Chapter 64: The Auction of Wanbao Building
Wanbao Tower is located in the center of Xuanyin City, opened by Cao Li, the city lord of Xuanyin City, although Xuanyin City is subordinate to the outer gate of Xuanshui Gate, but Elder Wang and the resident disciples of Xuanyin City are only responsible for maintaining the safety and order of Xuanyin City, and almost all the affairs of mortals in the city are managed by the City Lord's Mansion. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Cao Li was originally a consul of the outer gate who cultivated to a high level, but he was seriously injured in a struggle with evil cultivators, and although his life was saved, all the cultivation of his body was abolished, and it was impossible for him to rebuild at such an age, so he was arranged to be the city lord in Xuanyin City, Cao Li had made great achievements for the outer gate, and his seniority was great, so his status in the outer gate is almost equal to that of the seven elders.
There are three entrances to the auction of Wanbaolou, one is the entrance prepared for cultivators in the foundation building period, and those who practice in the foundation building period need to pay two original spirit stones to participate in this auction, one is for cultivators in the enlightenment period and above, these cultivators only need to pay one original spirit stone to enter the auction, and one is the entrance prepared for VIPs, and those who hold VIP cards do not need to pay any fees.
Most of the things auctioned in this auction are suitable for the use of cultivators in the foundation building period, so most of the people who participated in the auction were cultivators in the foundation building period, and the entrance of the foundation building period was crowded, but the other two entrances were crowded, Zhao Lengfei took the VIP card given by Cao Yu and went directly to the VIP entrance.
Cao Yu was taking a few disciples on duty to greet guests at the VIP entrance at this time, and when he saw Zhao Lengfei coming, he immediately greeted him, and said, "How has Senior Brother Zhao gained in Xuanyin City these days, have you found what you want?" ”
"I found a few, but none of them were important, and you see I didn't come to the auction to try my luck."
"This auction will definitely not disappoint the junior brother, what else does the junior brother need? Is it convenient to disclose? I have secretly looked at the list of auction items in our City Lord's Mansion this time, if there is exactly something in it that my junior brother needs, I can quietly intercept it for you and sell it to you at cost price after the auction is over. Cao Yu pulled Zhao Lengfei aside and whispered.
"Senior Brother Lao is bothered, all I need are gadgets that are not very valuable, so I won't trouble Senior Brother." Zhao Lengfei thanked.
"Senior brother is polite, since this is the case, then I wish my junior brother can meet what you want, and I will definitely arrange the best position for you later." Cao Yuzheng was talking, his face suddenly changed, and he reached out and grabbed Zhao Lengfei's arm to pull him towards him.
Zhao Lengfei's five senses are so keen, he has long been aware of the three people coming behind him, one of them has no intention of avoiding him at all, and slammed straight towards him, if people don't offend him, he won't offend, Zhao Lengfei is not a soft persimmon that can be manipulated by others, and if someone takes the initiative to find fault, he will naturally not back down, so he has already used his true qi to take the man's bump, but he didn't expect Cao Yu to pull himself away, he couldn't refute Cao Yu's face, so he took the opportunity to let the person over.
"Senior Brother Gongsun, what are you doing?" Cao Yu said angrily.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't see anyone in front of Senior Brother Cao."
A disgusting voice sounded behind Zhao Lengfei, at this time he had already sensed who the three people were, as the saying goes, the road is narrow, the three of them are Lan Susu, Zhang Dongtian and Gongsun Qiu, and the person who hit him is Gongsun Qiu, who has the greatest hatred with him.
"Senior Brother Gongsun, don't be like this, Senior Brother Cao and Senior Brother Zhao, it's such a coincidence that I met you here." Lan Susu's eyes showed a slight hatred for Zhao Lenghai, but he persuaded him uncharacteristically.
Zhao Lengfei wanted to open his mouth to ridicule Gongsun Qiu, but after listening to Lan Susu's words, he was embarrassed to say anything unpleasant, Elder Nangong and Deacon Bi helped him a lot, he was no longer hostile to Lan Susu, he turned to face Lan Susu and said, "Yes, what a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet Senior Sister Lan and Senior Brother Zhang here." ”
Gongsun Qian relied on himself to be the descendant of Elder Gongsun, he was rampant and domineering in the outer gate, and his reputation was very bad, some of his behaviors were not even used to Cao Yu, Cao Yu saw that Zhao Lengfei was not angry, and secretly admired Zhao Lenghai's great strength in his heart.
"Senior Sister Lan and Senior Brother Zhang are also here to participate in the auction, so I will order someone to arrange the best position for you."
"There's Senior Brother Lao Cao." Lan Susu and Zhang Dongtian thanked in unison.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Gongsun Qiu said angrily: "I said Senior Brother Cao, isn't this a VIP channel, why can anyone come now?" ”
"The people who can come here naturally hold the VIP card of Wanbaolou issued by my City Lord's Mansion, why, who else needs to be notified of the VIP card issued by my City Lord's Mansion?" Cao Yu replied unceremoniously.
"It's not necessary, it's just that I didn't expect that after someone hugged the thighs of Elder Outer Gate King and Elder Nangong, now they are next to Elder Wang and City Lord Cao."
As soon as Gongsun Qiu's words came out, Zhang Dongtian and Lan Susu couldn't listen to it anymore, and Lan Susu shouted angrily: "Senior Brother Gongsun, you still can't stop talking, how can you talk about the elders and the city lord." ”
Zhang Dongtian pulled Gongsun Qiu behind him, and saluted Cao Yu: "Senior Brother Gongsun speaks openly, and I hope Senior Brother Cao will not blame him, after the matter of Xuanyin City is over, I will definitely take Senior Brother Gongsun to the Outer Gate Law Enforcement Hall to be punished." ”
Gongsun Qiu criticized the other elders of the outer gate, but he talked about Cao Yu's father and master in front of Cao Yu, how could Cao Yu give up, Cao Yu pulled out the sword at his waist, stepped forward and pointed at the tip of Gongsun Qiu's nose and shouted: "Do you dare to repeat what you just said?" ”
Gongsun Qiu and the three of them were all wearing civilian clothes, so the disciples on duty in the VIP passage didn't know what their identities were, and when they saw the young city lord draw their swords, the disciples on duty immediately drew their swords and surrounded them.
Gongsun Qiu was also scared when he saw this, he was not afraid of others with the support of Elder Gongsun at the outer gate, but Xuanyin City was the territory of Elder Wang and Cao City Lord, Cao Yu, the young city lord, was almost the same in Xuanyin City, he did come over what he just said, if Cao Yu really asked someone to beat him, he could only bear it, and there was no chance to get it back, so he was so frightened that he shrank his neck and hid behind Zhang Dongtian and Lan Susu.
"Senior Brother Cao has something to say, don't be impulsive." Lan Susu stretched out his hand to block the front of Cao Yu's sword.
"Humph! Today, for the sake of Senior Sister Lan and Senior Brother Zhang, I will spare you for the time being, and next time you dare to speak so disrespectfully, beware of me abolishing you. Cao Yu withdrew the sword, thrust the saber back into the sheath, and said to the surrounding disciples on duty, "Take them to the VIP area." ”
After Lan Susu and the three disappeared in the VIP passage, Cao Yu snorted angrily and said: "I have long seen this Gongsun Qiu as unpleasant, I heard that he has also seriously injured his junior brother for no reason, if there is no one else today, I will have to teach him a hard lesson." ”
"This kind of guy will never become a big thing, Senior Brother Cao doesn't have to take it to heart, thank you Senior Brother for helping me just now, if it weren't for helping me, Senior Brother wouldn't have been angry for no reason." Zhao Lengfei has always been wary of Cao Yu's excessive enthusiasm, but after what happened just now, he gradually felt that Cao Yu was a good person.
"Senior brother, this is the case, come on, come, I'll take you to the best VIP seat."
The auction was held on the basement floor of Wanbaolou, and Zhao Lengfei was the first time to come to Wanbaolou, so he was not familiar with the environment here.
In order to facilitate the trading between disciples, Xuanyin City will hold a grand trade fair, which attracts most of the foundation building period scattered cultivators, the children of the Xiuzhen family and the disciples of the small sect in the five provinces within the influence of the Xuanshui Gate.
Some of the cultivators who participated in the fair had rare items that were not convenient to trade in the free market, so Wanbaolou helped them hold this auction, and most of the lots in the auction were sold by others to Wanbaolou, and there were very few things that really came from Wanbaolou.
Although this auction was held for low-level cultivators in the foundation building period, because the way of the auction was too broad, the possibility of high-level magic weapons, pills, talismans and even exercises appearing was very high, so there was no shortage of cultivators in the enlightenment and fusion period.
The high dome of the auction venue, the soft lighting, and the stepped seats make people not even think that this is built underground, and when Zhao Lengfei entered the venue, there were already nearly a thousand people sitting inside, and Cao Yu took him directly to the VIP seat.
There are nearly 100 VIP seats in the auction venue, the VIP seats are a lot higher than the ordinary seats, and they are also much wider, and there are transparent enclosures on all sides of the VIP seats, people can clearly see the situation outside inside, but people outside can not see the situation inside the enclosure, Cao Yu found a relatively high VIP seat for Zhao Lengfei, and after arranging everything, he left.
Zhao Lengfei pressed the seat under him, it was indeed comfortable enough, there was a feeling of sitting on the sofa, the seat was very large, he had no problem lying on it, and there was tea and snacks on the small table in front of him, and the treatment of the VIP was really good.
The people who came to participate in the auction were all dressed in civilian clothes, so Zhao Lengfei looked around for a long time and didn't find Mu Xizi and the others, so after nearly half an hour, the seats in the hall were almost full, and the entrance was no longer crowded, and the auction was finally about to start.
The lights in the hall gathered on the booth, and an old man in civilian clothes cleared his voice and said: "Cao De, the old man and the shopkeeper of Wanbao Building, welcome all Taoist friends to come to my Wanbao Building, and I will preside over today's auction for you." The rules of this auction are the same as before, use the original spirit stone to negotiate with the lower grade spirit stone, so the lot is the one with the highest price, no one is allowed to buy and sell, the spirit stone is not enough in principle, you can use other things to offset the price, the value of the bargain is appraised by my Wanbaolou, and it will never be disadvantaged to everyone. ”
Cao De has a cultivation in the early stage of enlightenment, compared to his age, this cultivation is really not high, no wonder he would be willing to give up cultivation to become the shopkeeper of Wanbaolou.
As he was talking, a child walked out from behind the booth, the child was holding a sword, Cao De reached out and grabbed the sword in his hand, and with a slight pull, the sword body emerged from the sheath, and the cold light flashed.
"The opening lot is the sword of the senior disciple of the outer gate of my Xuanshui Gate, the grade is intermediate of the dust level, the outer door logo on the sword body has been erased, my Xuanshui Gate is famous for sword cultivation, the sword of the senior disciple is no longer ordinary, I believe that many casual Taoist friends still very much hope to get such a sword, this sword is not negotiated with spirit stones, only with silver two auctions, the starting price is fifty taels of silver, and the price increase shall not be less than ten taels each time, this is a gift from my Wanbaolou to the scattered cultivators."
The high-level disciples of the outer gate of the intermediate magic weapon of the dust level are not eye-catching, but it does not mean that it has no value, many beginners in the casual cultivation do not even have a decent magic weapon, and they do not have extra spirit stones to purchase the magic weapon, and being able to buy a magic weapon with gold and silver is something that these casual cultivators cannot ask for.
Cao De mobilized the atmosphere of the auction at this time, the spirit stone cultivators couldn't take it out, but they all had a lot of gold and silver, and those who originally just wanted to come to the auction to open their eyes and watch the excitement began to shout frantically, and the price of this sword soon soared to thousands of taels of silver.
This saber was finally sold for 7,000 taels of silver, and the saber was auctioned by a young man who had only cultivated in the early stage of foundation building, and he was so happy that he praised himself in his heart for being smart, and he remembered to carry so much money with him.
Seven thousand taels of silver can theoretically be exchanged for five or six lower-grade spirit stones, which is comparable to the value of the sword itself, but for casual cultivation, spirit stones are in demand, and no amount of gold and silver can be exchanged for spirit stones, and it is worth it to buy a magic weapon with these money.
After the saber was auctioned, Cao De took a bottle of pill from another boy and said, "Wanbao Pavilion has refined twenty pieces of one-grade pill to nourish qi, and the starting price is thirty primordial spirit stones, and each increase in price must not be less than one primordial spirit stone. ”
Qi Nourishing Pill is the most commonly used pill for cultivators in the foundation building period, and those who cultivate in the early stage of foundation building can save about five days of cultivation time by taking one Qi Nourishing Pill, three days in the middle stage of foundation building, and one day in the late stage of foundation building. In the Pill Pavilion, the price of a Qi Nourishing Pill is three original spirit stones, and the price of the Pill Pavilion is significantly higher than the market price, but the outer disciples have no other way to buy the pill on weekdays, and when they really need it, they can only go to the Pill Pavilion to be slaughtered.
There were a lot of people in the auction hall who needed Qi Nourishing Pills, but there were few people who were willing to take thirty or forty original spirit stones to buy Qi Nourishing Pills, so there were few people shouting prices.
Ordinary cultivators will only take the Qi Nourishing Pill to help break through the bottleneck when they reach the cultivation bottleneck, and there are almost no people like Zhao Lengfei who eat the Qi Nourishing Pill as a jelly bean, and it is precisely for this reason that Zhao Lengfei has caught up with the cultivation of his senior brothers and sisters in the same class in three months.
This bottle of Qi Nourishing Pill was finally auctioned by a middle-aged cultivator in the Enlightenment Stage for forty-five primordial spirit stones, that person was probably a member of a certain Xiuzhen family, and he bought so many Qi Nourishing Pills at one time It is estimated that it was for the younger generations of the family.
Cao De was a little surprised to see that this bottle of elixir failed to cause the competition of the high-level disciples of the outer gate, he heard a year ago that the task hall of the outer gate had increased the task reward several times, and the high-level disciples of the outer gate should be able to afford this bottle of elixir, and now that the trial is imminent, the elixir to improve cultivation should be very sought-after.
How did he know that most of the low-level pills left by Elder Liu of the outer gate after he sat down were distributed to the high-level disciples of the outer gate, and Zhao Lengfei and the others each received more than twenty qi nourishing pills, so the high-level disciples of the outer gate would not spend spirit stones to buy qi nourishing pills for a while.
After Cao De auctioned off the Qi Nourishing Pill, he took out a stack of talismans from another child, he took out one of the talismans in his hand and put it in front of him and said, "Wanbao Pavilion has twenty homemade dust rank intermediate fire attribute attack talismans, and the reserve price is twenty primordial spirit stones, and each increase in price must not be less than one primordial spirit stone." ”
Talismans are different from talismans, talismans do not need to consume much true qi when they are used, their power is fixed, determined by the maker, low-level cultivators can also easily use high-level talismans, and talismans only save the user the time to pinch the mantra and recite the mantra, the amount of true qi consumed when using it is the same as releasing this spell by himself, its power is large and small, determined by the user's cultivation and consumption of true qi, low-level cultivators cannot use too many talismans beyond their own cultivation level.
The production cost of a talisman is dozens of times more expensive than that of a talisman of the same level, so except for the primary talisman of the dust level that is widely used, the talismans of other grades are very rare, and most of the high-level talismans that people see are just talismans.
Charms can greatly save the user's time to release spells, which is a very practical thing, and getting a few charms that are equivalent to one's own cultivation will greatly help to improve one's strength, so a large number of people immediately joined the bidding for these spells, including those high-level disciples from outside the sect.
Zhao Leng is short of fire, and the power of using fire attribute spells is pitiful, so he is not interested in fire attribute spells, if the auction is an ice attribute spell, he will definitely try his best to auction it, but unfortunately few people can make different attribute spells.
After the fire attribute talisman was auctioned off, Cao De took out some other dust-level talismans for auction, and those talismans were also sold at a high price, the so-called high price here is relative to its reserve price, and the final price is actually about the same as the selling price of the outer gate talisman pavilion.
These talismans were all of the Five Elements attribute, which was of little use to Zhao Lengfei, and he could buy talismans at cost price in the Fu Pavilion Pavilion, so he did not participate in the auction.
The other high-level disciples of the outer gate are different, most of the charms in this auction were photographed by the high-level disciples of the outer gate, and Zhao Lengfei also took the opportunity to discover those senior brothers and sisters of his own. The person he paid the most attention to was Mu Xizi, Mu Xizi and Yun Ji were sitting in a small corner of the auction hall, and Mu Xizi had increased the price twice when auctioning the water attribute charm, but when he saw that the price was soaring higher and higher, Mu Xizi gave up.
Zhao Lengfei originally thought of increasing the price at the last moment to auction the water attribute spell and give it to Mu Xizi, but he didn't expect that the final bidder was Lan Susu, and he didn't want to compete with Lan Susu, so he had to give up.
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