"Master, who is this?" asked the maiden in palace clothes.

At this time, in addition to the two maid rings behind the girl, there were five guards in strong suits who followed, the first of them was about forty years old, with dark skin, a capable face full of color, and his eyes looked around from time to time.

"Princess, this is Shi Mu, a friend of the next one, and this is Princess Yueni of the Lushan Dynasty. Liu An opened his mouth to introduce.

"Meet Her Royal Highness Princess Yueni. Shi Mu didn't show surprise, and bowed calmly.

"No need to be polite. Your Excellency is a good friend of Master Liu, and you are also a great expert in treasure appreciation?" Princess Yueni asked with a pair of wonderful eyes that glanced at Shi Mu and Cai'er on his shoulder.

"Brother Shi is not very good at treasure appreciation, but he has a unique opinion on martial arts. By the way, there are just some things I want to ask Brother Shi for advice, why don't you go together?"

"Oh, the guru can do it himself. When Princess Yueni heard this, she immediately lost interest and turned away.

Shi Mu frowned slightly, and just wanted to say something, but suddenly there was a voice from Liu An in his ears.

Shi Mu was stunned in his heart, glanced at the door of the attic, and immediately did not speak.

At this time, Princess Yueni's figure turned, and with the maid ring and guards behind her, she crossed the long queue and walked directly to the entrance of Baoguang Pavilion.

Shi Mu and Liu An also followed closely behind everyone, chatting casually, looking like Princess Yueni's guards.

At the entrance of the Baoguang Pavilion, after one of Princess Yueni's guards showed a token, the guards at the gate and the disciples of the Tongtian Sect immediately let them go.

Shi Mu also followed Princess Yueni and her party. Directly entered the Baoguang Pavilion.

Before entering, he also paid attention to it, and it seemed that he had just entered the Baoguang Pavilion auction. You have to pay the entrance fee for five lower grade spirit stones.

This is nearly 200,000 taels of silver, and this alone has turned many people away.

According to his estimates, there are at least 10,000 people entering the Baoguang Pavilion today, of course, many of them are here to join in the excitement and have a long experience, but it is only the income from the entrance fee. It's as many as tens of thousands of spirit stones.

Stepping into the first floor of Baoguang Pavilion, Shi Mu appeared in front of him, and it was a gorgeously decorated. The spacious hall that can accommodate nearly 10,000 people is resplendent and extraordinary.

It was still early in the morning, and there were only five or six hundred people standing or sitting in the hall. Most of them get together in groups and chat. The flow of people pouring in from the four entrances was mostly through the stairs on both sides of the stairs leading upstairs.

From Fang Cai's small talk, Shi Mu learned from Liu'ankou that the Tianwu Chamber of Commerce would set up a lot of shops on the third to eighth floors of Baoguang Pavilion before each immortal ascension auction, and rent them to various chambers of commerce and sects gathered here.

The reason is simple. Those who can have the confidence to participate in the auction conference are naturally rich in wealth. And those who want to come to the auction for a long time, knowing that they can't afford to auction the rare treasures at the auction, will often settle for the next best thing and buy something else before waiting for the auction to take place.

As a result, the business of these shops is booming, which can be imagined.

"On this day, the Wu Chamber of Commerce is really making money. Shi Mu thought so.

Princess Yueni and her entourage didn't stop long, and went directly to the private room on the second floor through the side door, which was reserved for some people with status.

Shi Mu said hello to Liu An and stayed alone in the hall on the ground floor.

After seeing several figures disappear at the end of the corridor, he walked in the direction of the stairs on the other side.

"Why did this person suddenly become the princess's auction counselor?" asked Cai'er with her head tilted.

"Who knows! Leave it alone and let's go. Shi Mu said.

He has drawn a lot of middle-grade spirit runes in this month, except for a part of his body, most of the rest have been exchanged for spirit stones, and now he has five medium-grade spirit stones on his body, and more than one hundred and twenty low-grade spirit stones, which is also worth a little.

So he's going to go upstairs first and see if there's anything for him.

A moment later, Shi Mu appeared at the entrance of the hall on the third floor.

Here is an open hall, the size of more than 200 zhang, it seems quite spacious, the shops inside are neatly arranged, the hall is crowded, and there are many people in each shop.

He drifted through the crowd for a moment, and then went headlong into a shop that sold magic weapons.

......

An hour later, Shi Mu walked out of a relatively large pill shop on the sixth floor, with a faint hint of excitement on his face.

In this shop, he unexpectedly found that there was Qianyang Dan for sale.

Qianyang Pill is also a kind of Yang Pill used to cultivate Yang attribute exercises or spells, which is much more expensive than Juyang Pill, each of which requires a low-grade spirit stone, but the effect is far better than that of Juyang Pill.

Considering the demon ape essence blood at the auction, he weighed it again and again, and spent twenty low-grade spirit stones to buy twenty.

As long as the demon ape essence blood succeeds as he wishes, he can start cultivating the sixth layer of rebirth.

Half an hour later, Shi Mu appeared in a shop selling classics on the seventh floor.

In addition to some common talisman spells or classic jade slips of exercises, there are also many maps and other items that introduce the Dongzhou continent.

After Shi Mu rummaged around, he spent more than 20 lower grade spirit stones to buy a map of the Dongzhou Continent and a fire attribute warlock technique "Fire Yuan Sutra".

In addition to some methods for ordinary warlocks to cultivate mana, this exercise also records several fire attribute techniques.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly found a dusty old animal skin drawing in the corner of the shelf, vaguely written with the words Xihe Continent.

His heart moved, and he immediately walked over.

......

Half an hour later, Shi Mu returned to the auction hall on the first floor.

At this time, it was not far from the start of the auction, and nearly 10,000 people had gathered in the hall, almost full, and the first few rows were even more bustling and lively.

Shi Mu found an empty seat in the back and sat down, flipped through it with one hand, took out an old animal skin drawing and looked at it, and looked at it with great interest.

It is the topographic map of the Xihe continent that was found in the corner of the shop before.

The map is rather crudely described. It's just a rough outline of the Nishiga continent and a few places marked.

He bought the topographic map out of sheer curiosity. I want to confirm if this continent really exists.

Suddenly, his gaze rested on a mountain peak in the far center of the map.

According to the description on the map, this peak is as high as 10,000 zhang, and the mountain is steep, like a smooth stone pillar that reaches to the sky, and is called "Ling Tian Peak".

Shi Mu's heart moved.

This describes. It is very similar to the peak of the white ape that appeared in his dream when he slept under the small heavenly peak not long ago.

Just as he was about to study it again, a crisp brass bell echoed throughout the hall.

Shi Mu looked up. It was found that on the circular platform in the center of the hall, there was a large fuchsia wooden table, and a middle-aged Confucian with long black hair was standing behind the wooden table.

The breath on this person's body was as deep as an abyss. He is a ground-level powerhouse!

"Friends from all over the world. Ouyang Lun, the guest elder of the Wu Chamber of Commerce in the next day, is honored to preside over this year's Immortal Ascension Auction. The middle-aged Confucian said, arching his hand in all directions.

Although his voice was not too loud, it was extremely clear and reached the ears of everyone in the audience, making the scene immediately quiet.

"As you all know, the Tongtian Immortal Sect's Immortal Ascension Ceremony is held once every thirty years, and the Immortal Ascension Auction of our Chamber of Commerce is also held at this interval, and it has been no less than fifty years ago. Every time I have never disappointed my friends from afar, this time will be no exception. As is customary. Let's first show the finale treasure of this auction, I believe that many friends are also coming for this treasure. The middle-aged Confucian was very good at mobilizing the atmosphere, and in just a few words, he gathered everyone's attention.

As soon as the middle-aged Confucian graduate's voice fell, the light in his hand flashed, and a palm-sized golden brocade box appeared.

He slowly opened the brocade box, and a fiery red stone the size of a fingernail lay quietly in the box.

There are faint dark red lines on the surface of the stone, and they flicker slightly like life.

As a result, when Shi Mu saw the contents of the brocade box, his heart couldn't help jumping.

Isn't this the mysterious stone he found from the ruins of the Savage Warrior's Gate Secret Realm? And it's far bigger than the stone in the brocade box, the size of a fist.

"There are many friends in the audience who have already said it, that's right, this thing is the star stone, it is an ancient spirit stone that can stabilize the space channel, and it is infinitely useful. As for the starting price, it will be kept secret for the time being. The middle-aged Confucian twisted his long hair and said with a smile.

As soon as the words fell, the whole hall immediately became commotion, and the voices became louder and louder, and those who knew a little bit of the situation began to brag to the people around them, and those who knew nothing were asking around.

"Okay, now it's the first item of the auction. The middle-aged Confucian was very satisfied with the atmosphere of the scene and spoke.

After speaking, he closed the brocade box of the star stone, put it on the table, and the light in his hand flashed, and there was a purple dead wood the thickness of an adult's calf.

"The hundred-year-old purple fragrant wood, produced in the depths of the Kunpan Mountains in the south of the continent where miasma and poisonous insects are rampant, can hold a large amount of heaven and earth aura, and is the best material for refining high-grade talismans, which can improve the success rate of talismans by about one percent. The base price of this wood is sixty low-grade spirit stones, and each time the price is increased, it shall not be less than ten spirit stones. The middle-aged Confucian said without hurry.

The talisman is one of the most commonly used methods against the enemy, and although the success rate has only increased by 10%, it still arouses the interest of many people.

"Seventy spirit stones!"

"Ninety pieces!"

"I'll give you a hundred!"

......

After the price rose seven or eight times in a row, it was finally bought by a person dressed as a sect for one hundred and ninety low-grade spirit stones.

Since the first lot was sold at three times the starting price, the atmosphere was suddenly warm.

Most of the following lots are relatively rare in the outside world.

Shi Mu watched one lot after another being bought, his face was calm, but his heart was secretly full of words.

For the first time, he had a deep understanding of how useful spirit stones were.

Whether it is a high-grade magic weapon, or some rare elixirs, or some exercise books, in this auction, as long as there are enough spirit stones, they can all be taken.

In addition, he found that things about warlocks often fetched a lot of money.

He had witnessed a blue gemstone necklace that could increase the sensitivity of the water attribute element by two degrees, and after more than ten bids, it was finally auctioned off by Princess Yueni in the box on the second floor at an astonishing price of 2,300 spirit stones.

This is just an ordinary lot, so isn't the price of the star stone in the finale even more exaggerated?

Thinking of the fist-sized star stone in his storage ring, Shi Mu felt an inexplicable excitement in his heart. (To be continued.) )