Twenty-nine foundation-building slaves were tied with fine steel chains engraved with runes. Their heads were lowered and they were led out of the golden birdcage by Le Lao.
Xu Dao and others followed behind in high spirits, and also left the birdcage where they had been staying for two or three years.
In the huge cage, only the Master of Qianlong Pavilion was finally left alone, staring at the bright moon in the cage without blinking, his eyes shining brightly.
After leaving the birdcage and coming to the Treasure House, Xu Dao found that compared with the first time he came here, the spiritual materials and goods in the Treasure House were much less, and it could even be said to be depressed.
There were originally piles of talisman money, but now they are only as high as the knees, and the various ores, herbs, jade boxes, jewelry and other items are also much inferior. Although it still gives people a feeling of jewelery, it is not enough to shock people's hearts.
.
He looked at the scene in the warehouse, and without thinking too much, he understood that a large amount of spiritual materials were consumed in their hands. A small part was swallowed up by the Taoist priests, and most of them became consumables for the refining goddess.
.
Along the way, Xu Dao also chatted with the six formation Taoist priests he was familiar with. They had worked together for a year or two, and now that they finally met, they had something to say.
Especially Xu Dao, as the one with the highest status among the seven, even though he was a Taoist priest among them, the other party was very kind to him.
After passing through the huge iron gate and walking through the dark corridor, everyone returned to Qianlong Pavilion talking and laughing.
If it is as Mr. Le said, a banquet to welcome the wind and wash away the dust has long been prepared in Qianlong Pavilion.
Everyone went directly to the sixth floor. Yan Huan, the fat and thin snake girl Shark Girl, and the handsome Taoist disciples were all waiting in the building. When the Taoist priests appeared, there was a shout of greeting from the scene.
"I've met all the Taoist priests!", "Congratulations to all the Taoist priests for coming out of seclusion."
In addition, there were various spiritual fruits and various drinks prepared. There were exactly eleven banquets prepared in the building. Mr. Le smiled and invited Xu Dao and others to the banquet.
The twenty-nine foundation-building slaves were placed in the center of the banquet and were inspected one by one by the Taoist priests.
There was no need for Mr. Le to stir up the atmosphere. After taking their seats, the Taoist priests helped themselves to drinks, laughed, had fun and relaxed.
After having a glass of wine, a Taoist shouted: "What kind of partition plan are these slaves? Let me tell you, a certain family has something to do. After the partition is completed, we must rush back to the cave."
"Fellow Taoist, you are so anxious. Could it be that you think the shark girl and snake girl on the field are not interesting enough and want to take the foundation-building slave girl and go back to play tricks?"
"Haha! I think it's not that he didn't think it was delicious enough, but he was afraid that he couldn't deal with the Foundation Establishment slave girl, so he went back in a hurry. He thought he didn't want to look ugly."
When the man who yelled heard this, he immediately laughed and scolded: "You soft-footed shrimps still dare to laugh at a certain family. Why don't you wait and compare the lengths of the slaves after you get the slaves!"
There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and Xu Dao was among them, and his eyes fell on the twenty-nine foundation-building slaves.
After a long period of training, many of the slaves had resigned themselves to their fate. Most of them lowered their heads and closed their eyes. They did not react at all after hearing the Taoist priests' teasing. Only a few of them were in a good state, but they still looked like they were struggling.
Just a little bit.
For example, Taoist priest Chen Clan was stared at by Xu Dao.
The opponent's eyes kept shaking, and he tried his best to open his eyelids. Unfortunately, the chains and talismans that bound him were tightly enchanted, and all his magic power was imprisoned, and he could only be bought and sold.
When Mr. Le saw the shouts of the Taoist priests in the field, he smiled and returned: "Since all the Taoist priests can't wait, I can't hide it anymore."
Mr. Le walked to the center of the banquet, clapped his hands, and said: "Today, we will distribute the profits of these slaves to all Taoist priests in the form of auction."
"But don't worry, Taoist priests, there will be no charge for talismans in this auction. Please bring out your own Hidden Dragon Tokens. The corresponding amount of merit has been included in the Taoist priests' Hidden Dragon Tokens, and the Taoist power will be consumed in the auction.
That’s it.”
When Xu Dao heard this, he took out his Hidden Dragon Order and scanned it, and found that the number of his Taoist skills, which was almost zero, suddenly turned into 3.5 million!
One talisman represents one talisman's money, but one talisman's money may not be able to buy one talisman. With these many talons, Xu Dao can basically covet all the elixir treasures in Qianlong Pavilion.
He looked at the number of Taoist skills on the Qianlong Order and his breathing became heavy.
The other Taoist priests at the table, after looking at Qianlong Ling, exclaimed: "The master of the pavilion is so majestic!"
"Millions of Daogong!"
The eleven Taoist priests at the scene immediately became aware of each other and began to communicate with each other.
Because when the slaves are auctioned later, everyone's financial resources will be exposed, and many people directly disclose the amount of Taoist power they have obtained.
Xu Dao was questioned by many Taoist priests. He hesitated a little and simply opened the Hidden Dragon Token and waved it towards a few familiar people, which immediately caused the other party to exclaim.
As Xu Dao expected, he had the greatest contribution in refining the goddess, ranking first.
The Taoist power obtained by the rest of the people is around 2 million, with different levels, the highest is only 2.5 million, and the lowest is only 1.2 million.
Generally speaking, the more exquisite the skills and the stronger the Taoist priests, the more Taoist power they can obtain.
The distinction between high and low was strictly based on the size of merit. Even the one who gained the least among them only complained a few words and did not fall out with Mr. Le and others.
Xu Dao was able to get a share of 3.5 million, which naturally aroused the secret jealousy of many people. Fortunately, the Taoist priests present were all steady, and the atmosphere of the banquet was as usual and did not become disharmonious.
Xu Dao looked around the field and thought to himself: "The Taoist priests who didn't even think about it have been burned to death in the birdcage."
For example, take Yao Buqi, who once had a good relationship with Xu Dao, but was jealous of Xu Dao over trivial matters. He is no longer among the eleven, and has long since died.
Indeed, as Xu Dao said, other Taoist priests are not only steady, but also very discerning.
Because of the large number of Taoist achievements, not only did they remain as normal on the surface, but their evaluation of Xu Dao in their hearts also improved a lot.
Especially the four alchemy and weapon refining Taoist priests who were not familiar with Xu Dao, their attitude was even more attentive: "This person is highly regarded by the master of Qianlong Pavilion, so his background must be good!"
After a while of noise, Mr. Le skillfully drew everyone's attention back and explained a few rules of the auction:
"This auction is not a stingy one in the pavilion. I want to earn back the Taoist power from the Taoist priests, so the starting price and increase in price are not high. Taoist priests, please act according to your ability. Each Taoist priest can buy as much as you can
The upper limit of slaves is three. Once the number reaches three, they will automatically exit the auction..."
Upon hearing these rules, all the Taoist priests in attendance nodded in agreement.
Soon, everyone was drinking and having fun while rushing to buy the twenty-nine slaves at the banquet, and the banquet became more lively.
The serving Taoist servants listened to the quotations from the Taoist priests, and their eyes were filled with strange colors, and they were quite shocked.
But the bidding price of the auction is indeed as what Mr. Le said, it is not too high, at least for the foundation slaves and the Taoist priests who are holding huge sums of money.
"The starting price for a virgin slave girl in the Ligen Realm is one hundred thousand Daogong!"
"One hundred and five thousand!"
"One hundred and ten thousand!"
…………
"Ningsha realm male slave, starting price is 200,000!"
"Twenty-one thousand!"
Quotes rang out one after another, and male and female slaves were brought out one after another and brought to the side of a certain Taoist priest.
Perhaps because the Taoist priests have been too patient in the past two years and have been threatened with life and death in a birdcage, some Taoist priests are really anxious and start to play tricks on the spot.
Although these slaves are also in the foundation-building realm, they have fallen into the hands of Qianlong Pavilion and have been thoroughly processed. They have slave patterns, shackles and other things on their bodies, and they can only be used by Taoist priests to humiliate them.
.
During the banquet, many Taoist priests began to behave completely wildly.
Xu Dao sipped his drink and squinted at the scenes on the field, but he didn't feel at all involved in it.
This was not only because there were acquaintances of his among the slaves, but also because he felt awe-inspiring in his heart and felt a little bit sad about the death of a rabbit or a fox.
Xu Dao looked at the Chen Sect Taoist priest and thought: "If I had been unlucky when I fell into the West Sea, I might have ended up like these foundation-building slaves in the field, left to their own devices."
The realm of foundation building is already enough to walk in the world. But once you are inferior to others and lose at the hands of others, you will still become a prisoner of your subordinates and become a slave.
Xu Dao became anxious again about improving his strength and increasing his Taoist practices: "Although a hundred years of Taoist practices are many, they are not enough. I need to complete the remaining six years of Taoist practices as soon as possible...and form the elixir as soon as possible to be stable!"
Just at this moment, the Taoist priest from the Chen Sect was led out and the price was quoted: "Ningsha Perfect Male Slave, the starting price is 300,000 Daogong!"
As soon as Xu Dao drank the wine from the glass, he immediately called out the price: "Three hundred and fifty thousand!"
Taoist priest Chen Clan has a solid foundation, great potential, and is not very old. As the second among the twenty-nine slaves, he is quite coveted by the Taoist priests, especially the female Taoist priests.
Xu Dao has a large number of Taoist works, so he has been holding back from auctioning them, just because he doesn't want something to happen and the Taoist priest Chen Clan will not be able to buy them.
Fortunately, the situation was not as difficult as he thought.
After a lot of bidding, others realized that Xu Dao was bound to win, and because there were many slaves in the field, they did not want to hurt each other's harmony, so they all stopped and did not raise the price of Taoist Chenmen too high.
Xu Dao only spent 800,000 Taoist skills to successfully buy Taoist priest Chenmen.
In terms of the amount of Taoist power spent alone, it is not as much as the money he earned when he sold Yin Jianjian.
After purchasing Taoist priest Chenmen, Xu Dao quietly put him into the flying flag, without communicating with him immediately to avoid missing the mark.
He immediately looked at the remaining slaves in the field, scrutinizing them carefully. The slaves were auctioned in random order, and Shark Girl Yin Jianjian was still among them.
After some consideration, Xu Dao did not blindly attack other slaves, but just chose to buy Yin Jianjian back. Moreover, he only spent 700,000 Dao Gong, which was indeed much cheaper.
With this number, or because Yin Jianjian ranked third among many slaves, the price he sold at auction was already higher than that of other slaves.
After spending 1.5 million Dao Gong, Xu Dao has purchased two slaves, and they are the second and third slaves respectively, which is enough.
So when the top-ranked Lian Gang slave was auctioned, he made a slight move and chose to give up. The other slaves did not interfere.
After an auction, Xu Dao only bought two slaves. This approach was in line with the number of Taoist merits he had obtained. He also unexpectedly gained the goodwill of many Taoist priests, who thought that he had no intention of taking all the benefits and was quite graceful.
In fact, Xu Dao not only achieved his goal, he also planned the use of the remaining two million Dao Gong. Once the banquet is over, he will be the first to take action and spend all the two million Dao Gong.
Most of them, he plans to exchange for various cost-effective spiritual materials, which will be used to practice the Xuanzhen Sect's Taoism and feed the Tooth General and Scale Soldiers.
The remaining half was exchanged for talisman money and used for practice and reserves.
After the division of the twenty-nine slaves was completed, the banquet in the building came to an end.
The Taoist priests who were previously keen on drinking and having fun all became impatient after acquiring the foundation-building slaves, and wanted to quickly return to the cave to train and enjoy themselves.
When Mr. Le saw this, he couldn't help but smile. When he saw that all the Taoist priests wanted to leave, he cupped his hands and shouted: "The slaves have been divided. If you Taoist priests have urgent matters, just leave on your own."
After a pause, Le Lao suddenly added: "Among the twenty-nine foundation slaves, if the Taoist priests find something wrong, they can send a letter directly to Lao Lao."
The person chuckled again and seemed to be explaining: "Our reputation is acceptable and our after-sales service is excellent."
“Very good!”
When a Taoist priest heard this, he stood up on the spot and said to Mr. Le and the Taoist priests around him: "In that case, I'll take a step back first."
Some people also echoed: "Thank you Mr. Le for the hospitality. I am also the first to take the lead."
The shouts continued, and Xu Dao was among them. He also bowed to Mr. Le to show respect, then rolled up his sleeves and went down to the sixth floor.
After going downstairs, he immediately started spending a lot of money in Qianlong Pavilion. He was so surprised that Mr. Le, who had just finished seeing off the guests, ran downstairs and met him face to face.
It may be because Qianlong Pavilion has a profound foundation, or it may be because Xu Dao starts quickly and others have no time to spend their Tao skills. His two million Tao skills were completely spent in half a day.
Once it was exchanged for cultivation materials, not a penny would be left.
In the eyes of other Taoist priests, this move may be a bit short-sighted.
After all, it would be extremely difficult to accumulate so much money after all the money spent on Taoism. But for Xu Dao, who believed in keeping his money safe, this move was extremely worthwhile.
After taking care of his belongings, he quietly left Qianlong Pavilion and returned to his cave.
Xu Dao once again activated the retreat formation, shutting out others and not accepting guests for the time being.
Only this time, he was no longer the only one in the cave, but there were two more people.
He released Taoist priest Chen Clan and Shark Girl Yin Jianjian from the flying flags, and released each other's restraints on the spot.
Xu Dao chuckled lightly and slapped the Chen family: "Fellow Daoist Chen, long time no see."
Chen Men slowly opened his eyes. He stood stiffly and looked at Xu Dao, his expression was unspeakable, his eyes were in a trance, and he felt as if he was in another world.
When Xu Dao met his old friend, what he didn't notice was that Yin Jianjian, who was supposed to be like a puppet next to him, actually had a glint of light flashing in his eyes.