Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

The Yunluo Commerce Guild, which boasted a Nascent Soul old monster at its helm, truly lived up to its reputation. Zhao Yu easily purchased eleven Third-Order Evil Ghost Relics, nine Lower-Grade Demon Beast Inner Pills at the third order, and twelve pieces of third-order Earth Attribute Treasure Material from the Yunluo Commerce Guild.

However, this shopping spree also cost Zhao Yu a total of sixteen million Low-Grade Spirit Stones. None of the third-order spiritual objects were cheap, and the prices at the Yunluo Commerce Guild were especially steep, generally around five hundred thousand Spirit Stones each.

"A Third-Order Evil Ghost Relic goes for about five hundred thousand Spirit Stones! If I consume about two hundred more, I should be able to advance the White Ghost Emperor to the fourth order, turning him into a fourth-order monster with combat power comparable to that of a Nascent Soul old monster."

"This also means that as long as I earn one hundred million Spirit Stones and have a sufficient supply of Third-Order Evil Ghost Relics, the White Ghost Emperor will steadily advance to become a Fourth-Order Spirit Ghost, becoming one of the overlords of the Great Qian Empire."

"If I can't find various ancient ruins, then I will have to resort to this crude method to advance the White Ghost Emperor."

After his grand purchasing spree, Zhao Yu pondered to himself.

Having dominated the northern wilderness for a hundred years, Zhao Yu had amassed vast wealth from the Yin Ghost Sect, Beast Taming Sect, and the Thousand Mysteries Sect.

Combined with the meticulous management of the various spiritual lands and the large auction houses in the northern wilderness by Li Xianjiao, Shangguan Lingxiu, Wu Zixin, and other ladies, he held an astounding fifty million Spirit Stones in his hands.

Beyond that, Zhao Yu also had a large number of Miraculous Elixirs and thousand-year-old Spiritual Medicines. If he dedicated some time to Alchemy, he could easily earn one hundred million Spirit Stones.

Yan Wuheng smiled and said, "Daoist Wu, Yunluo Immortal City is in dire need of capable individuals. Cultivators with Golden Cores such as yourself are always warmly welcomed by our Yunluo Immortal City.

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Should you join us, not only can you obtain a residence in a Fourth-Order cave mansion for free, but with enough contributions, you could also exchange for various Extraordinary Skills and Strange Methods. Even the alchemical recipe for enhancing the power of the Golden Core Late Stage is within reach."

"I will consider it carefully! I shall take my leave now!"

Zhao Yu nodded slightly as he stood up and left the guild, making his way to an inn within the Immortal City to settle down.

A month later, Zhao Yu arrived at a luxurious grand auction within the inner city of Yunluo Immortal City, handing his invitation to the guard at the door.

"Senior Wu, my name is Zhou Minglan, and I am your personal servant. Please follow me," a beauty wearing green, with a graceful figure, lovely face, and a hint of seductive charm, and possessing Eighth Level Qi Cultivation, stepped forward with a respectful bow and a sweet smile.

Zhao Yu nodded slightly and, led by Zhou Minglan, made his way to an exquisite private box on the second floor of the grand auction.

"I've finally become one of the big shots sitting in a private box at an auction!"

Looking down at the scattered seats below, Zhao Yu was reminded of the first time he had attended the Shiyang Auction in Shiyang Commerce City.

Zhou Minglan came up to Zhao Yu with sultry eyes and in a soft voice, she said, "Senior Wu, I am your personal servant. Whatever your command, I am willing to do it for you!"

The personal servants in the private boxes were small gifts from Yunluo Immortal City to the many Golden Core Cultivators, who could freely make use of the lady cultivators provided for them.

If any of the Golden Core Cultivators took a liking to these lady cultivators, they could also buy them for a sum of Spirit Stones.

Zhao Yu said indifferently, "Go and wait over there!"

"Yes, Senior!"

Zhou Minglan's gaze dimmed as she respectfully stepped aside, no longer speaking. With few male cultivators as handsome and extraordinary as Zhao Yu, she too wanted to serve by his side, even if merely as a servant girl.

Before long, the auction hall was filled to capacity.

A statuesque beauty, dressed in a high-slit silver-tailored brocade dress with long legs, skin as clear as ice and bones as smooth as jade, hair cascading like a waterfall, emanating an alluring aura, stepped onto the small platform of the auction. With a charming smile, she said, "I, Yu Fei, am honored to be the host of this auction.

Enough with the chatter, this is the first auction item, a Superior Grade Foundation Establishment Pill, with a starting bid of ten thousand Spirit Stones, and each bid must be no less than one hundred Spirit Stones."

"Eleven thousand Spirit Stones!"

". . . ."

Immediately, a frenzy of bidding erupted among the cultivators below and the Superior Foundation Establishment Pill eventually sold for eighty-five thousand Spirit Stones.

Next, various treasures and rare items appeared and were eagerly snapped up by the cultivators. Zhao Yu also spent one million three hundred sixty thousand Spirit Stones to purchase two Third-Order Evil Ghost Relics.

Yu Fei took out a jade box, opened it, and with a charming smile said, "A Superior Universal Golden Core Pill, authenticated by our commerce guild's appraisal masters, this pill was crafted by an Alchemy Dao Great Grandmaster. It can increase the chances of establishing a Golden Core by sixty percent.

The starting bid is one million Spirit Stones, and each bid must be no less than ten thousand Spirit Stones."

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"One million one hundred thousand Spirit Stones!"

". . . ."

The price of that Superior Golden Core Pill climbed incrementally, effortlessly breaking through two million, and finally came to rest at three million and fifty thousand Spirit Stones.

Within the Great Qian Empire, a power without the protection of a Golden Core cultivator could only be pressured by other Golden Core powers, continuously forced to yield their interests, and in the end, they might even struggle to hold onto their foundational Spiritual Lands.

"A Superior Golden Core Pill for three million Spirit Stones, Yunluo Commerce Guild will take a ten percent commission, leaving two million and seven hundred thousand Spirit Stones. Just forty Superior Golden Core Pills would earn a hundred million Spirit Stones."

"However, releasing forty Superior Golden Core Pills all at once would definitely cause the price to crash terribly. They can only be auctioned off one per year to earn Spirit Stones."

"It's still good here in the Great Qian Empire's cultivation world. In the Northern Desolation, only Dan Ling Sect and Cang Ling Sect could bring out three million Spirit Stones."

When Zhao Yu saw his Superior Golden Core Pill fetching the sky-high price of three million and fifty thousand Spirit Stones, he felt very satisfied.

Yu Fei took out another jade box, opened it to reveal a Spirit Pill with three Spiritual Patterns, and with a charming smile said, "This is a Spirit Pill Yeting Three Spirit Dan that can enhance the Mana of a Late Golden Core Stage cultivator, with a starting bid of one hundred thousand Spirit Stones, and each bid must be no less than one thousand Spirit Stones."

"One hundred thousand and one thousand Spirit Stones!"

". . . ."

Those cultivators at the Late Golden Core Stage all brightened up and started to bid fervently.

"Two hundred thousand Spirit Stones!"

When Zhao Yu's voice rang out in the auction, those Late Golden Core Stage cultivators stopped competing.

The Spirit Pill that enhances the Mana of Late Golden Core Stage cultivators can also be purchased at auctions held by other Nascent Soul big powers, in addition to Yunluo Auction. Two hundred thousand Spirit Stones had already exceeded its original value by ten percent.

After winning the bid for the Spirit Pill Yeting Three Spirit Dan, Zhao Yu immediately went on to secure another Spirit Pill, Youlan Zhenxuan Dan, which could enhance the Mana of Late Golden Core Stage cultivators.

Yu Fei took out a jade box, opened it, and said with a charming smile, "This is a low-quality Infant Solidifying Pill, as verified by our commerce guild's appraisal masters, this medicine can increase the odds of advancing to the Nascent Soul by five percent. The starting bid is fifteen million Spirit Stones, and each bid must be no less than one hundred thousand Spirit Stones!"