Eternal Life: Talent Grows with Age-Chapter 287 - 183: Obtaining the Barrier-Breaking Pill
During the Purple Ice Lake incident, the Zhu Family also lost two elders at the late Qi Cultivation stage, and their strength took a heavy hit. If they were to make more enemies now, I’m afraid they wouldn’t be able to handle it.
"Heh, it’s not like we can do whatever we want. That visit by Niu Xi and Guan Hai a while back already made things pretty clear."
At once, everyone’s expressions turned grim and silent.
After returning from Lu Mansion, the subtle shifts in Zhu Family’s attitude toward Guan Hai—now Yu Hai—couldn’t escape their eyes.
The Zhu Family had been behind Yu Hai changing his name, hoping he’d forget the past and blend in. But now, things seemed to have gone off track.
Guan Hai’s talent even outshone Zhu Qing’s. In theory, a talented disciple like that, the Zhu Family would normally do anything to send him to train in the Supreme Profound Sect, just to deepen their ties with them.
But since Guan Hai never truly fit in with the Zhu Family, the whole arrangement kept getting delayed.
Outsiders just aren’t the same as your own kin.
For a while there, Yu Hai had been performing well enough to make them ease up, but who’d have thought—a single meeting with Lu Chang’sheng, and he was back to square one.
"Those two are just ungrateful wolves you can’t ever tame."
"You guys understand, right? When we decided to go after him, Fang Yuan was still in our ranks. That Lu fellow never trusted us to begin with."
"You all kept hesitating for years, and that’s how Lu managed to rise up. If you keep wavering, once he builds up his strength, he’ll become a calamity for our Zhu Family."
"Hesitate now, pay the price later."
"Easier said than done. That Lu guy barely leaves Immortal City. How are we supposed to get to him? Unless you think we can get away with murder inside Immortal City?"
And that, really, was the biggest hurdle of all.
All these years, the Zhu Family hadn’t made a move simply because Lu Chang’sheng was a total homebody.
In all these years, he’d barely left Immortal City, and even when he did, it was so well-hidden and with so many guards.
By the time they’d get the news, he’d already be back in Immortal City.
After all, it’s not like they could keep their eyes glued to Lu Chang’sheng all the time.
"Enough, we’ll talk about this later. For now, let’s focus on the auction. Get that thing first before anything else."
In the end, it was old man Zhu Ren, the clan leader, who stepped in to mediate.
At their level, it was already a habit to have conversations under the Sound Insulation Technique. Unless a Foundation Establishment master was eavesdropping, their words were safe.
When noon came, the auction finally began.
A slender female cultivator sashayed to the stage, all eyes following her curves, though most tried their best to keep their desires in check.
After all, Wang Ya was representing the Wang Family’s honor here. No matter how much filth was in their hearts, no one dared let it show.
Lu Chang’sheng noticed Wei Zhen beside him was about to get that gleam in his eye and immediately dropped his gaze, massaging his own face with his hand.
"Women from these big clans are never easy to handle."
He murmured under his breath.
Lu Chang’sheng ignored him—he actually thought this guy was decent and upright, but turns out he’s just a veteran pervert.
"Fellow Daoist Wei, you should really try to change that hobby of yours. Otherwise, one day, it’s going to bite you in the ass."
Lu Chang’sheng advised him.
Cultivators aren’t exactly leakless bodies—unless you’re someone like Yu Hai, with a Spiritual Body, of course.
Lu Chang’sheng always had a feeling that overindulgence in lust didn’t just harm the body—it might even mess with your luck or fate.
That’s why so many people trip and fall right when it comes to matters of lust.
"Sure, sure!"
Wei Zhen let out a dry chuckle in reply.
Yeah—as if that was ever going to happen.
Lu Chang’sheng quietly sighed and let it go. Honestly, if it weren’t for that puppet beast, he wouldn’t have bothered opening his mouth at all.
By this point, the auction was officially getting underway.
"The first item up for auction is a top-tier Grade One magical artifact: the Eight-Treasure Fan!"
Wang Ya’s voice rang out like seductive silver bells, making everyone’s hearts itch for more.
It was way too easy to get swept away.
This Wang Family, definitely not walking the righteous path.
Lu Chang’sheng quietly thought to himself, directing all his focus onto the auction items, trying his best not to let that sultry voice get to him.
The Eight-Treasure Fan might only be a high-grade Grade One artifact, but its functions were outstanding—practically on par with a supreme magical weapon.
Even the opening bid wasn’t cheap: 500 low-grade Spirit Stones.
The price then shot up like crazy, finally settling at a whopping 8,600 low-grade Spirit Stones.
"Damn, that’s expensive!"
For context, before advancing to a Grade B Alchemist, Lu Chang’sheng wouldn’t even come close to that amount of Spirit Stones in a whole year.
In other words, under normal circumstances, a Grade C Alchemist from White Cloud Cave Mansion would have to save up for over five years just to afford a supreme artifact—and that’s assuming they don’t spend a dime on anything else during that time.
Most of the next auctioned items were Grade One as well, but to even make it to an event like this, they had to be some of the strongest among Grade One artifacts.
Each had unique quirks—almost on par with supreme magical items.
While a few things tempted Lu Chang’sheng, he held himself back from bidding.
He didn’t have all that many Spirit Stones, so if he started fighting for those now, he wouldn’t have enough when what he was really waiting for finally came up.
Sure enough, just a short while later, he heard Wang Ya announce a new item for auction.
"This next item is one bottle of Junior-Level Barrier-Breaking Pills, with a total of ten pills inside."
Since the pills were packed in a jade bottle, Wang Ya poured one out for everyone to see its quality.
The color was great—maybe not quite top-level, but it wasn’t far off.
After showing it around, Wang Ya quickly put the pill back, not wanting it left out in the air too long where it might lose potency.
