Chapter 309. Astrael

The 5 Elements Spirit Fruit (Spiritual Object) was quickly sold out, with each fruit fetching a price of 2 Heavenly Crystals (Spiritual Object). It could be said that this was a rare instance where no premium was charged.

However, the other treasures were exceptionally precious; both the Nirvana Pill and the Nascent Soul Formation Pill (Spiritual Object) were Fifth Rank treasures.

An ordinary fifth-tier treasure typically costs at least 10 million spirit stones to acquire. Both the Nirvana Elixir and the Nascent Soul Formation Pill (Spiritual Object) rank among the more precious items within the fifth-tier category, with their values starting at tens of millions of spirit stones.

Even if purchased with the Origin Heavenly Crystals (Spiritual Object), it would require at least 30 Origin Heavenly Crystals (Spiritual Object).

Although the Golden Core clans present were powerful, even the most elite among them would have to exhaust their entire clan's accumulated wealth—gathered over hundreds of years and through the efforts of hundreds of thousands of cultivators across generations—to produce such an amount of spirit stones in 1 go.

Moreover, the Primordial Heavenly Crystal (Spiritual Object) is exceptionally rare. Gathering over 30 of them at once would prove exceedingly difficult.

However, long before the transaction, the Ji Clan had already made thorough preparations, notifying families with sufficient financial capacity about the treasures to be auctioned.

This time, the powerful Golden Core clans including the Deng Family, the Wei Clan, and Astrael (Person Name) had all brought Heavenly Crystal (Spiritual Object) with them.

Several families engaged in successive bidding, quickly driving the price of the Nascent Soul Formation Pill (Spiritual Object) to 30 Heavenly Crystals (Spiritual Object). Ultimately, it was purchased by Astrael (Person Name) for 30-8 Heavenly Crystals (Spiritual Object).

That Astrael, as the number 1 rogue cultivator in the Heavenly Abode Continent, already had 1 foot halfway into the Nascent Soul realm.

This man was ruthless and merciless. Over the years, he had secretly carried out multiple clan exterminations and had slain over half a dozen Golden Core cultivators.

As the saying goes, crime pays—through these ruthless methods, he had amassed an extraordinarily vast fortune.

Before arriving here, Astrael had sold off numerous treasures and several spirit mountains under his control to gather this sum of Heavenly Crystals. To think he could outmatch even the mighty Golden Core immortal clan of the Wei Family with such resources.

Strictly speaking, it wasn't that the Wei Clan's financial resources couldn't match his, but rather because Astrael (Person Name), as a lone cultivator, could squander his wealth without any reservations.

Moreover, the Wei Clan had to consider the long-term development of their family and could not possibly sell off all their fixed assets such as their spirit mountains.

Though he failed to acquire the Nascent Soul Formation Pill (Spiritual Object), Wei Tianxiong ultimately purchased that Nirvana Elixir for 30-2 Heavenly Crystals (Spiritual Object).

With this pill in hand, he now possessed the courage to risk blood sacrifice of his fleshly body and forcibly charge into the Golden Core Realm.

After purchasing the 2 treasures, Wei Tianxiong did not linger. He promptly departed from the Exchange Assembly with the 4 Golden Core cultivators of the Wei Family.

That Astrael also hastily departed from the market, seemingly afraid of being targeted for his Nascent Soul Formation Pill.

Given the strength of the Wei family and Astrael (Person Name), it would be nearly impossible to seize the 2 treasures unless a Nascent Soul True Monarch were shameless enough to intervene personally.

Eldrin watched Astrael's receding figure, his eyes narrowing slightly. With the Nascent Soul Formation Pill now in his possession, this man likely stood a genuine 50 percent chance of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm.

"Alas, for now, I am no match for this man."

Retracting his thoughts, Eldrin continued to observe the ongoing transaction in the arena.

The Ji Clan representative, having successfully traded for 80 Origin Heavenly Crystals (Spiritual Object), stepped down from the platform with profound satisfaction.

Next to step forward was the head of the Ling Clan. She cast a calm glance over the assembly before casually waving her hand. With a surge of magical power, she conjured shimmering outlines of various treasures and declared,

"Our Ling Clan has recently ascended several spiritual mountains and is in need of considerable array artifacts to establish the Mountain Guardian Formation."

"If any of you possess fourth-tier magical treasures or immortal swords, you may bring them forth to trade with me."

Everyone knew in their hearts that the claim of setting up a mountain-protecting array was merely a pretext. The true intention of Immortal Lingxu was to acquire a large quantity of fourth-grade magical treasures and immortal swords to serve as tribulation-crossing artifacts.

The Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation faced by a Golden Core cultivator is immensely powerful. Even with a supreme demon-refining treasure for protection, it is most prudent to employ several fourth-tier magical artifacts to withstand the initial waves of heavenly lightning—this approach proves most cost-effective.

In truth, using a fourth-tier superior-grade magical treasure to withstand the heavenly tribulation would be ideal. However, treasures of this caliber are exceedingly rare and generally difficult to procure.

A fourth-rank, superior-grade magic treasure was of inestimable value. Even among Golden Core immortal clans, it could serve as a foundational heirloom. After all, not every lineage possessed roots as profound as the 3 great sects of the Chu Kingdom.

Moreover, most of these magical treasures would be destroyed during the heavenly tribulation, but shattering mid-to-low grade Rank-4 treasures was far more cost-effective than losing high-grade Rank-4 artifacts.

Of course, these matters had nothing to do with the 2 of them. For Eldrin and Lyra, the treasures collected by the Ethereal Void Fairy brought them immense delight.

Heavenheart Herb, Void Gem (Spiritual Object).

Eldrin and Lyra exchanged a glance, unable to suppress their delighted expressions.

Fairy Lingxu truly lived up to her reputation as a suspected reincarnation of a True Monarch. Among those treasures were actually 3 stalks of Heaven’s Heart Grass and 4 Void Gems (Spiritual Object)—all precisely what they urgently needed.

Exchanging a glance with Eldrin, delight flickered in both their hearts.

The previous assaults on Celestial Python Lake (Location) and the Qingyang Sect, coupled with the recent beast tide, had allowed the duo to acquire no small number of fourth-grade magic treasures.

The 2 pooled their fourth-tier magic treasures and found a total of 7 suitable for trading.

They were the Void Serpent Seal of Heaven and Earth and the Cyan Sun Demon-Repelling Shuttle, 2 of the 6 treasures of the Cyan Sun Sect.

There was also the Black Flood Dragon Immortal Sword and the Dao Void Crown obtained by Eldrin after slaying the Black Flood Dragon Demon King. As for the remaining Crimson Flame Qi Golden Beads and the Heart-Piercing Red Scorpion Stingers, they were acquired by Lyra upon defeating the Crimson Scorpion Demon King.

The final item was the Celestial Heart Bracelet. This artifact originally served as the formation core of Celestial Python Lake (Location). After Lyra (Person Name) subdued it, she exchanged it for a fourth-grade mid-tier Dragon Transformation Blade.

These 7 treasures were the magic artifacts the 2 had prepared for trade; in truth, they still had several extra fourth-order artifacts in reserve.

For instance, the remaining Earth Marsh 5 Smoke Net and the Frostblade Immortal Sword—the former being a protective treasure exceptionally suited for transcending heavenly tribulations, while the latter was bestowed by Lyra (Person Name) upon her disciple Elara (Person Name).

And that Crimson Sun Void-Immolating Crucible (Magic Treasure) had already been given to the old clan leader by Eldrin (Person Name), making it unsuitable for trade now.

These 7 treasures were all lower fourth-grade magic treasures, each valued at approximately 1,000,000 spirit stones—nearly equivalent to the worth of a single Celestial Heart Grass.

The 2 exchanged a glance and promptly traded the Void Qilins Seal and the Qingyang Demon-Repelling Shuttle for 2 stalks of Heavenly Heart Grass.

However, the Void Treasure Crystals were exceptionally valuable, being the most crucial treasure for crafting teleportation arrays. Each crystal was priced at approximately 2,000,000 spirit stones, while the remaining few magic treasures could only be exchanged for 2 crystals.

Lyra pondered for a moment before retrieving several artifacts and the skeleton of the Crimson Scorpion Demon King. "I wish to exchange these fourth-tier magical treasures, along with the remains of a Golden Core, Mid Stage demon beast ruler, for 3 Void Gems," she stated.

Corpse of a Demonic King at the Golden Core, Mid Stage (Cultivation Realm).

A faint flicker crossed the brow of the Ethereal Void Fairy. 5 lower-fourth-grade magical treasures, valued at approximately 5 million spirit stones, could barely withstand the first 1 or 2 strikes of the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation.

On the other hand, the skeleton of the Crimson Scorpion Demon King (Demon Beast) was quite excellent, suitable for refining into a fine defensive magic treasure.

The combined value of these treasures was indeed more than sufficient to exchange for 3 Void Gems (Spiritual Object).

She cast another glance at Lyra, her eyes flickering slightly as she said, "So it's Fairy Jiang. These treasures happen to be of some use to me, whereas the fourth-tier Void Gem is no longer of any use to me."

"Very well, I'll include this last Void Gem (Spiritual Object) as a bonus. Add another 500,000 spirit stones and take it all away."