novelapdf Chapter 1887: First Show of Fame
Chapter 1887: First Show of Fame
Chapter 1887: First Show of Fame
Just when the jar of wine was almost finished, there was a sudden noise from the auction platform below.
Two Golden Immortal cultivators flew to the auction platform at the same time. One of them was wearing a tall crown and was the other deputy mountain master of Baizao Mountain in the Black Earth Immortal Domain. The other was a cultivator from the Immortal Palace whom Luo Hong had met twice before.
After the two introduced the rules of the auction, they quickly announced the official start of the auction.
Then, the two of them stepped down from the auction platform, and a foreign man wearing colorful feather clothes floated up.
This alien had an ugly appearance, and looked like a toad's head on the neck of a large colorful bird. But when he opened his mouth, his voice was exceptionally clear and pleasant.
"Welcome all distinguished guests to Yukun Tower. Everyone knows the rules, so we will directly start the auction of the first treasure."
As the auctioneer spoke, a graceful and beautiful female cultivator walked up to the bidding platform holding a fiery red guqin, immediately attracting the attention of everyone present.
Han Li glanced over it and found that the zither was worthy of its name. The body of the zither was made of chicken blood wood, the head of the zither was carved into the shape of a phoenix head, and the tail of the zither was decorated with a cluster of feathers, carved into the shape of a phoenix tail.
The overall look is as smooth as jade, emitting a hint of blush, like blood-colored clouds, extremely exquisite.
However, Han Li looked left and right, and even activated his spiritual eyes, but he could not see any spiritual energy from the zither.
"Brother Luo, this should be just an ordinary object, right?"
Han Li couldn't help but have some doubts about the level of the Yukun Auction.
But before Luo Hong could reply, he listened to the alien auctioneer below, introducing:
“I believe you have all heard of Pei Qingling, the master of the Thousand Fingers Fantasy Sound. This Fengming Qin was the instrument he treasured the most before he began to practice.
Therefore, although this piano is just an ordinary item, it is also of extraordinary significance.
The starting price is fifty Immortal Yuan Stones, and each bid increase must not be less than five Immortal Yuan Stones."
"Fifty Immortal Yuan Stones, I want them!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a soft female voice came from a VIP room on the third floor.
"There is actually someone who spends fifty immortal stones to buy a mortal object! Who is Pei Qingling?"
Han Li was greatly surprised when he saw this, but he also knew that the person who made the bid was not going for the guqin itself.
"I didn't expect that Fellow Daoist Li had never heard of the name 'Thousand Fingers Illusion Sound'. This senior is quite legendary.
It is said that she was born in a music family in the Jinyuan Great Immortal Realm. She has top-level spiritual roots, but has always been obsessed with music and has not practiced it.
It wasn’t until her sixteenth birthday, when she played a song called Nihuang Pozhenqu, that she suddenly realized the truth. From then on, she couldn’t stop and cultivated all the way to the Daluo realm! "
Song Yaoguang also came from the Jinyuan Immortal Realm, so he was quite familiar with this famous female cultivator. He immediately introduced her with a bit of admiration.
However, when she heard Luo Hong's next words, the smile on her face disappeared instantly.
"Haha, Brother Li, you don't know that Fairy Pei is a rare and stunning woman, whether immortal or mortal.
As long as you take a picture of the Fengming Harp, you will have the chance to see its beauty in the future, which is well worth it.
I'll give you 100 Immortal Yuan Stones!"
Luo Hong thought this matter was quite interesting. Anyway, it was only about a hundred immortal stones at most, so he might as well take the picture.
"As long as Brother Luo thinks it's worth it."
Han Li smiled when he heard this and didn't try to persuade him further.
Anyway, a hundred or so immortal stones are just a drop in the bucket for Senior Brother Luo, so let him do as he pleases.
"One hundred and twenty immortal stones!"
But as soon as he finished speaking, Song Yaoguang on the side made an offer with some anger.
"Uh, Yaoguang, you want this zither too? If you had told me earlier, I wouldn't have offered the price. I would have wasted dozens of immortal stones in vain."
Luo Hong suddenly realized that he seemed to be a little too proud of himself. After secretly admonishing himself, he smiled awkwardly at Song Yaoguang.
One hundred and twenty immortal stones are already a sky-high price for an ordinary item, so when Luo Hong withdrew from the competition, Song Yaoguang immediately bought it.
After that, the items for auction immediately became normal. The second item alone was the "Purple Yang Pill" which could assist Golden Immortal cultivators in breaking through the Taiyi realm.
As rare items came on stage one after another, the atmosphere in the venue became increasingly heated, but Luo Hong and the other two did not bid again.
For Han Li, the biggest goal at the moment is to survive the bad luck, and everything else is meaningless.
Song Yaoguang almost fell back into poverty in order to break through Taiyi, and he had already regretted spending more than a hundred immortal stones.
And Luo Hong didn't even come for the auction items. What he really cared about were the monks who were participating in the auction.
Although Silver Fox and Shi Chuankong were well disguised, Luo Hong still easily found them from the crowd below with the help of Daluo Yuanshen.
Another day passed. Among the three, except Han Li who felt that the "Time-Stop Pot" could help him refine the elixir once, Luo Hong and Song Yaoguang still just looked at it but did not buy it.
But Luo Hong quietly perked up. After waiting for more than two hours, he heard the foreign auctioneer say:
"This is the Wanhun Grass, also known as the 'Soul Immortal Grass'. The starting price is 10,000 Immortal Yuan Stones!"
Here it comes, the trap is coming.
The Wanhun Pill made from the Wanhun Grass is an excellent elixir to assist in the practice of the art of refining the soul. Its appeal to the monks of the Hall of Samsara is unparalleled.
Even though Luo Hong informed Silver Fox in advance, he still decided to take the risk and come.
As soon as the thought came to his mind, Luo Hong saw that Han Lao Mo beside him was about to bid, so he immediately sent a message to him:
"Brother Han, please don't make an offer!"
“But Senior Brother, this elixir will be of great benefit to my cultivation of the Divine Refining Technique. If you come across it, you must not miss it!”
Seeing that the price of Wanhun Grass was rising rapidly, Han Li suppressed his urge to bid and anxiously transmitted his message.
The art of refining the soul is the second sword currently hanging over Han Li's head, so even he can't help but feel a little impatient at the moment.
"Brother knows, and the Heaven Court knows even more!"
Luo Hong replied in a serious tone.
"Tian Ting, Senior Brother means..."
Han Li's heart trembled, but he quickly calmed down.
"That's right. This is a common tactic used by the Heavenly Court. If Junior Brother bids now, he will definitely be targeted by the monitoring immortals after the auction!"
It was not until Luo Hong entered the Pursuit Division that he found out that the Heavenly Court liked to target the art of refining spirits in order to deal with the monks of the Hall of Samsara.
After all, although the art of refining the spirits is powerful, it is also a death warrant.
Normally, the monks in the Samsara Hall would always be cautious no matter what happened, but it was very easy for them to reveal flaws in the art of refining the spirit!
"It turns out that this is the case. The Heavenly Court has really found our weak spot!"
Han Li fell silent after saying this, and his dissatisfaction with the Heavenly Court increased a lot.
After persuading Han Lao Mo, Luo Hong looked at the two Silver Foxes below again. Seeing that they were sitting on the Diaoyutai, he couldn't help but feel suspicious.
After all, if they really gave up, they wouldn't have to come to the auction at all.
"Whatever they plan to do, I'm just going to watch the show."
Luo Hong did not think too much about it. These two were able to escape in the original time and space. Now that they were prepared, it would definitely be easier for them to get away.
Soon, the auction of the Wanhun Grass ended.
As the auction entered its final stages, a few items that interested Luo Hong finally appeared, and he bought them all with his absolute financial resources.
"My fellow Taoists, let's begin the auction of the last three treasures.
The first one is "Blue Sea and Sky Wave Power"! "
As the alien auctioneer finished speaking, a blue box was placed on the table, and inside the box was an ancient blue jade slip.
"Bi Hai Tian Bo Gong? Is it the famous martial arts of the Bi Hai Zhen Jun back then?!"
A big man in a blue robe in the audience was stunned for a moment, then asked excitedly.
“Yes, this “Blue Sea Sky Wave Technique” is exactly the technique practiced by the Blue Sea True Lord who once dominated the Black Mountain Fairyland millions of years ago.
It can allow us to cultivate to the peak of Taiyi Realm at most. Among all the water-based techniques in the Black Mountain Fairyland, this technique can definitely be ranked in the top three!
Moreover, practicing this skill has a certain chance of enabling us to comprehend the law of tides. There are also corresponding magical powers in the jade slips.
I believe that as long as you know the True Lord of the Blue Sea, you will definitely understand the power of the Tidal Divine Ability, so the base price is 100,000 Immortal Yuan Stones, and each increase in price must not be less than 1,000!"
The alien auctioneer announced directly.
Complete and top-level skills are hard to come by in the fairy world. If used properly, it is very likely to create a powerful family or sect.
And those old forces naturally wouldn't mind increasing their own foundation.
Therefore, as soon as the bidding started, the competition became intense.
In just a few breaths, the price of this "Blue Sea and Sky Wave Kung Fu" was raised to a high price of 200,000 Immortal Yuan Stones.
After a while, when the price rose to 250,000, there were only two people left bidding.
Both parties were determined to win, so one of them soon found itself short of money.
"I don't have enough immortal stones, but I can sell this!"
Gritting his teeth, the big man in blue robe suddenly stood up and took out a long object.
This thing looks like an animal bone, and its entire body is as emerald green as jade, with nothing special about it.
Using this method to raise immortal stones was within the rules of the auction, so the alien auctioneer immediately paused the previous bidding and called the cultivator in charge of appraisal.
At the same time, Han Li on the third floor had already sat up slightly, staring at the emerald green animal bone, motionless.
"Haha, Junior Brother Han, are you trying to pick up a bargain?"
Luo Hong noticed his abnormality and immediately smiled and transmitted the message.
“Senior Brother Luo, I once picked up a similar animal bone in the wilderness. I was also unable to sense any spiritual fluctuations with my spiritual sense, as if it were just an ordinary bone.
But after trying it, I found that it was extremely hard and could not be cut by knives, axes, fire or freezing!"
Han Li did not hide it and immediately told the abnormality of the animal bones.
“Well, the reason for this is that someone imposed a very sophisticated spatial restriction on that animal bone.
If my guess is correct, it should be some kind of cave treasure, but it is not easy to open it. "
Luo Hong practiced the law of space and could immediately see the extraordinary features of the emerald green animal bone.
"Even Senior Brother can't do anything?"
Han Li said in a voice transmission with a slight frown.
"Haha, what I'm saying is that it's not easy for others.
For me, it’s just a matter of going through the motions.”
To open the beast bone, one needs to use a specific secret technique, and the other is to have sufficient cultivation of the laws of space.
Obviously, Luo Hong now meets the latter condition.
On the other hand, although the three appraisers from Yukun Tower had discovered the extraordinary nature of the emerald green animal bones, being special did not mean that they were valuable.
So, they directly asked the blue-robed man for his opinion.
The blue-robed man was not polite and immediately quoted a high price of thirty thousand Immortal Yuan Stones.
Of course the three Yukunlou appraisers were unwilling to accept the price. When they asked the blue-robed man why he quoted such a price, they only got the reply that he had escaped death by a narrow margin of death to obtain the bone.
Obviously, the blue-robed man had no idea of the value of the emerald green animal bones.
"Wait, I'm willing to pay 30,000 Immortal Yuan Stones!"
Just when the blue-robed man himself was in doubt, Master Jingyang on the second floor suddenly stood up and made a quotation, staring at the three appraisers with an unfriendly look.
"I'll give you forty thousand."
What no one expected was that a purple-haired man immediately made a bid, and the price increased to ten thousand!
Master Jingyang's face changed, knowing that he had met someone who knew the value of the product.
"Damn it, if it weren't for these three idiots, I would have successfully picked up a bargain this time!"
Master Jingyang cursed the three appraisers inwardly while preparing to make another bid.
But at this moment, the third bidder took the lead.
"Fifty thousand immortal stones."
Everyone looked together and soon recognized that the bidder was the currently very popular Master Jiulian, also known as Luo Hong.
When you become famous, people will give you a nickname. Luo Hong didn't care about it and just let it go. Gradually, outsiders started calling him that.
"Didn't they say that this bone cannot be used to refine weapons? Why did the master still take action?"
"Master Jiulian's weapon refining methods are beyond your and my imagination. He must have a special method!"
"Forget it. It's not worth offending him just for a gamble."
Originally, many cultivators in the venue saw people scrambling for the emerald green animal bones, and they also wanted to get involved.
But now that Luo Hong made an offer, they all gave up the idea.
After all, it is not a smart move to offend a master refiner who can refine a seventh-grade immortal weapon for a thing whose use is unknown.
Even Master Jingyang and the purple-haired man, who had already made bids, gave up their bids after recognizing Luo Hong.
Master Jingyang made this choice because, firstly, he did not dare to compete with Luo Hong due to his status, and secondly, he knew that he could not defeat Luo Hong with his financial resources.
The case of the purple-haired man is even simpler, because he is Shi Chuankong.
A defeated general naturally dare not talk about bravery.
"It looks like no one else has made an offer."
Luo Hong had expected this and smiled slightly.
"Oh, congratulations, Master, for winning this bone."
The alien auctioneer hastily announced.
Then, the maid handed over 50,000 immortal stones and emerald green animal bones to their new owners.
With these immortal stones, the blue-robed man directly added thirty thousand to the auction price of "Blue Sea and Sky Wave Power"!
"I really saved a lot of money today."
Luo Hong played with the emerald green animal bone in his hand, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
(End of this chapter)