Lingbao Pavilion is the largest auction house in the mortal continent. It has been established for hundreds of years and has nearly a hundred branches in the five empires.
On this day, countless monks gathered quietly in Lingbao Pavilion in Yicheng. Ling Ning and Qian Meier also put on cloaks that could hide their auras and came to Lingbao Pavilion.
This five-story building has a gold plaque with the three characters "Lingbao Pavilion" hanging high on it. The decoration inside is magnificent. In front of the door, two luxuriously dressed waiters were receiving guests.
"Two distinguished guests, do you have an invitation letter?"
The two took out the invitation letters "captured" from Zhou Wu and Fang Yu and handed them to the waiter.
The waiter smiled and nodded, and a sweet-looking waitress in a long skirt came forward and took the two of them upstairs and said, "Are the two distinguished guests together?"
The two nodded that this was indeed the case.
The beautiful waiter said: "That's very good. My name is Jasmine. She is your escort. If you have any questions or instructions, you can contact me. Do you want to sit in the private room or in the hall?"
Ling Ning asked: "Is there any difference?"
Jasmine explained patiently: "There are more people in the hall, but the private rooms are cleaner, with fresh fruits and wine, and dedicated staff to serve them. In addition, the private rooms are panoramic and have restrictions. You can see the situation in the hall, but People below cannot see you, so you are more private. Of course, whether you are sitting in a box or in the lobby, the auction is based on the highest bidder, and there is no difference."
Qian Meier said: "Is there any additional charge for the private room?"
Jasmine smiled and said: "It's natural. The view of the ordinary box is slightly biased, and it costs 30,000 spirit stones; the view of the high-end box is wider, and it costs 50,000 spirit stones. There is only one top-level box, which can overlook every corner of the entire hall. One hundred thousand spirit stones, first come first served, and the accompanying services are naturally the best."
Qian Meier and Ling Ning looked at each other and both felt heartbroken. The auction house would only have one or two hours to collect tens of thousands of spirit stones. It was really too extravagant.
Ling Ning said, "We'll just sit in the lobby."
Seeing that the two of them had no intention of going to the box, Jasmine said no more and led the two of them to the hall, saying: "You two distinguished guests, please feel free to take your seats. If you need anything, you can come to me at any time. I will stand at the back of the hall. "
The hall has stepped seats, with eight rows in total, and each row has ten seats. There was still half a stick of incense left before the auction started, and people began to take their seats one after another. The two randomly selected a corner at the back and counted the number of people. There were more than 40 people, not counting the boxes upstairs.
When the auction started, the number of people in the hall had reached fifty. These people were all wearing cloaks and obviously did not want to reveal their whereabouts.
The graceful host walked to the stage. She was wearing a white embroidered short skirt, exposing her long and straight legs. There is a golden mask on the face, which is very elegantly decorated with colorful bird feathers. Although only half of her face is exposed, her fair skin and white teeth and sharp nose prove that she is a rare beauty.
The beauty showed a sweet smile like a crescent moon and said: "Hello, distinguished guests, welcome to Lingbao Pavilion. My little daughter Ling'er is today's auctioneer. Please pay attention to the small hammer in Ling'er's hand. The final word is final. Please don't I missed my favorite product by mistake..."
Ling Ning was listening to the speech on the stage with all her attention, when suddenly Qian Meier's spiritual message came to her ears, "Xiao Ning, if you have any favorite items, you can bid at any time. We have a total of three million spirit stones this time. You can still take pictures of some items.”
Ling Ning's heart moved and she sent a message: "This...Mei'er, these are all your spiritual stones. I...how can I be so embarrassed..."
"Without you, I might have died. There is no need to say anything polite. Anyway, these three million spiritual stones are for nothing, so you don't have to be polite."
Ling Ning thought for a while and then said through the message: "I think we should stay and rescue the elf girl?"
Qianmei'er shook her head, "There are so many people here today, maybe people from outside the territory are coming. It seems that the elf girl's appeal is amazing. We can't take pictures with just three million here. Let's look at other treasures. Maybe we can pick up the leaks.”
Hearing this, Ling Ning could only nod.
"...For the sake of fairness, you can use your spiritual thoughts to explore the condition of the auction items. However, distinguished guests, please strictly abide by the rules of this pavilion. No fights or acts of force are allowed. If there is any violation, please leave the auction directly."
At this time, eight monks dressed in gray clothes and white masks surrounded the stage. Two of them walked onto the stage and lined up on both sides. These eight people have no hidden cultivation, and everyone's aura has the strength of the pill-building stage, especially the two people on the stage, whose aura has reached the pill-building stage!
"A monk in the alchemy stage?" Qianmeier asked.
Ling Ning nodded in agreement.
The Mortal Continent is protected by the "Xuanyuan Sword Formation". If their cultivation exceeds the early stage of pill formation, they will be strangled by the sword energy. The cultivation of these two people in the early stage of pill formation is already the top combat power in the continent. With the strength of Lingbao Pavilion, there may be more monks in the alchemy stage who can manage it for hundreds of years. They are indeed powerful.
"...Well, without further ado, today's first auction title is 'Elixir'. There are five lots in total. Please take the first one..."
The first lot was pushed onto the stage. Auctioneer Ling'er put on white gloves and took out the fairy grass from the wooden box.
"The first lot is..."
Neither Qian nor Ling were good at refining medicine, so they didn't pay much attention to the bottom prices of these five lots from low to high, especially the fifth lot, which turned out to be a rare "Transformation Grass"!
"Transformation grass" is prepared for monsters or grass and mountain spirits that have not yet transformed. Although these monsters and elves have developed spiritual intelligence and can start practicing, they can only transform into human forms when their cultivation reaches level 6. Level 6 is equivalent to a human being. It is already very rare to achieve the realm after breaking through the alchemy stage.
If you want to transform in advance, you must take "transformation grass".
Of course, there are exceptions. Fox monsters like Qianmeier can transform early. One possibility is that she has taken the "transformation grass", and the other possibility is that she has "fairy beast" bloodline. This kind of race with special bloodline, He is born with the ability to shapeshift.
The base price of this "transformation grass" was 300,000 spirit stones, but it was finally sold for 600,000 spirit stones, which was considered to be of comparable value.
The second lot title is "Fairy Tools", which also has five lots.
Immortal tools can be roughly divided into three levels: sharp weapons, spiritual weapons, and fairy weapons. Each level can be subdivided into nine levels.
The category of sharp weapons and the first to third levels of spiritual weapons are only judged by the quality of the material and the level of casting. Only when the spiritual weapons are at the fourth level or above, it not only depends on the material and casting process, but also whether the artifact produces "spirituality". As well as the level of spiritual intelligence, eighth- and ninth-level spiritual weapons can even transform into humanoid shadows, allowing them to communicate simply with their masters.
As for immortal weapons, it goes without saying that high-level immortal weapons can even produce "sword slaves" with their own entities.
But it's not that the higher the intelligence, the better. Some fairy artifacts are so intelligent that they even consciously choose their owners. Therefore, new owners often have no choice but to erase their intelligence.
Generally speaking, an excellent enough weapon can grow into an immortal weapon through re-smelting the day after tomorrow, and its quality cannot be judged purely by its grade.
The items being auctioned this time are three ninth-level weapons, and one fourth-level spiritual weapon that has developed a weaker spiritual intelligence.
Fairy tools that have just been born from spiritual wisdom are often the most popular. Although they can only express simple emotions such as excitement, happiness or loss, this kind of fairy tools are easier for the owner to cultivate, so they are more popular.
The four fairy tools all fetched good prices, and the fourth-level spiritual weapon even cost as much as three million spirit stones!
The stone sword in Ling Ning's hand was an ordinary sharp weapon based on its material, but it could actually recover on its own. Even he himself couldn't explain why. As for his spiritual intelligence, he had never noticed it. He estimated that it was at most five. Class weapon. Although the higher the level of the fairy tool, the stronger the power, but the one that suits your current strength is the best. It is difficult to control if it is too strong or too weak, and it will be counterproductive.
The last lot in the fairy tools category is a light cyan, palm-sized ore.
Ling'er introduced: "The last item on the auction is a piece of ore, which was found from ancient ruins. It is said that it is the same material as the Xuanyuan Order..."
Before she finished the introduction, she suddenly heard someone say: "Girl, you don't have to make up a story. This kind of broken stone can be sold for thousands of dollars every day in the whole continent, but there are only a few that can produce good materials. Hehe, you have this piece of stone." If there is really good material with the same material as Xuanyuan Ling, I am afraid it should be auctioned in the fairy dust continent, how could it end up in the mortal dust continent?"
Although Ling'er was suddenly interrupted, she was very well-mannered and didn't take it seriously and said: "This distinguished guest is right. It's just that the old sayings say 'wealth is found in danger' and 'opportunities must not be missed before they come again'. This 'gamble on stone'" 'There is always a risk. Today's guests are all specially invited guests of this pavilion. I believe there must be an expert among them who can recognize this treasure. Besides, the reserve price of this piece of ore is not high, so you can take a gamble. …”
She paused slightly, and then said: "The base price of this auction is one hundred thousand spiritual stones. If you like it, you can bid!"
The hall was silent. It seemed that most of the monks were used to this kind of "stone gambling" trick, and they were not optimistic about this inconspicuous stone.
Ling Ning suddenly remembered that his eye skills might be able to tell something, and he quickly activated his immortal energy.
"Eye Technique·True Sight!" This is the name of his life.
Under the pupil technique, spiritual energy of different colors appeared on the heads of every monk in the hall. Some were rich, some were dim, some were solid, some were scattered... He didn't understand what these meant for a while, and he fixed his gaze on the ore. On his body, the ore could be seen faintly exuding golden aura.
These spiritual energy still lingered through the outer leather shell, and the color was bright. He had some plans in his mind.
"Mei'er, take a photo of this ore!"
Qian Meier was stunned for a moment, and then she sent a message: "Xiao Ning, this may be your first time to participate in the auction. Ore is often seen in auctions. Most of them are very ordinary, or they are equivalent to the reserve price... You must know that these ores are It will be taken out to be photographed after being carefully sifted through many layers. It is unlikely that something will be missed. Are you sure you want to photograph it?"
Ling Ning really didn't understand the ore, so he could only tell Qianmei'er the truth about what he saw with his eye skills.
Qian Meier was surprised and said: "Your ability to 'see Qi' is indeed very rare, but are you sure? Items like ore are extremely difficult to see through the leather shell no matter how strong your spiritual will is or how superb your eye skills are. It revealed the actual situation inside, so it was labeled with the word 'gamble'..."
Ling Ning muttered: "I feel that this kind of golden aura is very rare. At least this is the first time I have seen this color, so I can definitely see it! Besides, the base price is not very high, and the other monks present seem to have no intention of buying it. We still have a chance to pick up the slack."
Hearing this, Qianmei'er no longer insisted and raised the small sign for auction.
Ling'er was worried that no one would bid. When he saw her holding up the sign, she said happily: "Okay, there is a distinguished guest who knows the goods. This distinguished guest bids 100,000 yuan. Is anyone going to increase the price?"
She looked around and saw that no one was bidding, so she could only say: "Dear guests, don't miss this opportunity, it only comes once a hundred thousand!"
"One hundred and fifty thousand!"
"Okay, this distinguished guest bids 150,000 yuan. He is obviously an expert. Are there any other distinguished guests who want to bid?"
"I'll pay you two hundred thousand!"
"I'll pay 220,000!"
…
Qianmeier glanced at Ling Ning with a slight frown, obviously asking if the price would be increased.
Ling Ning pondered slightly and said, "I still think this ore is not easy, so try your best to get it."
Qianmeier nodded and held up the sign.
"Fifty thousand! Okay, this distinguished guest is obviously very confident and may have seen through the mystery. Do other distinguished guests have to increase their prices?"
"Half a million at a time!"
"Half a million twice!"
"Five million..."
"I'll pay 600,000!"
Everyone thought that 500,000 yuan would be enough to seal the deal, but they didn't expect that someone else would offer a high price.
Qian Meier did not hesitate and raised her sign again: "Six hundred and fifty thousand!"
Unexpectedly, the man did not retreat at all and shouted without hesitation: "Seven hundred thousand!"
Seeing that this man seemed to be deliberately causing trouble, Qian Meier became competitive and said, "Eight hundred thousand!"
"Hey, eight hundred thousand? I'll offer nine hundred and fifty thousand! If you offer one million, I won't follow you anymore!"
This man's voice sounded young, but his tone of voice was very annoying. Qianmeier said without hesitation: "One million!"
There was an uproar among the crowd, and some even clapped.
Ling'er was even more elated. You must know that this piece of ore is Lingbao Pavilion's own auction item. It only costs 500,000 spirit stones to purchase 100 pieces, but now one piece has been sold for 1 million! Of course she was beaming.
She thought to herself: "Grandpa often said that I am not calm enough. If I can sell a piece of broken ore for such a price this time, let me see if Grandpa has anything to say."
As expected, the man stopped speaking, and Qian Meier and Ling Ning both felt their hearts beat faster. Apparently they felt that the price they had just bid seemed "a little too impulsive."
"Hey, Xiao Ning, you...are you sure this ore is valuable..."
"Mei'er, I can only confirm that the aura of this ore is extraordinary. I don't know if it is valuable... or maybe I don't know much about the ore. Maybe some worthless ores have this kind of aura..."
"Eh? If you say that now...if I lose money, I'd better pull you to commit suicide together!"
"It doesn't have to be so serious as committing suicide! I don't want to die so early!"
"It doesn't matter...it's all free money anyway. The worst I can do is kill a few more auction house recruiters..."
"Next time, the sect won't be able to protect you all the time! You don't want to be hunted down by the monks in the pill-forming stage, so give up this idea immediately!"
"I got it!"
…
"A million, once! A million twice!"
Ling'er looked around and saw that the hall was still quiet. She dropped the hammer decisively, "Bang! One million deal!"
Qian and Ling Xuan's hearts dropped to the ground. They were both excited and a little regretful. Of course, excitement accounted for the most part. This was probably the charm of "Gamble on Stones".
At this time, the maid Jasmine came over quietly, bowed to the two of them and smiled: "Please go to the backstage to pay for the treasure. If you want to hear more, you can wait until the auction is over before settling the account."
Ling Ning coughed lightly and said, "Can I regret it..."
Jasmine was stunned for a moment, and then she showed a "professional" smile and said, "Excuse me, distinguished guest, did you just say something? If you deliberately raise the price and disrupt the auction process, it will be very serious..."
"Um...how serious is it?"
"This slave doesn't know anymore. If the amount is huge, the two elders will communicate with you personally."
Qianmei'er couldn't help but said: "The two elders refer to the two who are in the pill formation stage?"
"Yes, do you two distinguished guests still have any questions? If you don't pay now, I will wait in the back. We have very good security here and provide full 'service' to every guest. Please give us your instructions at any time .”
What she meant by this was: "We are targeting you. Don't even think about escaping. If you do, wait to be hunted down!"
Both of them naturally recognized her voiceover.
"Mei'er, please pay now. I'll go with you. I'm not interested in the next category either."
Qianmeier nodded, and the two of them stood up helplessly and followed Jasmine to the VIP trading room at the back.
The two were about to go in when they suddenly heard the annoying voice: "Haha, let's see who is so unlucky that he actually spent a million to take a picture of a broken rock! It's so ridiculous!"
I saw three people walking unsteadily from the corner. None of the three people concealed their appearance. The leader was a young man with a proud face. Although he was quite good-looking, he was a bit glib. He was dressed in black and red. His robe is very gorgeous, and he is shaking a paper fan with the word "fire" written on it.
The other two people, a man and a woman, looked somewhat similar. The man is slightly older, dressed in gray, quite handsome, with a powerful appearance, slightly dark skin, and his hands are wrapped in circles of cloth, which seems to have burn marks.
The woman was the youngest, dressed in yellow cedar, with fair skin and delicate facial features. She seemed to be at the age when love was just beginning to bloom. She was looking at the young man who was speaking with admiration. Her beautiful eyes were full of spring, like water hibiscus, bright and attractive.
"Senior Brother Jingyu, have you already seen that the stone is unbearable?"
"Hey, Junior Sister Wenxi, you don't know this. I personally brought this batch of goods from the 'Forging Sword Valley'. Naturally, I know the quality best. Although it comes from a thousand-year-old mine, this mine has long been It has been mined dry, and no fine product has been produced for hundreds of years. It is just that the ore looks simple and deceptive."
"If that's the case, why do you still want to bid?"
"Hahaha, I just raised the price on purpose, so that girl Lingxi would thank me... Hehe, the price of my hundred pieces of ore was only 500,000 spirit stones, and one piece actually sold for one million... That girl Lingxi He is also bold, and dares to ask for a base price of 100,000!"
Hearing him mention the word "Lingxi", the girl named Wenxi was obviously a little disappointed. The older man on the side noticed it and said quickly: "Haha, Junior Brother Huo is indeed the direct disciple of the current master of the Sword Forging Valley. He has a sharp vision. They are all extraordinary! After all, the Mortal Continent has withered talents and has never seen the world, so naturally it cannot be compared with Junior Brother Huo!"
"Senior Brother Wenhao is so complimentary. I want to see which stupid guy took the photo of this 'treasure'. Hey, are they the two of you?"
Qian and Ling listened to each other's conversation word for word. Their faces changed drastically and they were furious. Fortunately, they couldn't see their ugly faces because of their cloaks.
Qian Meier couldn't help but pointed at him angrily and said, "You..."
She was about to call you a bastard, but Ling Ning stopped her and heard him say: "Don't cause trouble. Look around."
I don't know when people started to watch, and a few people pointed at them without thinking it was a big deal.
Ling Ning suppressed the anger in her heart, pulled her into the VIP trading room, and handed over the spirit stones under Jasmine's guidance.
The receptionist carefully counted the number of spiritual stones and then took out the piece of ore and placed it on the table.
"Please two of you re-inspect the goods. If there are no problems, please sign here for acceptance."
Ling Ning activated the pupil technique and re-checked that it was correct, and said to Qianmei'er, "No problem."
Qianmei'er accepted the ore, and Jasmine suddenly said: "Do you two want to cut it directly?"
Ling Ning asked: "Do you have this kind of service here?"
Jasmine said: "Of course there is. If the material is first-rate, our Lingbao Pavilion can directly recycle it. Would you like to cut it open and take a look?"
Qian and Ling looked at each other. If they didn't cut it open to see what was inside, they might not feel at ease today.
Qian Meier said: "Then just cut it open, I don't believe it!"
Jasmine led the two of them out of the VIP trading room. Unexpectedly, the three people from the Sword Forging Valley were still there.
The leader, the young man Huo Jingyu, said with a smile: "Are you two going to open the stone? We just want to watch it."
There are other events in the auction today, and there is even a special event dedicated to "Gamble on Stones." What he just said has been noticed by many people. Seeing that he is from the "Sword Forging Valley" outside the territory, they all came to greet him. Ask for tips on stone gambling. He was making a speech proudly, and when he saw the two people coming out, he couldn't help but make sarcastic remarks in order to enhance his status.
Qianmeier scolded: "If you want to come and see it, come and see it! You will regret it then!"
"Hey, hey, OK, OK, let's go and have a look together. I'll teach you a lesson!"
"Let's see who is teaching whom! Humph!"
Ling Ning was under a lot of pressure. If the incision was true as Huo Jingyu from the Sword Forging Valley said, he would lose a lot of face!
Soon the news that "the ore worth millions of spirit stones is about to be cut" spread throughout the auction house. The expert's personal identification from the "Sword Forging Valley" attracted countless good people and even many people on the street. Come and watch. If Lingbao Pavilion had not set a limit on the number of people allowed, the threshold would have been broken. Even so, there were still many people gathered around the gate waiting to hear the news.
The auctioneer named Ling'er also took a break. Hearing the news, he was very interested and came to watch.
When Huo Jingyu saw her coming, he naturally went up to show her hospitality and quietly reported his "great achievements" in deliberately "raising the price". It seems that Ling'er's real name is the "Lingxi" he mentioned.
Lingxi dealt with him politely, obviously not too interested in him.
The girl Wen Xi looked unhappy and kept silent, while her brother Wen Hao comforted her in a low voice.
At this time, the ore was placed on the cutting table, and the operator was a master. Huo Jingyu still did not forget to shout to the onlookers: "Look, the appearance of this ore is light green, and the texture of the skin is hard and opaque. This is the old What the mine produces is mined about three thousand meters below. Although it looks deceptive, it can’t produce good products. It can only be ordinary green steel jade. If you don’t believe me, wait and see if it is like this..."
With the loud cheering of everyone, the cutting machine rotated rapidly under the spiritual power of the spiritual stone. The old master slowly cut the ore bit by bit. Qian and Ling's hearts were in their throats!
There was a violent sound, and the ore was finally cut open!
The old master showed the cut surface of the ore in front of everyone, and everyone exclaimed "Ah".
Huo Jingyu didn't even look at it, but he said to everyone: "Hahaha, you saw it, this ore gold wadding is covered with wadding on the outside..."
"Ah! This is...gold? Is this gold ore?"
"No, no, how could it be gold? Didn't you see that the whole body is made of jade..."
"I have been gambling on stones for twenty years and have never seen this kind of material..."
…
Everyone was talking about it, and Qian and Ling were also dumbfounded. They knew nothing about ore materials.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Lingxi hurriedly said: "Master, what are these materials?"
The old master in charge of cutting thought for a while and said, "I have been doing this for fifty years, and I have never seen this kind of material before..."
"Senior brother, big brother, please see what's going on?"
Wen Hao and Huo Jingyu originally dismissed it, but when they saw the restlessness of the people around them, they turned their heads to look at the scene, and they were greatly alarmed!
"Xuanyuan Jade!"
Others were confused for a moment, but the face of the girl named Lingxi changed greatly when she heard this.
