Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh-Chapter 38: Talisman Making Manual and Seven-Star Spirit Fruit
Chu Ning sat down with Qiu Shunyi and others in the vacant seat, while cultivators were still arriving in the hall one after another.
Later on, Chu Ning noticed that higher-level cultivators continuously arrived and were then invited upstairs.
Chu Ning looked up and saw that the entire second floor was encircled with small rooms.
Those small rooms faced the front direction of the hall with only a layer of what appeared to be a transparent thin curtain, yet Chu Ning could not see anything inside.
Obviously, these small rooms were under some sort of restriction.
The ones sitting above were the real participants of this auction.
After sitting like this for a while, a beautiful mature woman dressed in elegant dark clothes gracefully walked out onto the round stage at the front of the hall.
"Fellow Daoists, welcome everyone to the Cloud Sea Pavilion auction. I am Sikong Lan, the host of today’s auction.
Our auction is about to start, and I hope each of the fellow Daoists will support it."
Although the woman’s voice was not loud, it felt as if it was right next to Chu Ning’s ears, making it incredibly clear, revealing her profound cultivation.
Others clearly realized this as well, and the once noisy hall suddenly quieted down.
Sikong Lan gave a charming smile to the audience below, then with a wave of her hand, a long ornate box appeared on the table of the round stage.
"The first item in this auction is a set of Golden Feather Swords, an advanced gold attribute magical artifact.
This magical artifact is not only an advanced artifact but also a set of parent-child swords, which, if used properly, can greatly increase in power.
The starting bid is 400 Lower Grade Spirit Stones, with each increase not less than 30 Spirit Stones."
Upon hearing Sikong Lan’s words, Chu Ning, attending for the first time, couldn’t help but click his tongue in amazement.
This first magical artifact has a starting price of 400 Spirit Stones, which is really not something low-tier disciples like them could participate in.
"450 Spirit Stones!"
Just as Sikong Lan’s voice fell, a voice immediately came from a small room on the second floor.
Though the content of the voice was clear, it gave Chu Ning a very ethereal feeling, leaving him genuinely surprised.
"480 Spirit Stones!"
Soon, another voice followed, giving Chu Ning the same ethereal feeling as earlier.
Hearing this, Chu Ning naturally realized that the restriction on these small rooms even processed the sound.
"Cloud Sea Pavilion is quite good at protecting the privacy of cultivators."
Chu Ning thought to himself, considering that once he had enough Spirit Stones, he could attend auctions at the Cloud Sea Pavilion to buy some treasures.
While Chu Ning was thinking this, after several rounds of bidding, the set of gold attribute magical artifacts was auctioned off to a cultivator for 700 Spirit Stones.
"700 Spirit Stones..."
Upon hearing this price, Chu Ning silently calculated in his heart and then sighed inwardly.
Among the new disciples, and even among the entire Zone D disciples, he was already among the top in terms of income because of the Yin Technique Spirit Body’s wood technique bonus.
In addition to the Talent of the Talismanic Spirit Body being effective on Talisman Paper.
And now he only had 52 Spirit Stones along with 5250 pieces of Talisman Paper.
Among them, 1000 were to be given to Mu Ling, meaning only 4250 pieces were for him to sell later.
Even if all were sold to Mu Ling, worth 85 Spirit Stones in total, it would amount to only 135 Spirit Stones, which was already his entire seasonal income.
The Middle Level Spirit Field could produce two seasons of Spirit Rice and an additional season of Purple Ling Grass, bringing limited income.
Ink Spirit Bamboo could only grow for two seasons in a year, meaning currently relying on farming could only bring about 300 Spirit Stones a year.
And now, a set of magical artifacts equaled over two years of his income.
And this was being a special presence among the new entry disciples, but for someone like Qiu Shunyi, who knows how many years it would take to accumulate these many Spirit Stones.
"For a lower-tier disciple to make a name for themselves, who knows how hard it would be."
Chu Ning thought to himself with a sigh.
But considering it was an advanced magical artifact, he felt at ease.
These are mostly used by Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators.
The auction continued in the field.
Sikong Lan presented the second auction item, a rare Spirit Medicine, starting at 300 Spirit Stones.
Although this Spirit Medicine was good, it wasn’t as rare compared to magical artifacts.
Moreover, this kind of rare Spirit Medicine is often most effective when refined into an Elixir, and a single piece has limited utility.
Thus, the competition wasn’t that intense.
In the end, a cultivator took it for 500 Spirit Stones.
Subsequently, Sikong Lan presented several items, Elixirs, Magical Artifacts, Spirit Medicines, Spirit Grass, and Spell Manuals, all being comprehensively available.
However, in terms of value, none exceeded 1000 Spirit Stones, which gave Chu Ning a rough understanding of the auction’s grade.
Clearly, for items exceeding 1000 Spirit Stones and considered more precious, even if the Cloud Sea Pavilion would auction them, they might not choose such a wide-ranging auction setting.
"The next item in this auction is somewhat rare, a Talisman Making Skill manual.
This manual mainly focuses on Basic Lower Grade Talismans, including the making skills for three Basic Lower Grade Talismans, but also includes instructions for one attack and one defense Basic Middle Grade Talismans.
Starting bid at 600 Spirit Stones! Each bid increase not less than 50 Spirit Stones."
Sikong Lan’s words on stage made Chu Ning’s heart race with excitement.
Talisman Making Skill!
After mastering Talisman Paper making, the next thing he most wanted was to learn Talisman Making.
However, obtaining it from the Sect was not easy, not even a whisper of it among servant disciples.
And now, in this Market, a copy actually appeared.
Yet Chu Ning’s excitement instantly cooled down again after hearing the price.
Spirit Stones, even if he sold himself, he couldn’t raise that many Spirit Stones now, and this was just the starting price; the final price would be higher for sure.
Just as Chu Ning expected, as soon as Sikong Lan’s words fell, the cultivators on the second floor began bidding one after another.
This Talisman Making manual kept rising in price, ultimately being auctioned off for 1000 Spirit Stones.
Becoming the first 1000 Spirit Stone item in the field.
But thinking it over, it made sense. The Talisman Making Skill is relatively easier to grasp among the Pill, Talisman, Artifact, and Array four arts.
If one could truly learn it, the speed to earn Spirit Stones wouldn’t be slow.
Moreover, it included the methods for making two Basic Middle Grade Talismans.
All the while, the bidders remained the same few people.
It seems that these higher-level cultivators upstairs have probably had some exposure to talisman making, knowing whether they were suitable for learning Talisman Making.
If it were suitable for everyone, the price would no doubt be higher.
Shaking his head, Chu Ning sighed over his lack of fortune with this item, and his attention returned to the stage.
At this moment, Sikong Lan was revealing a small transparent cover, within which was a small jade box.
As Sikong Lan used a spell to open the jade box, the item inside was revealed.
Chu Ning’s expression turned somewhat stunned upon seeing the item.
Meanwhile, Sikong Lan’s voice resonated throughout the hall.
"The next auction item, Seven-Star Spirit Fruit..."
