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Chapter 199: Absolutely Must Not Get Cocky
Seeing that a secret technique capable of opening seven apertures had actually appeared at this auction,
the venue erupted into a massive uproar.
Only after a long time did it slowly quiet down.
No matter what kind of rare items this secret technique required to open the apertures,
it was not the most important thing to everyone.
The most important thing was to secure this aperture-opening secret technique.
Having an extra high-grade aperture-opening secret technique meant having an extra choice.
No one would dislike such a thing.
Many Golden Immortal Cultivators were almost driven mad trying to open their sixth aperture.
Not only were the resources for opening apertures precious and hard to find, but they also often failed.
Everyone thought that if they switched to another aperture-opening secret technique,
maybe things would turn out better.
Once the venue quieted down, Liu Yichang shouted loudly to the crowd.
"This aperture-opening secret technique has been verified by us to be complete and effective."
"If anyone wins the bid and finds any issues with it, they can contact the Seven Stars Tower at any time."
"The Qingyun Aperture Opening Secret has a starting bid of ten billion Immortal Spirit Stones, with each raise being no less than one billion."
"Ten billion."
"Twenty billion."
"Thirty billion."
Watching the price climb steadily, Zhang Yuhe became completely numb.
Originally, he had thought
that he could at least be considered wealthy.
After all, he had plundered the Ouyang Family's headquarters,
and had also killed Li Jiuyue and her gang of fugitives.
These two actions had indeed made him immensely wealthy.
But when he saw the auction price of this Qingyun Aperture Opening Secret,
he finally realized that he was actually just a pauper.
This was only a secret technique to open seven apertures, yet it drove people so crazy.
The value of those secret techniques that could open eight or even nine apertures was simply unimaginable.
Yet, the aperture-opening secret technique that came with the Primordial Chaos Heavenly Scripture could open the tenth aperture.
If anyone were to find out about this,
even a Dao Ancestor would probably take action.
Thinking of this,
Zhang Yuhe secretly resolved
that he must never let anyone know about this.
The price of the Qingyun Aperture Opening Secret was still climbing steadily.
It only began to slow down when the price climbed to one hundred billion.
However, there were still several Cultivators fiercely competing for it.
Ultimately, this aperture-opening secret technique was won by a Golden Immortal Cultivator for the price of 230 billion Immortal Spirit Stones.
Due to the protection of the Formation in the private booths, no one knew who that person was.
However, in Zhang Yuhe's estimation,
the person who won the Qingyun Aperture Opening Secret, even if not from the Nangong Immortal Clan, must be from a major power of comparable strength.
The reason was simple.
Over two hundred billion Immortal Spirit Stones was indeed a bit exaggerated; it was not something an ordinary person could produce.
Only those major powers, through countless years of accumulation, could produce so many Immortal Spirit Stones.
Zhang Yuhe believed
that these major powers definitely had even better aperture-opening secret techniques in their hands.
But that still did not stop them from continuing to collect more.
No power would ever complain about having too many aperture-opening secret techniques.
Because with each additional one, it would give their disciples an extra choice.
Furthermore, when collecting aperture-opening resources, they would also have more room for choice.
The aftermath of the auction quickly spread across the Heavenly Palace Sea Domain.
However, none of this had anything to do with Zhang Yuhe.
After the auction ended,
he purchased a large quantity of various materials in the fair, and then returned to his courtyard residence.
...
Two years later.
A massive flying vessel hovered in the sky above the courtyard residence.
At the front of the flying vessel stood eight thick cannon barrels.
Five Low-Grade Immortal Extermination Cannons, plus three Mid-Grade Immortal Extermination Cannons.
Standing at the top of the flying vessel, Zhang Yuhe looked at the Immortal Extermination Cannons in front of him and nodded in satisfaction.
He thought to himself,
with such a configuration, when facing an ordinary Golden Immortal Realm Chaos Beast,
a single salvo of cannon fire should probably be enough to blast it to death.
After gathering all the materials, he had set about refining the Mid-Grade Immortal Extermination Cannons.
However, this thing was indeed quite complex.
It took Zhang Yuhe almost two years to complete the refining of the three Mid-Grade Immortal Extermination Cannons.
Every single one succeeded on the first try, with no failures.
...
Zhang Yuhe put away the flying vessel and returned to his Cave Dwelling to continue comprehending the Law of Power.
After this period of cultivation, the Law Tree of his Law of Power was already close to growing four inches tall.
Although there was still a long way to go before reaching the stage of Minor Achievement,
it was already very good that he was still making progress.
Half a year later.
The Nangong Immortal Clan finally issued the assembly order.
All summoned Cultivators were to assemble at the teleportation hall of the Heavenly Palace Market.
After packing up, Zhang Yuhe quickly came outside the courtyard residence.
He saw that everyone else had already arrived.
Yu Liwei waved her hand and said,
"Let's go."
Everyone boarded their respective flying vessels and quickly flew toward the teleportation hall.
Perhaps due to the differences in Laws,
trying to set up a teleportation Formation in the Immortal Realm was not that simple.
Back in Yu Fantian, Zhang Yuhe could easily set up a temporary teleportation Formation at will.
But it was not possible in the Immortal Realm.
The space of the Immortal Realm was much more stable.
Setting up a teleportation Formation according to ordinary methods would not have the effect of breaking through the spatial barriers.
In the Immortal Realm, only Immortal Formation Masters of Rank Three or above could set up teleportation Formations.
A Rank Three Immortal Formation Master corresponded to a Taiyi Immortal Lord.
As for those ultra-long-distance teleportation Formations that crossed Immortal Realms, only Rank Four Immortal Formation Masters could set them up.
In the entire South Sea Immortal Realm, there were only a few Great Luo Immortal Kings in total.
Whether there was even a Rank Four Immortal Formation Master among them was hard to say.
From this, the preciousness of teleportation Formations in the Immortal Realm could be easily seen.
Only those major powers guarded by a Taiyi Immortal Lord could establish teleportation Formations.
Take their Ji'an Sea Area, for example.
Over countless years, various powers had risen and fallen in turn, but no one had ever established a teleportation Formation.
If they wanted to travel to other sea areas, they could only fly by steering flying vessels.
The crowd quickly passed through the fair and soon arrived at the teleportation hall.
Zhang Yuhe looked up.
He saw a massive Formation platform standing in the center of the hall.
Various profound runes were flashing upon the Formation platform.
He observed it carefully for quite a while but could not make heads or tails of it.
Since his Realm had not reached that level, even with his heaven-defying Comprehension,
he still could not understand this Formation set up by a Rank Three Immortal Formation Master.
Under the guidance of the Nangong Immortal Clan disciples, they stood to the side and waited quietly.
From time to time, Cultivators entered the hall from outside.
Everyone gathered in groups of three to five, discussing something in low voices.
Before long,
once almost everyone had arrived,
Zhang Yuhe cast a brief glance around.
He saw that there were actually nearly five hundred Golden Immortal Cultivators present.
As for True Immortal disciples, there were nearly ten thousand of them.
Among them, almost more than half were Nangong Immortal Clan disciples dressed in blue robes.
The others, like them, belonged to the subordinate forces of the Nangong Immortal Clan.
Looking at so many people present, Zhang Yuhe could not help but feel a bit puzzled.
Were the Chaos Beasts really that fierce?
With such powerful strength, how could the Cultivators only guard the immortal cities and take a beating every single time?
And this was just the Nangong Immortal Clan alone possessing such formidable strength.
One had to know
that there were at least dozens of major powers like the Nangong Immortal Clan in the entire South Sea Immortal Realm.
In addition, there were Three Super Forces, each guarded by a Great Luo Immortal King.
With such immense strength, whenever a beast tide arrived,
they actually could only take a beating?
Those major powers had never even thought of pushing the Chaos Beasts back.
This also reflected from another angle just how terrifying the strength of the Chaos Beasts truly was.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yuhe secretly warned himself.
He absolutely must not get cocky.
If he were to be slapped to death by a Chaos Beast, that would be a total joke.
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