Volume 1 The Elephant of Heaven and Earth Chapter 61 The First Match
I saw that the broker in the counter took out about 350,000 spirit stones, put them on the table, and said routinely in his mouth: "The principal of the gambling fight is 150,000, the principal of the other party is 150,000, and the betting profit is divided into 51,300, totaling 351,300 spirit stones, please count on the spot, and you will not be responsible for leaving the counter." ”
That Gao Dayuan nodded, and without looking at it, he directly put away the spirit stone and left, obviously familiar with the door, and he was very relieved about this hall.
Liang Cheng watched from the sidelines, and said in his heart that the income from this gambling fight was really high, and the cost had more than tripled for a while, and he was slightly moved, knowing that with his alchemy skills, it was easy to win, and the only thing to worry about was whether anyone would dare to follow up after winning once.
"The on-site auction starts now, packing and auctioning Pei Yuan Dan thirty-eight pills, gathering spirit scatter nine taels and three coins, with a total reserve price of 11,600 spirit stones. "There was a sudden auction sound from the side of the fighting platform, obviously it was the live auction of the Pei Yuan Dan that had just been refined in the competition, along with the residue of Liu Jinfeng's alchemy.
Liang Cheng was a little curious when he heard that the reserve price was very low, and walked over to see the excitement. I saw that although there was a large group of people around the auction office, there were only three or four people bidding there, and the bidding ended after a while, and the auction was sold for 15,000 spirit stones.
After the loose cultivator who bought the lot finished handing over the spirit stone, he immediately subdivided the pills with more than thirty partners, and these people counted them one by one, and they divided the pills in their hands in an instant.
It turned out that many people came together to bid for the auction, and Liang Cheng thought that this place was all loose cultivation with limited financial resources, and it was normal to form a group auction. However, I was still a little puzzled by the reserve price of the pill auction here being set so low, and I happened to see the young guide who came with me coming back from finishing his errands, so I called over to ask.
The young man said: "Senior, this is the benefit that the guild hall gives me to wait for casual cultivation, if I don't have this benefit, my days of casual cultivation will be much more difficult, before I came here, where can I afford to buy pills, I can't earn a few spirit stones a day by working hard at the post station, and I can't even afford to gather spirit powder...... Ah, sorry, I digress. ”
The young man wiped the corners of his eyes and continued: "Senior, this casual cultivation hall mainly relies on the audience's betting commission to obtain profits, as for the refined pills, the hall will add one percent profit according to the cost, this is the auction reserve price, as for the bidders, everyone is a casual cultivator, and they are all tight, so there is also some tacit understanding, unless someone maliciously makes trouble, otherwise the price will be increased by two or three at most." ”
So that's the case, Liang Cheng was puzzled, it seems that this hall is not simple, not only to do business, but also to win people's hearts. Liang Cheng listened to the young man's hard work, and he was also very emotional, he didn't expect that the days of casual cultivation with poor qualifications would be so sad. With sympathy in his heart, he took out a bottle of pill that he usually refined during his practice from the storage bag and stuffed it into the young man's hand.
"Little brother, you did a good job, you've worked hard these days, I'll give you this. ”
The young man opened the cap of the bottle and saw that there were no less than forty or fifty Peiyuan Dan inside, although he had seen this high-grade pill, he never thought that he would be able to have it one day, and he was so shocked that he couldn't speak: "This ...... This...... I, I ......"
"It's all for you, you're welcome. Liang Cheng gently patted the young man on the shoulder, turned around and walked to the counter where the agent was.
It turned out that Liang Cheng had an idea in his heart, it was more appropriate for him to seek fame here, and he would come second to seek profit. Casual cultivation is actually the most popular, and some casual cultivation is even just the cultivation at the peak of the Qi refining period, but in fact, it is between a mortal and a monk, and they may not be qualified to be classified as a monk.
Therefore, if you want to play for a few more days, you have to take it easy, and you can't exert your strength too early, otherwise there may be a situation where no one should fight.
"I'm going to compete in Doudan. Liang Cheng came to the counter and said to the agent inside.
The agent asked for his name, took out the record jade slip and checked it, and said: "You have no record in this hall, it is the first time to sign up for the competition, according to the regulations, you have to pay a deposit of 30,000 spirit stones, and 50,000 spirit stones for gambling and fighting, a total of 80,000, the first game can only participate in the lowest level of fighting pills, if you can't become a pill in the competition, you have to pay seventy percent of the value of the alchemy materials provided by the hall, the first game will be arranged by the hall, and the winner of the competition can get the right to challenge each other freely in the hall in the future." ”
Liang Cheng nodded to show that he understood, paid the deposit and gambling book, and after a while, he ushered in the first opponent arranged by the guild, which was a fair-skinned young man, and it was also the first time to participate.
The two walked to the arena and chose their own positions, and the white-faced young man found a black Dan furnace, which was old in color and restrained, and it was a good Dan furnace that was often used at first glance. It can be seen that this young man is quite standard.
Liang Cheng naturally wouldn't use the Divine Wood Oven in front of everyone, let alone let people see the Wood Spirit Holy Fire, which was his hole card.
Originally, Liang Cheng wanted to take out the Ding Dan furnace given by Taiqing to use it, but when he swept his eyes, he saw that the young guide who saw himself had recovered from his excitement and was standing under the stage looking at him with concern.
So Liang Cheng moved in his heart and took out another Dan furnace, this Dan furnace was bought in Yunmen Shanfang City that year, and it was recognized as too inferior by Taiqing Lao Dao that night, so it has not been used, and it is a brand new Dan furnace. Now it seems that this Dan furnace is full of new fireworks, it is very eye-catching, even Liang Cheng himself can't stand it, secretly wondering how his vision could be so poor back then, it is no wonder that the quality of the Dan furnace is poor, this Dan furnace Liang Cheng remembers that he bought it with some talismans in fifty or sixty times of spirit stones, and it was completely a garbage product.
The crowd of onlookers let out a short chuckle, apparently the connoisseur saw Liang Cheng's precious Dan furnace.
This is also the transcendent status of the alchemist, and everyone respects it very much, so that it has developed a habit, so that no one wants to have a bad relationship with those who cultivate the Dan Dao. That's why everyone is very restrained, and if they want to change to another arena, the guy who eats in their hands is so unbearable, it's no wonder that they are not ridiculed and scolded in public.
The white-faced young man just glanced at Liang Cheng's Dan furnace and then withdrew his gaze and sat quietly, without showing any expression on his face, looking not arrogant or impatient, and quite a general's demeanor. Liang Cheng saw that his opponent was like this, and he secretly praised it in his heart.
At this time, a black-clothed referee came up to the stage and announced loudly: "Rookie Danke Wu Guohua, Liang Cheng's game started after a stick of incense, and now you can place bets." ”
Liang Cheng smiled slightly, and sent a message to the young guide: "If you have faith in me, you can bet on me now, and it is recommended that you bet as many spirit stones as you want." ”
The young man's face was entangled when he heard this, and a battle between heaven and man began in his heart. He only had about 6,000 spirit stones in total, and he was so poor that he had never dared to bet in the guild hall, so he hesitated for a while, and even more hesitated after seeing Liang Cheng's new brilliant Dan furnace.
The pill furnace that Liang Cheng took out caused most people to be not optimistic about him, so his odds were rising steadily, and after a while, it became one to three, and the young man had been fighting for a long time in his heart, and he gritted his teeth, thinking that the value of the pill that the predecessor had just given me was no less than 20,000 spirit stones, how could he not listen to the words of the senior, and it would be okay!
After all, it is a poor person with short ambitions, thin horses and long hair, and the young man was not willing to bet all his net worth in the end, but gritted his teeth and stomped his feet and bet on two thousand spirit stones to bet on Liang Cheng to win, even so, the young man was also suffering from gains and losses, and his heart was uneasy, and his heart was about to jump out of his mouth.
This competition belongs to the lowest level of Dou Dan where both sides of the competition bet 50,000 spirit stones, and the refining is the standard elixir for the newcomers and miscellaneous disciples in the Qi refining period in normal small and medium-sized sects-Qi Gathering Pill, the efficacy of this pill is one grade lower than Pei Yuan Dan, but it is far better than Ju Ling San.
The so-called Juling San, in the slightly stronger sects, the disciples never take it, to put it bluntly, it is the residue of alchemy failure, although it has a certain effect, but it contains a lot of harmful ingredients, only poor casual cultivators take it, this is also their last resort, and it is also bitter to say.
"The time has come, and the contestants are ready. The referee took out two sets of medicinal materials, handed them to Liang Cheng and Wu Guohua respectively, and explained at the same time: "This is the medicinal material for refining the Qi Gathering Pill, worth three thousand spirit stones, okay, now the timer, the game begins!" After speaking, he opened a transparent isolation mask and separated the arena from the audience to prevent interference. Then he lit the incense stick on the side, and the curling green smoke rose like a thin line.
Wu Guohua immediately introduced the earth fire and began to preheat the Dan furnace, and then felt the heat of the earth fire for a while, and then began to sort the medicinal materials. This is the standard step of alchemy, which is called "medicine selection". Because the external conditions are different during alchemy, especially the fire sources used are often different, it is necessary to allocate the dosage of various different materials in the Danfang according to different changes, and also plan the order of various medicinal materials put into the Dan furnace in advance.
Beginners with low levels generally need to use a small scale to accurately measure the quantity. In the future, with the improvement of the level of Dan Dao, you can gradually directly perceive the amount of medicinal materials and directly administer the medicine. At this point, the difference in cultivation talent will be revealed, and the so-called magic of use is in one mind. Perception and awareness of subtle changes are important components of alchemy talent.
In terms of the first few steps, it can be seen that Wu Guohua's Dan Dao level is significantly higher than that of the common newcomer contestants of the casual cultivators, so the onlookers gradually increased, and everyone's emotions were also mobilized.
Seeing Wu Guohua's methodical operations, the black-clothed referee nodded, very optimistic about this.
After turning his gaze to Liang Cheng, the referee was surprised inexplicably, because Liang Cheng was there with his eyes closed and recuperating, looking like an old god was there. Didn't he know that the sequence of Cheng Dan's time was also an important criterion for judging the outcome of the game? The referee had the heart to remind him, but because of the referee's rule that he was not allowed to interfere in the game, he couldn't make a sound, and sighed silently in his heart.
Seeing that Liang Cheng hadn't started for a long time, the young guide was so anxious that he couldn't help but hold his head with his hands and rub it vigorously, unaware that a lock of hair had been pulled out.