Chapter XVII

Moda said: "Although this wart horn boar is only a second-level fierce beast, and its flesh and bones are not of much value, but this wart horn is hard and abnormal, and it can be mixed with it when refining the weapon to increase its hardness and defense, and it can be worth two dollars when sold to a refiner." He killed the wild boar with a single blow, pulled out the wart horn with his hand, and handed it to Xiao Tiandao: "Brother, you can put it away." Xiao Tian hurriedly shook his head and said, "Brother Mo, it's useless for my brother to stay, take it." Mo Da wanted to say more, Wu Yuemei was impatient, and said: "You gave it to Xiao Tian, and you have to take him to sell, why don't you take it first, take your brother to find a place to sell, and teach him how to deal with these people, and then give Xiao Tian the spirit coins he obtained? ”

Wu Yuemei said: "There has been a lot of delay here, we have to hurry, hurry up and find Tiannan Xingzhu, otherwise we may run in vain." Mo Da and Xiao Tian nodded yes, and the three of them hurriedly walked to the depths of the dense forest.

The three of them picked some herbs and exotic fruits along the way, and they also met a few first- and second-level fierce beasts on the way, all of which were used by Xiao Tian to practice, and gradually cultivated the magical power of all things to become proficient, and the power also increased. Mo Wu and the others were amazed by the speed of Xiaotian's cultivation of supernatural powers, but they gradually became strange.

Just walked and stopped, and after more than ten days, I finally came to the place where Moda had found the Aracea Star Bamboo before. Moda hadn't been here for many years, and some places had become a bit blurry, so the three of them were looking for them separately nearby. After searching for two or three days, Moda finally found an Aracea bamboo in a bush, this bamboo was ripe, purple all over, and it felt non-gold and iron, and it was extremely tough. Xiaotian broke it hard, but the bamboo was only bent but not broken, and it couldn't be broken. The three of them were overjoyed, and it was finally not in vain.

Mo Da cut down the bamboo and said, "Heaven and earth spirits, all have a number of lives, my generation of monks to seize the spirit of heaven and earth and turn it into their own use, in fact, it is a matter of changing life against the sky, so there will be retribution of calamity." Therefore, when collecting these spiritual objects, remember not to cut them up by the roots and cut off their way of life, so as not to have a dry heaven and aggravate the calamity. Brother, you have to keep in mind. Xiao Tian nodded yes, but Wu Yuemei said disdainfully: "You Mo Da Monk don't rely on these spiritual objects, you won't wait for the catastrophe to come and die, what are you doing with these aftermaths?

Calculating the time, more than a month has passed, and the three of them have harvested, so they will no longer stay, and turn back to Hongwu City, ready to participate in the auction meeting.

Back in the city, there were still more than ten days before the auction began, Mo Da said to Xiaotian: "Brother, go home and wait, we have to go and prepare, and we will call you when the auction starts." Xiao Tian responded, and the three of them went their separate ways. When Xiao Tian walked back, he had already encountered cultivators on the street from time to time, all of whom were coming for the auction, and the entire Hongwu City was already crowded and lively.

After a while, he returned to the village where Mr. Su lived, and after a short rest, he quietly cultivated and waited for the auction to begin.

Early in the morning, I heard Moda's voice from the transmission note in my waist: "Brother, come to the guild quickly." ”

Xiao Tian was overjoyed, and hurriedly cleaned up a little, and went straight to the guild.

Needless to say, the crowds along the way were crowded, Xiao Tian hurriedly ran to the guild, Mo Da and Wu Yuemei were already waiting at the door, and Wu Yuemei covered the veil again.

Seeing Xiaotian, Moda turned over and took out a thing from his arms, which was a jade token, stuffed it into Xiaotian's hand, and said: "This is the entrance token for the auction, my brother has taken it, and when the time comes, he will enter with the card." Xiao Tian took the token, looked at it, and saw that the jade plate was delicate in texture, smooth and abnormal, the carvings on it were exquisite, and the workmanship was very good, so he couldn't help but blurt out and praise: "What a beautiful token!" Mo Da smiled silently, Wu Yuemei said: "Ordinary things, there is no appearance, it is useless for us, it is just an entry credential." Moda said, "It's getting late, let's go." The three of them went to the auction.

After walking a few steps, I already saw the building where the auction was held. I saw that there was a sea of people all around, and the auction building was surrounded by water. Although the crowd was crowded, it was orderly, and there was a long line in front of the entrance of the auction to enter in turn. The three of them also went to the back of a line.

Suddenly, he saw a crowd of people next to him, and made way for a way, and a group of three or five people walked up to the door, and when they arrived at the door, the first person lit up the object in his hand, and the gatekeeper let them in.

Seeing this, Xiao Tian asked, "Who is this? Why don't you have to queue?" Mo Da replied: "This is the Wang family, one of the seven great families in Hongwu City, and the seven great families all have VIP orders, and there are VIP seats in the auction, so there is no need to queue up. After a short time, several more people from the family entered the auction hall one after another.

Xiao Tian and the three of them lined up for an hour before they walked to the entrance of the auction, handed over the token and entered the venue. Mo Da and the others are used to it, Xiao Tian is the first time to participate in this kind of thing, and he is excited, but he is anxious and unbearable.

This auction venue, from the outside is already magnificent and abnormal, into the venue to see, it feels unimaginably big, look up, only to see a big dome, high above, covering the sky and the sun, seems to be boundless, in the middle is a square piece of flat land, in the middle of the flat ground is a platform, about five feet high from the ground, in the middle of a stone table. The platform is suspended on three sides, but on the other side there is a passage that leads to the room behind. Around this platform and the passage behind it are a circle of stone steps, polished so smooth that they appear to be a place for the auctioneer to sit. The stone steps spread out in a circle from the inside out, each circle three feet higher than the previous one, and extended to the highest point, with hundreds of floors. On the more than 10 floors of the stone stairs, facing the platform in the middle of the venue, there are more than 10 small stone houses. Moda pointed to these small stone houses and said to Xiao Tian: "This is the VIP room, and you can only enter it with a VIP token. ”

At this time, there were already many people sitting in the auction hall, but as far as the eye could see, it seemed that not even one-fifth of the seats were filled. Mo Da and the others led Xiao Tian and found a place to sit down on the third stone step. From time to time, someone sat down next to him, and someone walked up to it.

Xiao Tian asked: "How do these people go up, can't they see more clearly if they sit closer?" Wu Yuemei smiled: "This is due to your big brother Mo's blessing." Monk Mo is already a master of the ninth stage of qi refining, so he can naturally sit closer, otherwise, with your cultivation, brother, I am afraid that you will not even be able to get the iron token for entry. Moda said, "Yuemei, don't laugh. In the world of cultivators, the most emphasis is on cultivation, and the more advanced the cultivation, the stricter the hierarchy. This auction hall, don't say that it is the VIP room and other idlers who don't want to enter, it is the location of the first two rows, which is also reserved for the Damen faction, the great family and the predecessors of the foundation building. My generation of Qi Cultivators can only sit back in turn from this third row onwards according to their cultivation. Each monk can bring one person into the room, so you can sit here with us, brothers. Xiao Tian said: "This auction hall is also reasonable. Wu Yuemei laughed and said, "Brother, you think of them too well." People can bring it, this entry token, it is all bought for silver, a jade plate, it needs ten spirit coins, and it can only be purchased by monks who have been refining qi for more than seven periods. Xiao Tian couldn't help but be shocked: "It's so expensive? Why didn't Brother Mo say it earlier? I knew that I wouldn't use the jade plate." Mo Da just smiled: "Spirit coins can be earned sooner or later, brother don't have to feel distressed, it's good to see the world first." ”

As he spoke, the people were still approaching one after another, but they were in order, and everyone knew what position they should do. There are also teenagers who were brought to see the world by their predecessors like Xiaotian, and there are no mistakes under the leadership of their elders. Suddenly, there was a small commotion in the crowd, and a buzz of discussion came: "Look, the senior of Yulin is here! His old man hasn't shown up for a long time!" An old man strode forward, only to see him with a red face, a burly physique, and long limbs, at least a head taller than ordinary people. On the way, someone greeted him from time to time, and the old man bowed his head and gestured calmly. He walked to the first row, facing the middle of the high platform in the center of the auction room, and sat down.

Xiao Tian looked at Mo Da and was about to open his mouth to speak, but Mo Da shook his head violently for a while, signaling him not to say more. Wu Yuemei said: "Brother, you can just know it, there are some things that should not be said too much, especially to the seniors, do not be reckless." Xiao Tian realized in his heart: "This old man is not a sect or a member of a family, he must be a predecessor in the foundation, if I recklessly ask and be heard by him, if I don't like it in my heart, I can't afford to investigate it." For these seniors, I was envious and a little disdainful: "It's just that if you cultivate higher, others will have to be respectful and act according to your face." "After all, I wrote it down in my heart, and I knew that if I met these people in the future, I must pay more attention and deal with it carefully, otherwise if I don't say it well, it will be a big disaster.

As the crowds continued to pour in, about half an hour later, the auction hall gradually filled four-fifths of the room. At this time, the flow of people entering the venue finally became scarce, only from time to time there were people hurrying in, and after entering, they were also in a hurry to find a place to sit. The first two rows of the auction hall were not full, and there were many empty seats every now and then. There were also several people sitting in the front row, there was a middle-aged beautiful woman with a young woman, the woman was also veiled and couldn't see her face clearly, and there was a big man, a scholar, and two or three people dressed as Taoist priests. In addition, there are several piles of people sitting in groups, all of which are the top sects and families in the area of Hongwu City.

After another tea hour, he only heard a rumbling sound around the auction hall, Xiao Tian didn't know why, and when he looked up, he saw that all the entrances to the auction hall in all directions were slowly closing under the push of the guards. The noise in the crowd suddenly became louder: "The auction is about to start!" Xiao Tian's mood suddenly became excited.

After a while, the door was completely closed, and the light in the auction hall dimmed suddenly, Xiao Tianji stared, and in the dimness, he could only vaguely see Moda and the three people around him, and he couldn't see clearly when he was a little farther away. The voices in the room gradually fell, and everyone was waiting for the auction to start with excitement.

Suddenly, a pillar of light shot down from the dome and landed on the platform in the center of the auction hall, attracting everyone's attention. I saw an old man standing in the middle of the pillar of light, his hair was already slightly gray, but his spirit was strong, and his eyes were bright.

The old man first clenched his fists and turned around in three directions, made a reunion gesture, and then said: "Welcome to all seniors and Taoist friends to this auction! Lin Pingtao, the little old man, is the chief auctioneer of this auction, if you are friends who have patronized the auction in this city before, you may know it." Without further ado, all the items in this auction have been identified by professional treasure connoisseurs in this store, and there are no fakes, so you can rest assured that you can bid. Below, is the first item in this auction, a tailbone of a fifth-level fierce beast spotted demon tiger, with high quality and intact, it is definitely a good product for refining weapons, and it is the only material for creating a divine weapon blade! The starting price is three thousand spirit coins!" As soon as the words fell, the entire auction hall "boomed" and immediately boiled. "Good guy, it's actually the tailbone of the Spotted Demon Tiger, that's a fifth-level fierce beast!" "The opening is a fifth-level fierce beast, there is definitely a treasure for the finale today!" It seems that today is the right place!" "Hmph, don't be too happy too early, there are no one or two treasures at the bottom of the box at the auction, the question is can you afford it?" "I can't afford it, I can take a look!" There was a lot of discussion in the crowd, and most of the people's faces were full of excitement. Xiao Tian asked: "Brother Mo, this fifth-level fierce beast can't be dealt with by the predecessors of the foundation building, then its tailbone seems to be very valuable!" Mo Da said: "The reason why this spotted demon tiger is listed as a fifth-level fierce beast is all because of its tail. This tail seems to be soft, but it is extremely tough, even the foundation building monks are difficult to lose a bit, a tail sweep, there is definitely the power of opening mountains and cracking stones, the average monk in the middle of the foundation building, no powerful means is not its opponent. Xiao Tian asked again: "Then Brother Mo, are you interested in auctioning it?" Mo Da smiled bitterly: "Your Brother Mo is a poor bastard, you just want to buy a Zhuji Dan, no matter how good the other treasures are, it will be unblessed, I just hope that God will be pitiful, this auction can have a few more Zhuji Dan, if you can get lucky enough to bid for one, you can try to impact the Zhuji Dan." ”

In the midst of the discussions, a very good-looking young woman, pushing a small cart covered with a red cloth, walked out of the room behind the platform and walked along the passage to the platform. The auctioneer Lin Pingtao pressed down with his hands, and immediately the noise in the audience disappeared. He reached out and lifted the red cloth, and immediately a fierce aura emanated. Xiao Tian stared at it, and saw an animal bone on the cart, about four feet long, dark in color, although it was a dead thing, it exuded a fierce death aura. He opened his mouth and said, "Start bidding now!" The big man sitting in the first row said, "Four thousand spirit coins!" As soon as he made a move, he raised one thousand spirit coins. A Taoist priest who was four or five seats away from the big man opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Brother Ou's bid is too low, and the tailbone of this spotted demon tiger is too worthless, I will make a price, six thousand spirit coins." Immediately after that, "Seven thousand spirit coins!" and "Eight thousand spirit coins!" The bidding quickly exceeded 10,000. When it rose to 15,000 spirit coins, the momentum of the bidding slowly slowed down, and the price began to increase by 5500.

When the sparse voice rose to "eighteen thousand five", the big man snorted again, and said directly: "Twenty-five thousand spirit coins!" It seems that he is determined to get this tailbone, and at first he called a low price because he didn't want to raise the bidding price too high. As soon as these words came out, the voices in the auction hall disappeared all at once, and everyone's faces showed a look of stupidity, this price was beyond the ability of most people.

At this time, a voice suddenly came from the direction of the VIP room: "30,000 spirit coins!" Everyone followed the sound, and it turned out to be a voice from the third VIP room on the right. Someone immediately said loudly: "It's the Ximen family! The people of the Ximen family have made a move!" Then a voice came from the second VIP room on the left: "I'm sorry, Brother Ximen, this coccyx brother also likes it too, 35,000 spirit coins!" "It's the Gu family! It's lively now!" The people from the Ximen family then said: "40,000 spirit coins!" The people of the Gu family also said: "50,000 spirit coins!" "60,000 spirit coins!" The people of the Gu family hesitated for a moment, and finally did not follow again.

This is, Lin Pingtao saw that there was no one to offer, so he opened his mouth and said, "Sixty thousand spirit coins once!" At this time, a voice came from the fourth VIP room on the left: "Eighty thousand spirit coins!" "That's the Wang family! The people of the Wang family are also involved!" Xiao Tian remembered the momentum of the Wang family's people when they entered just now, so he asked in a low voice: "Brother Mo, what is the strength of this Wang family?" Mo Da said: "This Wang family is one of the most powerful forces in Hongwu City, on a par with the Mo family, and stronger than the strength of the Ximen family and the Gu family. As you can tell from the distribution of these VIP rooms, the closer you are to the middle VIP room, the stronger the family becomes. The three VIP rooms in the middle belong to the three major sects of Luoxia Valley, Daoyuan Temple, and Jade Sword Gate, but they don't come to every auction. Generally speaking, the treasures in the auction of Hongwu City were all auctioned by the seven major families and four major sects in the city, and only a few items that they did not value or did not need very much would be obtained by others. ”

As he spoke, Lin Pingtao had already shouted: "Eighty thousand spirit coins three times!" Raised a small hammer, knocked it the auction table, and said: "One of the markinged demon tiger tail bones, 80,000 spirit coins are sold!" The young woman took out a jade box, Lin Pingtao put the tailbone into the jade box, and the woman held it in both hands and sent it to the VIP room of the Wang family.