Time quickly came to half a year later.
Early in the morning, Lu Zhong got up and changed his clothes. After breakfast, he set off to Changchun Fairy City to prepare for the Changchun Domain Auction held every ten years.
I don't know if it was his imagination.
The recent situation in the Southern Barbarians always gave Lu Zhong a sense of turmoil.
The Ling Yue Territory, which was originally becoming increasingly chaotic, suddenly seemed to have been put on pause and suddenly stabilized. At the same time, news about the two border sects that had no sense of existence in the past, namely the Xuanyang Sect and the Tiandao Sect in the south and the north, were frequently circulated in the public.
As for the Changchun Territory, there are also one or two incidents of extermination of families and clans that seem inexplicable to outsiders.
All are forces that are good at deducing the secrets of heaven.
Their destruction was speculated to be caused by the backlash of heaven. It is not that such things have never happened. There are clear records in various classics. Most of these forces have this ending.
But Lu Zhong didn't think so.
"It's probably that person who has already started to make some moves..."
The power that the Supreme Master of Transformation can mobilize is beyond the imagination of just Jiedan, but he believes that the reason why the situation in the Southern Barbarians has become weird is probably inseparable from that person.
"You have to be more cautious in your actions in the future! You must not reveal your flaws."
Thinking of this, Lu Zhong couldn't help but feel lucky again. Fortunately, he had awakened the flying star golden elixir magical power, which could "move stars and change fights" to cover up the secrets of the sky. If it were any other magical power, I'm afraid the body would be cold by now.
Along the way, Feifei stopped.
When you are tired, take a rest on a desert island.
At dawn the next day, he arrived at Changchun Fairy City.
Viewed from the air, the huge explosion crater inside the gate of Changchun Valley has already turned into a lake. It is said that in order to commemorate the ancestor of Yun Yao, it was named "Yun Yao Lake".
"Yunyao..."
Lu Zhong muttered this word.
Regarding Yunyao Ancestor, judging from the current situation.
This person obviously did more harm than good.
A time bomb was left behind for the sect's Changchun Valley and the entire southern region. The evil spirits at the late stage of Nascent Soul, you know how dangerous they are if you think about it, it can make the huge Changchun Valley, a Yuanying sect that has been accumulated for thousands of years, only rely on the small True Yang Talisman to suppress the seal, but cannot completely solve it. .
But more than that, the Southern Territory also attracted the attention of the Avatar.
Ascend!
For monks, this word is almost synonymous with "immortality".
Even the good-looking Western Territory can be turned into hell, with countless victims killed. It is conceivable that in order to ascend, this god-incarnation Supreme Master will definitely eliminate obstacles along the way.
"Oh, what a troubled time!"
Lu Zhong stopped thinking and walked into the auction house.
Immediately, a fair-skinned, beautiful and long-legged maid came up to him and led him to sit down in a simple and elegant box. Then the preserved fruit spirit tea was served, all of which were of the standard that Jindan Zhenren should have.
Soon the auction will begin.
There were many things at auction, but not many caught his eye.
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"The top-grade foundation-building pill is personally refined by Lord Wanmu. After taking it, there is a 50% success rate in foundation-building... The starting price is 100,000 spirit stones, and each increase in price must not be less than 1,000!"
Hearing the host's introduction, Lu Zhong suddenly became energetic and felt a little surprised. He thought to himself: "I didn't expect to see such a good thing during this trip!"
There is a reason why this Foundation Building Pill is so expensive.
If you are simply building a foundation for achievement, taking this elixir will be a waste. Its real function is to be used to form pills and even infant-forming seeds among the big forces. This prevents them from failing to build their foundation due to accidents, resulting in insufficient time to finally reach a high level, and a waste of good talents and a large amount of resource investment.
"One hundred and fifty thousand!" Lu Zhong made a price.
Seeing everyone fiercely fighting for it, he also joined in the fun.
After some bidding, it was finally bought by a mysterious monk at the venue for a high price of 210,000 spiritual stones. If there is no accident, this person should come from some big force.
In the future, there will inevitably be a series of troubles surrounding this foundation-building pill.
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"Silver marrow, whether it is refined into a magic weapon or used to practice magic, has infinite benefits... The starting price of the bidding is 150,000 spirit stones, and the payment must be paid with high-grade spirit stones!"
Lu Zhong couldn't help but breathe faster when he saw the target object appearing.
After thinking about it for so long, he never expected that this thing would appear at auction. When I first heard the news, I was stunned for a while. It wasn't until I repeatedly verified that it was true that I finally accepted the shocking news.
"Now that I think about it, maybe it was deliberately leaked from Changchun Valley." Lu Zhong guessed.
Condensed silver marrow, whether it is refined into a magic weapon or used in magic practice, is inseparable from the word "thunder and lightning". The conditions for the birth of this object are extremely harsh, and it must be the sea of thunder above the nine heavens.
Then it fell to the ground and was nourished by thunder and lightning for thousands of years before it became the marrow.
Thinking of the evil spirits, the intentions of Changchun Valley came to light.
"If you take a picture of this thing, you will most likely receive an invitation from Changchun Valley to slay evil spirits..." Thinking of this, Lu Zhong suppressed his excitement and began to weigh the pros and cons in his mind.
To be prudent, he should choose to give up the bidding.
But then I thought about it, this move was too deliberate. After all, many people in the outside world knew that he had the thunder method, which would inevitably arouse people's suspicion.
"Well, without knowing that person's plan, how should I act normally? There is no doubt that I will fight with all my strength and won't give up until I get the thing..."
Lu Zhong made a decision quickly.
"Two hundred and twenty thousand!"
There are not many competitors who can compete with us.
Lu Zhong only made three bids before winning the auction.
Looking at the silvery thunder liquid like lead and mercury in the translucent thunder-sealing jade box, he thought that the Jiamu Thunder Seal could finally take on new changes.
Follow the instructions on the silver plate.
After refining the silver marrow, a "thunder" thunder pattern will appear on the armored wood thunder seal in the sea of consciousness. By activating this thunder pattern, you can gain the ability to condense the thunder gun.
Unlike the "Thunder Swamp" which covers a large area, the power of the thunder gun is obviously more concentrated.
In my mind, I can't help but think of the water dragon.
If there was a thunder gun, the strength comparison between Lu Zhong and it would be at least 50-50.
"Very good, we are one step closer to eating the dragon's flesh!" He has not forgotten this grudge. He has already made a plan in his heart. When he is stronger than this dragon, he will come to him immediately.
It’s not just about killing dragons and eating meat.
They also need the dragon soul to make a flag and the dragon skin to make clothes. They will not let go of the dragon bones, blood, scales, and claws. If they don't use them to their full potential, it will be difficult to understand the hatred in their hearts.
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Next, Lu Zhong took another seven bottles of elixirs.
Since Feng'er formed the elixir, the elixirs to improve his cultivation were no longer enough.
Although Yu Feng'er has repeatedly expressed that she is satisfied with being able to form an elixir. But considering the relationship between the two of them and her hard work in running the chamber of commerce, Lu Zhong also had to express his feelings and reasons.
Therefore, the elixirs for Yu Feng'er's cultivation are indispensable no matter what.
"The Third Ice Vein Pill!"
"Let us congratulate this senior!"
Another bottle of elixir is obtained.
Lu Zhongda had the attitude of coming to buy goods and spent a lot of money.
Later, I took a picture of a laurel robe of spiritual weapon level, and an ingot of iron essence needed to refine the magic weapon.
The magic weapon Yu Feng'er wants to refine has been determined. It is the "Ice Soul Spirit Sword" she chose herself, which can bring out the advantages of the Ice Soul Spirit Body to the greatest extent. Although this sword started out as a three-level forbidden magic weapon, it can exert the power of a five-level forbidden magic weapon when combined with the transformed ice soul spirit body after forming a pill.
Knowing this at first made Lu Zhong envious.
Not long after, new auction items appeared.
"Shengling honey is rich in rich spiritual energy. Its effect on improving cultivation is comparable to that of second-level elixirs. There is no risk of accumulation of erysipelas. This batch of spiritual honey has a total of one thousand bottles...the starting price is 50,000 spiritual stones!"
"Here it comes!" Lu Zhong expected in his heart.
The so-called spiritual honey is actually the honey insect spiritual honey.
The name was changed to keep it confidential.
Bringing Shenglingmi to the market is a new direction for him to raise cultivation resources. After losing the financial source of the Western Territory, it is not easy to support two alchemy monks with just one Chengde Chamber of Commerce.
Especially in order to refine chemical liquid, he has been burning spiritual stones and collecting spiritual stones all year round.
It is for this reason that it is necessary to open up new sources of income.
When Yun Yao gave Chu Dayun the secret recipe for breeding insects, he had already known it clearly. After all, the other party's supposed concealment was a joke in front of the gray fog space.
Relying on "Yu Chong Powder", the spiritual honey production of the big honey worm has greatly increased.
From this, Lu Zhong came up with the idea of selling honey.
Whether this newly opened financial source can realize his plan to earn a large amount of spiritual stones depends on the market's feedback and the monks' acceptance of this thing.
Limited by cost, the price of Shenglingmi is still a bit high.
After all, big honey bugs cannot produce honey out of thin air. They need to consume a lot of demon pills to cultivate "bacteria lawn", and the bacteria lawn needs to be transformed twice by spiritual insects before it can be produced into spiritual honey.
The consumption in the process is not small.
The final result is that for the same level of cultivation, it will cost 30% more spiritual stones to upgrade spiritual honey.
Is it worth spending an extra 30% to avoid the risk of erysipelas?
This is a matter of opinion.
But soon, Lu Zhong realized that he was worrying too much.
This batch of spiritual honey was fiercely competed for, and was finally sold for 75,500 spiritual stones, which was 10,000 more than he expected. It was obviously very popular in the market.
Unconsciously, he laughed.
"Hahaha……"
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The auction continues.
After three rare spiritual objects were photographed, the grand finale of the show once in ten years, the Golden Pill, appeared as scheduled, and as always attracted fierce competition from all major powers.
Thinking of my past self, I was also a member of the competition.
Lu Zhong couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
The final transaction price was 410,000, which was still within the average transaction price range of Jiejin Dan.
After the grand finale was auctioned, the auction entered the missing part. Lu Zhong was not interested in participating in this part, so he left the box.
When I walked to the door, as expected, there was a real person from Changchun Valley waiting for me.
She is a Taoist nun with a kind smile, wearing a loose crimson robe, with only a wooden hairpin to hold up her gray hair. She is probably in her early 400s, and looks similar to a young woman in her early twenties. But it gives the impression of a lingering sense of twilight.
In terms of cultivation, it is the early stage of pill formation.
Seeing Lu Zhong come out, the Taoist nun made a bow.
"Changchun Gu Yuhong, I have met Fellow Daoist Lu!"
"I've met fellow Daoist Jade." Lu Zhong returned the greeting.
Information about this person already appeared in my mind.
Yuhong's identity is not simple. Although she is only in the early stage of pill formation, she is the disciple of True Lord Wanmu. She also leads the Changchun Valley Sect Master, and her status is only lower than True Lord Wanmu and the Master of Nine Peaks.
People like this come to visit in person.
"The reason for coming is not simple!"
He thought silently in his heart.
At this time, Yuhong took a look around, smiled and suggested: "There are many people here, and I heard that Chunhui Pavilion just imported a batch of Chinese tea, why don't we go there to talk about it?"
"No problem." Lu Zhong agreed.
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"Gu Dongdong..."
The tea is poured into the jasper cup, and a leisurely and distant aroma is stirred up. This is the signature tea aroma unique to Cangshan Yunye.
After taking a sip, Lu Zhong immediately praised it in his heart.
It really deserves to be the cloud leaves of Cangshan Mountain!
The spiritual energy contained in the spiritual tea can no longer be described as strong. It should be called spiritual liquid. The small sip he just took could save him half a year of hard work.
Drinking the whole cup will save you three years of practice.
"It's a pity that the cloud leaves in Cangshan Mountain are precious and cannot be obtained by outsiders." Lu Zhong guessed that Yuhong probably brought this tea from Changchun Valley. Chunhui Pavilion probably couldn't get this kind of spiritual tea.
After a while of chatting, Yuhong got down to business.
"To be honest, fellow Taoist, Changchun Valley is in trouble now. Please forgive me for not being able to elaborate on the specific reasons. Now we are in need of monks who are skilled in thunder magic to deal with the large number of souls that have spawned."
As she spoke, she took something out of her sleeve.
Lu Zhong glanced at the corner of his eyes and saw another thunder-sealing jade box. If you look closely, you can see that the amount of silver marrow inside is much more than the amount at the auction.
He was excited in his heart, but calm on the outside.
He glanced at the jade box, then withdrew his gaze and said in a low voice: "What are the conditions?"
"For a period of thirty years, Taoist friends will be able to obtain this object by killing evil spirits every six months." Yuhong seemed to know that Lu Zhonghui would ask this question, and revealed the conditions that he had already prepared.
Lu Zhong's expression did not change at all after hearing this. It took him a long time to shake his head and said: "Thirty years is too long, and the mourning soul is not easy to deal with. Fellow Taoist Jade, you'd better think of the conditions first."
One portion of the silver marrow is enough to form thunder patterns.
If it is more, it will only enhance the power of the thunder gun. It is not known how much it can be enhanced.
He doesn't have to "sell himself" for thirty years for this.
Yuhong was not surprised by this.
Haggled for a while.
During the process, Lu Zhong did not forget to confirm the evil spirits, that is, the number of souls born. Negotiations will continue only after assurance is obtained.
In the end, the deal was concluded with the offer of killing evil for ten years and paying the reward in advance.
When signing the spiritual contract, he made a request to modify the penalty for breach of contract. He would rather pay the price of great damage to his cultivation base than change the original penalty for breach of contract.
The reason is to avoid being tied to death.
You must know that the evil spirits suppressed in Changchun Valley are the strength of the late Nascent Soul.
Lu Zhong agreed to this evil-killing mission not only to obtain the silver marrow, but also to monitor the recovery process of the evil spirit. Once the evil spirits are about to awaken, the Southern Territory will be in danger!
At that time, he would rather return to the early stage of pill formation than run away from the Southern Territory.
