Chapter 3777: True Spiritual Soul

She pulled the stopper from the gourd, and a golden light flew out, transforming into a giant golden roc with golden wings, its body wreathed in lightning.

Resounding thunder rumbled from high in the sky, accompanied by lightning flashes.

The azure gourd in Lan Yingying's hand glowed with a dazzling azure light, spewing forth a stream of azure mist that enveloped the golden roc, drawing it back into the gourd.

"The soul of a True Spirit Golden-Winged Thunder Roc!"

Wang Changsheng felt a stir of interest. The soul of the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc was suitable for refining into a flying immortal artifact, or even better, for setting up formations.

The True Spirit Immortal-Slaying Formation required the souls of multiple True Immortal-stage True Spirits to be refined into it, and the Wang family had been collecting them.

The souls of True Immortal-stage demonic beasts were relatively easy to collect, but the souls of True Immortal-stage True Spirits were rare.

Some shops in Ziwei Market sold True Spirits. However, they required rare materials for exchange, not immortal essence stones. Otherwise, any True Immortal cultivator with a bit of wealth could afford a True Spirit.

"A True Spirit soul! I wonder what realm it was in during its life!"

A somewhat hoarse male voice rang out.

Even if they were both True Immortal-stage True Spirits, their value varied depending on their realm.

"It was a mid-True Immortal stage creature in its life, which we have confirmed," Lan Yingying stated. "If refined into a flying immortal artifact, it can increase flight speed. It's also good for refining into a formation to use against enemies."

"We will exchange for materials of equal value, with priority given to alchemy materials."

"Fairy Lan, I will exchange it with you for Seven-Colored Langjing," Wang Changsheng sent a voice transmission to Lan Yingying.

Seven-Colored Langjing was a material recovered from a semi-finished product. It could be used to refine mid-grade immortal artifacts, but was more often used to refine mid-grade immortal-annihilating cannons.

The value of Thunder Porphyry was far greater than the soul of a True Immortal-stage True Spirit, so it was a good deal for Wang Changsheng to exchange Seven-Colored Langjing.

Several True Immortal cultivators sent voice transmissions to Lan Yingying. She took out a silver-glowing magic disc and gestured with it.

After a while, Lan Yingying sent a voice transmission to Wang Changsheng: "The soul of this Golden-Winged Thunder Roc is yours, fellow Daoist."

She lightly flicked her wrist, and the azure gourd flew towards Wang Changsheng.

Wang Changsheng raised his right hand, and a delicate golden jade box flew out towards Lan Yingying.

After Wang Changsheng and Lan Yingying confirmed everything was in order, both showed satisfied expressions.

Lan Yingying took out an exquisite golden jade box and said, "This is a Level 2 immortal elixir, the Nine Heavens Profound Spirit Elixir. If consumed by a True Immortal-stage demonic beast with a relatively high bloodline purity, there's a high chance it can raise its bloodline purity to nine, enabling it to become a True Spirit."

"A Nine Heavens Profound Spirit Elixir!"

Wang Changsheng was somewhat surprised to find such a valuable item here. It was most likely for barter.

"Exchange for materials of equal value."

Wang Changsheng quickly sent a voice transmission to Lan Yingying. If he could obtain this Nine Heavens Profound Spirit Elixir, Wang Qingxiao's bloodline purity might be raised to nine.

After a while, Lan Yingying flicked her wrist, and the golden jade box flew towards a small valley.

Wang Changsheng frowned but said nothing. A Level 2 immortal elixir was much more valuable than the soul of a True Immortal-stage True Spirit.

Not long after, an exquisite golden jade box flew out from the valley, landing in front of Lan Yingying.

Lan Yingying caught the golden jade box, opened it, glanced inside, and nodded with satisfaction.

In the valley, three men stood in an open area. Jin Tianlong was among them. Two of the men had identical features and were both wearing purple robes.

"Congratulations, Senior Brother Guo!" Jin Tianlong flattered, his face filled with fawning admiration. "With the Nine Heavens Profound Spirit Elixir, Senior Brother Guo's spirit insect will definitely become a True Spirit."

The two men in purple robes were twins, named Guo Tianqi and Guo Tianlin, respectively. Both were Spirit-Body cultivators and core disciples of the Seven Immortals Sect, and had a high chance of advancing to the Golden Immortal stage.

"It's not a loss to exchange the Nine Heavens Profound Spirit Elixir for one Netherflame Immortal Fruit and a piece of Nightmare Crystal," Guo Tianqi said with a smile.

The Netherflame Immortal Fruit had a growth cycle of three million years and could be used to refine Level 2 immortal elixirs. Nightmare Crystals were typically used to refine mid-grade immortal artifacts and could create illusions, making it difficult even for Golden Immortal cultivators to break free once affected.

"Senior Brother Guo's fortune has arrived; congratulations, Senior Brother Guo," Jin Tianlong congratulated.

Guo Tianqi nodded with a slight smile, while Guo Tianlin's expression was indifferent, as if unwilling to engage with anyone.

After the Nine Heavens Profound Spirit Elixir was exchanged, Lan Yingying flicked her sleeve, and over a thousand yellow-glowing formation flags flew out. Upon closer inspection, dozens of the flag surfaces had small holes, and their poles had tiny cracks.

"This is a Level 2 immortal formation, the Mountains and Rivers Suppressing Immortal Formation!" she announced. "The core artifact of the formation is ruined, and some of the formation flags are damaged. To unleash its full power, a mid-grade earth-attribute immortal artifact is needed as the core, and the formation flags must be repaired. Even with a low-grade earth-attribute immortal artifact as the core, its power would still be much greater than an ordinary Level 1 immortal formation. The starting bid is 20,000 immortal essence stones, with each increment no less than 2,000."

"12,000!"

"24,000!"

"26,000!"

The competition was fierce. Wang Changsheng did not bid; even if he won, he couldn't repair the formation flags, nor did he possess a mid-grade earth-attribute immortal artifact.

After intense competition, this set of Mountains and Rivers Suppressing Immortal Formation sold for 75,000 immortal essence stones.

If the core artifact was still intact and the formation flags undamaged, it might not have been obtainable even for 100,000 immortal essence stones.

Lan Yingying flicked her sleeve, and a pale golden jade slip flew out. She said, "This is an Aperture-Opening Secret Art, 'Profound Infant Aperture Transformation Art,' capable of opening a maximum of four apertures. The starting bid is 20,000 immortal essence stones, with each increment no less than 2,000 immortal essence stones."

Many True Immortal-stage rogue cultivators had to seek allegiance with major powers for high-grade aperture-opening secret arts. A secret art capable of opening four apertures was already considered excellent in the Sky Morning Sea Region. Established powers like the Sky Beast Sect, the Xie family, and the Xu family possessed aperture-opening secret arts that could open a maximum of five apertures.

The Wang family already had quite a few aperture-opening secret arts, so Wang Changsheng naturally did not bid. However, many cultivators did bid. For True Immortal cultivators without a high-grade aperture-opening secret art, this 'Profound Infant Aperture Transformation Art' was an excellent choice.

After a fierce bidding war, this 'Profound Infant Aperture Transformation Art' sold for 80,000 immortal essence stones. This was still only a secret art capable of opening four apertures.

An exquisite azure jade box flew out from a low dirt mound, heading directly towards Lan Yingying.

Lan Yingying caught the azure jade box, opened it, and took out a small azure porcelain bottle and a golden jade box.

"This fellow Daoist doesn't have enough immortal essence stones and intends to auction off some items," Lan Yingying announced. She pulled open the stopper of the porcelain bottle, and a white light flew out, revealing a gigantic white moth with golden spots on its wings.

"This is the soul of a mid-True Immortal stage True Spirit, the Golden-Spotted Frost Moth," she stated. "Starting bid is 1,000 immortal essence stones, with each increment no less than 100."

"Auctioning the soul of a True Immortal-stage True Spirit," Wang Ruyan analyzed. "It seems the person who acquired the 'Profound Infant Aperture Transformation Art' is a rogue cultivator. An established power could easily produce 80,000 immortal essence stones."

"1,000!"

"1,200!"

"1,400!"

The competition was fierce. Wang Changsheng spent 3,400 immortal essence stones to win the bid for the soul of the Golden-Spotted Frost Moth.