Another stalk of Violet Skyvine fell into the pill furnace. This time, Joe Di directly treated the pure medicinal liquid of the Violet Skyvine as an impurity, decisively wrapping that distinct trace of law with his own pill formula.
Just as he separated the Violet Skyvine’s medicinal liquid from the other impurities, the trace he wanted to purify once again scattered and vanished into nothingness.
The third stalk, the fourth stalk...
After ten failed attempts, Joe Di simply tossed the last six stalks of Violet Skyvine into the pill furnace all at once.
That unique law aura within the Violet Skyvine could never be purified with ordinary methods. This time, the moment Joe Di separated out the trace he sought, his spiritual sense simulated a giant footprint.
The giant footprint barely touched upon the powers of space. Even though Joe Di was only simulating it with his spiritual sense, he managed, in that fleeting moment, to kick away both the impurities and the pure medicinal liquid of the Violet Skyvine. At last, a gap formed between the trace of law-infused liquid he desired and the impurities—a single drop of pale gray liquid appeared in the pill furnace.
Joe Di's spiritual sense fell upon this pale gray liquid, and he even felt as if his spiritual sense had come alive. But in the next instant, he sensed something was wrong—the drop of pale gray liquid was about to collapse again.
There was no way Joe Di would let that happen. Without hesitation, he took the drop of liquid into his mouth before it could collapse.
Boom! The moment the medicinal liquid entered Joe Di’s mouth, it was as if a bomb had exploded in his spiritual sea, instantly spreading throughout his entire consciousness.
A terrifying pain surged forth, nearly shattering Joe Di’s soul. He almost thought his spiritual sea was about to explode. At this moment, how could he dare let the liquid continue to wreak havoc? He hurriedly activated his Mindforge technique, and was stunned to discover that the strength of his spiritual sea was slowly increasing—not just its strength, but even his spiritual sense was gradually growing...
By chance, he had discovered a medicinal liquid in the Violet Skyvine that could aid the cultivation of the spiritual sea. Joe Di was overjoyed—he knew this liquid was still incomplete and needed other ingredients to complement it. If he could find the remaining materials, he could certainly refine a new pill to strengthen the spiritual sea and spiritual sense.
He couldn’t do any of this right now—the auction was about to begin. Once he left Cauldron Haven after the event, he was determined to create this new pill.
Besides, he hadn’t truly purified the substance yet. He needed to find a way to keep the pale gray liquid intact after purification, so it wouldn’t collapse. Only if it could be preserved could he study how to incorporate it into a pill.
This pale gray liquid was purified from Violet Skyvine and could strengthen both the spiritual sea and spiritual sense. Its color was gray, so he decided to call it Graysky Essence. If he could eventually fuse it into a pill, he would name it the Mindweave Pill.
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The largest auction in Cauldron Haven in the past century was about to begin. The venue was set in the city’s grandest merchant guild—the Immortal Cauldron Guild.
The Immortal Cauldron Guild’s business spanned this entire region of the void, with branches on all Four Immortal Continents. Its operations in Cauldron Haven were even larger.
At this moment, the plaza outside the Immortal Cauldron Guild’s auction hall was packed with people.
This auction was on such a grand scale that ticket prices were high. Even though the Immortal Cauldron Guild provided many tickets, some people still couldn’t get one. Of course, there were also those who simply refused to pay for a ticket.
These people gathered in the Immortal Cauldron Guild’s grand plaza, which naturally turned into a temporary trading post. In the cultivation world, such markets were also known as Temple Fairs.
Some cultivators who couldn’t enter the auction, or simply didn’t want to, could still find what they needed at the Temple Fair.
After leaving the Blue Haven Inn, Joe Di decisively toured nearly every immortal herb shop in Cauldron Haven, buying up almost all the Violet Skyvine available in the city.
Once he had acquired all the Violet Skyvine, Joe Di casually followed the crowd into the auction and entered his private suite—Suite E307 on the second floor.
The auction hadn’t started yet. Joe Di’s spiritual sense swept over the multi-level hall; he suspected that at least several hundred thousand cultivators had entered this time. Just from ticket sales alone, the organizers would rake in billions of Liberty Points.
Joe Di sighed inwardly. This was truly a business with no cost and all profit.
Since the auction hadn’t started yet, Joe Di went ahead and set up a Guardian Array in his private suite.
Naturally, no one would be able to sweep their spiritual sense into his room. Without revealing his full mastery of arraycraft, Joe Di simply set up a sixth-grade immortal array inside his suite.
Even a true Immortal Emperor would have to forcefully break through his restriction with their spiritual sense to spy on him through a sixth-grade immortal array.
Joe Di was confident that, in an auction of this scale, even Aaron Jace’s father wouldn’t dare break into his suite with spiritual sense.
If anyone did such a thing, it wouldn’t just be an insult to him—it would be an affront to the hosts of the auction itself.
Unfortunately, the auction’s Guardian Array was far too powerful—otherwise, Joe Di would have set up a Portal Array and teleported out once the auction ended.
After setting up his restrictions, Joe Di closed his eyes to rest, pondering how to purify the Graysky Essence.
He had used his spiritual sense and the giant footprint technique to purify a drop of Graysky Essence, proving that spatial law techniques could indeed purify Violet Skyvine. However, his giant footprint only barely touched the surface of spatial law—and, after all, it was an attack technique, not suitable for purification...
At this thought, Joe Di’s heart stirred. The Graysky Essence he had discovered was a law-infused medicinal liquid, and the drop he purified had already proven that Graysky Essence benefited both the spiritual sea and spiritual sense. Did this mean that purifying Graysky Essence must also rely on law-based methods?
He had grasped many basic laws—these were the foundation of all things, but entirely different from the laws of space.
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It seemed that, if he wanted to extract the purest Graysky Essence—or even purify it in large quantities—he would first need to comprehend the laws of space.
A crisp voice interrupted Joe Di’s thoughts. “My name is Apryl Sway. On behalf of the Cauldron Haven Grand Auction, I welcome everyone. This auction will not disappoint—you’ll see the rarest treasures and have the chance to purchase the items most suited to you...”
The auction had begun. Joe Di put away his thoughts and focused his gaze on the circular platform at the center of the hall.
Standing atop the platform was a beautiful young woman in a green dress. Judging by her cultivation, she was likely at the late stage of Grand Ether Immortal.
“For this auction, settlement can be made with Superior Immortal Crystals, Liberty Points, or Immortal Spirit Veins. If you lack any of these, you may also apply to use items as collateral—the auction house will set the value. Anyone who bids recklessly and cannot provide equivalent payment will be executed without mercy.” Though Apryl Sway spoke the words ‘executed without mercy,’ her tone remained gentle.
Apryl Sway didn’t need to remind them; every cultivator here understood the consequences of reckless bidding. Unless someone was truly brainless, they wouldn’t bid indiscriminately.
“That covers the rules. Now, the first treasure up for auction is the Stellar Core Flame Stone, starting at five thousand Liberty Points. Each bid must increase by no less than one hundred Liberty Points. Let the bidding begin.” As Apryl Sway finished speaking, she raised her hand, and a fist-sized, dark red stone appeared above her head.
Joe Di was inwardly shocked. Normally, the first item at an auction wasn’t especially precious, but here it was the Stellar Core Flame Stone. This proved just how many rare treasures were available at this auction. The list he saw at Blue Haven Inn probably didn’t even cover a hundredth of what was offered.
The Stellar Core Flame Stone was a treasure used to upgrade low-grade celestial flames. In the past, Joe Di would have bid for it without hesitation. But now, his Cosmic Flame had already absorbed a Stellar Core Flame Stone once, and both types of flame he possessed had advanced to very high levels—he no longer needed it.
On the giant bidding screen, the price jumped rapidly. In just a few breaths, it had reached eleven thousand Liberty Points.
In the end, the Stellar Core Flame Stone sold for thirteen thousand Liberty Points. Seeing this, Joe Di realized just how astronomical the price of his Starlight Tea had been.
Ten leaves of Starlight Tea equaled a single Stellar Core Flame Stone—and now, in Great Cauldron City, a single leaf of Starlight Tea was being auctioned for ten thousand Liberty Points.
Of course, if you considered that Starlight Tea refined with the Genesis Cauldron was included, then ten thousand Liberty Points per leaf was actually quite reasonable.
He still had over ten thousand leaves of Starlight Tea, but Joe Di had no intention of selling them. Even if he were to refine more Starlight Tea in the future, it would never be the same. He’d promised the World Tree Branch that he would never use the Genesis Cauldron for alchemy again.
“Congratulations to the friend who won the Stellar Core Flame Stone. Next up is a top-grade flying immortal artifact—the Cloudspire Spear. I don’t need to explain its value; I’m sure everyone here understands that owning a top-grade immortal artifact means a greater chance of survival... The starting bid for this Cloudspire Spear is one hundred thousand Liberty Points, with each increment no less than five thousand Liberty Points...”