I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 62: The Unreachable Door

Upon hearing this news, Lin Qing immediately began preparing after returning to his shop.

In recent years, due to poor business, he had only managed to accumulate 17,000 spirit stones, which was still far from his goal.

In Lin Qing's mind, he needed to save up at least 25,000 spirit stones to buy two Foundation Building Pills. He also took into account the information he heard from Fellow Daoist Wang and intensified his efforts to sell formation arrays.

He discounted all the formation arrays in his storage bag by 10%.

For a while, at least one set of formation arrays from his stock in the storage bag could be sold every day. As the news of the auction gradually spread after half a month, the flow of people in Xuan Yu Pavilion increased significantly. Lin Qing worked harder every day to produce and sell more.

As for purchasing materials, he had already stopped. His storage bag was not lacking in materials.

In this situation, one day before the auction began, Lin Qing's spirit stone reserves reached 23,000, which although did not meet his target, was not far off.

As for this auction, it was held on the site where the cultivation technique store was destroyed by Blood Sea Old Demon before.

Wuji Sect had built a huge building in place of the original cultivation technique store, with two floors that could accommodate six to seven hundred people. It seemed to demonstrate their fearless determination in the face of the previous incident caused by Blood Sea Old Demon.

The auction was scheduled to last for three consecutive days. Wuji Sect had learned from their previous lesson and dispatched a large number of cultivators to Xuan Yu Pavilion. It was said that even late Foundation Building stage cultivators were among them. Wuji Sect had put in a lot of effort for this auction, attracting many cultivators. The various restaurants in the pavilion were crowded, and there were even cultivators who had come from thousands of miles away.

Most of these cultivators were in the mid to late Qi Refining stage, with some in the early stage. However, those in the early stage were not allowed to enter the auction venue.

Among them, the most eye-catching were the Foundation Building cultivators. It was said that there would be at least a dozen Foundation Building cultivators attending this time, making it the grandest event since the establishment of Xuan Yu Pavilion.

Due to the auction, all the shops in Xuan Yu Pavilion were doing much better. However, Lin Qing did not pay attention to his shop anymore. For these three days, he wanted to participate in the entire auction and didn't want to miss any opportunities.

On the day of the auction, Lin Qing entered the auction venue.

Looking at the spacious venue, the first thing that came to Lin Qing's mind was not the Foundation Building Pills, but the incident involving Blood Sea Old Demon. Lin Qing thought to himself that if Blood Sea Old Demon could come here and cause trouble, disrupting the auction, it would be truly remarkable. Perhaps his name would spread throughout the entire Zhao Kingdom.

However, Lin Qing was just thinking about it. Even if Blood Sea Old Demon had ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare to come to a place like this.

As one of the three major sects in the Zhao Kingdom, although Wuji Sect had suffered some losses due to Blood Sea Old Demon's actions, their foundation was not something that ordinary rogue cultivators could compare to.

After sitting down, Lin Qing patiently waited for the auction to begin. Many cultivators came on the first day, and the auction venue quickly filled up. However, Lin Qing noticed that there were no Foundation Building cultivators among them. They were all waiting for the climax of the auction on the third day, as the first day was just an appetizer.

Indeed, the first day's auction had some good items, but most of them were for Qi Refining stage cultivators. Lin Qing was somewhat tempted by certain materials, but he didn't bid on any of them because of the Foundation Building Pills.

The second day was the same. Lin Qing also didn't bid on anything and was preparing for the third day.

But...

No matter how he thought about it, Lin Qing couldn't imagine that on the third day, he couldn't even enter the door.

"Isn't this place open to cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage and above?" Lin Qing said. The third day of the auction required a cultivation level of late Qi Refining stage or above to enter, and Lin Qing had already reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, so his cultivation level naturally met the requirement.

However, the cultivator in charge of inspection shook his head and said, "You can't enter."

"Why?" Lin Qing asked again, feeling somewhat angry. He had waited for so long, and it wasn't for this outcome.

Not to mention whether he could obtain the Foundation Building Pill, now they wouldn't even let him in.

Seeing that Lin Qing was about to ask for an answer, the cultivator in charge of inspection glanced at Lin Qing and said, "Master Lin, there may be something you have forgotten, but our Wuji Sect hasn't forgotten."

In an instant, Lin Qing's heart turned cold.

The scene of the Wuji Sect cultivators recruiting him flashed in his mind. He suddenly understood that he had been blacklisted by the Wuji Sect because he had refused their recruitment.

With this realization, Lin Qing couldn't feel angry for the moment, but rather a sense of helplessness.

He slowly left the auction house, looking at the entire Xuan Yu Square. Lin Qing's impression of the Wuji Sect had become extremely negative. Such a major sect was unexpectedly petty. Recruitment was a matter of mutual consideration, but instead of accepting rejection, they directly suppressed others. How could such behavior be worthy of the three major sects of Zhao Country?

As the auction house continued to fill with people, Lin Qing's heart grew cold, and he no longer joined in the excitement. Although there might be Foundation Building Pills inside that he wanted, he wasn't a three-year-old child who would cry if he couldn't have candy.

Instead of going home, Lin Qing sat down in a tea shop in a market.

"Immortal, would you like regular tea or spiritual tea? We have both," the shop's waiter approached and asked.

"Regular tea is sufficient," Lin Qing replied.

After a while, a pot of tea was brought to Lin Qing's table. Lin Qing sipped the tea slowly, his gaze fixed on the distance, seemingly lost in thought.

The shop's owner was a Qi Refining mid-stage cultivator. Seeing Lin Qing drinking tea, he approached and said, "Fellow Daoist, I suppose you couldn't enter today's auction either. Let me tell you, our cultivation level is simply not enough. I heard that the items being auctioned today are all top-notch, and the prices are getting higher and higher. Even if we Qi Refining mid to low-stage cultivators were allowed in, we wouldn't be able to buy anything."

Lin Qing didn't say anything and took another sip of tea.

Seeing that Lin Qing didn't want to talk further, the tea shop owner didn't bring it up again.

The auction continued from morning until dusk on the third day. After finishing his tea, Lin Qing went to the Bai Bao Tower and waited until Wang Fellow Daoist returned.

"Master Lin, why didn't I see you at the auction today? The Wuji Sect was so generous this time, they actually put up three Foundation Building Pills at once," Wang Fellow Daoist said when he saw Lin Qing.

Lin Qing smiled and replied, "Wang Fellow Daoist, I was delayed by something."

Wang Fellow Daoist didn't say anything further. There was nothing more important than this matter.

Thinking about it, Wang Fellow Daoist had also vaguely heard that the Wuji Sect didn't allow certain cultivators to enter today.

"Master Lin, don't be discouraged. The Foundation Building Pills auctioned today were all bought by Foundation Building stage cultivators for their juniors. The highest one was sold for 12,000 spirit stones. Such prices are too expensive," Wang Fellow Daoist continued.

"That's true," Lin Qing nodded. It was indeed too expensive.

Looking at Wang Fellow Daoist, Lin Qing asked, "I wonder what else was auctioned today?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Fellow Daoist enthusiastically introduced many items, "The Wuji Sect really went all out today. They even sold second-grade magic tools, talismans, and formations. There were also third-grade spiritual herbs and even spiritual beasts comparable to mid-stage Foundation Building cultivators. There were so many good things, the Foundation Building Pills were not even the highlight. In the end, they even put up a set of second-grade superior magic tools, almost reaching the third-grade level. It was sold for nearly 30,000 spirit stones."

Lin Qing listened attentively, nodding for half an hour. Afterward, he bought many talismans before leaving.

(End of this chapter)