192: Useless seal

Su Ling and the others drank all night at the Immortal Gathering Tower. At dawn, they circulated their magic power to disperse the smell of alcohol and bid farewell to the five courtesan fairies.

Cangming City still had many places to visit. It was rare for the five of them to set aside their cultivation, so they enjoyed themselves to the fullest, sightseeing, eating, and drinking.

Half a month later, the Myriad Treasures Auction officially began.

With the invitation in Song Moting's hand, the five of them entered the auction house without paying a cent.

The massive auction hall could accommodate over a hundred thousand people.

Su Ling and the others followed the flow of people inside, occasionally sensing the auras of Soul Transformation and Body Integration Cultivators.

Led by an auction house attendant, the group went straight to a private booth on the sixth floor.

On the highest floor, the ninth, the auras of several True Immortals emanated outward.

Clearly, they were all there for that High Grade spirit tool, the Cold Crystal Profound Ice Armor.

Just before entering the booth, Su Ling suddenly felt a throb in his heart.

His gaze couldn't help but drift toward a nearby booth.

He saw a Cultivator clad in a black robe, their face obscured, pushing the door open and entering.

"Was it an illusion..."

Su Ling paused, his brow furrowing slightly.

Lu Tao leaped onto a soft couch, then looked back to see Su Ling still standing at the door. He waved and shouted, "Su Ling, what are you dazing for? Get in here!"

"Oh, coming."

Su Ling shook his head and walked in.

"The auction is about to start. You have to help me win that starfall profound gold!"

Lu Tao leaned over with a silly grin.

The starfall profound gold was dark gold in appearance and covered in silver star patterns.

When a plane's stars explode, the star core fragments caught in the power of destruction form an extremely rare type of starfall profound gold.

This starfall profound gold, which cannot be produced locally, is an excellent material for refining Flying Sword Spiritual Artifacts and tempering one's natal Flying Sword.

The starting price was at least one hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely help you bid for it."

Su Ling replied helplessly, but his mind went back to that throb from earlier.

It seemed... to originate from the nine-patterned purple gold core within his body.

With nothing else to do, Song Moting brought out a pot of spiritual tea to share with everyone.

In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the auction officially began.

Presiding over this auction was an Early Stage Body Integration Cultivator named True Person Shuijing.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, he opened with a supreme grade Magic Treasure, the Yuanhe Five Extremes Mountain.

The starting price soared to a million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, yet countless Cultivators still vied for it.

Ultimately, this supreme grade Magic Treasure was snapped up by a Soul Transformation Cultivator for three hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

"As expected of the Imperial Capital; the Cultivators here are truly loaded!"

Qi Yunling's eyebrows twitched as he watched, sighing repeatedly.

Three hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones were worth over thirty million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

No matter how rare a supreme grade Magic Treasure was, this price was a bit inflated.

Su Ling and the others all nodded in agreement, though they had no interest in the treasure.

As Disciples of True Immortals, their primary task was to reach Soul Transformation or even the Body Integration Stage as quickly as possible.

Before Soul Transformation, high-grade magic treasures were sufficient.

It was more practical to use that many Spirit Stones to buy the Medicinal Pills and spiritual materials needed for cultivation.

Furthermore, each of them had received a low-grade spirit tool as a reward from the previous National War.

Most had chosen defensive Spiritual Artifacts.

This supreme grade Magic Treasure was truly of little use to them.

With so many people attending, this auction was said to last for about half a month.

Therefore, Su Ling and the others were in no hurry, quietly waiting for items they desired to appear... Three days passed in a flash, during which countless items were auctioned.

Medicinal Pills, Magic Treasures, and Formation Plates were all available, and even a Medium Grade auxiliary Spiritual Artifact, the Illusionary Sky Mirror, appeared.

According to True Person Shuijing, this Illusionary Sky Mirror was made from the body of a deep-sea demon from the Jinhun Realm that specialized in illusions.

It could cast powerful illusions, and if used by a Cultivator skilled in illusion arts, its power would be doubled.

Consequently, it drew bids from over a dozen Soul Transformation and Body Integration Cultivators.

It eventually fell into the hands of a female Body Integration Cultivator for the high price of 2.2 million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

During this time, Su Ling also bid several times, ultimately only purchasing a ten-jin jar of fifth-rank lightning-attribute Yao Beast essence blood.

Qi Yunling bought several fourth-rank wind-attribute monster cores for his Golden-Pupiled Falcon to consume.

Song Moting purchased three bottles of fourth-rank Bodhi Pills to assist in his Divine Soul cultivation.

Lu Tao and Luo Xuanxiao had not made any moves yet.

But the group wasn't worried; they ate and drank as they pleased, waiting for the items they needed to appear.

It wasn't until the fifth day that a strange item appeared, causing Su Ling to instantly perk up.

"This item was obtained by our pavilion from beyond this realm."

True Person Shuijing used his magic power to lift a pitch-black Seal that showed no spiritual fluctuations. "However, it cannot be activated by magic power or Immortal Qi. We have tried blood refinement, immortal sense investigation, treasure-controlling incantations, immortal fire forging, and a series of other methods, but none have caused it to change..."

Before he could finish, a Nascent Soul Cultivator asked, "True Person Shuijing, could this Seal be a mundane object from the mortal world?"

"Impossible!"

Another Soul Transformation Cultivator immediately countered. "True Person Shuijing already mentioned trying immortal fire forging... I ask you, how could a mortal object withstand the forging of immortal fire?"

"Indeed,"

True Person Shuijing nodded slightly and continued to explain, "The place where our pavilion's Guest Elder discovered this item was a rather perilous Forbidden Ground. Since I dare to put it up for auction, I naturally wouldn't use a mundane object to deceive our esteemed guests."

"We naturally trust the reputation of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, Fellow Daoist."

A Body Integration Cultivator stood up and said, "I wonder, what is the starting price for this item?"

True Person Shuijing suspended the pitch-black Seal in the center of the auction hall and announced loudly, "Unnamed Seal, starting price: ten million Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

"Ten million... doesn't seem too expensive."

Su Ling's heart stirred slightly.

The invisible gold patterns in his right eye spun rapidly, but no information came from the Immortal Eye of Treasure Appraisal.

This only made Su Ling more certain that the origins of this Seal were absolutely extraordinary.

A moment later, the price of the Seal had already reached twenty million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

However, only ten bidders remained, and the increments had shrunk to around five hundred thousand.

After all, even the Myriad Treasures Pavilion couldn't activate this Seal.

Either the conditions for activation were extremely harsh,

Or... it was a piece of junk.

If one spent a large amount of Spirit Stones to buy it but could never use it, it would be a total waste.

Even though there were many wealthy people present, they wouldn't waste money recklessly on a useless object.

Seeing the bidding reach twenty-eight million and only three bidders remaining,

Su Ling's brow twitched slightly as a piece of information surfaced in his mind.

['Star Pivot Heaven-Fixing Seal, Immortal Abode Key, sealed state. Requires tempering with Star Power to break the Seal.']

Though it wasn't a Spirit Treasure, the words 'Immortal Abode Key' alone were enough to prove its value.

Su Ling spoke up without hesitation, "Thirty million!"