A few days later, Yingxianju.
Near noon, in the lobby, Chen Mu, dressed in a golden yellow robe, sat in the elegant seat by the window.
There was only a pot of tea on the table. Chen Mu raised the cup and then paused, fanning it again. He glanced upstairs from time to time, as if he was waiting for something.
Not long after, a figure appeared in the building, wearing a gray robe and looking skinny. He was the old man transformed by Yuan Qing.
Yuan Qing walked downstairs slowly and walked outside; at this moment, a ray of white light flashed in Chen Mu's eyes, and then he raised the corner of his mouth slightly and stood up.
"Fellow Taoist, please stay." Chen Mucan said with a smile.
Yuan Qing paused upon hearing this, raised his eyebrows, and replied coldly: "What's the matter?"
"It's no big deal," Chen Mu continued with a smile, "It's just that I'm very familiar with fellow Taoist, whether it's his clothes, appearance, behavior, or even his speech and temperament, but I couldn't remember the old friend's name at the moment, so I came forward specially. , to avoid mistakes or omissions.”
"Then fellow Taoist must have admitted the wrong person." Yuan Qing replied calmly.
"Hahaha," Chen Mu replied with a smile: "What fellow Taoist said is that there must be something wrong with my eyes and I recognized the wrong person, but meeting each other means we are destined, so you and I might as well make friends. I'm Chen Mu, Dare I ask your friend’s surname?”
"I'm clouding Qi." After a moment of pause, Yuan Qing replied calmly.
"Oh! It turns out it's Yuan... No, fellow Taoist Yun, it's really a pleasure to meet you." Chen Mu said in a long tone, pretending to be a gesture. The word "Yuan" was particularly emphasized, which was very special. Deliberately.
When Yuan Qing heard this, he still didn't know what it meant. It was just that the time was not right to remove the illusion and talk directly, so he could only pretend not to know and use secret tactics.
"You're welcome, Fellow Daoist Chen," Yuan Qing replied with a slight smile: "The last time we met, I didn't take a close look at it. Now that I look at it again, I feel more and more that the behavior of Fellow Daoist Chen is very similar to that of an old friend named Yun. It seems that you and I take it seriously. The fate is not shallow.”
"Hahahaha, what a great fate!" Chen Mu laughed and replied, "Then why does Brother Yun come to this Gushanfang City?"
"Of course it's for the Gushan Auction." Yuan Qing replied.
After hearing this, Chen Mu opened the fan and gently explained: "Brother Yun may have misunderstood. Chen asked why Brother Yun was in the northern border. Listening to Brother Yun's words, he didn't sound like a local cultivator, but rather like a big southerner. Send disciples.”
"Brother Chen really has a good ear," Yuan Qing chuckled and did not deny it, but then changed the topic and asked: "Then why is Brother Chen here? I think Brother Chen is not a local person, he must be some giant businessman. the son of."
"Haha, Brother Yun is really good at joking. There are naturally other reasons why I am so sleepy. Please forgive me for the inconvenience, Brother Yun. I will tell you the truth to Brother Dao when I have the opportunity in the future." Chen Mu shook his head and said with a wry smile.
Before he finished speaking, he continued: "But then again, does Brother Yun have anything he likes when he participates in this auction? Brother Dao also knows that Chen is a businessman. There are many people at the meeting, so he will definitely be promoted. The price is too high, why don't you and I give it a try first, maybe Chen has exactly what Brother Yun wants! Hehe, I will sell it to you at a low price when the time comes, so we can make a good relationship."
Hearing this, Yuan Qing smiled and replied: "There is no specific goal. I am just trying my luck to see if I can pick up one or two treasures, or come across some escape method?"
"Treasure material? Escape method?" Chen Muqi said: "It's easy to talk about treasure materials, but Chen has a lot of them in his hands. As for this flying escape method, with the speed of Brother Yuan's sword control, why do we need other shield methods?"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Chen Mu knew that he had made a mistake and couldn't help but look embarrassed. Just when he was about to say something to cover up, he saw Yuan Qing pause in his footsteps. However, while they were talking and laughing, the two of them had already arrived at the entrance of Zuixiang Tower.
According to what the vendors in this city said, the auction will be held here, and the time will be today at noon.
"Brother Chen, come here first. When the auction is over, you and I can talk in another place." Yuan Qing said calmly.
"That's best." Chen Mu nodded and replied with a smile.
"In this case, Yun will take the first step and say goodbye." Yuan Qing said with a cup of his hands.
"Brother Taoist, please." Chen Mu returned the greeting.
After saying that, Yuan Qing turned around and strode inside; while Chen Mu stood there for a moment.
Watching the former go away, he murmured in his heart: "He is a swordsman, what kind of escape method does he need?"
Just as he was thinking about it, an idea suddenly came to his mind. He then folded his fans and clapped his hands, smiled and sighed secretly: "That's right! The Xuanyuan sect's people travel here and there by spirit boat. Now he is here alone, and he still has to find Feidun." The method must be to return to Xuanyuan. Hehe, this is just right!"
...
Let's talk about Yuan Qing. A few steps after entering the restaurant, he saw a man in his sixties standing in front of the counter with his hands behind his hands.
When the old man saw the visitor, he bowed first and said with a smile: "Senior, you are here to participate in the auction, too."
Then a white light flashed in his hand, and a white jade talisman plate appeared, which was used by various shops in the shop to test spiritual pressure.
"So that the seniors will know that all participants must have a cultivation level of Foundation Establishment or above. Senior Foundation Establishers each need to pay one hundred spirit stones as an admission fee; if they are the ancestors of the Golden Pill, there is no fee. Seniors, please release your spirit a little bit. Press, you can participate in the meeting after passing the test." The old man bowed slightly and explained with a smile.
Yuan Qing did as he was told. After the jade beads changed color, he took out a middle-grade spiritual stone and handed it over.
The old man took the spirit stone with both hands and put it into his waist together with the charm plate. Then he took out a jade pendant and handed it to Yuan Qing. He said respectfully: "This is an identity plate. Please keep it, senior."
Yuan Qing picked up the jade pendant and glanced at it, and found that it was actually made of bright jade. One side was engraved with a solitary mountain, and the other side was engraved with the three characters "151" in small seals.
At this time, the old man turned slightly sideways, used his hands to guide him, and said: "Senior, please follow me." After saying that, he walked inside.
As soon as the old man walked away, someone stepped forward. Standing in his place was a young girl.
The girl said Wan Fu to Yuan Qing Yingying, then turned around and stood still, waiting for someone to come. Yuan Qing nodded slightly and followed the old man.
After a while, the old man stopped in front of a secret door and said respectfully: "Entering here is the center of the venue. After entering, seniors can just sit down according to the number on the jade pendant. The little old man has a low cultivation level and can only attract people. Seniors are here. I wish seniors a fruitful return."
After saying this, he bowed again and retreated the same way.
Yuan Qing looked at the secret door up and down, then without hesitation, opened the door and stepped in.
As ripples rippled, the scene in his eyes suddenly changed. This small restaurant turned out to be something special!
Inside the secret door, there is a large venue, divided into two floors, covering a hundred feet in area.
In the lower level, a sapphire stone platform is located in the center of the venue, about three feet square. There is a golden gong on the platform, and there are dozens of rows around it, with a total of more than 200 Taishi chairs; each Taishi chair is seven meters apart. It was about a foot long and had a serial number engraved on it. At this time, most of the people were already seated.
On the upper floor, there are more than ten independent rooms, most of which are empty. Only three of them are lit up with forbidden auras, located in the southeast, northeast, and southwest corners.
Yuan Qing was sitting directly north of the stone platform, on the edge of the fourth row.
To the left is a beautiful woman in her thirties, with a charming figure and enchanting eyebrows. She is wearing a light gauze dress that seems to be nothing, revealing a large area of spring; to the right is a young child with a pretty face, a small and delicate face. , but his brows were full of ferocious anger.
There was silence in the venue. After waiting for about a stick of incense, the golden gong finally sounded and a figure appeared. It was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a green robe and having an ordinary appearance.
The man came on stage, first clasped his fists and looked around, and then said loudly: "I have met all of you Taoist friends, I, Zhuo Fan, thank you for being the host of this auction. As usual, before the auction officially starts, Zhuo will give you Just explain the rules briefly.”
"During the auction, treasures of heaven and earth come on stage in turn, and all fellow Taoists raise their placards to bid; inside the venue, the one with the highest bid will get it, and outside the venue, everyone depends on chance; of course, if any fellow Taoist relies on his superior means and wants to take it by force, You can try this plundering move, but if you end up in a situation where your body and soul are destroyed, don’t say you didn’t predict it!”
At this point, Zhuo Fan paused slightly, and then continued: "Okay, enough nonsense, let's stop talking, this auction has officially begun. Fellow Taoists, please take a look at the first item."
As he finished speaking, a young girl came onto the stage holding a square box in her hands.
The square box was quite long, made of wood, and had magical talismans attached to it. Zhuo Fan took the wooden box and removed the talisman with a flick of his sleeve, revealing its true contents.
It turned out to be a ruler, four fingers wide, with a smooth surface and a deep blue color. I don't know what power it has.
Zhuo Fan picked up the ruler and introduced: "This object is made entirely of cold jade. It is a top-quality magical weapon. When attacking, it can catalyze the shadow of the ruler and attach cold air to it. If an ordinary magical weapon touches it, it will immediately freeze into ice cubes. It has quite good power." "
As he spoke, a flash of light flashed in his hand, and then the ring ruler transformed into a huge ruler shadow, lying across the stone platform. The cold air condensed into ice mist, dyeing it into a mist.
"Okay," Zhuo Fan removed his magic power, took back the ruler and said, "The base price of this item is one thousand spiritual stones, and each increase in price must not be less than one hundred spiritual stones. Fellow Taoists, please."
Before he finished speaking, someone saw someone on the west side of the stone platform holding up a sign and saying: "Two thousand."
Immediately afterwards, someone on the east side also raised a sign and said: "Two thousand two."
Later, someone else raised a sign and shouted: "Two thousand six."
"Three thousand."
"Three thousand and two."
...
After some bidding, the ruler was finally sold for 4,100 spirit stones. Such a high price made Yuan Qing quite astonished, and even vaguely felt that it was not worth it.
On the stage, Zhuo Fan had already invited the second lot and began to introduce it.
"This is a meteorite. It can separate water and fire. It is hard and indestructible. It is a must-have for refining the best defensive magic weapon. The starting price of this stone is two hundred spirit stones, and each increase in price must not be less than fifty spirit stones."
"Two hundred and five."
"three hundred."
"five hundred."
...
Two hours later, the auction came to an end. During the period, more than ten top-quality magic weapons, several bottles of elixirs, several prescriptions for elixirs, and three high-grade exercises were released, which were enough to cultivate to the late stage of the golden elixir, which attracted a lot of competition.
At this time, Zhuo Fan coughed slightly and slowly glanced at everyone. He seemed to have glanced at the wing room on the second floor intentionally or unintentionally, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, next is the last item in this auction, the sixth-level monster. , a Golden Silkworm King Demon Pill! The starting price is 10,000, and there is no limit to the increase!"
