Chapter 43: Conspiracy
Jingyi followed Zhang Fan out of the side hall and came to the hall, perhaps because she remembered her eldest brother's sadness, she was in a bad mood and kept silent. Seeing this, Zhang Fan said, "Jingyi, I understand your senior brother's affairs. It's just that my cultivation was lowly at that time, and I couldn't save him immediately. Jing Yi shook her head lightly and said: "I didn't mean to blame Senior Brother, I just resented myself for being too willful at that time, and I wanted to go to the Xuanming Spirit Pool to find the Xuanming True Water, but in the end the treasure was not found, but the senior brother lost his life." ”
Zhang Fan persuaded: "You can't be blamed for this. The magic weapons, spirit runes, and spirit pills you brought were almost all used up, but you encountered a group of second-grade spirit beasts, and it was already very good to be able to barely escape from the clutches of the spirit beasts. Jing Yi's face improved slightly, but she was still haunted by the death of several senior brothers.
Seeing this, Zhang Fan didn't want Jing Yi to blame herself for the deaths of her senior brothers, so she said, "Jing Yi, today the deacon of the Beast Hunting Guild sent me an invitation to attend the auction tonight. I'll take you with me then?" Jingyi nodded and said, "I know." It's just that you are already a foundation building period monk, what can you pay attention to at the auction?" Zhang Fan said with a smile: "Foundation building period monks have difficulty cultivating, and any opportunity cannot be missed. Besides, the secret realm will be closed in two days, and I don't want to continue cultivating, so I'm going to take you around. Jing Yi was overjoyed when she heard this, and said, "Thank you, senior brother, I'll go with you." ”
In the secret room on the right, Dugu Mutian heard the conversation between the two clearly, frowned, a cold light appeared in his eyes, and said in a low voice: "It turns out that he is Zhang Fan, hmph! Jingyi has been my appointed Taoist companion since he was a child, he is a disciple with inferior qualifications, and he has cultivated to the foundation building period with shit luck." I just want to occupy Jingyi, no way! Originally, I thought that I would not be able to avenge my wife in this life, but I didn't expect him to want to go to the auction tonight. This is a great opportunity from heaven. As long as I spread the news that Zhang Fan went to the Xuanming Spirit Pool, obtained the Xuanming True Water, and his cultivation increased dramatically, those Qi Cultivation Twelfth Layer and Foundation Building Period cultivators would definitely not let him leave the secret realm alive, and I would take Jingyi back when the time came. ”
In the evening, Zhang Fan took Jingyi to the auction. The two of them came to the door of the guild and saw several Qi cultivation attendants receiving guests. So he took the jade tablet that the deacon had given him and handed it to one of the attendants. The waiter took the jade plaque, looked into it, and his face was full of surprise. Zhang Fan said: "Fellow Daoist." But what's the problem?" The waiter hurriedly handed back the jade plaque and said respectfully: "It turned out to be an elder in the foundation building period, and the junior Li Xiaosan has seen the elder." The elders are going to participate in a private fair organized by the Holy Son, and you are on the wrong track. ”
Zhang Fan was suspicious. Take the jade plate and take a look. Knowing the reason for the matter, he was a little embarrassed, so he said to Jingyi: "Senior sister, this is a public auction, we went wrong." Jing Yi chuckled when she heard this: "It turns out that senior brother can also make mistakes." I'll just say, how can you be a monk in the foundation building period and look at a public auction. Zhang Fan smiled awkwardly and said, "Senior sister." I just didn't pay attention for a while. Let's go?" Jing Yi covered her mouth and flew towards the wind in the apse with Zhang Fan.
Slightly. Zhang Fan came to the door of a palace, then pushed the door in, and in a blink of an eye, he came to a simple and luxurious hall. Nine people in the hall closed their eyes and sat quietly, and a man sat high in the hall. The hall was quiet, and it seemed a little weird. Zhang Fan glanced at everyone and found that the ten people were all introverted, and they were clearly monks in the foundation building period. Among them, the masked man has reached the peak cultivation of the early stage of foundation building.
When the masked man saw Zhang Fan coming in, he said lightly: "Welcome Zhang Fan Daoyou to come to the private trade fair held by this son, please take a seat." Zhang Fan nodded, and took Jingyi to find a vacant seat to sit down, but doubts rose in his heart, and a faint sense of worry arose. The nine people next to him followed Zhang Fan in, and seemed to have ended their pranayama, and the qi gradually dispersed, filling the entire hall. Jing Yi was intimidated by this coercion, her face was slightly pale, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. Seeing this, Zhang Fan was furious in his heart, and a breath of qi crashed into all directions, and Jing Yi's face improved slightly. She glanced at everyone, turned to Zhang Fan and said, "Senior brother, I feel a little uncomfortable, why don't we go out for a while first?" Zhang Fan was even more suspicious at this time, and said secretly: "Could it be that these people want to deal with themselves and give themselves a dismount as soon as they come? ”
Seeing this, the masked man said lightly: "Today, the purpose of this son's private trade fair is to let all Daoists take out excess elixirs, treasures and elixirs, etc., and everyone exchange what they have, so that their cultivation can go further." I'm going to host this auction, so I'll come first. As he spoke, he took out a jade box, and then opened the jade box, and a milky white pill appeared, and a faint fragrance escaped all around. The monks gradually breathed faster, and it was obvious that the elixir had an extraordinary origin.
Seeing this, Jing Yi's face showed surprise. Zhang Fan smiled slightly, shook his head, and signaled that she didn't need to be surprised. The masked man said in a loud voice: "Fellow Daoists, this pill is a second-grade mid-grade elixir cleansing pill, and it is of high quality. It helps the cultivators of the twelfth layer of Qi cultivation to break through the foundation building period, and can help the monks in the foundation building period to wash the meridians, consolidate their cultivation, and speed up their cultivation. Among the Daoist friends, whoever has a second-grade peak elixir, a medium-grade treasure or a rare spiritual material can take it out and exchange it with me, as long as I take a fancy to the spiritual object in your hand, even if I ask me to add some more spirit stones. When one person heard this, he took out a ginseng and stepped forward and said, "Holy Son, there is a three-hundred-year-old ginseng plant below, and I am willing to exchange it with you for the marrow cleansing elixir." The masked man smiled: "Thank you for your kindness, I already have a second-grade high-grade ginseng." Another person said: "Holy Son, there is a low-grade pinnacle treasure Hanxing Sword below, do you think I can exchange it with you?" The masked man said: "Thank you for your kindness, I only want to be a high-grade treasure." ”
Everyone kept bargaining with the masked man, and Jing Yi in the audience seemed to have forgotten what had happened before, and said to Zhang Fan: "Senior brother, the Holy Son is a candidate for the head of the family, and the marrow cleansing pill he took out will help you consolidate your cultivation." Are you going to exchange it for the Cleansing Pill?" Zhang Fan shook his head and smiled: "No, I don't have anything to exchange with him, and I don't have anything that makes him happy." ”
On the stage, the masked man's marrow cleansing pill was finally exchanged for a thousand-year-old cold iron by a foundation building period monk. Immediately, other monks from the foundation building period took the stage one after another to display their spiritual objects and exchange treasures with others. They took out the talismans, or the pure gold, or the bones. Exchange with people, and most of them get what they want.
Zhang Fan watched silently from the audience, seeing that those things were useful to him. It's a pity that they are not very rare treasures, and I don't have any treasures worth exchanging with others, so I suddenly felt a little sad.
Just as Zhang Fan sighed secretly, a voice came from the stage. Zhang Fan took a closer look and found that the person on the stage turned out to be Murong He, and he was secretly suspicious in his heart. Murong He took out a jade plate and said to everyone: "Fellow Daoists. This is a set of array plates, engraved with a set of quaint formations. It was obtained by me in the secret realm recently, and after a cursory study, I found that the array disk has the effect of gathering water aura and defense. When the formation is fully open. It can gather twice the aura of the outside world within a radius of 100 zhang, and it is the only weapon for Taoist friends to travel and hunt beasts. As long as any Taoist friend is willing to give out a second-grade spirit pill, spiritual material, or a low-grade treasure, he can exchange it with him. When everyone in the audience heard this, they all laughed. Said: "The array plate obtained by Daoyou is really good. However, my Beiming Sect has a strong aura, so there is no need for this kind of spirit gathering array at all. ”
Seeing this, Zhang Fan said secretly: "I'm afraid this guy has obtained the ancient treasure, but this array can only gather twice the spiritual energy, which is really useless." However, at this time, the sword spirit in his mind said, "Master, you are wrong. The formation engraved on the formation plate obtained by that kid is a second-grade water formation method, and if you find other four-element array plates, you can combine them into a three-grade formation - the five-element spirit gathering array. You have many second-grade spirit beasts, animal skins, and animal bones. Why don't you take some out and replace that formation. If you find the other Four Elements Array Disks at that time, you can combine them into the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array. Being able to gather ten times the aura of the outside world within a radius of one mile, that is, no matter where you are, you can cultivate with peace of mind, and you don't have to worry about the siege of monks below the Jindan. Zhang Fan said: "What you said is good, but it's a pity that I had a holiday with that kid." Sword Spirit said: "Master, you are too pedantic. Zhang Fan was a little dumbfounded.
Jing Yi on the side said, "Senior brother, that array is good." Although it doesn't have much function, it can still be useful for you. Zhang Fan nodded, thought about it, then took out a piece of second-grade spirit crocodile skin, stepped forward and said, "Fellow Daoist, how about you look at my second-grade spirit crocodile skin?" Murong He originally didn't expect Zhang Fan to come up, but he didn't expect that after waiting for a long time, Zhang Fan actually took out a piece of crocodile skin. Suddenly smiled: "It turned out to be Senior Brother Zhang Fan." You can actually hunt and kill a second-grade primary-level peak spirit beast, senior brother admires. Since you have taken a fancy to Senior Brother's array, then I will exchange it with you. As he spoke, he handed over the array plate.
Seeing this, Zhang Fan hurriedly shook his head and said: "Senior brother misunderstood, the crocodile skin I obtained can be used to refine medium-grade treasure armor, how can you directly exchange a broken array plate for my crocodile skin?" Murong He smiled: "Senior brother has the ability to enter the Xuanming Spirit Pool to hunt for treasures, and he has obtained a lot of spirit beast skins, so why bother with me?" Zhang Fan said lightly: "If senior brother doesn't change it, forget it." As he spoke, he turned and left. Murong He hurriedly pulled Zhang Fan and said, "Senior brother, it's just a joke." I change it, how can I not change it. Catching it, he took out a gray round jade plate, and then handed over the two jade plates, and said: "Senior brother, these two jade plates were found by me in the same place, you see that I use two treasures to call you, okay?" Zhang Fan saw this, and said secretly in his heart: "It seems that this guy got the Five Elements Array Plate, but unfortunately he only took out two pieces." Thinking of this, he handed over the jade box containing the crocodile skin, and said with a smile: "Senior brother is refreshing." As he spoke, he took the two jade plates and left. However, everyone in the audience gave Zhang Fan a sarcastic smile. Obviously, the array was useless, where the precious crocodile skin could be compared.
Offstage, Jing Yi looked at the face of the middle monk, and saw that the senior brother was expressionless, and said with some doubts: "Senior brother, are we suffering a little?" Zhang Fan shook his head and said, "It's okay." I've got my own measure. Next, Zhang Fan exchanged the bones and skins of the spirit beast for a few second-grade lingzhi and beast pills. Half a day later, the so-called trade meeting of the four people ended.
However, when everyone saw that Zhang Fan took out the second-grade spiritual materials one after another, the eyes that looked at Zhang Fan gradually became weird. Zhang Fan looked at it in his heart, and said secretly: "Hmph! If you don't mess with me, if you don't mess with me, the master will definitely not let you go." At the end of the fair, Zhang Fan led Jingyi to leave first, but the ten people in the hall did not leave immediately.
When Murong He saw Zhang Fan leaving, he got up and said to everyone: "Fellow Daoists, what I said to you is right, right? That Zhang Fan once went to the Xuanming Spirit Pool, not only hunted a large number of second-grade elixirs, but also obtained the genius Earth Treasure Xuanming True Water, so that his cultivation increased greatly. We will lay an ambush tomorrow in advance. Arrange the Nine Palaces Killing Array outside the teleportation array, so that he can stay in the secret realm forever. When the time comes, everyone will have a share of the spirit beast Neidan and Xuanming True Water on his body. The eight of them said in unison: "Senior Brother He, don't worry, we did it." The masked man said lightly: "Senior brothers, you must act in secret, and do not leak the news. Otherwise, this matter will be noticed by the ancestor in the door, and our lives will not be guaranteed. Murong He smiled and said, "Holy Son, don't worry, I have already made a code on that array." As long as Zhang Fan hasn't left the secret realm, I know where he is. Everyone said: "It's troublesome Senior Brother He." Let's go back and prepare. Murong He said, "Okay!" Then everyone left. (To be continued......)