The middle-aged man wearing glasses muttered doubtfully to himself, which made Shen Qiang's heart quiver. In fact, ever since he heard the words "Divine Dragon Essence," he had a premonition that there was something unusual about this item.

At that moment, as he listened to the middle-aged man's words, Shen Qiang immediately realized that the vague feeling in his consciousness was indeed due to Cheng Xinyi.

Firstly, as the largest dealer of magical treasures in the Cultivation World,

Cheng Xinyi would absolutely not joke about its reputation.

Take magical treasures for example, if they say it is a Spiritual Artifact, it is definitely not a Magic Artifact, and if they say it is a Magic Artifact, it definitely is not an Immortal Artifact.

Likewise, if the item was just simple agate or amber, Cheng Xinyi would not have failed to identify it.

While he was pondering, another elder beside him slightly frowned and said in a deep voice, "The seller claims that this item is Divine Dragon Essence, but in reality, Cheng Xinyi cannot authenticate its authenticity. Therefore, this item is probably of some collectible value but cannot be Demon Beast Essence, for it lacks any trace of life force."

These words left the bespectacled man silent, but only for a moment, before he nodded and said, "Elder Hu is making sense. If it were really Divine Dragon Essence, it would be an invaluable treasure. Whoever it belonged to would not have brought it here for auction."

Click, the bespectacled man tossed the bead back into the brocade box.

Their analyses sounded logical, which also caused a faint disappointment in Shen Qiang's heart.

In fact, the essence of Demon Beasts is an exceptionally precious treasure for cultivators.

Because Demon Beasts capable of producing essence are usually very powerful.

And what is essence?

It is equivalent to a cultivator's condensed True Yuan, solidified cultivation, including the abilities inherent in the Demon Beast itself.

In the Cultivation World, if one wants to quickly cultivate and rapidly increase their level,

there are usually three methods: consuming elixir pills, Dual Cultivation, or receiving power transfers from elders.

Beyond these three methods,

there is actually another way of cultivating that may not be very obvious in the short term but is extremely effective for long-term cultivation.

That is to use the essence of Demon Beasts for Foundation Establishment.

This method can only be applied during the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Once past the Foundation Establishment Stage, this method can no longer be used.

Furthermore, without the appropriate techniques and a certain compatibility, using Demon Beast Essence for Foundation Establishment would have a terrifyingly low success rate.

Basically, using Demon Beast Essence for Foundation Establishment has a fifty-fifty chance of success when the compatibility is quite high.

If the compatibility is poor, trying to use Demon Beast Essence for Foundation Establishment is a life-and-death gamble.

If it fails, both body and soul are destroyed.

On the successful side, one often obtains terrifyingly great power.

And the Medical Saint, naturally, is an expert in this field.

So even though Shen Qiang had never considered taking this dangerous shortcut lined with risks and opportunities, he was still very excited when he heard about the Divine Dragon Essence.

But now, having listened to the two men, there was still an inevitable sigh in Shen Qiang's heart.

After all, according to the records of the Medical Saint Inheritance, what they said was correct—real Demon Beast Essence contains life force within, but the item before him clearly did not.

It's just that Demon Beast Essence is very rare; even the Points Redemption Mall of the Dragon Group doesn't have it.

Although feeling somewhat disheartened at this time, Shen Qiang still activated his Observation Skill. After all, there's no use in idle speculation, and if he wanted to find out what this item really was, the Observation Skill was the most effective.

And as the Observation Skill activated,

the moment that line of text appeared, Shen Qiang was instantly stunned.

Item: Dragon Embryo Essence.

Origin: A newly developed dragon fetus, died in the womb, born through miscarriage.

It can be used for the Foundation Establishment, containing powerful Dragon Clan genes; exact abilities cannot be determined.

Lifespan: Six thousand five hundred years.

The line of text that appeared in his eyes left Shen Qiang momentarily at a loss.

The Divine Dragon Essence of a fetus that died in the womb!

No wonder it had no signs of life at all!

Meanwhile, Shen Qiang couldn't control the thoughts in his heart, and a large amount of his True Qi was instantly depleted, causing the Observation Skill to exude wisps of fog.

Roar!

Below the vault of the sky, amidst the starry heavens, lay an azure dragon with a body stretching for thousands of miles and an awe-inspiring presence, howling in sorrow. Its claws cradled the corpse of a female dragon without antlers, her belly swollen, but clearly dead; almost exactly when Shen Qiang tried to focus and see everything clearly.

His body suddenly swayed.

Then to Shen Qiang's horror, in just a moment, in just one scene, his body's True Qi was completely drained.

"This young friend seems to be in poor health," said the old man standing next to the Divine Dragon Essence, raising his eyebrows slightly and then smiling, "I was wondering, this couldn't possibly be something you brought to sell, could it?"

Feeling somewhat lightheaded, Shen Qiang smiled, turned around, and walked back to his seat, leaving the old man and the middle-aged man with glasses to speculate.

After returning to his seat and settling his tense and shocked emotions, Shen Qiang's eyes became clear and bright.

The Essence of the Azure Dragon fetus was also the Essence of a Divine Dragon!

And what was Shen Qiang most lacking now?

Cultivation, cultivation, and more cultivation!

If he could obtain this Divine Dragon's Essence for his Foundation Establishment, Shen Qiang would become so powerful that even he would be afraid of himself!

"No matter the cost, I must secure this Divine Dragon's Essence! Even though it's the Essence of a Dragon Fetus, it is still a dragon after all!"

With his mind made up, despite feeling extremely exhausted, Shen Qiang's spirit was incredibly exhilarated.

By this time, the intermission had ended, and as everyone returned to their seats, an auction assistant wearing a cheongsam appeared next to the auctioneer, carrying what appeared to be a formidable Sky Flipping Seal in her hands.

"Divine Dragon Essence, starting bid one million! Does anyone want to bid? Does anyone?" After calling out twice and seeing that no one wished to bid, the auctioneer exchanged glances with the cheongsam-clad woman, clearly signaling her to present the Sky Flipping Seal she was holding.

Upon seeing this, Shen Qiang immediately raised his bid card.

The auctioneer's eyes lit up, and with a look of surprise, mixed with a hint of amusement: "This gentleman bids one million; do we have any higher bids? One million for the first time..."

"One million two hundred thousand!" The man with the glasses, who had previously observed the Divine Dragon Essence without any signs of life, raised his card.

The crowd burst into laughter the moment they saw this.

In the midst of the laughter, the man with glasses curiously looked at Shen Qiang and asked, "I'm very curious, why are you bidding for this? Do you know what it is?"

Looking at the questioning gaze in his eyes, Shen Qiang sneered inwardly. It was clear that this middle-aged man was just doubting whether the item was truly valuable. If he really knew it was the Divine Dragon Essence, how could he only raise the bid by two hundred thousand?

So Shen Qiang just smiled faintly and said offhandedly, "One million four hundred thousand. I've heard collecting seven Dragon Balls allows you to summon the Divine Dragon, so I plan to buy it for fun. If you also want to summon a Divine Dragon, raise the bid to one million six hundred thousand, and I'll let you have it."

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