Chapter 145: The Auction

  Island No. 1 is indeed the core of the outer sea area!

  The entire island was surrounded by unknown metals and stone blocks, on which dense symbols were carved, and walking in would make people dizzy!

  No one suspects this rune is all show and no substance!

  Wang Chen glanced at him briefly and walked in as if nothing had happened!

  "The runes on this thing are truly mysterious, the five elements and yin-yang aside, there are actually many runes I don't recognize, it seems that this defense is really formidable!"

  Wang Chen secretly thought to himself, having a deeper understanding of the Wu State's strength. He suspected that there were many powerful individuals within, but if someone who truly understood the situation knew Wang Chen's thoughts, they would blush and smile awkwardly, unsure of how to explain themselves!

  In fact, this island has been left over since ancient times and has been damaged a lot. After repairs, it became what it is now!

  As I walked into the first island, what greeted me was a throng of people and the sounds of transactions! On both sides of the road were stalls, somewhat similar to the marketplaces in Liangguo, yet not entirely the same.

  In Liang Guo, cultivation resources are scarce, and sometimes even wars are used to reduce the number of low-level cultivators. Therefore, when trading, it is often done in secret, privately discussing, fearing that others will know and bring unnecessary trouble!

  In the outer sea, it's a different story. The outer sea can be said to be endless, lacking only in cultivators. As long as you're not afraid of danger, go ahead and hunt for demonic beasts in the outer sea, and occasionally, on newly discovered islands, you might even find precious spiritual medicine and other valuable things!

  So what's lacking is never material things, and the inner feelings of the monks here are different. Almost every day you hear that a certain monk has been lucky and gotten something or other!

  So, apart from being envied by many people outside, it will not cause much covetousness.

  The stalls on both sides are the same, even if occasionally there are good spiritual grasses and demon pills that appear, they only cause onlookers to admire and praise, leading to competitive bidding!

  So, it's no wonder why Island No. 1 is so prosperous!

  Walking on the street, Wang Chen observed the prices of many items and thought about his future direction.

  "How much does this seal cost?"

  "In the early stage of foundation building, one elixir can be exchanged for ten talismans. By analogy, it's the same for the middle and late stages!"

  "This talisman is a bit more expensive compared to Liang Guo, which makes sense. After all, this place has been hunting and killing demonic beasts for years, so the demand is much higher! In fact, many rare talismans that can't be found in Liang Guo are available here!"

  Even occasionally, Wang Chen would discover some spells that Wang Chen had never seen before. Although they weren't very troublesome, with a bit of thought, he could understand them. With the help of the island's terrain, many unusual spells could also be used to great effect!

  For example, there is a spell called Web Technique, which requires a special spiritual liquid to work with. When casting the spell, apply the spiritual liquid to the water-attribute magic lines, and it will produce a very strong adhesive force. If you want to restrict the movement of a demon beast in a short period of time, this is quite suitable.

  However, the disadvantages are equally obvious. Some demon beasts have too much power and will break free quickly after struggling, even if they are tied up, the stickiness will greatly weaken after a very short period of time!

  After strolling for several hours, Wang Chen opened his eyes to many new things, and he saw a lot of things that he had never heard of before!

  The enemy was besieged, tracked and hidden, with all sorts of magical instruments and secret methods emerging one after another. However, having seen so many things, Wang Chen's heart became even more solid, and his understanding of his own strength became even clearer.

  "Cultivation is the most important thing, regardless of whether it's a secret technique or a treasure. Although some may bring trouble, relying on the power of one's sword intent, even a Golden Core initial stage cultivator can cut them down. Even if surrounded, they wouldn't be afraid, with the might of nine vortexes of spiritual energy, ordinary Golden Core initial stage cultivators couldn't keep up!"

  The sword intent, sword moves, and nine spiraling energies are the foundation. Physical strength is supplementary. In this way, Wang Chen can stand firm in the outer sea region without any problem!

  Wang Chen was getting a bit tired from walking around, so he found a place to settle down for the night.

  Island No. 1 is indeed a trading hub, even the accommodation is very cost-effective, a hundred square meters room costs one Yuan Dan of the initial foundation stage per month, and this is just one room in a pavilion!

  Thinking about it, with so many attics and rooms here, Wang Chen understood the prosperity of this place! However, precisely because of this, Wang Chen's mind also surged up, the spiritual materials needed to advance to the Golden Elixir might be enough for other cultivators to condense their Nascent Soul, gathering them together should be much easier here!

  But Wang Chen also heard that there is a reason why there are so many people now, because the large-scale auction that takes place three times a year will start in just a few days!

  Wang Chen was even more speechless after hearing this, a large-scale auction three times a year is already quite frequent, in the Liang Kingdom, a large-scale auction might only happen once every five or ten years! However, this also indirectly reflects the prosperity of the outer seas!

  Entering his own room, Wang Chen nodded in agreement. Compared to the cave mansion, this place was indeed a bit smaller, but the layout was still quite exquisite, and the defensive formations were all very complete.

  However, Wang Chen was cautious and set up a high-level formation himself before taking out the Ling Beast Bag.

  Just as I opened the Spirit Beast Bag, a colorful and green figure darted out.

  Roar! Roar!

  Thirteen patted his chest and let out a few loud roars, then jumped around shouting wildly, as if he was getting impatient!

  Xiao Qing then circled around in mid-air, shrunk her body, wrapped herself around Wang Chen's neck and made a low humming noise!

  This is obviously a wronged look!

  Wang Chen slightly anxiously patted his head and hurriedly explained. Fortunately, Xiao Qing and Thirteen's spiritual intelligence was abnormal, but they were like ordinary children, and after being coaxed for a while, they calmed down. Moreover, promising to let them out more often in the future made the two little beasts extremely delighted!

  Wang Chen dared to hunt and kill monsters alone in the outer sea, and Thirteen and Xiao Qing were also major reasons. As for Thirteen, his bloodline was abnormal, with all five attributes complete, earning him the favor of the Giant Ape King, who passed down a mysterious black rod!

  Although I haven't even reached the foundation building stage yet, my actual strength is indeed stronger than that of an average foundation building cultivator.

  Xiao Qing didn't even need to be said, with the dragon tribe's bloodline that originally had water attributes, plus the suspected wind attribute of the ancient strange beast's bloodline, it was a powerful mess. In the outer sea domain, drilling into the water, a Golden Dan period cultivator had no way to deal with it!

  It's said to be a suspected wind attribute, because Wang Chen has also studied the ancient wind attribute Wind Xuan Gong. However, the pure and true wind attribute inside is not the same as Xiao Qing's. As for what exactly is different, Wang Chen can't say it out loud!

  But the power of this attribute is beyond doubt, for example, the white phosphorus snake that had not shown its bloodline in the beast tide before, suddenly appeared with a virtual wing-like shadow on its body, and its speed increased sharply, extremely powerful!

  Xiao Qing, there must be many places in the outer sea where Wang Chen can help!

  After accompanying the two beasts for a while, Wang Chen began to meditate and practice his Qi again. However, this time's meditation was different from that of ordinary cultivators!

  Wang Chen's spiritual root has transformed into a boundary bead, so it is equivalent to the boundary bead extracting spiritual energy from the outside world. This speed is much faster than Wang Chen's own meditation!

  Wang Chen was unaware that the anomaly of this spiritual energy had been discovered by the owner of this shop, who secretly thought that Wang Chen was a Golden Elixir cultivator hiding his true abilities and treated him with great respect in private.

  Seven days later, in the morning, Wang Chen finally walked out of the house door. Today was the day of the formal auction!

  However, the auction in the outer sea area is different from other places. First, the auction area is divided into two types: outer field and inner field.

  The number of cultivators in the outer sea is really too many, and the Qi Refining stage is just a miscellaneous existence. Therefore, most of them stay on land, and it's not until they reach the Foundation Building stage that they come to the outer sea to hunt and kill demon beasts.

  But the auction venue is limited in space and it's absolutely impossible for the foundation repair monks to enter!

  As a result, a compromise was formed, where the inner court is for Golden Elixir stage cultivators to enter, while the outer court is where Foundation Building stage cultivators stay, but the auction is held together!

  Outside, there are special monks who use water mirror technique to simultaneously transmit the situation of the auction inside and participate in the bidding!

  Of course, the actual situation is a bit more complicated. For example, three Golden Elixir cultivators can bring one junior into the inner arena. Of course, if you're strong enough, bringing several juniors in alone won't be a problem either!

  In addition, some items are considered to be of low value and will not be auctioned in the inner court, but will be sold simultaneously in the outer court. The several venues in the outer court are also auctioned simultaneously!

  It can be seen from these details what a grand occasion this auction is!