Chapter 229 The Likes of Us Had Always Been Heartless (1/2)

In the end, the Fengli Staff was sent to Shen Lian under Zhao Xiaoyu's instructions.

The veil of clouds dispersed, and Zhao Xiaoyu looked at him with keen eyes and a smile on her face. Shen Lian wondered what was on her mind. Shen Lian was not affected by her beauty, though the same could not be said about Wu Qingzi.

Shen Lian accepted the Fengli Staff graciously. He never planned to bid against Zhao Xiaoyu, to begin with. He knew that he would be able to find a way to get it even if the item ended up in her hands. However, he did not expect her to hand it over to him as a gift after all the hassle. He was terribly confused by her move.

To be fair, both of them could not even be considered as friends. They engaged in a fierce battle back in Yue Tuo Kingdom, and that was partially the reason why Shen Lian managed to enter the path of Daoism. In the end, Shen Lian put behind the history between them and allowed for Zhao Xiaoyu to leave.

Five years had passed, and Zhao Xiaoyu had improved significantly. Her level of cultivation was deep and unpredictable. Shen Lian thought that she was doing it because of the past grudges, and yet it seemed that she was merely fooling around.

At this point, the past was not important anymore. Moreover, Shen Lian had deep mana now, and he was also equipped with Tongtian Skill. Moreover, he was the chief of Qing Xuan. He did not need to worry about being ambushed by her. If she sent it over as a gift, he would accept it graciously and without hesitation. He was not worried at all.

”Fellow Daoist Shen, since when did you know Fairy Xiaoyu? You both seemed close,” Wu Qingzi said with complicated feelings.

”I was about to ask what you were planning too. Didn't you just try to spend an exorbitant sum in order to make her happy?” Shen Lian replied.

”There's nothing to hide. The martial exercise that I'm cultivating focuses on 'Taishang Wangqing'. If I did not have strong feelings, there would be nothing to forget about. Fairy Xiaoyu is the only one that I could harbor feelings for, I'm moved by her every move. Too bad that she does not even bother to take a glance at me,” Wu Qingzi replied honestly. He was indeed one in a million, and he deserved Zhao Xiaoyu's respect. It was just that no matter how much he did, from Xi Huang to Eastern Sea, Zhao Xiaoyu ignored him completely. Besides Zhao Xiaoyu, there was nothing in the world that Wu Qingzi cared about. No matter how much he did, he could not move Zhao Xiaoyu's heart of stone.

Wu Qingzi fell in love with Zhao Xiaoyu because of his cultivation. However, his love for her was too deep now, and it was impossible for him to find someone else. If he could not move on, this would spell the end of his Taishang Detection Technique, and he would remain stagnant forever.

”Daoist brother, you didn't have to explain to me so clearly. Moreover, she could hear us talking,” Shen Lian sighed.

”My feelings are real, and so is my technique. What's there to hide?” Wu Qingzi replied.

After hearing his words, Shen Lian was slightly impressed. Without his magnanimity, he would not have gotten far even if he was from the Taishang Daoist Sect. Though, Shen Lian could not help but think that this was not how one should woo a girl.

Interesting and eye-opening items followed, and amongst them, there was a block of meat –”Meat of Observance”. There was an eye in the middle of it. The more one ate, the more it grew. It was impossible to finish eating it.

There was also an ancient mirror. If one were to look at it, one could see one's internal organs.

There were a lot more items that were as such.

Regardless of how interesting the items were, they were essentially useless to the likes of Shen Lian. After attaining the state of Bigu, the Meat of Observance would do nothing much for them. At most, it could maintain the energy of the body. Its effect was nowhere near that of Yiyuan Elixir. Though, if it fell into the hands of a mortal, it would be very useful indeed. It might even be treated as a national treasure.

After all, its characteristic - endless supply was a good sign.

As for the ancient mirror, them aside, even a cultivator who had attained the state of Qiaodong could inspect their internal organs. Being able to see their internal organs was really a useless feature to them. Though, to the doctors in the mortal world, this item would be valuable and could potentially help to save countless lives.

This was a lot more advanced than the medical imaging technologies back in the modern world where Shen Lian came from, and it was one of the key advantages Celestial cultivation had over the modern age.

After securing the Fengli Staff, Shen Lian did not do much besides observing the remaining items. Moreover, nothing caught his interest anyway.

After the commotion, everything returned to its once quiet state. A lot of people seemed disinterested. Even though most of them were non-formal cultivators, but a lot of them were the esteemed members of the sea nations.

They were here at the celestial market to procure some interesting and rare items, and at the same time, to join in the fun.

Now that the fun part was over, coupled with the lack of interesting items, the atmosphere dulled significantly. There were even instances where no one bade for the items.

Out of a sudden, the cultivator in charge of the auction took out an item. It was round and it looked like a pebblestone. There were red lights swirling on top, and it looked like a little ball of flame. Even from where Shen Lian was at, he could feel waves of warmth.

This was a demonic elixir; it might even be a demonic elixir of a demon king who had shapeshifted into a pebble stone, and it could be used to attain the state of Huandan.

The atmosphere was tense, and some people were even breathing hard.

Even Qing Xuan did not have demonic elixir of this quality in abundance. After all, despite having disciples who were more than capable of slaying a demon king, they would not casually slay demon kings just to help other disciples to attain the state of Huandan. If a great demon was offended by this, he might even come looking for trouble.

Even with its long history, Qing Xuan only had six or seven demonic king elixirs. Of course, the quality would be a lot better than what was being put on auction.

Even if one took the path of external alchemy with the aid of this demonic elixir, one would be able to attain at most, one Transformation of Huandan. Moreover, one might not even attain the state of Huandan, as the Qi of Essence on it had mostly been lost.