Chapter 258: Blood King Crown (1/2)
Jiang Li and the ancestor were so surprised because what they saw was none other than the cornerstone of the Scripture Storage Valley, a missing piece on the core stone monument of the Scripture Imparting Hall's ancient ruins!
More than 270 years ago, the battle for the ruins before the establishment of the Scripture Storage Valley was extremely intense.
They had destroyed the Scripture Imparting Hall, which was the core of the inheritances.
This also caused most of the cultivation methods and inheritances in the Scripture Storage Valley to be incomplete.
Only a small portion were lucky to be intact.
For example, Jiang Li's core spirit refinement cultivation method, the Great Carefree Bodhisattva Heart Sutra. The sect clearly knew how powerful this cultivation method was, and it was not inferior to or even superior to the four great inheritances of the Scripture Storage Valley.
However, why was it that after so many years, they were still unable to complete it, nor did they request Jiang Li to enter the Scripture Imparting Hall again to slowly complete the cultivation method?
That was because they had already tried it.
The stone monument that contained the later parts of the Heart Sutra was clearly damaged and lost. No matter how they tried, they could not obtain the rest of the content.
It was only by relying on Jiang Li's status that he was able to cultivate this technique.
The Scripture Storage Valley had once spent a great deal of effort to gather these lost fragments from back then. Over 200 years had passed before the Scripture Imparting Hall was restored to what Jiang Li saw now.
However, he did not expect to encounter it in the Eastern Region's Phoenix Sun City when the sect could not find it in the Great Mountain Region.
”Calm down first, don't worry.”
Jiang Li and the others did not immediately bid. Instead, after a while, after the atmosphere became cold for a long time, they tentatively placed an initial bid.
This was to prevent others from knowing their desire for this item and prevent them from raising the price maliciously.
As expected, after the No. 73 second-rate VIP room made a hesitant bid, the scene was still very quiet.
In the next second or two, the auctioneer on the stage clearly knew that the value of this thing was limited. It was already quite lucky that someone made a bid, avoiding an awkward auction round.
The planted bidders they arranged were naturally silent in this case.
Jiang Li successfully bought this fragment of the Scripture Imparting Hall's stone monument at the bottom price of 90,000 low-grade spirit stones.
When the service staff delivered the fragment and the spirit stones from Jiang Li's own auction, he and Ancestor Zhu could not believe that things would actually go so smoothly.
Honestly speaking, Jiang Li's luck could only be considered to be not bad that he encountered this fragment. Everything else he possessed was obtained through hard work.
Like the Immortal Slaying Flying Sword, Asura's corpse, Nine Nether Wood, etc.
But recently, he discovered that things seemed to have gone a little smoother.
From time to time, there were some good things that came to him without him needing to do anything.
For example, this stone tablet fragment, or the news from the escape team of the Hundred Tempering Mountain that he had lost contact with before, or the extremely outrageous decision at the Great Mountain Cultivation Conference that directly made him the Alliance Leader of the Great Mountain Alliance.
All of these events seemed to have happened after the Hundred Tempering Mountain battle.
In other words, it should be after he obtained the status [Merit Blessing (Small)].
From a certain perspective, this merit was very similar to the concept of ”character”.
A person with good character would often have good luck.
Jiang Li was able to become the Alliance Leader of the Great Mountain Alliance partly because his strength was extraordinary and he had outstanding contributions. On the one hand, he had a wide range of friends and was very popular. On the other hand, they were forced by the situation to find a leader that they could control.
However, it seemed that the merit blessing also played a huge role.
In this way, since this fragment had suddenly appeared before him under such circumstances, Jiang Li had reason to believe that there was an ancient inheritance that was greatly beneficial to him within it. It seemed that he had to find an opportunity to return to the sect someday.
Of course, luck did not represent everything. Jiang Li's merit blessing was considered 'small', so he naturally could not attribute everything to illusory luck. Everything had to be planned before taking action, otherwise, he would probably die without knowing how.
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The auction continued for a long time.
Fortunately, the sense of time for cultivators was different from ordinary people.
Having meditated all year round, their mental strength was much stronger than ordinary people.
Even on the most boring rounds, the things up for bid were actually rare and good. No matter what, it was good to broaden one's horizons.
After this continued for half a day, the mind of the auctioneer on the stage suddenly shook, and his voice suddenly rose.
Even Jiang Li looked a little stunned when he saw this auction item.
The auctioneer carefully placed a velvet tray on the stage and faced the stage with a mysterious expression.
”Everyone, I'm afraid that no more than ten people present have actually seen the next auction item. However, there should be many people who have heard of it!”
Hearing the auctioneer's introduction, everyone's curiosity was stirred.
”A special fruit that grants lifespan, the Longevity Peach!”
The auctioneer shook his hand, and the red high-grade cloth was lifted.
Five rosy, round spirit peaches that were pink like blushing girls appeared in front of everyone.
A fragrant and clear fruit smell spread from the stage. With just a sniff, one could sense a supreme delicacy.
”This is… a specialty of the Mu family of the Peach Forest.”
Jiang Li understood as he looked at the five exquisite Longevity Peaches.
The Mu family's Mu Chunyang was still secretly imprisoned in the Shu Mountain Demon Subduing Pagoda. Jiang Li naturally interrogated a lot of information about the Mu family.
This Longevity Peach that could grant 60 years of lifespan was the specialty of the Mu family.
As soon as the Longevity Peaches appeared, the auction hall became a little quiet.
Many cultivators below were attracted by the fragrance of the Longevity Peach and could not escape.
As for those factions who had heard of the title of the Longevity Peach, they were slightly stirred.
Just as the old auctioneer had said, this Longevity Peach was quite famous in the Eastern Region.
After all, one Longevity Peach could extend one's lifespan by 60 years, and eating five was equivalent to 300 years.
One had to know that even Golden Core cultivators could only live for 500 years.
Many cultivators started on the path of cultivation in order to seek immortality.
These five Longevity Peaches could extend one's life by 300 years, so how could they not be tempted?
Moreover, the further one went on the path of cultivation, the harder it was. Many top-notch cultivators at the Golden Core realm were wasting their time in front of a mountain pass and could not approach it. When their lifespan was about to end, they still had not broken through.
At this time, they would think of a way to delay the end of their lifespan, and this Longevity Peach was undoubtedly a very effective method.
It was said that because of the temptation of the Longevity Peach, the Mu Family of the Peach Forest had suffered a joint attack by top-notch cultivators.