Chapter 7 Muyu
When Liang Yan walked to the agreed meeting place, Chen Chong and Xu Kun were already waiting there, leaving only Tang Yan, the woman in red, who had not yet arrived. Chen Chong smiled slightly at Liang Yan and said, "I'm sorry, maybe Fellow Taoist Tang is delayed by something important. Let's wait a little longer."
Liang Yan returned the gesture, "It doesn't matter, I don't have anything important to do anyway." After that, he stood next to the two of them and waited silently.
After about a minute of drinking tea, a strong fragrance of a girl came, followed by a woman in red.
"I'm sorry to keep you all waiting for so long. It's true that something happened to the little girl suddenly and delayed the trip. Tang Yan would like to apologize to you all."
Liang Yan looked at her and saw that the girl was wearing a red tight robe today, and her face seemed to have been carefully made up. She was already quite smart, but at this time, in addition to the youthfulness of the girl, she also had a faint charm of a young woman. , the combination of the two temperaments made Liang Yan stunned.
I don’t know if it was his imagination, but when the girl was talking, she had a smile on her lips and glanced at him from time to time. If she didn’t know them, she would have thought they were flirting.
At this time, Chen Chong coughed and said: "Fellow Taoist Tang is so polite. We had nothing to do, and now we have more than enough time to attend the auction. Speaking of being able to pass through with fairies, how can we continue to do so? You can’t wait even this time? Don’t you think so?”
When he said this last sentence, Chen Chong looked at Liang Yan intentionally or unintentionally. This made Liang Yan smile awkwardly and said: "Fairy, you are worrying too much. Since we are companions, how can we care about this moment and a half."
"That's good!" Tang Yan patted her chest exaggeratedly, Then he smiled playfully at Liang Yan and said, "I thought I had ruined my image in Mr. Liang's mind just after we met."
"Haha, Fellow Daoist Liang has a broad mind. Fairy Tang is overly worried. Since we are all here, shall we set off now?" Chen Chong asked. Naturally, everyone had no objections and walked towards the outside of the town.
The four of them walked together for about an hour. The mountain road was sloping, and the top of the mountain was vaguely visible. Chen Chong stopped and walked deeper into the forest instead of walking along the mountain path. The others followed him, and they walked for about the time it took to burn an incense stick. In the distance, I saw a huge cave in the mountain, with little lights looming inside. Taking a closer look, there were few monks coming in and out of the cave. It seemed that the auction was about to begin.
Chen Chong pointed to a tall young man at the entrance of the cave and said excitedly: "That's my cousin, Chen Hu, an outer disciple of Tanshan Sect!" As he said, he led everyone forward quickly, walked up to the tall young man and shouted Said: "Brother, it's me, Chen Chong!"
The young man named Chen Hu looked at it expressionlessly. He frowned slightly and said: "Why are you here? You don't practice well and come here to wander again. Your cultivation has stagnated."
Chen Chong quickly flattered and said: "This is not Brother Kan. You have been promoted to an outer disciple of Tanshan Sect. I came here to congratulate you and ask for your guidance.”
Chen Hu nodded helpfully, looked behind Chen Chong, and asked: "Who are these?"
"These are all casual cultivator friends I have made. I will bring them here this time." It’s great to gain knowledge.” Chen Chong gestured to Chen Hu without leaving any trace.
Chen Hu seemed to understand, nodded and smiled: "Since I am your friend, this little thing is not a big deal. You can go in. These are your trademarks. You can take them each and wait for the auction. If you see something you like, you can make a bid with this sign."
After everyone thanked them, they all went to get a wooden sign. Liang Yan also stepped forward to take it. When he glanced at it, he saw what was written on the wooden sign. With the three characters "三七七". Then he followed the others into the cave.
I saw that there is a cave inside the cave. The entire cave is surprisingly large. The cave walls are decorated with crystals of unknown materials, which actually emit a brilliance like daylight in the middle of the night. In the innermost part of the cave, a temporary platform was built with crossbars, and a large table was placed on it, which was obviously used for auctions.
There were more than a hundred futons of various sizes placed in the open space in the middle of the cave. It was almost full at this time, with only a few vacant seats. Liang Yan looked up and saw the cultivation levels of everyone present fell into his mind one by one. Most of them were It’s the fifth or sixth level of Qi training. There are also very few who have reached the eighth or ninth level of Qi training. While in the observation room, Liang Yan suddenly noticed that there were three sunken caves on the cave wall. They did not look natural, but rather man-made. The front of the cave was blocked by a bamboo curtain, making it difficult to see what was going on inside.
“This is an auction held by Yixing Pavilion. Although some disciples from nearby sects will be temporarily recruited to assist, we will also send the foundation-building seniors from the sect to sit in case anyone makes trouble. The three figures on the cave wall In this cave, it is the three foundation-building seniors who came to supervise this time."
As if she could see the confusion in Liang Yan's eyes, the woman in red, Tang Yan, explained softly beside her, Liang Yan's face turned slightly. Hong nodded gratefully at her.
“We arrived too late, there are not many seats left, it seems we have to sit separately.” Chen Chong sighed.
"That's the only way, let's take our seats each." Xu Kun, a short and fat young man, walked towards one place first, and then Chen Chong also left alone. Tang Yan saluted Liang Yan and said with a smile: "Little girl I wish Brother Liang a great harvest in advance." After that, he walked towards a futon.
Liang Yan was left alone and found a remote corner to sit down. After about a cup of tea, I saw that no one had entered the cave entrance. Suddenly a figure flew out from the cave in the wall and landed on the horizontal wooden platform. He saw a scholar in Confucian robes, holding a folding fan. He glanced at the audience lightly and said:
"I'm Lin Fei , who serves as the dean of the Yixing Pavilion, is responsible for supervising this auction. Since you are here, you are giving me a face in the Yixing Pavilion. Son, I hope everyone can gain something from this, but if someone makes trouble here, Lin will never stand idly by!"
This is extremely polite. But the tone was cold, especially the last sentence, as the coercion of his Foundation Establishment Stage spread throughout the audience, making the Qi Refining Stage monks present feel trembling with fear. Liang Yan did not doubt that someone would cause trouble here. The scholar would kill him without hesitation.
Seeing that his goal was achieved, the scholar nodded to an old man with a red nose in the audience, and then retreated into the wall cave.
The old man jumped on the stage, coughed, and said to the audience: "Welcome everyone to participate in this auction. This time
is a little special. We have a few final treasures that will be placed at the front. I hope everyone will come back satisfied with the auction. Okay, without further ado, let’s start with our first auction item.”
As he spoke, there were two beautiful women carrying a tray. Walking up, there was a mahogany box on the tray.
“This first auction item is the top priority today. It is a talisman refined by a Taoist senior. It can be used after the fifth level of Qi training. It can explode with strength equivalent to the initial stage of foundation building. A full blow, but it can only be used three times."
As soon as this statement came out, the audience was in an uproar. Although a blow that can bring out the strength of the initial stage of foundation building can only be used three times, for these monks in the Qi refining stage, it is like three more chances to save their lives. This kind of treasure is indeed rare. Many children of big families in the crowd are already secretly gearing up and regard this talisman as something in their pockets.
Liang Yan just glanced at it briefly and then looked away. His current cultivation level is not enough. He doesn't even have the capital to activate the talisman, let alone pay attention to it. He came to the auction just to see if he can improve his cultivation. For the elixir.
As expected, the talisman was fetched a sky-high price by everyone, and was finally taken away by a middle-aged man in black for nine hundred spiritual stones. The old man couldn't help but smile when he saw the first auction item selling so well, and introduced the second treasure with a smile.
Unfortunately, these items were either talismans or spiritual weapons, and they were often of extremely high quality, exceeding Liang Yan's budget, so he did not bid for them.
Five items were auctioned one after another, all of which were sold at sky-high prices. Although the red-nosed old man looked calm, he was already happy in his heart. Once these auction items are sold, they will charge a commission of more than 20%.
At this time, it was the turn of the sixth auction item to come on stage. The old man opened the red cloth to cover it, and saw a light yellow wooden fish inside. Mortal things.
The red-nosed old man paused and said loudly: "This sixth auction item is a Buddhist treasure. It is very old. It is unknown who made it. But the level of the spiritual weapon is undoubtedly very high. , and when you meditate and practice, keep it by your side to calm your mind and assist your practice. The function can probably increase the cultivation speed by about 10%, but this will vary from person to person. The specific effect depends on your qualifications. The starting price is fifty spirit stones, so you can start bidding."
Everyone in the audience looked at each other, and no one responded for a moment. It was in sharp contrast to the popularity of the previous auction items. After a while, someone asked tentatively: "Does this wooden fish have any effect on attacking or trapping enemies? Or does it have any defensive means?"
The red-nosed old man touched his nose and smiled awkwardly. Liao smiled: "It doesn't have these effects, but we monks put our own cultivation first. , this treasure can assist in cultivation, and it is a rare thing."
As soon as these words came out, the audience immediately burst into uproar, and many monks shook their heads secretly. The previous auction items can all be found in the auction. It is a treasure that is used when fighting others. Once acquired, it can improve one's own strength. On the other hand, although this wooden fish seems to be of extremely high grade, it is of no use against the enemy. It only has the effect of assisting in increasing the cultivation speed by 10%, which is really useless. No one is stupid, no matter what your old man says, no one will step forward to be taken advantage of at this moment.
The red-nosed old man still refused to give up. He glanced around, just wanting to find an attractive buyer.
This wooden fish was accidentally obtained when he was exploring a secret place before. He originally thought it was some kind of treasure, but after studying it for a long time, he found that it had no effect except that it could calm the mind. Only then, through connections, was he brought to auction privately to make up for some losses.
At this time, everyone in the audience was impatient to wait. Seeing that no one raised their placards, some people even started to urge, and there was a sudden chaos in the scene.
The red-nosed old man sighed secretly in his heart and said slowly: "In that case, let's change to the next one first."
A voice suddenly came from the hall,
"Fifty spirit stones, I want them!"
(End of this chapter)