In a few days, there will be an auction held at the Green Snake Gate in Pingyang City. We have to set off a few days in advance. Mu Sheng put on his smart clothes and carried a sword at his waist, preparing for a long trip.
At this time, Yun'er was carefully taking care of Mu Sheng's clothes, even smoothing the wrinkles on the clothes with her own hands. Yun'er turned around and took a robe and put it on him, for fear that Mu Sheng would catch the cold.
Mu Sheng has long been accustomed to Yun'er's meticulous care for him. After getting along with Yun'er that day, she seemed to be a different person, as gentle as water, sticking to his side every day.
Mu Sheng turned around, held her catkins in his hands, and said softly, "When I come back, I will go to my uncle's house to formally propose marriage and welcome you to the house."
Yun'er raised her concubine slightly and said softly, "Husband, go and come back quickly..."
After leaving the inner courtyard, Mu Sheng went straight to the back door. He saw Hua Zilan, dressed in a tight-fitting military uniform, waiting for him in the backyard with a horse. He was accompanied by more than a dozen guards dressed in Jianghu costumes, guarding the left and right, and the convoy. There are more than 200,000 gold stored in the security car in the middle. That is a huge sum of money and cannot be carelessly taken.
Mu Sheng took the reins and got on the horse. With a wave of his hand, the horse team left the mansion and headed straight for the east gate of the capital.
After leaving the city, Mu Sheng looked around all the way. The carts and dozens of cavalry accompanying him always felt like escorts sent out by an escort agency. However, now that the world is unified, the bandits in the mountains and forests have long been wiped out by the iron hoof of the empire. Indeed. There is no need to be so cautious. As long as no one knows that there is a cash transport truck behind him, generally no one will dare to block the road and rob him.
There were beautiful mountains and rivers along the way. Mu Sheng looked at the scenery along the way, and his thoughts went back to Yun'er's sacrifice that day. He always felt that something was wrong...
"Fengjiu."
Hearing this, Hua Zilan galloped forward on her horse and marched together with Mu Sheng: "Young Master?"
Mu Sheng turned to look at Hua Zilan, who was wearing a strong and heroic appearance, and asked, "Fengjiu, I want to ask you something, and you have to answer honestly."
Hua Zilan seemed to have something in her heart.
"Whenever you ask a question, your subordinates will tell you everything they know."
Mu Sheng hummed: "Feng Jiu, do you know about Yun'er drugging me?"
Hua Zilan blushed when she heard this, nodded slightly and said, "I know..."
Mu Sheng was speechless for a while...
"Did you get that medicine too?"
Like a child who had done something wrong, Hua Zilan lowered her head and said softly, "Young Master, I...Miss Yun is infatuated with the Young Master. I was soft-hearted and agreed to Miss Yun's request. My subordinates also want to be Miss Yun's wife." With Young Master...so..."
Mu Sheng waved his hands helplessly and said, "Forget it, don't use such dirty tricks on me in the future, and don't teach Yun'er a bad lesson."
Hua Zilan nodded sheepishly.
Think about it, Yun'er has lived in a deep palace since she was a child, how could she possibly get such a tiger-wolf medicine? After thinking about it, Mu Sheng found that only a wanderer like Hua Zilan might be able to get it.
"By the way, Feng Jiu, do you still have that medicine of yours?"
Hua Zilan looked at Mu Sheng in disbelief and hesitated, "Master...I..."
Mu Sheng waved his hand and said, "Don't get me wrong, I don't usually rely on this kind of tiger and wolf medicine. What I mean is, why can this medicine you got seal the sea of qi? I can't use qi. I'm very curious about this?"
Hua Zilan: "This is a secret medicine that I learned in the past. Uh, it's specially used to deal with monks. I was afraid that you would use Qi to dissolve the properties of the aphrodisiac and miss the important thing, so I added a little secret medicine. This way it’s foolproof…”
Mu Sheng broke into a cold sweat after hearing this. Fortunately, he had her under his account. If he were an enemy, he would have been hard to guard against. This time, for the sake of her fulfilling his and Yun'er's needs, he didn't care. He didn't expect that he would be the most powerful person around him. Two women who were close to each other "conspired"...
The group of people galloped on the official road, and after traveling for five days and four nights, they finally arrived at their destination, Pingyang City. After the team passed the city gate, Mu Sheng went directly to the city and rented an inn as their temporary residence.
Mu Sheng arranged for everyone to take two shifts to keep an eye on the safe car carrying a huge sum of money. He also went to the inn porch to draw the Green Snake Gate's secret sign and waited for someone from the Green Snake Gate to contact him.
However, as soon as he burned the incense, a man dressed as a handyman sneaked into the inn and approached him.
After the handyman checked the signs of Mu Sheng and Hua Zilan and confirmed that they were correct, he said, "The two immortals, please follow me to Zuixian Tower in the north of the city."
After saying that, Mu Sheng and Hua Zilan put on their cloaks and masks and followed the servants to the auction site. This was also the rule of the Green Snake Gate Fair to prevent anyone from seeing through the identity of the buyer and intending to kill and seize the treasure.
Along the way, the two of them followed this "handyman" to the largest restaurant in the city. When Mu Sheng saw this, he thought that the Green Snake Sect was doing things more openly now?
The handyman told the guard at the door and turned around and went to the back hall.
After a while, another neatly dressed waiter led the two of them to the restaurant lobby. Monks in cloaks kept coming in and out along the way. The waiter took the two of them to a private room on the second floor, which was already equipped with food. The food and drinks are ready.
The waiter stretched out his hand to invite: "The two Immortal Chiefs of our sect have prepared some wine and food to entertain the distinguished guests. The auction will be held for three days before and after, and the valuable treasures will be sold on the last day. The auction will start in half an hour. Please. Later."
Mu Sheng nodded slightly, indicating that he understood. Mu Sheng glanced at the free food and drinks on the table, picked up his chopsticks and ate without ceremony.
Hua Zilan sat on her seat and did not move to eat. She watched Mu Sheng enjoy the meal and said, "Sir, I have participated in several auctions before. The Green Snake Sect has also sold many good things in the first two days, including magic weapons and cultivation methods." There are all kinds of methods.”
Mu Sheng touched a box on his left hand and said with a smile, "There are 30,000 gold here, and I don't know if it will be spent."
These 30,000 gold were still the salary of the garrison commander given to "Liu Zhang" by the East Palace. Anyway, it was given in vain.
Hua Zilan: "It should be enough. If the young master only goes there for the magic weapon, save some money and we can come back on the last day."
Mu Sheng waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter, I also want to gain some knowledge and see the background of the Green Snake Sect."
Half an hour later, after they had had enough wine and food, the waiter appeared in the box on time and took the two of them to the backyard of the restaurant. Mu Sheng took a quick look and saw that there were almost a hundred or ten mysterious monks at the backyard auction.
He unconsciously let go of his five senses and felt that the atmosphere was basically that of middle- and low-level monks similar to him. Mu Sheng and Hua Zilan found a seat and sat down, looking forward to the opening of the trade fair.
At this moment, a middle-aged man came up from the high platform in the middle of the backyard. He was the director of the Green Shemen Gate named Niu Sanpi that they had met before.
Niu Sanpi stepped forward, bowed to the monks in the audience, and said with a smile on his face:
"It is an honor for me, Mr. Niu of the Green Snake Sect, to be able to come here to support you, the Immortal Leaders. Next, I will display the Immortal Family's magical artifacts that I have collected over the past few years."
Niu Sanpi clapped his hands, and several waiters came forward one after another carrying plates covered with cloth. Niu Sanpi began to introduce its functions for public auction.
Niu Sanpi opened the cloth, took out a sword-shaped magic weapon, and introduced, "This magic weapon has been certified by our sect as a top-grade magic weapon. The sword is three feet and six inches long. The Qi penetrates the sword body and can cut iron as well as mud. The hair is blown off and the blade is broken, please take a look..."
Then another monk from the True Essence Qi Realm came to the stage, holding a sword to demonstrate to everyone. For a moment, the sword energy was everywhere on the stage, the swords were shining, and everyone in the audience was eager to try.
Niu Sanpi saw that the atmosphere was high, so he quickly started selling loudly, and the crowd also began to bid.
The auction lasted for about an hour. Mu Sheng was not very interested in the magical weapons auctioned earlier, so he didn't pay much attention to them.
Mu Sheng turned around and asked Hua Zilan next to him: "Feng Jiu, if you like something, just ask for the price and I'll pay."
Hua Zilan was a little embarrassed: "Young Master, I still have some private money, and I will bring it with me today. I appreciate your kindness."
"Okay! If it's not enough, tell me..."
It wasn't until Niu Sanpi introduced the thirteenth magical weapon that he finally caught Mu Sheng's attention. This was an inner armor made from the scales of some kind of monster. This kind of defensive magical weapon was very rare. The price of three thousand gold was immediately raised to a high price of five thousand gold. It is rare for a magic weapon to be sold at this price.
Mu Sheng also immediately stepped forward to bid, "Five thousand three hundred gold..."
Mu Sheng directly shouted out the price, and not many people shouted, but there were still a few monks who were a little unwilling, and then increased the price to one hundred gold and one hundred gold.
Seeing this, Mu Sheng simply offered him six thousand gold. This price still made the crowd a little commotion, and they all looked at him with good intentions or malice.
After Niu Sanbei shouted three times and no one raised the price, Mu Sheng stood up and went to deliver the treasure. He handed over the money with one hand and delivered the goods with the other before returning to his seat.
There may be good things behind those monks who give up, but these people don't want to spend all their budgets on this, it's not worth it.
Looking at the inner armor of the magic weapon in his hand, Mu Sheng touched it back and forth. To be honest, it still hurt a little. If this magic weapon were sold directly, it would probably only cost about four thousand gold. Six thousand gold is indeed a bit high, but the auction This is where you make money. When you encounter something suitable, even if the price is too high, you have to admit it. If you miss it, it will be difficult to find something more suitable.
Mu Sheng then bought some rare elixirs, which cost him six thousand gold, but there was nothing about the magic weapons that made him particularly excited.
However, Hua Zilan somewhat surprised Mu Sheng. He actually spent more than 10,000 gold out of his own pocket to buy a lot of good things.
Mu Sheng looked at the small box in her hand. He probably had a lot of money left, okay! I can’t tell that she is still a little rich woman. Is it too little to give her a monthly allowance of three hundred gold this month? If it doesn't work, I have to give her a salary increase...
After the auction, the two gained a lot.
The waiter welcomed them out of the backyard auction. Mu Sheng turned around and asked the waiter, "Are there any rules for the auction the day after tomorrow?"
The waiter replied respectfully: "Two Immortals, it is said that there will be a valuable treasure for sale the day after tomorrow. If you want to participate in this internal auction, you must pay a deposit of 30,000 to our sect to be eligible to participate."
Mu Sheng didn't think twice and said firmly, "Okay, take me there right away."
He came all the way here just for the magic weapon.
After saying that, the waiter took the two of them to an office in Qingshemen to pay the deposit. The waiter changed Mu Sheng's wooden sign to a copper one. He looked back and saw that Hua Zilan had spent so much money, but the sign was still silver. Control, Xin said, it seems that the VIP level of the Green Snake Sect is not easy to upgrade! It’s really not something that ordinary krypton money bosses can hold up.
The two of them were led by the waiter to the third floor of the restaurant. It turned out that the floor above had been transformed into a small market, and all kinds of Xianjia consumables used in daily life were sold.
Of course, the two couldn't help but spend wildly, and their wallets bottomed out at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Mu Sheng looked at the increasingly empty money box in his right hand and thought to himself, Oh! Being a Buddhist priest costs money...
After leaving the restaurant, the two returned to the inn where the cavalry team was stationed. After returning to the room, Mu Sheng took out the inner armor and put it on, and injected his energy into it. The scales of the inner armor shrank automatically to fit his body without affecting his movements at all. When Mu Sheng saw this, he couldn't help but marvel. Indeed, It was a good thing, and I felt that the six thousand gold, nearly six hundred thousand gold, was well spent.
Mu Sheng remembered Hua Zilan's suggestion and didn't go to the auction the next day. He paid a deposit of 30,000 yuan and waited for the last day to sell the treasure.
It wasn't until the early morning of the third day that a special person from the Green Snake Sect came to escort the two of them. This time they did not go to the restaurant, but took them to an inconspicuous villa in Pingyang City.
When the two of them passed through the gate of the other courtyard, they felt that the air around them began to become very thick. It felt like there was an invisible wall of air in front of them. It was not until their whole bodies passed through the gate that they felt much better.
Mu Sheng and Hua Zilan glanced at each other subconsciously and thought to themselves, it turns out that a barrier has been set up here. It seems that it should be the handiwork of an ancestor-level master. Think about it, after all, there is a heavy treasure to be sold, so it really can't be taken lightly. .
Under the guidance of the waiter, the two came to the other courtyard. They saw a few people standing in the courtyard in twos and threes. Like the two of them, their true faces could not be seen clearly through masks and cloaks.
Mu Sheng glanced at it and counted the two of them, there were only eight people present. Also, this kind of thing is indeed untouchable and affordable for ordinary people. It is a valuable treasure that costs more than tens of millions of dollars.
He sensed the auras of the monks in the courtyard, and four of them, Mu Sheng, could not be distinguished. They should be at the same level as Hua Zilan, a Celestial Master monk, but their aura was still slightly higher than that of Hua Zilan. He was probably a Celestial Master. At the peak, he is in the Tao phase realm.
Hua Zilan had just broken through to the Yuan Phase Realm, and had only cultivated two Dharma Phases.
Generally speaking, the strength gap between the low-level monks, who are in the realm of turning true energy into Qi, and the middle-level monks, who are in the realm of refining Qi and resisting the void, are not that big. In actual combat, they can rely on some low-level third-level and sixth-level monks to defeat them. Strong, it is not impossible, but once you reach high-level monks, Qi Vein Source Realm, and Tianshi-level monks, the gap will widen.
As time goes by, the Celestial Master-level monks change from the spiritual phase, the Yuan phase, the mysterious phase, and the Tao phase. The strength of each Dharma phase is also very different. Only by cultivating the four Dharma phases can they reach the next level of the Four Phases Unified Realm, which is When they reach the realm of the elders of Yuzhen Sect, they can be called ancestors.
In this world, as long as they don't provoke the court, these ancestors can basically walk sideways.
The reason for not provoking the imperial court is because the imperial court also supports a group of ancestor-level guest monks who dare to use force to break the ban? Just wait to be chased to death by the court eagle dogs.
What's more, the imperial court still has a million-strong army. What about the Yunhua Sect, the number one sect in the monk world at that time? Wasn't it wiped out by the imperial court's 100,000 troops?
