Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1259: Chapter 823: Golden Thunder Bamboo, Tribulation Cultivator

"The third item in the secret auction, and also the final item of this auction, is a stalk of Third-order Spirit Plant Golden Thunder Bamboo Shoot."

Master Yun Ge waved his hand, and immediately two attendants carried a flowerpot onto the auction stage.

In the approximately two-foot-wide flowerpot, there grew a golden bamboo shoot, with faint purple lightning light lingering on it.

"Golden Thunder Bamboo is a rare Third-order Spirit Plant. Once you plant this bamboo shoot, you can harvest a large amount of Golden Thunder Bamboo in fifty years. It can be used as a material for refining Thunder Attribute Magical Treasures."

"Moreover, the Golden Thunder Bamboo bears fruit once every century, and its fruit, the Golden Thunder Fruit, can serve as a medicinal ingredient for refining Thunder Attribute Elixirs."

"Whether it is Golden Thunder Bamboo or Golden Thunder Fruit, it is a rare treasure for Thunder Attribute Foundation Establishment Cultivators."

"I believe everyone knows its significance well, so please make your bids!"

Yang Zhenshan gazed at the Golden Thunder Bamboo on the auction stage, his eyes suddenly becoming profound.

The Qinghua Thunder Skill contains a method for refining a Lifebound Magical Treasure, named the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword.

The Lifebound Magical Treasure is a treasure that late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators need to refine, and this treasure is connected to a cultivator’s Divine Soul, serving as the most important treasure for Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators.

Generally, late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators refine Lifebound Magical Treasures in preparation for the Golden Core Thunder Tribulation.

Once they pass the Golden Core Thunder Tribulation, the Lifebound Magical Treasure will advance into a Lifebound Spiritual Treasure, becoming the most important Spiritual Treasure for Golden Core Cultivators.

Yang Zhenshan is still in the early-stage Foundation Establishment, quite far from the late stage.

But this Golden Thunder Bamboo might take fifty years to grow, if planted now, it would be just right.

By the time the Golden Thunder Bamboo grows, Yang Zhenshan would almost be ready to prepare for refining his Lifebound Magical Treasure.

He could conveniently use it as a material for refining the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword.

Actually, the Qingmu Longevity Scripture also records a type of Lifebound Magical Treasure, called the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron, a treasure focused on defense and recovery.

The Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron and Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword, one for attack and one for defense, don’t conflict. If possible, Yang Zhenshan naturally wants to refine both treasures.

Hence, Yang Zhenshan truly desires this Golden Thunder Bamboo.

But the price!

He’s somewhat uncertain.

Clearly, this item isn’t something the Independent Practitioner Association would compete for.

No loose cultivator would be willing to spend a hundred years cultivating a Third-order Spirit Plant; only Immortal Cultivation Families have the foundation and strength for it.

This means the Golden Thunder Bamboo Shoot is prepared for the six great families of the Qingli Dynasty.

No, not just the six great families!

Yang Zhenshan glanced at the adjacent boxes.

It’s likely not just people from the six great families here; there might be people from the Three Sects of Lingxiu.

It’s not impossible for the Three Sects of Lingxiu to send people to Lotus Heart Valley to participate in the auction; Yang Zhenshan is even certain they will come.

Perhaps even the Nether Prison Sect and Hidden Sword Mountain would send people.

Yang Zhenshan stroked his beard, contemplated for a moment, and finally wrote eighteen thousand Spirit Stones on the Jade Scroll!

He reckoned the price should be high; although this Golden Thunder Bamboo is rare and can serve as the foundation of an Immortal Cultivation Force, cultivating such a Spirit Root is also quite troublesome, and not every force is willing to spend a large amount of time and resources to cultivate it.

Yang Zhenshan handed the Jade Scroll to the attendant waiting at the door, and soon each Jade Scroll was passed onto the auction stage.

On the auction stage, Master Yun Ge review each Jade Scroll one by one, his eyes flickering with a tinge of surprise.

Box No. 18 actually initially offered fifteen thousand Spirit Stones?

Which force is this?

The Immortal Cultivation Forces near the Yunxiao Mountain Range are clear to the White Cloud Commerce.

There are only a few forces that the White Cloud Commerce can rank.

Now, suddenly a force capable of offering eighteen thousand Spirit Stones emerges, Master Yun Ge naturally finds it strange.

However, he didn’t show it, just smiled gently: "The highest bid for the Golden Thunder Bamboo is eighteen thousand low-grade Spirit Stones. Congratulations to the fellow Taoist who made the bid for achieving your goal!"

"The auction has ended, I ask all fellow Taoists to wait a moment, arrangements will be made shortly for your exit!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Zhenshan felt relieved.

He was determined to obtain the Golden Thunder Bamboo, hence offered the price of eighteen thousand low-grade Spirit Stones.

He wasn’t sure if he was being taken for a fool today!

The secret auction is even harder to fathom than the open auction.

However, fortunately, Yang Zhenshan managed to acquire the Golden Thunder Bamboo, for him, even spending several thousand more Spirit Stones is worth it.

Moments later, the same attendant brought the Golden Thunder Bamboo to his box, and Yang Zhenshan paid the full amount of Spirit Stones in person, completing the transaction.

The Golden Thunder Bamboo cannot be stored in the Storage Bag, but can be placed in the Spirit Beast Bag, because the Spirit Beast Bag has an Elemental Spirit Array, which allows living beings to stay inside for a while.

Yang Zhenshan naturally doesn’t need to place the Golden Thunder Bamboo in the Spirit Beast Bag, he can place it into the Spirit Source Land.

The auction concluded, attendants from White Cloud Commerce began arranging everyone’s departure from the venue.

They randomly divided attendees into four teams, each team leaving every interval of a tea’s time.

The reason for this arrangement is to protect the identities of bidders in the secret auction, preventing the identity of the secret bidders from being revealed at the end, allowing others to guess who won the last three key items.

After all, transactions worth thousands to tens of thousands of Spirit Stones take time.

Not everyone is as promptly able to produce eighteen thousand Spirit Stones like Yang Zhenshan; many might need to exhaust their resources to pay today’s expenses.

For instance, a loose cultivator who bought a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Yang Zhenshan was quick in action, so he and Yu Qingyi were among the first team to leave the venue.