Chapter 45: Another Fake
Just after noon, the sun was scorching, and there was not a trace of wind.
At the intersection of the cross streets, there is a hundred-year-old locust tree, the leaves are hanging low, the birds are singing, and the originally noisy street is deserted, and there are almost no pedestrians on the road.
Zhang Banxian led Mu Chen back to the auction venue.
As if nothing had happened to them, when they walked back to the Liuli Eight Treasure Pavilion, Zhang Banxian finally couldn't help but be curious, wondering what Mu Chen had realized?
Perhaps, this kid's perception can also help him eliminate the obsession that he has been obsessed with for most of his life.
"Boy Mu, do you know how to deal with this kind of thing in the future?"
"I guess I know. ”
"Then, that monk of the Huangsha Sect bought an agarwood that is less than a thousand years old, and you have also figured it out?"
"Figured it out. ”
Mu Chen replied with a smile, but he didn't say what to do, this kind of unclear answer made Zhang Banxian scratch his ears and cheeks, impatient, and wanted to know what Mu Chen had persuaded himself to achieve enlightenment.
"Then you ......"
"There is a common saying that if you sit quietly and think about your own mistakes, don't talk about others, and do what you should do first, and the affairs of the senior brother of the Huangsha Sect will be easily solved. ”
"Senior Zhang, why is your Dao heart messed up?"
Mu Chen said two sentences incomprehensibly, but he didn't pretend to be profound.
Zhang Banxian wanted to speak and stopped.
The two of them had already walked into the door of the Glazed Eight Treasure Pavilion, and the noisy sound came from the auction hall, it was indeed no longer suitable to talk at this moment, and it was the right thing to focus on selling the beast bones for a high price.
They strode into the auction hall, and Mu Chen found that all the tables and stools in the auction hall had been removed, leaving only the empty venue and the auction booth with a much lower height.
There were already many monks gathered in the venue, most of the monks in the front row who had seen in the morning did not come, the young disciples of the sect were standing under the booth, and there were some disciples of the sect who looked poor.
Of course, there were also many casual cultivators who came from the eight gates one after another, and greeted him warmly after seeing Zhang Banxian.
Zhang Banxian naturally took Mu Chen to join the casual cultivation team, and also introduced him to his casual cultivation friends from all over the world.
In the afternoon, there was no host in the free auction hall, Zhang Banxian pulled Mu Chen into the inner circle of the crowd, only to hear a Hong Zhengzhi voice coming from above.
"The first free auction of Autumn City is now open!"
The venue immediately exploded.
Four rays of light flew up to the auction booth from the stage at the same time, but only one of them took the lead and put his lot into the gouding first, and the three monks behind could only bow to him, bowing to him and voluntarily giving up the auction booth.
"Fellow initiates and seniors, the trail has been relentless!"
"This time, I am auctioning a ginseng that is more than 100 years old, pure wild ginseng, dug from the top of Lantau Island. ”
"The reserve price is only one hundred and twenty-five taels of silver, and friends who need spiritual ginseng refining medicine must not miss it......"
When the monk who sold the medicinal ginseng opened his mouth to introduce his lot, the audience immediately talked about this ginseng.
Everyone was communicating, talking about whether his spiritual ginseng was less than 300 years old, whether it really came from Lantau Island, and whether it was really self-absorbed from heaven and earth to become ginseng, rather than the monks on the stage who planted it themselves.
Only then did Mu Chen understand that the original free auction was that the organizer only provided the venue, and the rest was the responsibility of the buyers and sellers participating in the auction.
Neither the low price of the lot, the quality appraisal of the lot, nor the introduction of the origin of the lot are under the management of the organizer.
There are even many buyers and sellers who hide their appearance and body appearance from revealing information that could reveal their identity.
At the same time, the material is amplified through the gouding, and others have no chance to get their hands on it, so this free auction is the moment when the monk's eyesight is most tested.
Regardless of whether the things you buy are to your liking or not, there can be no complaints.
Some people can find good bargains here, and some people will spend a lot of money to buy back the rags, and that's where the guests get the most excited.
"Wood boy, what do you think of the quality of this ginseng?"
"Senior, Mu Chen didn't know anything about the materials for refining medicine, he only knew that the monks could plant medicinal herbs, fruits and vegetables in the Huiling Array through planting, but the medicinal effect was still wild. ”
That's a good point. ”
"You see that his ginseng has long roots and whiskers, and its shape is natural and casual, which is indeed in line with the characteristics of a century-old wild ginseng. ”
"But if you look closely at the ginseng patterns, you can find some clues. ”
When the free auction began, Zhang Banxian regained his confidence and explained to Mu Chen with great interest, and also pulled his casual cultivation friend to explain to Mu Chen.
"Niu Lao Dao, tell me, what's wrong with this Centennial ginseng?"
"Look at the herbs, you are better than me. ”
The old cow in his mouth was the five-short-stature Taoist priest who sold kidney tonic pills in the deceptive alley before, in addition to him, Mu Chen also saw that many loose cultivators in the alley came to participate in the free auction.
Niu Lao Dao smiled embarrassedly at Mu Chen, pointing to the body pattern of the spirit ginseng.
"Hundred-year-old wild ginseng, old skin, yellow-brown, fine rings. ”
"But the ring pattern of his ginseng on the shoulder of the taproot is not deep enough, I guess this is because he dug up this ginseng in the wild when it was less than 100 years old, so he dug it up and transplanted it to the spiritual garden for several more years. ”
"In fact, generally we encounter young ginseng in the wild, the old saying is not enough, digging ginseng will bow to the mountains three times, bury the ginseng back to the soil, and then come here to look for ginseng when the year comes. ”
"I'm afraid that this monk is worried that after he leaves, the ginseng will be poached by others, so he moved the ginseng back to the spiritual garden. ”
After listening to Niu Laodao's speech, Mu Chen suddenly realized, and couldn't help but have a great change in his impression of this casual cultivator who sold fake medicines.
There were only a dozen people in this group of loose cultivators, and there were also Dao Tong with them, who were convinced of Niu Lao Dao's explanation of medicinal materials, and whenever refining materials appeared on the booth, they would ask Zhang Banxian for advice, and then decide whether to bid or not.
Putting aside his previous impression of being a liar, Mu Chen found that these secret cultivators were actually very easy to get along with, but when a disciple of the seventy-two sects saw him in the company of a casual cultivator, he shook his head and frowned.
There were also many people who threw disdainful glances at Mu Chen, feeling as if they had seen something different.
After waiting for several monks to show their lots, and the competition was not so fierce, Zhang Banxian finally felt that the time was ripe.
"We've seen twelve lots, and only one sells the materials obtained from the demon beast leader, and it's still a skin for sale, and the quality is average. ”
"Wait a minute, you will go and grab the show, I will calculate your share of the beast bones, and there is absolutely no problem with the reserve price of seventy taels!"
Mu Chen nodded, since his realm was promoted to the cultivation of qi and transformation of gods, a layer of greenness has faded, and people can naturally hold their heads high among many monks in the same realm, and they will not feel that they are inferior to others because of their low realm.
When the monk on the stage happily sold the lot, he saw the right moment, jumped into it, and was already standing on the stage.