scrolls were neatly arranged by category, totaling an estimated thousand scrolls.

All of them were Earth Rank Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills!

The wooden shelf had three layers: the bottom layer contained Low Grade Earth Rank Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills, the middle layer contained High Grade Earth Rank Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills, and the top layer contained Peak Earth Rank Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills.

These Cultivation Technique and Martial Skill scrolls all had a layer of Restriction, and could only be viewed after purchasing them with Spirit Stones.

However, next to each scroll was a small booklet with a detailed introduction to the corresponding scroll.

Xu Ziqian casually opened a small booklet next to a scroll:

"One Qi Creation Art," a Peak Earth Rank Cultivation Technique... priced at 1200 High-Grade Spirit Stones.

Roughly equivalent to 12 million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Xu Ziqian secretly clicked his tongue; this price was somewhat beyond his expectations.

A typical High Grade Earth Rank Cultivation Technique was only around 2 million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, but he didn't expect a Peak Earth Rank Cultivation Technique to directly increase by a full six times!

According to what was stated in the booklet, Linglong Pavilion would only sell each Cultivation Technique and Martial Skill once!

Therefore, the price was a bit higher.

But how could it only be sold once in the three thousand states of the Eastern Region?

He, for one, didn't believe it.

Merchants are inherently cunning; at most, they would sell it in different states decades apart, and no one would know.

Shaking his head, he looked at other Peak Earth Rank Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills; their prices were basically between 1000 and 2000 High-Grade Spirit Stones.

It took him nearly half an hour.

Xu Ziqian selected a Peak Earth Rank sword technique and a Peak Earth Rank movement technique, while Li Yuanbao and Zhang Liang also each chose their preferred Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills.

In addition, they also purchased a High Grade Spiritual Artifact, as excellent Spiritual Artifacts were trump cards and could not be easily exposed.

"Three Young Masters, if you pay with Low-Grade Spirit Stones, there will be an additional 10% Spirit Stone exchange difference..."

The maid smiled broadly.

"Damn, aren't you guys too greedy?"

Li Yuanbao couldn't help but say.

An extra 10% was several million!

Although their Li family was sometimes quite greedy in business, they still couldn't stand others being even greedier than them.

The maid's smile remained unchanged, "Young Master, there is always a price difference when exchanging lower-tier Spirit Stones for higher-tier Spirit Stones, and our Linglong Pavilion only charging 10% is already very low in the industry..."

The maid patiently explained.

After paying the Spirit Stones, all three had pained expressions.

"Damn it, so greedy..."

At this moment, Wu Ning came down from the third floor, followed by the Linglong Pavilion manager with a beaming face.

"Are you done shopping?"

Wu Ning asked the three.

The three all nodded with a smile, then followed Wu Ning downstairs.

"Young Master, take care!"

At the entrance, the Linglong Pavilion manager waved goodbye, his smile impossible to hide.

Wu Ning waved his hand, directly buying all of their Linglong Pavilion's Spirit Fruits, excellent Spirit Wine, and all Yao Beast inner cores above fifth-tier.

The total price exceeded 3 billion Low-Grade Spirit Stones!

This was equivalent to his turnover for more than half a year.

Most importantly, spending so lavishly, he was definitely a big client.

He had been in Yunzhou City for over a hundred years, and this was the first time he had met such a generous person.

...

After leaving Linglong Pavilion, Wu Ning and his group checked into the most luxurious inn in Yunzhou City:

—Yuelai Inn.

"Boss, I heard that Xuan Yue Auction House will hold a 'Top Auction' in half a month, which happens once every ten years. There will be many rare treasures there. Should we go and take a look?"

Li Yuanbao asked eagerly.

Xu Ziqian and Zhang Liang also looked expectant.

Xuan Yue Auction House is also one of the top merchant guilds in the Eastern Region.

Its main business is auctions.

Small auctions are held every six months, large auctions every three years, top auctions every ten years, and Peak auctions every hundred years.

Peak auctions are only held at the Xuan Yue Auction House headquarters.

The Top Auction is already the highest-spec auction in Yunlan Province, with items starting at a minimum of a thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones!

Although they couldn't afford to bid, they still wanted to go and broaden their horizons and gain experience.

"Alright, then we'll stay for another half a month."

Wu Ning nodded; it was only half a month, and he wasn't short on time anyway.

"The auction should have VIP Box Number Two of Tian Class, right? Go get one."

"This... won't they kick us out?"

"I'll have Xiaoqing go with you."

"Then it's fine!"

Xiaoqing was the Azure Bird, an eighth-tier Yao Beast, equivalent to a King Realm expert, absolutely a top existence in Yunlan Province, so getting a VIP Box Number Two of Tian Class would be effortless.

Sure enough, the few of them went out and quickly returned with a hot-stamped invitation letter.

"Box Number Two of Tian Class... who is in Box Number One?"

"Boss, it's Seven Stars Sect."

"Oh."

Wu Ning nodded indifferently, saying no more.