Chapter 3074: Hunyuan Zhenren's Reminder

The auction was to be held on Tianyu Mountain, and the Tianyu clan was likely aware of some of the auction items. Information, after all, was a valuable resource.

Xu Yuan nodded and said, "I hear there will be a Bagua Qianyuan Talisman, which is excellent for resisting lightning tribulations and is highly suitable for Void Refinement cultivators undergoing the Great Heavenly Tribulation. Besides that, there are defensive mid-grade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures and various Dharma Idol materials. However, these must be paid for with premium spirit stones. Our establishment also acquires materials, and we pay in premium spirit stones."

Many high-level cultivators attending the auction came to Tianyu Tower not only to purchase goods but more often to inquire about information concerning the auction items.

The Tianyu clan would release some information as appropriate to attract other cultivators to participate in the auction.

Some high-level cultivators didn't possess many premium spirit stones. To obtain them, they could sell materials to the Tianyu clan, which was also a way for the clan to collect materials.

"Premium spirit stones!"

Wang Mengbin frowned. He indeed didn't have many premium spirit stones, most of which he had seized from enemies.

"Do all auction items require payment in premium spirit stones?" Bai Yuqi asked, puzzled.

"Not all of them," Xu Yuan replied sincerely. "Valuable items like tribulation-passing treasures, mid-grade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures, and sixth-tier puppet beasts are settled with premium spirit stones. Other common items are paid for with high-grade spirit stones. Premium spirit stones are the hard currency, of course, but you can also exchange goods. If you need premium spirit stones, senior, you can sell your items to our Tianyu Tower. As long as the items are good enough, we are willing to purchase them at a high price."

"Are the corpses or demon cores of sixth-tier demonic beasts acceptable?" Bai Yuqi continued to ask.

"Ordinary sixth-tier demonic beasts are not," Xu Yuan explained. "However, high-tier demonic beasts with special attributes like lightning, wind, or ice are fine. Metal ores, spiritual herbs, or spiritual fruits are also acceptable."

As a major cross-realm trading alliance, the Nine Yuan Commercial Alliance considered premium spirit stones to be the true hard currency. Tribulation-passing treasures needed by Void Refinement cultivators were not particularly significant to them.

"So, are seventh-tier puppet beasts and complete sets of mid-grade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures also traded for premium spirit stones?" Wang Mengbin asked curiously. While they couldn't produce many premium spirit stones, it didn't mean a clan or a major sect couldn't.

"Of course not," Xu Yuan patiently explained. "For those, a few rare materials are required in addition to premium spirit stones for settlement. Some individual items are only available through bartering."

While rare materials and treasures used by Void Refinement cultivators were settled with premium spirit stones, those used by Integration Stage cultivators required both rare materials and premium spirit stones.

The Nine Yuan Commercial Alliance held auctions not only to sell goods but also to seize the opportunity to collect rare materials. Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to offer seventh-tier puppet beasts and complete sets of mid-grade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures.

For clans without Grand Ascension Stage cultivators, a seventh-tier puppet beast could significantly boost their strength. While Integration Stage cultivators might perish during the Great Heavenly Tribulation, a puppet beast, unless severely damaged, could continue to be used, provided its controller's divine sense was powerful enough.

If only premium spirit stones were used for settlement, no number of seventh-tier puppet beasts would be enough for auction. Therefore, some rare materials were naturally required.

The Nine Yuan Commercial Alliance had also prepared several highly valuable items that could aid Integration Stage cultivators in passing the Great Heavenly Tribulation. These specific items could only be acquired through bartering, as anything that assisted Integration Stage cultivators in surviving the Great Heavenly Tribulation was extremely precious anywhere in the Xuanyang Realm.

Wang Mengbin nodded, took out a cyan storage ring, handed it to Xu Yuan, and said, "See how many premium spirit stones this is worth."

The storage ring contained the corpses of two high-grade sixth-tier Snow-eyed Ice Lions. They had stumbled upon these beasts, and True Monarch Hunyuan had insisted they be eliminated.

Xu Yuan raised his right hand, and a blue, shimmering formation plate flew out, instantly expanding to over a hundred feet in size. Runes flickered across its surface.

With a slight flick of his wrist, the storage ring emitted a stream of cyan light onto the blue formation plate. Two colossal, snow-white lions appeared on the plate, each with a horrifying bloody hole in its head.

He struck a spell into it, and the blue formation plate glowed brightly, emitting a loud sound.

A moment later, the formation plate's spiritual light dimmed, revealing six spiritual patterns of different colors.

"High-grade sixth-tier Snow-eyed Ice Lions, excellent. Twenty premium spirit stones, then! What do you think, senior?" Xu Yuan said.

Calculated this way, a single high-grade sixth-tier Snow-eyed Ice Lion was only worth ten million spirit stones. If sold elsewhere, it would naturally fetch more than ten million, but typically in medium or high-grade spirit stones, not premium ones.

Theoretically, one premium spirit stone was equivalent to one hundred high-grade spirit stones, but in the market, even one hundred and fifty high-grade spirit stones might not be enough to exchange for a single premium spirit stone.

Xu Yuan smiled. This price was, of course, on the lower side, but many items at the auction required payment in premium spirit stones, and he didn't believe Wang Mengbin would refuse.

"Bargain boldly," True Monarch Hunyuan secretly transmitted to Wang Mengbin. "The Tianyu clan has a secret art that requires a Snow-eyed Pellet for cultivation, and the primary ingredient is the inner core of a high-tier Snow-eyed Ice Lion. Otherwise, I wouldn't have told you to eliminate this beast in the first place. If the price isn't too high, he'll definitely agree."

"Only twenty premium spirit stones? I wouldn't sell them even if someone offered seventy premium spirit stones," Wang Mengbin said, frowning.

"Seventy? Senior, you must be joking. This isn't a seventh-tier Snow-eyed Ice Lion. Thirty at most." Xu Yuan haggled.

"Sixty." Wang Mengbin shook his head firmly.

In his eyes, a Snow-eyed Ice Lion was merely an ice-attributed demonic beast, but to the Tianyu clan, it was an indispensable material for cultivating a secret art.

"Fifty-five, no more. If senior is unwilling, then so be it," Xu Yuan said with a frown. He found it somewhat strange that the other party seemed to know his urgent need for the Snow-eyed Ice Lions. Had this person perhaps traded with other members of the Tianyu clan before?

Wang Mengbin shook his head decisively, about to put away the Snow-eyed Ice Lions' corpses. Xu Yuan quickly agreed.

"May I be so bold as to ask who offered seventy premium spirit stones?" Xu Yuan hesitated slightly, asking out of curiosity.

"Also a member of your Tianyu clan." Wang Mengbin fabricated a plausible reason.

Xu Yuan suddenly understood and didn't suspect anything. The higher-ups had indeed instructed them to collect the inner cores of sixth-tier and above Snow-eyed Ice Lions, and he wasn't the only one who had received such an order.

Before long, a middle-aged steward delivered the items Wang Mengbin had requested.

Wang Mengbin paid for the spirit stones, collected sixty premium spirit stones, and departed.

If he had sold the Snow-eyed Ice Lions' corpses to other shops, he wouldn't have been able to fetch the equivalent of sixty million spirit stones, much less be paid in premium spirit stones. From this perspective, True Monarch Hunyuan was still quite valuable.

Knowledge and experience were also a kind of ability. If True Monarch Hunyuan hadn't reminded him, Wang Mengbin might have accepted Xu Yuan's initial offer of thirty premium spirit stones.

"You did well this time; I'll credit you for it. I said that as long as you work diligently for us, I will uphold my promise. If you try any tricks again, you know the consequences," Wang Mengbin transmitted a warning, then walked towards the street ahead. True Monarch Hunyuan quickly followed, with Bai Yuqi by his side, as they were meant to keep watch over him.