Chapter 49 – The Firestone Beast
Chapter 49 – Firestone Beast
The day passed quickly, and at the stroke of midnight, the night was as dark as water, and Cloud Dream Mountain was brightly lit.
A five-story green-colored pavilion with the three golden words “Ya Ming Xuan” written on the plaque.
The lobby was spacious and bright, a blue-shirted young man with ordinary features was sitting in the corner, quietly drinking tea, and it was Shen Long who had changed his face.
A rosy-cheeked green-robed old man stood behind the counter, looking through the books.
There were quite a few good things in the underground auction, but the things were not from the right place, they could be stolen goods, or they could be the proceeds of killing and seizing treasures.
Shen Long also didn’t know what good things he would come across, and purposely changed his appearance.
He had arrived at Ya Ming Xuan a long time ago and observed for most of the hour, a number of Qi Refining cultivators exchanged a few words with the green-robed old man by voice transmission and then walked into the backyard.
Shen Long walked over and transmitted his voice, “Shopkeeper, I heard that an auction is held here?”
“Fellow Daoist go to the backyard yourself! The entrance is in the backyard.”
The green-robed old man said without lifting his head.
Shen Long nodded and took big steps towards the backyard.
The backyard was not big, there was a simple green-colored wooden house, and a tiger-backed, gold-shirted man stood at the door.
Shen Long walked over and politely asked, “Fellow Daoist, where is the entrance?”
The gold-shirted big man pushed open the door of the room, the room was not big, there was a green-colored stone staircase leading to the underground in the lower left corner, and a noise could be vaguely heard.
“Go in yourself!”
The big man in the golden shirt said.
Shen Long claimed his thanks and walked down the green stone steps, and it didn’t take long before he came to the ground, and after walking more than ten steps, he appeared in a three-acre underground cave.
Hundreds of cultivators were gathered here, mostly Qi refining cultivators, there were also a few Foundation Establishment cultivators.
In the center of the cave was a round high platform more than ten feet large, on which a green wooden table and a green wooden stool were placed.
Shen Long found a seat in front and waited quietly.
After a tea time, accompanied by a loud bell ringing, a big-bellied gold-shirted man walked to the top of the round high platform, looking at his breath, he was only at the Qi refining stage.
“Under Wu Shan, I am responsible for presiding over this auction, the highest bidder will win, if the spirit stones are not enough, you can take something to pledge, now start bidding.”
The gold shirt man briefly introduced a sentence, took out three golden porcelain bottles, said, “First-order elixir Purple Jade Dan, the antidote effect is very good, the base price of twenty pieces of spirit stones, each time the price increase shall not be less than two pieces.”
“Twenty-two!”
“Twenty-four!”
“Twenty-six!”
——
The price was climbing, Shen Long did not open his mouth to bid.
Purple Jade Pill was not a rare elixir, and many elixir stores could buy elixirs with similar effects.
Wu Shan quickly auctioned away three bottles of purple jade pills, took out two green porcelain bottles and said, “Golden Gun Pill, after taking it, it is not a problem to defend five women at night, the base price is twenty spirit stones, and each increase in the price shall not be less than five.”
“Twenty!”
“Twenty-five!”
“Thirty!”
——
Wu Shan took out one auction item after another, pills, weapon refining materials, spirit medicines, beast skins, and so on, all fetched a high price.
Shen Long didn’t open his mouth, it wasn’t that he couldn’t see it, but these things weren’t necessities for him.
After a tea time, after auctioning away a top-grade magic weapon, Wu Shan took out a blue jade box and opened it, there was a blue pill inside, emitting a strange aroma.
“Foundation Building Pill!”
Someone recognized the origin of this Dan.
When these words came out, there was a commotion among the Qi Refining cultivators present, and their gazes became fiery, especially those Qi Refining cultivators who failed to pass the examination.
“One Foundation Building Dan, base price twenty thousand spirit stones, each increase shall not be less than two thousand.”
Wu Shan said in a loud voice.
“Twenty thousand!”
“Twenty-two thousand!” “Twenty-four thousand!”
——
The competition was fierce, Shen Long couldn’t get so many spirit stones.
After many bids, this Foundation Establishment Pill was finally sold at a high price of forty-six thousand dollars.
A medium-sized yellow-shirted man walked to the top of the round high platform in big strides and communicated with Wu Shan in a voice transmission, who nodded.
“This fellow Daoist doesn’t have enough on him and intends to sell something, we are only providing the venue and are not responsible for authenticity.”
Wu Shan said this and retreated to the side.
The yellow-shirted man took out more than twenty items, and a red spirit beast egg caught Shen Long’s attention.
Shen Long walked up to the circular high platform and picked up the red spirit beast egg, feeling that his hands grasped a fiery flame, which was incredibly hot, but the spirit beast egg’s vitality was very weak.
“What kind of spirit beast egg is this?”
Shen Long asked curiously.
“I don’t know, I found it in a dead volcano, if you are interested, five hundred spirit stones will be sold to you.”
The yellow-shirted man said.
“Five hundred spirit stones? The vitality is so weak, whether it can hatch or not is still a matter of two words, otherwise you can hatch it and take it to sell, one hundred spirit stones.”
Shen Long bargained.
“At least three hundred, there are quite a few people who pay high prices to buy from me.”
The yellow-shirted man said.
“One hundred and fifty, forget it if you don’t want it.”
Shen Long put down the spirit beast egg and was about to leave.
The yellow-shirted man hurriedly called out to Shen Long and agreed to the business.
He had gotten this spirit beast egg for many years and had not been able to hatch it, or else hatching it and then selling it would be able to sell it at a higher price.
Shen Long paid the spirit stone and put away the spirit beast egg.
The others also saw the spirit beast egg, but the vitality was very weak and the difficulty of hatching was very high.
The yellow-shirted man sold quite a few things, even selling two medium-grade magic weapons, and barely managed to gather enough spirit stones to buy this Foundation Establishment Pill.
He left the venue in a hurry, and a few cultivators tried to follow him out and were stopped.
“According to the rules, wait for him to leave for a little more than half a quarter of an hour before letting the others leave, we are doing this for the sake of the bidders.”
Wu Shan said.
Hearing this, the few cultivators then returned to their original positions.
Auctioning away the Foundation Building Dan, Wu Shan took out three blue porcelain bottles and said, “Crow Moon Spirit Water, it is different from the Foundation Building Dan, of course, the effect is definitely not as good as the Foundation Building Dan, however, it can be taken together with the Foundation Building Dan to increase the success rate of Foundation Building, separate auctions, the base price is 10,000 Spirit Stones, and the increase in price shall not be less than 1,000 each time.”
Shen Long was not interested, he had the Royal Spirit Order and could exchange it for a Foundation Building Dan.
Using the Royal Spirit Order to worship the Royal Spirit Sect, one could obtain a Foundation Building Dan and pass the examination to become a disciple of the Royal Spirit Sect, just to get started, and to get the Foundation Building Dan required a large amount of good deeds.
He had a great use for keeping the Royal Spirit Order, but he couldn’t use it at the moment.
“Ten thousand!”
“Ten thousand!”
“Twelve thousand!”
——
The competition was particularly fierce, and all three bottles of Ebony Moon Spirit Water were auctioned off at high prices, with the lowest price being twenty-five thousand spirit stones.
“This auction ends here, we will prepare better auction items next time.”
Wu Shan said.
The cultivators present left the venue one after another, Shen Long just bought a spirit beast egg.
He wandered around the streets and returned to the Immortal Gathering Residence.
Returning to his room, Shen Long activated the prohibition in the house and entered the Royal Spirit Tower.
(End of chapter)