Cultivating the Dao, Starting with Farming

next day

After checking the status of more than 300 acres of spiritual plants and placing Xiao Jin at Yue Qiong Peak to rest, Li Mu went to Qingyun City alone to participate in the auction of Wanbao Pavilion.

The status of Qingyun City is more than one level higher than Gangyang City.

At the auction at Wanbao Pavilion in Gangyang City, monks in the Qi refining stage can enter.

Qingyun City is close to the Qingxuan Sect headquarters and has an advantageous geographical location. The auction in Wanbao Pavilion in this city requires Foundation Establishment monks to enter, and they have to sit in the lobby. The VIP room is open to Jindan monks or Yuanying Zhenjun.

With the title of 'Master Li' and his guest badge, Li Mu easily got into an independent VIP room.

"Master Li, you can drink spiritual tea here for a while, and I'll go entertain some seniors!" Gongsun Chu asked Li Mu for instructions with a smile.

"Well, there's no need to greet me, just go and do your work!" Li Mu smiled, nodded, and watched.

Watching Gongsun Chu exit the room, Li Mu took out a "Nan Ling Chronicle" from the Jiuzang Lingzhu and flipped through it.

Li Mu serves as a senior guest at Wanbao Pavilion and has already learned in advance about the spiritual objects that Wanbao Pavilion has put up for auction. There is nothing worthy of his attention.

The reason why I came to participate is that this auction not only contains Wanbao Pavilion's own products, but also includes lots from other customers, which may contain good opportunities for missing items.

Time passes bit by bit.

As the last Golden Elixir monk entered the VIP room, the auction in Wanbao Pavilion officially began.

"Welcome all distinguished guests, Wanbao Pavilion's triennial auction has officially begun today. I, Wan Yuncheng, have been invited to host this auction." An old man in his fifties, golden elixir, walked through the void and walked He went up to the auction stage, smiled and looked at the audience and the VIP rooms on both sides and introduced himself.

"There will be many high-level spiritual objects, spiritual weapons, and elixirs in this auction. If you are not prepared enough, you can bid for the auction. At the end of the auction, spiritual objects of equal value can be used. You can also negotiate with the manager of Wanbao Pavilion to offset them. In addition, in accordance with the According to the rules of fair bidding, please consider carefully before bidding with the auction order during the auction, and please do not disrupt the bidding order."

"After the auction starts, you can use the auction order in your hand to participate in the bidding. This bidding mode is very secretive and will not expose any information about your bidding to the outside world. The bidding data will be displayed on several platforms below me, which is very convenient for everyone to confirm the bidding in time. Easy.”

After briefly introducing the bidding rules, Wan Yuncheng said with a smile: "Without further ado, the auction will officially begin."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wan Yuncheng took out a cyan elixir bottle from the small teleportation array on the auction stage and showed it: "The first lot is a third-level high-grade God-breaking elixir. There are three in total. Taking this elixir can nourish the soul, and at the same time. It is a rare soul elixir to repair the loss of the soul, and it is the ingenuity of Master Luo Yu, the master of alchemy."

"This elixir can be taken by foundation-building monks and golden elixirs by real people. It will greatly improve the soul. The three soul-breaking elixirs are put up for auction together. The starting price is: 10,000 soul-centered elixirs. The time limit is: one hundred breaths. The auction begins, everyone. You can bid as much as you want!" Wan Yuncheng looked around the audience, nearly a thousand foundation-building monks, and a hundred VIP rooms, and announced loudly.

As soon as Wan Yuncheng finished speaking, the bidding mirror was displayed directly under the auction table. The data immediately changed, and the first bidder appeared.

Auction Order No. 143, bid: 12,000 souls, countdown: 98 interest.

The next moment, this set of data changed immediately.

13,000, 15,000,..., 27,000,

One hundred breaths of time passed by in the blink of an eye, and the data displayed on the mirror was frozen.

"The time is up and the bidding is over. Congratulations to Fellow Taoist No. 29, for winning three God-Breaking Pills at a price of 35,000 Spirits!" Auctioneer Wan Yuncheng announced as he dropped the hammer excitedly.

Wan Yuncheng then quickly took out another auction item from the small teleportation array on the auction table, and introduced with a smile: "The next item to be auctioned is the elixir. It is composed of the fourth-level Beauty Fruit, Wanshengcao, and Tianluo Flowers are used to refine the elixir of beauty and longevity. There is only one elixir of this elixir, which has the effect of lasting youth."

"What! The Beauty Pill! The second item to be auctioned is the Beauty Pill!"

"My dear, how could such a magic pill appear? The female nuns are going crazy!"

"Such a magical elixir appeared in the second lot. What else is there after that? A life-extending elixir?"

"Ouch! If I don't buy this beauty elixir, the matchmaker will blame me!"

"This Wanbao Pavilion is really good at looking for trouble! Why is there only one elixir of this kind? Isn't this looking for trouble!"

“…….”

As soon as this beauty-resident elixir came out, the hall was in chaos. The foundation-building monks were talking a lot. Many female foundation-building cultivators present had red eyes. The golden elixir bosses in the VIP room also had headaches.

Li Mu thought for a while and did not intervene in the auction. He was still young. When the Purple Yang Spirit Flower and Yin Soul Fruit were planted and matured, it would only take about twenty years at most to build the Foundation Pill. By then, his life span, body and appearance would be greatly improved. The city is rejuvenating, and there is no need for such beauty-preserving elixirs.

Before, Li Mu intervened for three God-Breaking Pills, but finally gave up after seeing the enthusiasm of several golden pills in the VIP seats.

The effectiveness of three God-Breaking Pills may not be as powerful as the divine soul blessed by an acre of Cuiling Fruit when it matures!

"The time is limited to two hundred breaths. The starting price of this elixir is: 50,000 souls. The bidding begins!" Wan Yuncheng announced loudly, and the noisy scene came to an abrupt end. All the monks participating in the auction entered the bidding order and checked the bidding price. .

Sure enough, the starting price of 50,000 souls cannot stop the female cultivators who are crazy about their looks, and the male cultivators who pay for their Taoist companions.

80,000, 100,000,…

Soon, there were only a few golden elixir monks left, competing for the price.

The bidding numbers are rushing towards 200,000 mid-grade spiritual stones.

Wan Yuncheng watched quietly on the auction stage. He did not need to guide this fierce bidding or add fuel to the fire. He only needed to wait for the end of the bidding time and announce the result when the hammer fell.

"Fellow Taoist No. 5 is bidding: 210,000 souls. The remaining time is: 9 breaths. Is there anyone else who wants to bid?" Wan Yuncheng shouted as if to supplement at the right time.

As soon as Wan Yuncheng finished speaking, the bidding numbers that had slowed down suddenly jumped violently. Several potential competitors tried in vain, and the bidding became fierce again.

In the end, 9 breaths of time passed by, and the Beauty Pill was finally auctioned off by Auction Order No. 12 for 300,000 medium-grade spiritual stones, resulting in a 6-fold bargaining price.

"Sure enough, this Beauty Pill is in the pocket of Senior Jindan, and it is not something we can spy on!"

"Alas! The Wanbao Pavilion's auctions are becoming more and more high-profile every time. Do you want us to come here to watch the show?"

"One of the 300,000-year-old Beauty Pill has a spirit value. Has the value of this spirit stone depreciated again? Is there another large-scale spirit mine coming out?"

"How generous! With three hundred thousand souls, you can buy several fourth-level spiritual weapons."

…

In the audience, the Foundation Establishment monks had no chance to participate in this level of bidding, so they all watched the excitement.

Relying on the heated atmosphere created by the Zhuyan Pill, the auctioneer Wan Yuncheng quickly announced that the third item to be auctioned was still the elixir, three fourth-level Huntian Pills.

A few seconds passed in a blink of an eye, and the third lot fell into the hands of VIP Room No. 11. The final bid was: 48,000 gold coins.

Then, the fourth lot was still the fourth-level elixir - Ziyang Dan, five Ziyang Dans, the final bid was: 60,000 in the spirit elixir.

The fifth lot: a fourth-level Heaven-Building Pill, which has the ability to complete the qualifications. The final bid: 80,000 Zhongling.

The sixth lot: a fourth-level infant-condensing elixir, which has the ability to break the golden elixir and help create a baby. The final bid was: 450,000 souls.

….

crazy!

The golden elixir monks in the VIP room were all jealous, and the melon-eating 'foundation-building monks' were also crazy about it!

A large wave of high-level elixirs were all golden elixirs. The foundation-building monks were usually very eager for them, but they were hard to find. Now they suddenly appeared. The golden elixir monks in the VIP room took action one after another and took them decisively.

More than a dozen rare and precious high-level elixirs were auctioned one after another, creating an auction feast.

"Okay! The auction of spiritual elixirs has come to an end. Next, the auction of spiritual weapons will begin. The spiritual weapons in this auction include the spiritual weapons refined by our weapon refiner, Master Chen, and Master Li, as well as those sent by various customers. The spiritual weapons are all top-quality spiritual weapons that have been carefully selected by our spiritual masters." Auctioneer Wan Yuncheng looked around the audience and introduced them in detail.

Wan Yuncheng looked around the auditorium under the tower and announced loudly: "We are now entering the spiritual weapon auction. Please take a look at the first auction item, a fourth-level top-grade Fire Flame Spiritual Sword refined by Master Li."

As soon as he finished speaking, a sword box appeared in a small teleportation.

Wan Yuncheng opened the sword box, reached out and grabbed it, and took out a fourth-level spiritual sword that was blazing with white flames.

"This sword is made of fourth-order extreme flame spirit crystal, marrow flame essence stone, and fourth-order black flame dragon python demon bone. It is refined by Master Li's secret method. The fire spirit is extremely strong. If it has a fire spiritual root, a monk who majors in fire magic will Take it, and not only will your combat power be doubled, but you can also rely on the sword's fire element training on weekdays, doubling your training speed!" Wan Yuncheng grabbed the flame spirit sword in the sword box, waved it gently, and immediately used the spirit to The sword summoned an incandescent fire snake, the temperature was frighteningly high.

The expressions of the foundation-building monks sitting in front of the auditorium changed drastically, and there was a chill in their hearts.

If you are attacked by this incandescent fire snake, you will turn into ashes within two breaths. The power of this fire-based spiritual sword is really terrifying.

"What a sword, what a terrifying spiritual sword!"

"It's so powerful and spiritual. This fire-based sword can transform into spirits at will! It's amazing!"

"The spirit of the fire snake is gathered together and never disperses. It is indeed a good sword!"

"With such a peerless sword, Master Li is truly well-deserved! He cannot be the same person as Elder Li of Qingxuan Sect!"

"It seems that Elder Li of Qingxuan Sect is a former weapon refiner of Wanbao Pavilion! He is really powerful!"

"The spiritual sword here is too powerful, and it will inevitably attract competition from the Jindan seniors. Even if you lose all your money, you can't afford it, and you are destined to miss it!"

"The fourth-order spiritual sword! We can only watch..."

"..."

Seeing Wan Yuncheng using the power of the fourth-level fire-type spiritual sword to easily cut out a fiery snake sword energy, which stayed together for a long time, the eyes of the monks at the scene suddenly became extremely fiery, and they started talking excitedly.

"Since I don't practice fire-based skills, I can only exert 50% of the power of this sword, so I won't show it too much here. This sword is extremely suitable for those with fire spirit roots or monks who have practiced fire-based skills. ." Wan Yuncheng introduced it with a smile, and then quoted: "The starting price of this sword: 50,000 souls, the bidding time limit: 180 interest, now, start bidding!"

As soon as Wan Yuncheng finished speaking, the bidding prices were displayed below the auction table, and fierce bidding changes immediately occurred.

60,000, 70,000, 80,000,..., in just a dozen breaths, the bidding price soared to more than 100,000 souls, and then the price slowly stopped.

The audience fell into silence for a while, and the foundation-building monks looked on blankly. Some people participated in the bidding several times unwillingly, and soon gave up.

This spiritual weapon has become the target of a frantic scramble by the Jindan seniors, and there is no room for the Foundation Establishment monks to intervene.

…

Li Mu would buy spiritual pills first and auction spiritual weapons later. Even if his own spiritual weapons were auctioned, Li Mu was not interested at all. He continued to read the ancient book "Chronicles of the Southern Spirit" to pass the time.

Maybe there are too many high-level spiritual weapons being refined. Without spirit fusion and birth of weapon spirits, spiritual weapons are equivalent to having no souls. In Li Mu's eyes, such spiritual weapons are garbage, even if he refined them himself. , nor worthy of attention.

If he hadn't heard from Gongsun Chu that some high-level spiritual beasts, spiritual plants, and some special skill books would appear at the auction, Li Mu would not have wanted to participate in the auction.

In order to prevent the attention of the senior officials of the Qingxuan Sect, Li Mu took the first step and postponed the weapon refining task arranged by Elder Yin on the grounds of seclusion.

There are not many things that can interest him now. Li Mu only wants to stay at Yue Qiong Peak to cultivate spiritual plants, and by the way, he can cultivate Xiaojin, or contract a few more high-level spiritual beasts with better qualifications to cultivate them and serve as In the future, I don’t want to get involved in other things with my help.

Time passed bit by bit, and the auction had been going on for more than half an hour.

The spiritual weapon process was a bit long. Li Mu occasionally paid attention to it. The six fourth-level spiritual weapons he refined were sold at a good price. The commission earned him thirty-four or five spiritual weapons, which was far less than what he earned from refining weapons for the sect. many.

However, after factoring in the discounts provided by Wanbao Pavilion for purchasing spiritual items, as well as the fees for searching for high-end spiritual items through Wanbao Pavilion's channels, and the various invisible benefits provided, the value created for the two to refine spiritual items is not much different.

"Thank you all for your active bidding. The spiritual weapon auction has come to an end. Next, we enter the spirit beast auction. This time we received many entrustments from fellow Taoists to auction a batch of high-level spirit beast cubs, beast eggs, and spirit insect eggs. I will introduce them one by one." Auctioneer Wan Yuncheng announced.

"Is this the end? I haven't bought the right spiritual weapon yet!"

"It's gone! I haven't even bought any protective gear yet!"

"The spiritual weapons in this auction are so high-end that you can't even get them!"

"You came here in vain! I didn't buy a single spiritual weapon!"

"Why are they gone? There are too few spiritual weapons in this auction!"

…

As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, he immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of most of the foundation-building monks in the audience. They finally found time to attend the auction of Wanbao Pavilion, but they became the audience. Many people did not buy any spiritual weapons, so they were out of stock. .

"Fellow Taoists, please be patient. Due to time constraints, we can only take out high-end and valuable spiritual artifacts for auction. If you have not purchased your favorite spiritual artifacts, you can ask our store clerk later. There are still a large number of high-quality spiritual weapons in the pavilion that have not participated in the bidding. At that time, you can choose as you like and buy them at a lower price. In addition, our Wanbao Pavilion also provides extremely high discounts for fellow Taoists today!" Wan Yuncheng He had expected it and signaled calmly.

"I see, this is so decent!"

“What a discount!”

"If I can buy a suitable spiritual weapon at a low price, I will come to your Wanbao Pavilion often to take care of me in the future!"

…

Hearing this, all the foundation-building monks in the audience breathed a sigh of relief and immediately had a good look on their faces.

"The next item to be auctioned is a fourth-level demon egg!" Wan Yuncheng looked at the small teleportation platform and introduced.

As soon as he finished speaking, the small teleportation platform had a flash of inspiration, and a gray earth-colored demon egg over two feet high and one foot wide appeared, exuding strong vitality. There was countless gray dust around the egg, which was the earth element. It is formed by the gathering of spiritual energy on its own.

It means that this fourth-level monster egg is an earth monster, and its aptitude and potential are very good.

"This is a fourth-level armored rock lizard monster egg. It has outstanding qualifications and excellent quality. It is a rare combat assistant." Wan Yuncheng introduced with a smile.

"It's an armored rock lizard! I thought it was a black stone turtle!"

"The Iron-clad Rock Lizard is ugly! Moreover, it is a fourth-level demon egg. It will take me an unknown amount of time to raise it until it reaches adulthood!"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, if it's the Iron-armored Black Rhinoceros, I'll fight for it no matter what, and forget about the Rock Lizard!"

"Who would raise such a gold-eating beast? The resources needed to raise it are enough to make a gold elixir yourself."

…

As soon as Wan Yuncheng finished his introduction, countless foundation-building monks immediately complained about its shortcomings. They all expressed their disapproval and refused to participate in the bidding.

Looking at the reaction from the audience, a trace of embarrassment flashed across Wan Yuncheng's face, and he quickly moved on to the next step and announced: "The starting price of this egg: 30,000 souls, the bidding time limit: 60 interest, the bidding begins."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked at the bidding table to see who would bid for this item.

Auction Order No. 72, bidding: 32,000 souls.

"Hey! Someone is actually willing to pay an extra 2,000 Zhongling to buy this egg, and he's a senior in the VIP room!"

"Indeed! Iron-clad rock lizard! This thing needs to eat spirit ants to feed itself. How can you afford to feed it!"

"That's weird! Why raise a monster like the Iron-clad Rock Lizard, which is difficult to raise, ugly, and has low combat power?"

…

All the foundation-building monks expressed their incomprehension, and none of the golden elixir monks in the VIP room could compete with him. Finally, when the 60th breath came, the spiritual object was successfully photographed by the people in VIP room No. 72.

"Congratulations to fellow Taoist No. 72 for winning the auction for a level 4 demon egg!" Wan Yuncheng, who originally thought the auction would be rejected, breathed a sigh of relief and announced quickly, not even bothering to quote the price.

Then, Wan Yuncheng quickly entered the auction of the next lot, and introduced it in an exciting tone: "The next lot is the third-order golden-winged cloud eagle demon egg. There are three demon eggs this time. The bidding starts one by one. The first one Up for auction, starting price: 50,000 spirit pieces, bidding time limit: 150 interest."

"Wow! Third-order Golden Winged Cloud Eagle! Wanbao Pavilion can actually come up with such monster eggs for sale!"

"It's indeed a good thing. It's much better than the fourth-level iron-clad rock lizard. Although there are three of them, I'm afraid I won't be able to compete!"

"Yes! Compared with the Iron-clad Rock Lizard, the sky is nothing!"

"Forget it! Such a good thing! You won't be able to grab it."

…

As soon as the auctioneer finished his introduction, the audience was in an uproar again. However, compared with the previous disgust, this time everyone was excited and eager to win the bid. The atmosphere was completely different.

"I announce that the bidding for the first Golden Winged Cloud Eagle Monster Egg has begun!" Wan Yuncheng announced loudly and excitedly.

The next moment, the bidding price changed drastically: 70,000, 80,000,..., the bidding kept rising, soaring to more than 150,000 in the blink of an eye.

…

In VIP Room No. 72, Li Mu watched them with a smile as they bid for the Cloud Eagle Monster Egg, but did not participate. Today, he participated in the Wanbao Pavilion auction and successfully bought the fourth-level monster egg. Today was finally not in vain.

When everyone saw it was an armored rock lizard, they were immediately frightened by the ugly appearance of this beast, the difficult conditions to raise it, the extremely timid character of the armored rock lizard, its inability to fight..., and other factors, even though its price was extremely low. , as high as level four, and no one dares to take action easily.

However, Li Mu has the magical talent of identifying all spirits! A magical power that can see through the foundation of all things.

That monster egg was indeed an iron-clad rock lizard, but it was also a hybrid monster egg. However, the other half of its high-level monster bloodline was not revealed!

No! It should have already appeared! It’s just that no one paid attention, let alone thought about it in any direction!

The fourth-order iron-clad rock lizard monster egg was surrounded by a large amount of earth-type spiritual energy, which was one of the strange images. This was a monster egg produced by a mixture of the fourth-order iron-armored rock lizard and the sixth-order black jade dragon.

The dragon gave birth to nine sons with strange shapes. The dragon's nature is inherently lustful, and the same is true for the dragon, because the dragon's bloodline itself is inherited from the dragon, so it also inherits its nature.

The missed one was okay, but Li Mu still hoped that the hatched rock lizard would be more like its father and not too ugly!

In "Demon Spirit Painting Strategy", a book that introduces various monsters, Li Mu has seen the appearance of an armored rock lizard. It has a long body and a short mouth, a bit like a pangolin magnified a hundred times. It is not ordinary ugly, with thick rocks all over its body. , I don’t know whether the black jade dragon was so suffocated or wanted to try something new that he actually attacked the armored rock lizard.

This is probably something that most of the monks present could not have thought of!

Li Mu looked at the auction site that was going on, smiling happily, waiting for the next item to be auctioned.

If he could gather five five-element monsters, refine their natal spiritual weapons, and then use the Spirit Control Technique to teach them to set up the five-element formation or even the five-element sword formation, it would be a great improvement and help to his overall combat power. What a look!

Suddenly thinking of this, Li Mu's heart skipped a beat.