"This is the ’Liyang Purple Bone’ obtained from the dwelling place of the War God-level Alien Beast ’Liyang Beast’. As the ’Liyang Beast’ sat down at the end of its life span and witnessed the last dawn, it took a breath of eastern purple qi, concentrating its life’s essence into this ’Liyang Purple Bone’. After 330,000 sunrises bathe it, there is hope for the ’Liyang Beast’ to be resurrected from this ’Liyang Purple Bone’ and go further."

Whether it’s the War God-level Alien Beast ’Liyang Beast’.

Or the ’Liyang Purple Bone’ left behind after the ’Liyang Beast’ dies.

They all sound impressive, but in reality, they are just like that.

The so-called resurrecting ’Liyang Beast’ and ’Liyang Purple Bone’, at least in the historical records of the Mountain and Sea Realm, not a single recorded instance exists.

In the Mo Yin Continent, there are even some idle War Gods and Overlords who collected the ’Liyang Purple Bone’ and placed it in their dojo, assigning guards day and night to ensure the ’Liyang Purple Bone’ bathes in the sunlight every day. If there’s a cloudy day, some Overlords would even jump to the skies to dispel the clouds, allowing the sun to shine as usual, year after year, decade after decade.

However, to this day, there has not been a single resurrection.

So, the ’Liyang Purple Bone’, no matter how embellished it sounds, is just a somewhat legendary Fifth Rank material. It can be used for artifact refining, or ingested into pills, that’s all.

The starting price is only a mere 2 Primordial Pills.

But for Yan Chuan, it holds special significance—

[Miracle Item·Purple Gold Shuttle (Level 50): ....]

(Upgradeable.)

(Searching for fusible materials.)

(Search completed, materials sorted by fitting degree—)

(① Liyang Purple Bone)

...

"Liyang Purple Bone!"

"It can upgrade the ’Fifth Rank·Purple Gold Shuttle’!?"

Yan Chuan was pleasantly surprised.

He originally had no hope for this auction, coming only with a mindset to learn and gain experience. Unexpectedly, he actually stumbled upon a material that could upgrade the Miracle Item on him.

Opportunity knocks only once!

It must be secured.

"3 Primordial Pills."

"5 Primordial Pills."

"10 Primordial Pills."

There were indeed quite a few Divine Generals interested in the ’Liyang Purple Bone’. The starting price climbed from 2 Primordial Pills all the way to 20 Primordial Pills, which was clearly far above the intrinsic value of a Fifth Rank material. After all, even a finished Fifth Rank Odd Weapon was only 50 Primordial Pills, and this ’Liyang Purple Bone’ was almost catching up to the price of a Fifth Rank Odd Weapon, obviously abnormal.

But fortunately, there were curious ones, and few brainless ones.

When Yan Chuan called out 23 Primordial Pills, finally no one bid any higher—

Liyang Purple Bone!

In his hands!

...

With the ’Liyang Purple Bone’, the ’Purple Gold Shuttle’ was steady for a promotion to Sixth Rank. Yan Chuan was in a great mood, and he was purely watching the excitement of the auction from then on.

Low-price lots were transitioned during the halfway point.

This was standard procedure.

After the halftime, the first item was one of the star products of this auction—

"This is the ’Eight Gates Holy Yuan Array Flag’, crafted by Grandmaster Zhonghang Lu, the City Lord of Five Blessings City. The array is divided into eight gates—Kai, Xiu, Sheng, Shang, Du, Jing, Si, Jing, each with its mystical uses. The three auspicious gates are Kai, Xiu, Sheng, and the three evil gates are Si, Jing, Shang, while Du and Jing are neutral. When the auspicious gates are restrained, they yield not, and when the evil gates are restrained, they thrive not; auspicious generates great benefits, while the evil, when life-given, disaster is unavoidable. If the auspicious gates are restrained, nothing beneficial comes, and if the evil gates are restrained, affairs turn worse."

"’Kai Gate’ belongs to metal, capable of releasing Essence Stone Essence to assist cultivation."

"’Xiu Gate’ belongs to wood, recuperation and regeneration, can quickly restore True Qi and energy."

"’Sheng Gate’ belongs to earth, the turning of Yang Qi, earth giving birth to all things, can nourish Primordial Qi and heal injuries."

"’Shang Gate’ belongs to..."

...

The ’Eight Gates Holy Yuan Array’ is not merely as simplistic as the ’Five Elements Release Origin Array’. It’s actually a comprehensive array encompassing functions like cultivation, recuperation, growth, defense, and aggression. The crafting difficulty is extremely high, one array can be used multiple ways, and its power in various aspects is not small. It can threaten Fifth Rank Divine Generals and guard against the raid of Sixth Rank Divine Generals, truly a must-have for home and travel.

Of course.

The price is not low either.

"’Eight Gates Holy Yuan Array Flag’, starting price, 800 Primordial Pills!"

...

Can’t afford!

Can’t afford!

Still can’t afford!

Yan Chuan, attending an auction for the first time, fully sensed the disparity of the world. There are Divine Generals who spend hundreds or thousands of Primordial Pills without batting an eye, while others are reluctant to even use ’Primordial Pills’ or ’Five Elements Release Origin Array’ just to save that twenty percent, forty percent Essence Stone wear and tear.

The gap is too big.

"The wealth distribution among Divine Generals have always been unequal. Big forces accumulate more Divine Generals, more resources, more wealth. Some Divine Generals are born with privilege, easily gathering hundreds or thousands of Primordial Pills, but behind it might be the lifetime savings of parents or accumulation of several generations of a clan."

"For example, those Divine Generals bidding on the ’Eight Gates Holy Yuan Array Flag’, most of them are backed by trading houses, or by historical families and sects behind those big trading houses, they have a deep foundation, making it easy to gather thousands of Primordial Pills. But as long as this set of Array Flags can save their lives three or five times, thousands of Primordial Pills are totally worth it."

Tan Yunqing, well-versed in the ways of the world, knew that many Divine Generals in many forces weren’t short of money, rather it was foundation they lacked. And items like the ’Eight Gates Holy Yuan Array Flag’ form part of that foundation. Only with countless similar treasures could a giant force remain solid as a rock.

For example, the Four Families and Three Sects of the Hunxi Territory.

For example, the Thirteen Royal Families of the Danhu Realm.

The foundation of such War God-level forces is unimaginable.

Yan Chuan is far from that.

Tan Valley is far from that.

Even Great Yan is far.

...

"4000 now." In the North Mansion Stone Chamber, Ding Xiang’s charming face flushed with excitement, "Do Array Masters earn such wealth? Can I! Can I earn like this in the future?"

She never expected, just because the first Grandmaster-level character she encountered in fields like ’Elixir Pill, Artifact Talisman Array’ was an Array Master like Zhonghang Lu, she bound the second slot of ’Mind Reading Technique’ to him, not wanting to waste time, planning to learn first.

But who would have thought, that an inconspicuous Array Master could earn more than alchemy, artifact crafting, or talisman drawing, with a set of Array Flags far exceeding the price of elixirs and surprise weapons!

"A single set of ’Eight Gates Holy Yuan Array Flag’ could sell for at least four thousand Primordial Pills, a sky-high price!"

"No need for much!" 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"If I craft a set in my spare time each year, I shall have ten years of cultivation worry-free!"

Ding Xiang was about to be overwhelmed by surprise, joy bursting forth.

On the other side, Situ Fei was also about to faint, joy overflow—

Rumbling!

The True Qi within her body rampaged, Primordial Qi surged.

She sat cross-legged on the ground, as if cast amidst the sea, drifted and floated with the waves.

Outside, the bidding was intense, Ding Xiang was mad with excitement, Situ Fei advanced rapidly as if thunderous and charged—

"3000 Primordial Pills!"

Rumbling!

Innate Second Layer.

"I bid 4000 Primordial Pills!"

Whoosh!

Innate Third Layer.

"5000 Primordial Pills, I can only bid so much, the rest you contend for."

Sizzling!

Innate Fourth Layer.

When Situ Fei snapped awake from her dazed state as if struck by a bolt of lightning, checking her own condition, she found that she had sprung forth from Innate First Layer to Innate Fourth Layer during the auction of the ’Eight Gates Holy Yuan Array Flag’, already reaching First-Rank Peak!

"Vast True Qi, lively Primordial Qi! At this pace, within another two or three months I will certainly reach Innate Fifth Layer, advancing to a Second-Rank Divine General!" Situ Fei stood up, glancing at the excited Ding Xiang next door, not knowing why she suddenly got so thrilled.

A woman’s heart, the deepest abyss.

Even as a woman herself, Situ Fei felt she couldn’t fathom it.

Looking outside again.

The bidding for the ’Eight Gates Holy Yuan Array Flag’ had already ended.

...

Ultimately, the ’Eight Gates Holy Yuan Array Flag’ sold for an astonishing 5280 Primordial Pills.

The base price for a Sixth Rank Odd Weapon is 500 Primordial Pills.

The price for a Sixth Rank Treasure fluctuates between 500 and 3000.

The final price of this set of ’Eight Gates Holy Yuan Array Flag’ surpassing both the Sixth Rank Odd Weapon and Sixth Rank Treasure is truly astonishing.

"Array Art!"

"Array Master!"

"When they do make a move, it’s grand!"

Yan Chuan works hard and doesn’t even know how long it will take him to earn five thousand Primordial Pills, but Zhonghang Lu easily earns it with just a set of Array Flags, a vast difference.

However, compared to the Seventh Rank Odd Weapon ’God Slaying Spear’, everything else is just an appetizer.

"Everybody has long awaited the next item, I won’t keep you in suspense. ’God Slaying Spear’, Ancient Divine Weapon, refined at least a thousand years ago by a High Rank Divine General as their Life-bound Divine Weapon, containing a kind of impression similar to the ’Soldier Dao Realm’. The impression remains rich, comprehensively evaluated at Seventh Rank top-grade, a starting price of 10000 Primordial Pills, with each increase not less than 10 Primordial Pills."

...

"Thirteen Royal Families."

"Four Families and Three Sects."

"Also other Royal Cities’ other War God-level forces."

"And the Second-rate Powers beneath the War God-level forces in the Six Great Royal Cities."

When ’God Slaying Spear’ hit the auction, the entire venue immediately boiled over, the starting price of 10,000 Primordial Pills skyrocketed to 25,000 in just moments.

Fiery heat.

Insanity.

The Seventh Rank Odd Weapon, also called ’Divine Weapon’, containing impression, such a treasure can fully become a force’s ’Inheritance Treasure’ or ’Legacy Treasure’.

For instance, the Baili Family of Nanxiong City in the Hunxi Territory, the clan only has two or three Divine Generals, but if they get this ’God Slaying Spear’, perhaps they might glean insights from the ’Soldier Dao Realm’ within, achieving Sixth Rank Divine General. Sixth Rank Divine Generals open Cave Mansions for prolonged cultivation, leaving another ’Cultivation Cave Mansion’ upon death.

Seventh Rank Divine Weapon.

Cultivation Cave Mansion.

Just like that, a Third-rate Power is born.

In the future, aided by the Divine Weapon and Cave Mansion, if a Sixth Rank Divine General appears from time to time, when stabilizing the output of Sixth Rank Divine Generals becomes feasible, then it transitions to a Second-rate Power, below War God-level they can dominate.

A towering skyscraper starts from the ground up!

All this, perhaps begins with a Seventh Rank Divine Weapon.

Therefore, the fervent chase of the ’God Slaying Spear’ is imaginable.

"Divine General-level forces wishing to acquire a Seventh Rank Divine Weapon to upgrade to Third-rate."

"Third-rate forces hoping to gather more Seventh Rank Divine Weapons, expecting to soon steadily produce Sixth Rank Divine Generals, upgrading to Second-rate."

"Second-rate forces capable of producing Sixth Rank Divine Generals steadily, yet they desire more Sixth Rank Divine Generals."

"Even War God-level forces are the same."

Seventh Rank Divine Weapon!

Desired by forces of every level, leading to of course intense competition.

Some Lone Travelers, Over River Dragons, and some very wealthy Fifth and Sixth Rank Divine Generals are also interested in Seventh Rank Divine Weapons. Of course, these are very few, as it’s incredibly difficult for a Lone Traveler to come up with tens of thousands of Primordial Pills, nearly only multiple Divine Generals from a force with years of accumulation can boast such wealth.

Yan Chuan suspects that the Baili family would struggle to raise even over ten thousand Primordial Pills.

Ten thousand Primordial Pills owner?

Still rare even in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

But they do exist.

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