Chapter 25: The Struggle of Desires
It is said that the group of gold touchers found a treasure from the ground and were happy for several days. Although they did not know the purpose of the tinder, they firmly believed that it was a treasure. This fire can burn day and night, in the soil or in the water. This fire can ignite clothes and cook food like a normal flame, but it has no effect on humans, and it is a cold piece of iron in your hand. These five or six people were also shocked by the words of the scourge, and they didn't dare to hide the treasure alone, so they simply went to the black market to estimate the price first, at least they showed their faces to the treasure.
After a few days, they came to the country of Qi. There is also a black market, where unclean things can be circulated. Now the world has changed, the people's lives have begun to become rich, many people have gone from the darkness to the sun, and this black market is also found by gold touchers with great effort.
This black market is located at the junction of Jiang, Qi, Yong, and Yun, and is a remote location, and naturally no one manages it. The gold-touching man hid the tinder in his bosom and roamed the black market. The burial goods they had stolen from other tombs were not worth a few dollars, and they were penniless for a meal of wine. When they had eaten their fill, they saw a place where valuables were being auctioned, and they thought that this was their chance to show off their treasures.
It is true that there are some scarce things on display in this auction, many of which are left over from a long time ago. For example, the weapons of unknown high-level cultivators left over from the Great War of Gods and Demons, as well as the magic weapons used by the demons for unknown purposes, as well as the colorful glazed stones dug up from the bottom of the sea and the rare medicinal materials dug up from the Ten Thousand Snakes Country. There are constantly rich people who throw out the branches of the money tree and spend a lot of money to buy the items auctioned, and those rich people who make a lot of money also make the hearts of the people who touch the gold itch. They then found an opportunity to meet the organizer of the auction.
The organizer of this auction is the famous "black abacus" in the black market, who is proficient in all kinds of ways to make money, and has informants all over the world, who have all kinds of means to obtain rare treasures and sell some high-level secrets. He can be said to have a lot of money, but he is very low-key, and his clothes are very simple, without any gold and silver jewelry. The most striking feature is a small black abacus hanging on the chest, from which the name black abacus is derived.
After several gold touchers saw the black abacus, they secretly gave him a look at the fire hidden in their arms. The black abacus only glanced at it, and the gold toucher hurriedly put away his clothes and hid the treasure. With just a glance, the black abacus knew that this treasure was by no means a human thing. The fire in this world is nothing more than the red fire of nature, the blue fire of the underworld, and the green fire of demon beasts, but the fire in their arms, although red, is mixed with black, and most importantly, in their arms, they are like nothing. This fire is harmless to human beings, and he knows a little about the method of cultivation, and he can see the endless breath from this fire, just like the sun that has been shining in the sky.
Seeing the surprised expression of the black abacus, the gold toucher was sure that the treasure in his arms was definitely priceless, and asked him in a low voice how much this thing was worth and what kind of treasure it was.
As soon as the black abacus heard the other party ask what the name of this treasure was and what its name was, he knew that these gold touchers knew nothing about this fire. He first vaguely said that it was indeed valuable, and then asked how they got it, and only by telling the way was it convincing that they could sell it for a good price.
The gold touchers said that they saw a meteorite falling from the sky in Yunguo, and followed the trajectory of the meteorite to find the place where the treasure fell. But this treasure has an aura, and it actually escaped into the ground by itself, and before that, there was a person with great magical powers who had noticed it a long time ago, but that master didn't seem to be able to touch this fire. Then they dug up the treasure from the ground, and the master told them not to keep it private, but to make it public. They thought that if they made it public, they would not be profitable. So they thought of coming to the black market and relying on the influence of the black market to let people know about this treasure. As long as the influence grows, this treasure will bring them a wealth that will not be used up for a lifetime.
After listening to their story, the first thing about the black abacus was that he was curious about the master they were talking about, because that master could not touch this fire. He wondered if it would be a person's realm that was too high, so that the fire would have a rejection reaction. So he asked the gold-touchers to follow him into his house, and paid them a deposit to stabilize them.
In the hut of the black abacus, there are all kinds of rare treasures, all of which are rare things that the gold touchers have never seen. The room was very dark, and they saw an iron abacus pushing a mechanism, and the room was lit up instantly, allowing them to see that this room was simply a treasure pavilion.
The black abacus walked over to a table and sat down in a chair. There was a skull on the table, and this skull was actually made of crystal, glowing with crystal clear light. The gold touchers wanted to touch it, but the black abacus told them that this skull was obtained from a sect in Yongguo, and it was specially used for curse rituals. After sitting down on the black abacus, he asked the gold toucher to let him look at the tinder carefully, once again emphasizing that this place is impenetrable, and any treasure in the house is also worth a lot, and he will not leave the treasure with the tinder. Then the man who touched the gold gave him the tinder.
The black abacus held the tinder, and the curiosity in his heart was even more spontaneous. He had never seen anything like it before, and he couldn't understand what it was for. Through the flames, he seemed to see that the inside of the fire was an iron ball, and the outside had a special pattern. He didn't know what the pattern meant, and he didn't know what it was for, and even if its flames didn't hurt, it was just an ornament at best. The rich and cultivators who come and go here are nothing more than the pursuit of the strongest and longevity, and if this thing does not occupy either, it is really worthless.
While the black abacus was still checking the use of the fire, there was a knock on the door outside the room. The black abacus pulled a rope on the wall behind him, and the door opened. A strong man walked in outside the door, saying that someone wanted to buy a black abacus A treasure used by the demons, it was a knife. When the black abacus heard this, he turned around and went to fetch it, because the knife was behind him. When he took out the magic knife from the cupboard, he accidentally landed next to the fire. Then something stunned them: the magic knife fell next to the tinder, and suddenly it was like a piece of wax ignited by a flame, slowly melting, and turning into a pile of liquid.
Seeing this scene, the black abacus was really surprised, in order to verify the fire again, he took out a dagger inlaid with various colors of jade from the cabinet, and did not have the same reaction after approaching the flame. This time he pulled out another dragon scale. This dragon scale is a rare thing, and it is even more difficult to obtain it, it is said that after eating the powder ground from the dragon scales, you can improve the realm, and it is a treasure that many cultivators compete for. When the black abacus brought the dragon scales close to the fire, the flames of the fire became more intense, burning part of the dragon scales to ashes. In order to keep the remaining dragon scales, the black abacus immediately drew back the dragon scales and kept the remaining half of the dragon scales.
After destroying a magic weapon and half a dragon scale, the black abacus did not feel frustrated, but laughed out loud. Everyone laughed at the black abacus without knowing why, just looking at him. Then, the black abacus stopped laughing, and with an excited face, he said to the crowd: "Although I don't understand what this thing is called, I can now figure it out: this thing is very restrained from demonic and divine energy, and at the same time it is close to human beings. In other words, as long as humans have this thing, they can defeat any demon and god. ”
As soon as they heard that this thing could restrain the demons and gods, everyone was amazed. The gold toucher trembled and said, "It means that as long as you hold it, you can defeat the demons, and even the Protoss can defeat it?"
"That's right, but how to use it is only for cultivators to develop it. I can tell you, this thing, there will definitely be someone who will exchange the wealth of a country, after all, to have it, is equivalent to to owning the world!" replied the black abacus excitedly. Then he discussed with the gold toucher, and he would bring the tinder to the auction so that everyone could see it. Once its abilities are known, there will be many people vying for it. When the time comes, they will have whatever they want, and the black abacus only needs to charge 30% of the fee.
The gold toucher has been blown to the sky by the black abacus, and his heart is full of joy, and he can't wait to show this fire to everyone. The black abacus picked up the tinder and walked towards the auction, while the six people who touched the gold followed closely behind, for fear that the tinder would be stolen.
The auction was already in full swing, and when he was about to auction the next item, the black abacus appeared, telling his subordinates not to take the treasure, he had an even more powerful item to display. The people who came down to the auction and watched the excitement saw the black abacus come out to display the treasure in person, and they all guessed that the black abacus was going to take out a treasure to watch the house this time.
Sure enough, when the black abacus took out the tinder, everyone had a surprised expression. Then the black abacus also showed that this treasure is harmless to the human body, and at the same time has the ability to restrain monsters and fetish. After these characteristics were revealed, the pot had exploded underneath, and everyone was throwing money at it, and they must buy this item. Seeing everyone's reaction, the black abacus was overjoyed and felt that he was about to turn over.
Just when the auction shouted more and more outrageous sky-high prices, the original gold touchers were very happy, but one of them suddenly felt that this was not good. The others asked him what his problem was, and he said that if this thing can really make a person invincible in the world, then why should they sell this thing to others? If they have this thing and learn how to use it, then they can really own the world, so why should they take some money to make a living?
When the others heard this, they thought it made sense, and they all said in unison that they wanted to get the fire back. They were ready to take advantage of the fact that the black abacus was not paying attention to get the fire back. But just as they were about to take the stage, a skinny man came to the stage first. The black abacus noticed this man and was not surprised, because this man was his right-hand man. Although this person was masked, someone in the audience had already guessed his identity.
"Isn't that a thief? What is he doing here?"
It turned out that this man was a thief, a thief with a good reputation. However, although he also has the name of a saint, he is not a good reputation, and in terms of strength, he is too far behind the Sword Saint, Martial Saint and others. However, he had also seen it for a long time, and when he was underneath, he noticed that there were special lines on the inside of this fire, like a kind of rune. He had opened countless treasure chests, and those treasure chests were reinforced with many runes, so he knew how to open most of the treasure chests in the world. After seeing the fire, he determined that the outside of the fire was just an empty shell, and the inside was the most important thing.
The thief approached the tinder, reached out and touched it, and then many runes appeared on the lines on the tinder, like passwords. The Rogue Saint arranges these runes with his hands, and as long as they are arranged correctly, they can open the fire. After trying without stopping, the runes were aligned correctly and suddenly glowed. The iron ball in the tinder finally opened, and everyone's eyes widened to see what was inside the tinder. After seeing the inside of the tinder, the thief was about to reach out to get it, when the group of gold touchers behind the stage hurriedly stepped forward and took out the things from the fire first.
Everyone was surprised, and the black abacus saw that it was the gold toucher who came to rob the thing, so he said impatiently, let them not be anxious, this thing will definitely bring them endless wealth. However, the gold toucher no longer seemed to be bewitched by the black abacus, and he held a small object tightly in his hand and slowly opened it. This time, everyone saw clearly that the thing in the hand of the gold toucher was a pill similar to an elixir!
The man who touched the gold looked at the pill in his hand, and he knew that the best way for this thing to stay in his body was to stay in his body!
This move shocked everyone. Because there was no water, after swallowing a pill, the gold toucher felt a little dry mouth. The black abacus on the side was so angry that he couldn't speak, and said angrily: "If you are like this, even if you open your stomach, I will get that treasure!"
Unexpectedly, after the gold toucher swallowed the pill, his body became more and more uncomfortable, and he felt that he was burning in flames and burning himself. He grabbed his neck and shouted "water, water" to the people around him, and when he saw that no one gave him water, he snatched the wine from the hands of an onlooker and drank it all. But after drinking a pot of wine, the toucher still felt thirsty. When he tried to take the water again, black smoke began to come out of his body! Then, his palms began to catch fire! He looked at his burning hands and wanted to speak, but there was a flame in his throat, and suddenly fire erupted from his mouth, and he fell to the ground and rolled on the ground. When he rolled on the ground, his body was completely burned by the flames and turned into a burning man.
The people on the side were too frightened to approach him, but after a while, the gold toucher was completely burned to ashes, and only the pill was left on the ground, which still glowed faintly red.
When the black flames dissipated, the scene was silent. It wasn't until a moment later that a person couldn't hold back the greed in his heart and shouted loudly, "Grab it!" The entire black market immediately fell into chaos. A battle of desires was staged in this place where there was no light of day.