Chapter 1976: Wan Kui True Lord, Wan Kui Record

The elder in the yellow robe’s eyes shone with deep delight after successfully bidding on the Dry Earth Talisman Soldiers, but he quickly returned to his usual composure.

Chen Xiang flipped his hand and produced a palm-sized golden jade box, a cyan porcelain bottle, and a yellow jade casket. He smiled and said, "Fellow Daoists must have heard of the Sky Devouring Mouse, right?"

"A Sky Devouring Mouse! Is this its inner core? Impossible! This type of demonic beast is probably extinct." A plump young man in a golden robe, whose arms and face were covered with multiple eyeballs (evidently from the Multi-Eyed race), frowned as he spoke.

"Sky Devouring Mouse!" Wang Changsheng's eyes narrowed. The Sky Devouring Mouse was a notorious demonic beast, but such creatures were now rarely seen.

Naturally, Chen Xiang did not possess the inner core of a Sky Devouring Mouse, and even if he did, he wouldn't auction it at a trade fair for Spirit Transformation cultivators.

"As you all know, Daoist Five Elements colluded with foreign races, and the Five Elements Sect he established has also been destroyed. What I have here are the inner core, essence blood, and hide of a Gold-Eyed Mouse, which possesses the bloodline of the Sky Devouring Mouse. These are said to be from the Five Elements Sect's treasury. The starting bid is one million spirit stones, and each increment must be no less than three hundred thousand."

High-tier mouse demons were relatively rare, and high-tier cultivators who raised spirit mice were even rarer. However, the reputation of the Sky Devouring Mouse still attracted several cultivators to bid.

Wang Changsheng spent five million spirit stones to acquire the Gold-Eyed Mouse's inner core, essence blood, and hide. The Gold-Eyed Mouse had been a mid-tier Fifth Rank creature in its lifetime. He wondered if his Dual-Eyed Mouse could advance to the Fifth Rank after consuming its inner core and essence blood.

The hide could be refined into an Earth-attributed Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, which was also quite good.

Chen Xiang flipped his palm, and an exquisite golden jade box appeared in his hand. Upon opening it, a jade brush shimmered with golden light, its runes flickering, revealing it to be a low-grade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.

"This is the Golden Palace Brush, a low-grade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure. It was refined using the whiskers of a Fifth Rank Gold-Eyed Mouse and ten-thousand-year-old Golden Palace Bamboo as primary materials. The starting bid is two million spirit stones, and each increment must be no less than five hundred thousand."

High-tier talisman masters were not common. While talismans were convenient to use, they were mostly single-use, costly to produce, and difficult to refine. Consequently, there were not many high-tier talisman masters attending the event.

"I bid three million!" a plump young woman in a purple dress called out. A somewhat hunched elder in a yellow robe sat beside her.

"Three million five hundred thousand!" Wang Changsheng had just competed with the elder in the yellow robe for the Talisman Soldiers, which the elder had ultimately won at a high price.

After a round of fierce bidding, Wang Ruyan successfully acquired the Golden Palace Brush for the high price of eleven million spirit stones.

She was already capable of refining Fifth Rank talismans, though her success rate was not high. Most of the Fifth Rank talismans she created were sold for spirit stones.

The young woman in the purple dress furrowed her brows, glanced at Wang Ruyan, and said nothing.

Over the following period, Chen Xiang successively brought out many items for auction: elixirs, talismans, formations, and more, all fetching high prices.

Chen Xiang flipped his palm, and a delicate cyan brocade box appeared in his hand. Upon opening it, two shimmering cyan banners were revealed inside. Their runes flickered, indicating that each cyan banner was a low-grade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.

He picked up the two cyan banners, tossed them forward, and imbued each with a spell. The two banners immediately erupted with brilliant cyan light, and a sudden gale swept through the vicinity, making the cultivators' clothes flap wildly.

Wang Ruyan carefully noticed a few small cracks on the staffs of both banners.

"This is a set of spirit treasures, the Heaven-Wind Banners. Originally, there were five of these, making them one of the Five Elements Sect's foundational treasures. Three of them were destroyed. The starting bid is two million spirit stones, and each increment must be no less than five hundred thousand spirit stones."

"So severely damaged, and they're being sold without repair?" a middle-aged man with a sharp nose and pointed mouth frowned. His eyes were golden, and as he spoke, a pair of golden fangs were clearly visible in his mouth, indicating he was from the Bat race.

"A set of Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures is not easily repaired. Three of them were destroyed, and the cost of repairing them could be enough to refine a whole new set," Chen Xiang explained. "However, these are foundational treasures of the Five Elements Sect and possess considerable power. You can purchase them to study or repair them. If you can re-forge all five Heaven-Wind Banners, they would undoubtedly be a great aid."

As they were, after all, foundational treasures of the Five Elements Sect, they attracted bids from several cultivators.

The middle-aged man acquired the two Heaven-Wind Banners for the high price of nineteen million. Had these two Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures not been damaged, the final price would have been even higher.

Chen Xiang flicked his sleeve, and a shimmering cyan metallic sphere flew out, hovering in mid-air.

The surface of the metallic sphere was covered with intricate spiritual patterns. Upon closer inspection, a small piece was missing from the sphere.

He imbued it with a spell, and the spiritual patterns on the metallic sphere instantly brightened. Amidst a dazzling spiritual light, it transformed into a five-zhang-tall cyan roc. The roc's surface was covered with intricate spiritual patterns, shimmering with spiritual light and exuding a metallic sheen. Its eyes were vacant, clearly indicating it was a puppet beast.

The cyan roc had four wings on its back, a gleaming golden claw beneath its belly, and obvious chop marks on its head.

"This is a high-grade Fifth Rank puppet beast, crafted from the remains of a Cyan Wind Roc. It commands various wind-attribute divine abilities," Chen Xiang introduced. "This puppet beast is damaged, but it doesn't affect its use. A refiner can repair it, which would further enhance its power."

"A Fifth Rank puppet beast!" Wang Changsheng felt a slight pull, but after some thought, he dismissed the idea. He didn't have many spirit stones left. Had he not killed a few foreign cultivators and acquired some wealth, he wouldn't have even had five million spirit stones to bid on the Gold-Eyed Mouse's inner core, essence blood, and hide.

He intended to save his spirit stones for the Blood Dragon Rice auction, as Blood Dragon Rice could enhance his physical strength, whereas a puppet beast was, after all, an external item.

"This Fifth Rank puppet beast has a starting bid of three million spirit stones, and each increment must be no less than one million," Chen Xiang announced loudly.

Fifth Rank puppet beasts were quite rare. Although this one was damaged, it was still a Fifth Rank puppet beast and usable, so many cultivators still placed bids.

After a round of fierce bidding, the Cyan Wind Roc puppet beast was sold for the high price of seventeen million spirit stones.

"Fellow Daoists must have heard of True Monarch Myriad Puppets, right?" Chen Xiang asked with a teasing smile.

"Of course. True Monarch Myriad Puppets was a rogue cultivator, unremarkable during his Void Refinement stage, but he later rose to prominence. It's said that he entered the Daoist sanctum of Heavenly Venerable Xuan Ling and acquired the legacy of puppetry, refining numerous high-tier puppet beasts. With three Integration stage puppet beasts, he had few rivals. However, he hasn't appeared for tens of thousands of years. Why? Does Fellow Daoist Chen have any news about True Monarch Myriad Puppets?" The elder in the yellow robe spoke eloquently, his face full of curiosity.

Chen Xiang flipped his palm, and a light cyan jade slip appeared in his hand.

"Could it be True Monarch Myriad Puppets' main cultivation technique?" The cultivators were somewhat disappointed. At their current stage, they wouldn't easily change their cultivation techniques.

"True Monarch Myriad Puppets compiled a book called 'Myriad Puppets Record.' According to his disciples, the 'Myriad Puppets Record' details the methods for refining over ten thousand types of puppet beasts. This jade slip is the first volume, containing the refining methods for over a thousand types of puppet beasts, ranging from First Rank to Fifth Rank."