Half an hour later, Zhong Xiu and Shi Mu returned to their residence.

"Xiu'er, what's wrong?" Shi Mu asked when he saw that Zhong Xiu was depressed all the way, and still frowned a little after coming back.

"Brother Shi, take a look. Zhong Xiu said, handing the jade slip that recorded the auction list to Shi Mu.

Shi Mu took the jade slip, his divine sense penetrated into it, and after a while, he looked at Zhong Xiu and said:

"If I'm not mistaken, some of this stuff came from the shipment we shipped. These things can be regarded as high-grade in some ordinary auctions, but if you want to win over Elder Zhao with these things alone, I'm afraid it's impossible. In addition, these things can only be regarded as midstream level in that shipment. ”

"Same as I thought. Brother Shi, you are also tired during this time, take a rest here first, I have something to go out. Zhong Xiu nodded and stood up.

"Well, you have to be careful. Shi Mu said.

Zhong Xiu nodded, got up and walked out of the courtyard.

Shi Mu sat down cross-legged and glanced around.

Cai'er isn't in the yard at the moment, and I don't know where to go to play, but this is Cangxu City, and with Cai'er's cleverness, nothing will happen.

He exhaled, took out a medium-grade fire attribute spirit stone, held it in his hand and began to absorb the pure spiritual energy inside.

In the past few days, he has been fighting viciously one after another, and he has been rushing all the way, and the mana in his body has been greatly damaged, and he is taking the opportunity to recover at this moment.

Wisps of red silk flew out from the spirit stone and continued to merge into Shi Mu's body......

Time passed little by little.

When Shi Mu opened his eyes, it was almost dusk, and the sky outside was gradually darkening.

He threw aside the already dull spirit stones in his hand, where there were already seven or eight red spirit stones that had also lost their spiritual energy.

He stood up slowly, only to feel refreshed, his body fatigue was swept away, and the true qi mana at the dantian had been restored to fullness again, and there was a faint hint of some obvious refinement, and his heart was suddenly happy.

This method of cultivating true qi mana directly by absorbing spirit stone aura was only slowly started to try by him recently, and it was only used to restore true qi mana at the critical moment of battle.

After all, in the Dongzhou Continent, spirit stones, as an important resource and trading currency, are already very scarce, although many people know that spirit stones can be used for cultivation, but basically no one will do this.

At that time, after killing several innate and even earth-level masters, he was also considered to have a small net worth, but he didn't have the courage to ask himself, so he directly used spirit stones to cultivate.

However, after trying it a few times, he immediately tasted the sweetness and understood why so many people were desperately trying to earn spirit stones.

The aura in the spirit stone is actually a high concentration of the aura of heaven and earth, and after being absorbed into the body, it will be transformed into pure true qi and mana by itself, and it will merge into the qi and mana vortex in the dantian along the tendons and veins, this speed is many times faster than cultivating bit by bit by absorbing the aura of heaven and earth.

And he found that when the true qi mana in his body was exhausted, by absorbing the spirit stone aura, the cultivation effect was better.

The cultivation speed of the warriors and warlocks in the Xihe Continent is far faster than that in the Dongzhou, and I am afraid that it has an inevitable relationship with the abundance of spirit stones here.

At this moment, a sound of footsteps came from outside the courtyard, interrupting Shi Mu's thoughts.

A moment later, the courtyard door was pushed open, and Zhong Xiu walked in, his face a little not very good-looking.

"Xiu'er, what's wrong?" Shi Mu asked.

"Brother Shi, I just inquired through all aspects of the relationship. Zhong Xiu sighed lightly and said.

"Is it about auctioning goods?" Shi Mu asked.

"That's right, I've inquired about it. Among the things that the Lord of Linghu City allocated to the Chamber of Commerce for this auction, all the things of good quality have been taken away by Elder Zhao. Zhong Xiu said angrily.

"It seems that this matter has nothing to do with that Wang Ruikun. Shi Mu said.

"Brother Shi is right. This matter was indeed acquiesced in by Vice President Wang, and I just inquired that Elder Zhao seems to have some kinship with Vice President Wang. Zhong Xiu said.

"I see. That Wang Ruikun still seems to be an upright and fair person, but he didn't expect to use such despicable means. Shi Mu said.

"Actually, in a way, he's fair. Although the items assigned to me are of average quality, they are in large quantities, which means that the goods that Elder Zhao and I have obtained are basically about the same in terms of market value. Zhong Xiu said.

"This is the old man's shrewdness, if he does this, no one else will be able to get any of his handles, but in fact, on the occasion of an auction, the value of ordinary grade things is unlikely to fluctuate greatly, but those things of high value are not certain. But it's not a big problem, the auction can't rely on these things alone, let's find a way. Shi Mu groaned for a moment and said.

"It's not just the auction goods, I just went to the auction venue in the west of the city, and the surrounding environment and popularity there are also much better than Yingxian Pavilion. Zhong Xiu said again.

"This old fox is really too deceitful!" Shi Mu couldn't help but clench his fists when he heard this.

Shi Mu also heard about the previous allocation of the venue, and recalled Wang Ruikun's awe-inspiring appearance in front of everyone in the morning, and he couldn't help sneering in his heart.

At this moment, a pair of soft little hands grasped Shi Mu's fist, Shi Mu was stunned, and his originally angry emotions immediately calmed down a little.

"Xiu'er, if these two things are combined, it is indeed a little unfavorable to you, you ......" Shi Mu looked at Zhong Xiu and said with some pity.

He knew that Zhong Xiu seemed weak, but he was extremely strong in his heart.

"Brother Shi, I also thought about it carefully when I came back. Now that there are still two months left before the auction conference, the supply and popularity can be slowly pulled back in other ways. Even if things don't go well at first, I'll do my best. Zhong Xiu took a deep breath, and the expression in his eyes gradually became firm.

In front of Shi Mu, she would not give up no matter what, she didn't want to be a burden to Shi Mu's side, and she wanted to take this opportunity to do something for Shi Mu.

"Good Xiu'er, don't worry, I will do my best to help you. I also have something here that I can sell at auction in the name of the Chamber of Commerce. Shi Mu's heart warmed, and with a wave of his hand, he took out five or six spiritual weapons, and finally he took out another jade box.

Zhong Xiu was stunned, and roughly checked a few spiritual weapons, his face was overjoyed.

The quality of these spiritual weapons is excellent, much better than the spiritual weapons in the goods allocated by Wang Ruikun.

"Brother Shi, don't you use these spiritual weapons, don't ...... for me" Zhong Xiu seemed to think of something, and asked with some concern.

"It doesn't matter, I don't usually need these spiritual weapons at all, I was going to find an opportunity to make a move, and now I just take advantage of this opportunity, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. Shi Mu said with a smile.

"Okay, then I'll take Brother Shi to sign the entrustment agreement tomorrow. When Zhong Xiu heard this, he was relieved.

She immediately picked up the jade box next to the spiritual artifact, and when she opened it, there was a small piece of fiery red stone the size of a fingernail inside, which was a star stone.

Shi Mu snatched two star stones from Di Feng that day, one was returned to the Linghu Kuan City Lord, and the other was here.

"Brother Shi, this ...... This star stone is too valuable, Liu An and others are so deliberate in designing and plundering, it is precisely coveting this thing, what should be the use, you better take it, it is a pity to sell it at auction. Zhong Xiu said solemnly.

"It's a pity, it's just a star stone, and it's not worth mentioning at all compared to Xiu'er's freedom. Think of it as the finale of the auction. Shi Mu waved his hand and said casually.

He also had a much larger star stone in his hand, so naturally it was not worse than this small piece.

However, he would not take out that star stone no matter what, not because he was reluctant, but once he took it out, he was afraid that Zhong Xiu would fall into an unpredictable situation.

After all, whether it is the Dongzhou Continent or the Xihe Continent, a small piece of star stone is fighting for the blood, if a fist-sized star stone comes out, I am afraid it will have to cause a big chaos.

"Brother Shi, thank you. Zhong Xiu looked at Shi Mu, and there was something faintly shining in his beautiful eyes.

"Okay, you and I don't have to thank you like this, I'm still counting on you to take me to Ling Tianfeng for a walk!" Shi Mu stroked Zhong Xiu's hair and said with a smile.

Zhong Xiu's tense expression finally eased, and he took a few steps forward, hugged Shi Mu, and buried his head in his chest.

Shi Mu felt the warm fragrance of nephrite in his arms, and a faint virgin body fragrance lingered between his noses, and his heart couldn't help but wave, and his breath became a little heavier.

Zhong Xiu seemed to feel the subtle changes in Shi Mu's body, and his face turned red, but he didn't push Shi Mu away.

"Wow, while I'm away, you're hugging each other again!" At that moment, a shrill voice rang out.

Cai'er flew over from nowhere and landed in the courtyard, looking at Shi Mu and the others, with a playful look on her face.

Shi Mu frowned, turned his head and glanced at Cai'er fiercely.

Cai'er looked away, pretending not to see.

Zhong Xiu's cheeks were crimson at this moment, and he hurriedly left Shi Mu's body.

"Brother Shi, I'm going to rest. She said in a voice like a mosquito, and quickly bowed her head and walked towards the room.

Shi Mu glared at Cai'er fiercely, and as soon as one hand was raised, the latter immediately flapped his wings and flew away, running away.

Shi Mu didn't chase Cai'er either, took a deep breath, and calmed down his somewhat restless mood.

After a few moments, instead of walking back to his house, he came to the courtyard and jumped onto the roof.

On the horizon, a crescent moon slowly rises.

Shi Mu sat down cross-legged and assumed a posture with his hands facing the sky.

After all, he hadn't practiced the Moon Swallowing Style for several days, and he needed to make up for it. (To be continued.) )