Xuanjian looked at the many Innate Sacred Beings below and said, “This auction has now come to an end, but this is only the beginning. After the Dao Ancestor's third lecture, our merchant guild will hold the second auction as scheduled. At that time, we will present two Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures. Any interested Fellow Daoists are welcome to participate in the bidding when the time comes.”
Xuanjian's announcement of the end of this auction also served to build anticipation for the second one.
To make it sufficiently attractive, Xuanjian had intentionally raised the stakes—two Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures!
For these Innate Sacred Beings who desperately needed Innate Spiritual Treasures to sever their corpses, this was absolutely an irresistible temptation!
Sure enough!
Upon hearing Xuanjian's words, the many Innate Sacred Beings were utterly shocked.
Even the Three Purities were no exception.
They were actually putting up another two Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures?
Adding the one from this auction, that made three Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures in total. This was an incredibly grand gesture!
Even they, the Three Purities, did not possess many Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures in their hands. Yet this Xuanjian... was actually generous enough to put three Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures up for auction?
Did he truly possess such profound reserves, or was he merely putting on a show?
Moreover, why did he go through so much trouble to organize this so-called auction? Wasn't this just letting them take advantage of him for nothing? What could he possibly gain from this? Could it really be solely to revitalize the Dao of Commerce?
Not a single Innate Sacred Being was a fool.
The others had more or less realized this as well.
Amidst their shock, they began to speculate in their hearts.
Xuanjian's smile remained gentle as he continued, “Of course, if you, Fellow Daoists, have treasures that you wish to auction, you can also hand them over to our merchant guild. Our guild will only take a five percent commission. Furthermore, you may also sell them directly to our guild...”
Xuanjian babbled on quite a bit, but it was all centered around buying and selling.
As everyone listened, they felt that it indeed sounded very convenient.
For instance, if Cultivator A needed a fire-attribute Innate divine item but didn't have one, yet possessed a water-attribute Innate divine item that was useless to him, how could Cultivator A efficiently obtain the fire-attribute Innate divine item he wanted?
The answer was simple: buy it!
Buy it at the Treasure Vault Merchant Guild, and sell the useless water-attribute Innate divine item to them.
When the next cultivator, Cultivator B, needed a water-attribute Innate divine item, they could use the same method to buy and sell at the Treasure Vault Merchant Guild.
This way, everyone could get what they wanted without having to spend a massive amount of time searching for it or incurring karmic debts to trade with others.
Simply put, it allowed resources to circulate.
This would better promote the cultivation environment of Honghuang.
Moreover, buying and selling inherently fell under the scope of karmic transaction.
By purchasing their required resources at Xuanjian's Treasure Vault Merchant Guild, they paid with one hand and received goods with the other. The karma would be offset, meaning no one would owe anyone any karmic debts.
This was highly valued by certain Innate Sacred Beings who were reluctant to owe personal favors or karmic debts.
However, the Innate Sacred Beings currently gathered at the Treasure Vault Merchant Guild made up only a very, very, very... very small fraction of the cultivators in Honghuang!
Once the Treasure Vault Merchant Guild spread across all of Honghuang, benefiting all cultivators by circulating resources and allowing them to exchange what they had for what they needed, wouldn't the Dao of Commerce flourish then?
However... there was still a very serious problem at the moment.
That was... a severe shortage of employees!
While the men of the Wu tribe were fine as security and escorts, asking them to sell goods? Forget about it.
Therefore!
Therefore, in these ten yuanhui, Xuanjian only had two tasks to do: cultivate, and recruit and train employees!
He had to strive to open branches of the Treasure Vault Merchant Guild all over Honghuang after the Dao Ancestor's third lecture!
After listening to Xuanjian's explanation, some of the Innate Sacred Beings fell deep into thought, some had a sudden realization, and others nodded in agreement with Xuanjian's words, each displaying different expressions and harboring different thoughts.
“The Dao that Fellow Daoist upholds is of immense benefit to Honghuang and all living spirits,” Dijun said from the bottom of his heart, filled with emotion.
Eastern Emperor Taiyi nodded. “Fellow Daoist's merit is boundless.”
Xuanjian smiled and replied, “In the vast Chaos, there is only this one Honghuang for us to settle down. Naturally, this poor Daoist hopes Honghuang will become better.”
Hearing these words, everyone was deeply moved, admiring Xuanjian's broad-mindedness and magnanimity.
...
The first auction concluded successfully, and the many Innate Sacred Beings departed one after another. However, some cultivators chose to stay behind.
Gaining insight from Xuanjian's words, they borrowed the grounds of the Treasure Vault Merchant Guild to set up stalls on the spot.
Selling the treasures that were useless to them and trading with Coins of Five Virtues and Treasure-Gathering Coins, these self-employed individuals also represented a way to make the Dao of Commerce flourish.
Thus, the huge square in front of the Treasure Vault Merchant Guild became crowded with figures and extremely bustling.
Xuanjian was only too pleased to see this happen.
The invisible fortune of the Dao of Commerce suddenly skyrocketed!
Rumble!
Only Xuanjian, the Lord of the Dao of Commerce, could clearly sense the vibration and joy of the River of the Dao of Commerce's fortune.
Within just a few breaths, the River of the Dao of Commerce's fortune grew to more than a hundred times its previous size!
The River of the Dao of Commerce's fortune meandered and surged majestically, stretching for a full million zhang.
Rumor had it that once one's fortune reached the scale of ten million zhang, it could transform into a fortune divine beast—a clear manifestation of flourishing fortune!
During the Dragon-Han era, if any of the three Innate clans lacked a fortune divine beast to protect them, they would be mocked by the other two.
With the fortune of the Dao of Commerce skyrocketing, Xuanjian, as the Lord of the Dao of Commerce, felt the effects most directly.
Under the assistance of this fortune, Xuanjian felt that his cultivation progressed without any obstacles, and the obscure and difficult essentials of the Great Dao became crystal clear to him.
His cultivation was already at the mid stage of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, and it likely wouldn't take long before he broke through to the late stage.
Xuanjian predicted, “Once we establish merchant guild branches in all regions, the River of the Dao of Commerce's fortune should be able to grow to ten million zhang.”
Just as Xuanjian was considering how to quickly and on a large scale recruit a batch of employees, he saw Nuwa and Fuxi walking straight toward him.
“Fellow Daoist Xuanjian,”
“Fellow Daoist Xuanjian,” Nuwa and Fuxi said with smiles, cupping their hands to him.
Xuanjian returned the gesture and said with a gentle smile, “Fellow Daoists, have you come to this poor Daoist because you have some treasures that need to be put up for auction on your behalf?”
“Hahaha,” Fuxi laughed heartily and looked at his sister. “To tell you the truth, Fellow Daoist Xuanjian, my sister actually wants to purchase two treasures from you.”
“Money is not an issue.”
Nuwa and Fuxi possessed the Innate Treasure, the Qiankun Cauldron, which was a supreme treasure capable of returning Acquired things to their Innate states!
As long as Nuwa was willing, she could convert a bunch of Acquired Spiritual Treasures back into Innate Spiritual Treasures. In the words of the Dao of Commerce, this was a literal money printing machine.
It was precisely because they held the Qiankun Cauldron that Fuxi had the confidence to say that money was not an issue.
“Oh?”
Xuanjian raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Nuwa, who was a head shorter than Fuxi.
He saw that Nuwa was also staring straight at him, her eyes burning with eagerness and desire. “Fellow Daoist Xuanjian, I want to buy the Innate Gourd Vine and the Nine Heavens Soil in your possession. How much money do you think it would cost?”
Xuanjian had long since guessed that Nuwa had come for these two treasures.
Hearing Nuwa's words, Xuanjian feigned a troubled look. “Fellow Daoist Nuwa, it's not that I am unwilling to part with them, but I also have uses for these two treasures, so... they are temporarily not for sale.”
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