After Hong Buer briefly introduced the efficacy of the Purifying Pill, he quoted the starting price.
"Two thousand spiritual stones, one thousand good deeds!"
Hearing this price, there was a gasp in the audience.
Divine soul elixirs have always been expensive, and everyone has been mentally prepared for it, but this price is still beyond many people's expectations.
Some monks who wanted to bid for the elixir also put down their half-raised signs. The spirit stone could barely bear it, but not everyone could get it for a thousand good deeds.
"I'll give you 2,200 spiritual stones."
"I'll pay two thousand three hundred."
"Two thousand four..."
Despite this, there were still many monks bidding.
At first there were Qi Refining Realm monks participating, but after several rounds of offers, only the Foundation Establishment monks were left vying for it.
The price of the Diling Pill soon reached 2,800 spirit stones.
At this moment, a clear voice said: "I will give you 3,600 spiritual stones!"
As soon as this was said, the bidding stopped abruptly.
Everyone followed the sound and saw a young Qi Refining Realm monk making an offer.
"Who is this person? He is only in the middle stage of Qi Refining and he is so rich?"
"I don't know, maybe there is a financial backer behind it."
"I know him. He is the big shopkeeper of Jindan Hall. His name seems to be Zhao Lin."
"It's no wonder, the store's business is so good, I must have saved a lot of money..."
Everyone was talking about it. Seeing that no one answered, Hong Buer asked, "Are there any other fellow Taoists bidding?"
"I will give you 3,700 spiritual stones."
The person who spoke was a middle-aged man. Zhao Lin looked up and saw that he was a late-stage foundation-building monk.
"Three thousand and seven."
Zhao Lin raised the sign and said without changing his expression.
If you can't get this Spirit Purifying Pill, you will have to postpone practicing the Nine Turns Condensation Technique and focus on dispelling the inner demons, which will take at least a year or two.
Time is life, and Zhao Lin is determined to get this pill.
Because of his meritorious service in running the store, Lu Yuanxiu allocated a large sum of dividends to Jindantang at the end of last year, and Zhao Lin received two thousand of his meritorious deeds.
Including the usual salary, I have nearly 3,000 good deeds on hand.
"Three thousand and eight." The middle-aged man followed immediately.
"Three thousand and nine!"
"four thousand……"
The price keeps rising, and neither of them wants to give up.
The monks in the field couldn't help but be surprised. Today there was a bidding scene between monks in the middle stage of Qi refining and monks in the late stage of foundation building.
Zhao Lin frowned secretly. If this continues, he is afraid that he will arouse the other party's anger. As a result, both parties will suffer losses and the auction house will be advantaged.
"We can't waste it any longer!"
Thinking of this, Zhao Lin said in a deep voice a price that shocked all the monks in the room.
"Five thousand spiritual stones!"
As soon as this price was announced, the monks in the auction house were stunned.
Five thousand spiritual stones, corresponding to 2,500 good deeds.
You must know that the Foundation Establishment Pill is only worth 10,000 good deeds. This amount of good deeds has exceeded the normal price of the Spirit Purifying Pill.
The middle-aged man who was bidding with Zhao Lin's face darkened and stared at Zhao Lin.
Zhao Lin had a gentle smile on his face and cupped his hands towards the other party.
When the middle-aged man saw this, he knew that Zhao Lin was not fighting against him, so his expression softened, he simply put down the sign in his hand and stopped quoting.
Zhao Lin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"How can you, a junior like you, get so many good deeds?"
Liu Chaoyuan came over, his tone full of sourness. As the manager of Linglong Pavilion, he couldn't do so many good deeds at one time.
"My family's fortune has been wiped out."
Zhao Lin responded with a wry smile, his heart aching.
This price is much higher than expected, but auctions are like this. The transaction price of the same item at different times and on different occasions may be very different.
After buying this elixir, I have very little good deeds left. Fortunately, the store is doing well and I can get another dividend at the end of the year to continue to support my practice.
While I was thinking about it, I suddenly felt like a light on my back.
Zhao Lin felt a shiver in his heart and looked back, only to see Tian Daozhong smiling and offering his hands to him, congratulating himself on the treasure he had captured.
"Okay, the Purifying Pill flower has its own home, fellow Taoists, take a look at this smoky stone..."
The auction item sold for a high price, and Hong Buer was elated. As an auctioneer, he wanted to see this kind of scene the most, so he quickly struck while the iron was hot and introduced the next treasure.
Everyone turned their attention to the stage again, and Zhao Lin gradually relaxed.
No matter what, now that I have the Purifying Pill, I can look at other people's quotes with the mentality of a bystander.
The treasures were auctioned off one by one. When it came to the twelfth treasure, Hong Buer's expression became calm and his voice became louder.
"Everyone, this is the last treasure."
The scene instantly became quiet, and everyone wanted to see what treasure appeared in the finale.
Zhao Lin was also curious. He glanced at Chu Hongtian and saw that he was sitting upright, his eyelids were slightly drooped, and he didn't seem to care about what was going on on the stage.
Just listen to Hong Buer continue to say: "This is a first-order formation that can be carried around and deployed, the Xiaoliangyi Formation!"
"This formation is a mysterious formation that fully demonstrates the principles of the formation. Even though it is only a first-level formation, it is capable of both offense and defense. It has the power to reverse the world. Even a monk in the Purple Mansion Realm cannot easily break it."
"With the Dao in hand, the world can be conquered..."
For monks who don't understand formations, the name of the Small Liangyi Formation is relatively unfamiliar, but if you mention the Liangyi Four Symbols Formation to them, no one will know it.
The two rituals give rise to the four images, and the four images give rise to the Bagua. The mysteries are endless and the changes are endless.
The Liangyi and Fourxiang Formation is a famous second-level formation that has various abilities such as attack, defense, spirit sealing, and illusion.
The Small Liangyi Formation is a first-order magic formation that evolved from the Liangyi Four Symbols Formation.
Although the power is far from comparable, it has one advantage: it can be deployed quickly.
Don't underestimate this advantage. The requirements for the layout of the magic circle are extremely strict. The more powerful the magic circle is, the more complicated it is to arrange, and it must be accurately calculated and measured.
Zhao Lin arranged the simplest mist illusion formation. Measured by his footsteps, it would take an hour or two to set up a mountain-protecting formation. The time was usually measured in years.
Therefore, although the formation is powerful, it can only be prepared in advance, and you cannot count on temporary fighting.
The Xiaoliangyi Formation is an outlier among formations and can be set up in just a few breaths!
Zhao Lin suddenly realized, no wonder three Zifu monks came all of a sudden. It turned out that they were all running towards the Little Liangyi Formation!
Although the small Liangyi formation could not withstand the attack of the Zifu monks, it could delay for a moment, which was enough.
For high-level monks, the difference between a few breaths is the difference between life and death.
"This is the magic circle I want!"
The ninth grid on the spiritual map was still empty. Zhao Lin had been hesitant, but now he suddenly felt enlightened and finally made a decision.
"There is a way of saying that what you hear is false and what you see is true. Please take a look..."
After Hong Buer introduced the Xiaoliangyi Formation, he took out a formation disk and four formation flags from a large wooden box.
Take out a formation flag and throw it casually.
With a "swish", the formation flag fell to the ground, as if there was a transparent silk thread pulling on the top, and it stood upright in the air like a javelin.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
The other three formation flags flew out one after another.
Hong Buer walked into the formation, pressed the formation tactics, and activated the formation.
A flash of white light was seen, covering the entire area.
Then the white light dissipated and the auction table returned to its original state. Only Hong Buer was nowhere to be seen, as if he had disappeared out of thin air.
Although the monks in the audience knew that it was an illusion of formation, they were all surprised.
There are illusions in many formations, but they are only internal. You can see the clues at a glance from the outside.
However, Xiao Liangyi Formation created an illusion that was exactly the same as the original scene, except that the people disappeared.
Moreover, by scanning with spiritual consciousness or observing with Qi-gazing technique, you can only detect extremely subtle fluctuations in mana, and you will ignore them if you don't pay attention.
At this time, another auctioneer on the stage stepped forward and said to everyone: "Brother Hong is in the formation now. It is not convenient to demonstrate. I will try it for you."
After saying that, he took out a cone-shaped magic weapon from the lock bag and slammed it towards the magic circle.
"boom!"
The magic weapon's attack was like a stone sinking into the sea, without causing any waves. Instead, the magic weapon itself was bounced back.
"Good formation!"
"sharp!"
There was a sound of praise from the audience.
However, most of the monks had calm expressions. They could see that the final appearance of such a magic circle must be sky-high, and they could only watch the fun.
The magic circle was attacked, and there was a wave of magic power. Zhao Lin also sensed it, and four words appeared in the ninth grid of the spiritual cultivation map: Xiao Liang Yi Zhen.
There are just no petals next to the font. Zhao Lin knew this was because he didn't feel the formation pattern up close.
"The Small Liangyi Formation is the proud work of the late formation master Lu Yunsheng. It is rare in the world. Monks who are interested in this treasure should not miss it."
Hong Buer removed the magic circle, walked out with a smile and said.
Then the starting price was announced: "Eight thousand spiritual stones, five thousand good deeds."
There was an uproar at the scene. The monks were all shocked by the price, but Zhao Lin knew very well that the price was not expensive at all.
Without waiting for anyone to bid, Zhao Lin stood up and said in a deep voice: "This formation is indeed good, but I am sorry for my poor eyesight and cannot appreciate its beauty. Can I try it myself?"
Although I can't afford the small Liangyi Formation, I can reproduce it by myself as long as I complete the formation pattern.
Hong Buer was startled, frowned and said: "This auction house has always sold only genuine products, and we have just demonstrated it. Do fellow Taoists think it is fake?"
Zhao Linsaran smiled, "It's not that I don't believe it, it's just that I have never been exposed to this type of magic circle and I just want to see it."
“For such an expensive treasure, it’s not too much to learn more about it before bidding, right?”
"this……"
Hong Buer stuttered in his mouth and said: "The Xiaoliangyi Formation is paired with a set of formation techniques. If you don't know how to use the formation, you need to practice it for a while."
"The treasure auction is coming soon, I'm afraid it's too late to learn and sell now."
Zhao Lin smiled slightly, "That's a coincidence. I happen to be an array master, and I know a little bit about array control techniques."
Hong Buer was stunned, and another auctioneer hurriedly came to the rescue: "The Xiaoliangyi Formation is exquisite and extraordinary. Since fellow Taoists want to experience it in person, please come up!"
"good!"
Zhao Lin was not polite, strode to the front of the stage, and took the formation disk and formation flag from Hong Bu's hands.
The diameter of the small Liangyi array is about eight inches, which is a circle larger than that of the ordinary first-order magic array. It is covered with dense formation patterns.
The formation plate was coated with ink silver, so it was not possible to see the whole picture, but even so, its complexity astonished Zhao Lin.
"No wonder the small Liangyi array was deployed quickly, so that's how it is!"
Ordinary formation disks only have simplified formation patterns. When arranging the formation, precise measurements and calculations are required to arrange the formation stones or formation flags.
To give an inappropriate example, the traditional method is like an old-fashioned camera. Aperture, shutter, sensitivity, focal length, white balance, focus, composition... all parameters need to be adjusted by the photographer himself in order to take a satisfactory photo.
As for the Small Liangyi Formation, all possible hexagram directions are engraved in the array plate, and can be adjusted according to the position of the array flags. It is equivalent to a point-and-shoot camera. As long as the monks set up the array flags, the array can start on its own. .
Because of this, the array has become extremely complex.
Zhao Lin took a look and felt awe in his heart. The formation master who could draw these formation patterns was so skilled!
Put down the array plate and look at the array flags. There are sixteen array patterns painted on each flag, with eight array patterns on each side, both front and back.
The formation patterns of the four-pole formation flags are different from each other.
In other words, the Xiaoliangyi Formation has a total of sixty-four formation patterns!
"No wonder the small Liangyi array is so rare in the world, it's so difficult to draw!"
Zhao Lin gently stroked the formation pattern on the formation flag with his palm, and the spiritual cultivation map began to flash...
In less than half a cup of tea, a "chrysanthemum" with sixty-four petals appeared in the ninth grid.
"It's done!"
Zhao Lin cheered in his heart, with a look of joy on his face.
"Fellow Taoist, didn't you say you wanted to try the magic circle?"
Seeing Zhao Lin staring blankly at the array plate and array flag, Hong Buer couldn't help but remind him.
"I'm sorry, this formation is so mysterious that I'm addicted to it."
Zhao Lin smiled apologetically.
When Hong Buer heard Zhao Lin praising the magic circle, he was convinced that he was not the one causing trouble. He smiled and said, "It's okay, fellow Taoist, please invite me."
Zhao Lin no longer delayed, quickly threw four formation flags, activated the formation tactics, and activated the formation.
In a flash of white light, Zhao Lin disappeared from the stage.
"Oh, it worked the first time."
"Today is an eye-opener. The Little Liangyi Formation really deserves its reputation."
"If I weren't so strapped for money, I would really want to buy it..."
The monks in the audience praised.
Zhao Lin was in the middle of the battle and knew the situation outside clearly.
Seeing this, he put away the magic array, thanked Hong Buer, and walked quickly off the stage.
Hong Buer put the formation plate and the formation flag back into the wooden box, raised his right hand and made a gesture: "Everyone has seen that the Xiaoliangyi Formation is worthy of its name, and the bidding begins now!"
"I'll pay eight thousand two hundred."
"Eight thousand four hundred."
"Eight thousand six hundred..."
According to the rules of the auction, each bid increase must not be less than half of the starting price, so the bid price keeps rising by two hundred.
A few Foundation Establishment monks started bidding. When the price reached nine thousand, three Zifu monks also joined the bidding.
When they reached the 10,000 mark, only the three of them were left.
"eleven thousand."
"Twelve thousand."
"thirteen thousands……"
Seeing the three people shouting out the sky-high prices without blinking an eyelid, the monks present suddenly felt insignificant.
Zhao Lin also lamented that the realms are different and the cultivation resources he possesses are not at the same level at all.
He didn't know the other two Zifu monks. Chu Hongtian was in charge of Chiwei Island and had inexhaustible spiritual beads. It was not surprising at all to have such a net worth.
After several rounds of fighting, the Small Liangyi Formation finally came into the hands of Chu Hongtian, and the transaction price was eighteen thousand spiritual stones! (End of chapter)
