Chapter 122 Huge amount of spiritual stones received
After receiving the promise that Xu Feng would draw the talisman immediately after he completely recovered from his injury, Master Yinglong and his apprentice were ready to leave with satisfaction.
But before leaving, the old shopkeeper called him aside and told him in a serious voice:
"Xu Xiaoyou, you must be prepared for this talisman-making assessment!
Long Er was here just now, but I didn't say something clearly. If you come out on top in this talisman-making assessment, you will get a great opportunity. "
"What a great opportunity?"
Xu Feng repeated it unconvincingly.
"Yes, for us Qi Refining monks, isn't foundation building a great opportunity?"
The words that came out of the old shopkeeper's mouth immediately made him freeze on the spot.
To be honest, from the time he heard about the assessment until just now, he didn't take it too seriously.
But when he suddenly heard that this matter was actually related to foundation building, he was shocked and quickly asked:
"What do you mean, as long as I win this assessment, I can directly build the foundation?"
Seeing that he no longer had a careless expression, the old shopkeeper finally paid attention to this matter, nodded with satisfaction, and then replied with a smile:
"I didn't say that, but if you win first place and get the favor of the second-level Talisman Maker sent by the headquarters, then you will get a chance to build a foundation.
As for what this opportunity is, I can't tell you yet, but you must seize this opportunity, otherwise you will regret it. "
After saying that, without waiting for Xu Feng to ask further questions, the old shopkeeper turned around calmly and left with his apprentice.
He was left standing there alone, guessing.
"What's the chance of building a foundation? It's all this old guy's fault. Either you don't say anything, or you say everything and half of it, leaving people feeling confused."
In the next few days, besides refining alchemy and practicing, he kept thinking about this issue in his mind.
However, he still had no clue until the four Liang Laos returned from the auction.
"Xiao Feng, why are you so frowning? Did something happen while we were away these few days?"
As soon as he came back, Luo Xinran, who had the closest relationship with him, discovered at a glance that he had something on his mind.
Hearing this, the other two people immediately came over and looked at him very worriedly.
"No, it's okay. Looking at you all smiling, you've gained a lot from this auction, right?"
Xu Feng didn't want to talk about this topic, not because he didn't trust them, but mainly because he hadn't said anything about it yet, and it would be of no use to talk about it, it would only add to the worries.
So he cleverly changed the subject.
Liang Wan'er was the least scheming person. As soon as she heard what he said, she couldn't help but show off:
"Brother Xu, look, this is the jade hairpin artifact I bought at the auction for sixty spirit stones. The mythical beast Phoenix is carved on it. Isn't it beautiful?"
Xu Feng took it and took a look, smiled and praised:
"The carving is very delicate and lifelike. It is so beautiful. This hairpin suits you very well.
Come on, stick your head over here and I'll plug it in for you. "
Seeing Xu Feng personally inserting hairpins for Liang Waner, Luo Xinran and Xu Tinglan were not to be outdone, and showed him the beauty elixirs and various accessories they bought at the auction.
"Xiao Feng, what do you think of this?"
"It's very good. It looks great on you."
"What do you think of this?"
"This elixir is amazing. According to the gossip I heard, the reason why the female nuns in the Liu family have such good skin is because they have taken this elixir for a long time."
"..."
After coaxing and deceiving, the three of them were finally persuaded back to the room. Xu Feng just wanted to take a sip of tea to moisten his dry throat.
Mr. Liang, who had entered the room as soon as he came back, now found him again.
"Master, please have some tea."
In fact, Xu Feng already had a suspicion in his mind at this moment that Mr. Liang was looking for him to entrust him with the auction of the bottle of second-level spiritual honey.
"Crack!"
When Mr. Liang took the spirit tea, he took out a bulging storage bag from his waist and threw it on the table, but did not speak.
Xu Feng understood, picked up the storage bag from the table, and penetrated it with his spiritual consciousness.
But after just scanning it, he was shocked and swallowed unconsciously.
Because it was filled with colorful and sparkling spiritual stones, he did not dare to pour these spiritual stones out.
Because even a stone table with a radius of one foot in front of you cannot hold so many spiritual stones, and most of them will fall to the ground.
Only then did Mr. Liang speak.
"There are a total of 6,400 spiritual stones in here. You can pour them out and count them."
"Hahaha, no need, can I still not believe you, Master? You are definitely not wrong."
Xu Feng couldn't stop his smile at this moment. He grinned and said, hanging the storage bag on his waist and patting it gently.
"You're really lucky. Others who go into the mountains to hunt monsters have a narrow escape and can't earn many spiritual stones.
But luckily for you, you just found a storage bag on a dead body, and there was such a precious second-level spiritual honey in it.
If word of this spreads, I wonder how many monks will be envious to death? "
Facing Mr. Liang’s teasing, Xu Feng could only laugh and replied:
"Look what you always said, how dare you spread this kind of thing? I just count the spiritual stones quietly and have fun. But I didn't expect that this thing is actually worth so many spiritual stones?"
Facing his confusion, Mr. Liang shook his head with a smile. After taking a sip of tea, he slowly explained to him:
"The main reason is that this kind of spiritual honey is different from the general second-level spiritual honey. The number of spiritual medicine pollen contained in this kind of spiritual honey is not one hundred, but at least eighty.
Spiritual honey like this has the natural effect of removing erysipelas and regulating hidden diseases. It is basically not seen in the market. It will definitely be snatched up when it suddenly appears at the auction this time."
"Did all three forces make a move?"
"Yes, in the end, this bottle of spiritual honey fell into the hands of the Liu family. Their patriarchal age is less than 20 years old, and it is time for the hidden disease to break out.
With this bottle of spiritual honey, it is estimated that a lot of pain can be alleviated, and the number of full-strength shots can be increased."
"That shouldn't be the case. Didn't the other two families just watch and not fight for it?"
Xu Feng didn't understand after hearing this. Although the three families seemed to have a good relationship on the surface and would advance and retreat together when encountering problems, if there was a chance to destroy the other party, he didn't believe that the other two would miss the opportunity.
"At the beginning, they did compete with each other, and the price quickly broke through the 7,000 mark.
In the end, I don't know what kind of agreement the Liu family secretly reached with the other two families, and they all withdrew from the competition. In the end, this bottle of second-level spiritual honey was bought by the Liu family at a high price of 8,000 spiritual stones."
The old man squinted his eyes and answered. It seemed that he was a little tired after seven days of auctions.
"How much? 8,000, you just gave me 6,400 spiritual stones, so the handling fee is 1,600 spiritual stones, which is 20% of the auction price?"
"What do you think? People organize auctions just to make spiritual stones, can it be charity?"
The old man opened his eyes and glared at him, then scolded with a disdainful expression.
"But this is too shady. I just heard Wan'er say that the auction also charged 10 spirit stones per person for admission.
Calculated in this way, the admission fee plus the handling fee of the auction items, wouldn't the three forces be able to earn 100,000 spirit stones for one auction?"
Old Liang lowered his head and thought for a while, then nodded, seeming to agree with his estimated value.
"That's about right. This is how you make spirit stones at an auction."
After that, Xu Feng asked Old Liang about some of the auction's details, such as the finale auction items, until it was almost evening, and then he sent the old man back to his room to rest.
