Every winter is always the most difficult period in Dahefang.
The Lancang River froze and the mountains were blocked by heavy snow, which directly cut off the direct source of income for most monks.
In addition, for some casual cultivators living in the outer city, there is even the danger of hungry monsters from the mountains emerging to eat people.
But this year, it seems a little different?
Walking on the streets of the inner city, Luo Chen suddenly discovered that the crowds of people were far more lively than in the previous autumn.
Gu Caiyi explained to him considerately: "It's because of the Luofengshan Taoist Forum."
Luo Chen is also a smart person, and he roughly understood the truth after a few simple suggestions from the other party.
The opening of Luofengshan Taoist Forum set off a wave of fighting among monks.
On weekdays, only some masters in the late stage of Qi refining and some family monks work on it.
But as the weather became colder and colder, and the income in the mountains became worse and worse, some monks who really couldn't survive finally decided to have a debate on the Taoist platform.
As long as you go up and play a game, you will get an appearance fee no matter you win or lose!
And with the Foundation Establishment monks watching over him, at least his life would not be in danger.
And if you win, you will get additional rewards, such as spiritual stones, elixirs, magic weapons, etc.
It is also true that in this winter, Dahefang is not so deserted. Everyone is ready to show off their talents.
In this regard, Jade Cauldron Sword Pavilion is of course happy to see this happen.
They can select players with high level and strong fighting ability from a large number of monks who signed up.
Then list the highlights of each battle.
What kind of fight is there for the top master in the middle stage of Qi refining, what kind of fight is there for resources, or is there a fight between the same sects.
Even conflicts between neighbors cannot be reconciled, and there are fighting scenes such as talking about right and wrong through discussion.
If that kind of "death match" happens, it will even set off a viewing frenzy.
Not to mention anything else, Jade Cauldron Sword Pavilion has already made a lot of money from the ticket fees.
"If I didn't have any skills, maybe I would try my luck on the Taoist stage!"
Luo Chen smiled, but he understood the casual cultivators who were swarming on the stage.
According to Gu Caiyi's news, even some monks from the three fighting halls of the Poshan Gang have signed up to compete.
Unexpectedly, the "monks are good at fighting" culture that Yuding Jiange wanted to create would actually help them in this winter season.
It is conceivable that when winter is over, those monks who are used to making a living from the forum will not give up this habit.
"Let's go see one when we have time!" Luo Chen said casually.
Nowadays, the ticket fee for the Forum is no longer as expensive as it used to be.
After all, it's not every day that there are monks fighting to the death, or foundation-building masters, or second-level monsters.
Most people can afford the spiritual stone ticket fee of one to ten yuan.
Gu Caiyi blinked and said sweetly: "Okay, but you are responsible for buying snacks!"
Luo Chen rolled his eyes, "Would you like to buy milk tea?"
"Milk tea? What is that?"
Gu Caiyi was stunned.
Luo Chen was also startled, and then grinned.
"Chenyue Food Stall is going to have new products!"
He has thought about the advertisement. The first cup of milk tea in winter will warm your cold Taoist heart!
…
Braving the wind and snow, Luo Chen came to Xianyue Valley with two bodyguards who would be there regardless of rain or shine.
As soon as we entered the valley, we noticed some changes in the valley.
Those medicinal fields were covered with sheds.
The spirit-planting husband Yuan Dongsheng whom he knew was even walking around, releasing a spell from time to time.
Seeing Luo Chen looking over, Yuan Dongsheng stopped what he was doing.
"Curious about this spell?"
"Hmm, aren't the medicinal materials in this medicinal field only able to be grown when the climate is mild?"
"You don't understand this, don't you? With the spiritual planting technique, it's like spring all year round, and you can plant seasonal medicinal materials in winter. Do you want to learn? I'll teach you!"
Luo Chen shook his head quickly.
As he left, he was still mumbling something about greenhouse cultivation.
The longer he lived in the world of immortality, the more he discovered that the people here were not that primitive.
The major sects will engage in monopoly business, and will use their best strengths to expand the business.
Little people also have their own cleverness. Recently, there are some casual cultivators who have plagiarized his ideas and followed suit to make various snacks.
In terms of magic, it is not so static.
In addition to normal Tao-protecting techniques, some life spells and professional skills and spells are also well studied.
"Perhaps I have always underestimated the people in this world."
"Those top monks often live for thousands of years. How can their wisdom be inferior to that of the world before they traveled through time?"
"This can actually be seen from the fact that the original body has mastered the Cleansing Technique from the very beginning. After all, many people know this kind of magic that is not beneficial to the Dao. It can be seen that the improvement of the magic has been popular for a long time."
Thinking of the Cleansing Technique, Luo Chen remembered that his proficiency in this spell was almost reaching the master level.
Maybe you can take the time to get it right in one step, or see what changes will happen when you reach the Grandmaster level?
No matter how bad it is, it won’t be worse than Xiaoyaoyou!
With these thoughts, Luo Chen came to the Alchemy Hall.
Today is still alchemy, a job that everyone is used to.
The fire was started, the furnace was opened, the medicinal materials were placed, and Luo Chen personally took charge of the alchemy work.
Now that there are only two alchemy rooms in operation, his job has become much easier.
Luo Chen was also curious, wasn't Mi Shuhua very interested in Chalcedony Pill?
Why has it been almost a month and I still haven’t bought a new alchemy furnace?
He won't be bald by himself, right?
No, buying a brand new low-grade alchemy furnace only costs a few hundred spiritual stones, so he can definitely get it.
Why?
"Collect the pill!"
Putting away those distractions, Luo Chen opened the alchemy furnace.
Forty round, white chalcedony pills came into view.
There are ten pieces of low quality and thirty pieces of medium quality.
Sure enough, it is not that simple to hide the true level without being promoted to the master level proficiency.
Luo Chen sighed, and then secretly packed up ten middle-grade chalcedony pills.
"You guys come in and collect the pills!"
After saying hello to the alchemist outside, two people walked in.
One person is holding a plate, and the other is wearing plain white gloves.
The alchemist wearing gloves couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he saw those elixirs.
"The hall master's alchemy skills have improved again. This time he actually made twenty middle-grade chalcedony pills!"
Luo Chen waved his hand, he couldn't bear to hear these sincere flatteries.
He was worried about how to hide his alchemy skills.
After leaving the alchemy room, Luo Chen thought of something and grabbed Sikong Shoujia who was passing by.
"Where's last month's dividend? Hasn't it been sent by the Honor Hall yet?"
He was going to participate in the auction soon, and the more spirit stones he had on hand, the better.
"No, they said the payment will be delayed this month. Everyone is like this."
"Ah, it's winter, and I'm still waiting for Lingshi to buy rice for cooking." Luo Chen complained.
Sikong Shoujia rolled his eyes. In this alchemy hall, only Luo Chen has gained the most, and he still said such miserable words.
Luo Chen could only say this shamelessly.
"Do you know how many spiritual stones Zhongmiaowan and Chalcedony Pill sold last month?"
"I know this!"
Sikong Shoujia reported the number, and Luo Chen calculated that he could probably get six hundred spiritual stones.
Mainly from Zhongmiaowan.
But after another calculation, it felt wrong.
"A lot of middle-grade chalcedony pills were released last month, why shouldn't they be this number?"
Luo Chen was angry, someone above him was corrupt!
That greedy one is my spiritual stone!
During the period of the low-grade chalcedony pill, the Poshan Gang would definitely be losing money.
There is no doubt about this. The cost is there, and low-grade elixirs cannot be sold at high prices.
However, during this period of time, Luo Chen did indeed refine hundreds of middle-grade chalcedony pills, and his proficiency reached a perfect level.
Although some of them were secretly embezzled by him, the hundred pieces he took out could be sold for several thousand spirit stones.
I can more or less get some of the spiritual stones.
But just now he did a rough calculation, and there were no spirit stones in the dividends.
"It's not good to be greedy for anyone. The greed is on me!"
Immediately, Luo Chen went to find Mi Junping angrily.
But when I arrived at the Xuantang, I not only met Mi Junping, but also Mi Shuhua.
"Are you talking about the benefits of the Chalcedony Pill?"
Mi Shuhua pointed to the row of shelves opposite with a smile.
Luo Chen glanced at it and realized that it was all the middle-grade chalcedony pills he had refined.
"Hey, you didn't sell it?"
"This kind of cultivation elixir, which can barely be considered mainstream, is not that easy to sell."
Not easy to sell?
How can this be!
Luo Chen is very confident in his alchemy skills.
Moreover, he was the first person to experience the middle-grade chalcedony elixir, and its effects are genuine without any discount.
"I thought it was wrong at first. The profit of low-grade chalcedony pills is too low. From now on, we will have to focus on mid-grade chalcedony pills."
"So, how to sell this thing requires long-term planning."
Mi Shuhua said this, but the expression on his face seemed to be confident.
Luo Chen pondered the meaning of his words and suddenly thought of a key point.
Maybe it’s not that no one buys the elixir, but that someone refuses to sell it!
The first to bear the brunt is the Lingyao Pavilion, which mainly deals in elixirs, and even the Medicine King Sect behind it!
No matter what Luo Chen was thinking, Mi Shuhua said with a smile:
"You should go back first. Don't worry about anything else. Just concentrate on making alchemy."
"The dividends you deserve will not be less when the time comes."
"Oh, by the way, the auction will start in the morning two days later and will be held at Luofeng Mountain."
…
The auction is about to be held, and Luo Chen is rushing to see the world and broaden his horizons.
But that doesn't mean I don't have any ideas.
There are two types of auctions in Dahefang.
One is a large-scale auction held once every ten years, which mainly targets foundation building and golden elixir monks.
One is a small auction held once a year, mainly for monks in the Qi refining and foundation building stages.
Logically speaking, Lundaotai opened half a year ago and has already been held once.
But that was a special case and did not take into account some monks who regularly participated in auctions.
Therefore, as usual, this year's small auction was still held at the beginning of winter.
It is said to be a small auction, considering the increasing number of casual cultivators in Dahefang and the increasing number of cultivating immortal families nearby.
In fact, the scale will definitely not be that small.
This kind of auction is mainly aimed at groups, including monks in the Qi refining stage.
Therefore, there is no guarantee that something Luo Chen needs will not appear.
In order to take action when the time comes, Luo Chen first took stock of his net worth.
After counting, he sighed a little.
I am still a poor man indeed!
His total wealth was only fifteen hundred spiritual stones.
This little spiritual stone is enough to buy an entry-level high-grade magic weapon.
In fact, Luo Chen had already prepared before calculating his net worth.
In the past few months, he has been frantically buying soothing incense and spiritual liquid for cultivating spirits, and he also needs to replenish Qi-nourishing pills from time to time. His monthly expenditure is about 500 spiritual stones.
The dividends given to him by the Poshan Gang only left a little bit every month.
The reason why I still have this wealth now is because of Yuan Xiaoyue's food stall.
Oh, that food stall already has a real stall, and the signboard is all up.
The naming was very simple, just Chen Yue, taking one character from the names of Luo Chen and Yuan Xiaoyue respectively.
In order to encourage Yuan Xiaoyue to work hard, Luo Chen gave her an additional 5% dividend in addition to her fixed salary.
It's not that Luo Chen is kind, but that Yuan Xiaoyue does her job conscientiously and supports the Chenyue snack stall by herself.
In contrast, Luo Chen doesn't care about sales or production now, and the people from Dantang do the production for him.
He would come up with a recipe for making snacks, bring the goods there every month, and then count the spiritual stones and that would be it.
This kind of good thing even gave Luo Chen the idea of opening a chain store again.
"It's a pity that the dividends from the Alchemy Hall haven't come down. Otherwise, I could scrape together two thousand spiritual stones and buy a high-grade offensive magic weapon, which would be barely enough."
Luo Chen sighed. It seemed that after two days, he would really be just a spectator.
…
Time always passes slowly when there are expectations.
But if you know that you will only be a spectator, then time will pass very quickly.
Two days later, it arrived in the blink of an eye.
Early in the morning, Luo Chen hurried out the door despite the snowflakes.
When they arrived at the Jade Cauldron Sword Pavilion, Mi Shuhua and others had already arrived first.
At first glance, they are all acquaintances.
Mi Junping, Sikong Shoujia, Luo Wudi, and Wang Yuan.
If Luo Chen is included, then basically all of them are monks in the late stage of Qi refining.
Seeing Luo Chen, Luo Wudi smiled and said, "You look so good, but we are incompatible with you."
Dressed in a snow-white plush coat, with cloud boots on her feet, and a hosta on her head.
In Luo Chen's hand, he was playing with the folding fan Qin Liangchen gave him.
Anyone who looked at it would only think that Luo Chen came from a wealthy family or a high-ranking sect.
Luo Chen cupped his hands and asked curiously: "What are you doing?"
Sikong Shoujia explained it to him, and Luo Chen realized that everyone was selling resources.
The initiator of the auction is the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect, and the main auction items also come from the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect.
But it doesn't mean that others just buy but don't sell.
Foundation-building monks like Mi Shuhua had handed over the items to be auctioned to Jiange two days in advance.
They Qi Refining cultivators don't get that kind of treatment.
Therefore, before entering the market, you will list what you want to sell.
It is said that for this part of the resources, the auction will set up a separate auction after a simple evaluation.
Of course, as long as the auction is successful, Jiange will receive a handling fee.
In this regard, Luo Chen could only lament "profiteers" again.
Luo Chen had nothing to put up for auction, so he could only watch everyone submit their items.
Normally I don’t notice it, I think everyone is having a hard time haha.
Unexpectedly, each of them actually came up with something.
Luo Wudi took out a large amount of monster materials, including many good things about second-order monsters.
Sikong Shoujia, a young old man who usually kept his eyes open, actually took out a second-level spiritual grass. He didn't know where he picked it.
There's nothing much to say about Mi Junping's side. Most of them are ordinary goods collected by the gang. The advantage is that they are large in quantity.
It was Wang Yuan, on the other hand, who wanted to consign something that attracted everyone's attention.
Magic weapon! Magic weapon! It’s still a magic weapon!
Each piece of magical weapon that was stained with blood or was incomplete made Mi Shuhua's eyelids twitch wildly.
Faced with everyone's shock, Wang Yuan simply said.
"There are many tribulation cultivators on the newly opened waterway."
In other words, these magic weapons are basically the trophies he obtained on the waterway when he led Jiao Tang.
Luo Chen watched it with great interest. He usually stayed in the alchemy hall and lived an ordinary life.
But other people's lives of cultivating immortals will definitely not be as safe or even dull as one's own.
From the things they took out, it can be seen that their practice must be accompanied by many thrills.
"Okay, let's go in!"
After taking care of everything, Mi Shuhua waved his sleeves and entered the door first.
The auction venue was set up in Luofeng Mountain.
It's not the Taoist Forum or Stanley Prison, but a huge ring-shaped palace that has been carved out separately.
Almost as soon as they entered the palace, the expressions of the five Qi Refining monks changed.
One after another, spiritual consciousness scanned unscrupulously.
Originally, low-level monks like them would not feel the existence of spiritual consciousness.
But those spiritual masters were so presumptuous and there were so many of them that they all noticed naturally.
"Senior Mi, your box is at No. 8, please come with me."
When he heard the number "eight", Mi Shuhua frowned inadvertently.
Under the leadership of a monk wearing Jiange costumes, Mi Shuhua and his party stepped into the box.
After entering, the discomfort of being swept away by spiritual consciousness from the outside world finally dissipated.
Everyone felt relieved.
Luo Chen said with emotion: "As expected of the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect, even if the ones sent here are only outer disciples, they are still at the advanced stage of Qi refining."
After going out, the people in the gang no longer have so many barriers.
Mi Junping was also filled with emotion, "This is the case for the majority of disciples. Those of us who are in the late stage of Qi refining can be considered a figure in Dahefang. But within the sect, we are just preparatory disciples among thousands. There is no hope of promotion to the construction industry. Basically, I can only go to the outer sect as a chore disciple."
"What if there is hope?" Luo Chen was curious.
Mi Junping sighed, "So what if there is hope, you still have to build the foundation! Even if you build the foundation, you are just an ordinary inner disciple. When you get older, you have to be released as a deacon. Perhaps, you can only become a true successor. Only by being included in the Golden Elixir Dao Seed can you stand out from the fierce competition."
Prepare disciples, outer sect chores, inner sect disciples, foundation-building deacons, foundation-building true inheritance, and golden elixir Tao seeds.
Listening to these distinct terms, Luo Chen felt dizzy.
It turns out that the sect is not that easy to stay around!
I have always thought that casual cultivation is difficult, but I didn't expect that sect cultivation is also so difficult.
Those who can stand out from such fierce competition will definitely be well-deserved talents!
Inexplicably, he thought of those disciples who were on the Prodigy List.
Han Zheng, who is number one in qi refining, must have been trained as an inner disciple in Luoyun Sect, or even as a true disciple of Foundation Establishment!
Lin Qingxuan, who ranks first in foundation building, is, not surprisingly, the golden elixir seed of the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect.
As for Ren Pingsheng, who is number one in the golden elixir, without Nascent Soul, he can no longer control the Jade Cauldron Territory.
These are all outstanding figures in the world!
While they were talking emotionally, Mi Shuhua coughed slightly.
Seeing everyone looking over, he nodded slightly and pointed to the boxes outside to introduce them.
"There are eighteen private rooms, six of which are occupied by the Six Sects' Foundation Building."
"The remaining twelve are occupied by foundation-building monks from the Dajiang Gang, Lianyun Merchant Alliance, Duan Family, Nangong Family, and Li Family."
"When you are doing things outside, be sure to keep your eyes open and don't offend these foundation-building monks."
"In addition, there are some hidden foundation-building monks from other cities in the venue. When you find them auctioning later, you should also write down their approximate appearance to avoid offending them in the future."
"The auction sequence to be discussed is divided into five stages. Two stages are exclusive to the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect, one stage for casual cultivators, one stage for local forces, and one stage for large sects."
"If you have anything to auction, hold up the sign for box number 8 and bid later."
"If you encounter a deadlocked bidding situation, tell me the importance of this item to you, and I will decide for you whether to insist on bidding."
"like……"
Mi Shuhua talked a lot, one by one, like a nagging old man.
But everyone listened very carefully.
Especially for Luo Chen, this was his first time participating in a formal auction. He had no idea what the taboos and hidden rules were.
Mi Shuhua's tips just kept him from being confused.
Even if you just open your horizons today and be a bystander, what about the future?
One day, he will be rich and step into an auction venue like this.
In this atmosphere of talking and listening, the auction finally slowly kicked off.
The bottom and middle part of the circular hall.
A platform made of white jade protruded extremely conspicuously.
A man with a figure as tall and straight as a sword walked onto the white jade platform.
"I, Luo Tianhong, the true master of Jade Cauldron Foundation Building, will be in charge of this Dahefang auction. I hope everyone will give me some face and bid kindly!"
"I won't say much more, Luo. The first lot is the Tianyue Purple Gold Wheel!"
"A low-grade magic weapon is engraved with five formations, the third-order rotating moon formation, the second-order armor-breaking formation, the second-order mysterious light formation, the second-order..."
"It's in perfect condition and has perfect power. It can activate three hundred and sixty circling moon flywheels. It also has a self-healing function. In addition, it also has some wonderful functions. I won't go into details one by one. Anyone who is lucky enough to take a photo After downloading it, you can consider it carefully."
"The most important thing is that this magic weapon is produced in Tianfan City!"
"The starting price is ten thousand low-grade spiritual stones."
Almost as soon as Luo Tianhong said the word "magic weapon", the entire noisy auction venue fell silent instantly.
A stream of spiritual consciousness rushed towards the flywheel that Luo Tianhong took out in his hand.
"Fifteen thousand low-grade spiritual stones!"
Someone spoke in the private room where the Nangong family was.
Luo Tianhong smiled slightly and said nothing, because he knew that more people would speak.
"Twenty thousand!"
"Thirty thousand!"
"fifty thousand!"
In box No. 8, Luo Chen was shocked.
In the past, he was scrambling over a few or dozens of spiritual stones.
Even if his net worth has increased significantly recently, he still has to go to Mi Junping to argue for a few hundred spiritual stones.
But in the blink of an eye, he suddenly came into contact with a big deal starting from 10,000 spirit stones.
This had a huge impact on his outlook on life.
Not only him, but almost all the Qi Refining monks in the field held their breath and looked at this scene in awe.
A sigh suddenly came from the ears of Luo Chen and others.
"A magic weapon is the only thing that can directly and greatly improve the strength of a foundation-building monk. This thing should belong to me!"
Mi Shuhua put away his usual approachable smile, looked solemnly, and softly uttered two words.
"Eighty thousand!"
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