Shock flashed through Feng Jiu Ge's eyes, but it quickly subsided and disappeared, displaying his exceptional control over his mental state.
"It seems the sect elders guessed correctly. Back then, Mo Yao, the fairy of Spirit Affinity House of that generation, brought Water Pavilion into Imperial Court blessed land. Without Water Pavilion's assistance, she would never have been able to infiltrate Imperial Court blessed land. But how strange, how could a Northern Plains Gu Immortal possess the construction blueprint of Water Pavilion?" Feng Jiu Ge was intelligent and did not believe the matter was as simple as it appeared.
"Oh? There are many good things being offered here, extinct ancient Gu recipes, immortal materials, and even rare inheritances such as wisdom path inheritances and lifespan extension methods. It seems this auction has gathered all the experts of Northern Plains. After this auction, our mission will become much more difficult." Feng Jiu Ge felt delighted.
"Hehehe, coming to this auction was indeed the right choice. The moment I entered, I obtained many clues. In any case, I must retrieve Water Pavilion's blueprint. Spirit Affinity House has lost Water Pavilion for far too long."
In the eleventh secret room, Fang Yuan sat quietly with his eyes closed. Thoughts collided at tremendous speeds within his mind, and in an instant, several ideas and conclusions formed.
"The star path clone has completed the mission and obtained Dream Travel Immortal Gu. Furthermore, Poison Scorpion Lady has now been transformed into a poison path split soul. Using the star path clone to target Poison Scorpion Lady was a good move. This won't leave any loopholes, using split souls is truly convenient." Fang Yuan could not help but think of Spectral Soul Demon Venerable.
Spectral Soul Demon Venerable created Shadow Sect. He plotted against the five regions and heaven's will for a hundred thousand years, even driving heaven's will into desperation during Fang Yuan's first life. He even refined the sovereign immortal body, delayed the great era by five hundred years, and infiltrated Heavenly Court without relying on anyone other than himself!
Such conduct was savage, domineering, and tyrannical to the extreme!
But there was no doubt that it was extremely effective, to the point that Fang Yuan wanted to adopt this method himself. By relying entirely on oneself and building an organization composed solely of split souls, there were many enticing benefits.
Firstly, there was no need to worry about betrayal. After all, these split souls were parts of Fang Yuan himself, and Fang Yuan trusted only himself.
Secondly, Fang Yuan could share his attainment levels with his split souls, giving them an extremely profound foundation when they became Gu Immortals.
Thirdly, Fang Yuan could spread these split souls throughout the five regions just as Shadow Sect had done, infiltrating the cores of super forces and influencing the overall situation of the five regions.
Fourthly, these split souls would be extremely useful both in combat and in managing immortal apertures, especially in the future when manpower became a crucial factor in winning the chaotic war of the five regions.
Finally, Fang Yuan could have his split souls cultivate different paths to raise his attainment levels.
These benefits were enormous, the advantages far outweighed the disadvantages.
The drawbacks of split souls were relatively acceptable, and there were several ways to work around them. One drawback was that if one of the split souls was captured, enemies could deduce Fang Yuan's location or other information about him, or even somehow use the split soul against him.
Another drawback was the enormous expenditure of soul foundation. Even after around eight months of cultivating his soul, Fang Yuan had only been able to split his soul four times, and had barely managed even that.
"There are several good targets throughout the five regions that can be transformed into split souls, and all of these people are useful in their own ways." Fang Yuan thought of people like Hei Lou Lan.
Hei Lou Lan possessed one of the ten extreme physiques. Transforming her into a split soul would be useful, but not as useful as using her as a person in her own right.
Making everything one's own was not always a good thing.
People like Hei Lou Lan, Bai Ning Bing, and Wu Yong could be far more useful as themselves.
Fang Yuan opened his eyes. As time passed steadily, fewer and fewer Gu Immortals entered. After a long while, Qin Bai Sheng closed the entrance to the blessed land.
He walked onto the raised platform in front of the main hall, announcing briefly and directly, "Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come. The auction will officially begin."
"Strange, why haven't Fairy Li Shan and Hei Lou Lan arrived?" Tai Bai Yun Sheng transmitted.
"Yes, I'm puzzled as well. According to Fairy Li Shan's nature, she should have been sitting in the main hall after arriving. Yet there isn't even a trace of her," Fang Yuan replied.
"The auction currently has three areas for participants: the main hall, single rooms, and secret rooms. If they chose a secret room, they would have entered directly through secret passages and wouldn't have appeared publicly. But even if Fairy Li Shan entered a secret room, she wouldn't have done so without even greeting us. Did you notice? There aren't any Gu Immortals from Hei tribe either," Tai Bai Yun Sheng pointed out.
Fang Yuan rejected the notion. "We should first send a message to inquire about the situation. Fairy Li Shan and Hei Lou Lan are bound to us by the Snowy Mountain Alliance, it is unlikely that they would betray us. Hei Cheng is injured, and I don't think he would dare attack Fairy Li Shan and Hei Lou Lan, but we should still make sure of their situation later."
While the two were discussing this, the first auction item had already been displayed on the platform.
"Everyone should know what these are, these are sky chief clouds. When spread out, they can cover over one thousand three hundred square kilometers. Such a large quantity of sky chief clouds is rare even in treasure yellow heaven. The starting bid is twenty immortal essence stones, and every bid must increase by at least five immortal essence stones. Please begin!" Qin Bai Sheng announced.
Neither Fang Yuan nor Tai Bai Yun Sheng was interested. Tai Bai Yun Sheng had been given immortal killer moves and another complete time path inheritance, which integrated perfectly with his own inheritance, so any thought of cultivating cloud path had already been eliminated.
The next moment, a cloud path Gu Immortal in the main hall shouted, "Thirty-five immortal essence stones!"
Another voice followed.
"Forty immortal essence stones!"
"Sky chief clouds are suitable for nurturing cloud path Gu worms, and if a group of sky chief beasts is brought in, even more sky chief clouds can be produced and sold in treasure yellow heaven to earn money."
In the end, the sky chief clouds were sold for forty-eight immortal essence stones.
"The second auction item is a group of rare black spirit antelopes. This beast group numbers three hundred and twenty thousand and contains five beast emperors. The minimum price is ten immortal essence stones, and every bid must be at least four immortal essence stones higher. The price can be reduced if you possess any of the materials requested by the seller," Qin Bai Sheng introduced.
The rare black spirit antelopes were soul path beasts and were extremely excellent refinement materials. They also attracted soul path Gu worms to reside within their bodies, allowing Gu Immortals to collect Gu worms from them, making them highly useful to soul path Gu Masters.
After a round of bidding, this group was sold for twenty-eight immortal essence stones.
After the black spirit antelope group, dozens, if not a hundred, more items were sold. After these items were sold, the lower-level Gu Immortals gradually became incapable of competing. Some were sweating, some had turned pale, while many others were already exhausted.
Bidding did not merely compare wealth, it also involved psychological battles.
Gradually, the number of rank six bidders dwindled.
"I've made a small profit from selling some unimportant items." Fang Yuan had sold Gu worm recipes and large quantities of guts Gu, which had been enthusiastically received by everyone, along with a large number of resources.
The auction was extremely profitable. There was fierce competition between the Gu Immortals, while there were practically no fees.
With Fang Yuan's knowledge, he was able to obtain the highest possible profits and take full advantage of this rare occasion.
"Finally." Qin Bai Sheng was heard announcing, "We will now begin the auction of Immortal Gu."
"The most important part is here!"
The eyes of many Gu Immortals shone brightly. Even those who had been on edge were eagerly anticipating this moment.