In fact, Xu Qingzhou knew about the auction half a month ago. However, Gu Huai's physical condition has become increasingly unstable these days, with repeated high fevers, causing both of them a lot of trouble.
Gu Huai was sick, and Xu Qingzhou was worried. Both of them were not feeling well, and with the pursuer who might catch up at any time, they had no time to worry about anything else.
Gu Huai's body and bones finally recovered in the past few days, and Xu Qingzhou relaxed and began to notice the unusual atmosphere inside and outside Xunyang City.
"Auction?" Gu Huai's eyes flashed when he heard this.
Hearing that it was an auction, his heart moved slightly, and he lifted his spirits slightly, and the laziness of recovering from a serious illness disappeared.
"Yes." Xu Qingzhou had just returned from outside. He originally went to buy some spiritual materials or elixirs, but he didn't want to hear some gossip about this along the way.
"It is said that we will start the ceremony over there at the old corner tower. People from all the sects in the southeastern border will come by then."
"So grand? With such a scale, it's better than the auction event in Middle-earth." Suddenly I thought of Xunyang City, which has become more and more complicated these days, with people coming and going.
Unexpectedly, Xu Qingzhou shook his head: "How is this possible! You don't know something, here in the southeastern border..." His voice suddenly lowered, as if he was a little afraid, and he said a few words before returning to his normal voice.
Gu Huai also knew the other party's concerns, nodded silently, and generally understood what the other party meant.
To be honest, if Xu Qingzhou hadn't explained it to him, he wouldn't have known this.
He has lived in the Xuantian Sword Sect since he was a child. Under the protection of his grandfather, he has never suffered the hardships of life. Because of his special physical condition, he has never gone out for training. He has only gone to some big events with his teacher. Strictly speaking, he has never really seen the outside world.
In fact, this time can be regarded as his first official trip out.
However, not long ago, he had just finished his martial arts and his body was about to recover. After experiencing this chase and escape, life and death, his physical condition took a sharp turn for the worse, and he was on the verge of serious illness several times.
If it weren't for their cleverness and some luck, they would have died on the road.
But on such a "journey", he couldn't experience the outside world at all. Not to mention understanding the completely unfamiliar territory of the southeastern border. Not to mention him, even Xu Qingzhou, a person with a relatively civilian background and a down-to-earth background, took a while to adapt to the completely different world in the southeastern border.
As for Gu Huai, naturally there is no way to understand him.
It was only after listening to Xu Qingzhou's explanation that he realized what kind of place they had come to.
This place is generally divided into the world of cultivation and the world of mortals, just like Middle Earth. Cultivators also overturn mountains and seas and control the common people, while the mortal world is the settlement of ordinary creatures on the mainland. It doesn't seem to be any different from this.
However, the ultimate difference is the difference in the land beneath our feet. Needless to say, the Middle-earth continent is fertile and rich, and it occupies a vast area. You don’t know how many secret realms have not yet been developed, and you don’t know how many secluded forces are blooming alone somewhere. There, whether it is the cultivation world or the mortal world, the pattern is completely different. Incomparably magnificent.
Compared with the southeastern border, the difference between a small village and a central town is completely incomparable.
This legendary exiled land is riddled with holes, the aura of heaven and earth is thin, the resources are scarce, the orthodoxy is cut off... in short, everything is lacking.
They hid from the rich Middle-earth continent and came from the Xuantian Sword Sect, the largest sect in it. Naturally, they could not adapt to this "poor" land.
As a person who purchases daily necessities and inquires about information, Xu Qingzhou feels it the most. Nothing is really good here. Even the things they regard as good things and strive for power are just slightly scarce items in the southeastern border. How could it be worth their frantic looting?
Different platforms have different opinions.
For Gu Huai and Xu Qingzhou, the process of adapting to the southeastern border is "difficult and long", and there is a long way to go.
In short, based on what he has seen and heard these days, Xu Qingzhou really feels that there will probably be nothing good in this large-scale auction. They probably could only join in the fun and be out of place...
"Not necessarily." After listening quietly to the other party's description and explanation for a long time, Gu Huai came up with a different idea.
"Um?"
"I mean... you can actually go take a look and experience things. Sometimes things are not as imagined. It's better not to take it for granted."
"Have you forgotten what happened on Fengxiang Street half a month ago?" Gu Huai said in a funny tone.
Xu Qingzhou was stunned for a moment, as if he was remembering the stupid things he had done, and then he said with some embarrassment: "Isn't it because I didn't understand the situation? Who knew that the tobacco and grass here are so cheap..." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly It was stuck for a while, as if it was being choked.
Tobacco grass is a spiritual material. Although it is not scarce, it is expensive in Middle-earth due to the difficulty of planting and the extremely low success rate and high cost.
Like Gu Huai, Xu Qingzhou's mother Zhang He was also born with a disease, but her disease was not in her bones, but affected some of her physical symptoms.
Zhang He was born with vocal gland insufficiency, which affected his voice. Even after acquired treatment, it was as unpleasant as a broken gong.
Cultivation can really transform the human body, but this transformation is limited, and it is extremely difficult to completely cure what has already grown. What's more, Zhang He's qualifications are mediocre, and his current level is not high, making it difficult to make any progress. It is completely impossible to completely cure this innate disease through cultivation.
However, just because something cannot be cured in the world of cultivation does not mean that there is no way to cure it in the mortal world. Later, Xu Qingzhou's father got a folk prescription from somewhere that could slightly improve Zhang He's throat. But this medicine requires the use of the expensive spiritual material Yanrongcao, which is only available in the world of cultivation.
Therefore, the Xu family often purchases tobacco rongcao at relatively affordable prices.
But I didn't expect that when I came to the southeastern border this time, I was surprised to find that the cigarettes and grass here were as cheap as mud, extremely cheap. It is said that all kinds of spiritual materials can be planted here at will, and a large area can grow if they are planted in the ground. It is completely opposite to the situation in Middle-earth. It was so shocking that his jaw almost dropped.
When he went to buy it for the first time, he made a mistake. After weighing a few pieces, he took out a middle-grade spiritual stone and paid the bill, but he didn't scare the boss to death.
Later I found out that the spiritual stones he gave were enough to buy a warehouse of tobacco. This time it surprised him again.
On the information gap caused by different regions——
"Let's see." Gu Huai knew that the other party had come to his senses and didn't know how to proceed. Gu Huai sighed slightly: "So you also know that we are not very familiar with this place. Everything is separated by a layer of veil, so naturally we shouldn't do it casually. Conclusion.”
"That Yanrongcao is an excellent example. Don't draw conclusions if you don't understand something. The most taboo thing for cultivators is arrogance. We are arrogant..."
