Chapter 41 Participation in the Auction

After a while, the shopkeeper came back and handed Su Aotian a small box. Su Aotian opened it and saw that it was a water-attribute spirit stone, with a rich aura and a verdant color, but it felt worse than Zhao Yuhao's spirit stone. I thought to myself: "The power of the sect family is not trivial, and the spirit stones in their hands should be better than those in these shops." Thinking in his heart, he had already put away the spirit stone and said goodbye to the shopkeeper.

After all the twists and turns, he finally got a spirit stone, Su Aotian felt that his hard work was not in vain, and he was very happy in his heart. He didn't dare to cultivate in his residence, so he went to the south of the city to rent a quiet room to cultivate. Unexpectedly, a month passed, and the aura in the spirit stone was not absorbed, so I had to rent it for another two months, and it took another month and a half to refine all the aura in the spirit stone. Although the realm has not broken through, I feel that I have benefited a lot. Anyway, there was still half a month left, so there was no need to waste it, so he continued to cultivate in the ashram. In the past half a month, he has opened up a small meridian and increased his cultivation speed by a few points.

After three months passed, he walked out of the ashram, changed his identity and found another Mu Yuan Qi Retreat Room, planning to strike while the iron was hot, taking advantage of the water to grow wood and improve his cultivation. This time, he first spent a month and a half opening up a small meridian, and then went all out. I feel that the speed of vitality absorption is a few points faster than before. A month and a half passed in a hurry, and Su Aotian walked out of the quiet room, feeling that the spirit coins this time were worth spent, and this month and a half was worth the previous four or five months.

Considering that the frequent renting of the ashram will inevitably arouse the suspicion of those who are interested, Su Aotian sometimes cultivates in his residence, although the progress is slower, but for the sake of safety, it is still worth it. Every two or three months, he also went outside the city to find a place with relatively strong vitality and lay down a ban on cultivation. Because of his strong divine sense, the prohibition arranged by the foundation building monks was not even noticeable, and the place was relatively remote, so he had never been bumped into by others. Of course, I occasionally go to rent a quiet room, and I have to find time to make talismans, and at the same time cultivate the divine soul by the way.

If more than three years have passed, Su Aotian's cultivation speed is now much faster than that of ordinary low-grade single spirit root cultivators, but because his starting point is too low and his qualifications are poor, the later he goes, the slower his cultivation becomes, and the improvement of his realm is very slow. Thinking about it, cultivating like this is not a way, it is likely that you will not even be able to break through the foundation, so it is better to try to obtain spirit stones.

The last batch of talismans, although they successfully exchanged for a spirit stone, but looking at the appearance of the shopkeeper, there will not be too many spirit stones, and it is a bit risky to go to the same store again, in case it will be troublesome to be targeted, and other stores should not be strong. While thinking about the risks, Su Aotian walked onto the street, trying to find an inconspicuous shop, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and after a closer look, he found that the number of monks on the street was much more than before.

This kind of scene seems familiar, Su Aotian thought for a while, and suddenly thought of the days when the auction in Hongwu City was held, it was also such a scene, could it be that the auction of Yuanwu City would be held in the near future?

He paid attention to the gossip among the monks, and sure enough, the sudden increase in monks had rushed from all over to participate in the auction in Yuanwu City a month later.

Su Aotian couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart, there were dragons and snakes mixed at the auction, there were all kinds of treasures, and he just took the opportunity to sell the talisman, which would definitely not attract attention. Thinking of this, Su Aotian immediately turned around and returned to his residence.

He took out all the talismans on his body and examined them, and with the improvement of his talisman level, he can now superimpose eight divine powers in one talisman, and the power is not inferior to the ninth phase of qi refining, but such a talisman is not worth mentioning when it is auctioned. If you want to exchange for a spirit stone at the auction, you must at least build a talisman with the power of the foundation.

Su Aotian didn't have a clear idea of how powerful the foundation building monk was, but in terms of magnitude, at least sixteen of them should be superimposed, and Su Aotian knew that it would be difficult for him to do it at present, so he could only find another way. After thinking about it, Su Aotian decided to work the fusion of supernatural powers.

The fusion of supernatural powers, he has actually gradually had this idea in the process of making talismans, at that time, considering that the five elements can be mutually beneficial, so as long as the attribute supernatural powers that are not mutually restrictive can be fused, the power after fusion should not be as simple as one plus one, it should be multiplied or several times the power of superposition. If you have the dual attributes of water and wood, and you are born of water, then integrating the water attribute magic power into the arrow talisman should be able to increase the power of the talisman.

Originally, he just had such an idea, and he didn't want to waste time verifying it for a while, after all, time was pressing, and the cultivation realm couldn't be raised, and everything else was empty talk. But now there is an opportunity to obtain spirit stones, and it is worth the time to delay, and the so-called sharpening of knives is not the mistake of chopping wood.

As soon as he thought of it, Su Aotian took out the remaining materials on his body and began to study the talisman. As usual, he started from easy to difficult, and after tossing for a few days, he successfully fused two low-level supernatural powers. Seeing that this path was feasible, Su Aotian's confidence increased greatly, and he spent 100,000 spirit coins to buy materials in several shops, and returned to his residence to study it.

In the days that followed, there was occasional movement from his dwelling, sometimes with a dull noise or two. The owners of this kind of abode are all waste materials in some cultivation, compared to mortals, they can refine some heaven and earth vitality, know a little magic, and live for more than a hundred years. Su Aotian has been in these places for a long time, and he slowly knows the situation, as long as there is no big movement when making talismans, there is no need to worry about someone coming to check what is going on.

Things in the world are often easier said than done, and although they seem feasible in theory, they are difficult to do. Low-level supernatural powers are easy to fuse, but with the increase of superimposed levels, it is also more and more difficult to master, the fusion of two different supernatural powers, the proportion of the required aura, how to build a stable structure, and so on are all headaches, Su Ao Angel tried his best, Rao is his divine sense is powerful, his control ability is amazing, or he keeps failing. Half a month has passed, and the talisman has not been made, and the materials have been consumed.

Seeing that it was less than ten days before the auction began, Su Aotian was ruthless, and once again spent 200,000 spirit coins to scoop up the high-grade materials in the store. This time, he first recuperated for half a day, replenished the consumption of the past few days, and went through the previous failure process in detail, considered all kinds of details again and again, and waited until he was full of energy before starting the trial again.

With the increase in the number of failures, Su Aotian gradually felt that success was getting closer and closer to him, his confidence was strong, and he was particularly handy in refining, and suddenly there was no pressure of time urgency, he entered the wonderful realm of forgetting things and me, and his divine consciousness firmly locked the fluctuations of aura, constantly fused, separated, adjusted the proportions, and built a framework, and every failure could give him new enlightenment. Unconsciously, the supernatural powers gradually merged together, one, two... He completely forgot that he was making talismans, but was immersed in a wonderful creative realm, as if he was not engaged in a refining, but to construct a perfect work of art. I don't know how long time passed, and suddenly, he felt that his divine consciousness could no longer control the fluctuations of his aura, and there would definitely be danger if he continued, so he was shocked and withdrew from the realm of self-forgetfulness. At this time, I found out that a talisman had been made.

The aura fluctuations of this talisman were much more pronounced than those he had refined before, but it was extremely stable, revealing a dangerous feeling that made his heart tremble. Su Aotian was sure in his heart that the power that burst out from this talisman must have reached the foundation building level, because with his current cultivation, the Qi Refining Cultivator could no longer pose a threat to him. As for whether he could withstand the impact of this talisman, he himself was not too sure. The thought of auctioning this talisman suddenly made him feel a pain in his flesh, if he could keep this talisman, it would be tantamount to an extra life-saving hole card. At this time, if Master Lu of the Cloud Pavilion saw the talisman he had refined, he would definitely burst into tears again, sighing how unfair God was. Thinking that his generation of talisman masters, it was only after he cultivated to the Dan period that he began to start the talisman method of aura fusion, and with all his efforts, he only barely made the talisman of the mid-stage power of the knot, and wanted to make the compound talisman of the aura fusion of the power of the Yuan Infant stage, and this talisman was only a novice for five or six years, and he actually refined the cross-border talisman without a teacher, how could he not let him die of shame?

After playing with it for a while, Su Aotian reluctantly put away the talisman, and suddenly thought that he didn't know if the auction had started in the past few days, so he hurriedly collected the ban and hurriedly walked out of the residence. When I went to the street, it was already overcrowded, and I couldn't help but feel relieved, it seemed that it had not yet begun. By the way, there are still three days left before the start date of the auction.

Su Aotian saw that there was still time, and thought that it would be better to strike while the iron was hot to see if he could refine a few more talismans, so he turned back and raised his soul for a while, and felt that he was not so tired, so he immediately started refining. With the successful experience, the talisman making went much smoother, and in less than three days, he practiced a total of five talismans, each of which exceeded the power of before, although it could not reach the level of the first talisman, but he estimated that it should have reached the power of the early stage of foundation building.

After packing up his belongings, Su Aotian changed into a middle-aged man and came to the auction venue. At this time, there were only a few hours before the auction began, and there was already a long queue around the auction, and more than a week of monks were waiting to enter. Su Aotian walked straight to the back of the venue, where there was a special place to receive monks who provided auction items. Su Aotian explained his intentions, and since someone led him to a quiet room, he left after serving spiritual tea.

After a while, an old man came in the house, and he actually built a foundation for repair. Su Aotian didn't dare to slack off, got up and bowed his hand and said, "There are seniors." The old man was quite kind and said, "There is no need to be polite. Anyone who patronizes my store is a valued customer, regardless of the success of the transaction, my store will make the distinguished customer satisfied. I heard that the honorable guest wants to auction the talismans, he is old and talented, and he knows a little about the talismans, can you take a look at the talismans with me?" Su Aotian said: "That's right, the juniors are lucky to get these talismans, and I also ask the seniors to identify the fineness on their behalf." After speaking, he took out the five talismans that he had refined and handed them to the old man.

The old man took the talisman, examined it carefully for a while, showed a look of surprise on his face, and said: "These talismans of Daoyou, the power is average, but there are two kinds of aura fluctuations in between. The old man dared to ask, but this talisman was made by Daoyou himself?" Su Aotian couldn't help but be startled, he didn't expect that the talisman making method he had groped out randomly was actually very particular, and hurriedly prevaricated: "The seniors are laughing, how can the juniors have such skills? This talisman was obtained by chance in a place where monks sit, and I heard that the scale of the store was extraordinary, and there were many talents and abilities during it, so I took the liberty to come and ask the seniors to take a look and see if they could auction a good price to make up for some cultivation resources." If the younger generation has such ability, why do you need to come here to auction?" The old man didn't believe that he had such ability, so he just confirmed it with his words, and thought in his heart: "If this person has such a talisman making method, then it is bound to recommend him to the sect, which is definitely a great achievement." However, this person's cultivation is too low, so he shouldn't have such talent. Thinking of this, He Yan said: "Although the refining method of this talisman is extraordinary, its power is average, and it is thought to be the trial work of the talisman maker." In this store auction, it is not impossible, but the power of this talisman is low, and the possibility of unsuccessful auction is great, unless there is a talisman master who is willing to auction it for research, but the talisman making method is not much from the talisman. These lots of Daoyou are a bit out of line with the requirements of this store. To put it mildly, he actually said that the value of his talisman was not high, and it could not reach the quality of the auction item.

Su Aotian expected this, after all, the talismans sold in the store were in the early stage of foundation building, and they couldn't be said to appear at the auction. Now he only has the last talisman in his hand, although he is reluctant, he also takes it out and says: "The younger generation also got a talisman on that trip, and the power seems to be greater, I wonder if this talisman can be auctioned in your store?"

The old man took the talisman and examined it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more he couldn't figure it out: "The power of this talisman seems to be at the level of the middle stage of foundation building, but I can't understand it, it seems that there is a mystery hidden in it, could it be that this talisman is still mysterious?" In this way, the old man will accept your batch of lots, but the five talismans can only be auctioned together as a foil, and regardless of whether the transaction is completed or not, the distinguished guest must pay the auction fee, if it is sold, it will be drawn from the proceeds, what does the honored guest think?" Su Aotian heard him say this, and he had no confidence in his talismans, so he had to say: "This is very good, there is a senior." The old man nodded when he heard this, called the guy in, took Su Aotian to handle the relevant matters, gave him a jade plate, and used it for delivery after the transaction, and then entered the auction directly from the backstage.

At this time, the monks in the auction hall had already entered, and Su Aotian, led by his buddy, walked into a hut, which was specially prepared for the guests who provided the lots. It is said to be a hut, but in fact, it is just a few compartments separated in the corner of the venue, which are covered by screens, and a simple prohibition of divine sense isolation. There are many such compartments throughout the venue, which are better than scattered seats, and far worse than VIP rooms.

Su Aotian sat concentrating in the hut, not knowing the loss of time, and suddenly felt that the noise of the whole room disappeared at once, knowing that the auction had begun, and when he opened his eyes, sure enough, there was already an auctioneer standing on the platform in the field, talking about the scene, everything was no different from the auction in Hongwu City.

Su Aotian didn't care about the items and process of the auction, he was now worried in his heart, and he didn't know if his talisman could be sold smoothly. After the auction for a while, I suddenly heard someone offering: "A low-grade spirit stone, the attribute is selected by the owner." I couldn't help but feel a dark chill in my heart: "Sure enough, someone has a lot of money and can take the spirit stone to auction."

I saw that the spirit stone exuded a rich aura, and the color was crystal clear, and he was itchy and unbearable, and he couldn't wait to grab it immediately. As the auction progressed, more and more auction items were sold for spirit stones, which made him feel more and more helpless.

Suddenly, I heard the auctioneer say, "The following lot is a batch of talismans, a total of six. The power of these talismans is only in the middle stage of foundation building, and five of them are only in the early stage of foundation building..."Before the words were finished, they had already caused a buzz below. The auctioneer was not in a hurry, and while stretching out his hands and pressing them lightly, he continued: "But these talismans have been personally appraised by Long Lao, the talisman master of this store, and the talisman making technique is extremely exquisite, especially one of the talismans with the power of the middle stage of the foundation, Long Lao bluntly said that he can't see through the mystery either. Its refining method will definitely be beneficial to the talisman master, and as for how much it can benefit, it depends on the individual's creation. The starting price, two lower-grade spirit stones, such as the priority of the two attributes of water and wood!"

The monks below whispered, but no one bid. Seeing this kind of scene, Su Aotian couldn't help but feel anxious, the auctioneer had been in battle for a long time, but he was not in a hurry, and waited for a while before shouting: "Which Taoist friend is willing to bid? Two..."Just as he was about to shout "three" and announce the unsuccessful auction, suddenly someone below shouted: "Two lower grade spirit stones!"