Mortal Alchemy

"Miss."

"Miss."

The airship entered the luxurious palace and landed, and young and beautiful maids came forward to greet Zhou Ying.

"Miss? Isn't she the family head?" Chen Ping asked, puzzled.

Seeming to see Chen Ping's doubts, Zhou Ying explained with a smile, "The current family head is my mother."

"Oh," Chen Ping responded.

Zhou Ying continued to explain:

"The family attaches great importance to this auction, and my mother spent a lot of money to hire a Foundation Establishment cultivator to escort us."

"Mother should be arranging and hosting guests for the auction with the Foundation Establishment guest elder."

Chen Ping nodded. For a Qi Refining family to hire a Foundation Establishment cultivator to guard them, the Guo family's foundation was indeed strong enough.

Zhou Ying led Chen Ping to a refined courtyard to rest:

"Fellow Daoist Chen, tomorrow you can go to the auction from the secret passage in the courtyard."

Chen Ping nodded and handed the five bottles of Body Tempering Pills to Zhou Ying in advance.

This made Zhou Ying a little excited, and her delicate body trembled slightly:

"Thank you for your trust, Fellow Daoist Chen."

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Zhou Ying bid farewell and left.

Watching Zhou Ying's back, Chen Ping shook his head slightly.

After getting along for the past few days, this woman has been subtly using charm techniques to seduce him, but Chen Ping doesn't mind.

The charm techniques are relatively subtle and cannot be considered evil techniques like媚法, but are merely temptation and suggestion.

Secondly, he doesn't like Zhou Ying's type of female cultivator.

Her methods are ineffective against him.

Chen Ping took out a pill and swallowed it to refine it. No matter where he goes, he must take pills to improve his cultivation.

On this day, many streams of light and flying boats arrived at the Guo family's palace.

The next day.

Chen Ping entered the Guo family's auction through the secret passage in the courtyard.

This was a small palace located underground, secret and luxurious.

Chen Ping changed his appearance and aura and entered a private room.

Unlike the black market auction with hundreds of people, the Guo family's auction had about a hundred people this time.

This was enough to show the Guo family's strong connections.

Zhou Ying changed into an elegant and noble dress, attended in full dress, walked onto the auction stage, and was shrewd and capable:

"Welcome fellow Daoists and seniors to participate in this auction."

"I won't say much nonsense. Next is the first auction item."

A saber-shaped magical artifact emitting baleful aura was brought up.

"What a strong baleful aura!"

"What grade of magical artifact is this?"

"If I had this magical artifact, wouldn't my combat power increase by 20%?!"

Increasing combat power by 20% was a considerable increase, and it would be safer to travel outside.

Some cultivators' eyes lit up immediately, eager to try.

Zhou Ying said with a smile:

"This magical artifact used to be a second-order magical artifact, but due to some reasons, its grade has dropped, and its baleful aura is exposed. Now it is still a first-order top-grade magical artifact."

"As long as you carefully nurture it, it can be restored to a second-order magical artifact in the future."

"The starting price is two hundred spiritual stones, and each increase must not be less than ten spiritual stones."

Chen Ping was secretly surprised. A first-order top-grade magical artifact starting at two hundred spiritual stones was not a low price.

After being nurtured and repaired, it would be a second-order magical artifact. Any second-order magical artifact was worth thousands of spiritual stones.

This could not only be passed down to the family, but could also be used from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment.

At least it could save hundreds of spiritual stones.

Zhou Ying threw out a trump card at the beginning, shocking everyone and showing the Guo family's foundation.

Chen Ping's heart stabilized. It seemed that his Body Tempering Pills would not be unsold this time, and might even sell for a high price.

Chen Ping watched the price rise calmly.

Although this magical artifact was good, it was a saber, and he cultivated swordsmanship, which was incompatible.

Unless he could find a saber technique that was even more powerful than the Four Seasons Sword Technique.

In the end, this first-order top-grade magical artifact was taken down for six hundred spiritual stones.

This made Zhou Ying's pretty face blush a little, and she became more confident.

Immediately afterwards, the auction was some relatively rare first-order materials, such as animal skins, ores, talismans, and cultivation techniques...

Half a day later, the auction was coming to an end, but everyone's emotions were getting higher and higher.

"Next, is the second-to-last auction item..." This time, Zhou Ying's white and tender hand took out a prismatic bronze mirror from the tray.

"This item is called the Radiant Prism Mirror, and it is a first-order top-grade defensive magical artifact."

She infused spiritual power into her fingers, and light radiated out, forming a prismatic罩光罩 that protected her, looking very strong.

This made Chen Ping's eyes light up, and he was immediately moved.

He happened to be short of a better defensive magical artifact. Next, he was going out to collect Foundation Establishment spiritual objects, so it was better to be careful when traveling outside.

However, not many people were interested in this item. Most Qi Refining cultivators were in the family and rarely encountered dangerous things.

Zhou Ying said with a smile: "The starting price is three hundred spiritual stones, and each increase must not be less than ten spiritual stones."

This price further dissuaded many people.

Specialized defensive magical artifacts were rare on the market. Most magical artifacts were either for flying or for attacking.

The rarer the thing, the more precious it is.

Chen Ping immediately said: "Three hundred and twenty spiritual stones."

A few people sparsely raised the price.

"Three hundred and thirty."

"Three hundred and forty."

"Three hundred and sixty."

Chen Ping frowned slightly: "Is this a shill arranged by the Guo family, or is someone really competing with me?"

But he was determined to get this item and continued to bid:

"Three hundred and eighty."

The price quickly rose to five hundred spiritual stones.

Someone snorted coldly: "Is it worth it to bid five hundred spiritual stones for a top-grade defensive magical artifact?"

How could defensive magical artifacts be more expensive than offensive ones?

Chen Ping also felt it was not worth it, but this was the first time he had encountered a defensive magical artifact and did not want to miss it.

Chen Ping finally bid: "Five hundred and fifty spiritual stones."

A few people glanced at Chen Ping coldly and stopped bidding.

"Five hundred and fifty spiritual stones for the first time, the second time, the third time! Congratulations to Fellow Daoist in Box 36 for winning the Radiant Prism Mirror."

Zhou Ying said with a smile: "Next, is the last auction item... Body Tempering Pills!"

"Body Tempering Pills, this item is rare and does not belong to the Eastern Region cultivation world. Its function is to help cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining polish their physical body bottlenecks, increase their cultivation speed, and increase the probability of Foundation Establishment..."

"This auction is fortunate to have obtained five bottles. The starting price for each bottle is thirty spiritual stones, and each increase must not be less than fifty spiritual sand."

As soon as the voice fell.

Most people's breathing suddenly became rapid and hot.

Many people came this time for the Body Tempering Pills.

"Thirty-two spiritual stones!"

"Thirty-four spiritual stones! Fellow Daoists, I have been stuck at the eleventh level of Qi Refining for a long time and urgently need Body Tempering Pills..."

"Who isn't? Thirty-five spiritual stones!"

Chen Ping's eyes lit up: "Thirty-seven spiritual stones."

Now that he was auctioning his own things, he could also be a shill and raise the price.

After all, the higher the price, the more he earned.

Now, after deducting the material costs, he earned at least thirty spiritual stones per bottle.

This was much more profitable than refining Spiritual Sense Pills.