173: Rent a cave

The female Cultivator in a white dress said, "Only distinguished guests have this kind of Token!"

"Every one of them represents a major power, wealth, or a big shot!"

Gu Changan hadn't known until he heard this; it turned out there were so many tricks to this!

After saying goodbye to the Donor, he left the city again and arrived at the Spiritual Vein near the territory of the Blood Fiend Alliance.

From afar, he could see one entrance after another on the mountain, each with a thin protective barrier over it.

Gu Changan's mood became a bit eager; his gaze landed on a small building at the foot of the mountain, surrounded by a huge wall.

Upon arriving, he discovered that there were also Cultivators from the Treasure Pavilion stationed here.

After Gu Changan arrived, he felt that he had been scanned by at least four Golden Core Stage Divine Senses.

But on the surface, he couldn't tell where they were.

Gu Changan calmly walked to the front desk, where a Green-Robed Cultivator was sitting, whose cultivation base was roughly at the Early Golden Core Stage.

"Senior! I'm here to rent an Immortal Cave, the lowest grade will do!"

The Green-Robed Cultivator lifted his eyes to look at Gu Changan, then lowered his head and continued checking the items in his Storage Pouch.

"Grade D Immortal Cave, 100 Spirit Stones per day!"

"How long do you want to rent it for?"

Gu Changan thought for a moment: "One year!"

Then he casually handed over a Storage Pouch containing 40,000 Spirit Stones.

The Green-Robed Cultivator opened it to take a look, his face impassive: "Do you have any requirements?"

Gu Changan: "Just keep it quiet! I don't like being disturbed by too many people!"

The Green-Robed Cultivator casually tossed him a Token: "Just take this one!"

"It's near the top of the mountain, so there won't be that many Cultivators passing by your Immortal Cave!"

"Also, the Spiritual Vein inside is quite good!"

Gu Changan quickly performed a salute: "Thank you, Senior!"

He grabbed the Token and looked at it; a huge "Treasure" character was carved on the front.

The entire Token seemed to be made of jade, but that "Treasure" character was covered in a golden metal; as for what kind of metal it was, he didn't know!

Then, a string of numbers, 1111, was carved on the back of the Token.

Gu Changan watched others stepping on Flying Swords, shuttling back and forth across the mountain range; it seemed that Flying Swords were not prohibited here.

He also stepped on his Flying Sword and quickly found his Immortal Cave.

The entrance to the entire Immortal Cave was about three zhang high, with a transparent film on the outside; it looked like the Formation of the Immortal Cave.

After approaching, Gu Changan used his Divine Sense to observe other Immortal Caves to see how other Cultivators entered and exited.

He discovered that they all just dove straight in.

Gu Changan also stretched out his hand and slowly probed into that protective barrier, finding no resistance.

Then he followed it inside.

Upon entering and observing, it wasn't very big inside.

Rather than an Immortal Cave, it was more like a single room.

It was a Cultivation room about three zhang in length, width, and height, with a table and chair in the very center.

Against the wall was a wooden bed, with a few meditation cushions on it.

This costs 100 Spirit Stones a day?

Gu Changan marveled at how easy it was to make money!

Then he sat on the meditation cushion and seriously absorbed the Spiritual Qi in the air to see how big the difference was compared to the outside.

After some experimentation, it was only about twice as strong as the outside.

He was a bit disappointed, but he still took out his top-grade solid origin pills and began to swallow them.

This way, his Cultivation speed immediately increased.

Inside his Dantian, the Five Elements spirit rings spun rapidly, and the speed of absorbing Spiritual Qi reached its maximum.

The sword pellet magic treasure embryo inside his Dantian also floated within the Spiritual Qi.

Gu Changan did not take other items into his Dantian.

Only this sword pellet magic treasure embryo was confirmed to be his Lifebound Treasure.

So he started nurturing it early; he would deal with the others later.

Seeing the Magic Treasure embryo, Gu Changan instantly thought of the method of spiritual enlightenment!

It seemed that in this Tianbao City, he needed to find a beast-taming Cultivation Technique.

Cultivating felt like there was no time; when he regained his senses, it was already three days later.

Gu Changan put away his Token and went straight out, arriving at Tianbao City once again.

His Golden Core Stage Divine Sense searched every street without leaving a trace.

As a result, at the center of Tianbao Road in the outer city, there was a small plaza.

It was crowded with dense crowds of Cultivators.

A high platform had been erected on the high ground by the road, with two Golden Core Cultivators sitting on either side, both with white hair and white beards, looking as if they had reached a senile age.

In the middle of the high platform was a table, and behind the table was a beautiful Fairy.

She was holding a treasure in her hand, introducing it incessantly.

Gu Changan raised an eyebrow; was this actually an open-air auction?

How confident was the Treasure Pavilion in the security here?

Were they not afraid of someone coming to rob them?

Gu Changan observed for a moment and discovered that this open-air auction had many benefits.

One of them was that after the auction, the transaction was settled on the spot.

Once the treasure was obtained, one could leave, so there was no need to worry about attracting the attention of most people.

Moreover, one could turn around, change their face, and come back again.

Observing the Cultivators in the crowd, he discovered that more than half of them were wearing disguises, either bamboo hats or masks.

A small portion of them had no cover, looking as if they were very confident in their own strength.

Gu Changan was fine; after leaving, he immediately changed his face on the road.

However, he still took a bamboo hat and put it on his head, squeezing towards the front.

Getting closer, he heard the Auctioneer on the stage introducing.

"Mysterious Fire Iron Ore: Natural iron Ore from the mysterious fire mine, rich in fire elements."

"Suitable for crafting fire-attribute Magical Artifacts, starting price 3000 Spirit Stones!"

Gu Changan was not interested in these auction items; with his treasure gathering basin, what did he not have?

However, the bids from the floor were sparse.

It seemed that everyone was not very interested in this kind of material-type item.

After all, these material-type items still needed to be processed after being auctioned.

Gu Changan just acted as an observer, seriously watching the entire auction.

Most of the auctioned items were items for the Foundation Establishment Stage, with prices mostly around three to five thousand Spirit Stones, and the most expensive ones could reach over ten thousand Spirit Stones.

Gu Changan also noticed that some Magical Artifacts, after several rounds of bidding, finally fell into the hands of one person.

As a result, right after the transaction, they would quickly walk towards the periphery, and along with them, a dozen or so Cultivators who had just bid also turned and left.

Without needing to think, they were definitely going to discuss the ownership of that Magical Artifact.

Also leaving together were two members of the city guard.

Their equipment was truly eye-catching; after the two guard members also followed.

Most people's expressions were "as expected!"

It seemed that they were also constantly monitoring the changes in the auction venue.

If there were no guard members maintaining order, he believed everyone would not mind taking a share.

Gu Changan took everything in; the Cultivators were still the same Cultivators, but now there was someone suppressing them from above.

If one day these guard members stopped caring, this city would return to its original appearance.

Gu Changan noticed that among the auctioned items, there were many more Medicinal Pills than in other cities.