The Journey of Immortal Cultivation

Chapter 1073 - 587: Money Isn’t the Problem, the Problem Is...

But rumors once again proved their powerful ability to spread, indeed running faster than a good horse. In just a little over an hour, the news of the Divine Artifact’s emergence had spread throughout the entire Inner City!

"A Divine Artifact has actually appeared, and it’s in the auction house. It’s truly a rare wonder in the world! No matter what, we must go take a look."

"Indeed, indeed. I’ve been spending my days at Bai Yujing, and my purses are completely empty. I had no choice but to withdraw yesterday. Who knew a Divine Artifact would appear today! Alas, if I’d known, I wouldn’t have spent so much money on those useless things."

Someone nearby sneered: "With your impoverished look, even if you don’t spend a cent, the Divine Artifact wouldn’t belong to you!"

As soon as the words fell, they stirred a wave of long sighs and exclamations. Cultivation is all about wealth, companions, law, and land, with wealth being the first. Such a Divine Artifact, ordinary cultivators and demons of low rank naturally don’t deserve to hold it. Who knows which deity will finally obtain the Nanming Lihuo Sword.

At the residence of Grandmaster Jin from Jishi Building, a confidant had already pushed the door in and, still catching his breath, rushed to say, "Master, Bai Yujing has appeared with the Divine Artifact Nanming Lihuo Sword, and it will be auctioned in just under an hour!"

Jin Wuhuan’s face was slightly moved, and he asked, "Any movement in box number 732?"

"Yes!" The confidant immediately nodded, "The people we sent to keep watch saw the door to box number 732 open, and someone rushed out of Bai Yujing. They must be going to gather funds."

Jin Wuhuan immediately stood up and said, "It seems she is also interested in this Divine Artifact. Let’s go, I’ll accompany you."

Meanwhile, in Central Capital, hidden currents surged everywhere. Many cultivation world’s wealthy and powerful families received the news, and the front of Heavenly Residence was busier than ever, even more crowded than on the first day of the auction! Naturally, most people came with the attitude of "if you have money, spend it; if not, join the crowd" to see the excitement. However, Jiu Mo came out to observe the situation and then went back to report to Ning Xiaoxian, which made the latter increasingly uneasy.

The more people there are, the muddier the waters become! It seems the competition will be fierce. Especially since the Divine Sword has not yet been included in any catalog, it is impossible for the market to estimate its value. Right now, all buyers are groping in the dark, not knowing what price this treasure will be auctioned for, but those with only a few million spirit stones probably shouldn’t dream about it.

The money in her hands is still not plentiful.

Ning Xiaoxian decided to attend the Bai Yujing auction after she had already brought a portion of Hidden Stream’s liquid assets, totaling about seventeen million spirit stones, with her. She spent over seven million on the first day on the Dragon Piercing Halberd, so in the past few days, nearly ten million spirit stones have been spent. However, the Hidden Stream Spirit Pill elixirs sold during these days earned her over four million spirit stones. Currently, she has a total of eleven million spirit stones in cash in her hands.

This number sounds huge, but converted into green spirit stones it could even fill this entire box, yet using it to buy the Nanming Lihuo Sword? It’s probably still too thin.

Right now, every floor’s Water Moon Mirror shows that the originally sparse VIP chairs in the center of the hall are now completely full, with no seats available for newcomers. Heavenly Residence is arranging additional seating. So, how many new people have entered those other boxes?

She rubbed her temples. At that moment, Steward Wu came in and handed her the receipt and storage bag, saying, "Earlier, there were so many buyers rushing to have their items appraised, I was almost pushed to the back. Fortunately, the old masters responsible for appraisals still remember the ’Storm’ Divine Brush and prioritized pricing your goods."

She took it and saw that the receipt listed the price of each item. Because she mortgaged them for certain, each item’s appraised value was higher than those sent for appraisal a few days ago. So, the Reincarnation Platform, red scale meat, Divine Brush, Rejuvenation Pill, and other spiritual medicines with special effects, totaled a collateral of thirteen million spirit stones.

Among them, the ’Storm’ Divine Brush alone was priced at five million spirit stones, indicating the appraisers considered it a quasi-divine artifact. However, because its usage conditions were strict, and this was a pawn price, the Chamber of Commerce would earn more from auctioning it later, so its collateral value was lower than the Dragon Piercing Halberd.

Now she has a total of over twenty-four million spirit stones. Ning Xiaoxian, regarding this number, still felt a bit anxious. If she runs short of cash, she might just have to pawn this Dragon Piercing Halberd too, she thought.