"Fellow Daoist Fang, do you think Senior will hold an auction today?"
An old man with a youthful face and an ethereal aura asked a handsome middle-aged Taoist priest.
The handsome middle-aged Taoist priest smiled and said.
"It's the third day, so it's highly likely! In any case, our Tian Yuan Dao Sect has prepared a large number of rare treasures. This time, we must successfully bid for them! Oh, wait, a pair of 8s, I'll take them, a pair of 10s!"
The handsome middle-aged Taoist priest was named Fang Tian, the sect leader of the Tian Yuan Dao Sect.
What was he doing now?
Playing Dou Dizhu!
The white-haired old man on his left was called "Immortal Crane True Person," the sect leader of the "He Lao Sect."
The fair-skinned and beautiful mature fairy on his right was called "Li Saifeng," the sect leader of the "Qiong Ying Sect."
These three powerful figures, following Yun Tianzhong and others, had arrived at the "Eastern Wasteland Mountain Range."
As soon as they entered the "Purple Jade Bamboo Forest," they were like "country bumpkins entering the Grand View Garden"!
They were stunned, dumbfounded!
"Wow, what is that, the legendary Starlight Spiritual Light?"
"Such rich spiritual energy, countless times more potent than our sect's most premium cultivation sacred land!"
"I sense the aura of a top-grade spiritual spring eye, I sense the aura of the primordial water, and I also sense an ancient aura of primordial chaos... Heavens, it's so rich!"
"Holy cow, is my eyesight failing me? The spiritual rice from those six towering trees in the center, could they be the legendary Dragon Tooth Rice? How could Dragon Tooth Rice trees be so large? How could they bear so much spiritual rice?"
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For a time, the admiration of these powerful figures for the "mysterious Senior" was like a surging river, endless and uncontrollable, like the Yellow River flooding!
Coupled with the influence of Yun Zhenting, the first generation of the "Di Hua Divine Cult," True Person Qingfeng, the second generation of the "Di Hua Divine Cult," and Daoist Jin Mo, the third generation of the "Di Hua Divine Cult."
All the big shots were conquered.
They were filled with reverence for the "Senior."
[Ding! Congratulations to the host, your friend "Fang Tian" has increased his favorability towards you by 100,000, current favorability: Five Stars (Lifelong Confidant)]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host, your friend "Immortal Crane True Person" has increased his favorability towards you by 100,000, current favorability: Five Stars (Lifelong Confidant)]
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Lately, Hao Ren's mind had been constantly filled with similar system notification sounds.
The number of his "five-star friends" was steadily increasing.
Moreover, none of these newly promoted "five-star friends" were ordinary individuals. These big shots were either sect leaders or supreme elders of various sects.
Their strength was extraordinary and by no means trivial!
After they became Hao Ren's "five-star friends," Hao Ren's "Nine Dragon Holy Emperor Qi" cultivation technique naturally sensed it.
Hao Ren's "Qi Luck Network" grew exponentially, encompassing these individuals and connecting them all.
Being online had many benefits!
"Nine Dragon Holy Emperor Qi" was the supreme imperial cultivation technique. It could not only absorb the Qi Luck power of others but also nourish their Qi Luck, promoting mutual advancement and strengthening.
After the big shots went online, their own Qi Luck began to grow continuously, and their destinies slowly improved.
The most direct benefit of this change was that the big shots felt their cultivation becoming smoother, their thoughts clearer, and their efforts yielding twice the results!
This unexpected benefit delighted them immensely.
Faith in the Senior indeed brought many benefits!
Long live the Senior!
The Senior is awesome!
Influenced by the "Di Hua Divine Cult," these newly arrived cultivator big shots also began to sing battle songs with passionate fervor:
The Senior is light, the Senior is electricity, the Senior is the only legend!
Three thousand people wailing and howling at the same time, the power of that... even the birds thirty miles away were disgusted to the point of vomiting!
Their singing was terribly bad!
With such a massive increase in the "Qi Luck Network," Hao Ren benefited the most.
His cultivation speed once again soared significantly.
His "Pure Lightning Foundation Establishment Spiritual Sea" and "Pure Yin Foundation Establishment Spiritual Sea" were both stirring, showing signs of breaking through bottlenecks and advancing to the Golden Core realm.
Hao Ren felt it was not stable.
Advancing to the "Golden Core realm" required undergoing the "Golden Core Heavenly Tribulation."
The "Golden Core Heavenly Tribulation" was very dangerous!
As a "hiding cultivator," he would never risk tribulation without a hundred percent certainty.
Hao Ren forcefully suppressed his surging cultivation, waiting for a better time, and for him to prepare more means to overcome the tribulation.
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The main purpose of Fang Tian and the other big shots' trip was to obtain the "Dongxuan Secret Tokens."
After lingering for a few days, they subtly conveyed their intention to purchase "Dongxuan Secret Tokens" to True Person Qingfeng, asking him to relay it to the Senior.
Hao Ren had long known the purpose of Fang Tian and the others, and he had been considering this matter.
Now, he had eight hundred "Dongxuan Secret Tokens" in hand, a lot, and he truly couldn't use them all.
Hao Ren estimated that the total number of Golden Core experts in the "Eastern Wasteland Mountain Range" would need at most 500 "Dongxuan Secret Tokens," leaving over 300 remaining.
These over 300 "Dongxuan Secret Tokens" would be a waste if kept, so they could indeed be used for some "business."
How to do it?
Hao Ren thought for a day and then came up with an incredibly awesome plan.
An auction!
To maximize profits, an auction was undoubtedly the best choice!
Moreover, this approach was relatively fair. As long as one was willing to spend a large sum of money, they could obtain "Dongxuan Secret Tokens," which would not lead to too many disputes.
Hao Ren even added a new twist, changing this auction to a "blind box auction."
A "blind box auction" meant that the number of "Dongxuan Secret Tokens" auctioned each time was uncertain, ranging from 1 to 9, all possible!
At first, the enthusiasm of the crowd was not very high. They had never experienced this kind of "blind box auction"!
In the first round of bidding, everyone was relatively conservative, and their bids were not very active, remaining in a wait-and-see state.
Later, Zhang Yi, the sect leader of the "Liang Yi Sect," successfully bid at a relatively low price!
When he opened the blind box, he was amazed. A full seven "Dongxuan Secret Tokens"!
Zhang Yi was extremely excited and jumped up on the spot, completely disregarding his sect leader's demeanor.
The price he paid would normally not even be enough to buy two "Dongxuan Secret Tokens," but now he had obtained seven, a huge profit!
Zhang Yi's "sudden wealth" immediately made the other big shots envious. They all regretted why they had been so conservative earlier, why they hadn't gone all out?
Alas!
Their intestines were green with regret!
All the big shots made up their minds that in the next round of auction, they would go all out to bid.
However, to everyone's surprise, after the first round of auction ended, there were no more auctions today, nor tomorrow, nor the day after. The next one would be in three days!
During these three days, the big shots were writhing with anxiety, waiting so uncomfortably!
The second round of auction began three days later, and the scene was unprecedentedly lively...