July 29th.
Qiu Changsheng sat down in the private room on the third floor of Luofu Dan Pavilion.
The Louvre Pavilion is four stories high. The second floor is the auction hall, where many people can sit and participate in the auction. The third and fourth floors are built in a zigzag shape to provide private rooms for buyers who want to hide their identities.
Qiu Changsheng was a monk and wanted to buy some interesting elixirs, so Luo Ziqing arranged for a private room.
He waited for a while, and when the auction time was approaching, the entire auction hall on the second floor of the Luofu Dan Pavilion was already packed - not that there were particularly many elixir buyers coming to bid, but ordinary mortals from aristocratic families, even if they were not qualified to sit in a private room. , will also bring an attendant to be responsible for bidding, and the hall can easily be filled.
The steward of the Louvre Pavilion began to preside over the auction as the host:
"It's the monthly auction of Luofu Alchemy Pavilion again. We welcome all new and old customers to come and support us. We also sincerely thank all the alchemists who came to our pavilion to send elixirs for auction."
"First of all, Luofu San is still sold exclusively in our pavilion. Eating it can boost your spirit and make your face radiant. At the same time, it can spontaneously transform the essence of water and grains, increase your appetite and maintain a handsome figure. In addition, for the recently popular Immortality Qi, many people have said The alchemist confirmed that if you take Luofu Powder to transport the true energy, the effect will be better."
A maid walked onto the stage carrying eighteen jade bottles on a tray, each containing a Luofu Powder.
After introducing the Luofu powder, the steward of the Dan Pavilion held up the first bottle and said: "Today there are eighteen Luofu powders, and the quantity is limited. Now, the auction of the first Luofu powder begins, with a base price of one silver dollar, and each increase will not be less than Ten copper dollars.”
As soon as the steward finished speaking, three people immediately started bidding.
"Five silver."
"Six silvers."
"Seven silvers."
Then, no one called out the price anymore.
"First time for seven silvers! Second time for seven silvers! Is there anyone else raising the price?" The steward shouted excitedly, "Okay, third time for seven silvers. Congratulations to guest No. 63 for winning today's first elixir."
After someone took down the number and price of the elixir buyer, the steward began to auction the second Luofu Powder.
Qiu Changsheng waited and watched for a while. Because it was a fixed auction item, the price of Luofu powder was relatively stable, with the average price being around six silver and twenty coppers.
According to his spiritual sense, judging from the potency of Luofu Powder, he estimated that the cost price should be one silver and fifty coppers, and it turned out that he could sell it for almost four times more.
The reason why Luofusan is so popular is because of its elixir effect, which is similar to that of lazy people's fitness and temperament bonus. It is very popular among aristocratic families who claim to be romantic and talented people.
Qiu Changsheng clicked his tongue twice and bought the fourteenth piece of Luofusan for six silver at the auction.
He planned to see what the steward said, that Luofusan was a blessing for cultivating immortality energy, and what kind of blessing it was.
As time went by, Qiu Changsheng saw many pills, and the cost price was generally between one silver and two silver. Some are extremely popular and have doubled several times, while others are sold with reluctance.
Most of the best-sellers have unique and interesting functions, and focus on providing special conveniences to ordinary people.
For example, the Jiuhua Jade Dew Pills he refined before, the effect of prolonging life rarely appears in ordinary-level elixirs, and it can be regarded as this type.
However, the Jiuhua Yulu Pills had already made a name for themselves, so there was no need to worry about selling them. In addition, the price itself was extremely high. Qiu Changsheng did not bring it to the Luofu Dan Pavilion to sell it. He only brought the "Nine-turn Lingbao Pills" to test the waters.
Qiu Changsheng watched with great interest, taking pictures of individual pills from time to time for reference in preparation for subsequent research.
Not long after, it was the turn of the "Jiuzhuan Lingbao Pill" to start bidding.
The steward of the Dan Pavilion picked up and opened the jade bottle containing a single elixir, and introduced: "Nine Jiuzhuan Lingbao Pills are being auctioned as the latest new elixir on the shelves in this pavilion. The effect of this elixir in detoxification and healing is far-reaching. It is better than ordinary elixirs, and its potency is extremely restrained, and there is no risk of losing its potency. It can be called a life-saving and emergency elixir when traveling around the world."
"However, after taking this pill, your body and mind will be excited, like swallowing blazing flames, and it will be difficult to calm down. It is not suitable to be taken in a quiet place."
Although the director of Dan Pavilion changed the topic, he was a little vague and did not explain the side effects of "Nine Turns Lingbao Pills".
This was the instruction from Luo Ziqing.
Luo Ziqing thought that he could buy a few coins at a low price to save a little money and not be extravagant and wasteful, so he justly stated that Luofu Dan Pavilion was a serious Dan Pavilion and would only focus on the positive effects of elixirs.
Qiu Changsheng knew it, but didn't take it seriously. Luo Ziqing took at most three or five coins and would not keep them all for himself. At worst, selling the elixir this time is just a test of the waters. If you sell it next time, you will naturally be able to sell it at a high price.
When the manager of the Dan Pavilion introduced him, many people looked puzzled and whispered: "Did this Dan go to the wrong venue?"
Although it sounds like a life-saving and emergency elixir, the sons of aristocratic families do not have to carry such elixirs with them because they are not involved in the martial arts world; and ordinary martial arts warriors generally do not have the wealth to come to the Dan Pavilion to bid.
Many people from aristocratic families who claimed to be romantic talents were confused. Only a few quick-thinking people secretly murmured about the title of "Spiritual Treasure" and the effect of excitement.
"The auction for the first Jiuzhuan Lingbao Pill begins now. The base price is five silver. Each increase in price shall not be less than one silver."
The steward of Dange began to announce the bidding.
Luo Ziqing was in the private room on the fourth floor. He was planning to take three breaths before changing his voice and shouting the price. As a result, as soon as the steward finished speaking, two people immediately started bidding.
"Eight silver."
"Five silver."
The person who was calling out the price at the same time but quoted five silvers was slightly startled and immediately increased the price: "Ten silvers."
The first person hesitated slightly: "Eleven silver."
The second person raised the price again without hesitation: "Fifteen silver."
The first person will no longer increase the price. Anyway, there are still eight pieces left, so there is no need to follow hard.
Others, including Luo Ziqing, were all a little surprised.
Others were surprised that such a fierce bidding was necessary for a new elixir that had never been seen before. They were still wondering that the base price of Jiuzhuan Lingbao Pill was much higher than other pills' five silvers, but in the blink of an eye it was worth fifteen silvers.
Luo Ziqing was surprised: Could it be that Qiu Changsheng was looking for someone to help him?
But he immediately shook his head. If there is only one person bidding, it may be that Qiu Changsheng asked for it on his own; if two people come up and bid, it is unlikely that it is a trust.
Luo Ziqing looked towards the hall on the second floor.
The two people bidding were actually monks in the Qi-nurturing stage.
It's just that the former is just a casual cultivator, while the latter wears a black cloak and never shows his face.
The steward of Dange continued the auction.
For the second Nine-turn Lingbao Pill, the man in the cloak still got fifteen silver.
For the third Jiuzhuan Lingbao Pill, the casual cultivator who was the first to call out the price frowned and called out the price at sixteen silver, but the man in the cloak immediately increased it to twenty silver.
The casual cultivator couldn't help but said: "There are nine pieces in total. I just want to buy one for research. Is this friend planning to cover it all and refuse to give up even one?"
——But he is a casual cultivator who is aspiring to take up alchemy. He feels that the material used in the "Nine Transformations Lingbao Pill" pill is a bit weird, so he wants to buy it and study it.
He could see that the "Jiuzhuan Lingbao Pill" was a genuine yellow-level elixir. It was different from the ordinary elixirs that fooled ordinary people, so he didn't care about the low price.
When alchemists buy elixirs, if they are buying elixirs that are not popular, they generally do not intentionally raise prices.
It turned out that the man in the cloak was not an alchemist. Not only did he not give up one piece, he also raised the price crazily, which made the casual alchemist a little angry.
The cloaked man said calmly: "I only buy six."
The implication is that others will come back to bid with him after six coins.
The casual alchemist's eyes showed displeasure, but he said no more.
In any case, someone who could buy pills at a premium without hesitation was definitely not someone he, a casual cultivator, could deal with.
Luo Ziqing was also a little depressed.
He also wanted to buy three coins at a low price for his own use, but the result was usually an auction where ordinary people took the lead in bidding, but today two monks came to bid in person.
Regarding "Nine Turns Lingbao Pills", Luo Ziqing said that it was indeed good after personal experience.
Not only is it simply exciting physically and mentally, the healing effect of the elixir will also continuously provide vitality, making the "spiritual treasure" difficult to lose and sharpened.
Luo Ziqing, as a Qi-nurturing monk, usually only fights three women at night, but then he feels weak. After taking the pill last night, I had to kill seven women in a row before the potion ran out. And after the battle, he was still in high spirits.
But now, when a cloaked monk who concealed his identity bid, Luo Ziqing had no choice but to give up his thoughts.
After the man in the cloak took the first six "Nine Turns of Lingbao Pills", the seventh one was won by the Sanxiu Alchemist Jiu Yin; the eighth one was won by Luo Ziqing with an offer of eight silvers.
When it came to the ninth piece, there were no monks bidding, but a group of mortal family members started bidding.
Although they are mortals, they have sharp eyesight. They can see that the cloaked man and the alchemist have strong auras, and they can guess the identity of the two monks. They also see people bidding in the private room on the fourth floor, although they are still puzzled about the "Nine-turn Spiritual Treasure". Pill" specific effects, but he tried to bid.
After bidding all the way, one person finally quoted thirteen silver and won.
The manager of the Dan Pavilion was half-deliberately surprised and said: "I didn't expect that the Jiuzhuan Lingbao Pills would be so popular. The alchemist once said that if the average price of the nine Jiuzhuan Lingbao Pills sold exceeds ten silver, Use ten pieces as a bottle to make six bottles of Jiuzhuan Lingbao Pills."
"I thought the bidding for new products wouldn't be too fierce. But now it seems that I am blind, not as sharp as the guests."
"The auction of Jiuzhuan Lingbao Pills will continue below. There are ten pieces in a bottle. The base price of each bottle is one gold. Each increase in price will not be less than one silver. I wonder which customer will be the first to buy the first bottle of Jiuzhuan Lingbao Pills. Woolen cloth?"
The scene was a little quiet for a while, and no one called out the price immediately.
Many members of the aristocratic family looked puzzled and felt increasingly strange.
The base price is one gold instead of one hundred silver, which shows that the alchemist prefers to settle the bill in gold dollars. There is nothing wrong with this behavior in itself.
But the alchemist's attitude shows that he is very confident in the sales market of the elixir. He is sure that Jiuzhuan Lingbao Pill will be a big seller, so he dares to sell it directly.
But the aristocratic family members are not involved in the world, so who would prepare a bunch of healing elixirs?
You know, although one gold dollar is not unavailable, it is equivalent to half a month's monthly income for many aristocratic families. If you really want to buy a bottle, it means that you have to be tight on other daily expenses.
In this case, unless the alchemist is completely unfamiliar with the market, he must think that the elixir has a selling point that attracts the family members, so he dares to set such a price.
In doubt, someone suddenly shouted: "Boss, have you not introduced all the effects of the elixir? How can a bottle of elixir be so ordinary?"
Most of these people are regular customers of the Louvre Pavilion, and the Louvre Dan Pavilion is not a very serious auction. If they disrupt the auction process, the Dan Pavilion manager has nothing to do.
When Luo Ziqing saw this, the sound transmission manager could give him an appropriate reminder.
Since he couldn't pick it up at a low price today, he didn't have to hide it.
So the manager of the Dan Pavilion said: "It's a pity, I can't make any false claims. This pill is indeed a detoxification and healing pill, and it is indeed not suitable to be taken in a quiet place."
"But it doesn't mean that you can't heal without being injured, and you can't detoxify without being poisoned. Occasionally in the dead of night, when you want to have fun but are afraid of harming your body, you can also take it in advance to ensure that your energy is long-lasting, your spirit is full, and you don't get tired. It hurts the vitality of the body."
Everyone knew the elegant meaning after hearing the string, and immediately realized that the so-called spiritual treasure of Lingbao Pill was actually the spiritual treasure used to attack Xuan Ni's Gate.
This time, many people from aristocratic families were no longer sleepy.
Immediately someone shouted: "Add ten silver dollars." This means adding ten silver dollars to the base price of one gold dollar.
"Add twenty."
"Plus twenty-three."
"Add thirty!"
"Thirty-three."
"Thirty-five!"
In the end, the first bottle of "Nine Transformations Lingbao Pill" that was produced was won for one gold and thirty-five silver.
The next five bottles were no less than one gold and twenty silver.
Qiu Changsheng watched in the elegant room without any excitement.
As a monk, even if he is not wealthy, he will not be short of a little money.
For him, the main significance of "Jiuzhuan Lingbao Pill" is to form an industry and accumulate wealth over a long period of time.
Moreover, the average price of a single coin is thirteen silver, which may seem like a lot, but compared to the cost, which is close to five silver, it is only more than double.
Compared with Luofusan, which quadruples the cost price, "Nine Turns Lingbao Pills" is not a huge profit.
But seeing two or three people from aristocratic families pooling money together to buy a bottle of "Nine Transformations Lingbao Pills", Qiu Changsheng leisurely thought of a word: drunken life, dreamy death.
The aristocratic family takes advantage of the people's wealth, so that these princes from rich families can get many monthly allowances every month and live freely and freely without having to work hard.
But compared to ordinary people, these sons of aristocratic families who know the existence of the spiritual world but can only be ordinary people have almost lost their morale and indulge in fun all day long, living in drunken dreams and dying.
——Those who are ambitious, even if they don’t have spiritual roots, will directly lead Yuan Qi to gamble with their lives. If they win the bet, they will enter Taoism and practice, but if they lose the bet, they will die suddenly. The sons of aristocratic families who only care about having fun all day long and are busy passing on the family lineage will naturally not be able to do anything. What a mood.
This group of people propped up various luxury markets, and eventually allowed the people to anoint them, turning them into supplies for monks to practice.
The entire mortal ecology, like big fish eating small fish and small fish eating shrimps, can be called orderly in a sense.
However, an undercurrent is brewing.
Qiu Changsheng could see that many of the servants or attendants serving around the sons of aristocratic families were quietly cultivating the Qi of immortality. On the contrary, none of the sons of the aristocratic families who were drunk and dreaming had cultivated the Qi of immortality and looked down upon them at all.
They can indeed look down on it.
It’s better to buy some elixirs than to work hard to cultivate the Qi of immortality.
And from the moment they knew that they had no spiritual roots and no courage to risk their lives, these sons of aristocratic families had already given up on their future.
Perhaps occasionally, when these aristocratic families see the busy people, they will lament: Ignorance is also a kind of happiness; the more they know, the more troubled they will be.
But Qiu Changsheng's eyes were cold, and he only felt that these fat pigs were full of food and were moaning for no reason.
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