Tian Xiaoding came across an auction house, so he came up with the idea of auctioning the black soil purple ginseng in his hand. He remembered that the materials that Master Sister Cheng Yaoyao had to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill lacked the Aoki Purple Fruit. Later, she bought one at the auction house in Tianyang City.
After the clerk from the auction house helped Xiao Ding record the relevant information, he took Xiao Ding and walked inside.
What Xiao Ding didn't notice was that outside the door of the auction house's front hall, there were two people looking into the front hall. They looked at Xiao Ding's back walking towards the inside and whispered:
"The old ginseng that boy just took out is the black soil purple ginseng, one of the main ingredients for refining the foundation-building pill!"
"That's right. From the looks of it, that old ginseng plant is at least a thousand years old."
"This is a priceless treasure!"
"This silly boy actually put it up for auction. Judging from his expression, he didn't seem to feel distressed at all. I guess there may be more than just this one in his storage bag."
"Yes, that's right. I guess there might be other better spiritual plants on him."
"Then we have to keep an eye on that kid. When he comes out, we'll grab his storage bag."
"Okay, that's it for now."
"..."
Xiao Ding, who was following the guy inside, certainly didn't know that he was already being noticed because he exposed Lao Shen.
After he followed the clerk into the inner room, the clerk introduced Xiao Ding to the manager of Chen Ji Auction House. He was a thin old man in his fifties, with slightly gray hair and beard, but he was very energetic. , there is shrewdness in his eyes.
The steward's surname is Chen, and he is a distant relative of the same family as the owner of Chen Kee Auction House. When he saw Xiao Ding's old ginseng plant, his eyes lit up and he asked Xiao Ding: "This little brother, how many spiritual stones do you plan to set the starting price of your old ginseng?"
Xiao Ding replied: "The tentative base price is 10,000 low-grade spiritual stones, and the price will be increased by 1,000 spiritual stones each time. Do you think that's okay?"
Manager Chen nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, no problem. I wonder if my little brother is interested in going to our auction venue to participate in the bidding this afternoon?"
Xiao Ding felt that he had nothing to do in the afternoon anyway, so he nodded and asked, "I wonder what items will be auctioned in the afternoon?"
Manager Chen took out a list of items to be auctioned in the afternoon from his storage bag, handed it to Xiao Ding and said: "Here are some items that have been ordered before, and some items from later sellers will be temporarily added later, such as yours." Old ginseng can only be added to the list later."
Xiaoding took a look at the list and found that most of them were magic weapons, spiritual plants, elixirs and the like. However, most of them are lower-level items, basically suitable for use by monks in the Qi training stage. Only a few items are suitable for use by foundation-building monks, and those items that can be used by golden elixir and golden elixir cultivation level and above monks. , that is nothing.
However, there was a dragon candle stone and a weapon refining furnace on the list that caught Xiao Ding's attention. According to the introduction above, Dragon Candlestone is a material used for refining weapons or armor. It can increase the strength and toughness of weapons or armor. It also has the additional property of increasing speed.
Xiao Ding thought that he had already mastered the object-repelling technique at the fifth level of Qi training. The next step was to get a natal magic weapon to use as a common weapon.
Ordinary monks are accustomed to using flying swords as their natal magic weapons, because flying swords are agile and light, can chop and stab, are widely used, are easy to drive, and are convenient to carry. When flying with the sword, the resistance is small and have many advantages.
However, the weapon Xiao Ding used before was a mace, which was a weapon he snatched from the enemy generals when he was on the earth, after traveling to ancient times, and fighting on the battlefield.
Xiao Ding is tall and strong, and can use the heavy mace very easily. But that mace is an ordinary product, made of ordinary steel. It is fine for fighting on the battlefield in the ancient countries on the earth. If it is in Tiankun Planet, a world full of cultivators, an ordinary ordinary product The weapons are a bit less powerful.
Therefore, if Xiao Ding wants to make a weapon that he can use, he still needs to find a weapon training master to help him refine a weapon that he can use. Or you can go to a place that sells weapons and buy a ready-made weapon.
In fact, in addition to the mace, Xiao Ding also has a sword issued by the Tianyang Sect when he was in the Tianyang Sect, and a spiritual sword that he got by accident when he was on Earth. The spiritual sword of Sword Villa.
However, Xiao Ding never thought of refining the spirit sword. This is mainly because he was not used to using swords as weapons before. He always felt that the sword was too light and felt like playing with noodles in his hand. He did not dare to use too much force for fear that if he was not careful, he would directly break the sword. It was cut off.
In addition to the dragon candle stone, Xiao Ding is also more interested in a low-level weapon refining furnace. Speaking of weapon refining, Xiao Ding actually learned a lot of theoretical knowledge about weapon refining. He first got a glimpse of the Ou family's secret weapon refining skills from his brother-in-law Ou Muyun. After that, he would study it when he had time. Therefore, now he has mastered a lot of weapon refining theories. It's just that he has never actually operated it because he doesn't have a refining furnace.
Therefore, he felt that if he could get this weapon refining furnace and the Dragon Candle Stone at a low price in the afternoon, could he try to start refining it? It would also be a good idea to have a furnace for refining weapons!
So, Xiao Ding nodded to Manager Chen and said, "I have nothing to do in the afternoon anyway, so why not go and participate in your auction on site."
Manager Chen was very happy when he saw that Xiao Ding had agreed to participate. He smiled and said to Xiao Ding: "Brother, do you plan to sit in the hall of the venue this afternoon, or do you plan to have a separate private room?"
When Xiao Ding heard this, he thought to himself, does this auction also have VIP rooms? So he asked: "Is there any difference between sitting in the conference hall and asking for a private room?"
Manager Chen explained: "If you choose to sit in the hall of the venue, we will only charge you fifty lower-grade spiritual stones; if you want a private room alone, we will charge you two hundred lower-grade spiritual stones. There are many people in the hall of the venue. , if you take a photo of something valuable, you will be easily spotted by someone who is interested if you leave our place after the auction is over. If you ask for a private room alone, others will not be able to see your body and face, even after the meeting. If you want to rob you, it will be difficult to find you."
Xiao Ding felt that although the private room mentioned by Manager Chen was a bit more expensive, it was indeed much safer than the seats in the hall of the venue. So he said: "Okay, then help me arrange a private room!"
"Okay, no problem, we will help you make arrangements now. You can hand over the spirit stone first." Manager Chen said with a smile.
Xiao Ding took out two hundred low-grade spiritual stones and handed them to Manager Chen, and then said, "When will the auction start in the afternoon?"
Manager Chen replied: "It officially starts in the late afternoon, so don't miss it."
Xiao Ding nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go out for some lunch and then come back."
But Manager Chen said with a smile: "We also have a canteen in the auction house. If you don't mind, little brother, why not go to our canteen to eat together? It will save you a trip."
When Xiao Ding heard this, he thought it was a good idea, so he followed the clerk to the canteen of Chen Kee Auction House for lunch.
In fact, in the canteen, in addition to Xiao Ding, there are many people who are also customers of the auction house. Most of them are already familiar with this place, and they all come to eat on their own without being led by the waiters.
To eat in this canteen, you only need to spend spiritual stones to buy the meals you like.
Xiao Ding has finished his lunch, and Manager Chen has also arranged for Xiao Ding's private room, which is Room C, No. 5.
The waiter took Xiao Ding to Room C, No. 5, and then left on his own.
Xiao Ding looked around the room and found that there was a large golden robe covered with golden silk on the seat in the room.
The golden silk has the effect of isolating spiritual consciousness. It seems that this robe is intended for the people in the room to wear. It is mainly used to prevent people in the room from being detected by other people's consciousness.
The private rooms are all located on the second floor. The first floor is the venue hall. The most conspicuous location in the hall is the auction table. The seats under the auction stage were all lined up.
In the private rooms on the second floor, there will be a window facing the direction of the auction table, so that you can see everything on the table clearly.
At this time, the auction had not yet started. After Xiao Ding put on the cassock, he sat on his seat and waited quietly.
There were very few people in the venue for the time being. Most of them were guys from the auction house, busy with preparations in the hall.
Not long afterward, some other customers came over from the canteen after eating, and most of them had reserved private rooms. After everyone found their own rooms, they waited quietly without saying a word.
When the time came, the door to the hall on the first floor of the venue was opened, and people who came to participate in the photoshoot rushed into the hall. The hall immediately became noisy.
After everyone in the hall was seated, Manager Chen walked onto the auction stage.
He cleared his throat and said to everyone: "This auction will now officially begin. First of all, I would like to welcome all fellow Taoists to this auction. I hope that everyone here can buy the items you like."
Next, Manager Chen read out some of the various systems and rules of the auction, reminding everyone not to violate the rules when bidding.
Then, he briefly introduced the items that were going to be auctioned this afternoon. Of course, he would not introduce them all in detail, but simply selected a few attractive items to introduce. Among them was the one provided by Xiao Ding. Plant black soil purple ginseng.
When Manager Chen mentioned the black soil purple ginseng, those in the audience immediately started making noises...
(Suddenly I discovered that except for the main Zongheng website, some channels and platforms could not see the volumes of my book. These platforms are so irresponsible)
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