However, with the Tiantian Conference coming soon, Xu Wen didn't have much free time. From time to time, he was assigned to patrol various places and maintain order. The restoration of the Yuehua Qingxin Silk was a long process.
This is the flaw of joining a force. Although joining a force can obtain stable financial resources, connections, and resources, freedom must be greatly restricted, and various affairs and tasks are indispensable.
On this day, Xu Wen suddenly received a notice asking him to reinforce the North City area of Jietian City, saying that a conflict had just occurred there.
People from both sides who didn't know where came from were fighting there, and even many houses were demolished.
Rushing there in a hurry, Xu Wen was inspecting one by one when a voice suddenly sounded in his ears:
"Fellow Daoist Xu, I'm here!"
After glancing left and right without revealing any trace, Xu Wen turned into a remote alley, pretending to be on patrol.
The languid Fei Yi huddled in a corner, and when he saw Xu Wen, he was overjoyed.
With a wave of his hand, several spells fell on him. Fei Yi's aura immediately improved a lot. He took out a pair of clothes and put them on him to disguise himself.
Xu Wen took him out and said:
"What's going on? Are you taking action?"
Whether he was living in seclusion in his hometown or coming to Jie Tiancheng, Xu Wen kept in touch with Fei Yi, Liu Minghe, and Hai Zhenzhu.
Fei Yi has been searching for news about several other clones over the years, but he is closely related to the Xishan Ruins. After the Xishan Ruins was closed, he has not found other clones in all these years.
Knowing that there was a large-scale auction here, as a ghost cultivator, he needed resources that ordinary people did not have, so he came here not long ago.
To avoid attracting others' attention, he and Xu Wen only contacted each other privately. If the situation wasn't a bit critical this time, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to show up.
"I found another clone, no...it was the other person who found me."
Fei Yi smiled bitterly and said:
"There are several people on the other side, and their methods are extremely good. If I hadn't run so fast, I would probably..."
Looking at him, Xu Wen couldn't help but feel a little funny.
He usually always looks awesome and coaxing, and it seems that as long as he finds other clones, he will be able to absorb them. Unexpectedly, this time he hit the iron plate and almost knocked off his nose.
The two of them were chatting while walking towards the edge of this area.
Occasionally, I would meet other inspectors who knew each other. When I saw Fat Yi following Xu Wen, I just thought he was his friend and said hello without asking any more questions.
Soon, the two of them left the area and asked Fei Yi to go back to the inn to rest. Xu Wen whispered:
"Be careful these days. There are many masters in Bazhou Mountain in Jie Tian City. If they find out that you dare to take action in Jie Tian City, no one can protect you!"
"As for that clone, don't worry as soon as it appears. Just keep an eye on him and wait until you get out of Jietian City before you think of a solution."
"I don't want to provoke them at this time. The key is that they want to come to me!"
Fei Yi nodded repeatedly with lingering fear, feeling helpless:
"Okay, I'll be careful these days and try to go out as little as possible..."
After seeing off the fat man, Xu Wen continued to patrol. After a while, he saw Cui Changxing coming from the opposite side. He stepped forward and said hello:
"Brother Cui, how are you? Did you find anything?"
"The other party has an extraordinary origin..."
Cui Changxing looked a little unhappy. He raised his hand and a gray mass imprisoned by magic appeared in his hand.
The gray energy is very domineering, struggling with magic power that far exceeds it, but it is not afraid at all, and occasionally bites off a piece of Cui Changxing's magic power.
"They should be first-class ghost cultivators, but their magic power is extremely fierce. They are not like first-class casual cultivators. They are probably the people from Zhuzhao Mountain. However, it is really strange..."
Having said this, Cui Changxing scratched his head in confusion and said:
"They came to pay homage to the mountain gate, and there are many spiritual objects they want to exchange with us. Logically speaking, they wouldn't be so unruly."
"Senior Brother Tong also asked them, but they denied it. Could it be that other powerful ghost cultivators have appeared? I hope it's just a coincidence!"
There is no contradiction between Zhuzhao Mountain and Bazhou Mountain. In fact, the outputs of both sides complement each other in many aspects.
Therefore, when there is no Jietian City Conference, Zhuzhao Mountain will send its disciples to trade large quantities of spiritual objects.
This type of bulk commodity transaction is of great benefit to both parties. There is no reason for the other party to suddenly have a seizure and cause inexplicable sabotage.
Xu Wen had never seen the disciple of Zhuzhaoshan, and it was hard to tell whether he was the disciple. He could only exchange caution with Cui Changxing and continue patrolling.
After patrolling for a long time, I found nothing.
The methods of ghost cultivators are very different from ordinary monks, and they are very good at stealth, escaping, etc. If we didn't catch them at that time, it is basically impossible to catch them again.
Three days later, the first Jietian auction began, held in the Jietian Pavilion next to the City Lord's Mansion.
Jie Tian Pavilion incorporated a space array during its construction. Although it is a large building from the outside, it is not too obtrusive.
After entering, I discovered that the inside was three thousand square meters and more than ten feet high. There were many boxes built around the auction platform, which were obviously built specifically for the Tiantian auction.
Such a large space is more than enough to accommodate thousands of people.
Mixed in among the crowd, Xu Wen also found a place to sit down in the hall.
Today he has two tasks. One is to prevent someone from deliberately causing trouble. This is easy to understand.
The second is entrustment. Almost all large-scale auctions have entrustment to hype up the atmosphere, drive up prices, prevent leaks, etc.
Not only him, there were also several non-Bazhou Mountain disciples sitting in disguise and sitting everywhere. Cui Changxing, Nie Laojiu, Chu Yin, Zhang Jiuting and other Bazhou Mountain disciples were also dispatched to guard the surrounding areas.
The auction looked harmonious, but in fact it was tight on the outside and tight on the inside. The organizer had already made many plans and considered all aspects.
In another world, there are people who rob and steal banks, gold shops, and museums, but there is basically no news of robbing auctions. This is the reason.
Tong Yunguang Shi Shiran walked up to the auction stage and sang a few words of Fei Nai. After almost the opening remarks, he took out the first auction item, which was a set of formations.
The light shot up into the sky and instantly formed a light shield, surrounding the performance area.
With a wave of his hand, several spells rushed out and hit the light shield, all of them were like mud cows sinking into the sea, without any movement.
"The second-level high-grade large-scale magic formation, the cloud shadow streamer formation, can cover an area of 80 miles, and can withstand hundreds of spells in the later stage of foundation building. Even a master of golden elixir will find it difficult to break through it with one blow."
Demonstrating the opportunity, Tong Yunguang said loudly:
"This is made by Master Zhao of Bazhou Mountain and will be installed by him himself. Master Zhao will make it. It must be a fine product. This is the only one and nothing else."
"The starting price is 25,000 low-grade spiritual stones, and the price cannot be less than 1,000 spiritual stones at any time. Please bid!"
Zhao Binhong is a famous second-level formation master in Bazhou Mountain, with a golden elixir cultivation level. It is said that he has been trying to break through to the second level.
His works, even if the order is the same as other formations, are more powerful.
The profession of an array master is actually very demanding. It is much more difficult than refining weapons and making talismans, and it is even more difficult than refining alchemy.
However, the average monk rarely uses the formation, and the refining of the formation is also very complicated and takes a long time. It is difficult for ordinary forces to cultivate it, let alone individuals.
Under various circumstances, the formation ranked third in the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, and was beaten by the weapon refiner.
In fact, among the four categories of alchemy formations and talismans, Talisman Makers and Alchemists are the most common. There are fewer Weapon Refiners, formation mages are the rarest, and high-level formations are even rarer.
"Twenty-eight thousand!"
"Thirty thousand!"
…
Almost instantly, the price of Yunying Streaming Formation exceeded 30,000.
This kind of formation is not used by ordinary monks at all. Those who compete for it are some cultivating families, small sects or chambers of commerce and other forces.
Twenty thousand spirit stones are a lot for a single monk, but for a force, they are nothing.
Soon, this formation was bought by a chamber of commerce force for 50,000 yuan.
But judging from their calm demeanor, it was obvious that they were just trying their luck.
The first item was the formation, which immediately aroused everyone's interest, and the atmosphere quickly became lively.
"Second-grade high-quality bear demon inner elixir!"
Tong Yunguang called the iron hot, took out another demon cultivator inner elixir, and loudly introduced its function.
Xu Wen could clearly feel that there was something wrong with the auras of several people here. After sensing the auras of several people, he knew that most of them were demon cultivators.
As a demon cultivator, seeing the inner elixir of a fellow demon cultivator being auctioned in public makes me feel a little uncomfortable.
However, this does not affect their participation in the bidding at all.
In fact, the more demonic cultivators are, the greater the effect of the inner elixir on them. If they meet someone with similar attributes, they can even take it directly and refine it into their own inner elixir.
Although it is definitely not as good as the natural inner elixir, it is still far better than ordinary external objects.
The demon cultivator's inner elixir was finally taken by a demon cultivator. Tong Yunguang took out the third item for auction without hesitation.
The entire auction was conducted very compactly and at a very fast pace. Repeated inquiries such as "one, two, three" and "is there any higher" in the mortal world would not occur at all.
Xu Wen watched with fascination. The auction held by Bazhoushan in person was naturally punctuated by small fuss by other forces. There were no second-order mid-grade or low-grade items at all, but only second-order high-grade items.
The Foundation Establishment Pill was just a very common thing in a place like this. Although it caused a lot of competition, it was not really a precious thing.
He has no doubt that somewhere he doesn't know, there must be a higher-level auction specifically for Jin Dan Zhenren.
But as an outsider, he was only a foundation-builder, so he would definitely not be able to enter that kind of situation.
An hour later, the auction had reached its climax, and not only second-order but also third-order objects appeared from time to time.
At this time, Tong Yunguang, who had rested for a while, came on stage again and carefully took out a crystal bottle from his arms.
There was nothing else in the bottle, only a feather-like leaf, on which lay a finger-sized baby that seemed to have fallen asleep, constantly rising and falling in the crystal bottle.
Looking at the baby, everyone seemed to see themselves.
A series of inhaling sounds suddenly sounded at the scene. Even though he knew the existence of this item beforehand, Xu Wen couldn't help but reveal his eyes.
(End of chapter)
