Chapter 247 - Chapter 247: Chapter 216: Tianyang Palace_i (1/2)

Chapter 247: Chapter 216: Tianyang Palace_i

After leaving the city gates, Xu Mu rode his sword towards Tianyang Palace on Tianyang Mountain. It only took him a moment before a towering mountain came into view.

The mountain was somewhat strange, not the usual gray-brown, but a faint golden-red, as if coated with a layer of red gold. Under the sunlight, it emitted a faint glow, exuding unparalleled sacredness.

As he neared the mountain, Xu Mu retracted his flying sword and descended from the sky, joining the crowd heading towards Tianyang Mountain.

Only a very few dared to fly directly into the skies above the mountain. Each person who did so emanated an extremely imposing presence, at least on par with masters of the Golden Core Stage.

As an unknown Loose Cultivator like Xu Mu, he naturally didn’t dare make a rash charge towards it.

He followed the stream of people to the gate of the mountain. After a detailed registration, he paid the cost of a Medium-grade Spirit Stone and was allowed to stay in a guest room.

There were still several days before the internal auction of Tianyang Palace took place, and he must stay here during that time.

“What a rip-off! A place with this level of spiritual energy concentration would cost at most ten Lower-grade Spirit Stones outside!”

Xu Mu closed his eyes for a short rest, then helplessly shook his head.

The entire region honored the Tianyang Palace. Some goods were only made by them; if you want to buy such things, you have to follow their rules.

Arriving early and waiting here was part of those rules.

Ordinary Loose Cultivators probably couldn’t afford even the entrance fee.

Perhaps this was also a form of screening; otherwise, anyone could come here, leading to chaos, a lack of safety, and wasted time.

Several days later, Xu Mu received a notification from a Tianyang Palace disciple and followed the crowd to the auction site.

This place already gathered more than a thousand Cultivators, the majority of whom were at the Foundation Establishment Stage, and also quite a few at Golden Core Stage.

From this, it was clear just how powerful Tianyang Palace was.

There was no differentiation among private rooms here, seating was as per the order of arrival.

Before long, an Elder from Tianyang Palace who was in charge of the auction came onto the stage and brought out the first item for auction.

“We have a tier six Magic Artifact, the Sunfire Armor, crafted by the Master Artificer of Tianyang Palace. Made with Blazing Crystals, Red Refined Iron… Starting bid is twenty High-grade Spirit Stones!”

The starting item was a tier six defensive artifact, which slightly surprised Xu Mu.

If this was Tianhe City, this defensive artifact could be the finale item at a large auction.

Yet auctions like these take place every three months in Tianyang Palace.

He couldn’t help but admire their resources!

Xu Mu wasn’t interested in magical treasures or pills; his sole purpose of coming here was to purchase Pure Sun True Water.

Although Pure Sun True Water is precious, it’s not the main attraction in such auctions, so Xu Mu wasn’t worried about anyone competing with him.

However, as he kept waiting, the expected Pure Sun True Water did not appear.

It was not until the auction was about to end and he was starting to get anxious, that the first batch of Pure Sun True Water finally made its appearance.

There s no need for me to tell you about the uses of Pure Sun True Water. We have it here in quantities of ten kilograms, the starting bid is three High-grade Spirit Stones!”

As soon as the auction host spoke, there was a commotion among the crowd.

Because this price was three times higher than usual.

“It seems that recent news is true.”

“Even if the news is true, it shouldn’t affect us here so quickly, right?”

“Better safe than sorry, don’t you understand?”

“No wonder there are so many people coming to this auction. Not only that, but the prices of sun-attributed magical treasures and pills have also generally increased by one or two percent!”

The chatter from the crowd around him made Xu Mu frown.

It wasn’t the high auction price of Pure Sun True Water that bothered him, but the so-called news mentioned by the crowd.

That news was the outbreak of a magic disaster in the Southern Domain!

The news received by ordinary cultivators in the Middle Domain was that for an unknown reason, a large amount of Demonic Qi had appeared in the southern areas, causing the nearby people and monster beasts to go mad, leading to a magic disaster.

But with his other self still residing in Tianhe Sect, he probably understood the situation better than anyone else in the room.

Soon after he left, the demonic qi began to spread. After over a year of proliferation, the Demonic Qi had enveloped more than half of the Tianhe Sect area and was still expanding outward.

If it was just that, the impact might not reach the Middle Domain. The real reason why cultivators from the Middle Domain started paying attention was that they received a lot of information about Cultivators from the Demonic Dao gathering and heading towards the Southern Domain in droves.

One should know that the Demonic Dao forces on this continent are not weak.

Now that they have the sudden support of Demonic Qi, they might turn the tables on the righteous Cultivators, and given the nature of the Demonic Dao cultivators, they might trigger a massive war between Cultivators and Demonic Dao practitioners across the entire continent.

Whether such a decisive war between the Cultivators and those of the Demonic Dao will break out, he didn’t care. After all, his family had already moved to the Middle Domain and found a safe place to hide.

This matter should be left to the Nascent Soul Stage and Divinity Transformation Stage powerhouses to worry about!

What really caused his frown was not the speed of the news spreading, but the impact it would undoubtedly have on his attempt to purge the Demonic Qi within his body.

Like the present situation, where everything related to suppressing the Demonic Dao had started to see a sharp increase in prices.

“I just hope that the Pure Sun True Water in front of me will work, otherwise things will get more and more troublesome in the future!”

Xu Mu sighed.

As for the price, he didn’t care. Given his wealth, he could afford it even if it was ten times more expensive.