Upon hearing about the middle section of the Golden Body Technique, Guo Feilong immediately stopped in his tracks, as if under a spell, staring at the auction stage.

He had already completed the upper section of the Golden Body Technique, making his body comparable to a high-quality Sacred Treasure.

If he mastered the middle section as well, his body would at least be comparable to a supreme Spiritual Instrument, or even reach the level of a low-grade Sacred Treasure.

The bidding for the middle section of the Golden Body Technique wasn't very fast, as if many people weren't interested.

Guo Feilong thought for a moment and then understood.

Some people might buy the middle section without having the lower section, making it impossible to cultivate.

It's like building a house; if you don't build the first, second, and third floors, how can you proceed to build the fourth, fifth, and sixth floors?

Moreover, some people might have practiced the Golden Body Technique, but each level requires more expensive medicinal baths, which aren't affordable for everyone.

Even though the bidding wasn't too fierce, the middle section of the Golden Body Technique was still a very powerful body refining technique, and it had already reached a price of 5.3 million Spirit Stones.

After all, most body refining techniques could only train the body to the level of a low-grade Sacred Treasure or a medium-quality Spiritual Instrument, with only a few reaching the high-quality Spiritual Instrument level.

"Is there anyone willing to bid more than 6.4 million Spirit Stones for the Golden Body Technique? If not, then 6.4 million Spirit Stones for the first time."

With a clang, the beautiful hostess struck the copper gong on the table, smiling as she continued, "Is there anyone willing to bid more than 6.4 million Spirit Stones for the Golden Body Technique? If not, then 6.4 million Spirit Stones for the second..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Guo Feilong raised his auction paddle, "7 million Spirit Stones."

He increased the bid by 600,000 Spirit Stones in one go.

The beautiful hostess on the auction stage looked over at him, smiling as she said, "This fellow Daoist has bid 7 million Spirit Stones. Is there anyone willing to bid more? If not, then 7 million Spirit Stones for the first time."

Clang!

"7 million Spirit Stones for the second time."

Clang!

"7 million Spirit Stones for the third time."

Clang.

"Congratulations to this fellow Daoist for winning the middle section of the Golden Body Technique for 7 million Spirit Stones."

In the end, the Golden Body Technique ended up in Guo Feilong's hands.

Having bought everything he needed, he had no reason to stay at the auction house any longer.

After returning to the inn he was renting, Guo Feilong placed the Jade Slip containing the middle section of the Golden Body Technique on his forehead and began studying the cultivation method.

After reviewing the cultivation methods for the middle section of the Golden Body Technique, Guo Feilong felt that the Spirit Stones in his storage bag were far too few. The Golden Body Technique was practically a little monster that devoured Spirit Stones.

The middle section of the Golden Body Technique detailed the requirements for the fourth, fifth, and sixth levels, which translated to approximately:

To cultivate to the fourth level, 5 million Spirit Stones were needed, making the body comparable to a supreme Spiritual Instrument.

To cultivate to the fifth level, 20 million Spirit Stones were needed, making the body comparable to a low-grade Sacred Treasure.

To cultivate to the sixth level, 80 million Spirit Stones were needed, making the body comparable to a medium-quality Sacred Treasure.

Moreover, to cultivate the Golden Body Technique to the fourth, fifth, and sixth levels, it wasn't enough to just have Spirit Stones to purchase the corresponding medicinal baths.

It also depended on the quality of one's Spiritual Root and physical aptitude. The better the Spiritual Root, the faster the cultivation speed of the Golden Body Technique.

With poor Spiritual Root quality, it might take two to three hundred years to advance from the third to the fourth level, seven to eight hundred years from the fourth to the fifth level, and thirteen to fourteen hundred years from the fifth to the sixth level.

This is just in the case of poor Spiritual Root quality. If the physical aptitude is poor, one might encounter a bottleneck in body refinement.

For instance, even if one has cultivated the Golden Body Technique to the peak of the third level, if the physical aptitude cannot withstand the advancement to the fourth level, one might be stuck at the peak of the third level, unable to progress to the fourth level.

However, these two points were not issues for Guo Feilong. His Spiritual Root quality had already been elevated to high-quality.

If it weren't for the fact that upgrading the Spiritual Root to Earth Grade required too many Auspicious Clouds, he would have already elevated his Spiritual Root quality to Earth Grade.

In the Cultivation World, a high-quality Spiritual Root was considered a small genius level. In a major sect like the Spirit Creek Sect, one would become an inner disciple upon entry and be sought after by many Elders.

Moreover, the benefits and treatment within the sect were much higher than those of ordinary inner disciples, making one an elite inner disciple.

As for the physical aptitude for body refinement, Guo Feilong was even less worried. If he encountered a bottleneck, he could directly use Auspicious Clouds to help break through.

"Auspicious Clouds are still somewhat insufficient," Guo Feilong sighed, deciding that once he returned home, he would continue to marry and take concubines to have children.

As his descendants' cultivation stages improved, the Family Fortune Cauldron would also produce Auspicious Clouds, representing stronger rewards for the family.

Enhancing the cultivation stages of children with Spiritual Roots also increased Auspicious Clouds. Guo Feilong planned that regardless of the quality of his children's Spiritual Roots, they must all cultivate the Golden Body Technique.

Having come to Wanhua City, Guo Feilong spent the next few days continuing to refine Beauty Retaining Pills to earn more Spirit Stones.

In the Cultivation World of the Northern Borders Continent, there were many major cultivation forces like Wanhua City, each stronger than the Spirit Creek Sect.

With the newly refined Beauty Retaining Pills, Guo Feilong dared not continue selling them to the cultivation pharmacies in Wanhua City, fearing that someone might catch on and deduce that he could mass-produce these pills.

Before leaving Wanhua City, Guo Feilong went to a shop specializing in selling spiritual beasts and bought 40 ninth-rank flying spiritual beasts at a price of 150,000 Spirit Stones each.

He also bought 100 ninth-rank land spiritual beasts at a price of 50,000 Spirit Stones each.

This purchase alone cost him 11 million Spirit Stones, and combined with nearly 20 million Spirit Stones spent at the auction, he had spent around 30 million Spirit Stones during his stay in Wanhua City.

Without money, he couldn't afford anything.

Before leaving Wanhua City, he not only bought 140 ninth-rank spiritual beasts but also spent 10 million Spirit Stones on medicinal herbs needed for the Golden Body Technique's medicinal baths.

Before leaving Wanhua City, the 4,000 Beauty Retaining Pills he sold earned him 40 million Spirit Stones, which he spent entirely, even dipping into his savings by over 2 million Spirit Stones to cover the costs.

In the next month and a half, Guo Feilong visited four cultivation markets similar in scale to Wanhua City, selling 1,000 Beauty Retaining Pills at each market for 40 million Spirit Stones.

At the same time, he bought out all the main medicinal herbs for the Beauty Retaining Pills in each market, as these pills were a highly profitable source of income for him.

Guo Feilong also spent a fortune purchasing large quantities of spirit herbs and spirit medicines used for the Golden Body Technique's medicinal baths. All his wives, concubines, and children with Spiritual Roots had to cultivate the Golden Body Technique.

He speculated that since the Ten Thousand Demons Sect had established a foothold in the Arctic Continent's Cultivation World, other demon sects would likely establish themselves there in the future.

At that time, whether the Spirit Creek Sect could continue to exist was uncertain.

Buying so many ninth-rank flying spiritual beasts was Guo Feilong's contingency plan. If the Spirit Creek Sect truly faced decline in the future, he would take all his wives, concubines, and children, and fly on the spiritual beasts to bypass the demon sects' territories, migrating to the Northern Borders Continent's Cultivation World.

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Not only did he buy the spirit herbs and spirit medicines needed for the Golden Body Technique's medicinal baths, but Guo Feilong also purchased many spirit herbs and spirit medicines that were difficult to find in the Spirit Creek Sect. Having bought everything he needed, Guo Feilong planned to return to the Arctic Continent's Cultivation World.

To return, he needed to cross the Endless River.

The Ten Thousand Demons Sect had taken over the Primordial Sect's territory and had reached an agreement with the king-level spiritual beasts in the Endless River to transport cultivators between the Arctic Continent and the Northern Borders Continent using large ships.

Guo Feilong couldn't trust a demon sect like the Ten Thousand Demons Sect. Even if nothing happened during the boat ride, what if something went wrong on his way back to the Spirit Creek Sect through the Ten Thousand Demons Sect's territory?

There were also ships in the Northern Borders Continent's Cultivation World that could safely cross the Endless River to the Arctic Continent and the Northern Borders Continent.

To return to the Spirit Creek Sect, Guo Feilong didn't plan to pass through the Ten Thousand Demons Sect's territory; demon cultivators were too dangerous. He intended to take a detour through other cultivation forces to return to the Spirit Creek Sect.

After a few days of inquiries and investigations, Guo Feilong had mapped out his return route. On this particular morning, around nine or ten o'clock, he arrived at the Tianxuan Sect's ship port.