257: Chapter 257 Peach Blossom Garden

After Chen Changqing and Master Yanhuo arrived in Taoyuan City, they found an inn to stay at. With two and a half months left before the auction began, they had no choice but to continue waiting.

After about two months, Master Yanhuo came to visit them personally, bringing the credentials for this auction, which the two would need to enter at that time.

Besides this, Master Yanhuo also brought another piece of news: after the auction ended, there would be an exchange meeting exclusively for Purple Palace Cultivators.

A few days after Chen Changqing received his identity token, the auction officially began.

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"Fellow Daoist, this is my identity token."

Outside the Taoyuan Auction, Cultivators took out their tokens one by one and handed them to the female Cultivators maintaining order.

Taoyuan City belonged to the territory of Peach Blossom Garden, and this Golden Core power only accepted women into the Sect.

Although this Sect was at the very bottom in the entire Tang Country, it still had two Golden Core Masters.

Not to mention anything else, aside from Biluo Palace, Yuxu Sect, and Tianyan Sect in Yan Country being stronger than them, other Golden Core powers might not necessarily compare to the other party.

As for Wanjian Sect, which previously controlled Yunxia City, it possessed as many as six Golden Core Masters, among whom there was even a Nascent Soul-let True Lord.

Chen Changqing looked at the female Cultivator in front of him and took out his identity token for her to verify.

Master Yanhuo had already had his verified a step ahead and was waiting to the side.

After a while, the two finally entered the auction.

The entire auction venue was extremely huge, capable of accommodating tens of thousands of Cultivators, much larger than the auction they had participated in earlier in Youzhou.

And as Purple Palace Cultivators, Chen Changqing and his companion had independent rooms to participate in the auction, without needing to squeeze together with those Foundation Establishment Cultivators and Qi Refining Cultivators.

"Seniors and Fellow Daoists, today I will host the auction. This auction is divided into three rounds: the first round auctions Tier 2 treasures, the second round auctions Tier 3 treasures, and the third round auctions Tier 4 treasures." A beautiful woman in a purple dress stood on the stage and smiled charmingly.

Her purple long dress tightly wrapped around her curvaceous figure, and coupled with that soft and charming temperament, she instantly exuded immense allure.

Quite a few male Cultivators looked at her, their throats unconsciously bobbing.

Chen Changqing just glanced a couple more times before looking away. He had no interest or desire for women other than Li Qingling.

"Those who can come here all know the rules of the auction, so I won't talk too much with you here, lest some Seniors and Fellow Daoists wait too long." The beautiful woman in the purple dress continued.

"The first treasure is..."

After she finished speaking, she went straight to the theme. In the back, several maids brought the treasures over one by one.

Many Qi Refining Cultivators and Foundation Establishment Cultivators competed fiercely for bids.

But more Cultivators were just watching and waiting.

Because for Qi Refining Cultivators, most of them did not come here for those covet-inducing Tier 2 treasures, but rather for the foundation establishment pill or Foundation Establishment spiritual items.

For Purple Palace Cultivators, Tier 2 treasures could not catch their eyes, so naturally they did not participate. At most, if they saw some treasures suitable for their Juniors, they would join the bidding ranks.

Whenever Purple Palace Cultivators made a move, those low-tier Cultivators who were arguing fiercely would immediately stop shouting bids, fearing that they might accidentally offend them and bring disaster upon themselves.

After an hour, the Tier 2 treasures were basically auctioned off, leaving only the finale treasures.

As soon as the finale treasures came on stage, everyone had already guessed what they were.

Over a hundred Foundation Establishment spiritual items had been auctioned off earlier, and at this moment, all those foundation establishment pills came up—as many as forty of them!

Chen Changqing looked at these foundation establishment pills, made a move to buy three of them, and coupled with the few Foundation Establishment spiritual items he bought earlier, if things went smoothly, he could add several more Foundation Establishment Cultivators to the Family.

Several maids brought up the foundation establishment pills that Chen Changqing had purchased.

Chen Changqing nodded, casually took out a specially-made jade box, and put these foundation establishment pills and Foundation Establishment spiritual items away into categories one by one.

After finishing all this, the first round of the auction came to an end.

The second round of the auction would not begin until an hour later.

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An hour passed quickly, and the second round of the auction officially began.

This time, the person who appeared was no longer the beautiful woman in the purple dress, but a delicate and pretty young girl.

Don't look at how young the other party was; she was actually an old monster because she was a Purple Palace Cultivator.

Anyone who could become a Purple Palace Cultivator, no matter how young, would be decades or hundreds of years old.

Moreover, the other party's cultivation level seemed quite high. Although she was still far from the Middle Stage of the Purple Mansion, that aura fluctuation was definitely not something belonging to someone who had just stepped into the Zifu Stage.

"Fellow Daoists and Juniors, the second round of the auction will be hosted by this concubine. Junior Sister Su has already introduced the rules of the auction earlier, so I won't continue talking about them." The delicate and pretty young girl explained.

Just as Chen Changqing was watching the other party host the auction, Master Yanhuo transmitted his voice from next door: "Fellow Daoist Changqing, this woman is the seventh Disciple under Immortal Master Taohua, and furthermore, her biological granddaughter.

Rumor has it that she became a Purple Mansion Cultivator at less than eighty years old, and now she is only a little over one hundred years old, yet her cultivation has already reached the third layer of the Purple Mansion. Some even rumored that the Purple Mansion she opened up reached over twenty-five feet; as for the exact amount, no one can verify it."

The more Master Yanhuo spoke, the more envious he became.

Hearing this, Chen Changqing felt somewhat shocked in his heart. If this woman were in Yan Country, she would definitely be a Genius no less inferior to Master Baiye. Of course, he might be slightly exaggerating, but it was very clear that apart from Master Baiye and Master Biyun, there were very few people in Yan Country who could reach this degree.

It seemed that he still knew very little about Tang Country.

"Fellow Daoist Yanhuo, in the cultivation world of Tang Country, what level does this woman belong to?" Chen Changqing pondered for a moment and pursued the question.

He needed to ask clearly about the current situation of the geniuses in Tang Country first, so as not to offend geniuses who shouldn't be offended in the future and bring trouble to the Family.

Originally, the Family had already secretly offended Biluo Palace. Who knew when Biluo Palace would find out that they were the ones who killed Fang Chen? If it were found out, their Chen Family would be in big trouble.

"Well..., there are indeed quite a few Genius Cultivators in this Tang Country. Not to mention the three major Prodigies of the Qinglian Sword Sect, just talking about the remaining Golden Core powers today, there are no fewer than ten of this level, and there are four clearly identifiable ones who can surpass this woman."

"One of them is Xiao Quan from Yutian Sect, currently the strongest Golden Core Sect in Tang Country. This person once used the cultivation level of the Early Stage of the Purple Mansion to slay a ruthless figure in the Middle Stage of the Purple Mansion. Rumor has it that his Purple Mansion reached the top-grade level, exceeding thirty feet, and his current cultivation has even reached the Late Stage of the Purple Mansion." As Master Yanhuo spoke, he looked through the wall toward Chen Changqing's direction.

Speaking of this, he suddenly realized that Chen Changqing next door was also such a ruthless figure. That being said, the other party was also a top-grade Purple Mansion.

He paused for a moment and continued speaking, while Chen Changqing didn't know what the other party was thinking and just listened carefully.

"Although the other two are not as outrageous as him, their Purple Mansions are also very close to top-grade. From the quality of their Purple Mansions, it can be seen that these two are definitely not weak either."

"I see. I didn't expect Tang Country to truly be brimming with talent." Chen Changqing nodded in praise.

"Yeah, but actually our Yan Country is not weak either. Although we can't compare with this Tang Country, if people like Junior Sister Bai Ye Fellow Daoist and Senior Biyun came to Tang Country, apart from that most talented Purple Palace Cultivator of the Qinglian Sword Sect, no one else could be stronger than them."