Cultivating Immortality in a World of Chaos - Chapter 142

[Chapter 141 Grand Auction (asking for monthly ticket)]

Three years later.

As the once-in-a-decade grand auction of Bai Ze Fairy City approaches, the flow of people in the fairy city has increased significantly.

Even various private exchange meetings are in full swing, with a much higher frequency than before.

Fang Xi also took advantage of this rare opportunity to sell off some of the eye-catching stolen goods, and the number of spirit stones in his storage bag increased to seven thousand!

After dealing with the harvest, Fang Xi was in a good mood. He went straight to the area where individual cultivators set up stalls and looked at each stall.

Although he has never found anything lucky, one should always have dreams, maybe they will come true!

“The top-grade magic weapon is sold at a low price…”

“Come and take a look at the specialties of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range…”

“Exquisite talisman, the best exquisite talisman!”

…

After reading all the way through, Fang Xi helplessly discovered that he didn’t have that fate!

He has dabbled in the four arts of cultivating immortals, and with his spiritual sense, he can basically determine the value of items on the stall at a glance.

Then I came to the conclusion that there is basically no chance of finding a bargain!

“The reason why picking up a bargain can become a legend is precisely because it is extremely rare and extremely rare…”

“Forget it, I’d better just go to the auction and buy at a high price…”

Fang Xi was about to leave.

Suddenly, his eyes moved and he stopped at a talisman stall.

“Fellow Daoist, you want to buy talismans? The ones I have here are all top quality!”

Behind the stall, an old woman in her fifties was selling her products.

“Yes…”

Fang Xi picked up a piece of ‘Cold Wind Talisman’, feeling the thick and crisp touch of the talisman paper, as well as the rounded strokes on it. There was no doubt that this was a fine talisman!
“How much is it?”

“A first-grade, superior cold wind talisman that can summon cold wind and freeze enemies. It is a range attack and costs twenty-five spirit stones!”

The old woman quoted the price skillfully.

Her temples are gray and there are deep crow’s feet at the corners of her eyes, but her facial features still show the beauty of her youth.

“If customers buy five or more tickets, there are discounts!”

Seeing Fang Xi take out the spirit stone, the old woman hurriedly added with a smile, which was actually a bit flattering.

“Time is really a butcher’s knife…”

Fang Xi looked at this scene, but in his heart he was sighing: “The hot-tempered Fairy Lu Zhi in the Qingzhu Mountain Market has become so mercenary now…”

Yes, Fang Xi has recognized it.

The woman selling talismans at the stall turned out to be the widow of the talisman master that Chen Ping had been pursuing for so long—Lu Zhi!
“We are old friends, but Fairy Lu doesn’t seem to recognize me…”

Fang Xi suddenly chuckled.

He came out this time to go shopping, not to sell stolen goods, so he did not use the alias of Mu Dao Ren, but showed his real identity.

“Um?”

Lu Zhi suddenly looked up, looking at the young man who was as graceful as an orchid and a jade tree, her eyes filled with doubt.

She was indeed somewhat familiar with this face. The powerful memory of a cultivator finally helped her find the source of this familiar feeling from her numbness: “You are… the spiritual farmer… in the Qingzhu Mountain Market?”

“That’s right. It’s been a long time since we last met. How are you, Brother Lu?”

Fang Xi asked with a smile.

Lu Zhi suddenly felt a little ashamed.

She has wasted many years and is now only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, old and ugly. However, the young man in front of her has an ageless appearance, and his cultivation is even higher than hers. He has already entered the late stage of Qi Refining!

This made Lu Zhi feel that the world had changed a lot.

“Oh… it’s OK.”

At this moment, she seemed to have thousands of words in her chest, but in the end, they could only turn into a sigh.

“Oh, I wonder how Fellow Daoist Chen Ping is doing? The market was in chaos back then, and I had no choice but to flee in a hurry. I don’t know his whereabouts…”

Fang Xi had a look of regret on his face.

“Yes, you are also Lao Chen’s friend… He is now…”

Lu Zhi’s face was even more bitter: “I’m doing okay, but I have something important to do and can’t go out…”

“Oh? It seems that Lu Zhi has a good relationship with Chen Ping. Doesn’t she know the truth about the blood sacrifice that opened the spirit body?”

After hearing this, Fang Xi’s heart moved.

“As for Chen Ping’s friends, Master Jiuxuan has already passed away, and Di Qi was not able to escape the disaster and died in the chaos in the market…”

Fang Xi was disturbed to learn that Lu Zhi even knew about Chen Ping’s bad friends.

Master Jiuxuan was lucky enough to escape the chaos in the market town, but he could not escape his death.

Di Qi was even more miserable, dying directly in the chaos of the market town. No one knew whether he was an innocent victim or because of his own greed…

“Alas… After decades of cultivating immortality, most of my old friends have withered away.”

Fang Xi sighed and said to Lu Zhi, “When I see you another day, please give my regards to Brother Chen.”

“mother……”

At this time, a tall man in black came over. He had reached the seventh level of Qi Refining and was faintly murderous. He glared at Fang Xi and asked, “Who is this man?”

“It was a friend of my mother’s…”

Lu Zhi shook her head, not wanting to say more: “Have you sent the materials to mother?”

“Of course, they are all here!” The male cultivator in black quickly took out the storage bag.

…

evening.

The independent practitioners who had set up stalls packed up their stalls and prepared to go back to meditate and practice.

Lu Zhi also put the talisman into the storage bag and walked slowly. When she walked into an alley, she saw Fang Xi.

“Does Brother Lu seem to have something unfinished in his words during the day?”

Fang Xi folded his arms, as if he had been waiting here for a long time.

Lu Zhi looked around and found no one, so she took a few steps forward and lowered her voice: “Chen Ping said you were his good friend, so I believed you this time… Chen Ping is in a very bad situation now. He is imprisoned somewhere, drawing talismans day and night, and his life span has been greatly reduced. He will die in the next two years…”

Fang Xi was not surprised at all.

After all, Chen Ping is a blood talisman spirit, and is naturally in tune with the art of talismans. Maybe his talisman skills have even been promoted to the second level by now. He is truly an excellent tool man!

If you encounter a big family, you will definitely squeeze them to death!

“But the Qingye Xu family?”

He guessed.

The Qingye Xu family is the power behind the Mingqing Pavilion. Fairy Yunmeng also belonged to this force.

On the whole, imprisoning Chen Ping is the most likely possibility.

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“You know?!”

Lu Zhi was startled.

“I have a rough guess, but unfortunately I am not strong enough to save this old friend…”

Fang Xi sighed, turned around and left.

He was waiting here just to ask about his old friend’s recent situation.

Chen Ping had been pretty nice to him back then, so he certainly wouldn’t mind helping if he could.

But…he hasn’t established his foundation yet.

The Qingye Xu family is a foundation-building force. The gap between the two is too big, so he can only say sorry…

Lu Zhi looked at Fang Xi’s leaving back, but did not complain, just sighed softly.

Even though she is a cultivator, she has experienced many things that she is powerless to do. This is also the helplessness of life…

…

“Looking at his age, Chen Ping is a little older than me. He consumed thirty years of his life to upgrade the forbidden talisman. Now, another thirty years have passed, so he should be in his eighties…”

“The lifespan of a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage is two Jiazi years, which is about 120 years. How come it suddenly became impossible?”

“Oh, I forgot that if the Xu family can force him once, they can force him a second time… Could it be that they forced Chen Ping to upgrade some special talisman, causing his life span to be almost exhausted now?”

Fang Xi couldn’t help but feel chilled by the methods used by these foundation-building families.

This is completely sucking the marrow out of the tool man!

Smoky Willow Lane.

“Fang Daoist, great joy!”

Fang Xi arrived at the door, and Su Lie saw him. He immediately stepped forward and said, “Didn’t you ask me to find out about an exchange fair? I heard about one, held in a teahouse, where there might be ‘Bi Ling Liquid’ for sale… Of course, the seller said that if the bid is not satisfactory, it will be sent to the big auction.”

“Thank you, fellow Taoist. Please lead the way and let me meet the seller first!”

Fang Xi was also overjoyed and clasped his fists.

It’s not that he didn’t make any gains in the past three years. He once bought ten drops of “Bi Ling Ye” and a 200-year-old “Hua Long Ginseng” from a large trading company under the identity of “Mu Dao Ren”.

However, the more auxiliary medicine reserves for the Foundation Building Pill, the better, and this cannot be given up.

He immediately followed Su Lie to the exchange meeting and found the seller.

After a secret conversation, Fang Xi paid enough spirit stones to satisfy the other party and received half a bottle of ‘Bi Ling Liquid’.

“Well, the Biling Liquid is almost done, only the Hualong Ginseng is still missing!”

Fang Xi was secretly happy as he was waiting for the big auction.

He only collected auxiliary materials, which naturally made it much easier for him than those Qi-refining perfect cultivators who were struggling to find the second-level demon pill, and he would attract less attention.

“In fact, if I use the second-level demon pill in exchange, all the auxiliary materials can be gathered instantly…”

“But… it’s too eye-catching.”

Fang Xi’s plan to kill the monster and obtain the elixir has been perfected, just waiting for the big auction!
…

One month later.

Fang Xi’s incarnation of “Wooden Taoist” walked into the inner city and came to the large auction venue at the foot of Baifeng Mountain.

“My fellow Taoist, what you hold is an invitation to the private room. Please follow me!”

A maid with a sweet smile invited Fang Xi to the second floor of the venue.

There are many suspended stands here, overlooking the entire auction venue.

“In the private room, the privacy of the guests is kept absolutely confidential. After the guests take a picture of the collection, they can directly order someone to send it to the private room for transaction…”

As the maid walked, she introduced the facilities and rules of the auction venue.

“Not bad…very humane.”

Fang Xi nodded. The Bai Ze Fairy City was indeed very considerate of its customers.

He sat on a chair in the box, quietly waiting for the auction to begin.

Half an hour later, most of the seats on the first floor were occupied.

With the sound of a loud gong, a middle-aged monk with the gait of a dragon and a tiger, wearing a purple robe, with a round and slightly fat face, who looked very wealthy and amiable, but whose eyes were like deep and mysterious pools, and who was intimidating without even getting angry, walked into the venue.

“This person is actually the host?”

There was a slight commotion in the meeting hall.

“The eighteenth disciple of Master Bai Feng—Ouyang Zhen?!”

Fang Xi looked at this person, also with some anticipation.

This disciple of the Jindan ancestor has reached the late stage of foundation building, and he is so intimidating that he overwhelms the whole audience!

“Thank you all for coming. The auction will start now!”

Ouyang Zhen’s voice rang in the ears of every cultivator present: “The first lot – the middle-grade spiritual weapon ‘Green Cloud Five Smoke Net’, which can protect the body, fly, trap people, and attack… The starting price is 1,200 spiritual stones!”

(End of this chapter)