Huangyang Mountain.
In a village at the foot of the mountain, several village women were washing clothes together by the river, scrubbing them clean in the slow water, and then putting them on a stone pier by the river to squeeze out water.
Children between three and five years old were running and playing behind, creating a leisurely scene.
This small river flows down from the top of the mountain. The water surface is as clear as a mirror, and the scales of the swimming fish in the water can be seen clearly.
"Huh?"
Suddenly a peasant woman made a startled sound.
"What's wrong?" Several people nearby looked over.
"Look at this water..." The peasant woman pointed her finger at the river. Several people turned their heads and looked sideways, and immediately realized something was wrong.
It turned out that the river began to glow with a faint red-gold color, forming a mist-like shape, just like the feeling of ink melting into the water. But the color is obviously not ink, but like...blood?
And it’s mixed with golden blood!
There was more and more red-gold blood, and soon the entire river turned into blood! And white bones began to appear in the water, which looked very scary!
"ah--"
The two peasant women were so frightened that they took a few steps back and fell to the ground. The other one quickly ran back with the crying child! In the process of running away, the sky began to turn fiery red, and a large number of birds in the mountain forest flew into the distance.
When they ran back to the village entrance, there was even a roaring sound in the mountains, which seemed to be mixed with the roar of some birds and beasts!
"Village Chief! Village Chief!" They shouted loudly as they arrived in the village, only to find that a large group of people had already gathered in front of the ancestral hall.
"Why are you panicking?" The old village chief, leaning on a cane, said suddenly: "Don't be afraid! Stay still!"
"There are monsters in Huangyang Mountain!" a child shouted in fear.
"Don't talk nonsense, that's not a monster!" The old village chief stopped him quickly: "That's the magical beast from Huangyang Mountain that has awakened!"
"Ah?" The younger people were all surprised, but the older ones were not surprised, but just a little excited.
There are indeed legends about ancient mythical beasts in the village.
It is said that thousands of years ago, a divine phoenix and an argali united here and gave birth to a deformed phoenix sheep.
The Phoenix Clan is an ancient divine beast at the same level as the Dragon Clan, but the world often hears about dragon descendants, but not often hears about phoenix descendants. That's because the Dragon Clan has the largest number of divine beasts at the same level, and they love to breed with various races.
The Phoenix tribe can be said to be the complete opposite. Not only are they rare in number, they also resist combining with other races. The birth of this phoenix sheep was a beautiful mistake.
Although that argali was also a demonic beast among argali, it was incomparable to the divine phoenix after all. Because too much spiritual energy was absorbed by the fetus, it died the moment it gave birth to the child. Divine Phoenix, on the other hand, did not recognize this alien species and had left long before it was born.
The newborn little phoenix sheep was neglected in the mountains for seven days and almost died of cold and starvation. Finally, kind-hearted villagers at the foot of the mountain discovered it. At first they thought it was just a pretty lamb, so they took it home to feed it.
Unexpectedly, as I kept raising the sheep, it grew wings.
The villagers at that time were shocked, thinking that they had raised a monster, and wanted to kill it at that time. It was the owner who picked up the little phoenix sheep. Because he already had deep feelings for it, he fought to protect it.
The owner drove it back to the mountains and told it to run far away and never come back.
Until one day a few years later, a wave of monster beasts swept through the area. Several powerful monster beasts attacked the village, and everyone in the village was about to be killed.
At this time, the little phoenix sheep was born. At this time, it had grown into a powerful spiritual beast by virtue of its blood. With one enemy against many, it protected the village after a fierce battle.
Everyone gathered around Huangyang and realized that although it had been hunting in the mountains these past few years, it had never traveled far and had been silently watching over the village.
In the following years, it lived on the mountain there, and the mountain was renamed "Huangyang Mountain".
The younger people in the village were dumbfounded. Of course they knew the legend of the phoenix sheep protecting the village, but they were still shocked when they saw the legend come true!
"The mythical beast Phoenix Sheep has been sleeping in a secret realm for the past thousand years. It wakes up only once every thirty years, and then falls asleep again after a brief period of awakening." The old village chief said slowly: "Zhuzi, you go outside the city. At the Taoist temple, tell the Taoist priest inside that Huangyang is awake!"
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"The next treasure is the Tuanlong Sapphire Fan from the overseas Fuyao Country! This is a unique craft of the Fuyao Country. Gently fanning it will produce a refreshing fragrance, which can attract dancing butterflies; if you fan it hard with the true energy, there will be The dragon's breath sprays thinly, and the strong wind can destroy steel and break iron! The starting price is one thousand Suzaku coins! One increase in price is fifty Suzaku coins."
The shopkeeper on the stage is still trying hard to sell it, but there are really not many people interested in this jade fan.
The best treasures in an auction are naturally reserved for the finale, the second-tier treasures will be ranked at the front and be popular at the beginning, while the middle ones will be relatively mediocre.
After the first few treasures passed, the atmosphere in the hall also calmed down.
For example, this Tuanlong Jade Fan looks exquisite and magical, but judging from the effect of his demonstration, it is just a magic weapon with ordinary formation patterns. The starting price for this thing is one thousand Suzaku coins, which is at least half the premium. Maybe it’s because the lowest price in this auction starts at one thousand Suzaku coins, and no matter how low it is, it’s not worthy of being on the stage.
Even if you bite the bullet and fail to shoot, it cannot lower the quality of the scene.
Of course, it is also possible that there are a few fools in the detection hall.
After a brief pause, about eight or nine people raised wooden signs.
Hmm... there are less than ten fools among thousands of people, which is not a bad ratio.
Chu Liang watched with cold eyes, while Wen Yulong was filled with indignation.
"I've seen this thing before. If I refine it, I estimate that the cost will not exceed three hundred sword coins." He said angrily, "Selling it at such a high price is simply a money grab."
"Such a large auction is held once a month. It is difficult for all of them to be extremely valuable treasures. It is not surprising that two parallel imports got mixed in." Old God Chu Liang said on the ground, "Straws are tied to the crabs. Naturally, we have to sell it at crab price, and it’s normal to have a premium.”
In the end, the dough dragon sapphire fan was photographed by a young man. He himself was not high in cultivation and was accompanied by two followers. It seems that he is a stupid second generation from some small fairy sect. He probably came here to gain a lot of experience.
Just take a photo of an exquisite and valuable magic weapon, and you can show it off to your brothers and sisters when you go back.
"Hey, the next treasure will be interesting." The shopkeeper on the stage smiled mysteriously. The two previous maids walked off the stage, and immediately a new maid came up with a tray.
He first opened the tray in the hand of the first maid. On it were four pills of different colors.
"Now let's invite some fellow Taoists to come on stage and taste these pills. Is anyone willing to give them a try?" the shopkeeper asked mysteriously.
In a large store like Xianyuan Pavilion, the practitioners below are naturally not worried that the store owner will poison the store. Immediately, some cultivators who liked to join in the fun raised their hands and were called to the stage by the shopkeeper.
"Come, this fellow Taoist, have a taste of this elixir." The shopkeeper handed one to the practitioner, and the practitioner readily drank it.
"Huh?" He frowned slightly after swallowing the pill.
"Have you found out what kind of elixir this is?" the shopkeeper asked.
"It seems to be just an ordinary God-Gathering Pill?" the practitioner replied.
"What's so special about that?" the shopkeeper asked again.
"It tastes very good... It seems like apple flavor? There is a fresh and sweet smell that lingers after eating. The strange thing is that it is particularly delicious." The practitioner answered honestly.
"Not bad!" The shopkeeper said with a smile, and another practitioner was called to the stage and handed over a God-Gathering Pill.
This time the Jushen Pill is green and orange flavored, sour and sweet.
There are four pills in total, each with four flavors.
After letting people try it for a round, he smiled and said: "The elixir this time comes from a magical alchemist in the city. The elixirs he refines can be added with magical fruit flavors! You may also know that there are many people gathering in the city right now. The price of magic pills has skyrocketed.”
He opened the tray at the back, revealing four gourd-shaped storage instruments.
"The four gourds here contain different flavors of God-Condensing Pills, which add up to a thousand pills. The starting price is one thousand Suzaku coins! Fifty Suzaku coins plus the one-time price!" He said loudly.
As soon as this treasure was introduced, everyone in the audience laughed.
For these practitioners, this unique taste is novel and useless, but it is certainly interesting.
It's just that even if the price of the God-Gathering Pill in Taotie City increases again, it won't be able to rise to one Suzaku coin. For one thousand coins, there will be a premium of at least three hundred Suzaku coins, and this is just the starting price.
So there are many people who find it interesting, but very few people who actually intend to hold up a sign. After all, no one's money comes from the strong wind. If you just throw away a few hundred dollars and it will go down the drain, anyone will feel distressed.
You must know that just over half a year ago, Chu Liang, who was a cultivator of the divine realm at that time, was worried about three hundred sword coins! Normally, it would probably take him several months to earn it.
Maybe only some rich guys who are really not short of money can try it out of fun.
Even Wen Yulong couldn't help laughing and said: "I don't know how that alchemist came up with the research. How could someone buy the God-Gathering Pill at a higher price just for the taste? This is even more outrageous than the one just now. The price of the pill is set at On the surface, not even a fool will be fooled, right?"
Immediately, Chu Liang next to him raised a wooden sign and shouted: "Two thousand Suzaku coins!"
(End of chapter)
