Chapter 286: The Magical Use of Charm, Pixiu Puppet (3K)
The tide-watching conch is a unique snail creature found in the delta at the mouth of the Cangjiang River.
It is said that on August 18th every year, the waves from the sea will flow upstream into the Cangjiang River, making waves sound like thunder, causing all kinds of incredible changes.
On this day, a kind of conch sleeping below the Cangjiang Delta will be awakened by the sound of the waves, climb to the highest peak in the continent, and look back at the Cangjiang tide, hence the name "Tide Watching Conch".
This kind of conch belongs to the water element, and there is a tide-listening stone in its body, which can use its spiritual energy to transform the magnificent scene of the Cangjiang River's tidal waves crashing on the shore, as well as the sound of the waves and the thunder of the sky.
Those who practice water-based exercises can build a foundation with this spiritual object, which can consolidate the foundation and add these two changes to their true essence.
But similarly, wanting to control these two changes is naturally a bit more difficult than ordinary foundation building.
Li Qing frowned slightly and asked Li Yu, "Have you thought about it? This tide-watching conch is much more difficult to refine than the Xuanshui Stone."
Li Yu said categorically: "Now that you have taught me the superior method of "Cang Hai Tide Jue", I won't fight for it anymore. After all, I still won't accept it."
"That's all!" Li Qing shook his head, "You can ask for the price yourself. The family has given you a quota of 8,000 spiritual stones to purchase two foundation-building spiritual objects."
"You bought the pulse-protecting grass and spent 3,400 pieces, and you have 4,600 pieces left. If the price difference of the tide-watching conch is within this number, I will give you credit first."
Li Yu was overjoyed when he heard this: "Then I'll thank you in advance. The total price is nine thousand two hundred low-grade spiritual stones. It should be no problem to take a photo of the tide-watching conch."
Li Qing only reminded: "According to the rules of the fairy city, the tide-viewing conch must be photographed after Xuanshui Stone. If not, then the trip will be in vain."
Li Yu was silent for a moment: "Even so, I still want to give it a try."
The two left the rented temporary cave and walked to "Rongbaozhai", the organizer of the auction.
Rongbaozhai is not the official business name of Tanyuan Immortal City, but the family business of a founding prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It has branches in all Jiedan sects in the territory, as well as in the more popular cities.
This branch of Tanyuan Immortal City covers an area of fifty acres. In the core area of the Immortal City with every inch of land and spiritual stone, it is second only to Master Tan Yuan's cave in size.
The entire building has gold tiles and red walls, and a pair of puppets are placed on both sides of the door. Their strength is said to be close to the third level.
The two puppets are each carved with gold and jade. Their bodies are like tigers and leopards, their heads and tails are like dragons, they have wings on their shoulders but cannot extend them, and they have two horns on their heads that are tilted back.
It is the legendary mythical beast Pixiu.
Li Qing had seen it before building the foundation, but did not find it magical.
Now after building the foundation, condensing his spiritual consciousness several times, and refining the Taihao Palace, he finally discovered the beauty of it.
He circulated the foundation-building consciousness, blessed by Taihao Palace, and looked at the two Pixiu puppets from a distance.
I saw pedestrians coming and going near Rongbaozhai, with a faint golden light rising from their bodies, swirling into Pixiu's mouth.
The glimmer of light had no way of going out, and after being refined several times in its belly, it was able to warm and nourish the puppet itself.
As time goes by, the puppet has not become obsolete, but has become more and more powerful, making ordinary monks dare not look directly at it.
He couldn't help but sigh: "As expected of the Duke of Kaiwang, his background is amazing."
"This pair of golden and jade braves, given time, may not be able to advance to the third level and be on equal footing with the host."
Li Yu didn't feel too deeply. Seeing many people rushing to Rongbaozhai, he quickly hinted to Li Qing to join them.
Li Qing smiled slightly, and the Taihao Palace in the Lingtai trembled slightly, suppressing the energy of the whole body, and the two brave animals could not absorb his golden light.
"Come in!"
Li Yu had already planned his itinerary. As soon as he entered, Zhike led the two of them to a private room on the third floor of Rongbaozhai.
Looking down from the box to the auction exhibition hall below, it is like looking at the grain on the palm of your hand, clearly visible.
"Two distinguished guests, this private room on the third floor is prepared for a foundation-building overhaul like Senior Li. It is equipped with magical tools specially used for bidding, so you don't have to bid in person like the Qi Practitioners below."
Zhike enthusiastically introduced: "In addition, we will also give you a pot of second-level spiritual tea, a spiritual fruit, and spiritual snacks. Please use it with caution."
Li Qing nodded slightly, casually tipped a small bag of spiritual stones, and then asked Li Yu to send the person out of the box.
He shook his head and said with emotion: "After foundation building, compared with the Qi training period, it is really different."
"I used to go to the auction house and spend spiritual stones to get into the box on the second floor, let alone these services. Now I don't have to pay a penny to get it."
Li Yu felt even more deeply: "I used to be in other Rongbaozhai branches. I didn't even dare to rent a private room. I could only ask people for prices in the lobby on the first floor. After all, I was nervous about the spiritual stones I had."
"That's all. If you meet a favorite treasure and it is spotted by customers on the third floor and above at the same time, you won't even dare to bid too loudly."
The two of them looked at each other in silence, and had no choice but to raise their glasses and taste the second-level spiritual tea sent by Rongbaozhai.
In this way, about a quarter of an hour later, the bell in the hall downstairs rang, and the auction officially began.
"Dear distinguished guests, welcome to the Class C auction held once every quarter in Tanyuan branch of Rongbaozhai. The little old Eryu Jizi has been appointed to host this auction."
An old man with a smile walked up to the high platform, bowed in all directions, and started the auction without any more nonsense.
Li Qing's eyes flashed slightly, and he realized that this jade girl seemed to have practiced some kind of "charming skill", which could increase the affinity of his smile and the appeal of his words.
If Li Qing hadn't made the Taihao Palace fake into reality, he wouldn't have even realized this at all with his original spiritual consciousness in the foundation building stage.
"This is a bit outrageous!" He shook his head secretly, "The charm skill can be used in this way? It's really eye-opening."
It must be said that although this move is unconventional, it is really effective.
The old man only provoked a little, and the monks in the hall and the second floor began to bid frantically for various auction items.
Even many boxes on the third and fourth floors had offers from time to time.
Li Qing was greatly impressed after seeing a group of Fengyang grass worth only 600 spirit stones being sold at a high price of 1,000 spirit stones.
"Go back and arrange it for the managers of our Qinghe Market." He turned his head and told Li Yu, "Let them all practice a charm skill."
"Ah?!" Li Yu was dumbfounded, "Our managers are basically all grown men! They are not young anymore."
Li Qing glanced at the crazy auction: "Open your mind a little. Practicing charm skills is not to seduce married women..."
Li Yu was a little confused, but still wrote it down.
The two drank spiritual tea, tasted spiritual fruits and spiritual food, and paid attention to the items that were auctioned one after another.
Many of them were useful to Li Yu. If he hadn't been thinking about the tide-watching conch, he would have bid four or five times.
After an hour, Yu Jizi opened a jade box, revealing a light blue gem.
"Dear guests, this is a black water stone, which is an excellent spiritual object for water-type cultivators to build their foundation. Its characteristics are neutral and peaceful. Using it as an aid can increase the probability of building a foundation by 20%."
"I'll offer two thousand spiritual stones!" A cultivator at the peak of Qi training in the hall raised his hand impatiently.
"Two thousand and two!"
"Two thousand and three!"
"Three thousand and one!"
The bidding sounded one after another, and there were already more than thirty cultivators who couldn't help raising their hands without Yu Jizi's rhetoric.
"Four thousand spiritual stones!" Someone suddenly offered a price in a box on the third floor.
Li Qing glanced at Li Yu: "You really don't want this? If you miss this opportunity, you won't have it anymore."
Li Yu shook his head and simply turned away, not looking at the auction items below.
Four thousand spiritual stones are very close to the value of Xuanshui Stone.
The atmosphere on the scene stagnated for a while, and someone in a private room on the second floor bid: "Four thousand and fifty pieces!"
"Four thousand two hundred pieces!" The private room on the third floor raised the price without hesitation.
"Four thousand two hundred and fifty pieces!" The man on the second floor hesitated for a while before gritting his teeth and raising the price.
Obviously, this price is close to his limit.
But the man on the third floor only said lightly: "Four thousand four hundred pieces!"
As he said, without waiting for the people on the second floor to continue to raise the price, he directly abandoned the bidding magic weapon of Rongbaozhai and said loudly: "Daoyou Yujizi, this price is already much higher than Xuanshui Stone, it's okay..."
"It turned out to be the ancestor of the Leng family!" Everyone present reacted and talked about it.
"This ancestor is incredible. Ten years ago, the previous ancestor was killed by a robber, and the foundation-building seeds died with him. The foundation-building pills he just bought were also lost."
"He accepted the order in a critical moment and resolutely decided to build his own foundation, and he actually succeeded!"
"The Leng family had originally fallen out of the ranks of foundation-building families, but he was forced to bring them up again. He is really a legendary figure!"
There were originally a few people present who were interested in this Xuanshui stone, but after knowing that it was the ancestor of the Leng family who offered the price, they gave up one after another.
After all, the great cultivators who build their own foundations are usually stronger than those who take foundation-building pills.
For a Xuanshui stone with a lot of premium, it is unnecessary to offend such a promising foundation-building great cultivator.
The jade machine was pointed at by the Leng family ancestor, but he was not angry: "Since fellow Daoist Leng is interested, and other fellow Daoists have not continued to bid, then..."
Li Qing's eyes flickered slightly, and with the blessing of his spiritual sense, he could hear all the discussions in the field: "Hey, this is really a narrow road for enemies..."
He picked up the quotation magic tool and input a number with his spiritual sense.
"Four thousand five hundred pieces!"
There was an uproar in the field.
"Fellow Daoist, four thousand five low-grade spirit stones, buying a black water stone, is it a bit impulsive?" The Leng family ancestor was a little unhappy.
Li Qing smiled and retorted directly: "A thousand gold can't buy the favorite! I'll take this black water stone back to pave the water pool, which is also good."
"Four thousand six hundred pieces!" The Leng family ancestor's voice was low.
This was already Li Yu's bottom line for bidding on the black water stone.
Li Qing didn't even frown: "Four thousand eight hundred pieces! If fellow Daoist wants to raise the price, I will accompany you."
"You——" The Leng family ancestor snorted coldly, wanting to raise the price, but finally held back.
Li Yu looked at Li Qing in confusion, wondering why he suddenly got angry and wasted the spirit stones.
Li Qing chuckled and said, "I still have some grievances with the Leng family. Since he wants this Xuanshui Stone, I will not let him get what he wants."