In other words, each demon soul can only fail once at most. If it fails more than twice, the power of the beast soul talisman will be greatly reduced, and the refining will fail. Even if it's applied, it won't have much effect.
The materials for beast soul talismans are mostly the spirits of advanced demon beasts, which can effectively increase a cultivator's strength in a short period.
Zhang Ling's understanding of beast soul talismans came from a record of relevant spirit talismans in the storage bag of the Core Formation cultivator who was chasing Tu Fei when he encountered him.
At that time, that person also used a beast soul talisman. The talisman that transformed into a rhinoceros demon beast during the fight with him was a beast soul talisman.
The rhinoceros demon beast transformed by that talisman turned into a set of black armor on that person, providing strong defense, but it was eventually broken by Tu Fei's attack.
He didn't expect to find one being auctioned here, and Zhang Ling immediately decided to acquire this talisman.
Although he didn't have a lot of spirit stones, he had a decent amount. However, when he heard the beautiful woman say that the owner of this treasure wanted to exchange it for a two-thousand-year-old wood-attributed spirit bamboo, his expression became strange.
He happened to have a third-grade Azure Spirit Bamboo that he had cultivated to about two thousand five hundred years, which perfectly met the requirement.
Originally, he carried several thousand-year-old spirit woods with him to exchange for special items when he didn't have enough spirit stones.
It was perfect for this situation.
Immediately, Zhang Ling picked up the auction token and whispered something to it. This token could not only increase the price but also contact the auction house's management, which was the case now.
After a few breaths, the beautiful woman on the auction stage suddenly paused, seemingly having received some news, and said with a happy expression, "Fellow Daoists, no need to increase the price. This treasure has already been exchanged by a fellow Daoist for a thousand-year-old spirit bamboo."
As she spoke, a white-clothed young man walked up, took the beast soul talisman, and left.
At the same time, Zhang Ling's auction token flashed green, and a message appeared on it, instructing him to go to a room to trade the auctioned item.
He was overjoyed. With this beast soul talisman, his strength would increase a lot. This was a life-saving weapon, and it could be considered that this trip was not in vain.
Zhang Ling did not immediately leave the room to exchange for the beast soul talisman. He heard the beautiful woman's voice from the jade wall again.
"Fellow Daoists, please take a look at today's last auction item, the Flowing Fire Blade ancient treasure."
The words 'ancient treasure' immediately attracted Zhang Ling's attention. He saw a fiery red, inch-long short blade appear in the beautiful woman's hand as a flash of fire light.
When spiritual power was injected into it, the short blade turned into a stream of fire, flying quickly around her, forming red fire lines.
The short blade flew extremely fast. Then, the beautiful woman raised one hand and threw out a fist-sized, dark black stone.
With a crisp sound, the short blade struck the stone, sending it flying several feet away. Red fire patterns appeared on the stone's surface, and then it exploded with a bang.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling was shocked. The black stone the woman threw was a kind of weapon refining material called Black Sink Stone. It was very hard and could be used to refine magical treasures. He didn't expect it to be blown up by the short blade with one strike, which showed that the short blade was not only extremely fast but also had extraordinary attack power.
With a flash of red light, the short blade reappeared in the beautiful woman's hand, and she introduced it again with a smile.
"Flowing Fire Blade is a fire-attributed attack-type ancient treasure that was refined by a weapon refining master from our Myriad Treasures Tower using a Flowing Fire Stone according to the ancient refining methods passed down from ancient times.
The power of this treasure, I believe, all fellow Daoists have seen clearly. Now, the auction begins with a starting price of five hundred thousand spirit stones. The highest bidder wins."
As she spoke, the woman gently tapped in front of her, and a light curtain appeared, displaying the words 'five hundred thousand spirit stones.' These words were changing rapidly, and in a short one or two breaths, they soared to six hundred thousand spirit stones.
The numbers were still rising rapidly, and it was about to break through seven hundred thousand spirit stones.
Zhang Ling sighed. The last auction item was actually an attack-type ancient treasure. He was also quite envious, but after thinking about it, he did not participate in the bidding.
First, he had prepared a lot of spirit stones for this auction, but he only had about five hundred thousand spirit stones, which was not enough to bid for this ancient treasure.
Secondly, he was not lacking in attack methods. He also had two ancient treasures in his hand with extraordinary power. Having one more attack-type ancient treasure would not increase his strength much.
If it were a defensive type of ancient treasure, he might bid for it.
However, it was quite unexpected that an ancient treasure could appear here. He himself also had several ancient treasure refining methods, but after studying them, he found that both the materials and the refining methods were different from the current treasure refining methods, making it very difficult to refine.
Until now, he had not found all the materials.
Zhang Ling no longer paid attention to the auction of the ancient treasure. He took the auction token and walked out of the room. According to the information on it, he walked to the third floor, turned around for a long time, and came to a room with the door number 'C-13.'
After a few knocks, the door creaked open.
The inside was brightly lit. First, he saw a large screen with patterns of demon beasts and ghosts. This style of screen was very common in Myriad Demon City.
A quick scan with his divine sense revealed that this room was about three times larger than the one he had just been in. Behind the screen, a male and a female cultivator were sitting in front of a round table.
"Fellow Daoist, are you here to exchange for the beast soul talisman? Please come in." A cold voice entered his ears. It was the female cultivator who spoke.
But when Zhang Ling saw the woman's face, he couldn't help but be stunned. This woman was an acquaintance. It was Huang Ying, who had invited several Foundation Establishment cultivators to deal with the demon beast and then betrayed Elder Chen when he was still in the Foundation Establishment stage.
Huang Ying also scanned him, and after seeming to discover something, she was also stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile, "So it's Fellow Daoist Zhang. Could it be that Fellow Daoist has the two-thousand-year-old spirit bamboo?"
Zhang Ling was not surprised that this woman could recognize his identity. The last time he saw her, this woman had recognized him using some secret method. After fighting Elder Chen, he had asked this woman, and according to her, she had recognized him based on the special demonic aura on his body.
In Myriad Demon City, Zhang Ling did not deliberately hide his aura. After all, there were many high-level cultivators here, so it was natural that he could be recognized.
Zhang Ling smiled bitterly in his heart and immediately cupped his fist and said, "Fairy Huang, we meet again."
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, please come in."
Huang Ying also stood up and returned a salute to him, inviting him inside.
Zhang Ling responded and walked around the screen. At the same time, he was shocked that the woman's cultivation was the same as his, reaching the middle stage of Core Formation, and her aura seemed to be even stronger than his, indicating that she had been in this realm for a long time.
