Professionals of the Starry Skies - Chapter 44

[44. Chapter 44: Building a Foundation (ask for monthly tickets at the beginning of the month)]

“‘Danqing Sword’, starting price is one hundred low-grade spirit stones!”

Hearing Zheng Yuanao’s offer, Fang Xing’s heart suddenly turned cold.

Even though he was good at making money, he only had dozens of spirit stones in his hands at most.

For a post-natal warrior, it is already very eye-catching.

If we try to seize this ‘Danqing Sword’ again, I’m afraid it will cause some trouble.

“Besides… I don’t leave the market now, so I don’t think I can use this good sword…”

Fang Xing had just thought about it when he saw an innate warrior stand up excitedly: “One hundred spirit stones!”

“One hundred and one dollars!”

Other warriors also began to scramble for it.

Blood-refined magical weapon!
For an innate warrior, if he cultivates to the peak of the innate realm and obtains a blood-refined magical weapon, his status is almost equivalent to that of a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training.

This is also the limit of secular warriors!

It’s a pity that warriors are all poor guys, and the price of this “Danqing Sword” rises very slowly.

“One hundred and twenty spirit stones!”

A voice sounded, causing Fang Xing’s heart to move slightly, and he looked towards the square.

The person who spoke was wearing black clothes and a mask, and his demeanor was solemn, but he did not have the masculine aura of a congenital warrior.

“It’s a monk!”

“Why would a cultivator compete with us for a blood-refining magic weapon?”

“It’s probably for his descendants or servants.”

All the innate warriors cursed in their hearts.

But Fang Xing recognized the owner of the voice: “It’s him? The leader of the Cangshan Five Righteous Men – Chen Yi! He’s here too. No, why is he buying a blood-refining magic weapon?”

“One hundred and thirty spirit stones! Hehe, Fellow Daoist Chen, you finally showed up. You were hiding your head and showing your tail. Did you think I wouldn’t recognize you?”

At this moment, a somewhat arrogant voice sounded from the box: “Why did you buy the blood-refining magic weapon? Do you still want to renew your relationship with those brothers? Unfortunately, your two brothers seem to be dead, leaving only two women, who are unwilling to associate with you…”

“Is it him? Fu Qing?”

Fang Xing’s heart moved. He actually didn’t quite understand why Chen Yi initially sought cooperation with Fu Qing to ambush Wan Fenglin, and then turned against him.

“The only thing that can turn immortal cultivators against each other is profit! Could it be that… there are some secrets in that nameless valley?”

“One hundred and forty spirit stones! I don’t need to explain to you what I did!” Fortunately, Chen Yi stopped pretending after being discovered. He directly pulled off his veil, revealing his old face.

After not seeing him for some time, he seemed much more haggard.

“One hundred and fifty spirit stones! Old man, if you have the guts, get out of the market!”

Fu Qing seemed to hate Chen Yi very much, but he did not dare to take action due to the rules of the market.

There were many concerns in his words, which made Fang Xing think deeply.

“Well, this is the Zheng family’s auction, please don’t bring any personal grudges…”

Zheng Yuanao suddenly spoke.

The Foundation Building Family still had some deterrent power, so Chen Yi fell silent.

“One hundred and fifty spirit stones, the Danqing Sword is obtained by the guest in the sixteenth box of the A-character!”

With Zheng Yuanao’s voice, this little farce came to an end.

But when Fang Xing looked at Chen Yi, he suddenly felt that the other party was exposing himself on purpose.

“Not only did he not cover up his voice, he was even more brazen in his hostility towards the Black Tiger Gang… Is he fishing? Or… attracting big players to join? As for whether the bid was successful, it doesn’t matter at all…”

“Forget it. It’s none of my business anyway. Let’s just watch the show…”

Fang Xing looked relaxed, leaning back in his chair.

But soon, he could no longer be so leisurely.

“The Dragon Blood Pill is made from the blood and bone marrow of the ‘Green Blood Dragon Carp’. Although this ‘Green Blood Dragon Carp’ is not of high grade, it is rumored to be a dragon species with a trace of dragon blood. Therefore, the Dragon Blood Pill contains dragon power, which can help warriors or cultivators to temper their bodies…”

Zheng Yuanao held a jade bottle and said calmly, “Since my Zheng family has wiped out a group of ‘Green Blood Dragon Carp’, this pill can be sold in the Zheng family’s pill shop in the future. Now I will release ten bottles first, and the reserve price of each bottle is fifty spirit stones! You can bid secretly, and the ten highest bidders will win the auction…”

For the Zheng family, this was just a small game played during the intermission of the auction, and they also promoted their own elixirs at the same time.

After all, after eradicating the ‘Green Blood Dragon Carp’, they intercepted some fish fry and are trying to cultivate them, and then expand them into an industrial chain.

“Dragon bloodline?”

Fang Xing became a little interested.

“My ‘Big Dragon Pillar’ has been progressing slowly since it entered the mastery level… I wonder if this pill will work?”

“The Big Dragon Pillar is just a simulation of a dragon, but there might really be a trace of dragon blood in the Dragon Blood Pill? Even if it’s just the aura, it’s not bad… At least it’s definitely suitable for me to comprehend the ‘dragon’s artistic conception’!”

What is a dragon?
If you have never even seen a dragon, and you want to comprehend the “dragon’s artistic conception”, isn’t that a joke?

He thought about it and put a piece of paper on the plate brought by the maid. On it was written the maximum amount of spirit stones he could pay and the number of the seat.

If it succeeds, you can then go and trade based on your seat number.

Not long after, Zheng Yuanao took over a list with a smile on his face: “Congratulations to the following ten fellow Taoists who won the ‘Dragon Blood Pill’ in the auction. No. 27 Ding, No. 65 Bing…”

“Yes, I got it right.”

Fang Xing below nodded slightly, and then smiled bitterly in his heart: “Sixty-seven spirit stones are actually more expensive than the Xiantian Pill. If it is useless, then I will lose a lot…”

“But Xiantian Pills can only help people advance to Xiantian level, while Dragon Blood Pills can help people comprehend the state of mind, which is the ability of the fourth level… so if it works, it’s still a win.”

He continued to look and saw one precious item after another.

From the elixirs for breaking through the levels in the Qi training period, to puppets and spiritual plants…it is truly all-encompassing and has everything you could want.

Unfortunately, most of them are only suitable for cultivators.

“Next, here is one of the three finale items of this auction!”

Suddenly, Zheng Yuanao’s voice became solemn with a hint of excitement, and he asked the maid to present a small gray brocade bag.

“A low-grade storage bag, with three spaces inside, can store things, but not living things… The starting price is three thousand low-grade spirit stones!”

Before he could finish, there was some noise in the auction hall:

“Storage bag? It’s actually a storage bag?”

“It’s so expensive. This kind of storage treasure, I’m afraid that apart from the foundation-building cultivators, there are not many Qi training cultivators who are qualified to own it…”

…

“Space props?”

Fang Xing’s eyes lit up.

The Blue Star Federation was actually quite average in terms of space technology. It was not until those extraterritorial evil gods invaded from the imaginary space that it was forced to catch up, but it was still unable to intercept all attacks 100%.

I’m afraid that even the Federation’s Martial Saints and Martial Gods… may not be qualified to own such a small space prop!
“More importantly… this represents another civilization’s interpretation of the way of space… If I sell it to a top consortium or laboratory, even a trillion star yuan would be a small price to pay… Well, I don’t dare!”

Fang Xing shook his head and listened to Zheng Yuanao’s introduction with interest. He then realized that this ‘storage bag’ was an extremely special magical tool, made of the leather of a certain monster with void attributes. It was difficult to be damaged by ordinary magical tools, but the key was… it still required mana and even spiritual consciousness to use it!
“I feel the malice of the world. This world of immortal cultivators is too unfriendly to me…”

He complained in his heart as he watched the price of the storage bag slowly rise. Finally, it was bought by a cultivator in a private room for 6,800 spirit stones.

…

“This second-to-last item is a contract. Someone is willing to resell a shop in the market. It is the original ‘Qingyun Shop’. The reserve price is 4,500 spirit stones…”

Zheng Yuanao said with a smile on his face.

“It’s actually a land deed? This kind of thing is only useful to powerful forces, right?”

Fang Xing shook his head and watched the big forces in the box fighting for it, and finally offered a sky-high price.

Although the price seems high, the big forces are passed down from generation to generation, and if you get the market shops, which are the goose that lays golden eggs, you can make a profit in the end.

This inevitably reminded Fang Xing of those infrastructure projects, which all have high investment and high returns, but the time required is extended.

“Hmm? Why does the atmosphere feel a little off?”

Fang Xing was just about to watch the fun, but he discovered that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the auction hall.

There seemed to be an inexplicable pressure in the void.

He even felt as if there was a ferocious beast right beside him, staring at him all the time!
“It’s the foundation-building master!”

“The Zheng family’s ancestor is here. It seems that the rumors are true… So it seems that the owner of Qingyun Store is selling off his property for this last auction item…”

Fang Xing was moved when he heard the two monks talking next to him.

Buzz!

On the auction table, array patterns emerged and converged into a large silver-white translucent bowl, which was turned upside down and protected the entire table tightly.

Then, Zheng Yuanao came forward with a tray in his hand, looking extremely solemn.
“The last lot is a foundation-building spiritual item – a bottle of Qianyuan Fire Demon!”

There was only one jade bottle on the tray, and inside it seemed to be a ball of sticky fiery red liquid. Rays of red light penetrated through the jade bottle and directly penetrated the outside, bringing with them streams of scorching hot air…

“It’s actually a foundation-building spiritual object!”

“Is there really a foundation-building opportunity at this auction?”

The cultivators present seemed to have gone crazy all of a sudden, especially those in the late stage of Qi training and those in the perfect stage of Qi training. They all stared with burning eyes at Zheng Yuanao on the high platform, or rather… the jade bottle in Zheng Yuanao’s hand.

If it weren’t for the Zheng family ancestor’s intentional release of his aura to intimidate others, and the existence of the formation, someone would have rushed up to rob him!
Foundation building!

This is the lifelong pursuit of all cultivators in the Qi training stage. Once they succeed, they can live to be over 200 years old, fly in the flesh, become the patriarch of a sect, and wield all power and might!

But it is extremely difficult to break through the foundation. If there is no foundation-building opportunity to assist, it is almost impossible to succeed, and even failure will lead to death!
The best foundation-building opportunity is naturally the foundation-building pill, which is said to increase the success rate by 20 to 30%.

Next, there are various spiritual objects that are useful for the three stages of foundation building.

Zheng Yuanao’s voice was trembling a little. It took a lot of willpower to move his eyes away from the Qianyuan Fire Evil. “Qianyuan Fire Evil can cleanse the body and magic power. It is very helpful for breaking through the ‘body level’ of the three levels of foundation building, and slightly helpful for the ‘magic power level’… Overall, it can increase the probability of a cultivator who has perfected Qi training and practiced fire-attributed techniques to break through the foundation building by half to ten percent. The starting price is… ten thousand low-grade spirit stones!”

(End of this chapter)