Chapter 153: The Auction (Part I)
There are some antique tables and chairs in the elegant room, which looks elegant and generous. There was also a precious incense burner on the table, and a plate of incense pieces was burning in the furnace, and the refreshing scent of sandalwood rose up, blurring Lian Lao's face, and a trace of imperceptible cunning flashed on his face, and then it was well concealed.
Lian Lao coughed lightly and said with a smile: "Isn't this a coincidence? We just have these three flavors here." ”
Hearing this, Chu Ziheng was overjoyed, he didn't expect to really find these three flavors of the main medicine in the Lianjia shop, so he sighed more and more at their vast magical powers. Without thinking about it, Chu Ziheng immediately patted the case and shouted, "Hurry up and take it out for me to see." ”
"Don't worry, don't be impatient, and let the old man prepare. Lian Lao stroked his beard and said unhurriedly.
Chu Ziheng realized that he was carried away by the huge surprise, and he was out of shape, so he nodded a little shyly, and Lian Lao got up and walked out of the elegant room.
After a while, Lian Lao returned to the room, and in Chu Ziheng's expectant gaze, he placed a long jade box on the table.
Just as Chu Ziheng stretched out his hand and was about to open the jade box, Lian Lao hurriedly stopped: "Little friend, slow down." Then the sleeves flicked back, and all the curtains fell at the same time, and then the candles were blown out, and the whole room was plunged into darkness.
However, this is not a big problem for the monk, and even this dim environment is like daylight in the monk's eyes. Chu Ziheng saw Lian Lao solemnly put his hand on the lid and slowly lifted it. The next moment, dotted spots of light blue light shine through the cracks, making people want to get a glimpse of it right away.
When the jade box was fully opened, I saw a mushroom with a pale blue glow lying quietly inside, and the dreamlike blue color made people can't help but indulge in its beauty, and it seemed to be indifferent to its terrifying name. Because the jade box was engraved with many complicated runes, it sealed the breath of the necromancy very well, making it look as if it had just been plucked.
Without waiting for Chu Ziheng to come back to his senses, Lian Lao closed the lid of the jade box, allowing the room to regain its light. Then another wooden box slapped on the table, containing a horseshoe-shaped wooden rhizome, which also did not leak the slightest breath.
"These two elixirs were obtained by our store at a great deal of manpower, material and financial resources, especially this necromantic fungus, which grows in a Jedi, where a group of demons dance wildly, and we have also killed a lot of people in order to collect it..."
Chu Ziheng sneered in his heart, and didn't believe what Lian Lao said, in his opinion, this was nothing more than a means to sit on the ground and raise prices. didn't catch Lian Lao's words and continued, but spoke directly: "What is the price of these two medicinal materials?"
"Hehehe, this price..."Even the old man hung up a smile that looked like a wicked smile no matter how he looked, and said, "Naturally, it is based on the principle of fairness, and will never be believed, this little friend can rest assured, you know, the reputation of our shop has always been well-known, if you don't believe it, you can go out and inquire!"
The more Lian Lao said this, the more Chu Ziheng felt bad in his heart, and he couldn't help rolling his eyes, lamenting that he was afraid that he was going to be cut back into the flesh!
After a pause, Lian Lao finally said the price: "Thirty thousand lower grade spirit stones!
Speaking so categorically, Lian Lao's eyes looked straight at Chu Ziheng, as if he was afraid that Chu Ziheng would refuse on the spot, and added: "This price is already for the sake of Xiaoyou is silver card holder, and I gave you an eighty-five discount, and by the way, I erased the fraction, which is already the biggest concession we can give." ”
"Okay, deal!" Chu Ziheng agreed without hesitation, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief. He also thought that Lian Lao wanted the lion to open his mouth, but he never thought that the two rare elixirs would only cost 30,000 lower-grade spirit stones, and this price did not exceed Chu Ziheng's psychological expectations.
"Uh..." Lian Lao couldn't help but be a little stunned, he didn't see that this junior in the Ning Dan realm was so wealthy that he didn't even bother to bargain, he secretly regretted whether he had set the price too low.
The two parties pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, and the guests and hosts are happy. At this time, Chu Ziheng remembered that he hadn't seen the thousand-year-old bat spirit's hard work, and when asked about it, Lian Lao smiled slightly and replied, "It's not a coincidence, although we have it, we can't sell it for the time being." ”
Chu Ziheng thought that even the old man was going to ask for a price again, so he suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Why can't you sell it?"
"It's not a matter of price, I got the bat spirit before, and somehow leaked the news, there are too many people who come to order this thing, no matter which customer, we can't afford to offend, so we decided to put it at auction. ”
Stunned for a moment, Chu Ziheng never expected that there would be such a thing in the middle, and his heart sank suddenly. Even the customers who can't afford to offend a shop must have a lot of background, and there must be no shortage of spirit stones in their hands, although they have saved a windfall, they may not be able to grab food.
Chu Ziheng was silent, Lian Lao saw it in his eyes, the smile on his face was even stronger, and he said quite enthusiastically: "The auction is scheduled for noon in three days, and it is preliminarily planned to be held in the largest restaurant in the city, Zuixian Pavilion. ”
At this moment, Chu Ziheng didn't even owe a word, just said goodbye and left directly. Instead of returning to the Moon Gate, he found a place to stay in the city.
Time flies, and in the early morning three days later, the morning glow sprays thin, and purple gas comes from the east, sprinkling to every corner of the earth. Chu Ziheng sat quietly in the small restaurant on the street, ordered a plate of peanuts and a bowl of sweet tofu brain, there was no hustle and bustle around him, let alone shouting and killing, enjoying a rare peace.
It is true that in terms of Chu Ziheng's current cultivation realm, he doesn't need to eat, but Chu Ziheng still doesn't want to lose this habit, at least it can make him feel that he is not out of the human category.
He was originally active by nature, but he forced himself to endure loneliness because of his practice, and he was used to seeing swords and swords, but gradually liked this peaceful life.
It's just that Chu Ziheng had no intention of enjoying the meal in front of him, his fingers tapped on the table, making a "tuk-tuk" sound, his eyes were blank, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Suddenly, the clouds suddenly surged, and the whole street shook violently, and more than a dozen strange beasts rushed into the city from the sky, and the monks on each strange beast exuded a powerful momentum, looking majestic and murderous. They didn't stop for a moment, and swooped towards the Drunken Immortal Pavilion.
It didn't take long for people to come one after another, and one after another the divine rainbows crossed the sky, all flying in the direction of the Drunken Immortal Pavilion.
"The auction of the shop always attracts people from all directions. ”
"I don't know what good things they got this time, it is said that even some unborn old monsters have been alarmed, and this time it is likely to be bigger than before. ”
The people at the table next to him talked in a low voice, and they fell into Chu Ziheng's ears word for word.
"I don't think so, the last auction was held before the end of the millennium, and the various sects have not fully recovered, so there shouldn't be many people coming. ”
"It's just a few people who die, and it won't hurt the muscles and bones, you need to know that the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff!"
"How many people died? Hmph, don't you know that only a few of the people who went in forty years ago managed to escape?" one snorted coldly.
"Shhh
"Is this still false? Including the lord of the Gu Kui Kingdom, the strongest people on Yueyang Star have all died inside, and now Yueyang Star is making a mess of porridge!"
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Chu Ziheng's expression moved slightly, and only then did he know that the big star he came was called Yueyang Xing, and silently wrote down the name. Later, hearing that the more they talked, the more outrageous it became, as if they were in it at the time, Chu Ziheng only felt bored, swallowed the bowl of tofu brain, and left his seat.
Zuixian Pavilion occupies a wide area, the outer wall is built with colored glass, the whole body is crystal clear, reflecting colorful light in the sun, this building alone can be called priceless!
The building is octagonal in shape, with a large door on each side, but only five of them are open at the moment, corresponding to the entrance passage of different identities, and the waiter is responsible for receiving the distinguished guests who come to the auction in front of the door.
After pausing for a moment, Chu Zi crossed the crowd and walked towards the Drunken Immortal Pavilion. A waiter frowned slightly when he saw the kid in the early stage of congenital walking towards him, and secretly mocked this kid for not weighing whether he was qualified to enter the field, and wanted to drive him away.
The next moment, the waiter saw Chu Ziheng showing a silver card, instantly put away his contemptuous attitude, his expression changed slightly, and immediately changed into a soft smiling face, and diligently led Chu Ziheng to the second door.
Subsequently, the waiter strongly recommended the private room to Chu Ziheng, and Chu Ziheng did not hesitate too much, and asked for a small private room on the third floor, facing the platform in the auction hall on the first floor. Of course, with such a good location, the price naturally couldn't be cheap, and it cost Chu Ziheng one hundred and fifty lower grade spirit stones.
"I hope everything goes well this time, whether you can refine the Yin Ming Pill depends on this today!" Chu Zi leaned sideways on the windowsill, praying silently in his heart, and stuffed the spirit fruit on the table into his mouth from time to time.
"One elixir to prolong life, the starting price is seven thousand low-grade spirit stones. The auctioneer shouted in full anger, the skin on his face flushed from overexcitement.
The loud voice pulled Chu Ziheng's thoughts back into the field, and it was the first time he had participated in the auction, so he looked at every detail downstairs with great interest.
"Seven thousand and one hundred low-grade spirit stones. ”
"Seven thousand three hundred lower-grade spirit stones. ”
"I'll add another five hundred!"
In the blink of an eye, it approached nine thousand lower-grade spirit stones, and the auctioneer asked repeatedly, "Is there any higher bid?"
The old man who shouted out the nine thousand spirit stones stared at the auctioneer with eyes full of murderous intent, eager to kill him on the spot, but there was a strong man in the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, and he couldn't be allowed to come nonsense, so he could only give up.
Fortunately, there was no danger, and the elixir finally belonged to the old man, even if the price was ridiculously high, but for a person who did not have much life, no matter how high the price was, it was worth buying.
The auction had already begun, and everything was progressing in an orderly manner, but since nothing of value had appeared at the beginning, it was difficult to arouse the interest of the monks, so it was a little tepid.