66: Top-grade flying sword magic weapon, Cold Star Sword

Two days later, the mana-infused banners for the Myriad Treasures Pavilion's triennial auction covered the entire Thousand Star City market.

At some point, shops along the long street had also started using these mana-infused banners.

Looking at it, it had a unique charm.

The bustling crowd flowed toward the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, among whom many powerful Nascent Soul Cultivators appeared.

Su Ling mingled with the crowd, waiting silently until those high-level Cultivators had entered before he presented the numbered tag he had obtained in advance and walked into the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

The storefront of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion was a hundred zhang wide. After entering, led by a shop attendant, he walked for a full quarter of an hour before arriving at a towering pavilion that rose from the ground.

"Senior's numbered tag is '4075'. Please enter from this door and head straight to the fourth floor."

The shop attendant bowed and introduced.

"Many thanks."

Su Ling nodded slightly and stepped into the passage, which was three zhang high.

After walking more than ten zhang along the passage, the view suddenly opened up.

Ahead was a circular high platform dozens of zhang in diameter, with rows of exquisitely carved tables and chairs arranged in a circle around the platform.

Centering on the high platform, they were arranged in a terraced layout.

There were seven tiers of seating in total, with the top three tiers featuring extremely luxurious private rooms protected by spell formations.

A rough estimate suggested this auction house could accommodate thousands of people.

While Su Ling marveled, a female Cultivator dedicated to serving guests stepped forward to guide him through a special passage to the fourth-floor VIP seats.

After Su Ling took his seat, he discovered that nearly eighty percent of the seats in the hall below were already occupied by Cultivators.

Most were Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and only occasionally could one see a few Qi Refinement Stage Cultivators at the tenth level of Qi Refining.

If not for the one-thousand Spirit Stone admission threshold that discouraged many Loose Cultivators, these seats would not have been nearly enough.

On the table in front of him were tea and spiritual fruits provided by the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, but Su Ling did not touch them, his gaze scanning the upper three levels.

Judging by the aura overflowing from the Cultivators in the fifth-level seating area, that should be where the Core Formation Stage Cultivators were located.

The sixth level, with nearly a hundred private rooms, was for the Nascent Soul Stage.

The seventh level had only a dozen or so private rooms.

Presumably, those were the private rooms for Soul Transformation Cultivators.

In the middle of them, one even hung the banner of the Thousand Star City Lord, which should be the exclusive private room of City Lord Li Xiuyuan.

Above the dome, a huge pearl emitted a gentle light, illuminating the high platform below.

【Light Scale Pearl, formed by a fourth-order Light Scale Clam demon after a thousand years of gestation, possesses illumination, concentration, and evil-suppressing functions; it can be used for Artifact Refining and Alchemy.】

"What a display of wealth!"

With the identification information from the Immortal Eye of Treasure Appraisal coming to his mind, Su Ling could not help but exclaim.

The product of a fourth-order Nascent Soul Stage Light Scale Clam's thousand-year gestation was worth at least over two hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Here, it was merely a dead object used for illumination.

Throughout the auction house, pearls slightly smaller than this Light Scale Pearl were almost everywhere.

A rough estimate put the value at nearly ten million Spirit Stones.

With such generosity, it was no wonder that among so many shops, only the Myriad Treasures Pavilion could hold an auction.

Half an hour later, a melodious bell rang, instantly spreading throughout the auction house, and the originally noisy hall immediately quieted down.

An old man in a gorgeous robe walked onto the auction stage with steady steps.

The old man had a kind face, but his eyes revealed shrewdness; he was the chief auctioneer of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, a Peak Nascent Soul Cultivator — Venerable Xuan Jian.

He slightly raised his hand, bowed to the crowd below, and his resonant voice spread throughout the venue: "Fellow Daoists, welcome to the Myriad Treasures Auction House! After three years of careful preparation, this auction has many treasures and a rich variety of goods, which will surely satisfy your needs. Here, on behalf of the Myriad Treasures Auction House, I, Xuan Jian, thank you all for coming!"

After speaking, Xuan Jian lightly waved his sleeve, and a huge light screen slowly rose around the high platform. The information of some of the auction items for this auction appeared on the light screen one by one, each making the hearts of the Cultivators below beat faster and their eyes burn with desire.

"Without further ado, the triennial Myriad Treasures Auction is officially started!"

Xuan Jian's voice sounded again, echoing in the hall like a great bell, drawing the curtain on this grand event of the Thousand Star City cultivation world.

"The first auction item…"

Before the words faded, a simple purple sandalwood box slowly floated up from the center of the high platform.

The surface of the wooden box was carved with cloud patterns, the four corners inlaid with black profound iron, and the box was surrounded by a faint, cold aura.

The Cultivators in the front row of the pool seats immediately straightened their backs, and someone couldn't help but whisper, "It's a Flying Sword! This aura is definitely not an ordinary item!"

The purple sandalwood box slowly opened, and a silver-blue stream of light rose from the box, hovering in the center of the auction stage.

It was a small Flying Sword three inches long. The sword body gleamed with a cold metallic luster, and the 'Wind-Breaking Pattern' was carved on the sword spine, with light blue spiritual power flowing between the lines.

The hilt was wrapped in a layer of dark golden spiritual silk, and a pearl the size of a soybean was inlaid at the grip, which seemed to be able to automatically absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

"High Grade Flying Sword Magic Treasure, Cold Star Sword!"

Xuan Jian pointed at the Flying Sword, his tone filled with pride, "The sword body is made of 'Profound Ice Cold Iron' from the Ice Island of the Northern Abyss, infused with extraterrestrial meteor sand, and the hilt is inlaid with a deep-sea Spirit-Nurturing Clam Pearl. It was refined by Great Master Wuyazi of our pavilion over three years. Please take a look, everyone…"

Xuan Jian flicked a wisp of mana from his fingertip, lightly touching the Spirit-Nurturing Clam Pearl on the hilt.

In an instant, the Cold Star Sword emitted a clear sword hum. The Wind-Breaking Pattern on the sword body suddenly lit up, instantly turning into a light blue sword light, drawing a circle above the auction stage without causing any damage to the surroundings, but instead bringing up bursts of cool Spiritual Qi.

Xuan Jian continued to introduce, "The Wind-Breaking Pattern on the sword spine can make the flight speed twenty percent faster than ordinary High Grade Flying Swords. Even more rare is that it comes with Ice Soul Sword Qi, which can be attached with a freezing effect when activated, freezing the enemy's mana circulation. It has miraculous effects even on Late-stage Core Formation Cultivators… It is truly a Sharp Weapon for hunting demons and fighting!"

"Starting bid, fifty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"

As soon as the price was announced, a commotion broke out below.

Nothing else, fifty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones directly filtered out a large number of Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and even many Core Formation Cultivators.

No one expected that the first auction item of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion's auction would actually be a High Grade Flying Sword Magic Treasure.

And it was a Flying Sword personally refined by the famous Great Master Wuyazi.

However, many smart people thought about it for a moment and understood the reason.

The quinquennial National War was about to begin, and the City Lord's Mansion had issued a mobilization order more than half a year ago.

Countless Core Formation Cultivators were eager to move, especially those elderly Core Formation Cultivators whose Lifespan was running out and who could not make a Breakthrough; they would use any means necessary to improve their combat power.

Spending most of their family fortune to buy a High Grade Flying Sword Magic Treasure, wasn't that a matter of course!

Soon, an old Cultivator with white hair and beard stood up abruptly, raised his numbered tag and said eagerly, "I bid fifty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones! This Cold Star Sword is just what I need!"

As soon as the voice fell, a calm voice came from the seats on the east side of the fifth floor: "Sixty thousand Spirit Stones. I Cultivate an ice-attribute Cultivation Technique, and the Ice Soul Sword Qi of this sword is just to my liking."

"Seventy thousand!"

Another Cultivator increased the price, "I just achieved a Breakthrough to Core Formation and am missing a High Grade Flying Sword for protection!"

The price soared all the way, and in just a few breaths, it broke through a million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Such a high price made Su Ling gasp.

He had thought he was already rich.

But now it seems, he is still a poor Cultivator in the cultivation world.