After nightfall, Cheng Yuan and others rented a sandcastle courtyard to stay.
The rent here is very cheap, probably because they came from a neighboring city and were given four entrance tickets to the Renbao Pavilion auction.
Aunt Lan stayed at her residence to rest, citing physical discomfort.
The three of them, Cheng Yuan, went to the auction under the stars.
The layout of Renbaofang City is similar to that of Xianqi City. The three of them found the place with familiarity and entered the city with their entrance tickets.
"Fairies, please wear your masks."
The deacon at the entrance of the auction enthusiastically led them to the mask rack nearby.
"We just came to take a look."
"This is the rule of the auction." The deacon also explained with a smile while wearing a pure white half-mask: "Tonight's auction will also have a lottery with generous prizes. If the fairies take the time, it will be enough to make people greedy."
It turns out that Cheng Yan chose a dragon-headed mask, Ji Qiuyu a phoenix-headed mask, and Yanchu chose a wild goose mask.
The three of them put on cloaks of the same color and entered.
The place was already full of people, and they randomly chose a corner to sit down.
What was being auctioned on the auction stage at this time was indeed a spirit deer with a white light all over its body. Linglu's moist eyes were full of fear, and tears fell from time to time.
"This Linglu came from Dongling. The mountains are high and the water is far away. I don't know how much suffering he has suffered. It looks very pitiful." Ji Qiuyu sighed and shook his head.
The people at the auction didn't seem to be interested in this spiritual deer, and no one came forward to bid for it.
The steward on the auction stage said: "Although this spiritual deer doesn't have any great abilities, it is said that it can increase a monk's luck..."
"Haha, if it's lucky, it won't be caught." Someone said mockingly.
When everyone heard it, they felt that it made sense. With luck, they would not have fallen to this point easily.
The steward shook his head helplessly: "The person who auctioned this spiritual deer also said that it really can't be done. The meat of this spiritual deer is very delicious. If your cultivation is at a bottleneck, you might as well cook it and eat it. Maybe it will work. ——”
"Hey, I'll buy it then. My grandson likes this one."
Linglu seemed to be able to understand people's words. Hearing the words, his whole body couldn't stop trembling, and his tears flowed even more fiercely.
The manager suddenly beamed with joy, almost losing the business in his own hands.
"Five hundred spiritual stones, once!"
"This is really unreasonable!" Ji Qiuyu immediately raised his hand.
The person in charge saw it and quickly reported: "Six hundred spirit stones, once!"
The person in front couldn't help but get angry when he saw someone posing with him. He turned around and glared at Ji Qiuyu: "I just asked you to take a picture but you didn't take it. If I want to take a picture, you will take it. Are you sincerely trying to get in trouble with me?"
"Misunderstanding, I just see this spiritual deer as pitiful and can't bear for it to end up in the human population."
"Ha, you mean it's pitiful that I ate it. Did I commit a sin?" The man refused to let go. He followed the price several times, until the price reached a thousand spiritual stones.
Ji Qiuyu looked calm and continued to take pictures.
The two of them went back and forth like this, increasing the price tenfold.
The demon master in front who called himself Lao Sun was furious. He turned back and pointed angrily at Ji Qiuyu: "You wait for me!"
Ji Qiuyu, the old god, finally bought the spirit deer for five thousand spirit stones.
"Shall we go take a look at it?" Ji Qiuyu asked.
"good."
The three of them got up and went to the backstage, handed over the spiritual stone to the auction deacon, and received the spiritual deer.
At that time, Linglu was shivering in the corner. Seeing Ji Qiuyu step forward, he stared at her warily.
Ji Qiuyu said slowly: "You don't have to worry, I won't hurt you. I will let you go when we leave this city."
Hearing this, Linglu blinked, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"Really." Ji Qiuyu assured, then reached out and gently stroked the spirit deer.
For a moment, the spirit deer did not move, and allowed Ji Qiuyu to caress its body. Perhaps the worry that it had been feeling was relieved, and the spirit deer fell asleep under Ji Qiuyu's caress.
"By the way, do you still have room for your demon control bracelet?"
Ji Qiuyu glanced at his own and explained: "Although Xiaoxuan does not wear the demon control bracelet, he acts quickly and domineeringly. He does not allow other demons to live in the same place with him."
"Then take this from me." Cheng Yan had a colorful demon-control bracelet given by his master, and the big space inside was always empty.
With that said, he took the spirit deer in.
By the time Cheng Yuan and others returned, the auction had come to an end, and the auction was for a set of artifact refining fragments.
"This object comes from a secret realm somewhere in the south. It is said that the owner of the secret realm was a master of weapon refining during his lifetime."
Cheng Yan suddenly became interested and asked, "Who is the name of this master of weapon refinement?"
"This..." The deacon glanced somewhere, and then shook his head: "The person holding the fragment does not know who the master of weapon refinement is, but he said that if anyone is interested, you can read the first three pages for free. If you are interested after seeing it, you can continue trading.”
Cheng Yan nodded.
The deacon immediately sent the set of fragments to Cheng Yan.
Cheng Yuan peered into his consciousness to check, and was immediately attracted by the ancient calligraphy on the first page. These smart and elegant characters, regardless of the content of the refining, must have been well studied on talismans.
Due to limited time, Cheng Yan browsed it casually for a while and then decided to buy it.
"What, thirty thousand spirit stones?"
The deacon who took back the fragment explained: "Because the person who auctioned this fragment recently wanted to buy another high-level spiritual weapon, this object was auctioned."
"Haha, if you take 30,000 spiritual stones to take a picture of a weapon refining scroll, whoever takes the picture will be a fool!"
The person who had been unhappy with Ji Qiuyu before sneered, causing some good people to burst into laughter.
Cheng Yan was too lazy to pay attention and said, "I wonder if we can discuss it with the owner of the fragment."
"There is no such rule."
Cheng Yan said: "I am quite involved in weapon refining. If I have the opportunity in the future, I must study this set of fragments carefully."
Cheng Yan gave up on the auction, and the set of scrolls ultimately failed to sell.
…
Not long after the three of them left the auction, one person followed them out of the market and arrived at an empty alley.
That person showed up to meet him.
"You asked me to come, but you want to do a private transaction?" The man did not take off his mask, and his green face and fangs looked particularly ferocious.
Cheng Yan nodded: "I really want this set of fragments. Thirty thousand spiritual stones is indeed too high."
"No counter-offers! Otherwise I wouldn't put it up for auction!"
"I know, but your scroll failed to sell, because no one is willing to spend 30,000 spirit stones to buy a set of weapon refining scrolls."
The man was a little impatient: "Then you asked me to come, what do you mean?"
"I want to know what kind of spiritual weapon you need? Maybe I can refine it. If it is possible, I am willing to exchange the spiritual weapon for this set of fragments. This will be beneficial to both of us."
"You?" Although he couldn't see the man's expression clearly, Cheng Yan felt that he must be mostly contemptuous.
She said indifferently: "If I can't refine it, just think I'm disturbing you. If you can, then you will make a profit."
The man was silent for a moment and said: "Soul Soul Bell!"
(End of chapter)
