No hope for eternal life

Chapter 178 The Tianjiao Club Begins

“However, it’s not easy to get into the top three.” Mu Changsheng thought to himself. Just by looking at that part of the intelligence, he could find many strong opponents. Add to that some people from all over the world that he didn’t even know, and it is very likely that a few “dark horses” will emerge. Ji Leyao next to him is a typical example.

So, Mu Changsheng suggested to Mu Xun and the others: "Let's go find a chamber of commerce first. I want to buy something."

"It just so happens that I also want to buy something." Ji Leyao agreed, and Mu Xun had no objection to this.

Soon, Mu Changsheng and the other two found the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce in the capital of the Shenhu Kingdom. However, this was not a branch, but the headquarters of the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce.

At this time, perhaps because the Tianjiao Club gathered many foreign cultivators, the Chamber of Commerce was holding an auction. After Mu Changsheng and Ji Leyao bought things, they stayed to watch the auction.

After the auctions of one item after another, there finally appeared an item that Mu Changsheng was very interested in.

The auctioneer shouted loudly on the stage: "Please look, everyone, this is a high-quality Extreme Infant Pill. There is no need to elaborate on the effects of this pill. Extreme Infant Pills are scarce and cannot be missed. The starting price is 5,000 high-quality spirit stones, and each bid must not be less than 100 high-quality spirit stones."

"Five thousand two hundred high-grade spirit stones."

"I'll offer 5,500 high-grade spirit stones."

There was a frenzy of bidding in the venue, and the momentum was no less than the previous auction of the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill, which showed how popular the Extreme Infant Pill was.

However, this is destined to have nothing to do with Mu Changsheng, because the spirit stones in Mu Changsheng's hands are not even enough for the starting price.

In the end, an Extreme Infant Pill was sold at the price of nine thousand eight hundred high-grade spirit stones, which is nearly one million medium-grade spirit stones, ten times the price of the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill!

Ji Leyao, who was sitting next to him, suddenly said, "Although the spiritual materials used to refine the Extreme Infant Pill are indeed rare and precious, the total cost is less than one thousand high-grade spiritual stones. The reason why it is sold so expensively is actually because all the major forces have joined forces to control the number of Extreme Infant Pills. Scarcity makes things valuable, so the price remains high."

Mu Changsheng fell into deep thought after hearing this. He thought of the Nine-Transformation Golden Pill and wondered if the price was so high for this reason.

Mu Xun asked a key question: "Are the two major sects and the three major families also involved?"

Ji Leyao nodded slightly and admitted, "I was also very confused about this, so I asked my grandfather, and he told me that unless one day you are strong enough to make the rules, don't try to challenge the rules."

"The world is bustling with people all pursuing profit, it's nothing more than that." Mu Xun sighed rarely, and there was even a hint of cynicism in his tone.

Mu Changsheng comforted Mu Xun and said: "There is no absolute good or bad. This may also be for the stability of the overall situation in the world."

"Yes, if everyone could form a supreme Nascent Soul or a ninth-grade golden elixir, it would be more likely to cause more trouble, because human desires are infinite, and once they get this, they want that." Ji Leyao echoed.

Finally, Mu Changsheng and his three companions returned to the inn, each of them practiced behind closed doors, waiting for the Tianjiao Conference to begin.

Mu Changsheng took out the Efeng talisman pen and continued to refine the talisman. What he had bought from the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce before were actually the materials for drawing the Wuliang talisman. Because he was worried that it would not be enough, he bought another 500 sets of Wuliang talisman materials.

In the end, five hundred pieces of materials were successfully used to obtain one hundred and forty monster talismans.

……

On this day, the day of the Tianjiao Conference arrived. Mu Changsheng and his group set out early and came to the previous registration place.

There are three high-rise buildings with different styles here. They were built by the Shenhu Kingdom many years ago specifically for hosting the Tianjiao Conference. The three high-rise buildings correspond to the Jindan Realm, Yuanying Realm, and Huashen Realm respectively.

So Mu Changsheng and the other two had to temporarily separate from Yang Wuque and enter different high-rise buildings.

After Mu Changsheng and the other two entered the high-rise building belonging to the Jindan realm, they found that the first floor was empty with only a green bell hanging in the center of it.

As more and more monks came to attend the conference, some people actually felt that the place was overcrowded.

"There are at least thousands of people here." Mu Changsheng made a rough estimate and sighed in his heart. You know, everyone here is at least an eighth-grade golden elixir.

Just when everyone was puzzled, a man in imperial robes suddenly appeared below the green bell and introduced himself: "Welcome everyone to participate in this year's Jindan Realm Tianjiao Meeting. I am the host of this year's Jindan Realm Tianjiao Meeting, Hu Tiandu."

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this, waiting for Hutian to explain the rules of the competition of the Tianjiao Contest.

Hu Tiandu also cooperated very well and began to say: "Although everyone present here is a great person, since this is a gathering of geniuses, only true geniuses can participate, so we need to screen you first and select the real 100 geniuses to participate in the real event that will follow."

At the same time, Hu Tiandu pointed to the green bell above his head and continued: "This bell is called the Huntian Bell, which is used to measure strength. Each of you has one chance to attack. The stronger the force, the more times the bell will ring. The ranking will be determined by the number of times. The top 100 will pass, and the rest will be eliminated. If there are multiple people who are tied for the first place or the 100th place, the ranking will be based on the test points. In addition, there is a prize for the first place, which is a reward of 1,000 high-quality spirit stones. I think you have no objection to this rule?"

Naturally, no one had any objections. Strength could be said to be one of the key components of every cultivator's ability. Although simply measuring strength was a bit crude, it was indeed convincing.

Seeing that no one objected, Hu Tiandu nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Which friend would like to try it first?"

"I'll do it." A strong man walked out of the crowd. Judging from his physique, you can tell that he is confident in his strength.

At the same time, this sturdy man was also a body-refining cultivator. He leaped up, tensed his muscles, and smashed the green bell with his right fist, and the bell rang immediately.

"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"

"Eight sounds, that's a far cry." Hu Tiandu commented calmly, "According to the data collected in the past, the best result in the Golden Core Realm is nineteen sounds. I hope some of you can achieve this result."

The sturdy man was originally full of confidence, but he didn't expect to get such an evaluation. He suddenly felt embarrassed and gritted his teeth secretly.

Hu Tiandu chose to automatically ignore the strong man's emotions and continued to ask: "Time is precious, who will come next?"

"I'll do it." Mu Xun replied and walked out of the crowd.

Mu Xun drew out the black sword, stood on the ground, and activated several secret techniques at the same time. After accumulating energy for a long time, it finally turned into a sharp sword energy and slashed fiercely on the green bell.

"Dong dong dong dong dong..." The green bell first made a series of rapid sounds, then gradually slowed down, but the sound continued.

Everyone could hear that the bell was different this time.

Finally, the bells stopped ringing, and Hu Tiandu showed appreciation in his eyes, praising: "Seventeen rings, not bad, it's a good start."

In Hutiandu's opinion, nineteen sounds is the best result after all. Being able to get close to it is already very good. After all, the strength of a cultivator is not entirely supported by strength.

However, Mu Xun frowned slightly, obviously not satisfied with the result.

Mu Xun's move also successfully aroused the desire to win among everyone present. Without Hutiandu's reminder, everyone spontaneously lined up to attack, wanting to compete with Mu Xun.

Fourteen, sixteen, twelve, seventeen...

After half an hour, most of the monks had already made their moves, but no one had surpassed Mu Xun's results, and at most no one was able to match him.