Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

Chapter 836: 836 Auction

Qi Hong leaned over, "Dad, elixirs are all poisonous."

"Yes, that’s why I don’t let you take elixirs.

Also, you can’t establish your foundation here, your cultivation might just remain stagnated. In your mom’s world, there’s no Spiritual Energy, and the Heavenly Dao suppresses the cultivators there."

The three children nodded. They understood. That’s why they have been practicing swordsmanship for so long, and good movement techniques.

When they go back, they can’t use superpowers, but swordsmanship can be used.

Tan Shaoting was very pleased with the children. Being with him made them grow up so quickly. It’s something he didn’t want to see, but in this cannibalistic world, being pure and kind leaves no room for survival.

The auction continued. When it came to the Linglong Fruit, all cultivators knew it was the main ingredient for the Recovery Pill, but other Spirit Plants were extremely hard to find, and not everyone could hire an Alchemist. The cost was beyond what they could bear.

So not many people were bidding, and most were from the Divine Pill Sect.

"Nephew Qin, I’ll do the bidding." After all, they’ll have to request from the Divine Pill Sect in the future, offending them too much wouldn’t be good.

"Thank you, Uncle."

The Lotus Fairy was introducing the Linglong Fruit. "The starting bid is one hundred Spirit Stones." All the Spirit Stones were low-grade, if they were middle-grade, it would be mentioned.

The three children had attended auctions before and knew that one hundred Spirit Stones for the Linglong Fruit was impossible.

"Dad, do you think Senior Brother Qin will win the Linglong Fruit?"

"He won’t bid, the sect’s uncles should help instead." After all, the Sect Leader doesn’t want his daughter to shoulder such a burden, it’s best to resolve it.

After all, it would greatly affect his daughter’s cultivation in the future.

"Can they win it?"

"They should be able to. But the price will be quite high, since Alchemists do still need the Linglong Fruit."

"Hmm."

The bidding had already gone several rounds, and a voice came from Shushan Sect’s room.

"Wow, the price has increased several times. Dad, aren’t they afraid of offending the Alchemists?"

"There’s no choice, without the Recovery Pill you’ll just have to work hard. I’m thinking the Sect Leader might step in by then." This is a father’s love for his children.

The Linglong Fruit had now reached three thousand Spirit Stones, which far exceeded its value, but there were still bidders.

"It’s really not easy. Dad, it seemed like the long-armed ape had the Linglong Fruit, I saw it but didn’t have time to pick it, I thought the Vermilion Fruit was more important." Qi Hong said with a grin.

Qi Wen leaned close to Qi Hong, "Second Brother, let’s take some delicious food when we go back to find the long-armed ape, and ask for saplings if we can’t get the Linglong Fruit, that would be great."

The three children had a pretty good impression of Qin Weichuan. So it would be nice to negotiate with him, maybe both parties would be satisfied.

"Sure, I noticed the long-armed ape likes to eat, let’s buy more from the Spiritual Food Pavilion."

Tan Shaoting listened to the children’s discussion with no objections. "You can go find the long-armed ape, but make sure you approach it in a respectful manner. It seems to like being respected by others."

Qi Yan nodded, "We understand. We will address it as Uncle, showing even more respect than to our elders."

Qi Wen nodded and smiled on the side. "That’s a good idea, maybe we can become friends with the long-armed ape, it seems more reliable than Xiao Huei."

While they were discussing, the Linglong Fruit was won by the Shushan Sect, surprisingly costing 5,800 Spirit Stones. Wow, what a price.

The Ice Mountain pretty boy from the Upper Realm watched them through the Water Mirror, finding the little girl’s mischievous demeanor quite amusing.

The next auction item was a Wooden Fish, something really interesting, as there were no Buddhist Practitioners on this continent anymore, seemingly vanishing overnight.

This item probably wouldn’t attract any buyers. The Ice Mountain pretty boy saw the Wooden Fish and immediately sent a message to Qi Wen, telling her to bid on it.

Qi Wen was teasing with her Second Brother when suddenly a voice appeared in her mind, telling her to bid on the Wooden Fish.

The little girl was scared, wondering how there could be a man’s voice in her mind.

"Dad?"

Tan Shaoting, seeing his daughter’s frightened expression, immediately held her tightly, "What happened? What’s wrong?"

"Dad, a man’s voice appeared in my mind. Telling me to bid for the Wooden Fish."

Tan Shaoting used his Divine Sense to enter his daughter’s Sea of Consciousness but found nothing.

He held onto Qi Wen without letting go. He immediately joined the bidding because no one else was bidding, and it was about to pass, the Wooden Fish was going to be unsold.

"Three hundred and one."

The Lotus Fairy felt helpless, thinking, couldn’t you add a few more Spirit Stones, considering she, a beautiful lady, had been introducing it for a long time, and only one Spirit Stone was added.

"Everyone, now a fellow Daoist has placed a bid, maybe it’s really a good item. Is there anyone else who’d like to place a bid?"

But there was still silence in the auction room. Earning Spirit Stones was tough now, with these three hundred Spirit Stones, one could buy potions that enhance cultivation instead.

The Lotus Fairy was more frustrated, so she simply stopped wasting her breath. She directly called out the final price.

When the auction was finalized, the Wooden Fish belonged to Tan Shaoting and his group.

The auction continued, but the Wooden Fish had already been delivered to them.

Tan Shaoting did not let go of his daughter; it was Qi Yan who provided the Spirit Stones.

He was very worried about his daughter, but he could not find anything amiss.

"Dad, don’t worry, it just told me to bid it, nothing else, and I don’t feel unwell."

Tan Shaoting frowned. Unable to find anything, it was like a time bomb. Who knew what harm it might have on his daughter in the future.

Tan Shaoting held her even tighter. If they weren’t waiting for the movement technique, they would have left by now.

Qi Wen, nestled in her father’s arms, suddenly heard the voice again in her mind. This time, she wasn’t scared but listened carefully.

After a while, she whispered in her father’s ear about the Wooden Fish’s uses, as explained by the voice.

"Qi Wen, let’s talk about it when we get back."

Now Tan Shaoting also had a feeling that this voice might not harm his daughter.

Qi Wen emerged from her father’s embrace and sat beside her brothers, chatting with them.

Tan Shaoting’s mind was split between the auction and contemplating this voice.

Qin Weichuan was very happy to have acquired the Linglong Fruit. He had already found five out of the ten auxiliary ingredients, and three more could be sourced from the sect, already arranged by his uncle. Only two remained unknown.

Now he had no energy to look for an Alchemist; the most important thing was to gather all the materials, everything else would come afterward.

The remaining auction items didn’t interest the father and sons, they were just waiting for the Vermilion Fruit to appear.

Since it was added last minute, they still didn’t know when it would come up.