Chapter 326: Chapter 301: Gathering Four-Level Martial Pill_1
In the sunny spring of March, the rain was continuous.
Within the practice room, Lu Yan started to contemplate his way forward in his cultivation.
He had exhausted his supply of Immortal Bones, his Divine-level Martial Arts could not be raised for the time being, and cultivating his level was difficult.
Without any rare treasures from heaven and earth, he could only rely on Martial Pills to accumulate cultivation.
But with his current cultivation, he would need an astonishing number of Martial Pills.
However, treasures from heaven and earth were not always available. Most cultivators at the True Body Realm also had to rely on Martial Pills to slowly grind through their cultivation.
"Where should I get fourth-level Martial Pills from?"
He still had some Meritorious Points left in the Mansion of King Ming, which he could exchange for fourth-level Martial Pills, but the quantity would not be much, far from meeting his needs.
At present, to get enough fourth-level Martial Pills, he could only sell some other resources.
For example, he had some resources from the treasure trove of the Dagu Dynasty, such as precious metals, and even more valuable items were the Sumi Mustard Seed Bag and Soul Crystals.
But under normal circumstances, if you sell these treasures directly, it would be easy to get underpriced, and difficult to sell at a good price.
They could only be sold for a high price at an auction.
Lu Yan planned to find out when and where the World Bank was going to hold the next auction.
"In the meantime, I’ll just study Martial Arts."
Lu Yan sorted out his thoughts and started to study Top Martial Arts.
Anyway, he still had quite a few of other types of Top Martial Arts on hand, such as palm, boxing, swordsmanship, knife technique, etc., put together, there were a total of sixteen types.
What he was studying now was a Knife Technique.
He had already cultivated two types of Knife Techniques to the Unity of Man and Martial Arts, the Jiu Jie Knife and the Spring and Autumn Blade.
And there were two more that he has not yet cultivated.
Together, they made up four types, but to gather nine types, would not be easy.
He would just take it slowly.
He was not in a hurry, since he did not lack Divine-level martial arts now anyway.
The next day, Lu Yan went to find Chu Hongye.
There were primarily two purposes.
Firstly, to keep his promise and help Chu Hongye practice her swordsmanship.
Secondly, to inquire about the schedule of the next auction held by the World Bank.
Chu Hongye, after all, was a descendant of King Ming’s House, she had some access to the information system of the Mansion, so it was not difficult to find out about some non-secret news.
As expected, there was a gain at Chu Hongye’s.
A month later, in the Youwang city of Youzhou, the World Bank will hold a grand auction.
The World Bank had announced that the treasures in this auction would far exceed those in the last auction in Shengxuan city.
Now, many people from all states were already rushing over there.
"Youwang City."
Lu Yan muttered to himself.
Youwang City in Youzhou was a territory controlled by Youwang.
At present, there were eighteen of the strongest Feudal Princes in the world, referred to as the Eighteen Feudal Lords.
Among the eighteen Feudal Lords, there were sects, feudal lords, military lords, and also kings.
And among the kings, there were only two.
One was King Ming, the other was Youwang.
Five hundred years ago, following the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, the Da Chu royal family had intense control over the kings, their power had been weakened to the extreme, and many of them were kings in name only without any territories.
Under such circumstances, those who could rise, seize territories, and became official kings were extremely powerful.
Youwang’s name in Da Chu was no less than that of King Ming’s, even surpassing him.
"Yinuo, the World Bank is holding an auction in Youwang City in a month. Do you want to go together?"
When they returned home, Lu Yan asked Shen Yinuo.
"Of course, we should go. We have some useless Sumi Mustard Seed Bags on hand, we can just get rid of them and exchange for fourth-level Martial pills. If we can buy some rare treasures from heaven and earth at the auction, that would be even better."
Shen Yinuo’s eyes lit up.
"Then let’s set off tomorrow, I’ll ask for a leave at King Ming’s Guard Mansion."
Lu Yan said.
The next day, the two disguised themselves and set off for Youwang City.
Youzhou and Mingzhou were separated by five states, quite far apart.
The two spent half a month to finally reach Youwang City.
Located on a Five-Level Blood Land Vein, Youwang City was even bigger than Mingwang City.
There were many more visitors in Youwang City at this time, making it extremely lively.
As soon as they arrived, they enjoyed a meal of the local special Martial Food before finding an inn to stay.
The next day, Lu Yan went to the World Bank alone, stating his intention.
The reason he went alone was because they had too many items to auction, being together would draw too much attention.
"Dear customer, what kind of items do you wish to auction?"
A chubby elderly man asked with a smile.
"Top Martial Arts and a Sumi Mustard Seed Bag."
Lu Yan said, waving his hand and a large box appeared on the counter.
The fat old man opened it to have a look, his eyes could not help but widen.
Inside the box, there were nine Top Martial Arts.
It was not that the nine Top Martial Arts were so precious that he, with his status, would be shocked by them.
But very few people would ever auction off nine Top Martial Arts at once.
"There are nine Top Martial Arts, seven are Body Refining Martial Arts, one is speed-related, and one is a Knife Technique."
Lu Yan said.
These nine Martial Arts were the ones he had cultivated to the Unity of Man and Martial Arts, and could write down.
The martial arts that he has not yet cultivated to the Unity of Man and Martial Arts he had only one set, which he still needed to study, so naturally, he could not auction it off.
Furthermore, the martial arts of King Ming’s mansion cannot be auctioned off.
"Good, indeed, these nine top martial arts will surely ignite this auction. I will have people immediately release the news. I believe many master level feudal lords or honorable level feudal lords will flock to attend," The old fatty smiled, taking down notes in a booklet.
After the old man finished taking notes, Lu Yan took out five Sumi Mustard Seed Bags.
The corners of the fat old man’s eyes twitched again.
This time he didn’t say much, but began to examine them one by one.
Among the five Sumi Mustard Seed Bags, sizes varied. The smallest one was three cubic meters, and the two largest ones were six cubic meters each.
From the treasure trove of the Dagu Dynasty, quite a few Sumi Mustard Seed Bags were found. In addition, over this period, after defeating several experts, he also obtained some Sumi Mustard Seed Bags.
Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo split the loot evenly, hence, Lu Yan now had a total of seven.
He kept the two with the largest space for personal use, and the remaining five were all taken out to be auctioned off.
After the fat old man registered everything, he stamped it with his handprint, passed a token to Lu Yan, who promptly left the World Bank.
Two days later, Shen Yinuo went to the World Bank alone to register the items she wished to auction off.
Over a dozen days passed in a blink of an eye.
The auction began.
Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo also entered the auction venue, mainly to see if there were any treasures they needed.
This auction was indeed grander than the last one in Shengxuan City, with more treasures on display, thus attracting even more top experts.
Lu Yan could sense that the auction was filled with experts of the True Body Realm.
But Lu Yan was now completely different from last time. Now that he even had slayed a primordial spirit, these people of the True Body Realm were no longer in his sight. He was relaxed and at ease, without any pressure.
As each auction item was presented, the atmosphere grew more and more heated.
Especially top martial arts and Sumi Mustard Seed Bags, they were very popular.
The auction ran the same as the last time in Shengxuan City, with three rounds, one every ten days.
This round, two of Lu Yan’s top martial arts were auctioned off; one body refining martial arts and one knife technique. The two sold for a total of 11,000 martial coupons.
In addition, a six cubic meters Sumi Mustard Seed Bag astonishingly sold for 150,000 martial coupons.
To put in perspective, the three cubic meters Sumi Mustard Seed Bags only sold for around 10,000 martial coupons each.
However, the price of the Sumi Mustard Seed Bags is not calculated based on volume increment.
Doubling the volume often costs significantly more than doubling the price.
For example, some items over three meters long couldn’t fit into a three cubic meters Sumi Mustard Seed Bag and needed a larger one.
The utility of these items differed markedly.
While the selling price was acceptable and there were many auctioned treasure items, there weren’t many that the pair were interested in.
Meanwhile, Lu Yan made several moves, buying several Dao Foods that contained immortal power.
Shen Yinuo also made two moves, buying two items that contained fire abilities.
At the end of the auction, they earned over one hundred thousand martial coupons. Shen Yinuo also gathered considerable gains.
Returning to the inn, Lu Yan continued to comprehend martial arts.
In a flash, another ten days had passed.
The time flew by, all three rounds of the auction had concluded.
The nine top martial arts and five Sumi Mustard Seed Bags that Lu Yan had auctioned off were sold for a total of 460,000 martial coupons.
As for Shen Yinuo, she didn’t auction off any top martial arts, only Sumi Mustard Seed Bags, which sold for 350,000 martial coupons.
Unfortunately, this auction didn’t have any heavenly treasures or interests like Yanluo fragmentation pieces that Lu Yan was looking for.
Other than purchasing a small amount of Dao Food, no other expenses were incurred.
The pair went to the World Bank and used all the martial coupons to buy fourth-level martial pills.
Together, they bought a total of 67,500 fourth-level martial pills.
After the purchase, they left Youwang City and prepared to return to King Ming’s mansion.
"As expected, someone is keeping an eye on us." Lu Yan let out a cold smirk.
With their higher cultivation levels, they naturally didn’t act as cautiously. Therefore, as soon as they left Youwang City, they were being tracked.
The people who followed were all from the True Body Realm.
Walking aside, Lu Yan picked up a massive rock weighing thousands of pounds. With a surge of strength in his arms, he hurled it towards a distant mountain peak.
With a loud bang.
The rock collided with the mountain peak, causing debris to fly around and half the mountain to collapse.
Hidden behind, the guard level martial artists who were secretly following inhaled cold air through their teeth and turned to run.
Theriault they had almost kicked an iron plate, fortunately, they didn’t get killed immediately because Lu Yan didn’t take any action against them. Otherwise, they all might have died.
"Let’s go."
Lu Yan smiled.
Half a month later, the two returned to Mingwang city.
"Lu Yan, these fourth-level martial pills are all for you to use," Shen Yinuo handed Lu Yan a large box.
"All for me, what about you?"
Lu Yan was taken aback.
"I still have Nine Yang Divine Stone. The remaining core part of the Nine Yang Divine Stone is the strongest part. Refining it will take time, but it shouldn’t be too long before I can refine it fully. Soon, my True Form will transform again, and reaching the Eight Refinings won’t be a problem."
"As for these martial pills, if we split them, they won’t be enough for either of us to advance. It’s better to give them all to you," said Shen Yinuo.
Lu Yan nodded, not declining but accepted them all.
"The task of refining martial pills can only be done by you alone. If we were to use the Yin Yang Melting Furnace Method, the energy of the martial pill would have to be divided in half. Moreover, I’m currently refining the Nine Yang Divine Stone, so I can’t perform the Yin Yang Melting Furnace Method>}
Shen Yinuo said.
Lu Yan sighed in disappointment.
