Chapter 22: A New Life
When it comes to auctions, many people immediately think of spacious and luxurious venues, scenes of powerful people, dazzling treasures of the world, and staggering prices. In fact, the number of auctions of the highest level of such large-scale and large-scale auctions is very small.
In a normal day-to-day auction, dozens of customers attend is considered very good. Most of the items auctioned are high-end goods that are not rare treasures, but are relatively difficult to obtain. These goods must be sold according to the general sales channels, and the price is difficult to satisfy, so it will be auctioned.
Baonemanyi Auction House is the largest and most complete comprehensive auction house in the imperial capital, with different types of auctions held every day, and has a long history of establishment. It is said that among the forces behind it, there is even a royal family.
Chongyang walked into the reception hall of the auction house, showed the reservation certificate, and was politely guided to a hall that could accommodate hundreds of people. Soon, as the customers took their seats, the door was closed by the staff, and a daily auction of larger medicinal herbs officially began.
Each person has a brochure to introduce the auction items, and the auctioneer on the stage comes to the stage, and a few words stir up the atmosphere, and then the auction items are displayed in the same way......
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The outcry came and went. If it is a product with fierce competition, it is a process of fighting wits and courage. Although he had enough money on hand, in line with the principle that he could save some is some, Chongyang didn't know how many brain cells he had died of in order to obtain five medicinal materials at the best price.
His opponents are not only other customers, but also the childcare of the owner of the product who hides among the customers and deliberately inflates the price. While confirming the identity of the other party and the bottom line, you must also pay attention to not being seen through, otherwise you will be slaughtered.
In the confrontation without gunpowder, Chongyang positioned several nurseries and managed to calculate two of them. And among these two overly arrogant nurseries, the most unlucky one was played by Chongyang three times. Three times he bought back the goods that belonged to his master, and was so depressed that he almost vomited blood. Later, as long as Chongyang asked for a price, he no longer dared to follow the price.
The auction is coming to an end.
"What will be exhibited below is the inventory of precious medicinal materials of a certain apothecary master who unfortunately passed away a month ago, because his property heir is in urgent need of crystal coins, so these medicinal materials are bundled and sold, with a starting price of 1,500 amethyst coins and a minimum increase of 100 amethyst coins. The auctioneer gave a succinct and enthusiastic introduction.
"Now, start bidding!" he struck his hammer.
There was silence on the field.
"Uh......" There was some embarrassment on the auctioneer's handsome face. I didn't expect to encounter the most undesirable cold situation at the auction.
"They are all not very good medicinal materials, and there are still six or seven kinds that are about to exceed their expiration date, so they are sold in bundles in order not to suffer losses. The abacus is a well-played one, treating us buyers as fools, and a complete layman's style. Chongyang, like other customers who see through the cat, has some disdain in his heart.
The auctioneer on the stage tried his best to encourage the customer, but all he fed back was a silent silence without interest.
Chongyang took advantage of this moment to close his eyes and recuperate, and he would have a battle for secret sleeping potions later.
However, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "Little guy, buy all the medicinal materials on the stage." ”
"What?" Chongyang couldn't help frowning.
"It's a big bargain, you buy it, and you'll know. The Flame Demon said hoarsely.
Chongyang was a little hesitant when he heard this, although he believed that the Yan Demon would not lie to him, but more than a thousand amethyst coins was not a small amount...... Thinking that in the end, seeing that the auctioneer would have to announce that the auction was lost, he gritted his teeth and raised the sign in his hand.
"Oh, customer number sixty-five, one thousand six hundred amethyst coins!" the auctioneer suddenly reinvigorated, "Has anyone else increased the price?"
No one. The eyes of the surrounding customers looking at Chongyang were either full of puzzlement or contempt like a fool.
Chongyang sighed and counted the amount of amethyst coins remaining in distress.
Eventually, the auction ended.
In just two hours, Chongyang almost experienced a war. But the result was finally satisfactory to him, and he bought all the five rare medicinal materials he needed for 5,800 crystal coins...... There are also 1,600 crystal coins, and I bought more than half of the medicinal herb bundles that I didn't need, and more than half of them were about to expire.
Get back to the carriage of the academy.
"Explain it to me. Chongyang's face was a little gloomy. Just by virtue of the fire elf's words, he lost more than a thousand amethyst coins that his family had worked so hard to give, and he was still regarded as a wronged man. Without a satisfactory explanation, no matter how calm he is, he will go crazy.
"Jie Ji, little one, know the 'medicinal herb disguise'. The voice of the fire demon said. There are so many medicinal materials in the world, and there are thousands of strange things. There are also some of them, whose appearance and characteristics are very similar, but the effectiveness of medicinal herbs is very different. In the pharmaceutical industry, pharmacists jokingly refer to this phenomenon as "camouflage of medicinal herbs".
Accurately identifying medicinal materials and seeing through the "camouflage of medicinal materials" is the basic skill that pharmacists must learn from the beginning of their apprenticeship, but there are very few people who can be truly proficient, after all, people's energy is limited, and there are more than 10,000 kinds of medicinal materials in the world.
"Are you saying that there are extremely precious materials in these medicinal herbs that have not been identified?" Chongyang's heart moved.
"That's right, it's called 'Gentian Xuanling Root'. "From the outside, this extremely precious herb is no different from ordinary 'Sophora Sophora Root', it is a messy root system with black and purple tingles. Only those who know the goods know that the vast majority of the 'Sophora radix root' does not exceed 17 branches, and the 'gentian Xuanling root', which is 1,000 times more precious than it, is 23 branches, no more, and no less than one. ”
"Oh......" Chongyang nodded, "Then what is the main effect of this 'Gentian Xuanling Root'?"
"Do you know the 'Heavenly Elixir'? 'Gentian Xuanling Root' is one of its main materials. ”
"What......" Chongyang's brain seemed to stop for a moment.
"God-given potion!?" he exclaimed after a few seconds.
Chongyang, who has studied pharmacy for a long time and has read countless pharmaceutical works, knows it. On the continent of Europe, at the pinnacle of thousands of magical potions, there is no doubt that only magicians above the Holy Spirit level can create holy potions!
Extremely high requirements for pharmacists, extremely precious material requirements, and extremely demanding refining processes make every bottle of holy potion a priceless treasure that is difficult to find in the eyes of mainland magicians.
And among the supreme class of holy potions, they are at the top of the pinnacle, and the three major potions that can make mainland magicians crazy the most are the "legendary potion", "death potion" and "heaven-sent potion".
Legendary Elixir allows magicians of any rank to break through and advance to a higher level in a short period of time. In other words, if a Holy Spirit mage gets a bottle of legendary potion, then it means that a new legendary mage will be born.
The Elixir of Death can allow any level of mage to obtain an almost invincible amount of magic power in a short period of time, even if a realm level mage drinks it, it is possible to kill a legendary mage.
As for the last God-given Elixir......
It can make a magician reborn from beginning to end! A magician with ordinary or even low qualifications can step into the ranks of geniuses in one step, and the speed and quality of magic cultivation will be incredibly greatly improved.
"Oh my God......" Chongyang swallowed his saliva and looked at the medicinal herb suitcase that was placed aside in disbelief. Inside this box, one of the main raw materials for such a miracle potion?
"Now you know how much of a bargain you've taken advantage of, right?" the Flame Demon laughed hoarsely, "Gentian Xuanling Root, if it is placed in a place where you know the goods, then at least, it can be sold for millions of amethyst coins." ”
Millions ...... Chongyang was a little dizzy.
"But more likely, there is no market. Firedemon continued, "So...... Although you picked up a big bargain, you better not think about taking it out and selling it right away. ”
"I understand......" Chongyang shook his head, trying his best to sober up and convince himself. This kind of supreme precious medicinal material, he is a little person with no strength and no background to take it out for auction, which is almost equivalent to looking for death.
The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty.
"The best use of Gentian Root is to make a 'Heavenly Elixir', but in the absence of other materials, you don't have the luxury of such a thing. Firedemon said.
"The simple gentian spirit root also has its own unique effects, including the elemental channel function that nourishes the magician, which happens to be something you can use right now. When treating you for your magic deficiency, I add a little gentian Xuanling root, and your nascent elemental passage will become more spacious and tough. ”
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Finally returned to the academy room.
"Alright, old ghost, what to do now. Chongyang prepared all the medicinal materials that the Flame Demon had asked for at the beginning, and put them on the potion table. Because of the excitement, his eyes were a little red, and his tone was a little hoarse.
"Dumb disciple, are you asking for the master's attitude?" At the critical moment, the flame demon who appeared was rampantly put on a shelf.
Chongyang, who clenched his fists tightly, had an ugly face. Eventually, he confronted the unscrupulous elemental elves and raised his fist high...... Put your hands together...... Bow deeply......
"Please, Flame Demon God, my dearest, my greatest, my greatest, my most invincible, my most handsome, my most charming...... Stretch out the hand of your great god and save your only disciple who has fallen into the abyss......"
"Truly, this attitude is quite sincere, a little reluctantly. The Flame Demon shamelessly accepted Chongyang's disgusting compliment, "So...... You just follow my instructions......"
According to the words of the Fire Demon, all the herbs are prepared one by one, including grinding, pounding, mixing, stirring, and heating...... After that, Chongyang took off his clothes and lay down on the bed, took the sleeping potion, and entered a long deep meditation state.
In the tightly locked room, the **** Chongyang lay calmly on the bed. And the fire demon floated above his body, emitting a strange faint red light.
"Woo......" I don't know how long it took, Chongyang on the bed frowned slightly.
"The blockage began...... So, I'm going to do it too...... Bear with me, my stupid ......disciple," the Flame Demon said hoarsely, and then the red light flashed around him, and three or four medicinal herbs that had been pounded into a paste rose from the container, passing through the flames of the Flame Demon, and wrapped in a layer of fire that seemed to be burning.
If Chongyang was still awake, he would be shocked to see that the Flame Demon was performing different magic reactions to the four medicinal herbs in an extremely complex way, and the difficulty was much greater than the difficulty of his high-altitude explosion technique.
The four medicinal herbs quickly "burned" into a liquid state, and they were strangely wrapped in raging flames, and then suddenly, they all fell on Chongyang's body.
"Woo-" Chongyang, who was in a meditative state, couldn't help but exclaim instinctively. He could feel that the self that was guiding the elements to form magic was having four fiery substances with different senses in his body, which were infiltrating his body and invading his elemental passages.
Poof...... A mouthful of blood spurted out of Chongyang's mouth.
"This is just the beginning, don't let me die!" the fire demon shouted, and then remotely controlled more medicinal herbs to levitate.
The Secret Sleep Elixir is used to allow Chongyang to maintain deep meditation under extreme pain. As long as the potion was still effective, no matter how Chongyang struggled, he couldn't get out of this state.
"It's so hot...... Chongyang only felt like there was magma from his chest, arms, and thighs...... Blend in the same, forming different currents, or sprinting, or destroying, or sweeping the elemental channels in his body. This kind of perverted pain is not an exaggeration to describe it even if it is described as ten thousand ants.
The Flame Demon floated above Chongyang, and a pair of sharp flame eyes saw through Chongyang's body surface, seeing through his flesh, blood vessels, and veins...... Accurately grasp the situation within his elemental passage.
"It's more destructive than I expected. The fire demon thought quickly, "In this situation, you need to clear all the elemental passages...... It seems too reluctant, so let's clear half of it first......"
"Woohoo...... I'm not reconciled......," Chongyang muttered. The surging torrent in his elemental passage was actually controlled by him with elemental and magical power, and some of the trends were curbed.
The Flame Demon was startled.
"That's it! Chongyang! That's how it cooperates with my treatment!" he was overjoyed in his heart, he didn't expect Chongyang's instinctive movements to struggle with his magic invisibly.
"Next......" The flame demon further cast a spell, wrapped five kinds of medicinal materials in his own flames for deep processing, and finally formed five white weird "flames" that were steaming and steaming with cold and cold air, and then suddenly applied to Chongyang's **** body, which had become shrimp-like red.
"Cold ...... ...... numb" Chongyang trembled, and then began to tremble violently, shaking the wooden bed to squeak.
Following the perverted fiery penetration, another more intense, but extremely cold feeling penetrated into the body. The conflict between fire and ice completely paralyzed even a single hair on Chongyang's body, but it alleviated the pain in disguise.
"The first phase is over. ”
The Flame Demon continued to remotely control the remaining medicinal herbs while staring at Chongyang's state very nervously.
I saw Chongyang's naked body, fiery red for a while, pale for a while, and then slowly, extremely complex veins like blood vessels and nerves appeared, which looked like the skin had been stripped naked, which was very terrifying.
Poof...... Poof......
Suddenly, Chongyang's body began to spurt blood constantly. Not only the mouth, but also the corners of the eyes, ears, nostrils, and even countless pores on the body have become like fountains. After a while, Chongyang's whole body was dripping with blood.
I'm going to die...... Chongyang felt that his life was slipping.
"Hold on!" The Flame Demon turned the two processed medicinal herbs into gentle blue flames and applied them to Chongyang's body.
The blood spurted suddenly stopped, and the wound that had been punctured by the blood healed at an alarming rate, but it didn't take long for it to be broken again. So the fire demon applied medicine again, and then healed.
Chongyang's consciousness has been completely numb. The body in severe pain became as if it were not his own. But even in his lingering mood, he still directs the movement of the elements and magic very instinctively.
"End of Phase 2!Boy!Alive!" the Firedemon roared.
Chongyang couldn't answer him, but his body couldn't stop trembling because he didn't become human, indicating that the vitality was still there.
"This is the end. The Flame Demon applied all the medicinal herbs on Chongyang's body at once, wrapping him in pieces. The reaction between the medicinal herbs and the Chongyang body, and the reaction between the medicinal herbs and the medicinal herbs, tortured Chongyang at the same time, but also gradually caused the dregs on the surface of Chongyang's body to gradually expand......
Slowly, an oval-shaped cocoon was formed, and on the bed, it quietly changed into different magnificent colors.
"I tried my best...... You can do it, Chongyang......" The Fire Demon muttered from above.
It was dark, and it was dawn again.
After suffering all kinds of suffering, Chongyang felt that he was wrapped in warmth, and there was a substance like a clear spring flowing in his body. These substances sweep up many broken and wonderful impurities in the body and expel them from various "outlets" of the body. The more you rule it out, the more comfortable your body feels.
The "magic pot" part, which has been completely filled with magic power, slowly begins to work again as the impurities are greatly reduced, further squeezing and compressing the magic power, making more and more space, greedily thirsting for more elemental energy.
Many elemental channels that have been cleared of impurities, not only the original ones that are in operation, but also new ones, have joined the ranks of repeated absorption, fusing elemental energy and filtering it...... Form new, higher-level magic.
Chongyang felt unprecedented tranquility.
No more repression, no more pain...... It's like floating up from the abyss of the bitter sea. The dazzling sunlight shone under the endless vast sky, and he couldn't help it, squinting slightly.
I am back.
Crackling...... Smack...... With the sound of cracking, the large cocoon on the bed gradually collapsed, and finally with a hula, a young man's bloodstained body was crawled.
Chongyang opened his eyes and stared blankly at his blood-stained hands, then closed them again, savoring the flow of magic in his body.
Level 4 magic!
It's only level four, but for Chongyang, it's an unprecedented powerful feeling, and it's a new rebirth that breaks all inhibitions!
Magic defect, cured.