Chapter 1579: Lingbao Sea-Calming Seal

Fourth-grade healing elixirs are extremely rare. The Myriad Flower Elixir, a unique secret medicine of the Myriad Flower Palace, is renowned and attracted the interest of several Nascent Soul cultivators, including Wang Qingling and Huang Fugui. This time, Huang Fugui was unable to trade for the Myriad Flower Elixir; Shen Wenbin acquired it instead.

Su Rou deftly flipped her hand, and with a flash of golden light, a gleaming golden metal sphere appeared. Its surface was covered with profound spiritual patterns, clearly indicating it was a puppet beast. She cast a spell, and after a mechanical sound, the metal sphere transformed into a ten-foot-tall golden-armored guard. The guard held a shimmering golden spear, its entire body radiating a metallic luster and an astonishing spiritual energy fluctuation.

"A fourth-grade puppet beast!" The cultivators present were astonished, and many of their eyes grew fervent. This was a puppet beast equivalent to a Nascent Soul cultivator, and if put up for auction, it would fetch at least three million spirit stones.

"This is one fourth-grade puppet beast refined by the Divine Weapon Palace," she announced. "We seek in exchange a three-thousand-year-old Golden Glass Ginseng, a fourth-grade high-rank gold attribute demon core, or heavenly materials and earthly treasures of equivalent value."

This fourth-grade puppet beast, being a product of the Divine Weapon Palace, attracted the interest of most cultivators. Yan Guang, Wu Yao'er, Ao Xin, and Jiao Mingzhu were all very interested. They successively flew to the elevated platform to communicate with Wang Mengyang via spiritual voice transmission. Wang Mengyang simultaneously communicated with over twenty Nascent Soul cultivators via spiritual voice transmission and with the Nascent Soul cultivator from the Divine Weapon Palace to ensure the proposed exchange items were satisfactory. Unfortunately, no one could produce items that satisfied the Nascent Soul cultivator from the Divine Weapon Palace.

"Next is one fourth-grade low-rank puppet beast, equivalent to an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator," she announced. "It requires high-grade spirit stones to activate. The starting bid is one million spirit stones, with each increment no less than two hundred thousand. Half of the final transaction amount must be paid in high-grade spirit stones or rare materials."

High-grade spirit stones have a wide range of uses. The sect-guarding formations of major cultivation sects and the clan-guarding formations of cultivation families all require high-grade spirit stones to activate, allowing them to unleash greater power. Furthermore, fourth-grade puppet beasts also require high-grade spirit stones to operate. A single high-grade spirit stone can drive a fourth-grade low-rank puppet beast, while a mid-rank one requires five, and a high-rank one needs ten. However, high-grade spirit stones are scarce in the Eastern Jade Realm. Most spirit stone mines producing them are controlled by major human forces, making them rarely available on the open market. It's considered fortunate for ordinary forces to even acquire a single high-grade spirit stone, as many cultivators never see one in their lifetime. Since half of the transaction amount had to be paid in high-grade spirit stones or rare materials, the Wang family could not afford it.

After a fierce competition, this fourth-grade puppet beast was ultimately acquired by Shen Wenbin. Watching the elated Shen Wenbin, Wang Qingling sighed softly, thinking to herself, "Foundation is foundation; a few lucky encounters simply cannot compare." So far, the Shen family had successfully bid on several valuable items, demonstrating their immense wealth.

Thirty-six burly men carried two enormous iron cages onto the circular platform. Inside, a mountain-sized blue shark and a golden giant lion lay lazily, seemingly asleep, each with a shimmering silver talisman affixed to its body.

"Fourth-grade spirit beasts! No way! Are fourth-grade spirit beasts also being auctioned?" someone exclaimed in surprise. A stir ran through the cultivators present. Among the forces in the Eastern Jade Realm, only Myriad Beast Island could produce two fourth-grade spirit beasts at once.

"These are two fourth-grade spirit beasts, a Blue Sea Shark and a Golden Light Lion, neither of which has acknowledged a master," she announced. "They can serve as sect-guarding or clan-guarding spirit beasts. We seek in exchange miraculous elixirs that aid flood dragons in advancing to fourth-grade, heavenly materials and earthly treasures that assist fire-attribute spirit birds in advancing, or primary materials for refining spirit treasures."

As soon as these words fell, the cultivators present exchanged glances. It was obvious that a single elixir or spiritual herb could not be exchanged for a fourth-grade spirit beast. Even so, over a hundred cultivators, many of them Core Formation cultivators, still stepped forward to communicate with Wang Mengyang via spiritual voice transmission. For smaller forces, acquiring a fourth-grade spirit beast would be an immense stroke of fortune. Unfortunately, no one was able to trade for the fourth-grade spirit beasts, and these two highlight auction items went unsold.

Su Rou took out a crimson jade bottle, uncorked it, and a faint golden flame flew out, causing the temperature in the hall to rise sharply. "This is a wisp of spiritual flame," she announced. "After refining it, it can assist in alchemy and artifact refining. Fellow Daoists cultivating fire-attribute cultivation techniques should not miss it."

Yan Guang snorted softly, saying disdainfully, "Can a mere wisp of flame be called a spiritual flame? It's just a slightly more powerful flame; its assistive effect is negligible." While a wisp of spiritual flame is a good item for Core Formation cultivators, its utility for Nascent Soul cultivators is not significant.

Wang Mengyang gave an awkward smile and said, "This wisp of spiritual flame is for exchange for gold-attribute materials of equivalent value." As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of cultivators, mostly Core Formation cultivators, flew forward. Unfortunately, this wisp of spiritual flame could not be exchanged and went unsold. This is a common occurrence; not every item is successfully auctioned.

Twenty-eight burly men carried two enormous iron cages onto the circular platform. Each cage contained a Tiger-Qilin Beast, both of which were third-grade high-rank and only a step away from fourth-grade. "These are two third-grade high-rank Tiger-Qilin Beasts, neutered and unable to breed, to be auctioned separately," she announced. "The starting bid is six hundred thousand spirit stones, with each increment no less than fifty thousand. One-tenth of the final transaction amount must be paid in high-grade spirit stones or rare materials."

Tiger-Qilin Beasts are unique spirit beasts of the Ouyang family and are not easily allowed to circulate. Even if they are, they are neutered. "Six hundred thousand." "Six hundred fifty thousand." "Seven hundred fifty thousand." The competition was quite fierce. Huang Fugui successfully bid for one Tiger-Qilin Beast at the high price of one million six hundred thousand. He didn't pay entirely in spirit stones but instead presented several materials along with a portion of spirit stones to acquire the beast. The other Tiger-Qilin Beast was acquired by Dongfang Liang.

Su Rou deftly flipped her hand, and with a flash of blue light, a gleaming blue seal appeared. Its surface shimmered with runes, emitting an astonishing spiritual energy fluctuation. She gently shook her wrist, and the blue seal flew from her hand, instantly expanding to the size of a small mountain. Shrouded in mist, it exuded boundless might.

"This is the Spirit Treasure Sea-Suppressing Seal, refined by several Nascent Soul cultivators of the Dongfang family," she announced. "We seek rare materials in exchange, with priority given to alchemy materials. High-grade spirit stones are also acceptable for settlement."

As soon as these words fell, over a hundred cultivators leaped forward, all intent on acquiring this spiritual treasure. Wang Qingling was also interested in the Sea-Suppressing Seal, but she could not produce the requested materials. The materials required to exchange for a spiritual treasure would undoubtedly be vast, and the Wang family simply did not possess that many rare materials. After a fierce competition, the Sea-Suppressing Seal was acquired by Ouyang Shengtao.

"The auction concludes here," Wang Mengyang said politely, bowing to the cultivators present. "Thank you, esteemed seniors, for your participation. Next time, we will prepare even more precious items, and we welcome all of you to participate enthusiastically."

The cultivators gradually left the venue. Wang Qingling and Wang Dongren began walking out, with Wang Yingjie following behind them.