Taihuang Star Seal

Chapter 430: Top-grade Heavenly Rank Kung Fu?

As time passed, Ding Chen obtained more and more spiritual materials, minerals and other items, most of which were needed to refine the [Chongjie Formation].

[Heavenly Tribulation Array] is subdivided into lower-grade, middle-grade, and upper-grade Heavenly Tribulation Array according to the success rate of helping cultivators to resist the "Heavenly Tribulation" after the array is successfully set up.

The lower-grade Heavenly Rank [Crossing Tribulation Formation] can increase the success rate of overcoming a "small Heavenly Tribulation" by 10%, or the success rate of overcoming a "big Heavenly Tribulation" by 1/1,000.

The tribulation that a cultivator in the Earth Crystal Realm needs to overcome to advance to the Heaven Gate Realm is called a "small heavenly tribulation."

The tribulation that a cultivator at the Tianmen Realm goes through to advance to the Zhenwu Realm is called the "Great Heavenly Tribulation"!

At first glance, the success rate of this lower-grade Heavenly Rank [Cleaning Tribulation Array] in breaking through the "minor Heavenly Tribulation" is only 2% higher than the success rate of cultivators directly using the [Feather of Heavenly Stone] to overcome the tribulation.

However, one still has to spend a lot of spiritual materials and auxiliary ingredients, and trouble a formation master of at least "lower heavenly realm" to set up the formation, which is extremely uneconomical!

But in fact, as long as the formation is completed, all cultivators within the range of the [Crossing Tribulation Formation] can enjoy the "10%" blessing of the success rate of overcoming the tribulation!

The exact number of people depends on the ability of the person who sets up the formation.

If there are many, they can help dozens of cultivators to overcome the tribulation at once;

If there are fewer people, it can accommodate seven or eight people.

As for the spiritual material [Feather of Heavenly Stone], if it is not refined into the core of the formation, its effect can only work on one cultivator.

Especially for those powerful and wealthy clans with many talented people, the gap between [Feather of Heavenly Stone] and [Chongjie Formation] is particularly prominent!

The "mid-grade Heavenly Rank" [Crossing Tribulation Formation] above this can increase the success rate of overcoming a "small Heavenly Tribulation" by 30%, or the success rate of overcoming a "large Heavenly Tribulation" by 3%.

As for the "Heavenly Grade Upper Grade" [Chongjie Formation], it is even more extraordinary——

It can increase the success rate of overcoming a "small heavenly tribulation" by 70%, or the success rate of overcoming a "big heavenly tribulation" by a full 15%!

What Ding Chen wanted to practice this time was the "mid-grade Heavenly Rank" [Chongjie Formation].

Theoretically speaking, with Ding Chen's current level of formation cultivation, he can also set up a top-grade heavenly-level [Chongjie Formation].

But the problem is: the quality of the [Feather of Heavenly Stone], which is the main material of the formation's core, is not good enough.

It just barely touched the edge of the "Superior Heavenly Array"!

As for other auxiliary materials, none of them can reach the "top quality of heavenly grade".

As we all know, the quality of spiritual materials will greatly affect the success rate of the formation master in setting up the formation.

In this situation, Ding Chen is like a housewife who can't cook without rice.

In order to ensure a nearly 100% success rate, he could only choose to settle for the second best and set up a "mid-grade heavenly formation" level [Chongjie Formation].

At this point in the auction, Ding Chen had already purchased all the materials needed for the mid-grade Heavenly Grade [Chongjie Formation].

The materials needed to set up the formation are "scarce and valuable".

In addition, Ding Chen has high requirements for the age and purity of spiritual materials, as well as the high premium that cannot be avoided in an auction venue...

Ding Chen spent a lot of spirit stones this time——

Putting aside the fact that he used 17 million low-grade spirit stones to "exchange" for more than 100,000 medium-grade spirit stones, and bought some leftover materials for setting up the formation.

He spent over three million on genuine "mid-grade spirit stones" alone!

Adding the six million previously spent on the purchase of [Feather of Heavenly Stone]... it’s almost ten million that has been spent!

Many times, the total cost of a top-grade sect to set up a "Heavenly Rank Mid-grade Formation" is only about five million mid-grade spirit stones.

From this point of view, the price Ding Chen paid for refining the [Chongjie Formation] was really high.

Does it even have a bit of a "sucker" feel to it?

However, this expense, which seemed to be "heartbreaking" to others, did not even make the young man frown.

On the one hand, it was because Ding Chen still had 30 million "mid-grade spirit stones" and 400,000 "high-grade spirit stones" in his storage ring, so he was far from running out of ammunition and food.

On the other hand, for Ding Chen, this account should not be calculated in this way——

The numerous high-quality spiritual materials he had purchased this time, coupled with his current formation cultivation that was comparable to the "peak of the heavenly realm"...

The [Chongjie Formation] that he created by himself is definitely the best among the "Mid-grade Heavenly Formations".

It can even be compared to some crudely made "superior-grade heavenly formations"!

The improvement in the success rate of breaking through the "minor heavenly tribulation" it brings is by no means comparable to that of an ordinary mid-grade heavenly grade [Tribulation Breakthrough Array].

At a certain moment, the female auctioneer suddenly smiled and said, "Well, now that the warm-up phase of the 'Heavenly Treasures Auction' has ended, it's time to get down to business!"

As soon as this was said, the whole audience heatedly discussed——

"Were all the previous ones warm-up sessions?"

"Oh my god, I spent all my fortune to finally win a piece of merchandise and was so proud of it, but it turned out to be just a 'warm-up' that people in [Tianci City] don't really care about?!"

"real or fake?"

"Is this a deliberate stunt?"

But when the female auctioneer suddenly put an item on the stage, the noise in the venue was instantly extinguished!

It was because all the cultivators had noticed the extraordinary nature of this item for sale—

This is a book, a book as white as emerald jade.

It uses purple jade as the "bamboo slips" of the book, and icy silk that cannot be melted by fire as the "book thread", stringing those "bamboo pieces" tightly together.

Once it is taken out, it shines with a spiritual breath that is sometimes gentle and cool, and sometimes wild and hot.

The book, which contained both cold and hot, yin and yang spiritual energy, made countless practitioners open their eyes wide!

"It's the soul of the book, the soul of the book that only the original copy has. I feel it!"

"That's right, such a powerful solitary book soul, could it be a mid-level heavenly-grade martial arts technique?!"

"No, this book is not of the middle grade of Heavenly Rank, but of the upper grade of Heavenly Rank, on the same level as the secret weapon of our sect!"

"Ah?! Oh my God, Master, we must take it down!"

"Well, don't be in a hurry, let's take a look. I always feel that this book spirit is a little strange. Let me feel it carefully..."

"Yes, yes, I noticed it. This book soul aura gives people a feeling that it is quite detached and incomplete."

"I think it should be a 'fragmented version'."

"Ah? That's a pity!"

"Yes, if it is a damaged copy, its value will be greatly reduced."

"Hey, I think it's normal."

"After all, if a 'superior heavenly grade' technique didn't have some flaws, who would be stupid enough to bring it to an auction?"