Chapter 142 Auction
After seeing off Lu Dingshan, seeing that it was already late, Qingyang did not go out again and started practicing in his room. He had just drunk half a jar of Baihua wine in one breath, which was equivalent to taking half a Yangqi Pill. A lot of spiritual power had gathered in his body, and he had to refine and absorb them as soon as possible, otherwise the spiritual power would slowly dissipate and be wasted in vain.
The next morning, Qingyang took Yu Mengmiao to the street market where some casual cultivators often went, and heard a lot of useful information, confirming that what Lu Dingshan said was true.
There is indeed an auction tomorrow, and the news about the Knock Immortal Order is also true. The organizer of the auction is said to be the mayor of Yuling City. I don’t know if the Knock Immortal Order has anything to do with him. There are many teams that have formed teams to enter the depths of Yuling Mountain to search for mission items. There are teams of various strengths. Most of them are teams of cultivators of the same level, and there are even teams of all Qi Refining Stage.
Qingyang thought about it and felt that it would be better to team up with Lu Dingshan. Lu Dingshan's team was stronger and had a higher chance of success. Moreover, he had no acquaintances in Yuling City, and there was no guarantee of safety if he went out with other teams.
Although he had just met Lu Dingshan for a few days, based on Qingyang's experience, he was straightforward and did not have so many tricks. He would not deliberately pit him. Both of them were casual cultivators who had just come to Yuling City. If they really encountered any danger, they would have a way to rely on each other.
Of course, this was just Qingyang's wishful thinking. If Lu Dingshan's team really didn't want to take him, he could only find a way himself.
On the morning of the third day, Lu Dingshan came to Qingyang as promised and went to the auction together. The auction lasted a long time, and it was likely to take a whole day. Yu Mengmiao didn't want to practice alone in the guest room, and wanted to go to watch the excitement, so he had to take her along.
The three of them left the inn and came to the main street. They walked a long way forward until they were close to the city lord's mansion and the area where the patrol warriors lived at the end of Yuling City. They saw a tall building on the side of the road and walked into it.
This is where the auction was held. The square outside was crowded with thousands of people, most of whom were watching the excitement. Those who really participated in the auction had already entered.
After squeezing to the door with great difficulty, the three of them found that the auction was not open to casual entry. Everyone needed to pay a nourishing pill. Yes, there were tens of thousands of cultivators in the entire Yuling City. If there were no restrictions, it was estimated that most of the cultivators in Yuling City would come to watch the excitement. No matter how big the auction venue was, it could not accommodate 20,000 or 30,000 people.
Fortunately, Yu Mengmiao was still young and did not need to buy a ticket separately, otherwise Qingyang would have to consider whether it was worth it. One nourishing pill could be considered, but if he had to pay two nourishing pills just to watch the excitement, he would definitely not be able to afford it.
After handing over a Qi-nourishing Pill, Qingyang received a number plate, and then he and Yu Mengmiao followed Lu Dingshan into the gate of the auction house. The layout inside the auction house was very simple, just a huge hall. In front of it was a platform nearly ten feet above the ground, with countless rows of stone benches placed below, and nearly a hundred private rooms on the second floor.
Qingyang glanced at it and saw that there were two thousand stone benches under the stage, but they were almost full at this time. When Qingyang and Lu Dingshan came in, only the last row of stone benches was left empty. As for those who came later than them, they could only find a place to stand on the side.
So many people came before the auction started, which shows how big the impact of this auction was. More than two thousand people accounted for more than half of the number of cultivators in the entire Yuling City. It is estimated that many people had the same purpose as Qingyang and his friends. They heard about the Immortal Knocking Order and came to watch the excitement.
Those sitting on the stone benches in the hall were all casual cultivators at the bottom of Yuling City, most of whom were cultivators in the middle and late stages of the Kaimai Realm, but there were also many in the Qi Refining Stage. Although they are powerful, they do not have the financial resources and power to open private rooms, so they can only sit in the hall like other low-level casual cultivators.
As for the big families and those cultivators with deep backgrounds in Yuling City, they must be in the private rooms on the second floor. They have special passages and do not need to enter from the main gate, so the casual cultivators below have no idea which private room has people and who is sitting in that private room.
People are still coming in from outside. Soon, even the aisles in the heavy armor and the seats against the walls around are full of people. Looking around, there are black heads everywhere, and the number of people is almost more than 3,000. Regardless of how much money can be made from the auction of items, this time, the boss of the auction has made a lot of money just by selling a ticket for a nourishing pill.
There are many people, so it is naturally chaotic and noisy, just like a vegetable market. It is difficult to hear what people say across a few people. However, it is precisely because there are many people talking and talking to each other without scruples that many unknown news can be heard and many secret contents can be learned.
A quarter of an hour later, an old man with a long beard walked onto the stage, and the voices in the hall gradually became quieter. Qingyang had already heard from everyone's discussions that this old man was the second steward of the Yuling City Lord's Mansion, who was in the middle stage of Qi training and was mainly responsible for this auction.
When everyone's voices became quieter, the long-bearded old man cleared his throat and said: "I didn't expect everyone to be so supportive. So many people came today. On behalf of City Lord Yuling Sanren, I would like to thank everyone for coming. I know that many of you are here. I came here specifically for the Kowtow Immortal Order, but that item is for the finale and will definitely not be taken out now. I hope everyone will be patient and take a picture of the first item, a Kai Mai produced by Jinding Pavilion. Dan.”
The long-bearded old man waved, and a maid came up carrying a tray with a small jade bottle placed on it. The old man opened the jade bottle, poured out a pill the size of a longan, and then said: "The pulse-opening pill produced by Jinding Pavilion is a top-grade pill. Even if it is taken with a low-potential miscellaneous spirit root, it can make a breakthrough in one fell swoop." Monk. The base price is one hundred and fifty spiritual stones, and the price will be increased by no less than one spiritual stone each time. The bidding starts now!"
Hearing the words of the long-bearded old man, the narrator Lu Dingshan swallowed his saliva and said to himself: "My dear, the starting price of the Kaimai Pill is one hundred and fifty spiritual stones. This is from Yuling City." How come the monks have so many spiritual stones? Are all their spiritual stones blown by the wind?"
Qingyang smiled and said nothing. They sat in the last row and could not see the things on the stage very clearly, but Qingyang could feel that the pulse-opening pill in the long-bearded old man's hand was the same as the one he had taken. One is almost the same, which means that Qingyang has also swallowed hundreds of spirit stones in one mouth.
~~~~~~Thank you Ziqidonglai_Yan Daoyou for the reward!