Chapter 8: Meeting
After getting the resources, in the next two weeks, Bai Haotian went out early every day except for one day a week to go to school, and dragged a tired body home at night, relying on the unimaginable will of outsiders to hide his fatigue, and finally did not let his parents see the signs of abnormality.
And when it comes to taking a medicinal bath every night, his parents didn't suspect it, but he just thought that Bai Haotian heard a certain "home remedy" that helped awaken and awaken the natal martial soul.
In the past eight years, Bai Haotian has done a lot of ridiculous things about the obsession of martial artists, they have all witnessed them one by one, and at first they would be uneasy to get to the bottom of it, but later they became numb when they saw how much they were not surprised.
Compared with replacing three meals a day with medicinal herbs, and replacing daily drinking water with animal bone wine, what is the point of taking a medicinal bath?
They are not martial artists themselves, they know very little about the field of martial arts, and they know their son's personality very well, so they will definitely do what they believe, and no matter how others persuade them, it is just in vain, rather than worrying about it, it is better to support it silently.
Two weeks later, the 15000P aura consumption reached the standard, the second quenching was completed, and Bai Haotian was promoted to the third grade of the alternate realm as he wished, accumulating: 240 points.
Prompt in the "Cultivation Parameters" column of the system: The current host state, the three grades of the alternate realm, and the need to consume 22500P aura to upgrade one grade.
"22500P aura, 225 first-grade spirit stones, 225,000 heavenly coins, the only expectation at the moment is that only the treasures exchanged can be worth this number, and the resources after the four grades of the alternate realm can only be risked. Bai Haotian rubbed his head and muttered to himself.
There is a saying that a penny is difficult for a hero, and what he lacks is hundreds of thousands, millions.
There are still more than three months before the college entrance examination, and his goal is to aim at the top ten martial arts schools in the Heavenly Kingdom, and the five grades of the alternate realm are just starting, in addition, Li Qi and Bai Ling's cultivation cannot be stopped, and he achieves himself with the sacrifice of others, especially those close to him, he is not this kind of person...
It took half an hour for Bai Haotian to search the four areas of the system's treasure house, and finally selected a soul nourishing grass, and after exchanging it for 200 points, a beam of light flashed through his mind, accompanied by a tingling pain.
Bai Haotian closed his eyes reflexively, gasped, and after a while, the stinging pain disappeared, and when he opened his eyes, he was stunned to see a dark blue plant suspended in front of his eyebrows, slowly falling downward.
"It's all counting on you. Holding the Soul Nourishing Grass in his palm, his gaze froze on it, and he exhaled softly, his heart filled with a little eagerness and anticipation.
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Huiyuan Auction House, one of the top five auction houses in Heaven, has a branch in Qingshi, with a strong background and outstanding reputation.
On Saturday morning, Bai Haotian deliberately dressed up, covered in first-line brands, his beard was cleaned up, his hair was smooth and shiny, and he walked back with an elegant leather bag in his hand, and slowly walked into the lobby of Huiyuan Auction House.
A waitress in a light-colored uniform greeted her, seeing Bai Haotian's appearance, temperament, and dress, the professional smile on her face became a little thicker, bowed slightly, and said softly: "Sir, may I ask what can serve you?"
Bai Haotian glanced at her and said lightly: "I have something to auction, please consult first." ”
The waitress glanced at the bag in Bai Haotian's hand vaguely: "Sir, has the treasure you want to auction been valued before?"
"Not less than 100,000. Bai Haotian cherishes words like gold, in this kind of place, the more indifferent, the more important the other party is, before he came, he had already checked on the Internet, the treasure connoisseurs of Huiyuan Auction House are ordinary, senior, gold medal third-class, treasures worth more than 100,000 yuan, and only then are they qualified to let the gold medal treasure connoisseur come forward.
The waitress understood, led Bai Haotian to a lounge, brought a pot of tea, a few snacks, and then said, "Sir, please wait a moment, I'll go and inform the treasure connoisseur." ”
Bai Haotian sipped the tea and nodded "um".
Not long after, an old man in a green shirt with gray hair knocked on the door and came in, with a gentle smile on his face, looked at Bai Haotian a few times, and then arched his hand, and reported to himself: "The old man's surname is Guo, I don't know what Xiaoyou is called?"
"Master Guo, hello, my surname is Bai. Bai Haotian nodded with a light smile, without greeting him, and took out a sandalwood box from the leather bag and put it on the table.
"Master Guo, you take a look first. ”
Master Guo answered, picked up the sandalwood box and slowly opened it, and a dark blue plant came into view.
Soul Nourishing Grass, a top-grade medicinal material, has a warming effect on the martial soul of the martial artist, and is also one of the three important raw materials for refining the Xuanpin Lower Grade Pill and the Soul Nourishing Pill.
Putting on a pair of white gloves, Master Guo carefully took out the Soul Nourishing Grass, took a magnifying glass and observed it carefully for seven or eight minutes, and sniffed it a few times with his nose before putting it back into the sandalwood box.
"Bai Xiaoyou, this soul-nourishing grass should have just been unearthed, right?" Master Guo asked casually, but Bai Haotian asked without answering: "What do you estimate the final transaction price will be if it is auctioned?"
Seeing that Bai Haotian didn't want to reveal more information about the treasures, Master Guo didn't ask, he pondered for a moment, and said: "If you go to auction, I don't recommend that the starting price be too high, 50,000, the final transaction price is hard to say, but it shouldn't be less than 100,000." ”
He gave the most conservative estimate, and while speaking, he observed his words, paused slightly, and said: "Our auction house auctions twice a week, respectively Wednesday and Saturday, according to the rules, the treasures of the auction will be warmed up three days in advance, tonight is too late, the fastest will be until next Wednesday, if you are not in a hurry to sell, it is best to wait until next Saturday, there will be more guests on the weekend." ”
Bai Haotian frowned slightly, the first thing he lacks now is money, and the second thing he lacks is time, wait until next Saturday, this week's time, isn't it wasted?
Master Guo seemed to see through his thoughts, and said tentatively: "If you can't wait for a week, there is another way, I have a customer here, I want to buy medicinal materials that have a warming effect on the natal martial soul, or I will arrange for you to meet and talk?"
Bai Haotian looked at him with some suspicion, he smiled indifferently, and added: "My client will bear the intermediary fee for matchmaking, if the two of you can negotiate, you will even save the deduction points of the transaction, if it can't be negotiated, it doesn't matter, just wait a few more days, and I will arrange an auction for you next Wednesday." ”
"Then meet your client first, preferably today. Bai Haotian pondered for a while, and finally accepted the other party's proposal, anyway, he had no loss, purely when multiple people quoted, he had a better understanding of the market.
Master Guo went out to make a phone call, and returned to the room, informing him that he had contacted the customer and would be there in half an hour, Bai Haotian said "oh", took out his mobile phone, played games, drank tea and ate snacks, and waited.
In less than half an hour, Master Guo knocked on the door and walked in, followed by a girl in a white dress, with long hair and a shawl, wearing a mask, unable to distinguish her true face, revealing a pair of crystal clear eyes.
Bai Haotian heard the movement, looked up, and it happened that the girl also looked at him, and the four eyes met in the air, Bai Haotian's expression froze, and his pupils gradually dilated.
The girl was a girl who walked with the school leaders that day.
Bai Haotian would never have dreamed that the meeting between each other a year later would be the identity of the buyer and the seller.
"Bai Xiaoyou, this is Miss Shi, you are all young people, and it is easy to communicate... Miss Shi, this Bai Xiaoyou has a soul-nourishing grass in his hand, and his condition is not bad. Master Guo introduced with a smile, noticing Bai Haotian's strange expression, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the girl, and after a trace of stunned flashed in the girl's eyes, he had recovered his calmness and bowed slightly to Master Guo.
"Then you talk, I still have some things, I'll go and get busy first. Master Guo invited the girl to sit down, and asked the waiter to change the two of them with new tea, and before leaving, he glanced at Bai Haotian meaningfully, and this glance happened to be captured by Bai Haotian.
Bai Haotian scolded in his heart: Old and endless!
There was silence in the room.
Bai Haotian blew lightly with the tea, looked at the girl out of the corner of his eyes, hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "Long time no see." ”
Under the girl's mask, the corners of her mouth seemed to move, but only made an "um" sound, Bai Haotian opened the sandalwood box and pushed it in front of the girl.
"What you want, take a look. ”
The girl tapped her head, took out the soul nourishing grass with two slender fingers, and after a simple identification, she put it back and closed the lid.
"I'll give 200,000, including 100,000 in cash and 20 second-grade spirit stones, how about it?"
This price is not low, in fact, it is the highest price that a girl can offer, if you change to another seller, the girl must press it first, the other party is Bai Haotian, and there is no need for this.
"Good. Bai Haotian had the intention to give it away for free, but now is an extraordinary time, and with his understanding of the girl, the latter will never accept it, so he happily agreed.
"Are you free?"
The transaction was completed, the girl put away the sandalwood box, Bai Haotian put away the spirit stone, the two of them asked the same question, they were all fluted, Bai Haotian took out his mobile phone to look at the time, and said: "It's more than eleven o'clock, I invite you to lunch." ”
Girl: "I invite you." ”