Chapter 276: Duality
"Old man Jun is as blunt as ever." Yang Xu muttered under his breath.
However, everyone was a cultivator and they heard him clearly.
"Does master Yang know him?" Jiang Yue asked.
"His name is Jun Mo. He is one of the better-known elders of the BlueStar Treasure pavilion."
"Is that the case?" Jiang Yue said and looked at the person.
He had also heard of Jun Mo but this was the first time he saw him. Now that he did, he couldn’t feel the presence of a body-refining cultivator but Jiang Yue didn’t dare to despise him.
After all, he had also seen the momentary bronze glow on the old man’s skin.
Although it was only for a moment, the bronze skin gave him an extremely dangerous feeling that reminded him that the frail old man could kill him with a single move.
’The world of cultivation is full of wonders.’ He thought and returned his attention to the stage.
After the warning, old man Jun jumped straight into the auction.
"The first item for auction is this sword." He said.
As he spoke, a female attendant brought the item and placed it in front of the old man.
The sword was in a white sheathe and its hilt was also white, etched with light blue gemstones.
"This sword is called the water dancing ribbon. It’s a mid-grade spirit rank weapon and it is most suitable for cultivators with a water or ice element origin."
After saying that, old man Jun removed the sword from its sheath and a soft sword appeared in front of everyone.
The sword had a gorgeous blade but also a sharp edge that reminded everyone that it was a deadly weapon.
"The bidding shall start at five million low-grade spirit stones. Every increase should not be less than ten thousand spirit stones."
Soon after, the bidding started and several female voices resounded in the auction hall.
Although the water dancing ribbon was not necessarily a female sword, its appearance was most appealing to female cultivators.
"Mistress doesn’t want the sword?" Yu Nianzhen suddenly asked.
He remembered that Wang Xu’er used swords and naturally assumed that her master also used swords.
"I am not a swordsman." Bing Lan said and looked at the sword.
It was a beautiful weapon but it was only that.
Rather than buy a powerful but unsuitable weapon, it was better to buy a less powerful but suitable weapon.
As they were talking, the auction continued and the sword was finally sold for twenty-three million spirit stones.
When the item was sold, the second item was placed on the platform.
The item was a net.
It was made of silverish material and purple lightning occasionally streaked across its surface.
"This thing was not on the booklet." Jiang Yue exclaimed and focused on the net.
"Mmmm." Yu Nianzhen agreed and also looked at the net.
"This net is called the three-thunder purple net." Old man Jun introduced.
"It is a high-grade spirit rank weapon made from the web of a ten thousand years old silver spider. After it was refined, it was soaked in a purple thunder pool for one thousand years to stimulate its lightning properties."
"XiaoYue, this thing is suitable for you." Yu Nianzhen suddenly said.
At the time, Jiang Yue had five methods of attack.
The first method was his body. However, even though he had refined his body, he hadn’t learned any related martial arts.
This meant that he couldn’t utilise his full potential if he used his body to fight.
Other than the body, Jiang Yue had the yin-yang primordial flame.
Unfortunately, the flame was weak when he got it and its level hadn’t improved a lot in the past decade.
At best, the flame was only useful against those below the qi transformation realm.
The third method available to Jiang Yue was formation disks.
His formation disks were relatively reliable but his mastery was still low.
If he encountered another formation master or a cultivator at the core formation realm, the effectiveness of his formation disks wasn’t high.
After the disks was his own illusion skills.
Jiang Yue believed in his illusions but he was still hindered by his lack of a good weapon.
Without a good weapon, Jiang Yue’s illusions were still powerful but not as potent as they could be.
Finally, there was XiaoLan.
As a descendant of the Blue illusion butterfly, her illusions were extremely dangerous for those below the core formation realm.
This gave Jiang Yue a lot of confidence but he still wanted to forge a good natal weapon.
[XiaoYue, some of your illusions require time to take effect. This net should be useful in trapping enemies.] Yu Nianzhen transmitted.
[We can try to buy it.] Jiang Yue immediately agreed.
He knew where his weakness lay and didn’t mean to miss the three-thunders purple net.
"The starting price of the three thunders net is thirty-five million low-grade spirit stones. Every increase should not be less than ten thousand spirit stones." Old man Jun continued.
After saying that, the auction quickly started.
"Forty million spirit stones." Jiang Yue bid and immediately drew attention.
"Forty-one million spirit stones." A voice came from another private box on the second floor.
In this way, the price war continued until Jiang Yue took down the net for fifty-three million spirit stones.
"It’s worth the price." He couldn’t help but say when the net was delivered to him.
It carried a powerful lightning concept and any enemies caught with it would immediately be numbed by lightning.
"It should also be a good cultivation aid for lightning cultivators." Yu Nianzhen stated.
"When there is a chance, I will lend it to brother Xuan." Jiang Yue said and put the net away.
Time flowed like a river and in a short while, the auction had already entered the mid-stage.
Other than the three-thunders purple net, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue hadn’t bought anything else.
However, three of their items had already been auctioned and they earned more than three hundred million spirit stones after the commission to the BlueStar Treasure pavilion.
[When I think we have so many spirit stones, I can’t help but feel a little complicated about our poor days.] Jiang Yue said and sighed.
[It was only a matter of time before we became rich again.] Yu Nianzhen said and his eyes softened.
[You are right.] Jiang Yue agreed.
Now that they had enough spirit stones for their cultivation and the jade box, he was at ease.
He didn’t care too much about their expenditure and no longer felt restrained when he encountered something he liked.
’Spirit stones are another kind of freedom.’ He thought and leaned on Yu Nianzhen to continue watching the auction.
Item after item was sold and soon after, the eightieth item was placed on the block.
This item was a herb and its nine leaves enclosed a white and black flower.
"Dual polarity flower." Yu Nianzhen exclaimed excitedly.
He hoped to find the dual polarity flower or the yin-yang flower in the Nine Treasures secret realm and didn’t expect he would find either even before he entered the secret realm.
"Azhen, do you need this thing?" Jiang Yue asked.
Yu Nianzhen nodded and looked at the flower, "I need it."
"This dual polarity flower is more than ten thousand years old. It won’t be easy to take down." Yang Xu warned and looked at his disciple meaningfully.
The dual polarity flower was a heaven and earth treasure that allowed a peaceful existence of opposing concepts.
Without it, it was absolutely impossible for a cultivator to smoothly comprehend and integrate opposing ways.
"Nianzhen, what are you planning?" Yang Xu asked.
"Master should have already guessed it." Yu Nianzhen said and Yang Xu sighed.
At the origin tempering realm, a cultivator could refine a maximum of nine treasures and integrate them into their own way.
However, Yang Xu didn’t expect his disciple to be so ambitious.
With the dual polarity flower, Yu Nianzhen could refine a maximum of eighteen treasures.
This was possible because the dual polarity flower could allow the existence of two opposing treasures in each treasure world.
"Nianzhen, have you thought about this matter carefully?" Yang Xu asked.
More treasures didn’t necessarily mean more power.
However, if Yu Nianzhen played his cards right, the outcome would be beyond everyone’s expectations.
’I am a little ashamed of being his master.’ Yang Xu thought and sighed a little.
As a master, he hadn’t taught his disciple well but Nianzhen had somehow discovered an unexpectedly powerful path.
"I have thought about it." Yu Nianzhen said and looked at Jiang Yue.
The dual polarity flower wasn’t just useful to himself, it was also important to Jiang Yue.
Because of the opportunity he received in the Black Wind Abyss, Yu Nianzhen’s understanding of the tao was a little more than Jiang Yue’s.
However, it was only a matter of time before Jiang Yue also stumbled on the path of duality.
After all, everything in the world existed in pairs. Yin existed with yang, fire existed with ice, eternity existed with instant, light existed with darkness, and so forth.
After realising this truth, Yu Nianzhen planned to include the concept of duality when refining treasures to temper his origin.
’I must take down this flower at any cost.’ He thought and focused his attention on the stage.
While they were speaking, the price of the dual polarity flower had already reached ninety million spirit stones.
However, Yu Nianzhen knew this price was still low.
Without two hundred million spirit stones, he probably couldn’t take down the dual polarity flower.
