The mortal self is the spiritual root of heaven

Chapter 6: Scanning goods (please recommend, please collect)

By the time Zhou Xun arrived at the auction site, hundreds of people had already gathered.This is also a hall with a similar layout to the one Zhou Xun went to for the first time.Probably dozens of feet in size.

In the middle is a high platform with a radius of five feet, with a straight path extending in each of the four directions of the high platform.

There is a pillar the size of a double hug standing on each corner, with some unknown birds and animals carved on it.

There are dozens of half-man-high stone platforms standing around the hall, but their purpose is unknown.

After waiting for about half an hour, a middle-aged man dressed as a shopkeeper walked up to the high platform and threw his fists around.It was the fat shopkeeper who was waiting in front of the building.

"Welcome all Taoist friends to my Wanbao Tower, in Yangsheng, Shimoda. I will host this auction."

"The Immortal Ascension Conference is coming soon. We at Wanbao Tower know that you are in urgent need of elixirs to break through bottlenecks and magical weapons to defeat your opponents, so we specially transported a batch of treasures from the main building. They are all hard to see on ordinary days, such as top-level magical weapons, broken Mirror Pill, as long as you pay the starting price."

Upon hearing the Broken Mirror Pill, the monks became commotion.

This realm-breaking pill, as the name suggests, helps monks break through bottlenecks.It is said to be below the level of foundation building, with 100% breakthrough to the first level of cultivation.The only drawback is that after taking one, the effects of the next one disappear.Therefore, a monk basically only takes it once in his life.

Although there are such major flaws, they cannot stop the monks' enthusiasm.

Most of the people participating in this auction were attending the Immortal Ascension Conference.There are nine out of ten monks stuck in the bottleneck inside.

Those who are stuck on the 12th floor, those who are stuck on the 11th floor, and those who are stuck on the 10th floor, who don’t want to break through the bottleneck before the conference to improve their chances of winning.

It can be inferred from this that the competition in the next auction will be fierce.

"Senior Tian, ​​everyone has prepared enough spiritual stones, but I'm afraid you don't have enough treasures," a dark-skinned, burly man shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Yeah, yeah" followed by several echoes from various parts of the crowd.

Hearing this, Tian Yangsheng just laughed.A big wave of his hand.

"Without further chatter, let's go straight to the treasure."

Then he raised his voice and shouted loudly:

"Bring up all the treasures"

After a while, I saw a young man in green robe, holding a tray with a storage bag on the tray, came to Tian Yangsheng and put it down.

"Before the auction, let me introduce the rules to you."

"Everyone has participated in the auction several times. We all know the rules. Senior Tian, ​​why don't we start directly?" A round-faced young man shouted.

"Yes, yes, Senior Tian, ​​let's start directly."

“I can't wait”

...

As the round-faced young man shouted, the echoes became louder and louder.

Seeing this situation, Tian Yangsheng pressed down with his hands.Suddenly the echoes were reduced by more than half.So he continued:
"In this auction, the rules are different from usual ones. Usually we auction them one by one, and the one with the highest price wins."

"For this auction, we have developed a new auction format, and today is the first time we try it."

"We call this auction a dark price auction. We will set a reserve price for each lot at [-]% of the normal price."

"Then you can put the paper with the Taoist friend's name and price in front of your favorite treasure into the corresponding treasure box. Finally, we will find the Taoist friend with the highest bid and make a deal with him. In this way, you don't have to worry. The one you are bidding with is the one we arranged.”

After Zhou Xun listened to the rules, he felt that they were very familiar. Isn't this the same bidding process in his previous life? It's just that dozens of auction items were all operated in this way. There must be many treasures that will be auctioned off at a price lower than the original price.

What's more, if someone offers a minimum price for all treasures, he might take advantage of them.By the time the auction is over, the person who came up with this idea will probably be dumbfounded.

"Now, you all know the rules."

After speaking, he looked around and saw no one raised any objections.He nodded with satisfaction.I thought to myself, it seems that the method I studied is very popular!

Tian Yangsheng showed a proud smile and then ordered:

"Bring up all the treasure chests"

After a while, a group of young men in green robes carried the treasure box into the hall and placed it on the stone platform around the hall.

There are pens, inks, paper and inkstones placed on the side of the treasure box, and a wooden sign is placed next to it.Written on it is the name, introduction and base price of the treasure.

Zhou Xun looked at the nearest treasure box and saw the wooden sign saying:

【

cold moon wheel

Advanced attack weapon
The main material is black iron, with Tianjing star sand as the main material.Refined by master Jin Hongzi.When activated, the moon wheel rotates rapidly, with the sharpness of breaking armor.It is the nemesis of defensive magic weapons.Base price 140 spirit stones
】

Zhou Xun was quite enthused when he saw it. Although it was a bit ugly and looked like a large gear, the introduction showed that it was really powerful and that it was a good treasure.

But I wouldn’t hesitate to buy it.After all, he has the top-level magic weapon True Fire Gourd.

Seeing the monks below gathered around the wooden signs, the fat shopkeeper showed a satisfied smile.Xindao came up with such a strange auction trick, I am really a genius!

He cleared his throat and said loudly.

"Now that you all know the rules, I will introduce today's treasures one by one,"

"If any fellow Taoist finds someone you like, you can use the pen and paper next to the treasure box to write down your name and price, and then put it into the treasure box." After that, he began to introduce today's auction.

"The first lot, five bottles of the elixir for strengthening the foundation and cultivating the vitality, Gathering Qi Powder"

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and five bottles of elixir flew out of the storage bag and landed on the table next to him.

"Everyone knows that the Qi Gathering Powder can assist in cultivation, and one pill can save several months of time. It also has the effect of breaking through the realm. Although it cannot be compared with the realm-breaking pill, it is still a rare treasure pill."

"A bottle of Rong Dan contains ten pills. The starting price is 70 spirit stones."

"Because there are five bottles, we will select the top five Taoist friends with the highest price for treasure box No. [-] to make the deal. That means there are five lucky Taoist friends who can get this treasure!"

"Now fellow Taoists who have ideas can bid."

After saying that, he looked at the monk below for a while, then continued the introduction with a smile.

"the second one..."

"The third item..."

. . .

"No. 11, a first-level high-level flying spiritual beast, a golden-feathered whale-headed stork."

Hearing this, someone commented.

"The flying spirit beast is such a treasure, but it's a pity that the spirit stone has other uses." A middle-aged man with a white face and no beard looked regretful.

"Yes, the Immortal Ascension Conference is coming soon. Who is not bidding with all his strength for the elixir and magic weapon? This flying monster is useless at this time." A person next to him echoed.

"Not only the flying spirit beasts, these materials would have been a bloody battle in normal times. But today, when we encounter the Immortal Ascension Conference, I think the auction will be aborted!"

After hearing this, Zhou Xun had an idea and started bidding.

. . .

Half an hour passed, and the fat shopkeeper's introduction had come to an end.

"Now that all the treasures have been introduced, you still have one stick of incense to bid. After one stick of incense, we will announce the result of the transaction."

All the monks gathered around their favorite treasures and prepared to bid.

Some of them got into arguments with other monks because they were anxious to bid, and almost got into a fight.

The fat shopkeeper looked at the fiery scene in front of him happily, and felt even more proud, thinking:
"This is the first time I have launched an auction. My name will be praised by future generations."

. . .

Soon, it was time for a stick of incense.The fat shopkeeper immediately said loudly: "The time has come, stop bidding." There was some power in the foundation-building stage in his words.

Seeing this, the monks did not dare to neglect and stopped one after another.

Seeing this, the fat shopkeeper nodded slightly, and then ordered the boy to carry all the treasure boxes to the high platform.Then start announcing the transaction results.

I saw him opening the treasure chest of the first lot.He took out all the pieces of paper inside, compared them carefully for a while, and found the five with the highest bids.Read:
"The first treasure is Gathering Qi Powder. The people who made the deal are Rusong Jushi, Yunfei Sanren, Zhen Shiman, Hong Jianqiu, and Song Qianming. Please ask these five fellow Taoists to go to the back hall to deliver the treasure after I announce the end. The same goes for friends.”

Then open the second treasure chest and continue to announce
"The second treasure, the mid-level attack weapon Red Flame Sword, is sold..."

Until the sixth item.Zhou Xunting finally got his name.

"The sixth treasure, Star Trace Iron, was sold to Blue Star Loose People..."

Not long after, I heard my name again.It's that flying spiritual beast!

"Treasure No. 11, a first-level high-level flying spirit beast, the transaction is Blue Star Sanren..."

Then there are No. 18 items, No. 20 seven items, and No. 35 items. . . , until the end, Zhou Xun took a total of six treasures.

　The signing is on the way, brothers, seize the opportunity to invest.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)