bookbashuk Chapter 87 The First Saint
Chapter 87 The First Saint
Time passed quickly, and the auction soon came to an end.
During this time, Cheng Bei also bought a top-grade first-level pill recipe. This pill could enhance the cultivation level of the late stage of Qi Refining, and its price was even higher than his pill furnace.
According to Cheng Bei, he bought it for Qin Ren, and the spirit stones required for the pill were shared by the cultivators of Qin Ren's faction.
On the stage, Luo Guan smiled as he had several cultivators carry a heavy, black hammer onto the auction platform. Looking at these cultivators, it was clear that they all possessed late-stage Qi Refining cultivation, yet they seemed to be struggling to carry the hammer, which indicated that the hammer was extraordinary.
Here it comes, the grand finale.
Top grade spiritual weapon!
Thunder Hammer!
All the cultivators in the room turned their gazes toward the auction stage, their eyes burning with desire even if they couldn't afford it.
Qi Refining cultivators use magical artifacts, while Foundation Establishment cultivators use spiritual artifacts.
Spiritual artifacts are hard to come by and expensive. Aside from the four great immortal sects, very few Foundation Establishment families can possess a high-quality spiritual artifact like this. Having just one is enough to make a Foundation Establishment family a treasure.
Even some cultivators who have just entered the Foundation Establishment stage still use magic tools, which shows how precious spiritual tools are.
Although the Foundation Establishment Pill was no longer available at this auction, this item was the highlight, which is why so many Foundation Establishment cultivators came.
boom!
The cultivator on the auction platform slammed down the heavy hammer, creating a loud boom and sending waves of air shooting outwards, causing the cultivators in the room to gasp in surprise.
"Look, everyone! This Thunder Prison Hammer is a top-grade spiritual weapon! Even those in the late Qi Refining stage struggle to lift it together..."
Luo Guan waved for the cultivators to step back, then stood beside the Thunder Prison Hammer, looked around, and introduced the people present with a smile.
He paused, looked up at the various private rooms above, and then said:
"The starting bid for this hammer is 100 mid-grade spirit stones!"
After he finished speaking, the room fell silent.
Mid-grade spirit stones?
Yu Huai was also slightly taken aback.
One hundred low-grade spirit stones can be exchanged for one mid-grade spirit stone. Most Qi Refining cultivators may never even see a mid-grade spirit stone before they die.
I didn't expect it to require a mid-grade spirit stone?
It seems that only Foundation Establishment cultivators in the arena have the strength to bid.
Yu Huai shook his head, not thinking about it too much. Anyway, he couldn't afford it, so he simply closed his eyes to rest and wait for the auction to end.
After a short wait, the sounds of bidding came from inside the private room.
Not long after.
The top-grade spiritual weapon, the Thunder Prison Hammer, was then sold.
As for who was so generous, apart from the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the private room, it was beyond the knowledge of these Qi Refining cultivators.
However, the sale of this item signifies the official end of the auction.
The next morning.
Yu Huai then returned to Qingxuan Sect with Cheng Bei. The two parted ways at the main hall of the Pill Hall, and he rode the [Water Boat] back to the medicine garden by himself.
This trip took nearly three days.
Fortunately, he had left some food for Xiaoqing before he left, so that [Number One] could take some out to feed it every day, and it didn't go hungry.
Upon returning to the herb garden, Yu Huai couldn't wait to take out the newly purchased [Azure Rock Furnace], intending to try refining a Nourishing Root Pill and see what was different about a first-grade high-level alchemy furnace.
Several months passed in this way.
Over the past few months, Yu Huai has devoted most of his energy to alchemy and body refinement, and with the occasional refreshed entries, he has made great progress.
He was already skilled at refining first-grade superior-level Nourishing Root Pills, and could produce pills in almost every batch. Occasionally, he would fail to refine pills, but that was only because he had lost energy from refining pills for too long.
He now plans to buy another first-grade high-quality pill recipe to further improve his alchemy skills.
As for body tempering, he had the wooden ball made of the heartwood of the Chinese toon tree to assist him, as well as various body tempering pills, so his progress was also very rapid.
His Chunling Body is nearing perfection and will soon break through to the Chunyuan Root Realm. At that time, he will be able to fight against Foundation Establishment cultivators with his body-refining strength.
However, in the past few months, he had neglected his cultivation, only cultivating when he found a useful entry for cultivation, and spending the rest of his time refining pills and tempering his body.
There has also been some stagnation in the practice of drawing talismans and creating formations.
It was early morning on this day.
Yu Huai fed Xiao Qing some demon beast pills, harvested the mature Qi-gathering grass, and then rode the [Water Boat] out of the herb garden towards the Pill Hall to hand in his mission.
But when he arrived at the main hall, he saw many disciples gathered there, discussing something in twos and threes, their faces full of worry, as if something had happened.
After listening for a while, Yu Huai's heart sank. He continued walking inside and saw Cheng Bei there.
"Brother Yu Huai, have you heard about it?"
Yu Huai handed the Qi-gathering Grass to Cheng Bei, shook his head, and said to Cheng Bei:
"I've heard some bits and pieces of information along the way, but I'm still not quite sure what happened. I would appreciate it if Brother Cheng Bei could enlighten me."
Ugh.
Upon hearing this, Cheng Bei's face also showed a hint of worry, and he began to explain.
Not long after.
Upon hearing what he said, Yu Huai's heart sank.
How could that be?
During this period, a major event occurred in the cultivation world of Qinghe Continent.
The cause was nothing more than a sudden change occurring in the secret realm in the outer sea that produced the Heavenly Spirit Fruit.
They had no idea what happened in between.
According to the notice issued by the sect, this secret realm will no longer open once every ten years, but once every twenty years, and only Qi Refining cultivators are allowed to enter.
Because of this incident, the sect reduced the supply of Foundation Establishment Pills, with only five Foundation Establishment Pills available for exchange with contribution points each year.
Even for inner disciples, the requirement has been reduced to only the top ten disciples being able to obtain Foundation Establishment Pills. Not to mention the other disciples, who have to compete with other factions or elders' children for those five Foundation Establishment Pills, which shows how difficult it is.
This also means that it has become more difficult for him to exchange Foundation Establishment Pills from the gate normally.
This is a bit tricky.
This is absolutely terrible news!
As Yu Huai was thinking this, he saw Cheng Bei walk forward and whisper in his ear:
"I heard that this incident was caused by demonic cultivators who fled overseas. Now, two Golden Core cultivators from our sect have gone overseas to search for those demonic cultivators together with the other three sects."
Demonic cultivator?
Was it actually the work of a demonic cultivator?
A hint of surprise flashed across Yu Huai's face as he recalled the Tian family patriarch who had broken through to the Golden Core stage.
"It is said that among those demonic cultivators, the sect leader of the First Saint Sect also appeared! It was because of this person that the Golden Core cultivators took action."
Cheng Bei added.
"The Sect Master of the First Saint Sect?"
Yu Huai was puzzled.
Ok.
Cheng Bei seemed to know a lot. He pulled Yu Huai aside and explained things to him, letting him know quite a bit.
The sect leader of the First Saint Sect is named Lü Chao. He is a cultivator from the Wei Kingdom and has now reached the Golden Core stage. He is incredibly powerful and once escaped from the siege of several Golden Core cultivators.
The First Saint Sect was originally an ancient demonic sect, and should have been destroyed long ago.
Lü Chao achieved this success because he inherited the legacy of the First Saint Sect. He was ambitious and wanted to rebuild the First Saint Sect, determined to unify Qinghe. The First Saint Sect had appeared in various countries, and each time they appeared, they would cause great losses to a country or county, just like Huai'an County three years ago.
After getting a general understanding of the situation, Yu Huai chatted with Cheng Bei for a few more minutes, thanked him, and left the main hall of the Dan Hall with a heavy heart, returning to the herb garden.