11: Chapter 11 Participating in the Auction

Cao Yang returned to his room and sat cross-legged on his bed to Cultivate.

Soon it was morning, and Cao Yang checked his System panel.

Host: Cao Yang

Realm: Late Stage of Undergoing Tribulation

Physique: Chaotic Immortal Body (Upgradeable), Void-Breaking Immortal Eye

Cultivation Technique: Supreme Path of Devouring Void and Evolving Chaos

Race: Human Race

Remaining Cultivation: 0

Strategy Targets: Xiao Lingxue (95%), Su Xuan (71%)

Strategy Completed: 1

Sign-in Count: 6

Seeing that Xiao Lingxue's favorability had increased by 4 points, Cao Yang felt quite proud.

He thought to himself, "It seems Xue'er is quite satisfied with my performance. After all, favorability is very hard to increase once it reaches 90 points. I believe I will definitely be able to bring Xue'er's favorability to 100 in the future; after all, feelings grow with time."

After reading it, Cao Yang silently thought, "System, sign in."

"Beep, congratulations to the host, sign-in successful. You have obtained 700 years of Genius cultivation! One Undergoing Tribulation Card, rewards have been placed in the System space."

"Undergoing Tribulation Card: Upon activation, it can shield the heavenly secrets, allowing one to break through directly from the Peak of Body Integration to Undergoing Tribulation, avoiding the Heavenly Tribulation."

Cao Yang saw an energy orb and a purple card in the System space.

This Undergoing Tribulation Card is quite good. In the future, Xue'er and the others won't have to fear the Heavenly Tribulation when they undergo it.

Cao Yang got up and left his room, as the two Senior Sisters had already exited their respective rooms.

The three of them walked out of the inn together and headed straight towards the Xianlin Pavilion, as today was the date of the auction. Since both Senior Sisters had attended the auction before, the three of them quickly arrived in front of a pavilion.

On the pavilion, a plaque made of high-grade Artifact Refining material, dark gold Void Essence Gold, had the three large characters "Xianlin Pavilion" written on it, shining brightly. It was much more imposing than the Xianlin Pavilion in Moyang City. This Void Essence Gold was produced in the Void Realm and could only be obtained by experts at the Undergoing Tribulation stage or higher.

As soon as the three arrived at the entrance, a maid came forward to receive them. An eighteen-year-old maid stepped forward and smiled, "Respected Seniors, do you wish to attend the first-level auction or the second-level auction? The second-level auction requires Nascent Soul cultivation or higher, or possessing over one thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones to attend. The first-level only requires a fee of ten Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

Xiao Lingxue was about to release her Nascent Soul aura, but Cao Yang stepped forward first and tossed out a Storage Ring containing 50,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones.

The maid took it and looked inside, a look of respect appearing on her face. She said, "Respected Seniors, please follow me. I will take you to the second-level auction hall."

Seeing that Cao Yang was so wealthy, the two women were also shocked. After all, they had always attended the first-level auction before. They hadn't expected their Junior Brother to be so wealthy, tossing out High-Grade Spirit Stones to attend the second-level auction.

Second Senior Sister Su Xuan's eyes lit up. With a mischievous air, she ran to Cao Yang's side, pulled on his sleeve, and giggled, "Junior Brother, you said before that if we see anything we like, we can bid for it freely. Now that we are attending the second-level auction, do you still have that many Spirit Stones?"

Cao Yang replied nonchalantly, "What I said before remains unchanged and is still valid. Just bid on whatever you like."

"Junior Brother, you really are too wealthy. In that case, this Senior Sister won't be polite later!" Su Xuan was full of joy; she was also very much looking forward to the treasures at the second-level auction.

Led by the maid, the three entered a spacious auction hall and walked into Private Room No. 10 on the second floor.

Soon, the auction hall was filled with Cultivators, almost all of whom were Nascent Soul or Soul Transformation stage, with only a few at the Golden Core stage. As for the great experts at the Void Refining stage or higher, they were all in the private rooms upstairs. Of course, some wealthy individuals also enjoyed the privilege of private rooms.

Once all the seats were filled with Cultivators, a beautiful and curvaceous woman in purple robes appeared on the auction stage. Everyone below was captivated by the beautiful woman on stage, and she clearly enjoyed the feeling of being the center of attention.

She walked over slowly, full of charm, and smiled slightly, "I am Ye Yuelian, the auctioneer for this event. I trust all Fellow Daoists know the rules of the Xianlin Pavilion auction. Without further ado, let the official auction begin."

"The first item is a Grade 4 High-Quality Breakthrough Pill. It can help a Nascent Soul Peak Cultivator break through to the Soul Transformation stage with 100% success, and it has no side effects. The starting bid is 5,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and each increment must be no less than 1,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones."

Soon, the bidding began below.

"6,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones."

"... 10,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, I want it."

Soon, the Breakthrough Pill was purchased by an elderly man at the Peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

The woman in purple, Ye Yuelian, continued, "The second item is three Top-Grade Beauty-Preserving Pills. They can allow one's appearance to remain forever young. These top-grade Medicinal Pills are very rare; even Advanced Alchemists cannot guarantee they can refine them. The starting bid is 500 High-Grade Spirit Stones, and each increment must be no less than 100 High-Grade Spirit Stones."

The two Senior Sisters beside Cao Yang were also attracted upon hearing about the Top-Grade Beauty-Preserving Pills. Their eyes were fixed on the two greenish pills on the high stage, which even had a pill pattern on them.

Cao Yang also felt a bit excited. Remaining forever young sounded good. Although he was a male Cultivator, he didn't want to turn into an old man in the future.

Someone below had just heard Ye Yuelian's introduction and immediately placed a bid.

"700 High-Grade Spirit Stones," a female Cultivator at the Peak of the Nascent Soul stage shouted.

"800 High-Grade Spirit Stones."

"1,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones." ... Soon, many other female Cultivators also joined the bidding.

"10,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones," someone in a private room on the second floor began to bid.

"11,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones." ... "15,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones."

Soon, many Cultivators in the private rooms joined in, including quite a few male Cultivators.

The price of the Top-Grade Beauty-Preserving Pills was quickly bid up to 30,000, at which point many Cultivators gave up.

Seeing this, Cao Yang shouted his bid, "40,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones."

Hearing that someone had directly increased the bid by 10,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones, the few who were still persisting also gave up and did not bid any further.

Cao Yang successfully won the Top-Grade Beauty-Preserving Pills. Soon, a maid delivered them to the private room. Cao Yang paid the Spirit Stones and gave two of the Beauty-Preserving Pills to Xiao Lingxue and Su Xuan respectively.

The two women were overjoyed, especially Second Senior Sister Su Xuan, whose face was full of happiness, smiling like a flower. Xiao Lingxue looked at Cao Yang with a face full of affection.

The two women immediately swallowed the Medicinal Pills. They were already stunningly beautiful, so after swallowing the pills, there was no visible change.

On the stage, the purple-robed beauty Ye Yuelian began the auction for the third item.