"Senior Brother Zhang, are you here too?"
"Yes, I heard that there will be many fourth-level magic weapons for sale in this auction. I'll try my luck."
"It's not just the fourth-level magic weapon! It is said that there is also a fourth-level strange fire. Alas, I don't know how many alchemists and weapon refiners are coming to fight for it."
"Fourth-level strange fire? I haven't seen anyone selling it in Yunshan Domain. It seems that it will definitely fetch a sky-high price this time."
Spreading his spiritual consciousness, he could hear the comments around him.
"It sounds like the unified Haidan is not the focus, which is a good thing." Li Mu whispered.
"Hmm, the less conspicuous the better, we will be more confident." Shen Bingxue was also a little happy.
The auction was held in a square in the city. At this time, the square was already crowded with people, and there were many cultivators in blue to maintain order. Many people's treasures were not eligible for auction, so they shouted and sold them around the square and set up stalls.
The two of them were walking when someone behind them suddenly whispered, "Brother Dao, can you take a look at the baby?"
Looking back, he saw a forty-year-old Pulse Refining Realm cultivator smiling at him. He had a rat-like head and yellow teeth, and his smile looked particularly vulgar.
Li Mu stood still and asked with a smile, "Senior brother, what treasure do you have?"
Seeing someone replying, the man's face burst into smiles. He had been selling here for several hours, and Li Mu was the first to pay attention to him.
"My surname is Xie, Xie Fang. Brother Tao, come this way. Speaking of treasures, there are many."
Li Mu had nothing to do, so he followed Xie Fang to a small stall.
The stall was filled with all kinds of objects, mostly materials, but also a few magic weapons that seemed to be of little use.
Xie Fang pointed to the pile of materials. Chest beat. "Brother Taoist, please take a look. I have at least fifty kinds of materials here, and there are even several fourth-level materials. Are you right? Just pick, I will definitely give you a good price, and you won't let you come in vain!"
Li Mu glanced casually for a few times, then looked back and said with a smile, "It's a pity. I don't want anything."
This pile of materials seems to be a lot, but most of them are very common, and most of them are of middle to lower grade, and there are even materials whose grade is hard to say. For example, most of the largest and most conspicuous piece of red phosphor copper has been corroded, and its value tends to zero.
No wonder the square is so lively, but his place is deserted.
Xie Fang frowned and said, "There are so many people who don't care about you. Brother, you really have high standards."
To be honest, Li Mu lay in the pile of materials almost every day. Materials below level five are transformed over and over again. There was very little he hadn't seen.
Li Mu smiled but did not answer, and cupped his hands, "Thank you, fellow Taoist, and say goodbye."
"Don't leave," Xie Fang said anxiously after finally getting a guest, "What about these magic weapons? Do you think Taoist brother doesn't like them either?"
Li Mu just shook his head.
Xie Fang thought for a while and suddenly whispered, "What about the others? I have Zhang Gu Dan Fang here. Do you like it, Taoist Brother?"
"Ancient elixir recipe?" Li Mu hesitated slightly, and a bright light flashed in the eyes of Shen Bingxue beside him.
Seeing that the two of them were interested, Xie Fang mysteriously took out a light yellow jade slip and said, "Yes, I managed to get it from the cultivators' ruins. Do you want it, Brother Taoist?"
The jade slips are very simple, and the traces of time can clearly be seen. There are only a dozen patterns on them, which is quite different from the jade slips used today. It is simple and unique.
It is indeed an ancient elixir that has been around for a long time.
"If it weren't for the purpose of buying spiritual stones at the auction, I would never sell them. Brother Tao, how about it?" Xie Fang said while staring at the surroundings with the corner of his eyes, looking even more obscene.
He pinched the jade slip so tightly that only a corner was exposed, for fear of being discovered.
Li Mu nodded and said, "Of course I want the elixir. However, you have to tell me what elixir it is and what its effects are, right?"
Xie Fang frowned and said in a low voice, "Brother Taoist, what you said is wrong. If I knew what kind of elixir this was and what effect it had, I would have sold it at an auction long ago. I just don't know anything. Sell it here.”
Li Muru realized something and asked suspiciously, "Isn't there any introduction in the jade slip?"
"No, there are only specific refining methods, but there are no other instructions..." At this point, Xie Fang couldn't help but stop talking.
"Could it be Poison Pill?" Shen Bingxue said softly.
She knew that although many poisonous elixir prescriptions had been handed down, the specific effects and names were not written down, because poisonous elixirs were against the harmony of nature, and the practitioners who refined them were disdainful and did not want to indicate it.
Xie Fang's face changed slightly and his voice rose a little, "You can't talk nonsense. Who knows whether it says something on it or not."
In fact, he had thought about it when he got it. The possibility that the jade slip was a poison elixir was at least 90%. Otherwise, he would never sell it.
Shen Bingxue did not refute, just smiled and shook her head at Li Mu.
Li Mu pondered for a while, "You have the elixir recipe, why don't you refine it?"
Xie Fang defended, "Can you make elixirs with the elixir recipe? The ingredients for this elixir recipe are not simple. I have never heard of several of them. I couldn't get them together, otherwise I would have tried them myself."
"Well, you tell me the materials you need, and I'll decide whether to buy them or not." Li Mu said with a smile.
Xie Fang shook his head quickly, "I've told you the ingredients, what kind of elixirs should I sell? Brother Taoist is just joking."
Li Mu retorted with a smile, "You and I have both made elixirs. How can we make elixirs with the materials? There is no order of materials, no quantity of materials, no refining methods. Just the names of the materials, I don't understand." It’s of no use. I just want to see the materials and deduce whether it’s a poisonous elixir based on the materials.”
Shen Bingxue behind him couldn't help but burst into laughter, and then quickly covered his mouth.
Of course she knew that when Li Mu made elixirs, he never cared about the order and quantity, nor did he care about water or fire. As long as there were materials, the elixir would definitely be made.
Now that Li Mu is saying this, Xie Fang must be fooled.
Xie Fang was suspicious and thought for a while, "What Brother Dao said makes sense. I will tell you the name of the material, but after reading it, you have to buy it even if it is a poison pill."
"Let's talk about it first." Li Mu nodded.
"Hazy wood, nine-leaf tang, flower kite crown, sapodilla, three treasures green lotus, Xuanshui."
Xie Fang named a list of ingredients without tying any knots. He obviously remembered them very well and added, "Sapata, Three Treasures Green Lotus, I have never heard of these ingredients, and I can't even ask, so I can’t practice even if I want to.”
He was very honest. Xuanshui and Huayuanguan were both toxic materials, which was why he regarded the elixir as a poisonous elixir.
Xu Mu's eyebrows narrowed slightly, and he thought to himself that except for the Three Treasures Green Lotus, the other materials are not difficult, and there are even four kinds that are already in his spiritual pagoda. The appearance of the fruitless fruit further proves how ancient this elixir recipe is. No cultivator uses materials from the Demon Realm to make elixirs. This elixir recipe must have been available when the coreless fruit was still a material for practitioners.
It's just that even he has never heard of this Three Treasures Green Lotus, and he doesn't even know what level it is.
He turned his gaze to Shen Bingxue, and Shen Bingxue shook her head. She didn't know the Three Treasures Green Lotus.
"Okay, how do you sell this recipe?"
Li Mu turned to Xie Fang and smiled calmly, "There are flower kite crowns and Xuanshui. They are indeed poison pills, but since I nodded, I will still buy them."
