Another half hour passed in the auction, and it finally reached Zhou Xun's target.

"Tier Two Middle-Grade Spirit Medicine—Yuan Condensing Grass"

"The next auction item is a Tier Two Middle-Grade Spirit Medicine, Yuan Condensing Grass. It is the main medicine for the Tier Two Spiritual Pill, Yuan Condensing Pill, with a starting price of 1200 spirit stones!"

The Yuan Condensing Pill can assist Foundation Establishment Cultivators in cultivating the Foundation Strengthening and Essence Nourishing Elixir, so it naturally drew a lot of attention.

However, to obtain this spirit medicine, one would need to hire a Tier Two Middle-Grade Alchemist.

"1200 spirit stones!" Zhou Xun was the first to bid.

"1300 spirit stones!" At this moment, an elderly man with greying hair, appearing over sixty years old, followed up with a bid.

"1350 spirit stones!" shouted another middle-aged man with a rounded face.

Both of these people were Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and acquiring this spirit medicine surely meant they intended to refine it into a pill.

"1500 spirit stones!" Upon seeing this, Zhou Xun continued to bid.

He was really unwilling to let go of this spirit medicine just like that.

Moreover, a High-Grade Alchemist's status was equivalent to half that of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. Additionally, due to his youth, ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators would give him some face.

"Young man, you're merely at the Sixth-Layer Qi Refining. Why compete against us old folks for this spirit medicine?" At this point, the elderly man looked towards Zhou Xun's side, speaking with a smile.

Seeing this, Patriarch Song quickly chimed in:

"Elder Hu, Alchemist Zhou is a High-Grade Alchemist. Purchasing this spirit medicine is surely related to advancing to Tier Two Alchemist; please do not be offended!"

"For such a young person to be a High-Grade Alchemist, I am truly impressed. May I ask under which Alchemy Master you study?" The old man, hearing this, softened his tone considerably.

In his view, Zhou Xun, as a High-Grade Alchemist, naturally had no use for such spirit grass. His bidding obviously represented a Tier Two Alchemist behind him.

"My master does not allow us disciples to use his name outside; I hope Elder can forgive me for this!" Zhou Xun clasped his hands towards the elder, neither humble nor arrogant.

"If that's the case, then I'll let the young friend have this spirit medicine. You may visit my Hidden Jade Mountain at your convenience in the future!" the old man said with a cheerful smile.

The Hu family of Hidden Jade Mountain was equally a Foundation Establishment Clan, having two Foundation Establishment Cultivators, both at the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment.

"Thank you, Elder, for yielding!"

Thereupon, Zhou Xun successfully acquired the Tier Two Middle-Grade Yuan Condensing Grass for fifteen hundred spirit stones.

After the Yuan Condensing Grass, there were refined Yuan Condensing Pills for auction, so the elder naturally wouldn't compete too fiercely with Zhou Xun.

Considering that behind a young High-Grade Alchemist, there would at least be a Tier Two Low-Grade, if not a Tier Two Middle-Grade Alchemist.

Such individuals were not ones the Hu family could afford to offend.

For the remainder of the auction, Zhou Xun did not make any more bids.

After all, he had already spent over a thousand spirit stones; to continue bidding would draw too much attention.

As the auction went on, the treasures became increasingly precious, and those competing for them were increasingly Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

This opened Zhou Xun's eyes to new experiences.

Especially the final Foundation Establishment Pill, for which the competition was particularly intense.

Finally, Patriarch Song managed to acquire it for a high price of six thousand three hundred spirit stones.

The other families could afford it, but first, purchasing a Foundation Establishment Pill means needing to transport it back, a long journey full of risks.

Secondly, six thousand three hundred spirit stones exceeded the usual price for a Foundation Establishment Pill, making it an unworthy investment.

But the Song family was different. With Qingyue Square being the most prosperous market in the Eastern Domain of Xui Country, the family was naturally quite wealthy.

Currently, they only had one Foundation Establishment Cultivator. If it weren't for the background of that Daoist aunt, the Song family would have been devoured long ago.

Buying this Foundation Establishment Pill at this time might allow the family to add another Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Thus, spending a bit more spirit stones was not a concern, and besides, since it was situated right at the Song family's stronghold, the Pill could be consumed immediately to start the Foundation Establishment process.

For several reasons, the Song family acquired the Foundation Establishment Pill.

After the auction ended, Zhou Xun, accompanied by two disciples, returned to Danhai Pavilion.

Currently, Shi Wanying, being very young, was still unable to control the Alchemy Furnace.

Therefore, she could only follow along to learn some theoretical knowledge or handle the spirit medicines simply.

Having given all necessary instructions, Zhou Xun returned to his cave mansion.

His current Spirit Root Sensitivity had reached twenty-eight points.

Based on his previous experience with the Lanling Lantern Grass, Zhou Xun estimated that this time he could increase Sensitivity by two points.

Zhou Xun entered the Quiet Chamber, skillfully running the Spring Condensation Scripture, extracting the essence of the Yuan Condensing Grass.

Then he merged it with himself.

The feeling of sublimation appeared once again, followed by the automatic operation of the cultivation technique.

However, the degree wasn't as obvious as when absorbing the essence of the Blue Spirit Lamp Flower.

After everything concluded, Zhou Xun sensed that he was only halfway to the Peak of Sixth-Layer Qi Refining.

This absorption of essence at least saved him two years of arduous cultivation.

Simultaneously, he took out a half-human high, sun-dial-shaped Spirit Testing Spiritual Artifact, the Spirit Testing Disc.

Zhou Xun procured it specifically to test Spirit Root Sensitivity.

It cost him nearly a hundred spirit stones.

Placing both hands on the Spirit Testing Disc, he then injected a thread of mana.

Quickly the result appeared.

Sure enough, the Spirit Root Sensitivity had reached 30 points.

"In at most two years, I will reach the Peak of Sixth-Layer Qi Refining!"

"Then, with the consumption of that Spirit Gathering Pill exceeding the Premium Level, I will surely reach the Seventh-Layer of Qi Refining in one fell swoop!"

By that time, Zhou Xun would be just thirty years old.

A late-stage Qi cultivator at thirty would undeniably be considered a Foundation Establishment seed in any family.

However, once reaching the late-stage Qi Refining, it would be time for him to leave Qingyue Square.

Reaching the late-stage Qi Refining, he also needed to start preparing for his Foundation Establishment.

Stay in Qingyue Square, and there would be no opportunity for Foundation Establishment.

It should be known that even the local landlord Song family only had the opportunity to purchase a Foundation Establishment Pill due to this Hundred Treasures Pavilion auction.

Walking out of the Quiet Chamber, Zhou Xun felt refreshed.

The Profound Armor Armadillo crawled to Zhou Xun's feet and rubbed against him.

The armadillo had grown to half human size, becoming a Tier One Middle-Grade Demon Beast.

The speed of its advancement was quite astonishing.

Even those high-grade bloodline demon beasts mentioned in the Beast Taming Scripture couldn't compare in the slightest.

Such speed could only be achievable by an earth-grade bloodline.

"Could the essence fused last time actually have created an earth-grade bloodline!"

Thinking of this, Zhou Xun couldn't help but feel a bit envious.

He had absorbed numerous precious spirit medicines, barely reaching the mid-level of Middle-Grade Spiritual Root.

And yet, this creature, with merely a Tier One High-Grade Spirit Medicine, reached earth-grade.

Fortunately, the beast was his spirit beast; its strength also represented his own combat power.

Zhou Xun had read in scriptures that in surrounding cultivation countries, there were sects focused entirely on beast taming.

The cultivators there neither practiced Daoist techniques nor used magical artifacts, relying entirely on their spirit beasts for combat strength.

Even their cultivation levels were linked to their spirit beasts. The stronger the spirit beast, the more it would feedback to the cultivator, enhancing their cultivation.

It's truly remarkable.

The following days went back to being peaceful.

Cultivation, alchemy, talisman making, body refinement, array study, divination, spirit beast care, and spirit grass tending.

Regular and mundane.

On this day, Zhou Xun was drawing talismans inside the cave mansion.

Currently, his talisman Dao capabilities had reached the peak of Middle-Grade, allowing him to start trying to refine High-Grade Talismans.

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