"Senior Brother Chang Li, we've long heard of your great name! However, we've heard that you have an Initial Tier Demon King as an Exotic Beast, possess an Initial Tier Immortal Artifact, and have the Celestial Demon Technique from a Tier Three Celestial Demon Bone. Why would you still need to purchase Demon Pearls? The demons that Demon Pearls can transform into, at most, reach the Ninth-Layer Perfection Realm. They're not very useful in the Earth Immortal Realm!"

This Qu Qingfeng clearly had a favorable impression of Chang Li and used this opportunity to strike up a conversation and get acquainted.

Upon hearing this, Chang Li slightly cupped his hands and said, "This must be Senior Sister Qingfeng. I've heard Elder Duan mention you, praising your great talent. It's truly an honor to meet you here. If I can join the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect in the future, I hope Senior Sister will look out for me! As for why I need to purchase Demon Pearls... Actually, Elder Duan plans to buy a few hundred Demon Pearls and ask the Artifact Refining Master from the Fire Spirit Sect to refine dozens of Tier Nine Magical Artifacts for me. This way, my chances of winning the disciple recruitment ceremony might increase slightly!"

"I see! There are indeed several immortal sects putting up a large number of Demon Pearls for auction, estimated to be around seven or eight hundred. With Elder Duan's renown, no one should compete too fiercely for these Demon Pearls. Senior Brother Chang, you'll surely get what you desire!" Qu Qingfeng said with a smile.

Hearing this, Lin Xuankong couldn't help but frown. His main reason for coming to this auction was to bid on those three types of Spirit Grass. Besides that, he also planned to bid for a hundred Dharma-tier Gui Ling Elixirs and buy three to five hundred Demon Pearls. Over the past three days, Lan had helped him sell quite a few herbs from the Ba Mountain Secret Realm. However, due to the short time, he had only managed to acquire just over five hundred Demon Pearls. Consequently, Miss Xiao had only been able to refine around twenty Initial Tier Immortal Artifacts for him. To form an Immortal Capturing Array capable of resisting Fourth-Grade and even withstanding Fifth-Grade Earth Immortal attacks, he still needed at least four to five hundred more Demon Pearls. And now, this Chang Li had emerged, also intending to purchase a large number of Demon Pearls! He was planning to use these Demon Pearls to find some Artifact Refining Master to refine dozens of Tier Nine Magical Artifacts. What a waste! Using Demon Pearls not to refine Immortal Artifacts but to refine Magical Artifacts instead? TSK TSK! The key issue was that with the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's disciple recruitment ceremony imminent, many cultivators would likely be looking to refine a large number of Magical Artifacts in a short time. The competition this time would be immense! Who knew if the Dharma-tier Gui Ling Elixirs would auction for enough Grade-Entering Profound Truth Jade to compete with those cultivators, to compete with this Chang Li and Duan River!

While Lin Xuankong was still hesitant, Spiritual Crane Fairy and the others finished their chat and headed inside the auction hall.

After entering the auction hall, as Earth Immortals of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, Spiritual Crane Fairy and her party naturally had the best private box, located in the first row.

Thanks to the young lady, Lii Xiaolan, Lin Xuankong found himself seated in a first-row private box for the first time at an auction attended by thousands of powerful cultivators.

What slightly annoyed him was that Flaming Blade Duan River and that Chang Li, after some feigned politeness, also took seats in the same private box!

After everyone was seated, the auction had yet to officially begin, but the entire venue was abuzz with activity.

The excitement was, of course, because this auction had drawn two Third-Grade Earth Immortals. Even for auctions held by the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, attendees were usually limited to Immortal Sect disciples, various dynasty princes, and emperors; Earth Immortal Realm powerhouses attended such auctions rather infrequently. Earth Immortals of Third Grade or higher usually required extremely rare Thousand-Year Spirit Grass and Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Medicine. Such treasures were exceedingly rare even at Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect auctions and were typically traded in small, internal gatherings among Earth Immortals rather than in large, public auctions. Moreover, Mid-to-High-grade Earth Immortals usually spent their time cultivating, in seclusion, or enjoying their Immortal Cave Mansions, and rarely participated in auctions with juniors and minor figures.

Therefore, the presence of two Third-Grade Earth Immortals at this auction in Spiritual Crane Immortal City immediately drew the attention of numerous Tier Nine cultivators, as well as Initial Tier and First-Grade Earth Immortals. All those Tier Nine cultivators and Initial and First-Grade Earth Immortals who could leverage any connection rushed to the private box of Spiritual Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'Er to greet her, and especially Vice Sect Leader Duan River, who was already late-stage Third-Grade.

Among them, over a dozen Initial Tier Earth Immortals, upon learning that Duan River was there to buy Demon Pearls for Chang Li, generously gifted Chang Li dozens of Demon Pearls as a token of goodwill. While Demon Pearls are still considered precious by cultivators of the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Layers, they are trivially easy for Initial Tier Earth Immortals to acquire. After all, all Initial Tier Earth Immortals have obtained Celestial Demon Bones. Even those who didn't acquire any before becoming Immortals could easily get them afterward. Furthermore, these Initial Tier Earth Immortals typically possess Tier Two or Tier Three Celestial Demon Bones. In their Celestial Demon Bone Secret Realms, raising hundreds of thousands or even millions of Low-Tier Demons for harvesting was not difficult, making dozens or hundreds of Demon Pearls easily obtainable.

Consequently, before the auction even started, Chang Li had already received a whopping two hundred Demon Pearls!

This sight from the corner of the private box made Lin Xuankong sigh inwardly. Becoming an Immortal, especially a High-grade Immortal, truly made obtaining resources quite easy! Before the auction had even started, many cultivators had already gifted a large number of Demon Pearls! Moreover, this Duan River was merely a late-stage Third-Grade Earth Immortal, not even comparable to a late-stage Fifth-Grade Earth Immortal like Wine Immortal Chi Liuxia. One wondered what would happen if one cultivated to the late-stage Fifth-Grade Earth Immortal realm. What would be the effect? Would casually opening one's mouth result in thousands or tens of thousands of Demon Pearls being gifted? The benefits of great strength were indeed numerous!

This thought made Lin Xuankong even more eager to acquire enough Demon Pearls and the three types of Spirit Grass at this auction.

Next to Lin Xuankong, Lii Xiaolan pouted, feeling frustrated. She wasn't jealous of Chang Li acquiring two hundred Demon Pearls so effortlessly. With the Buddhist Spiritual Liquid from the Plant Spirit Bottle supporting her, she could easily refine hundreds or even thousands more Dharma-tier Gui Ling Elixirs. With progress in her Alchemy Technique, she could even refine Immortal-Grade Gui Ling Elixirs! With such resources, obtaining a few hundred Demon Pearls would be very easy for her. Her frustration stemmed from seeing her proudest and most admired husband ignored and sidelined, not even receiving a direct glance! Moreover, Senior Sister Qu Qingfeng and Senior Sister Qu Qingling, with whom she had a good relationship, were now all gathered around Chang Li, ignoring not only her husband but her, their junior sister, as well!

Just then, Qu Qingfeng, sitting beside Chang Li, suddenly said sweetly, "Senior Brother Chang, look! The auction is about to begin!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xuankong looked towards the central stage. He saw an Initial Tier Female Earth Immortal from the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, dressed in splendid attire, walk onto it. As she swept her gaze over the hall, the previously chaotic venue fell silent instantly.

The Female Earth Immortal smiled and spoke, "Everyone, the first auction item comes from a Talisman Master of the Seven Profound Immortal Sect. These are Immortal Tier, late-stage First-Grade Spirit Talismans. There are a total of thirty-six of them.

Each of these Spirit Talismans is inscribed with the Immortal Technique of a First-Grade Earth Immortal. When activated with Immortal Yuan, the resulting power is equivalent to a full-powered strike from a late-stage First-Grade Earth Immortal. If a First-Grade Earth Immortal is hit, they must exert their full effort to avoid injury. If an Initial Tier Earth Immortal is hit, they would suffer serious harm!

The best part is that these Immortal Tier, late-stage First-Grade Spirit Talismans can be activated with True Qi, meaning that cultivators at the Seventh, Eighth, and even Ninth Layers of the Transcendence Realm can all use them!

Owning such Spirit Talismans is like having a late-stage First-Grade Earth Immortal by your side at all times! Bringing such Spirit Talismans to our Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's disciple recruitment ceremony would easily allow the user to defeat their opponents!"

Having spoken, she confidently looked at each private box in the large hall with a smile on her face.

Indeed, just as she expected, once she explained the uses of these Spirit Talismans, the entire hall's atmosphere was immediately stirred up. Immortal Tier, late-stage First-Grade Spirit Talismans, and a full thirty-six of them! Such treasures were incredibly desirable for cultivators who had not yet reached the Earth Immortal Realm.

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