Three days later...
Tianchifang's auction will be held as scheduled.
This remote place holds an auction every month, and the final auction item every time must be a high-grade magic weapon or an item of equal value, so it attracts many monks to participate.
More than twenty monks set off from Tianchi Inn and headed towards the auction. They all heard the news about the Tianchifang auction in advance, because it was said that the quality of the auction items here was good.
Li Shuidao knew that his position in the market was not advantageous, so he could only work hard at the auction. Therefore, the items in each auction are carefully designed by him and are absolutely exquisite.
The items in this auction mainly come from Li Tianjue, who is a plunderer in the South China Sea and has accumulated a lot of good things over the years. It is difficult to sell in the South China Sea area, and this remote auction is just the right place.
After several auctions, the items on display have been appreciated by people, and its reputation has gradually increased, attracting many people to come and watch.
In addition to the twenty or so monks who arrived in advance, there were also twenty or thirty second-level monks of the Rongling Realm who came quickly on the day of the auction. This places extremely high demands on the security work of Tianchifang, because forty or fifty Rongling Realm monks can completely turn Tianchifang upside down.
Xia Ruoxue is now protected by the Ding family of the Wudu Sect, so there won't be much problem even if she takes action.
Moreover, Xia Ruoxue took action to protect the interests of Tianchifang, and the Lan family of Wudu Sect would also take action to protect it.
With the endorsement of both the Lan family and the Ding family, if someone dared to cause trouble, Xia Ruoxue could just take action without worrying about the consequences.
In addition, Li Shuidao had arranged the formation in advance, so the safety of the auction was generally not a problem. Moreover, everyone knows that Tianchifang is ultimately the property of the Five Poison Sect, so no one dares to cause trouble easily...
Ma Tiangang, wearing a silver mask, walked through the crowd and entered the auction venue of Tianchifang.
This auction house is a spacious circular space, spanning twenty or thirty feet, enough to seat hundreds of people. However, at this time, there are only forty or fifty people at full capacity.
There is not a single pillar in this wide space. Generally, such a wide circular space can only be created through underground excavation, but this auction venue is definitely located above the ground.
At the auction venue, a female cultivator holding a ghost-faced sword led a group of black-clothed monks to maintain order.
Although the cultivation level of these monks was only in the psychic realm, the guests did not treat them lightly and completely obeyed their commands.
After all, they represent the Five Poison Sect, and even Ma Tiangang will consciously safeguard the interests of the Five Poison Sect.
There was a high platform placed in the center of the auction, with only a gong and a mahogany table on it, and no other items.
Among the forty or fifty monks participating in the auction, only half wore masks, and the rest did not.
Most of the people wearing masks are minor cultivators in the psychic realm. They have low cultivation and are cautious by nature, which is understandable.
Ma Tiangang put on the mask because he had a feud with Li Shuidao, the owner of the place. In order to hide his identity, he had to do this.
He looked around and saw many familiar faces. The monks were communicating, some talking about the items that were about to be auctioned, and some talking about the treasures that had appeared in previous auctions.
"Don't look at the remoteness of this place. There was a Yin Yang Transformation Pill in the last auction. I wonder if it will be available this time."
"I also heard that there is a yin-yang elixir here, so I made a special trip here to participate."
"Every auction here has at least one high-grade magic weapon as the finale. The quality of the auctions here is good. However, they never announce the auction items in advance and like to maintain suspense."
"If you don't want to miss every auction, you can only rent a cave here to live permanently."
"There are no caves to rent here. You have to live in an inn or buy a house. His house here often costs three thousand spiritual stones, which is really too expensive."
"For those casual cultivators, this is a home."
"Hmph! What family wants three thousand spirit stones?"
"Three thousand spiritual stones are 360,000 jade coins, which can be used to stay in an inn for 12,000 days, which is more than thirty years. For more than thirty years, someone will serve you every day and put out the bath water every night. I will prepare meals for you and live there for thirty years, which is no more than ten thousand times better than buying a house."
"This fellow Taoist is really good at arithmetic. From what you say, buying a house here is really stupid."
"I can't say that. The prices sold here are indeed too expensive. They are simply pricing them blindly. According to me, three hundred spirit stones are suitable."
"But the owner here seems unwilling to sell at a lower price."
"He deserves it!"
Ma Tiangang listened to the discussions around him, smiled, found a seat near the front, and waited quietly for the auction to begin.
It took about as long as a stick of incense...
The girl holding a big knife shouted loudly: "The Tianchifang auction has officially begun and is closing!"
The guards worked together to close the heavy bronze door.
At the same time, an old man in gorgeous robes walked onto the central circular stage. He has white hair and a kind face. He is Li Haoxuan who is hosting the auction.
Li Haoxuan smiled and saluted everyone, and his loud voice spread throughout the hall: "Fellow Taoists, my surname is Li Haoxuan, and I have been invited to host this auction. Thank you all for coming and letting us witness this wonderful auction together."
His voice is gentle and solemn, making people feel friendly and trustworthy.
"In this auction, we will present ten precious lots. The rules of the auction are very simple. I will introduce the lots in turn and call out a starting price. Everyone can bid with spirit stones. If there are not enough spirit stones, you can also bid. It can be exchanged for other items of equal value.”
Li Haoxuan's eyes scanned the people present and continued: "After the auction, in order to ensure the safety of everyone, the monks who have spent the most spiritual stones will be given priority to leave the small door, and the monks who spent the second highest amount of spiritual stones after twenty breaths will be the first to leave. …and so on, finally everyone leaves through the bronze gate.”
The rules of this auction were recognized by everyone, and everyone nodded to express their understanding.
"Okay, let's get down to business, let's start with the first auction item." Li Haoxuan raised his hand and pointed, and a flash of inspiration appeared on the stage, and a jade pendant shining with golden light appeared.
"Fellow Taoists, this is a medium-grade magic weapon, the Golden Light Jade Pendant, which can stimulate a golden light shield and has strong defensive power. The starting price is two hundred spiritual stones, and each increase in price shall not be less than fifty spiritual stones. Fellow Daoist We can start bidding.”
Everyone's eyes flickered and they began to compete for bids.
"Two hundred!" a monk shouted loudly.
"Two hundred and five."
"three hundred!"
…
"five hundred."
The bidding for the first item was quite fierce. Although it was a medium-grade magic weapon, it was a defensive type, which was relatively rare.
Ma Tiangang estimated that this thing was worth at most seven hundred spirit stones.
The final transaction price was six hundred and fifty.
"Fellow Taoists, the Golden Light Jade Pendant has six hundred and fifty spiritual stones. Is there anything higher?" Li Haoxuan asked loudly.
After asking three times, no one at the auction house responded.
Li Haoxuan held a golden hammer and struck the gong hard. The sound of the gong meant that no more bidding was needed for this lot.
"Congratulations to this fellow Taoist, the golden jade pendant was sold for six hundred and fifty spiritual stones." Li Haoxuan said slightly.
A monk stood up, walked onto the stage, took out two storage bags, and poured out a large amount of spiritual stones.
Li Haoxuan counted it in public, no more, no less, exactly six hundred and fifty spiritual stones.
The monk took the golden jade pendant and showed it to everyone.
Everyone applauded and congratulated this lucky fellow Taoist.
The spiritual stone on the mahogany table was wrapped in spiritual light and then disappeared into thin air.
"Fellow Taoists, next is the second lot." Li Haoxuan raised his hand and pointed, a flash of inspiration appeared on the stage, and a palm-sized conch appeared, exuding a water-attribute aura.
"This is a piece of emerald conch, which is a precious weapon-refining material from the South China Sea. It contains the power of the ocean and can be used to refine musical instruments. The starting price is three hundred spirit stones, and each increase will not be less than fifty. Spiritual stone. Fellow Taoists can start bidding."
No one bid for a while...
The second lot is just a weapon-making material, not a finished weapon.
Although this object can be used to refine a special medium-grade magic weapon, it is only a material after all. The monks present are not weapon refiners, so naturally they are not interested in it.
It was just an accident for Ma Tiangang that he could actually see the treasures of the South China Sea in the auction house of Montenegro.
"Oh... Isn't there no one interested in this treasure? Then it will be rejected." Li Haoxuan held the golden hammer and was about to hit the gong.
"Three hundred spirit stones." A woman's voice echoed through the hall.
Ma Tiangang followed the voice and found a woman wearing black silk and a black hair shawl. She was wearing a dark mask that could block her consciousness, but judging from her skin and figure, she was definitely a beauty.
"Fellow Taoists, are there any price increases for the three hundred jade conch spiritual stones?"
Li Haoxuan called out the price three times, but no one raised the price, so he rang the gong.
As the gong sounded, Li Haoxuan said loudly: "Congratulations to this fellow Taoist for obtaining the emerald conch, a spiritual material for refining weapons."
The woman stood up, walked to the high platform, handed over three hundred spiritual stones, and obtained the emerald conch.
It was Xia Ruoxue who bought the jade conch.
The emerald conch was something that old bastard Li Tianjue put up for sale in the auction house. Although Li Shuidao could have directly sold this thing by virtue of his position in the Li family, it was not necessary.
By purchasing it directly at the auction, you can not only add an item to the auction and attract more popularity, but also convince the old bastard that his so-called good things are only worth so many spiritual stones.
Li Shuidao had long taken a fancy to this piece of jade conch and wanted to refine it into a magic weapon using the weapon refining technique.
Now that Li Shuidao's weapon refining skills have been guided by Ding Yufeng, it can be said that he has made rapid progress.
Naturally, he would not let go of such exquisite weapon-making materials, but Li Shuidao was not interested in that kind of deep-sea heavy iron. He would only consider it unless he refined the red lotus and black fire in the future and had a powerful heaven and earth fire. Get involved in refining weapon refining techniques.
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(End of chapter)
