Reflecting on his efficiency in childbearing over the past few years, Lu Changsheng exhaled and prepared to visit the White Jade Tower.
In the early years when his family was just established and Ling Zixiao was grievously injured, with Xiao Xiyue holding the fort at ho, he really couldn’t bring himself to visit the White Jade Tower.
Moreover, the ordinary maids sold by the White Jade Tower all had Lower Grade Spiritual Roots, which he no longer found impressive.
To acquire maids with Middle Grade or Superior Grade Spiritual Roots, one had to either be a mber or attend an auction.
And now, it just so happened to be the day of the White Jade Tower’s triennial auction.
So, Lu Changsheng was preparing to broaden his horizons.
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He wanted to see what the auction at the White Jade Tower was like and whether it could et his needs.
Three days later, after informing Ling Zixiao, Lu Changsheng secretly left Bi Lake Mountain and headed to the Nine Dragons Market.
Considering his status as an elder of his family, Lu Changsheng slightly disguised his facial features and identity.
After arriving at the White Jade Tower, he learned that the auction list wouldn’t arrive for another half a month.
And the auction was not an open one but a secret bid.
Because the reach of the White Jade Tower was too broad.
This auction was not just in the Nine Dragons Square, but throughout the entire Jiang Country Cultivation Realm.
Therefore, the White Jade Tower couldn’t host such a large auction and had to proceed through a secret bidding process.
Moreover, most cultivators didn’t wish to show their faces at such auctions.
Lu Changsheng didn’t mind this and decided to stroll around the Nine Dragons Market.
Bi Lake Mountain had several businesses in the Nine Dragons Market, but the business here could only be considered average; it hadn’t picked up.
In the process, Lu Changsheng saw the ‘Jade al Pavilion,’ once belonging to his old friend Yu Maocheng.
But because of his issues with the Yu Family, the Jade al Pavilion had changed hands, and Yu Maocheng and his wife Yu Ningrong had left.
“Sigh,” Lu Changsheng let out a sigh.
The couple had worked hard in the Nine Dragons Market for many years, and their life was initially stable and good.
But because of his incident with the Yu Family, which led to their downfall, they chose to transfer the shop and leave the Nine Dragons Market, living in anonymity. ⱤÁꞐǒВЁṣ
Yun Qianqian and Yu Ningrong used to correspond through letters, but after the incident with the Yu Family colluding with the Demon Path, their relationship broke off, leaving no more letters exchanged.
Half a month later.
Lu Changsheng arrived at the White Jade Tower and looked at the auction list before him.
There were a total of one hundred and eight maids for auction, each with their appearance, situation information, and starting bid price.
“Number one, 27 years old, Eighth Level Energy Refinent, Third Grade Spiritual Root… starting bid, ten Superior Grade Spirit Stones.”
“Number two, 32 years old, Ninth Level Energy Refinent, Third Grade Spiritual Root… starting bid, ten Superior Grade Spirit Stones.”
“Number three, 41 years old, Ninth Level Energy Refinent, Third Grade Spiritual Root… starting bid, ten Superior Grade Spirit Stones.”
“Indeed worthy of the White Jade Tower—such moves to actually have three with Superior Grade Spiritual Roots,” Lu Changsheng comnted as he roughly looked over the information on the auction list.
Through their nas, one could quickly check their appearance.
He took a brief look at these three individuals; not to say they were national beauties, but they were certainly of high caliber.
After all, most wouldn’t be too ugly after entering cultivation.
Furthermore, all were trained by the White Jade Tower.
Even if originally of average looks, they would be taught beautifying and rejuvenating cultivation techniques.
Although he was quite tempted by such prospects, he didn’t really have the intention to bid.
Too expensive!
The starting bid alone was ten Superior Grade Spirit Stones, which is to say 100,000 Lower Grade Spirit Stones!
This price had already far exceeded his current spending capacity!
Even though his business of selling symbols and refining elixirs was highly profitable, he still had limited financial resources when facing this kind of expenditure.
And this was just the starting price.
Compared to Superior Grade Spiritual Roots, the price of Fourth Grade Spiritual Roots dropped to a much more affordable level.
The cheapest starting bid was only 30,000 Spirit Stones!
The highest starting bid was just 50,000 Spirit Stones, which was half the price of Third Grade Spiritual Roots!
Then, for Fifth Grade Spiritual Roots, the price was halved again, with a starting bid between 10,000 and 20,000.
The starting bids for Sixth Grade Spiritual Roots ranged from 5,000 to 10,000.
Inside, there were many more maids with Lower Grade Spiritual Roots.
Those who could enter the auction with Lower Grade Spiritual Roots were either top choices in looks and figure or had exceptional talents in so areas.
Therefore, even the cheapest with Ninth Grade Spiritual Roots had a starting price of 1,000 Spirit Stones.
After roughly reviewing, Lu Changsheng inquired about the usual closing prices for these auctions in previous years.
The administrator told him that for Lower Grade Spiritual Roots, the competition wasn’t too fierce.
Bids generally went 20% higher than the base price, and one was likely to win the bid.
Competition for a few with Superior Grade Spiritual Roots was much fiercer.
Because these served as the highlight of the White Jade Tower’s auctions, many people competed for them.
As to why the competition was so fierce, the administrator nad Xia didn’t delve into details.
But Lu Changsheng had a rough idea.
Geniuses with Superior Grade Spiritual Roots were very useful.
Besides the most common uses as furnaces or breeding, there were more brutal thods.
Such as cultivating corpses, or after raising them, using so Demon Path thods to seize their Spiritual Roots, or even waiting until they established a foundation to snatch their Dao Foundation.
After all, with Superior Grade Spiritual Roots, as long as one is willing to invest ti, with a bit of cultivation, establishing a foundation is highly likely!
“Sigh, save whoever I can,” Lu Changsheng sighed.
Looking into the eyes of these won, which shone with no glimr of hope, he knew what they had endured; most of them were ill-fated.
Even after so many years in the cultivation world, he still hadn’t changed his soft-hearted nature.
Calculating the Spirit Stones he had available for discretionary spending, Lu Changsheng finally set a budget of 50,000 Spirit Stones for himself.
Because any more than that, and he would have to sell too many Spirit Stones and elixirs.
Imdiately, Lu Changsheng placed bids on three Fifth Grade Spiritual Roots and one Sixth Grade Spiritual Root.
All were relatively low-priced, but he marked them up by about 40%.
To ensure a significant chance of acquiring them, he just managed to spend the 50,000 Spirit Stones.
For the current auction, deposits had to be paid upfront, and it would be a month before the secret bidding ca to an end and notifications would be sent out.
Hearing this, Lu Changsheng didn’t wait in the Nine Dragons Market; after paying the deposits, he returned to Bi Lake Mountain.
Because this year marked the Lu Family’s annual grand assembly.
And this year, he planned to finalize the position of the Family Head at the grand assembly and start sending so of his children to manage the businesses outside the family.
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