Chapter 3160: The Giant Clan Ren Hao

The family has strict rules. Clansmen below the Integration stage who wish to use items such as Sky-Lightning Spirit Transformation Talismans or Sky-Lightning Essence Transformation Arrays to break through major realms or survive great heavenly tribulations must redeem them with merit points.

Merit points can be earned by performing various tasks for the family, such as patrolling market cities, hunting demonic beasts, escorting goods, or apprehending evil cultivators.

Simply returning the Fleeting Essence Fruit to the family would be a major contribution. This isn't about individual credit; everyone involved would receive recognition.

For instance, obtaining the hide of a seventh-tier Essence-Devouring Beast, or even better, finding Nine-Colored Divine Clay, a seventh-tier Lightning Absorption Pearl, or hundred-thousand-year-old Eastern Yi Divine Wood, would grant them two free uses of such resources and a substantial amount of merit points. This system ensures that clansmen willingly hand over high-tier tribulation materials they acquire.

If Wang Ruyan refines Transformation Lightning Talismans, they will have priority in applying for them, ahead of other clansmen, because they provided the main materials. This is a family rule established by Wang Changsheng.

"Excellent! This trip was certainly not in vain."

Wang Yingjie was overjoyed; good news always lifts one's spirits. Coming to Qianyuan Continent had definitely been the right choice.

Bai Yuqi explained, "If Hongxue hadn't produced the Nine-Dragon Pill, we wouldn't have been able to make the exchange."

Liu Hongxue then recounted the events: the Pan Clan cultivators had traded for the Nine-Dragon Pill. She noted that while other races also had alchemists, the human race possessed a greater number of alchemists relative to their cultivator population.

The Pan Clan had long been exploited by the Vine Clan. Periodically, the Vine Clan would instigate wars, forcing the Pan Clan to serve as cannon fodder on the front lines. As a result, the Pan Clan's power had long since dwindled, leaving them barely clinging to existence.

"The Pan Clan!" Wang Yingjie quipped. "If a Spirit Physique user were to emerge among them, perhaps they could break free from the Vine Clan's control."

The emergence of Spirit Physique users is entirely a matter of chance; otherwise, the Wang family would have more than just two. After chatting for a while, they returned to their rooms to rest.

In an open area fifty miles from Qiyun Peak, over a dozen burly giants had gathered. Even the weakest among them possessed Void Refinement stage cultivation, and five were at the Integration stage. Their leader was a ruddy-faced giant in a red shirt, cultivated to the late Integration stage. This giant was Ren Hao, a descendant of a Mahayana cultivator from the Giant Clan.

Tong Feng and several other Integration stage cultivators from the Heavenly Moon Clan flew out, their gazes sweeping over the group before settling on the red-shirted giant.

"Fellow Daoist Ren, you're leading the team this time! Long time no see." Tong Feng greeted him with a smile, though inwardly, he knew he wouldn't have bothered to come out for this reception if it weren't for the respect owed to the Giant Clan's Mahayana cultivator. In the entire Qianyuan Continent, the number of Integration stage cultivators worthy of his personal reception could be counted on one's fingers.

"Long time no see," Ren Hao rumbled, his voice rough. "The auction hasn't started yet, has it? I heard Deity Sovereign Xuanji's disciples have also arrived."

"No, it hasn't started yet," Tong Feng replied. "Deity Sovereign Xuanji's eldest and youngest disciples have both arrived. However, it's the youngest disciple who possesses divination skills, but she's only at the Void Refinement stage, so I'm afraid she might not be able to divine for you."

"That won't be necessary," Ren Hao clarified. "I merely wish to ask her to perform a divination for one of my descendants. Rest assured, we understand the rules and won't cause any trouble."

Spiritual light surged around Ren Hao and his companions as their bodies visibly shrank, becoming indistinguishable from humans. This was the Spirit Shrinking Art, an ability of the Giant Clan that allows them to reduce their size for easier communication and trade with other cultivators. In combat, however, they would revert to their original massive forms.

Tong Feng nodded and ascended the mountain with them.

***

**Lotus Peak**

Seven days quickly passed. Early on this particular morning, just as dawn broke, Wang Mengbin and his four companions awoke. As they stepped out, Zhang Yunhai approached with over a dozen clansmen.

Wang Mengbin greeted Zhang Yunhai, and together they proceeded to the auction venue.

A short while later, they arrived at a vast silver-stone plaza spanning ten thousand mu. A silver giant tower, several hundred zhang high, stood prominently on the plaza, with the words "Heavenly Moon Tower" carved into its body.

The Heavenly Moon Tower had only one entrance, guarded by two Soul Transformation stage cultivators. A large number of cultivators were lining up to enter. The entrance fee was one top-grade spirit stone, a sum from which the Heavenly Moon Clan alone could profit handsomely. The queue was long, but Heavenly Moon Clan cultivators maintained order, and all the cultivators behaved respectfully.

After about twenty minutes, Wang Mengbin reached the entrance, paid five top-grade spirit stones, and the guards allowed them to pass. A silver-clad maid with delicate features personally led them to a room on the thirty-sixth floor. The room was over a hundred zhang in size, and a small, shimmering silver mirror was embedded in one of its stone walls, displaying a clear view of the auction hall.

Inside, there was a silver wooden table with a few stools. On the table lay a green token and a crescent-shaped silver token. On the stone wall opposite the door, a crescent-shaped slot was visible. The silver-clad maid explained the purpose of the two tokens: the green one was for bidding, and the silver one was for leaving the venue.

The Heavenly Moon Clan had hosted the Grand Assembly of a Hundred Races many times. If the safety of the bidders were not guaranteed, so many races would simply not attend. In contrast, the safety at the auction Wang Mengbin previously attended, hosted by the Nine-Essence Merchant Alliance, had not been as well-guaranteed. The Nine-Essence Merchant Alliance is an inter-realm merchant alliance with established strongholds in certain regions. The previous auction Wang Mengbin attended was temporarily held at Tianyu Mountain, borrowing the Tianyu Clan's territory, and the alliance departed once it concluded. The Grand Assembly of a Hundred Races, however, is a different matter. It's held roughly every ten thousand years within the Heavenly Moon Clan's territory and is attended by Mahayana cultivators. Although these Mahayana cultivators primarily exchange resources with each other and do not participate in the general auction, their presence significantly elevates the event's prestige and security. To acquire resources needed by Mahayana cultivators, one would still need to attend the large-scale auctions grandly hosted by the Nine-Essence Merchant Alliance.

Time passed gradually as cultivators steadily entered the venue. They couldn't see other cultivators entering their specific rooms, ensuring that even if someone acquired a valuable item, its buyer would remain anonymous.

After more than half an hour, a melodious bell chime resounded, signaling the start of the auction. Through the small silver mirror, Wang Mengbin and the other cultivators clearly saw five figures—three men and two women—descend from above and land on a circular platform.

"I am Xun Da, and we are responsible for hosting this auction," a fair-faced old man in silver robes announced simply. "The highest bidder wins. Let the bidding begin." With a flick of his right hand, a white light flashed, and a small, shimmering white boat appeared in his grasp. Runes flickered across its hull, radiating an astonishing amount of spiritual energy.

"This is the Flying Frost Boat, a low-grade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, refined primarily from five-thousand-year-old Flying Frost Wood," Xun Da announced. "The starting bid is five million spirit stones, and each increment must not be less than two hundred thousand." The cultivators implicitly understood the conversion: bids in units of ten thousand referred to high-grade spirit stones, while individual units ("pieces") implied top-grade spirit stones.

***

**Lotus Peak**

The Flying Frost Boat was quickly auctioned off, selling for seventeen million in fierce competition. After the Flying Frost Boat was sold, Xun Da produced a small white bell and announced, "Next is the Ice Soul Bell, a low-grade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure. The starting bid is five million spirit stones, with each increment no less than two hundred thousand."