'Pity... pity my sister?
Known for his words, Cui Lianer, who was held stiffly in Gu Qing's arms, twitched the corner of his mouth and suddenly got goosebumps all over his body.
Her cold expression was already somewhat deformed, and she had to turn her head slightly, barely controlling herself so as not to make a fool of herself. But in this way, she seemed to be leaning into Gu Qing's arms.
Although she was quite embarrassed, she was an unusual woman after all. She took advantage of the situation and stretched out her slender fingers, pointing at the tight-featured Xiu who was standing in front of her, and said to Gu Qing: "Brother Lin, this is Lian'er's cousin, Cui Fang. As for the other fellow Taoists, Lian'er doesn't know them."
Cui Lian'er's tone was extremely soft and soft.
Cui Fang, who was standing in front of him, felt as if he was in a dream. He had never seen his cold-tempered cousin behave like this.
"Who is this fellow Taoist?" Cui Fang frowned and looked at Gu Qing, who had a cold expression, with a hint of caution.
The purple-robed practitioner at the eleventh level of Qi refining, who was also called Murong Changtian in Cui Fang's mouth, suppressed the stiff smile on his face, looked at Gu Qing and Cui Lian'er with a somewhat gloomy look, and looked at the person who was leaving Zhaoyu Tower. On the first floor of the building, several middle-aged monks walked towards the platform made of jade.
Chen Fan, Zhou Long, and Zhao Ming, whom Cui Fang had introduced to Cui Lian'er earlier, looked at each other a few times when they saw this scene.
Among them was Zhou Longzhixiu, who was at the ninth level of Qi refining. He had solid muscles all over his body and was quite tall, but his face was sallow. He snorted coldly and said to Cui Fang: "Humph! Cui Fang said Friend, didn’t you say that Cui Lian’er of your Cui family is not married yet?”
Immediately, he pointed at Gu Qing, narrowed his eyes and asked: "Then from which corner did this fellow Taoist come out? Don't tell Zhou that this fellow Taoist is one of Cui Lian'er's brothers!"
The second uncle who called himself Cui Lian'er also approached at this time. He glanced at Cui Lian'er, then stared at Gu Qing, and said in a cold voice: "This fellow Daoist Lin Changqing was just two years ago. The casual cultivator who came to Kurongfang is not the brother of my niece Cui Lian'er. Fellow Daoist Lin, please let go of my direct daughter of the Cui family as soon as possible!"
As the second uncle who called himself Cui Lian'er said the last word in his mouth, his eyebrows seemed to jump slightly, and soon there was invisible spiritual consciousness rushing out and rushing towards Gu Qing.
Gu Qing was unaware of this.
He just nodded to Cui Fang who was standing in front of him, and then said to Cui Lian'er in his arms: "Since Lianmei doesn't know these fellow Taoists, let's not delay."
With that said, Gu Qing hugged Cui Lian'er and took steps.
The cultivator of the second uncle who called himself Cui Lian'er felt a sting between his eyebrows. He felt that his consciousness, which was rushing towards Gu Qing, hit a layer of sky. His vision turned black and he couldn't help but take a half step back.
Cui Fang, who was blocking the front, felt an invisible gentle force coming towards him as Gu Qing held Cui Lian'er in his arms. Although he used the spiritual power in his body to resist, he still retreated uncontrollably.
Murong Changtian, Zhou Long and others behind Cui Fang all had solemn expressions and involuntarily moved away. At this moment, Gu Qing in their eyes seemed to have turned into a majestic mountain, and also seemed to be deep in the sky. The bottomless abyss, just walking slowly, is like a sky pressing down on you, making you feel like you are carrying a huge boulder, and it is extremely oppressive.
Tap tap tap...
Gu Qing just hugged Cui Lian'er safely and went up to the second floor.
Just went to the second floor.
Gu Qing's hand around Cui Lian'er's soft waist was released.
He glanced at the situation on the second floor of Zhaoyu Building, his tone was very cold, and he sent a message to Cui Lian'er: "I'm sorry, Lin has already helped me. I would like to ask fellow Taoist Cui to inform Lin in detail about the cave ruins!"
Cui Lian'er curled her lips secretly.
Without thinking, she briefly sent a message back to Gu Qing: "That's natural! After the auction, Mr. Cui will record the information about the cave ruins in detail on the jade slips and give it to Fellow Daoist Lin. Please rest assured, Fellow Daoist Lin! However, within the three days of this auction, I also ask Fellow Daoist Lin and Mr. Cui to stay together as much as possible. Members of Mr. Cui’s family will not give up just like that.”
When Gu Qing heard Cui Lian'er's words, he nodded lightly.
'Murong Changtian, Zhou Long and others should be cultivators from other families introduced to Cui Lian'er by her family! That is to say...
'The Cui family seems to be very anxious to marry off Cui Lian'er?
There was some surprise in his heart.
Surprised and suspicious, this matter had nothing to do with him. After noticing Cui Lian'er's strange eyes, he would help this woman purely because of the ruins of the cave that the woman had mentioned before.
The auction organized by Wanbao Tonghui, a large-scale chamber of commerce well-known in Beize, was held on the fifth floor of Zhaoyu Building.
At this moment, there are still six or seven hours before the auction.
Many stalls and temporary shops have been set up on the first, second, third, and fourth floors of Zhaoyu Building. They are all offering prices that are 10 to 20% lower than usual. Regardless of their origin, all comers are welcome. Acquire various magic weapons, elixirs, talismans, and various spiritual materials.
In order to exchange for enough spirit stones, many monks who participated in the auction chose to sell something at these stalls and temporary shops.
Gu Qing and Cui Lian'er stopped talking to each other and walked to the fifth floor together.
Occasionally, when he walked to a more open area, he could see the jade lifting platform crowded with monks, slowly rising or falling.
After walking through the areas on the second and third floors, Gu Qing never sold anything in exchange for spirit stones. After all, although he only had sixty-five pieces of middle-grade spirit stones left, he still had 138,000 taels of low-grade spirit stones. There are more than a hundred pieces, and there are ten pieces of high-grade spiritual stones. He is not interested in exchanging a small amount of spiritual stones. What's more, it has been half a month since he killed Xuanyin, and the things he has obtained are not suitable for the time being. Take action.
On the contrary, it was Cui Lian'er who took action one after another.
She took out all kinds of weird spiritual materials and sold them in exchange for spiritual stones, such as the tendons, scales, teeth and claws of some monster beasts, black viscous slurry with a faint demonic aura, a few ferocious beast souls, and even some An ugly half-demon with dull eyes and an empty shell was sold. .
Zhaoyu Tower, fourth floor area.
Gu Qing's footsteps stalled for a moment in front of a stall filled with skeletons. This stall specialized in purchasing the remains of monks.
The owner of the stall here is a thin figure covered in a wide gray robe. At this moment, he is sitting cross-legged behind the stall. Gu Qing's eyes are slightly focused, he thinks for a moment, and then walks into the crowd in front of the stall. , pretending to slap one hand on the storage bag at his waist, but in fact, he took out a storage bag from the space of the stone monument.
He threw the storage bag to the stall owner here, and then said through a message: "The skull of Jixiu Xiu has a soul of a person who will die after using a secret technique."
The thin figure under the broad gray robe took the storage bag thrown by Gu Qing, and looked inside it with his consciousness.
"Um……"
The thin figure pondered for a moment, and then sent a message back to Gu Qing, "This skull is indeed left by the foundation-building monks, but the power attached to it has been dissipated. It cannot be sold for a price, but the soul attached to it is It’s a bit interesting, let’s see, thirty pieces of middle-grade spiritual stones, and a storage bag containing three dimensions of space will also come with it. Fellow Taoist, are you willing to give it to me?”
Gu Qing sent a message and said, "Yes."
The thin figure under the broad gray robe heard Gu Qing's words, turned over his hands and took out thirty middle-grade spiritual stones and handed them to Gu Qing. Then he put away the storage bag that Gu Qing handed over and nodded to Gu Qing.
Gu Qing put away thirty middle-grade spiritual stones, glanced at the monks who were looking at him, and then continued to the fifth floor with Cui Lian'er who was waiting beside him. A hint of thinking flashed in his eyes.
'I can torture the soul of the monk surnamed Chu in the foundation-building head in various ways, and force him to find out some of the secret techniques and techniques that this cultivator knows, but the things I ask are difficult to rely on.
'If you can't say it, you will be tricked by this repair!
'The value of the soul cultivated in this way is nothing more than its soul power, but I think its soul power should not be very strong. Even if it is destroyed and the pure soul power is separated, it will be difficult to exchange for many spiritual stones. Why don't you sell it for thirty yuan?
The middle-grade spiritual stones are already ten pieces more than the twenty middle-grade spiritual stones I originally purchased for the foundation-building bones and the dark red scabbard!
While thinking.
Gu Qing and Cui Lian'er came to the platform between the stairs on the fourth and fifth floors. Many monks were paying the spiritual stones for the auction in front of a black counter. There were also many monks in the room on one side. They seemed to be queuing up in front of the newly opened stone room on top of the building.
On the stone wall on the side of the stone room, there are first the four large characters "Iron Painting and Silver Hook", "Gathering for Good Auctions", and then a few lines of small characters, which roughly means: All the items successfully sold in this auction held by Wanbao Tonghui , Wanbao Tonghui will draw half of the auction price of spiritual stones, and make it clear to everyone beforehand, so as not to cause any trouble later.
Gu Qing and Cui Lian'er looked at each other.
Cui Lian'er's eyes moved slightly, and she took the lead in sending a message to Gu Qing, saying: "Cui has nothing to auction, please help yourself, Fellow Daoist Lin. Anyway, wherever Fellow Daoist Lin goes these three days, Cui will just follow."
Gu Qing nodded.
The two first went to the black counter on the side, each paid ten low-grade spiritual stones, and got two nameplates with adjacent seat numbers, and then returned to the stone room and lined up.
A few breaths passed. Cui Fang, Murong Changtian, Zhou Long and other four people who had stopped Cui Lian'er earlier, as well as Cui Lian'er's second uncle and his party, all caught up from behind. Their eyes were focused on Gu Qing. It had a bit of unkindness, but it was also mixed with a little fear. For a while, no one came forward to cause trouble for Gu Qing and Cui Lian'er.
"This damn girl Cui Lian'er is willing to devote herself to a casual cultivator rather than marry outside. She has probably discovered our plot! Second brother, what should we do? According to what you said before, that casual cultivator named Lin has spiritual consciousness. He is extremely strong, and he has probably reached the level of Qi Refining Dzogchen. Unless our ancestor takes action, no one in our Cui family can take down this person!"
Among the group of Cui Lian'er's second uncle, a dark-faced and gray-haired cultivator said this to Cui Lian'er's second uncle.
Cui Lian'er's second uncle sneered and replied disdainfully: "Ha! What if this damn girl realizes our plot? That surnamed Lin is just an outsider, and the clan will never let this damn girl go. Handing over the clan's property to outsiders! This damn girl's cleverness was misled by her cleverness. She thought she could get those properties without marrying outside..."
Cui Lian'er quietly glanced at her second uncle, and a chill flashed through her eyes: "Second uncle and the clan elders have been plotting all day long to get me to marry outside, so that they can take advantage of the property left to me by my parents... Haha. ! The so-called blood relationship is nothing more than that! They are no match for the word profit.
Cui Lian'er withdrew her gaze and looked straight ahead at the corner of Gu Qing's clothes: "Lin Changqing's cultivation is unpredictable. If I want to plot against him, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it!" In this way, the matter of the cave ruins has been fully explained. I think this person is soft-hearted and not hard-hearted. Although he is cold and ruthless and only interested in profit, he seems to be able to make use of it.
The queue in front of the stone chamber moved very slowly. After about two hours, they finally reached Gu Qing.
Gu Qing stepped into the stone room.
He heard the rumbling sound of the stone door behind him. As the stone door fell, all the sounds from the outside world were immediately cut off. He seemed to have come to an absolutely quiet place, no longer in the same world as the outside world. His eyes He glanced at the stone interior.
It's about a hundred feet in diameter, and the layout is very simple.
Not far in front of him, three similarly dressed old men in gray robes sat cross-legged. The cultivation of these three old men in gray robes were all at the twelfth level of Qi Refining. Their cultivation was profound and their auras were calm and should not be underestimated.
After Gu Qing arrived, the three gray-robed old men realized that the aura of the visitor was unfathomable, their expressions became solemn, and they looked at each other a few times.
