"And not only that, some treasures that are extremely precious in our human eyes are completely worthless in the eyes of other races. It is precisely because of this that many powerful human cultivators like to infiltrate other races to find treasures that will help them break through their cultivation realms..."
Lv Liang said so.
"Thank you for telling me, Father-in-law. Your son-in-law will go and see for himself later," Wu Tao said respectfully.
Seeing that his advice had been accepted by Wu Tao, Lv Liang said no more and promptly sent him off.
As Wu Tao looked at Lv Liang's retreating back, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Facing his father-in-law, who was in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm, he had to remain constantly cautious and careful to prevent any changes from affecting his relationship with Yuehua.
In fact, even if Lv Liang hadn't mentioned the auction, Wu Tao had intended to buy some other treasures.
Ever since he reached the Golden Core stage in this underground immortal cultivation world, he had not yet begun to collect materials for condensing other divine abilities. He had originally planned to take action during this period.
Now that there was an auction of foreign race items, it was a good opportunity to see it.
After all, he had long been familiar with the incredible legends of various foreign race items in Tongguan City.
With these thoughts in mind, Wu Tao unhurriedly left the Lv Mansion and immediately transformed into a streak of light, heading straight for the market in the eastern district.
The market in Tongguan City was, naturally, immense in scale. With hundreds of thousands of cultivators living there, almost all rare treasures and materials could be found here.
Moreover, with the occasional appearance of strange items from other races, the place was even more bustling, attracting the attention of human cultivators from other major cities.
Both local cultivators in Tongguan City and those from outside entered and exited the market ceaselessly.
In the center of the market, a special area was established where human allies, such as the Spirit Race and the Warrior Race, could exchange materials or other items with humans.
After all, some things might not be of great use to humans, spirits, or warriors, but could be extremely precious to other races.
As for the auction house, it occupied this very spot.
Meanwhile, the streak of light that Wu Tao had transformed into landed directly on a street in the market. Spotting a nearby ore shop, he walked directly inside.
"Senior, what would you like to see? Although our shop is small, we have all sorts of ores available."
This shop was not very large, but it was a business that could establish itself in the market. The owner, who was a middle-aged man in the late stage of the Golden Core realm, was accompanied by several clerks in the Qi Refining stage and customers in the Foundation Establishment realm.
Upon seeing a cultivator in the middle stage of the Golden Core realm like Wu Tao walk in, this middle-aged man in the late stage of the Golden Core realm did not dare to be negligent in the slightest and personally stepped forward with a smile.
After a round of pleasantries, Wu Tao learned that the middle-aged man's name was Yuan Chen.
When Yuan Chen learned Wu Tao's name, he was greatly surprised and became even more cautious in his speech.
The immortal cultivation circle in Tongguan City was very small, and Wu Tao's actions had been too sensational.
This resulted in no cultivator above the Golden Core realm being unaware of his name and deeds.
With the backing of his father-in-law, the vice-city lord in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm, few people in Tongguan City dared to provoke Wu Tao.
"Star pattern ore, Meteorite sand ore, Molten lava stone, Marrow jade, Profound essence steel, Crimson dragon spirit copper, Acidic sulfur magnetic sand, Shimmering zinc immortal stone, Tear crystal. Do you have any of these minerals in your shop?"
After a brief conversation, Wu Tao did not stand on ceremony and directly stated the purpose of his visit.
"I have three of these ores. However, these three ores are too rare, and the price will be a bit… expensive. You see..." Yuan Chen knew it was a big deal as soon as he heard it. His spirits immediately lifted, but he was afraid of making Wu Tao think he was overcharging, so he preemptively warned him to avoid any unpleasantness later.
"Don't worry, as long as your ores are genuine, the price is not a problem." Wu Tao's brow furrowed slightly upon hearing this, and he then said calmly.
"Good, I like people like you, brother, who speak their mind directly. I'll be right back." Yuan Chen first instructed a clerk to serve tea and a seat to Wu Tao, and then he hurried to the back hall.
Wu Tao was very pleased to obtain what he wanted so easily, but he showed no outward signs of it.
He sat on a chair, tasting the spiritual tea served by a Qi Refining stage clerk, appearing calm and leisurely.
After a moment, Yuan Chen emerged, holding a platter with both hands.
On the platter were three ores of completely different shapes and colors.
Wu Tao calmly stood up, his gaze swept over them, and with a single grasp, he took the three ores into his hands and began to examine them carefully.
"Star pattern ore, Meteorite sand ore, Molten lava stone!"
Wu Tao murmured twice, his brow furrowing slightly.
"I'll take all of these. How much are the spirit stones?"
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"Thank you for your patronage, Brother Wu. I will settle the bill for you now. Please wait a moment."
"The star pattern ore is estimated at four thousand three hundred spirit stones, the meteorite sand ore at five thousand six hundred spirit stones, and the molten lava stone at six thousand four hundred spirit stones. I'll give you a discount, making it a total of fifteen thousand spirit stones..."
Seeing Wu Tao's satisfied expression, Yuan Chen began to announce the prices of the items on the table one by one.
Wu Tao's eyes narrowed slightly, and his face showed no hint of surprise, as if this amount of money meant nothing to him.
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Wu Tao calmly walked out of the ore shop, but not long after, he plunged into another ore shop.
Thus, he kept going in and out of the nearby ore shops, visiting almost all of them.
As a result, Wu Tao also collected four or five more types of ores in other shops that were very useful for repairing his natal magic treasure, the Chuxi Sword.
In this way, Wu Tao also suffered a significant financial loss before he managed to procure more than half of the ores needed to repair the Chuxi Sword.
However, some ores were still missing, so it seemed he had to attend this auction.
Wu Tao muttered to himself.
However, before attending the auction, the spirit stones in his storage bag had become low, and he had to sell some items to get spirit stones.
Fortunately, Wu Tao liked to carry all his wealth with him, and even more fortunately, the prices of spirit herbs and elixirs in the underground world were several times higher than in the Nine Provinces immortal cultivation world.
Wu Tao was confident that if he sold the spirit herbs and elixirs in his storage bag, he would have enough spirit stones to spend in a short period.
With these thoughts in mind, Wu Tao said something to You Meng, who was hiding in his sea of consciousness, and then he disappeared from the street out of thin air.
It turned out that You Meng's Dream Domain was fully activated, affecting and distorting the perception and vision of those around him.
The next second, Wu Tao's appearance and figure changed drastically, transforming into a burly man with a face full of scars.
Then Wu Tao swaggered out and casually walked into a shop with a spiritual medicine store sign.
In the underground world's market, ordinary spirit herbs and elixirs from a hundred years ago were not as common as in the Nine Provinces immortal cultivation world, making them extremely rare.
When Wu Tao suddenly produced dozens of spirit herbs and elixirs that had matured for a hundred years, the shop did not hesitate to produce a sum of spirit stones that could be described as astronomical to exchange for these dozens of spirit herbs and elixirs.
As soon as Wu Tao received the spirit stones, he left without hesitation, not lingering in the vicinity for a moment longer, lest he be targeted by any interested parties.
Afterward, Wu Tao did not leave the market but shuttled back and forth between various shops, selling some of the magic artifacts and treasures in his storage bag to prepare for the auction in advance.
After completing all this, Wu Tao then leisurely headed towards his destination, the place where he could trade with other races.
Although the auction was still a few days away, he wanted to see if the Spirit Race and the Warrior Race had any good items to exchange first.
After all, according to the rules of Tongguan City, outsiders were not allowed to leave this area. Violation would result in death, even for allies.
Therefore, the Spirit Race and the Warrior Race could only exchange what they needed with human cultivators in this vicinity.
To prevent any conflicts from erupting during the exchanges between the races, a cultivator in the Nascent Soul realm was permanently stationed here.
As soon as any conflict arose, this Nascent Soul realm cultivator would immediately intervene and suppress the involved parties.
The Spirit Race and the Warrior Race were required to obtain a black medal to wear, making it easier for humans to locate them.
In addition, in this special area, ten Golden Armored Guards in the Golden Core realm maintained order.
Such powerful forces were, under normal circumstances, sufficient to deal with any unexpected situations.
After paying a considerable sum of spirit stones at the entrance, Wu Tao passed through the guards and entered.
Before him appeared an exchange center spanning a hundred zhang. On the other side was another large door, identical to the previous one, with passages leading to other places.
At this time, there were already over a hundred strong individuals from the Human Race, Spirit Race, and Warrior Race in the exchange center.
Do not be fooled by the small number of people present; they were all cultivators comparable to the Golden Core realm.
Dozens of strong individuals from the Human Race, Spirit Race, and Warrior Race sat cross-legged on the ground, with dozens of treasures placed before them, all in silent contemplation.
Others stood before these stalls, either carefully observing the items or communicating with the stall owners through silent telepathic messages.
Wu Tao stood still, looking around for a while, and then began to move among the various stalls.
Relying on his past experience and the Nightmare Eye on his forehead, he found many treasures.
Suddenly, Wu Tao saw a stall specializing in ores and walked over. The stall displayed more than a dozen types of ores, each of them rare.
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