Chapter 518 Map
Yuquanfang City.
In a secret room at the auction, Lin Tianming leaned on a chair made of precious peach wood, looking at the fierce bidding below, with a helpless smile on his face.
For the past few days, he has been wandering around Yuquanfang City. He has appeared in almost every restaurant, stall area, and even some shops.
Relying on the powerful spiritual consciousness, no one in this city can detect it.
Therefore, he changed various identities without any scruples and secretly inquired about all useful information.
At the same time, he also spent a lot of money to launch missions, just to find all the clues about dried jade grass.
However, even so, the results are still not optimistic.
Fortunately, in the past few days, the annual Fangshi Auction was held, causing the flow of people in the entire Yuquanfang City to increase significantly.
It is a pity that this auction is only a small gathering, and there is no auction for the golden elixir stage monks.
However, with the mentality of giving it a try, Lin Tianming still participated in the auction of the foundation building field.
Up to this time, the auction had already started for half an hour.
Thousands of foundation-building monks gathered together. The auction items were rare treasures for these monks, so the scene was extremely lively.
However, Lin Tianming lacked interest. After more than ten rounds of bidding, no treasure could attract his attention.
In this way, he only paid attention to the progress, but never made a bid.
Until then, the auction host below was holding a scroll, and his loud voice spread throughout the venue.
“A simple map of Wudu Mountain, a fierce place, which seems to record a golden elixir ruins. The starting price is 30,000 spirit stones, and each increase in price must not be less than 300 spirit stones.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire foundation auction house suddenly became restless.
I saw nearly a thousand monks in the public area, and there was a lot of discussion at this time. There were both spectators and many people planning to bid.
But even so, no one spoke, seeming to be half-convinced about the authenticity of this map.
So someone couldn't hold it any longer and took the lead in asking: "Fellow Daoist Zhang, I'm afraid it's hard to tell whether this map is authentic or not."
"Especially the cave ruins inside are impossible to verify. Just a map like this can't be verified." You want 30,000 spirit stones to start shooting, do you want us to be taken advantage of?"
"Yes..."
A monk on the seventh floor of the foundation also stood up and immediately spoke in agreement? .
“Is it possible to just make a map, mark some locations on it, and say it is the ruins of Jindan Cave, then these tens of thousands of spirit stones would be so profitable!”
As soon as these words came out, all the monks in the room immediately started talking, and the scene immediately became a sensation.
Obviously, these foundation-building monks are not fools.
Because this kind of thing happens all the time in the world of immortality, many people spent tens of thousands of spiritual stones to get a fake map, and finally took the risk to hunt for the treasure. As a result, they lost their lives even though the treasure was not found.
As such things gradually increase, monks nowadays have always been very cautious about such half-true and half-false maps.
At this time, the monk in charge of the auction also looked unhappy when he saw the scene below.
However, because there were too many people making noises, even though he had reached the ninth level of foundation building and had accumulated a good reputation in the auctioneer industry, he did not dare to offend so many monks at the same time.
So, the monk surnamed Zhang, who was in charge of the auction, said seriously: "Comrades have such questions, and I understand."
"I have carefully examined this map. According to the After many years of judgment, there is a high probability that this picture is true.”< br>
“In addition, the fellow Taoist who provided this picture did enter the cave ruins and obtained some third-level treasures on the periphery.”
“It’s just that he was limited by his own strength and could not There was no way to go deep into it, so I put the map up for auction.”
"But the auctioneer also said that he can't guarantee that there will be more treasures inside. Otherwise, the bidding will not only start with 30,000 spirit stones!"
"As for whether you believe it or not, The person who sent the auction did not force it. In short, if you want to take the photo, just do it. If you don’t want to, forget it.”
When the people below heard these words, they quickly fell into silence.
After a long time, a monk finally opened his bid, instantly breaking the silence of the whole place.
Obviously, even though the monk surnamed Zhang is not completely sure about the authenticity of the map.
But the golden elixir ruins still have a fatal temptation for these foundation-building monks.
After all, at the level of the foundation building stage, it is neither above nor below. It is not even a low-level monk, and it is even worse than a high-level monk.
They all know that once they are unable to enter the golden elixir stage, they will become nothing but loess in another hundred and eighty years.
Although it is difficult to tell whether a map like this is authentic or not, there are always some people who are willing to take the risk.
Although 30,000 to 40,000 spirit stones are quite a lot, once the golden elixir ruins really exist, getting one or two third-level treasures will be enough to make up for the cost of bidding on the map.
More importantly, if you are lucky, you will make a lot of money if you get the elixir-forming spiritual object.
There are still many people who think this way. As the first person to bid takes the lead, more and more people are participating in the bidding.
Soon, the bidding price of the map continued to rise. After more than ten rounds of bidding, it reached 43,000 spirit stones.
And the price continues to rise with the warm atmosphere at the scene.
If this continues, I'm afraid it won't be long before the map's auction price exceeds the fifty thousand spirit stone mark, and it's only a matter of time.
At this moment, Lin Tianming was looking at the bidding below and thinking in his heart.
In his eyes, this map is a coincidence, as it happens to be his soon-to-be destination of Wudu Mountain.
For this map, Lin Tianming almost didn’t think much and planned to take a photo of it.
In his opinion, these foundation-building monks are afraid of being fake, and they are even more worried about the dangers in Wudu Mountain.
But he had already made up his mind. Regardless of whether it was true or false or dangerous, he would go to Wudu Mountain to find out.
For this reason, he also made a lot of preparations. He spent thousands of spiritual stones to buy some simple maps drawn by the monks themselves.
Among them, these maps may be true or false.
But he doesn’t care anymore!
Anyway, he has a rich net worth now. Not to mention the tens of thousands of spiritual stones, even the hundreds of thousands of spiritual stones he does not take seriously.
As long as the map is real and effective, even if it is only effective in a small area, it is worthwhile for him.
The map currently being auctioned is very comprehensive, and it may even contain the ruins of the Jindan monk's cave, so he must capture it even more.
So, Lin Tianming, who was bound to win, finally cheered up.
As the fierce bidding below continues, the bidding price of the map has reached 51,500 spiritual stones.
At this time, the number of bidders gradually decreased, and only a few people were still insisting.
Obviously, the current price of this map is too high.
Some people who had a trying mentality seemed to think it was not worth it, so they gave up and continued bidding.
And some people have fallen into madness and gone completely blind. After several rounds of bidding, the price of the map reached fifty-four thousand spiritual stones.
At this time, Lin Tianming looked at the stalemate below and shouted out a price without hesitation.
"Seventy thousand spirit stones!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire foundation auction house fell into silence. Many monks raised their heads and looked in the direction of the VIP rooms, as if they wanted to see who was so wealthy.
And with this picture, he was obviously shocked by his bidding method.
It’s not surprising when you think about it. The starting price of this map is only 30,000 spirit stones. The people present are all Foundation Establishment monks. Even those on the second and third levels of Foundation Establishment can get it.
But at the price of 70,000 spirit stones, it is not that easy for even those monks in the late stage of foundation building to take out without breaking their muscles and bones.
Lin Tianming raised nearly 20,000 spirit stones in one go. With such a bidding momentum, he was obviously bound to win.
As expected, after Lin Tianming called out the price, the scene was silent for a while.
As for the several monks who were still bidding fiercely, they all looked hesitant, and they were obviously fighting psychologically again.
The other monks watching the show also looked surprised, and many acquaintances were also talking privately.
At this time, the monk surnamed Zhang who was in charge of the auction looked at the lively scene below and felt a little disappointed when he saw that no one continued to bid.
As a few breaths passed, no one opened a bid.
Seeing this, the monk surnamed Zhang was helpless and could only announce in public that the map had been sold for 70,000 spirit stones.
Time passed in a short while.
Outside the VIP room where Lin Tianming was, a female cultivator walked into the VIP room with a light body.
The heroine has a beautiful face, her waist can be grasped and twists like a water snake, and her eyes are full of charm.
Lin Tianming turned his head and saw that the scroll in the woman's hand was the map being auctioned.
So, he didn't pay much attention, casually took out 70,000 spirit stones and handed them to the female cultivator, and then sent her away.
Immediately afterwards, he opened the map without stopping. At the same time, he took out the maps he had collected recently and carefully compared them with the current map.
After some comparison, there are many similarities between the geographical environment recorded on this map with ruins and the information recorded on the maps he collected these days.
However, there are many places where you don’t want to do anything. Obviously some maps are fake.
Lin Tianming had already expected such an error and didn't care about this slight difference.
According to his judgment, now that he has obtained this valuable map, there is indeed a lot of credibility.
But before exploring, he couldn’t tell whether it was true or false.
However, no matter what, Lin Tianming is still quite satisfied, at least in terms of maps and understanding of Wudu Mountain, he has gained a lot more depth.
In this way, this time I just went to Wudu Mountain to look for traces of dried jade grass, and also to explore the possible existence of the golden elixir ruins.
Holding back his excitement, Lin Tianming continued to follow the progress of the auction.
The auction was then held as usual, and a large number of second-level treasures appeared, which raised the lively atmosphere again.
Immediately afterwards, dozens of final items arrived, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly reached its peak.
Among the finale items, there were third-level treasures, as well as some magical weapons for the four arts of immortality that were auctioned.
Seeing these things, Lin Tianming did not miss the opportunity.
He spent a lot of spiritual stones and took some good treasures casually, including a second-level mid-grade alchemy furnace and two relatively rare elixirs.
After all, as an alchemist, he habitually collects some elixir materials. Even if he doesn't use them now, he won't look for them everywhere when he needs them in the future.
In addition, rare items are easy to get rid of at any time, and can also be exchanged for other useful treasures.
As for the second-order alchemy furnace, it is relatively scarce in the Lin family today.
With the family's vigorous cultivation over the years, there are more and more talents in the four arts of immortality, among which the number of alchemists has doubled.
Therefore, alchemy furnaces are quite scarce, especially second-order alchemy furnaces.
The opportunity to come across a second-level alchemy furnace auction like this is a rare one.
If it were in Qianchuanfang City, a second-level alchemy furnace would probably appear only at a large gathering once every ten years.
Such a predicament can only be completely changed when Lin Shilu becomes a third-level weapon refiner and has his hands free.
And now and in the next twenty years, the Lin family is still very lacking in alchemy furnaces.
Because of this, Lin Tianming took a picture of this second-level alchemy furnace and could bring it back to his family in the future, which was considered as doing his part.
Under such circumstances, Lin Tianming also made some pretty good gains in this auction of the foundation building site.
As the auction ended, Lin Tianming did not stay long and returned directly to the temporarily rented cave.
In the secret room, Lin Tianming sat cross-legged, with some maps he had compiled in front of him.
After studying the map again and analyzing all the clues carefully, Lin Tianming immediately fell into deep thought.
Based on these maps, he basically grasped the general situation inside part of Wudu Mountain.
However, Wudu Mountain has a large area and the situation is very complicated, and changes will follow.
These maps can only be used as a reference. After entering, you still need to be extra careful.
In short, it can be summarized as one principle and two goals.
The principle is to search as many areas as possible while ensuring your own safety to find the first target, which is the traces of dried jade grass.
If conditions permit, go look for the second target, the ruins of the Jindan Cave.
For this reason, he planned to stay in Yuquanfang City for two days to rest. After adjusting his condition, and then making sufficient preparations, he could set off secretly.
Having made up his mind, Lin Tianming did not delay and immediately began to practice with his eyes closed.
Two days later.
In the early morning, Yuquanfang City gradually became lively.
At this time, Lin Tianming changed his appearance and left Yuquanfang City quietly.
Until Yujian flew more than two hundred miles and walked out of the outskirts of Yuquanfang City.
While there was no one around, he released the purple golden eagle, and then immediately jumped on the little eagle's back and sat down.
After receiving Lin Tianming's instructions, the little eagle flew into the air thousands of feet high without any delay, and then quickly shot towards the southwest corner.
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(End of this chapter)