Chapter 90: The Waters of the River Styx
Sitting in the audience on the first floor, Shi Chi Di flipped through the brochure he had just bought for a medium-grade spirit stone, browsing with interest those lots tonight.
Similar to other auction halls, the hall on the first floor is for casual repairs or small sects, and the boxes on the second floor are for those famous and big factions, and the price of renting boxes is not cheap.
After buying the Evil Heart Sword, Shi Chi Yan only had more than 2,000 high-grade spirit stones left in his hand, although Yu Lewei had a lot of savings, but the two of them were not extravagant, so they were not greedy to rent a box, but casually bought two tickets for seats in the hall on the first floor.
Speaking of which, although it was an auction held by the Refining Weapon Sect, the lot was not only spiritual weapons, but also pills, exercises, demon beasts, and other things.
"Thunder Tooth Sword, Teleportation Spirit Talisman, Top-grade Refreshing Pill, Sun Flower Juice, Hades, Hades Dragon Soul Pill?"
Seeing this lot, Shi Chi Yan's eyes widened, even if he was as shallow as he was, he also knew that because the Western Dark Dragon was a dead soul, it only had a bone frame, and there was no inner pill, and only by refining its soul with a secret method could it forcibly shape a soul pill.
Shi Chi Yan had learned the pseudo-pill technique before, but he had never been able to find a suitable demon pill, but after he saw the reserve price of the Dark Dragon Soul Pill, he decisively turned the page.
The reserve price, 8,000 high-grade spirit stones!
Thinking of this price, Shi Chi couldn't help but tremble, damn, I may not be able to afford to sell him!
Turning to the back pages, Shi Chi Yan suddenly paused, and glanced sideways at Yu Lewei, who was looking at his mobile phone, and turned his head to look after noticing something wrong, his fox eyes narrowed, and he said in a condensed voice: "Wait and see." ”
Shi Chi Yan snorted, silently turned another page, and continued to look as if nothing happened.
After a while, as the auctioneer took the stage, tonight's auction was officially started, although the previous lots were extraordinary, but they were not yet in time for Chi Di and Yu Lewei's eyes, so they just watched and felt the fiery atmosphere around them.
Half an hour later, as the auction reached the middle stage, the boxes on the second floor that had been in a wait-and-see state also began to bid, making the prices of each lot climb steadily.
Not long after, it had already been auctioned to the Dark Dragon Soul Pill that Shi Chi Yan was quite interested in, and at this time, all the bidders were people in the box on the second floor, seeing that the price had risen all the way, and soon broke through 10,000, Shi Chi Yan said with a sigh: "Damn, I used to think that I was making blood, but now I look at it, I still feel like a poor ghost!" ”
Yu Lewei smiled: "Who can be on the second floor is not a member of the top faction, and most of them are coming on behalf of the sect, even if you and I have money, can we compare with the financial resources of an entire sect?" ”
Shi Chi Yan nodded, at this time, the price of the Dark Dragon Soul Pill had reached 11,500 high-grade spirit stones, which made everyone in the hall on the first floor speechless, but it also made the atmosphere hot to the peak.
"Twelve thousand!"
Another person made an offer, and at the end he laughed and said, "Qi Xiaocai, you come again!" I'm going to see how much savings you have, I heard you're about to break through to the pinnacle of fusion, right? Next, you have to prepare to deal with the demons of the back period, even if you buy this Dark Dragon Soul Pill, can it still help you get through the demons? ”
After a moment of silence, a gentle male voice came from a box on the second floor: "Sect Master Miao said with a smile, the Dark Dragon Soul Pill is the Dark Dragon's lifelong cultivation for condensation, as long as the anger in it is resolved, it can allow me to strengthen the foundation of the Yuan Infant, how can it not help me get through the demons?" ”
Shi Chi Yan didn't realize it when he heard it, this Qi Xiaocai was also powerful, and in a few words, he not only repelled the ridicule of the Miao sect master, but also explained the wonders of the Dark Dragon Soul Pill to the audience, which could easily trigger some people who had the strength but didn't know the benefits of the Soul Pill to enter the bidding.
Naturally, the Miao Sect Master also heard this, and sneered a few times: "Okay! I'd like to see how much money you have! Thirteen thousand! ”
Hearing the conversation between the two above, Yu Lewei's eyes suddenly floated a little weird, looked left and right, cast a spell to hold up a cover to block the sound, Shi Chi Yan was stunned when he saw this, and wondered: "What's wrong?" ”
"Junior brother, do you know who that Qi Xiaocai is?" Yu Lewei asked.
Seeing his girlfriend's rare ridicule, Shi Chiyan was confused, shook his head and said, "I don't know, who?" ”
"The chief of the inner gate of Heming Mountain," Yu Lewei's expression seemed to be smiling, "I heard that this biggest dream is to be able to worship Li Hexian, the master of Heming Mountain, as a teacher, but unfortunately, he tried to apprentice three times, but each time he was rejected by Li Hexian because of his lack of heart." ”
Hearing Li Hexian's name, Shi Chi died's heart trembled, although more than eight months have passed, he has never forgotten this predecessor who saved his life and single-handedly changed his fate.
It's just that now, his original idea of joining Heming Mountain has faded a lot, not to mention anything else, just because he foiled the Maoshan faction's plan and helped Yuhualong to be re-elected as the leader of the Huaxia Magic Alliance, he no longer had any hope of joining Heming Mountain.
For more than eight months, his respect for Li Hexian has never changed, but when he was still a rookie, he didn't know anything about the cultivation world, and he instinctively admired Li Hexian who brought him back to life, but with the growth of cultivation and knowledge, this worship has faded a lot.
Touching his nose, Shi Chi Yan suppressed the ripples in his heart and asked, "Then who is that Miao Sect Master?" Is it also from the Daomen? ”
Shaking her head, Yu Lewei waved her hand to remove the soundproof cover, and replied: "If I heard correctly, this person should be Miao Hu, the owner of Heimiao Village in Guizhou, and Heimiao Village is also one of our ghost ways, and he is good at performing Gu arts. ”
The two of them talked hard, and several bidders came out to bid, so that the price of the Dark Dragon Soul Pill finally climbed to 18,000 high-grade spirit stones before it was successfully auctioned by Miao Hu.
However, the original price was at most more than 10,000 Dark Dragon Soul Pill, but Miao Hu spent a full 18,000 high-grade spirit stones, and under such a big loss, Shi Chi Yan could clearly sense the fierce killing intent emanating from a certain box.
However, this killing intent was quickly diluted by the fiery outcry, and one after another rare treasures were taken out by the auction, and there was even a nine-grade spirit artifact Yunmeng umbrella, which was finally bought at the price of 30,000 high-grade spirit stones.
And when another lot was taken out, Shi Chi Yan and Yu Lewei both turned pale and subconsciously sat up straight.
This is a porcelain vase that has been sealed by heavy prohibitions, and I don't know what it contains, although the bottle has been banned by casting, but it still exudes a silent and distant atmosphere.
"Twelve drops of Styx water," the auctioneer smiled and walked over to the porcelain vase and introduced it loudly, "This Styx water comes from the mother river of the ghost world, and has been refined by secret methods, once taken, it can purify the soul and enhance the six senses, whether it is for Taoists, martial artists or cultivators of other systems, it has great benefits, and the starting price is eight hundred high-grade spirit stones." ”
"A thousand high-grade spirit stones!" In the hall on the first floor, an elderly Taoist raised a sign and said loudly.
"One thousand one hundred!"
"One thousand and five!"
"Two thousand!"
However, in an instant, the price of this bottle of Styx water had soared to three thousand five hundred high-grade spirit stones, and it was still rising, but at this time, the bidders were all cultivators in the box on the second floor.
Seeing Shi Chi Yan's five fingers clenched, Yu Lewei sighed in her heart, and said softly: "Senior brother, forget it, it's really not good, let's go to the ghost world from Xudu in the future." ”
The River Styx is the mother river of the ghost world, and its tributaries are all over the ghost world, so it can be said that it is very easy to get the river water, but the problem is that the River Styx itself contains some kind of mysterious power, and if you don't have enough strength, you can't get close to it at all.
And most importantly, extracting the river water also requires a set of tedious and delicate steps, and ten out of ten people who rush to extract water will be killed by the power of the River Styx.
After Shi Chi Yan cultivated the "Soul Forging Chapter" to the fifth level, he needed Styx water to perfect the last step, but the price at this moment had already exceeded his deposit, even if he wanted this bottle of Styx water again, he couldn't get it.
Sighing, Shi Chiyan shook his head and said, "Forget it, if I lose my life, maybe it's still a blessing." ”
Seeing that it was rare for him to be so lost, Yu Lewei smiled dumbly, helped him straighten his bangs, and said with a smile: "It's rare to see that you also have the spirit of Ah Q!" ”
The two were talking and laughing, and the bidding for the boxes on the second floor had also reached a fever pitch, but at this time, there were only three parties left who were still bidding, Miao Hu, Qi Xiaocai and an unknown man.
"Five thousand!" The man sat in the box, and he didn't know his identity, but he just listened to his voice, obviously suppressed a little impatience, obviously this time he came to participate in the auction, and he didn't have many spirit stones on his body.
"Five thousand five!" Miao Hu had just finished quoting the price, and he had already roared hoarsely, "This thing is suitable for our ghost path, what are you here to make a fuss?" ”
"Six thousand!" Qi Xiaocai's voice was indescribably leisurely, "Didn't this gentleman say it just now?" The water of the River Styx can increase the soul foundation, and since I am ready to be promoted, I naturally need this thing! ”
Hearing that the man was no longer silent, Miao Hu hesitated for a long time, and suddenly shouted: "Nine thousand!" ”
"Nine thousand one hundred!"
Qi Xiaocai laughed: "Can Sect Master Miao still come up with more spirit stones?" Hmm, if you didn't compete with me for the Styx Soul Pill just now, there must be enough spirit stones to buy this Styx water, right? ”
"Boy, you just deliberately tricked me?" Miao Hugui is the sect master of one party, how can he not hear Qi Xiaocai's pride at this time, and immediately roared angrily, but before his momentum rose, there was already a breath rising from the back of the stage, faintly revealing the smell of warning.
Sensing the aura that belonged to the peak of the primordial gods, Miao Hu's breath was suffocated, and his teeth trembled.
With Miao Hu withdrawing, Qi Xiao finally bought this bottle of Styx water with nine thousand one hundred high-grade spirit stones.
After the deacon of the Refining Instrument Sect brought the Styx water, Qi Xiao paid for the spirit stone, and then put this bottle of Styx water in his sleeve.
"Interesting, you should be a few years away from the end of the day, right? Besides, this Styx water is actually not that useful to you, so why provoke this Miao Fox if you have nothing to do? ”
In the box where Qi Xiaocai was, there was actually a young and beautiful girl, who should be in her early twenties, dressed in modern casual clothes, with a sachet tied around her waist, and she was also asking Qi Xiaocai just now.
Shaking his head, Qi Xiao sat down and said with a smile: "It's just that I can't see the ghost path profiting." ”
With a sigh, the girl sat up and said with a smile: "By the way, speaking of the ghost path, I heard that the master of Li Mountain seemed to have saved a person last year, and he also helped him change the ghost path, right?" ”
Qi Xiaocai frowned, and said lightly: "Where did you hear about it?" ”
"I don't remember," the girl grinned, grabbed a spirit fruit on the table next to her, bit her teeth, and smiled vaguely, "Is this considered an enemy?" ”
Qi Xiaocai shook his head and said, "The mountain master is just kind-hearted. ”
Seeing that his words were insincere, the girl pursed her lips, ate the spirit fruit in three or two bites, and clapped her hands: "Okay, since everything you want to buy is in hand, let's leave quickly, don't let that Miao Hu block the outside, otherwise we will really have to ask the Refining Weapon Sect to escort us back." ”
Qi Xiaocai hummed, got up and left the box with the girl, and walked out of the cave.