Chapter 600: Lot Number One (1/2)
Lunacy, sheer lunacy!
Only an absolute madman would do what Lu Yun had done, and the countless cultivators and immortals arriving at the unnamed city were infected by his madness as well!
Although the void realm had been restored, void realm cultivators existed in only various powerful factions. No regular cultivators had made the ascension from being part of the general population!
They always ended up at a bottleneck upon reaching peak spirit realm. At best, they were able to ascend to the perceived void realm, thanks to some lucky accident. Improving further, however, was next to impossible without a void realm cultivation method.
But now, such a method was being openly sold in a market!
The auction held by the Panorama Pavilion wasn’t accessible to the general public. Only factions who’d received an invitation were permitted attendance. This marketplace, on the other hand, imposed no such restrictions. Anyone could enter, and with enough crystals, they would be able to buy a flawless void-realm method!
Although the price was astronomical, all of the cultivators and immortals here would be willing to bankrupt themselves in exchange for a method. It was the very definition of pricelessness!
Immortals didn’t dare sever their cultivation and start anew after the Dao Flower had dissipated, but the cultivation methods here granted them enough courage to take the risk. Even without the formation of heaven and earth, the so-called ‘false’ immortals now had a chance to catch up.
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“What is Lu Yun trying to do?!” The heads of the large factions refraining from visiting Dusk Province were stunned by the news.
“Isn’t the world chaotic enough as it is right now? If the smaller factions are allowed to rise in power, everything will be turned upside down!” In a fit of anger, an arcane dao immortal flattened a small hill with a shake of his hand.
“Those ancient talismans and fortress ships are all critical in war!” exclaimed a Ling immortal. “Even the Ling Clan doesn’t dares put them on the market now, but he’s selling those things in public!!”
Amid the chaos in the world, the Ling Clan was poised to make a killing in the markets, due to their monopoly over refining fortress ships. Biding their time and setting opportunities in motion, they were just about to cash in on their patience.
However, Lu Yun was selling his fortress ships at fifty percent of the price of Ling ships. Only fools would choose Ling products now!
“He’s the one starting all this, so don’t blame us for answering in kind!” sneered the Ling heavyweight.
This was the perfect chance to reverse engineer Lu Yun’s fortress ships. Once they grasped his secrets, the clan would take another great leap forward in strength. After all, their foundation stretched back eighty thousand years. Lu Yun’s little province couldn’t even begin to compare!
The man immediately contacted his fellow clan members in Dusk Province and told them to obtain several fortress ships.
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Now a patchwork of green and yellow, the Sal Tree of Life and Death quietly floated above Lu Yun’s head. Sensing gratitude intertwining with malice, and goodwill knotted with retribution from the city, his lips curved into a smile.
A great amount of goodwill collected on the tree, manifesting as bright yellow karmic fruit hanging among its branches.
“Aren’t you worried that letting the Lings learn your techniques will end up biting you in the rear end?” Qing Yu stood beside Lu Yun as her true self. All her energy had settled within her, and her cultivation had reached the turning point of ascension. She could sense that her tribulation would strike in half a year.
With the collective efforts of the nine Envoys of Samsara, the little nun, and Ge Long, Qing Yu had completed her deduction method. However, she temporarily prevented the method from joining the immortal dao by calling upon the combat arts of its founders.
Meanwhile, she herself could communicate with the immortal dao as its dao sovereign. The void realm methods currently being sold in the marketplace were basic methods she’d deduced, and as such, they held no particular attributes. Anyone could practice them, and those with great wisdom would be able to develop their own from the great varieties of possibilities contained within.
Of course, they would gain even greater results with less effort if they learned Qing Yu’s combat art deduction method.
Lu Yun chuckled in response. “It doesn’t matter if they learn my techniques. If they can do that, other factions in the world of immortals can as well.”
Qing Yu gave him a questioning look.
“Fortress ships are critical to the Ling Clan’s influence, but not ours.” Lu Yun put his hands behind his back, smiling as his Spectral Eye took in the specks of light drawn to him by the Sal Tree of Life and Death. “Once techniques to build fortress ships are popularized throughout the world, anyone who utilizes them will think of me. The Ling Clan will be no exception!” He would essentially be educating the entire general public, earning him great virtuous merit!
The Sal Tree of Life and Death was evolving, and in urgent need of merit. Once his idea of supplemental paths as king spread throughout the world, Lu Yun would be able to earn monumental goodwill from all beings who benefited. Concentrated and absorbed by the Sal Tree of Life and Death, the merit would fertilize the tree.
Lu Yun was quite curious what the ancestor tree that had once taken root in hell would further develop into.
Qing Yu shrugged and didn’t have a response to his bold claim.
Lu Yun was also entertaining another thought—if her curse remained unresolved when it came time for her tribulation, then he would transplant the Sal Tree of Life and Death into her.
There was no way that the ancestor tree that was more powerful than the ten connate spirit roots wouldn’t be able to resolve her poison.
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Dong! Dong! Dong!