Chapter 176: Harbouring Evil Intentions
"shut up!"
In the aura, Master Yunlan's eyes were as bright as lightning. Seeing that there was no one in the sea, he slapped his big hand downwards.
Rumble.
A massive amount of mana gathered in the palm of his hand and turned into a palm that was slapped on the ocean. The huge waves swept across a hundred miles in radius and continued to sweep away in all directions at an incredible speed.
With a casual blow, a wave phenomenon covering hundreds of miles was formed on the sea surface. The waves splashed and Master Yunlan gritted his teeth.
"Old man, I have been greatly favored by my sect. If you dare to covet my Yunshang Sect in the slightest, I will crush you."
"Don't be angry. I have no interest in your Yunshang Sect. Helping me is also helping yourself."
"Jie Jie... It seems that you still don't give up. You hope to get a spiritual object that can make up for the foundation... But it doesn't matter. I'm waiting for you to give up."
"In the future, you will understand that you have no other way except the method I give you."
"However, some people still need to be found in advance. If they are late, things will be delayed."
After the voice floating in his ears dispersed, Master Yunlan's eyes were gloomy and uncertain, and the veins on his clenched palms were exposed.
…
Nanya Fairy City.
Auction.
In the tall tower, boxes are surrounded in mid-air, and below are rows of seats made of white jade.
The furnishings in the box were simple, with just a couch and a window in front of it that could look out. Shen Lian looked at the monks who came in from below.
"They still dare to come into the city."
While waiting for the auction to start, Shen Lian saw the wine seller and the blind old woman sitting next to each other on the white jade seats below.
Then, he looked around at the boxes around him, and soon saw the fake Dan master sitting on the Yuelu Spirit Ship at the window of a box.
At this moment, the fake Dan Master was condescendingly looking at the old woman and the bartender.
Shen Lian's eyes showed curiosity. According to his speculation, this old woman was probably a magic cultivator, and she was also seriously injured.
But he appeared at the auction in the city in a grand manner, and he seemed to be extremely confident in his concealment methods.
I just don’t know what kind of expression this fake elixir monk will have on his face when he knows that he is a demonic elixir queen.
Shen Lian leaned on the couch and closed his eyes, waiting for the auction to begin.
The name of the great city lord of Nanya Immortal City, Elder Jindan of the Yunshang Sect, is very useful. In addition, Nanya Immortal City is a place where sea and land converge, and its prosperity cannot be compared with other immortal cities.
When Shen Lian opened his eyes again, the white jade seats below were already filled with monks, and even the private rooms were already filled with people.
The seats in the auction hall cost 100 spiritual stones, while the private rooms ranged from 1,000 to 3,000 spiritual stones.
From this, we can also see the prosperity of Nanya City. The auction once a month can have such a large number of visitors.
The main ones who came were foundation builders, plus a few fake alchemy monks.
"clang!"
"clang!"
Two crisp sounds sounded in the auction venue, and the door of the venue slowly closed, making the space inside the venue a little darker.
But in the blink of an eye, the gems embedded in various places in the field emitted soft light, which suddenly filled the entire place.
The monks in the field were all enveloped in this soft spiritual light.
Shen Lian squinted at the gems embedded throughout the venue, feeling the spiritual light falling like ripples from above.
"Array?"
He released his spiritual thoughts without revealing anything, and scanned all over the venue again, and he once again confirmed what he was thinking.
This is an irregular formation.
This formation belongs to a different sect and is quite troublesome to set up, but it is easy to hide invisibly and is difficult for ordinary people to detect.
Moreover, the formation also surrounded the auction venue, and the spiritual thoughts could not penetrate outside the venue.
Why would the auction house secretly arrange such a formation?
Shen Lian's mind suddenly rose.
But now he was trying to sense the falling light, but he didn't notice anything strange.
Arrange a magical formation just to use it as a light bulb?
How many mines does the family have to burn like this?
Not finding anything strange about himself, Shen Lian's spiritual thoughts fell on the monks in the venue.
Under the soft light, the other monks did not change much.
…
Inside the auction venue, two monks wearing robes embroidered with clouds, an old man and a young man, stood with their hands behind their backs.
"Just watch, I'm going to host the auction."
The old monk spoke softly and then flew away.
…
"Fellow Taoists, Yun is very polite."
As a gentle voice sounded, an old man in white fell above the auction table in the center of the venue.
The aura exuding from this person exceeds that of Zhuji, and he is obviously a fake alchemy master.
Taking advantage of the moment when the venue above opened, Shen Lian, whose mind had long been wandering on the ceiling, swept across it.
Unfortunately, as the old man in white fell, the open ceiling above closed again, and soft light once again filled the entire auction venue.
In the box, Shen Lian looked at the auction table at the venue.
In that sudden glance, he sensed a figure behind him, but the time was too short to pry further.
…
"Ahem!"
Master Yunhe's spiritual mind swept across the entire venue, taking in the monks in the venue one by one, and then coughed lightly.
"Some of you fellow Taoists have come to the auction more than once. Before this auction, the rules were still the same. But if a fellow Taoist brings a spiritual object to repair the golden elixir, I will buy it at three times the price."
Some of the cultivators in the venue showed surprise in their eyes.
These were their first time here. They thought that the news from the South Sea was hearsay. They didn't expect that they were actually collecting spiritual objects to repair the foundation of Taoism.
The auction venue suddenly became quiet, from the private rooms to the ordinary seats.
It's not so easy to find spiritual objects that can repair the golden elixir.
After a dozen breaths of silence, Master Yunhe shook his head gently.
"Okay, the auction officially begins."
"As for the rules of the auction, I won't repeat them. During the auction, it is forbidden to suppress and threaten, otherwise you will be severely punished."
With a wave of his hand, Master Yunhe took out the first spiritual object, which was a watery magic sword.
...
Next, dozens of auction items covered elixirs, magic tools, etc., including flying swords, flying knives, alchemy tripods, compasses and other spiritual objects.
Shen Lian didn't look at these finished products at all. He only wanted the raw materials.
"The next magic weapon is a second-level medium-grade magic weapon, the Five Elements Treasure Light Compass."
"This item is made of five spiritual plants, gold, wood, water, fire and earth, rather than five kinds of mineral materials. It can release the five elements of Luo Guang, forming a shield at a critical moment to resist the attack of a ninth-level cultivator."
"Of course, this magic weapon will be useless after use."
"Five elements spiritual objects?"
Looking at the five-color compass that appeared on the auction table, the cultivators present were all surprised.
All the better five-element spiritual root cultivators were absorbed by various sects. Among the casual cultivators, those who have five spiritual roots also choose one or two spiritual roots as the main spiritual roots.
It is a waste of emotion to take out this five-color compass.
Of course, it is not ruled out that there are exceptions and cultivators with opportunities who can be promoted all the way to the foundation-building level.
"The starting price of the Five Elements Treasure Light Compass is 10,000 low-grade spirit stones."
When the auction started, there were only a few cultivators bidding. It was not because the Five Elements Treasure Light Compass was not good, but because it was too useless for the cultivators present.
The only bright spot was its defensive function.
"12,000 low-grade spirit stones."
"1,600."
"18,000."
Among the few cultivators who bid, there was a middle-aged cultivator sitting on a white jade seat with a nervous look.
"18,000 spirit stones once."
On the auction stage, Yunhe Zhenren looked at everyone with a smile.
"Does anyone else bid? 18,000 spirit stones twice."
"18,000 three times, OK, this Five Elements Treasure Light Compass belongs to this fellow Taoist."
Shen Lian squinted his eyes and looked down. He had been traveling all over the country for so long, and he had only seen the sale of Five Elements magic tools twice, including this time.
The last time he was cheated.
This time...
His divine sense fell on the formation of the venue again. Just when the five elements magic weapon appeared, the formation fluctuated.
Most formations have multiple changes, and each change has its own focus.
"Investigate the five spiritual roots cultivator?"
Shen Lian frowned. Spiritual roots are the great secret of the human body. The way the Holy Spirit Palace investigated them was indeed amazing.
But he didn't think the formation in front of him had such ability.
Looking at the other cultivators, Shen Lian understood.
In fact, it is simple. Whoever bids has five spiritual roots. This is the simplest and most straightforward way to judge.
At least the cultivator who bid for this spiritual object is most likely to have five spiritual roots.
The fluctuation just now should be the person behind the venue, who is using the formation to observe the movement in the venue.
Under his eyes, Shen Lian saw through the cover-up of the cultivator who obtained the five elements magic weapon.
It looks like he is in the sixth level of foundation building and looks middle-aged.
In fact, he is in the ninth level of foundation building and looks young.
…
"The next spiritual object is a second-grade upper-grade deep-sea water crystal ore."
On the auction stage, Yunhe Zhenren's hand flashed, and a piece of azure blue crystal appeared in front of everyone.
"This object can speed up the cultivation speed of water spiritual root cultivators above the seventh level of foundation building, and can also be used to arrange water-based formations. It weighs 320 kilograms, and the starting price is 70,000 lower-grade spiritual stones."
"75,000."
"78,000."
"80,000."
In the box, Shen Lian also started bidding.
The probability of picking up a large and good spiritual object is not high.
"85,000."
…
Soon the price rose all the way to 100,000.
"110,000."
In the box, Shen Lian continued to raise the price.
Such a large piece of water-attributed spiritual object is of great use to him. Water-based spiritual objects are the most suitable spiritual objects in the ocean.
He has more than ten third-grade water-based formations in his hand. After refining such a large ore, it is enough to build a third-grade formation as one of the large formations to protect the advancement.
"111,000."
A fake Dan cultivator continued to speak.
"120,000."
...
"120,000 three times."
The voice of Yunhe Zhenren sounded continuously, and finally the raw ore of deep-sea water spirit crystal stone fell into Shen Lian's hands.
"The next spiritual object is the second-level top-grade ore, the dazzling divine crystal stone."
After auctioning a few more spiritual objects, a fist-sized milky white stone appeared in Yunhe Zhenren's hand, and he felt dizzy when his mind landed on it.
Yunhe pointed to the milky white ore and said softly: "There is no need to say more about this thing. It can be used to set up formations and can be used to refine soul-type magic tools."
At this moment, several fake Dan cultivators in the box were also attracted. The rarity of soul-defense magic tools has always been far higher than other magic tools of the same level, and they are hard to come by.
"What a pity."
"Fellow Daoist Yunhe, the ore is good, but it is useless if you can't find a master to refine it."
The level of refining of soul-type magic tools is much more difficult than that of the same level. Even if you can bid for it, everyone present is afraid that they are still a little short of status to find a third-level master to refine it.
"Besides, this piece of ore is too small. Even if you find a refiner, it may not be able to refine it."
"That's right, it's useless."
The fake Dan cultivators in the box spoke one after another.
When the fake Dan cultivators spoke, the foundation-building cultivators could only listen quietly, and no one dared to interfere.
"The starting price of the dazzling divine crystal stone is 80,000 low-grade spirit stones."
"90,000 low-grade spirit stones."
As the bidding began, the fake Dan masters who were sighing and wavering just now were more honest than their mouths when bidding.
One was more ruthless than the other.
"One hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones."
"One hundred and twenty thousand."
"One hundred and fifty thousand."
A second-level ore was directly reduced to the level of a third-level ore.
But it is normal for a spirit object of the soul type to be sold at four or five times the price of other spirit objects of the same level at an auction.
"One hundred and sixty thousand!"
In the box, Shen Lian also started bidding.
He did not expect to encounter the dazzling divine crystal stone, which is something that is hard to come by.
As a master of refining weapons, he now only has a one-time talisman array to protect his sea of thoughts.
This piece of ore is a little small, but if he refines it carefully, it is not a problem to refine a few needles.
I met Xue Zishou from Tianyuan Sect before, and the needle in his hand was probably refined from the ore of the soul attribute.
It is true that people are so annoying when compared with others.
He is competing for raw materials here, while others are using finished products.
Shen Lian was highlighted in the bidding of fake alchemy monks, and he had previously bid for the original ore of the water spirit crystal stone.
Suddenly, he felt several divine thoughts, which fell directly on him.
He sneered at this.
He had a third-level iron fist.
"Two hundred thousand."
Thinking of this, Shen Lian directly raised the price to two hundred thousand.
When this price was announced, the fake Dan cultivators present paused. If it was a finished soul magic weapon, they would definitely fight for it.
But a small piece of ore...
In the end, the Xuanmu Divine Crystal was put into Shen Lian's pocket.
"First one hundred thousand, then two hundred thousand spirit stones. The foundation-building friend below is very wealthy."
In the upper box, several fake Dan cultivators communicated with each other through voice transmission.
"The sea is rough and the boat capsizes quickly."
"Does anyone know the origin of this person?"
"Nan Ya Xiancheng gathers cultivators from all over the sea and land. There are so many cultivators coming and going. It is normal for one or two wealthy juniors to emerge."
Several fake Dan cultivators communicated, but their eyes were all flashing.
"Fellow Daoists, be careful with your words. This is Nanya Immortal City. You need to be generous."
The exchange between several fake pill cultivators made Shen Lian look strange. These fake pills, one by one, had the strongest spiritual power of only one and a half penny stones.
"Ahem."
A light cough sounded, and the attention of the auction venue returned to Yunhe Zhenren.
"The following is the finale of this auction. Fellow Daoists or Daoists with younger generations in your family or sect are blessed."
After looking around the venue again, Yunhe Zhenren shook his sleeves and a red light flashed out.
A strong fire surged on the auction table.
"A quasi-third-level magic weapon embryo, the Red Fire Bell."
I saw a small bell gently floating in the red flames, and it also made a crisp sound.
In an instant, Shen Lian, who had been squinting in the box, suddenly widened his eyes.
This...
Red Fire Bell?
This is clearly the small bell he had refined before.
