"The conditions are so harsh!" Zhao Di was greatly disappointed in his heart, and this method of cultivation was indeed not suitable for him.

  There were also a small number of monks who shared the same idea as Zhao Di, and under those blue masks, the vast majority of monks showed disappointment and regret.

  "The complete 'Huan Bing Jue' technique, starting price of 300,000 spirit stones, with a price increase of 10,000 spirit stones each time!" The young man surnamed Yuan loudly announced: "The auction is now beginning!"

  "Three million two hundred thousand spirit stones!" As soon as the young man's words fell, someone immediately joined in the bidding!

  Zhao Di looked in the direction of the voice, and the person who had just bid was none other than the mysterious female cultivator with a fiery figure and a tube top long skirt who had first bid on the Long Yan fruit.

  "Three million three hundred thousand spirit stones!" Soon another cultivator quoted a price, his voice hoarse, and he was a late-stage Golden Elixir cultivator of the Taiyi Sect.

  This man, being a male, certainly didn't take down this technique for his own cultivation! It's likely that there is a female cultivator in the Taiyi Sect who meets the conditions for cultivating this technique. If she has this technique and also receives the full support of the sect, it's highly possible that the Taiyi Sect will produce another extremely powerful expert, further solidifying its position as the best under heaven!

  "Three million and four hundred thousand Spirit Stones!" Another cultivator had made a bid, but it was a young man from the Blood Intent Sect!

  This made Zhao Di feel a bit strange, what was the use of this Taoist sect's kung fu for the Mo Men cultivators? Was it specifically to cultivate a female cultivator who didn't practice demonic powers but instead practiced this kung fu? Or was it that they were unwilling to let this powerful kung fu fall into the hands of the Righteous Alliance cultivators, and therefore participated in the auction? Zhao Di thought that the latter possibility was higher.

  "Three million and five hundred thousand spirit stones!"

  ...and when the Thunder Phoenix Egg was auctioned, the cultivators of various sects were slightly hesitant. However, this harsh condition cultivation manual was suddenly enthusiastically bid on, not only did more cultivators participate in the bidding, but the price also rose extremely quickly, soon exceeding 500,000 spirit stones.

  At this time, those who were still constantly bidding included the young man from Xueyi Gate, the late-stage Jiedan cultivator from Taizhen Gate, and that mysterious female cultivator with a fiery figure.

  When the price exceeded six hundred thousand spirit stones, the mysterious female cultivator could only reluctantly give up continuing to bid. In the great hall, only the Taiyi Sect and the Xueyi Sect were competing for this technique. Whether it would fall into the hands of the righteous or evil path was hard to say!

  When the price soared to 650,000 Spirit Stones, the young man from the Blood Intent Sect unexpectedly stopped bidding and handed the treasure over to the Taiyi Sect! At that time, he had quoted a high price of 700,000 Spirit Stones for the beast egg. Although this technique has some limitations, its value is by no means inferior to that of the beast egg.

  What surprised Zhao Di was that several major sects did not join in the competition for this technique or withdrew from the bidding early on, including the Golden Robe Monks of the Ku Zen Sect, who didn't even make a single bid!

  "Six hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones! No one has bid higher, congratulations to friend number fifty-seven for winning this treasure!" announced the young man surnamed Yuan.

  The young man from the Taiyi Sect walked up to the stage and handed a storage bag to the youth, who counted the number of spirit stones inside before carefully handing over a jade box.

  The young man glanced at the jade slips in the box and decisively put them into his storage bag. As a representative of the Taiyi Sect, he naturally didn't worry about any problems with the jade slips handed over by the Outer Sea Merchant Alliance. He only slightly checked them with his divine sense before nodding to the youth and returning to his seat.

  The auction has come down to this, only the last treasure remains. In the usual style of the Outer Sea Merchant Alliance, this item is absolutely above the previous two treasures!

  The atmosphere of the auction scene suddenly became tense again, with only one last treasure left, and many sect monks had not made a move to buy any treasures. It's likely that the competition for this last treasure will be fierce!

  Everyone's eyes were focused on Yuan Ziyun, but he didn't say a word. Instead, his right hand stretched out, and after a flash of white mist, a long, narrow, cyan jade box appeared in his hand. The box was over a foot long and several inches wide, with seven or eight talismans stuck to it, indicating that it had been carefully preserved.

  Yuan Zixiao's expression turned grave as he swept his gaze across the crowd, then suddenly stretched out his left hand and lightly drew a line in the air with his index finger. A spark of electricity flew over, causing the talismans on the jade box to fall off one by one. The box opened, releasing a piece of emerald-green bamboo about a foot long and as thick as a thumb. This bamboo had no joints, no roots, no holes, and no leaves; its entire body was a vibrant green color, emitting a faint fresh scent reminiscent of new bamboo.

  "Could this be the legendary treasure?" Zhao Di's chest was pounding, if he wasn't mistaken, this object was the legendary Buddhist treasure - the Six Roots Clear Bamboo. It was said that this bamboo had a powerful attack on the spiritual consciousness from birth, and could seal off one's auditory, visual, olfactory, tactile, and spiritual senses. Its power was unmatched! If one possessed this object and combined it with some Buddhist techniques, they would be invincible!

  "Master, isn't this bamboo the Six Roots Clear Bamboo, the ultimate treasure of Buddhism?" Yu Lan also recognized the object. There were many spiritual bamboos in the cultivation world, but a short piece like this could be considered a top-grade treasure, probably only the legendary Six Roots Clear Bamboo.

  "Not bad!" As if to confirm the suspicions of some monks in the audience, the young man said seriously: "This treasure is indeed the legendary Six Roots Clear Bamboo! Please take a look, everyone!" With that, a crackling sound was heard, and the young man gathered a pea-sized ball of lightning at his fingertips. Then, with a light flick, the lightning ball transformed into a small arc of electricity about the thickness of a finger, striking the emerald bamboo.

  "Be careful, quickly enter the Soul Pearl!" Zhao Di hastily instructed the two women through his divine sense. As for himself, he didn't cast any protective spells, intentionally wanting to test whether the rumored Six Roots Clear Bamboo was as formidable as the rumors claimed.

  With a crack, the emerald bamboo took this blow, but it was unscathed. Under the stimulation of the electric arc, a layer of cyan light appeared on the surface of the emerald bamboo, and then there was a sound like Sanskrit chanting coming from within the bamboo.

  This faint sound was almost inaudible, but as soon as it entered Zhao Di's ears, it was like a thunderclap, and his mind was almost empty for an instant, with no perception. Fortunately, this abnormal feeling only lasted for less than a blink of an eye, and he quickly recovered, but his back had unknowingly broken out in a layer of cold sweat!

  Youlan and You'ruo, the two sisters, had already hidden in Zhao's body within the Jishen Pearl and didn't dare to come out. These six stalks of Qingjing Bamboo were treasures of Buddhism, specifically used to subdue evil spirits and ghosts. If the two women faced these six stalks of Qingjing Bamboo head-on and heard its Buddhist chant, they would likely be destroyed instantly, their souls scattering in all directions.

  It's not just Zhao Di, but many monks who have temporarily sealed their spiritual senses with the sound of the bamboo, and more than half of them are monks who haven't deployed any defensive measures. After all, this is not a monk actively using the Six Roots Clear Mind to launch an attack, but rather the bamboo itself emitting a thread of powerful energy, which can be easily resisted with just a little defense, but in doing so, they would miss out on experiencing the rumored Buddhist treasure's might!

  Emerald bamboo first unfolded its divine power, already making the crowd change color in shock. The young man with the surname Yuan stopped speaking nonsense and directly announced: "Six roots clear emerald bamboo one root, low price 500,000 spirit stones, each increase in price starts at 10,000 spirit stones!"

  "Six hundred thousand spirit stones!" As soon as the young man's words fell, the Golden Robe cultivator of the Suffering Zen Sect directly opened with a high price. It seems that this first sect of Buddhism had long been prepared for this treasure and was determined to get it! And the price he shouted out directly left some cultivators who were still planning to participate in the auction speechless!

  "Six hundred and ten thousand spirit stones!"

  "Six hundred and twenty thousand!"

  All major sects have taken action, not just the Buddhist sect of Zen Buddhism, but also the Taoist and Demon sects' cultivators are not to be outdone!

  "Seven hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones!" The Golden Robed Cultivator quoted again.

  "Seven hundred and sixty thousand!" The young man from the Blood Intent Gate immediately followed up with a toast.

  "Easy, young master! Your esteemed family is one that practices demonic arts, so you wouldn't need the Six Roots Purification Bamboo, a treasure of Buddhism. Why must you clash with our sect?" The golden-robed cultivator had already recognized the youth from the Blood Intent Sect and, seeing him intentionally raise his own price three times, angrily rebuked him.

  Yiranzi didn't think much of it, and coldly laughed: "Heh heh, the great master Shikong of your noble sect has unfathomable strength, and is already one of the top two figures in Xingchen Sea. If you let your sect obtain this treasure again, I'm afraid that even Xingchen Sea will be too small for other sects to stand!"

  "Amitabha! The donor's words are mistaken, our sect is a Buddhist door that emphasizes compassion and salvation, how can we contend for the rights of the sect? Donor, you can rest assured!" Next to Jinpao, there was an elderly monk from the Chan sect who had been sitting silently, but now stood up and chanted Buddha's name to defend his own sect.

  "Pah! You're just a bunch of hypocrites, using your fake emotions to manipulate others. I won't stand for it! This is an auction, whoever bids the highest gets the treasure. Are you saying that even the righteous and traditional cultivators of the Orthodox Alliance want to break the rules of the Outer Sea Merchant Alliance?"

  The monks of Zheng Dao Alliance and Ni Tian Alliance had never been on good terms, and now they would not give in to each other for the sake of their respective sects' interests.

  The golden-robed monk wanted to scold the other party, but was given a glance by an elder fellow practitioner on the side, and swallowed his words, giving Yiranzi a resentful look.

  "Seven hundred and sixty thousand spirit stones, are there any other bids from fellow Taoists?" The young man with the surname Yuan hastily spoke up to continue hosting the auction, unwilling to see a quarrel erupt among the crowd.

  "Eight hundred thousand spirit stones!" The Golden Robed monk of the Ku Zen Sect raised his bid once more, then turned to look at Yi Ranzi not far away.

  As expected, the other party raised the jade plate in his hand again and said slowly: "Eight million one hundred thousand spirit stones!"

  "Eight hundred and twenty thousand spirit stones!" The cultivator from the Tianmo Sect also joined in the bidding again. Only because Taizong Gate had spent a large amount of spirit stones to bid for "Huangbing Jue", they exited the bidding early.

  This treasure's power is so great that it makes Zhao Di's heart move! If he dares to take out some high-grade spirit stones to participate in the auction, he will naturally have the confidence to get this treasure into his hands. However, such a high price is not something that a Foundation Establishment cultivator can afford, and even a Nascent Soul cultivator would not be able to produce such a large amount of spirit stones. Only by gathering the entire sect's power could they possibly participate in the auction. If Zhao Di were to successfully bid for this item, he would definitely be investigated and his identity exposed within an extremely short period of time. At that point, people who want to deal with him will absolutely fill the entire Starry Sea! With his current strength, even if he flees desperately, he might not live past a month!

  Three thousand words

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