Star Sky Professional
Chapter 44 Foundation Establishment (Requesting Monthly Tickets at the Beginning of the Month)

Chapter 44: Chapter 44 Foundation Establishment (Requesting Monthly Tickets at the Beginning of the Month)

"The ’Dan Qing Sword,’ the starting bid is one hundred low-grade spirit stones!"

Hearing Zheng Yuanao’s price, Fang Xing’s heart suddenly chilled.

Even though he was relatively good at making money, he had at most only dozens of spirit stones in his hands at the moment.

For a postnatal martial artist, that was already quite eye-catching.

To compete for the ’Dan Qing Sword’ would likely invite some trouble.

"Besides... I am not leaving the marketplace for now, so it seems I don’t have a need for such a good sword..."

Just as Fang Xing had made up his mind, he saw an innate martial artist stand up excitedly, "One hundred spirit stones!"

"One hundred and one!"

Other martial artists also started to join the fray.

Blood Refining Magical Artifact!

For innate martial artists, if they could cultivate to the peak of the innate realm and then acquire a blood refining magical artifact, their status would be almost equivalent to a Qi cultivation middle stage cultivator.

That was the limit for worldly martial artists!

Unfortunately, martial artists were all poor, and the price of the ’Dan Qing Sword’ rose very slowly.

"One hundred and twenty spirit stones!"

A voice rang out, causing Fang Xing’s heart to stir slightly as he looked toward the plaza.

The person who spoke was dressed in black and wore a mask, with an air of solemn dignity, but without the masculine vigour of an innate martial artist.

"He’s a cultivator!"

"A cultivator, competing with us for a blood refining magical artifact?"

"Eighty percent chance it’s for his descendants or servants."

A group of innate martial artists cursed inwardly.

But Fang Xing recognized the owner of the voice, "Is it him? The leader of the ’Five Righteous Men of Cang Mountain’—Chen Yi! He is here too, no, why does he want to buy a blood refining magical artifact?"

"One hundred and thirty spirit stones! Hehe, Chen Dao friend, you finally showed up, hiding and not hiding, thinking that I couldn’t recognize you?"

Just then, from within a private box, a somewhat arrogant voice sounded: "Why are you buying a blood refining magical artifact? Do you still want to reconnect with those few brothers? Too bad, it looks like two of your brothers are dead, only leaving two females who don’t want to have anything to do with you..."

"Is it him? Fu Qing?"

Fang Xing felt a twitch in his heart; he didn’t quite understand why Chen Yi originally teamed up with Fu Qing to ambush Wan Fenglin and then turned against him.

"Anything that can make cultivators turn against each other is only for profit! Could it be... there is some secret in that nameless desolate valley?"

"One hundred and forty spirit stones! I don’t need to explain myself to you!" After being discovered, Chen Yi was fortunate not to disguise any longer and directly tore off his mask, revealing an old, haggard face.

He seemed even more haggard than he had been in recent times.

"One hundred and fifty spirit stones! Old man, if you dare, step out of the marketplace!"

Fu Qing seemed to hate Chen Yi deeply, but was bound by the rules of the marketplace and dared not take action.

In his speech, he was also very cautious, making Fang Xing thoughtful.

"All right, this is the Zheng family’s auction, please do not bring your personal grievances here..."

Zheng Yuanao suddenly spoke.

The deterrent force of a Foundation Establishment family still had some effect, and Chen Yi immediately fell silent.

"One hundred and fifty spirit stones, the Dan Qing Sword goes to the customer in Box A16!"

With Zheng Yuanao’s voice, this small farce came to an end.

But Fang Xing, watching Chen Yi, suddenly felt that the other party had deliberately exposed himself.

"Not only did he not disguise his voice, but he also brazenly made himself an enemy of the Black Tiger Gang... could he be fishing? Or... attracting big shots into the fray? As for whether the bidding was successful, it didn’t matter at all..."

"Forget it, it’s none of my business anyway, just enjoy the show..."

Fang Xing sat back leisurely, leaning against the chair.

But soon, he couldn’t be so leisurely anymore.

"Dragon Blood Pill, mainly crafted from the marrow of the ’Green Blood Dragon Carp,’ though the grade is not high, it is reported to be of the Dragon Series, carrying a trace of the Flood Dragon bloodline, hence the Dragon Blood Pill contains dragon power and can aid martial artists or cultivators in refining their physique..."

Holding a jade bottle, Zheng Yuanao’s voice was calm: "Since my Zheng family has exterminated a group of ’Green Blood Dragon Carps,’ this pill can be sold outside in the Zheng family’s elixir store in the future. For now, we are releasing ten bottles, starting at fifty spirit stones each! You may all bid secretly, and the ten highest bidders will succeed in the auction..."

For the Zheng family, this was just a small game during the auction intermission, incidentally promoting their own elixirs.

After all, after exterminating the ’Green Blood Dragon Carps,’ they retained some fish seedlings and were attempting cultivation, thereby expanding it into an industrial chain.

"Flood Dragon bloodline?"

Fang Xing was somewhat interested.

"Since my ’Great Dragon Stance’ has entered the master level, progress has been slow... I wonder if this elixir would have any effect?"

"The Great Dragon Stance only imitates a dragon, but maybe there’s a trace of genuine flood dragon blood in the Dragon Blood Pill? Even if it’s just the aura, it’s not bad at all... At least it is certainly suitable for me to understand the ’Dragon Intent Realm!’"

What is a dragon?

If he hasn’t even seen a flood dragon, then claiming to understand the ’Dragon Intent Realm’ would be a joke.

He thought about it for a while, and wrote on a piece of paper the maximum amount of spirit stones he could offer, along with the number of his seating position, and placed it on the tray that the maid brought over.

If it were to succeed, one could then proceed to the transaction based on the seat number.

It wasn’t long before Zheng Yuanao’s face broke into a smile as he took a piece of paper, "Congratulations to the following ten fellow Daoists on winning the auction for the ’Dragon Blood Pill’: number Ding-27, number Bing-65..."

"Not bad, I actually won it."

Down below, Fang Xing gave a slight nod, and then he couldn’t help but give a wry smile, ’Sixty-seven Spirit Stones, even more expensive than an Innate Pill. If it turns out to be useless, then I’ve made a huge loss...’

’But an Innate Pill only helps one advance to Innate, whilst the Dragon Blood Pill might enable one to comprehend Realms, a capability of the Fourth Realm... Thus, if effective, it would still be a win.’

He continued to watch, seeing one precious auction item after another.

From Qi Cultivation Stage-breaking Elixirs, to Puppets, Spirit Plants... It truly had everything one could think of.

Unfortunately, most were only suitable for Cultivators.

"Next up, are the three finale auction items of this auction!"

All of a sudden, Zheng Yuanao’s voice became solemn with a hint of excitement, as he had a maid present a small dusty brocade pouch.

"A Low Grade storage bag with a three-cubic-foot-space, it can store items, but not living beings... The starting bid is three thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones!"

Before he could finish speaking, there was already some noise in the auction hall:

"A storage bag? It’s actually a storage bag?"

"So expensive, such a Storage Treasure, I’m afraid only those Foundation Establishment seniors can afford it, other than a few Qi Cultivation Stage Cultivators..."

...

"A Space Tool?"

Fang Xing’s eyes lit up.

The Blue Star Federation was actually quite ordinary in space technology, until those Outer Realm Evil Gods invaded from the Imaginary Space, forcing them to catch up desperately, but still unable to intercept all attacks a hundred percent.

Such a small and exquisite Space Tool was probably something even the Federation’s Martial Saint or Martial God may not be qualified to possess!

"More importantly... This represents another civilization’s interpretation of the Path of Space... If I were to sell it to top consortiums or laboratories, even ten trillion Star Coins would be trivial... Okay, I wouldn’t dare!"

Fang Xing shook his head, listening with great interest to Zheng Yuanao’s introduction, and learned that this ’storage bag’ was an extremely special Magic Artifact, tanned from the skin of a Demon Beast with Void Attribute. Ordinary Magic Artifacts could hardly damage it, but the key was... usage still required Mana or even Spiritual Sense!

"I feel the malice of the world, this world of Cultivators is too unfriendly to me..."

He complained inwardly, watching the price of the storage bag steadily increasing, until finally, it was acquired by a Cultivator in a private box for six thousand eight hundred Spirit Stones.

...

"The penultimate finale auction item... is a deed, someone is willing to transfer a shop in the market, previously known as ’Qingyun Boutique,’ with the starting price at four thousand five hundred Spirit Stones..."

Zheng Yuanao said with a smile brimming his face.

"It’s actually a deed? Isn’t this something only the big powers would find useful?"

Fang Xing shook his head, watching as the big powers in the private boxes bid, ending with an exorbitant price.

Although it seemed expensive, with big powers passing it down generation to generation, acquiring a market shop that laid golden eggs, in the end, they would be able to make a profit.

This couldn’t help but remind Fang Xing of those infrastructure projects—high investment, but also high returns, it just required an extended timeframe.

"Hmm? Why does the atmosphere feel a bit off?"

Fang Xing was about to enjoy the spectacle but noticed something amiss with the auction’s atmosphere.

Within the Void, it was as if some inexplicable pressure had been added.

It even made him feel as if a fierce beast was right beside him, eyeing him at all times!

"It’s a Foundation Establishment senior!"

"The Zheng Family’s Patriarch has come, it seems the rumors are true... From this, it seems that the owner of Qingyun Boutique selling off his property is probably for this last auction item..."

Upon hearing the conversation of two Cultivators beside him, Fang Xing felt a stir in his heart.

Buzz buzz!

On the auction stage, lines of Array patterns emerged, converging into an enormous silver-white semi-transparent bowl that was upside down, protecting the entire stage securely.

Then, Zheng Yuanao, with an extremely serious expression, personally held out a tray:

"The last auction item, a Foundation Establishment Spirit Item—’Qian Yuan Fire Poison,’ one bottle!"

Inside the tray, there was only a Jade Bottle, appearing to hold a clump of sticky, fiery red Primordial Liquid. Multiple red glows shone through the Jade Bottle, directly penetrating to the outside, and even carried several streams of scorching Qi...

"It’s actually a Foundation Establishment Spirit Item!"

"This auction, there’s really a chance for Foundation Establishment?"

The Cultivators present seemed to go mad all at once, especially those at the Qi Cultivation Late Stage and Qi Cultivation Perfect Stage, their eyes glinting forcefully, staring intently at Zheng Yuanao on the high stage, or rather... the Jade Bottle in Zheng Yuanao’s hand.

If it weren’t for the Zheng Family Patriarch deliberately releasing his Qi to deter, along with the presence of the Array, someone would probably have already rushed up to snatch it by force!

Foundation Establishment!

It’s the lifelong pursuit of all Qi Cultivation Stage Cultivators, once successful, one can live past two hundred years, engage in Body Flight, establish sects, and wield power and influence!

However, breaking through to Foundation Establishment is extremely difficult, without Foundation Establishment opportunities for assistance, the chances are almost slim to none, and failure often means certain death!

The best among Foundation Establishment opportunities is naturally the Foundation Establishment Pill, rumored to increase the success rate by twenty to thirty percent.

Next in line are various Foundation Establishment Spirit Items useful for the three barriers to Foundation Establishment.

Zheng Yuanao’s voice even trembled slightly, and who knows how much willpower it took to shift his gaze away from ’Qian Yuan Fire Poison’: "Qian Yuan Fire Poison can purify the Physique and the Mana, greatly beneficial to overcoming the ’Body Transformation’ in the three Foundation Establishment barriers, with a slight benefit to ’Mana Barrier’... Altogether, it can increase the chance for Qi Cultivation Perfect Stage Cultivators specializing in Fire Attribute Technique to break through Foundation Establishment by five to ten percent, the starting price... ten thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones!"