"Nascent Soul seed?"

"No wonder this senior's aura is much stronger than that of an ordinary Golden Core senior!" whispered another person in amazement.

...

Upon hearing the murmurs of the crowd, Xu Ping remained uninterested and directly strode into the marketplace.

He was destined to have no interaction with them, and truly couldn't be bothered to expend any effort understanding these irrelevant matters.

The moment he stepped into the market, he felt a powerful restriction wave.

"This array is at least at the third-rank middle grade level!" Xu Ping was secretly amazed.

With such an array combined with the disciples of the Luoyun Sect on the island, even a Golden Core Perfection cultivator would have difficulty breaching it in a short time.

Xu Ping walked along the main road paved with blue stones, flanked on both sides by shops with endless cries of vendors.

He noticed that the goods sold in these shops were of a much higher grade compared to regular marketplaces.

He even saw the presence of third-rank spiritual materials in a few shops.

However, Xu Ping wasn't very interested and walked straight to a shop named "Hundred Beasts Studio" at the front door.

Hundred Beasts Studio was established and opened by the Hundred Beasts Sect, one of the Golden Core Sects of Yue Country, with a wide variety of spirit beasts.

As soon as he entered, an amiable Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment elder greeted him with a full-face smile and enthusiastically asked, "This fellow Daoist, is there any spirit beast you have your eye on?"

"Does your store have any Spirit Worms for sale?"

While speaking, Xu Ping looked around and found various spirit beasts on display in the store, but they were mostly first-rank spirit beasts.

"Spirit Worm?"

The elder's face revealed a trace of surprise, then he curiously asked, "Are you an Earth Master?"

The Spirit Worm is a very rare demon beast, and although it has the effect of improving spirit veins, its intelligence is too low, making it difficult to control.

Moreover, very few cultivators are willing to purchase Spirit Worms to improve their spirit veins.

After all, without the Earth Master's Gaze, you wouldn't even know the exact location of the spirit vein, let alone talk about controlling the Spirit Worm to improve it.

"How come one must reveal their identity to purchase spirit beasts in your esteemed store?" Xu Ping, with a calm expression, responded faintly.

"That's certainly not the meaning."

The elder hurriedly waved his hand to explain, "It's just that Spirit Worms are extremely rare and uncommon. Not only is there no stock in this store, but even in our entire Hundred Beasts Sect, there is only one second-stage Spirit Worm."

"And this second-stage Spirit Worm is of great significance to our sect, so it certainly won't be sold externally."

Upon hearing this, a trace of disappointment flickered in Xu Ping's eyes.

If even the Hundred Beasts Sect doesn't sell Spirit Worms, then finding them in Yue Country is difficult.

However, just as Xu Ping was feeling resigned, the elder suddenly changed the topic, speaking lightly:

"However, our sect recently discovered traces of a nest of Spirit Worms elsewhere."

"If you truly have an urgent need for them, I can arrange for our disciples to catch them for you."

"Oh?"

Xu Ping's eyes lit up, immediately saying, "Then I'll trouble your sect's disciples to help capture this nest of Spirit Worms for me. Spirit Stones are not an issue."

"Alright."

The elder nodded in satisfaction, smiling even more widely, "However, according to the rules, you will need to pay a portion of the deposit first."

"No problem." Xu Ping agreed readily without thinking.

After all, backed by a major Golden Core Sect like the Hundred Beasts Sect, they have no need to deceive him over such a small amount of Spirit Stones.

In the worst case, even if they did try to deceive him, he had ways to deal with a Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Subsequently, Xu Ping paid a portion of the deposit as required and carefully discussed some specifics of the transaction with the elder, such as delivery time, location...

...

...

A quarter of an hour later.

Xu Ping left Spirit Beast Studio with a Super Long-distance Sound Transmission Talisman.

Then he turned down a few streets and arrived at a store named "Array Pavilion."

This store specializes in items related to arrays, and Xu Ping came here this time to purchase the materials needed to construct the Purifying Spirit Nourishing Vein Array.

Although many of the materials required for the Purifying Spirit Nourishing Vein Array are quite precious, fortunately, these materials are not especially rare.

With the abundant resources now gathered on Dragon Lion Island, and the Spirit Stones Xu Ping carried, he managed to completely gather them.

"Now that most of the items are prepared, all that's left is for the auction event to officially begin," Xu Ping pondered to himself.

.....

...

Five days later, the Luoyun Sect held their auction as scheduled.

On this day, the entire marketplace on Dragon Lion Island was more bustling than usual, with crowds thronging the streets and alleys in a lively mob.

Within this sea of people, even a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator like Xu Ping walked unnoticed, blending in quite ordinarily.

The auction venue was situated at the center of the island and was a grand and imposing circular building.

This building had three floors.

The first floor was a very spacious and massive plaza, capable of accommodating many ordinary cultivators.

The second and third floors had various luxuriously decorated private rooms providing a more private and comfortable auction environment for Foundation Establishment, Fake Pill, and Golden Core cultivators.

"This way, senior please!"

Guided by an attendant, Xu Ping arrived at a private room on the second floor.

The room was decorated elegantly, with Spirit Fruits and Spirit Tea on the table. Most strikingly, a Crystal Ball at the center showed a clear view of the auction stage.

"Hmm!"

Xu Ping nodded slightly, expressing his satisfaction, then walked over to the mat in the room and sat cross-legged.

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