Cultivating with Symbiosis Panel-Chapter 152 - 128: Spirit Stones Spent, Auction Preparation
There are still some mortals over there waiting to be fed by him, incidentally allowing him to exchange for some unique materials from that area.
Once he gradually planted a batch of peach, plum, apricot, and jujube trees into the vast cave mansion, it barely brought a touch of greenery to the originally barren land.
Should they blossom and bear fruit, their fragrance would surely drift for miles.
But the cost was that he had spent over a million Spirit Stones completely.
With his money pouch now emptied, Li Ye suddenly felt a bit insecure.
He urgently needed some Spirit Stones to fill up his money pouch.
He didn’t plan to sell too much of the Purple Oil Spring Rain at once, so he could only clear out his stock from this period.
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"You say you want to hold an auction?" Su Ya, upon hearing Li Ye’s intention, was slightly taken aback.
Then he looked at him with a meaningful gaze.
He chuckled, saying:
"Junior Brother, did you buy a lot of things in the cave mansion?"
Having been around Su Ya for long, Li Ye naturally understood the underlying meaning, and immediately countered, "Seems Senior Brother has experienced such straits as well."
"The feeling is mutual."
Su Ya stood up, "If you want to hold an auction, I can take you to our Four Seasons Marketplace that is responsible for receiving guests and is open to the public.
Alas, it truly has been tough for you.
If it weren’t for that ban, you could directly sell to the sect, and they definitely wouldn’t shortchange you. But now, you can only sell outside."
The reason he mentioned was also why Li Ye couldn’t hand over his materials in large quantities to Ye Hall for them to sell.
There were already cultivators who had their eyes on the gourd oil and Lotus Pills coming into the sect, eagerly wanting to try these new items, including some Golden Core True Men.
This led to Li Ye and his fellow brothers and sisters after discussions, only taking out amounts sufficient for them to practice and experiment; the rest they truly dared not take more.
Li Ye shook his head nonchalantly, "It’s not that important, I really can’t mass supply right now anyway. Deciding who to give and who not is just a hassle, so might as well do it this way.
I also want to collaborate with my brothers and sisters, use my materials to create some pills, magical artifacts, and arrays, splitting the profits half and half, how about it?"
"No need to say, everyone will surely agree." Su Ya couldn’t help but laugh, "Whenever there’s something good, you always think of bringing us along, the treasures made from your materials are surely in more demand than supply."
"Let’s go, I’ll take you to meet our fellow brothers and sisters."
He brought Li Ye to Ye Hall, and after ringing the bell, quickly gathered all the brothers and sisters, explaining Li Ye’s idea.
The brothers and sisters naturally raised no objections, and were quite excited.
Due to the earlier reasons, they were even hesitant to sell externally, yet hadn’t even signed an order before it ended.
This also meant they didn’t know how the outside world would react specifically; this auction was indeed a good opportunity. At worst, they’d hide their names, only saying it was an auction by Four Seasons Sect cultivators.
No one would know exactly who was auctioning these things.
Immediately, they began discussing what would be best to sell at the auction.
Having known and experimented with these products’ characteristics, after a discussion, they quickly finalized the list.
In terms of pills, there were the Lotus Spirit Nourishing God Pill made from Lotus Pills, Celestial Essence Great Gourd Pill refined from gourd oil, gourds, and Gourd Pill provided by Li Ye, and other scattered Spirit Pills like Gourd Body Refining Pill, and Golden Red Beauty Pill.
For magical artifacts, there were gourds with diverse functions refined from gourd fragments and gourd oil, Storage Pouches capable of temporarily storing living things made from Void Ink Spirit Silkworm silk, and some other spiritual artifacts.
The arrays were relatively simpler, using Ink and Water Kansheng Potatoes and Void Ink Spirit Silkworm silk to draw arrays.
Two Spirit Plant Masters also brought out some spiritual materials to sell together, though these wouldn’t be splitting profits half and half.
At best, they were borrowing the auction to sell together, also enriching the auction’s variety.
In addition, there were some scattered primordial spiritual materials, to see if anyone needed them.
After the discussion, Li Ye followed Su Ya through the spatial array of the Steward Hall, arriving at the Four Seasons Marketplace located on the Eastern Domain grounds, welcoming visiting guests.
This marketplace was extremely luxurious, with the ground entirely paved with smooth, white jade, enough to accommodate ten carriages side by side. On both sides of the roads were stores contracted by both Four Seasons Sect cultivators and outside cultivators.
Each store was a three-story building of the same design, entirely made of wood, with carvings and paintings, even the pagodas and lanterns at the corners of the buildings were extraordinarily exquisite, seemingly carefully polished by a master craftsman.
Between the buildings were arrays and spirit plants segregating them. Various exotic flowers and grass were blooming in the ubiquitous flower beds. Coupled with the eternally clear skies, the entire marketplace was lively, with numerous cultivators bustling, a true shoulder-to-shoulder scene.
This reminded Li Ye of some not-so-pleasant memories from the autumn harvest festival he once attended.
"Are there normally so many cultivators here?" he transmitted to Su Ya mentally.
"Yes, this is after all our Four Seasons Sect’s only marketplace open to the public, with many cultivators coming here to eagerly shop for various spiritual materials."
Su Ya pointed to some pavilions in the distance, "See over there, they have shops from Celestial Vein Sword Mountain in the Southern Domain, Qiongguan Mountain in the Central State, and Spirit Refining Sect in the Northern Domain."
"They also provide cave mansion rentals; those endless mountain ranges and pavilions in the distance are all cave mansions, this business is also quite good."
Li Ye nodded repeatedly, but suddenly noticed a seemingly black smoke-emitting pavilion in the distance, and the signboard actually had the words: Blood Spirit Sect in big characters.
A Demon Path pavilion?
He hurriedly inquired to his senior brother.
"That indeed is a Demon Sect, but they are a Demon Sect under our supervision, responsible for researching some blood-related spirit plants," Su Ya replied.
"Can they really operate so blatantly here?"
"Why not? Even the Buddhist Sect says that the sea of bitterness has no bounds but turning back is the shore. The Blood Spirit Sect voluntarily surrendered, and even helped us eliminate three major sects of the Demon Path, so of course, they should be rewarded."
Su Ya did not look their way further, leading Li Ye soon to a pavilion named "Four Seasons Treasure Pavilion" at the center of the Four Seasons Marketplace, stepping inside.
A familiar sensation of spatial transfer came.
When Li Ye came back to his senses, a Qingqiu Fox cultivator with a fluffy red tail behind her, a smile at her mouth, stood before him.
The fox ears atop this cultivator’s head twitched slightly, and a delighted smile immediately appeared on her beautiful face, warm yet not overdone.
"Greetings to both Senior Brothers, I am Hu Tong."
With a gentle laugh, she said, "May I know if the two of you are here to buy treasures, sell treasures, or host an auction?"
"Host an auction," said Li Ye.
"I see, then do you two wish to list your names and statuses, or auction anonymously?
Our pavilion will deliver the items being auctioned to all Daoists interested in participating."
"Auction anonymously, here is our list, along with the Treasure Seals provided by the Pill-Refining Hall, Artifact Refining Hall, Array Hall, and Spirit Plant Hall."
Li Ye handed over a list.
Hu Tong carefully reviewed the list and couldn’t hide her stunned expression on her face; these were all spiritual medicines and treasures she hadn’t seen before, with the seals and identifications of the four halls in the sect as proof.
What are these two senior brothers’ backgrounds, who can produce such rare and precious items?
The doubt passed briefly in her mind.
Yet, being the registered Qingqiu Fox Race in the Four Seasons Sect, she knew certain things absolutely shouldn’t be inquired and must never leak secrets.
But this did not prevent her from smiling even more warmly:
"All these treasures are rare items, I will immediately make arrangements for you two, planning to host the auction within three days."
"If you two senior brothers don’t mind, you may come to enjoy our Four Seasons Treasure Pavilion’s Qingqiu Peach Blossom Spring."
"Once arrangements are complete, I will personally notify you."
With a bright smile, she gently pushed open a door behind her.
