The food and drink of the monk's inn is naturally very different from that of the mortal inn, and the meat and vegetables are more delicious with all kinds of spiritual energy dishes, and all of them are helpful for cultivation, not purely for the sake of appetite.

Li Xuan had already adapted to the boring cultivation career, and it was still quite good to fight the tooth sacrifice occasionally, and swept away a few dishes in a hurry.

Don't look at Li Xuan's appearance of concentrating on enjoying the food, his perception is always paying attention to the conversations of other people in the lobby of the restaurant, and trying to collect information about other sects in Yancheng.

Of course, the content that the monks were able to talk about outside unscrupulously could not be secret, but it also made Li Xuan understand a little more about the strength pattern of Yancheng.

Seeing that the time was about the same, Li Xuan walked slowly towards the pavilion agreed by the two.

Approaching the pavilion, Li Xuan found that it was empty.

"Is it still early, so you haven't come yet?"

Li Xuan walked towards the pavilion in confusion, but saw a piece of parchment left on the table.

"I hope Brother Li will forgive me, I suddenly have to go back to the family because of something, and I will share the tea ceremony another day!"

Although there is no signature on the parchment, it is obvious that the content was left by Zhao Shiyu, and Brother Li is of course referring to Li Xuan's pseudonym Li Yan.

Li Xuan picked up the parchment and said thoughtfully: "This Zhao Shiyu seems to have a kind of intention to solicit me yesterday, but he wants to make friends with me, his personality is not a person loyal to power and scheming from his habit of drinking tea, and he shows a lack of interest in family affairs, but he still returns because of family affairs, I think there is a big change in the Zhao family." ”

Speaking of which, Li Xuan was really a little worried about the rare spirit tea that Zhao Shiyu took out yesterday.

This spiritual tea in the cultivation world does have a unique taste.

During the tea banquet between the two, Zhao Shiyu once mentioned that the reason for living in Youluo Inn was basically that he was dissatisfied with the competition within the family and just wanted to be quiet here.

And he himself likes to make friends, so it's normal to live outside.

Li Xuan didn't care about Zhao Xu's matter, even if it would be known by the Zhao family, he still handled it the same way, no longer guessing what Zhao Shiyu went back for, and went straight back to his own courtyard.

Zhao Shiyu did not appear for the next two days, and Li Xuan was not affected in the slightest, and arranged his itinerary step by step.

During the day, Li Xuan toured the inner city of Yancheng, and collected some refining weapons, alchemy, formation and formation materials that were not expensive but relatively rare, and inquired about the news of various sects along the way.

Especially the Wei family, the Zhao family, the Black Demon Sect and the Lotus Sect, Li Xuan paid special attention to it, and also happened to pass by the courtyard gate of the Zhao family.

The power of the Zhao family has always been located in Yancheng, covering an area that is really not small, although the pattern is not so large compared with the sect built on the mountain, the rows of buildings are still quite eye-catching in Yancheng.

In addition to passing by the Zhao family, he happened to meet the head of the Wei family on a street in the inner city of Yancheng, which caused many monks to watch.

"Look! That's the head of the Wei family's car, I finally got to see it!"

"You see a ghost, this car is covered, you can't see anything, but I've seen the fairy face. ”

"Even the disciples who escort the fairy of the Wei family are so beautiful, I don't know how beautiful she is!?"

"No, the disciples of the Wei family and the Wei sect are all as beautiful as flowers, and because the sect master of the Wei family is the head of the Wei family, the fairy of the Wei family does not allow the people of the Wei family to attack the disciples of the Wei family, so these disciples of the Wei sect are all yellow flower girls. ”

Li Xuan glanced at this place from a distance through the crowd, and when he heard the discussion of the monks around him, he was speechless for a while.

On the third day, the auction was finally held as scheduled, and Li Xuan packed up his belongings and left the Youluo Inn for the auction house.

Because of the auction, Yancheng is particularly lively today, and the flow of people is at least two or three percent more than usual.

The auction is not a random entry and exit, in addition to sending enough valuable items to give a free invitation, you will receive dozens of low-grade spirit stones when you enter the door, and it is also the worst position.

If you want to book a private room for the auction, even the most ordinary private room must have a certain reputation in addition to paying more spirit stones.

Even so, the auction hall, which can accommodate hundreds of people, is still full, and the seats have long been sold out.

There was a lot of traffic in front of the auction house, because flying was forbidden in Yancheng, so various mount spirit beasts or scooters became the best tools.

Only then did Li Xuan realize that it was not uncommon for monks who came to participate in the auction to have a lot of money, and there were no less than ten second-order or third-order spirit beast mounts alone.

In order to ensure that the auction was held normally, the layers of formation prohibitions outside the entire building of the auction house were all opened, and energy fluctuations flickered from time to time.

The prohibitions of various formations were superimposed, and even Li Xuan couldn't count how many layers of formation prohibitions there were.

In addition to the formation ban, around the auction house and at several entrances, many guards were arranged in the light and dark to maintain the order of entry.

Li Xuan came to one of the entrance gates, showed the invitation to the doorman, and smoothly entered the auction hall.

Inside the auction hall, there is a circular multi-storey hall, with the central high platform being the auction table, the surrounding circle of ordinary seats on the ground floor, and the upper two lofts being VIP rooms.

"Second floor, position seventeen. ”

Carefully marking the seat number on the invitation, Li Xuan found a good seat and sat down, not far from the auction table.

There was still more than an hour before the auction officially began, and the flow of people continued to pour into the venue, and the adjacent seats next to Li Xuan gradually filled up.

In order to ensure the privacy of each bidder, there is a certain distance between ordinary seats and a ban on them, so the large venue can only accommodate a few hundred people in total.

Of course, although these prohibitions can have a certain effect, they are not decisive, after all, the strength of the monks participating in the auction is uneven.

In the eyes of high-ranking monks, such a level of isolation and prohibition is useless, and only the VIP Pavilion can really make people unable to recognize their true faces.

Although the seats are closed and prohibited, there are also a small number of monks who do not open them at all, and they show their faces in a big way.

Most of these people have a certain status in Yancheng, but they are not up to the level of the VIP pavilion, or they are not worried about being targeted when they take pictures.

"Everyone, please take your seats in time, the auction will officially start later. ”

A middle-aged monk who was in high spirits suddenly appeared on the auction table and said loudly to the surroundings, and suddenly the crowd in the hall fell silent.

"In the golden voice, I hope that all the distinguished guests here can return with a full load today. ”

The middle-aged monk who spoke was the auctioneer who presided over the auction, Jin Yanzi.

The golden voice is tall and kind, coupled with a golden costume, the whole person looks like a big ingot, and he looks very pleasing, and the key is to be the chief auctioneer of the auction house.

"Today's auction is actually presided over by a golden voice, and the auction will definitely not be bad!"

"Well, that's true, the chief auctioneer has appeared, it seems that there are a lot of good things this time, but he came to the auction, and the bidding must be very fierce, so there will be a good show to watch. ”

"Can he still raise the auction price out of thin air with just one mouth?"

"Naturally not, but his presence on stage means that there must be precious treasures on the stage!"

The auction hall that had just been quiet suddenly resounded with discussions, many monks were not participating in the auction for the first time, they already knew the name of the golden voice, and they knew the past practices of the auction.

When the quality of the items auctioned at the auction is good, the chief auctioneer will be personally dispatched to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the bidders.

Li Xuan sat quietly in his seat and waited for the auction to start, and in addition to him, the leading figures of the Black Evil Sect, the Wei family, the Han family, and the Zhao family were all present.

There were also a lot of sects in the Humen region, the sect leader of the Thousand Swords Sect Qianzihu, the sect leader of the Spirit Beast Sect Lingmad personally participated, and even the Yin Flower Sect, which was greatly injured, also sent people to attend.

Only the first sect force in Yancheng, the Yan family Yan Sect, did not participate in the sect discussion conference, and only sent an elder to lead people to participate.

The circle around the auction hall gradually darkens, and the light-filled auction table becomes the visual focus of the entire venue.

"You've been waiting for a long time, the auction is now officially open. ”

The golden voice reappeared, and slowly walked to the center of the auction table and bowed to all sides.

Through the blessing of the formation, the voice of the golden voice is clear from any corner of the auction hall.

"Presumably everyone is in a hurry, I won't talk nonsense, the theme is presented, and the auction begins!! Now for the first auction item!"

The golden voice had not yet disappeared, and several attendants came up carrying an object at least three meters long, which looked quite heavy.

And it was covered with yellow silk cloth, and I don't know what it was.

The eyes of all the monks present fell on the auction table, and because of the prohibition, they could not use their perception to snoop, so they could only wait for the golden voice to be revealed.

The most valuable items are often the finale, but the first lot is also always carefully selected.

For the auction house, whether or not it can ignite the bidding enthusiasm of the monks on the spot at the first time will greatly affect the success or failure of an auction.

"Right now, I dare to say, this item has never been publicly auctioned in Yancheng, just because it's so rare!"

The golden voice deliberately omitted the opening remarks, in order to bring things up first, which aroused everyone's curiosity.

"Our auction house wasted a lot of financial and material resources to let this treasure be displayed in front of everyone's eyes, we must not miss it!"

With that, the golden voice tore open the yellow silk cloth, revealing the true face inside.

When everyone looked inside, it was actually a huge dark red stone.

The dark red stone is oval, two meters high and three meters long, and the black and red lines spread on the stone, covering the whole body of the rock, whether it is the color or the surface texture is not much different from the ordinary volcanic stone, and the whole venue is immediately discussed.

"What is this!? It's just an ordinary volcanic rock. ”

"Did you make a mistake?

"I don't feel the slightest aura, it's not like it's a rare ore material, what the hell is this?"

"Let's wait and see, the auction house shouldn't be doing such an oolong. ”

Jin stood quietly on the stage with a smile on his face, and did not immediately explain the origin of the dark red rock, which was obviously deliberately intended to make people discuss, and the on-site reaction did achieve the expected effect.