Chapter 60: Unreliable Leakage
No matter in his past or present life, Bai Ya has never seen the genuine Shaolin "Washing the Marrow Sutra", but he understands the content of the note recited by the auctioneer, because there is a similar statement in the general outline of the dragon subjugation and demon subjugation magic skill.
"The vitality is dense for a long time, turning into water, fire and earth", which means that the vitality of life precipitates into different temperature states such as liquid and solid state after a long period of cloud and fog, and in the words of martial artists, it is the vitality of life that is transformed into blood (water), musculoskeletal (earth), and the heat (fire) required by life every day.
The "Shuifa Kunlun Peak" in "Shuifa Kunlun Peak, Sida Pit Well Note" refers to the various jin ~ liquid secreted by the human body from the head and spine, and "Sida Pit Well Note" refers to the flow of water to a low place, which is a metaphor for the conduction of nutrients through the body's meridians, acupoints and other channels to all parts of the body.
The first sentence of these two sentences belongs to the idea of Buddhism, and the latter sentence is a variant of luck and acupuncture method formed after Buddhism incorporated Taoist alchemy into the concept of contemplation.
If these two sentences are still a relatively vague elaboration of ideas, then the next paragraph "has a lot to swallow...... In and out of the six six breaths", that is, the more specific content of the exercises.
Obviously, even if this "Washing the Pulp Sutra" is not a genuine Shaolin version, it should also be a more orthodox Buddhist martial arts book, and like the dragon and tiger subjugation, it integrates some Taoist concepts of alchemy.
"Aggressive", Bai Ya tapped his fingers on the desk, and the thoughts in his mind turned sharply.
Judging from the previous auctions, this place is still very credible, and the auctioneer's words can be believed.
Since this is the case, then this classic is either an heirloom collected by a martial arts family, and now it is taken out and sold in the middle of the family, or it is an ancient cultural relic that has just been unearthed.
In either case, this book is very valuable, even if there is no practice of washing the marrow, it should be possible to exchange some merit by handing it over to the master.
As soon as he thought of this, Bai Ya finally made up his mind to take down this classic, and immediately motioned for Wanqing to pull down the green rope.
"If Childe wants this cheatbook, he is not in a hurry to make a move now!" Who knew that Wanqing covered her mouth and smiled, and said softly, "The auctioneer just finished speaking, if you bid immediately, I am afraid that some people will think that this thing hides a great skill, and it will definitely attract many competitors......"
"Oh, what do you think?" asked White Cliff with a smile.
"Wait a minute, see if there are any other bidders, dry the auctioneer, and wait until the last one to make a bid. Then others will only think that you are gambling, and there will be far fewer competitors!" Wanqing blinked her beautiful eyes and said slyly.
"Hehe, okay, then I'll leave it to you! Don't care about the final auction price, just help someone to get it!" Bai Ya knew that the beauty in front of him was here all the year round, and in the auction, he was afraid that he would be more shrewd than some business veterans, so he simply entrusted it all to her.
There may be other sect martial artists participating in this auction, and they should also be able to understand that the content of the two sentences just now belongs to martial arts. But if you can connect this secret book with a high-level martial artist like the dragon and the tiger, then God knows if there is more.
After the auctioneer finished speaking, as Wanqing expected, there were still no guests who bid immediately, and everyone was thinking and observing whether someone had snatched this martial arts secret book.
Whether savvy or not, the herd mentality of human beings has always been evident. If there were a few VIP guests in the box hurriedly bidding to increase the price at this time, then everyone would definitely think that this was the martial artist of the sect in the venue, and this martial arts cheats book must be very valuable.
But if you don't see the bidder for a long time, then everyone's thinking will be completely reversed.
Seeing this, the auctioneer sighed in his heart, he had told the seller at the beginning to let him lower the reserve price. If the price of this cheat book is about eighty jade dollars, then someone will definitely gamble.
If he shines the note in the middle, it is possible to sell it for two or three hundred jade dollars. But the starting price was two hundred jade dollars, which scared away a group of people, and the result was that no one cared about it now.
"Box 57 accepts the reserve price of 200 jade ......"
Just when the auctioneer was about to open his mouth to announce the failure of the auction, the assistant standing on the side finally brightened his eyes and hurriedly announced.
"Finally someone wants it!" The auctioneer was relieved, the commission for the same item in the unsold auction was not much, but the atmosphere that the store had finally accumulated was very affected.
Box 57 is the box where Bai Ya is located, and Wanqing finally made a move.
After Wanqing's side made a move, although the auctioneer delayed for a while, the bidder still did not appear.
"Two hundred jade coins ...... for the first time"
"Two hundred jade coins for the second ......"
"Box 130 increases the price by 50 ......"
"Box 57 doubles the price of one hundred jade coins......"
Just when Bai Ya felt that this "Washing the Marrow Sutra" had arrived, a competitor suddenly appeared in the final stage. What surprised Bai Ya even more was that as soon as this competitor made a bid, Wanqing's side made a lightning move without thinking, doubling the price and counterpressing.
"Three hundred and fifty jade dollars for the third time...... Congratulations to VIP 57!"
"Won?!" As the auctioneer made a final decision, Bai Ya also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Please forgive Childe, an item that is close to a failed auction has cost you more than a hundred more jade money!" Wanqing said apologetically.
"It's okay, you can't expect no competitors, other single product auctions are sold several times the reserve price, and ours has added these, which can be regarded as your credit. ”
Bai Ya smiled and waved his hand, and then asked curiously, "It's just that why are you in such a hurry to increase the price for the second time, didn't you say that it was better to dry them?"
"The difference is that this time because there is a competitor, and this person has not made a bid before, and only increased the price in the end, which is obviously just a test for us. Wanqing smiled gently, "The slave family has seen a lot of this kind of speculators in the store, they don't actually understand the value of the item, they just want to buy low and sell high."
In the face of this temptation, we must not hesitate, and we must tell him unceremoniously that if we want to win this thing, we must deal with an irrational competitor, that is, us. In this way, they will feel that the cost is too great, there is no room to buy low and sell high, and they will immediately back down and give up. ”
“...... Could it still be that it can be given to other onlookers, so that our previous bid is also the result of irrationality, rather than the high value of the item itself?" asked Bai Ya thoughtfully.
"Not necessarily, there are too many customers in the store, there are always some people who will have strange ideas, and even the best strategy will be counterproductive, and it takes some luck. Wanqing said with a smile, "When the manager finishes the fourth auction, I will come and settle the ...... with you."
"Hmm......" Bai Ya nodded, and suddenly remembered that the jade money and gold on his body were not enough for three hundred and fifty jade coins, so he suddenly had to sigh and take out a few jade bottles from the mustard seed bag.
He carefully looked at a few jade bottles, and finally handed one of the white jade bottles to Wanqing, "This one will be handed over to the store manager, let him find a pharmacist to calculate the price, and then put it on the temporary auction list......"
The so-called temporary auction list refers to the items that have not been handed over to the store in advance and are temporarily added to the auction list.
However, the temporary auction will definitely suffer a loss, and the store will double the commission, and the price will be lower. At the same time, it will be placed at the beginning of each auction with low-value items.
Unless something is really rare on the fly, most sellers don't do that.
"Yes, Childe!" Wanqing was stunned for a moment, reached out to take the thing, and asked cautiously, "Childe may briefly introduce the effect of this bottle of pill first!"
"This is the Jade Lotus Pill, and there are three more in it. The main material is the snow lotus lotus seed produced in the snow-capped mountains of more than 7,000 meters, which has a yin-biased attribute and is a healing elixir, and can also be used to assist martial artists in refining qi. Ordinary people also have the effect of detoxifying and rejuvenating the skin, regulating yin and yang. ”
Bai Ya briefly introduced the Jade Lotus Pill, and said with a smile, "Your daughter's family attaches the most importance to nourishing the face, you just helped a certain person take down the "Washing the Marrow Sutra", this pill can give you one." If you don't want it, then you will be rewarded at one-tenth of the selling price of the "Washing the Marrow Sutra". ”
"Thank you for the generous reward!" After Wanqing was stunned for a while, her expression was a little trance, and suddenly her eyes were in tears, but she cried with joy.
The selling price of the "Washing the Marrow Sutra" is three hundred and fifty jade dollars, and one-tenth of it is three hundred and fifty taels of gold. With this gold, she could not only redeem herself, but also leave a large dowry.
"Okay, let's go and help me change a table of wine and food first!" Bai Ya nodded and smiled.
The beauty hurriedly wiped her beautiful eyes and cleaned up the case.
After a while, the venue steward really came to make a deal with Bai Ya, took the bottle of Jade Lotus Pill, and handed Bai Ya the "Washing the Marrow Sutra" including the note read by the auctioneer before.
The style of this "Washing the Marrow Sutra" is simple, the pages are as thin as cicada wings, and the handwriting on it is russet, with a slight metallic luster, which makes Bai Ya's eyes light up.
He had seen this kind of handwriting, which was written with human blood mixed with gold dust, and was a natural anti-counterfeiting mark. No wonder the seller must mark a high price, and it is estimated that he is a little reluctant to sell it.
Bai Ya immediately opened the book and began to read.
However, after a cursory look at it, my heart sank.
This "Washing the Pulp Sutra" is a martial arts secret book, but it is also a Buddhist scripture. Seriously speaking, it is the Buddhist scriptures that are mixed with martial arts.
Bai Ya could vaguely see the existence of an alchemy between the lines, but it was hidden in the Buddhist scriptures. Some of the words and phrases are obviously martial arts exercises, while others are both like exercises and Buddhas.
If it weren't for the general outline at the beginning of this "Washing the Marrow Sutra", Bai Ya felt that he could have thrown it away. Because except for the original author, I'm afraid that no one can completely criticize this alchemy technique sentence by sentence.
If you don't have an incomplete exercise, you can't practice it, you can't do it without a sentence, it's easy to go crazy and practice like Ouyang Feng.
This is a codebook without a translation!
"This thing can only be handed over to the master, I hope those innate and grandmasters of the Qingdu Temple can see something, and there is no way to practice it!" Bai Ya couldn't help but be frustrated, and sure enough, he missed something, and it was not reliable at all.
"Everyone, please see, these relics are bright in color, round and flawless in shape, they can be called the top grade, and the reserve price is one hundred jade dollars......
"Are the relics sold?" Just when Bai Ya was annoyed, the faint sound from the window made him stunned.