Chapter 158: Chapter 158 Treasure Pavilion (Third Release, Please Subscribe)
"No need!"
Qing Lian smiled and said, "Isn’t this advantageous for him as well? Letting go of entanglements and severing cause and effect naturally speeds up his cultivation."
"But it’s benefitting Ye Xuance, playing both roles, taking all the advantages!" Jin Elder frowned and said.
"Advantages?"
Qing Lian sneered, "Isn’t this also an advantage for Lu Xuanji? Dismissing one, becoming two, it can lead to sharing the same bed, embracing left and right. Isn’t that what men desire?"
Jin Elder remained silent.
Yet many times, silence is the answer.
"Jin Xi, you must understand, we have no way out. If we want revenge, we can’t afford many romantic entanglements!" Qing Lian said, "Love, for us, is not only a luxury but also superfluous and useless. Those opponents have never given up on pursuing the remnants of the Jin Family!"
"Perhaps, at any moment tomorrow, a Nascent Soul Great Cultivator may descend upon Purple Sun Mountain, to annihilate us. If you get involved with him, it will harm him!"
"I understand!"
Jin Xi said.
"Jin Xi, you simply don’t understand!" Qing Lian sneered, "After reaching the Golden Core, your lifespan is one thousand two hundred years. But because of that matter, it directly decreased to eight hundred years, continually calculating some things cost you another three hundred years, plus your bone age surpasses three hundred, leaving you with less than two hundred years!"
"In less than two hundred years, it’s extremely difficult to reach the Ninth Transformation!"
"Without the Ninth Transformation, how can you exact revenge?"
Jin Xi said, "His talent is remarkable, his aptitude is peerless, if he matures, he could help us avenge! He is a Divinity Transformation reincarnation!"
Hearing this, Qing Lian instead went silent, after a long time she said, "Once a Divinity Transformation, after falling and reincarnating, perhaps his progress is faster than ordinary cultivators, his combat power immensely stronger than those of the same realm. But without resources, without strong guardians, it’s still difficult to become a Divinity Transformation again!"
"We can invest some, but our resources are also limited!"
"Naturally!"
Jin Xi nodded and said.
Just then, the token at her waist sounded.
It was a message from Long Xuan.
[Miss, I lost him, Lu Xuanji disappeared.]
Jin Xi was slightly surprised by this message.
[Disappeared? How could he disappear! You are a Half-Step Golden Core, tracking a Foundation Establishment cultivator, how could you lose him]
[I don’t know either. He left the Dan Yang Sect, visited Ye Linglong’s grave, and then vanished.]
Jin Xi’s heart was slightly disturbed.
Instead, Qing Lian said, "Losing him is normal. Because he is a Divinity Transformation reincarnation, how many hidden cards and killing moves does he have, no one knows, anything happening is only natural."
In her eyes, the power of a Divinity Transformation is simply unfathomable by mere Golden Core cultivators.
[Return, there’s no need to guard him anymore!]
[Why must it be like this, he’s merely a Foundation Establishment, it’s unsafe outside]
[On the path to rising as a strong one, there are bound to be all sorts of dangers, no one can become invincible by secluded bitter cultivation, come back! He has his own path, he has his own creation]
Jin Xi responded.
[Come back!]
...
The wind was howling, on the road Lu Xuanji shook off Long Xuan, shook off this Guardian.
On [Baidu Map], his trace could no longer be found.
Then, turning off the long-open Baidu Map as it was draining his body.
"Xiao Xue is gone, Linglong is dead, am I doomed to lose wives, two Dao Companions in a row faced misfortune!"
Lu Xuanji smiled bitterly, speechless.
Feeling very unhappy, he didn’t want to go home, nor cultivate.
He began wandering aimlessly outside.
Walking casually, he found himself in a marketplace, this marketplace was named Nine Dragons Marketplace, belonging directly to the Dan Yang Sect.
He concealed his aura, reaching the entrance of the marketplace.
In front of the entrance, a stone stele emanated an aura, probing his identity.
The marketplace forbids the entry of Demon Cultivators, Demon Beasts, and those on wanted lists.
After confirming there was no mistake in his aura, the stone stele withdrew its aura.
Lu Xuanji entered the marketplace.
This marketplace appeared bustling, and along both sides of the street, various stalls were set up, with cultivators casually selling spiritual ores, spirit talismans, jade scrolls, elixirs, and more.
Cultivators stepped forward asking prices, haggling incessantly, the small vendors’ owners continually responding.
The street on both sides was bustling with activity.
Lu Xuanji casually observed, and the stall owners were mainly Qi Cultivation cultivators.
There were very few Foundation Establishment cultivators setting up stalls.
Because after reaching Foundation Establishment, in the cultivation realm, they are considered mid to upper-level figures, whether joining some cultivation immortality clan as a Guest Minister or directly establishing an immortality clan, they are good paths, already not needing to sell items roadside.
He searched the small stalls, looking around, roughly browsing once.
The items being sold were primarily low-cost elixirs, low-level talismans, low-level cultivation techniques, low-level demon beasts, and more, most were mixed in quality, including a lot of counterfeits. Also, some items were found in tombs, or some ancient cave mansions.
After strolling on the street for half a day, hoping to find rarities, looking for some opportunities.
The result, after walking for half a day, was encountering many adventures, and many counterfeits.
Then, he began entering some shops, starting to inquire.
In these shops, there were White Sun Rice, Hemostatic Pills, Celestial Spirit Pills, and also First Grade Spiritual Artifacts, Second Grade Spiritual Artifacts, etc.; in terms of the number and quality of the products, they were much better than the roadside stalls, essentially no fakes existed. However, the prices were one to two tiers higher than those outside small stalls.
The products targeted the demographic primarily consisting of Loose Cultivators; aimed at the lower-tier Qi Cultivation cultivators.
As for Loose Cultivators, the often-needed Foundation Establishment Pills were absent from many store counters.
On this point, many stores appeared very much in agreement.
The Foundation Establishment Pills are considered strategic resources.
Many clans only consider them too few, never too many. Even if they don’t need them themselves, they can sell them to other clans to earn goodwill.
Walking on, he arrived in front of Wanbao Building.
This is a trade association opened by a Purple Mansion Clan, holding a small auction every three years and a large auction every thirty years.
When the large auction takes place, items like Purple Mansion Pills, Pure Yang Pills, Third Grade Spiritual Artifacts, Third Grade Spirit Talismans, Third Grade Arrays, etc., would appear, and Purple Mansion cultivators would descend for bartering.
The small auction held once every three years is much more understated, with items mainly useful to Qi Cultivation cultivators, Foundation Establishment cultivators.
"Interesting, why not go in and take a look!"
Lu Xuanji made up his mind.
...
Three days later, Wanbao Building’s once-in-three-years auction commenced.
When Lu Xuanji revealed the Dan Yang Token, a maid immediately warmly attended to him, taking him to a second-floor private room, from which he overlooked everything.
There were about twenty of such private rooms.
If it were the once-in-thirty-years grand event, only Purple Mansion cultivators could enter these, but now even Foundation Establishment cultivators could.
Lu Xuanji sat upright in the private room, within his divine thought perception, only five of the twenty private rooms were occupied, the rest were completely empty.
This auction appeared very deserted.
Looking down again, the Qi Cultivation cultivators were crammed together, about more than three hundred, seated in the downstairs foyer, some wearing masks, constantly showcasing their true selves.
A Foundation Establishment cultivator with a graceful figure, a slender silhouette, and a faint pressure stepped onto the platform, and said, "The auction now begins!"