"Master, who is this?" the girl in palace clothes asked.
At this time, in addition to the two maids, there were five guards in fancy costumes following behind the girl. The leader of them was about forty years old, with dark skin and a capable look on his face. He looked around from time to time.
"Princess, this is one of my good friends, Shi Mu, and this is Princess Yueni of the Lushan Dynasty." Liu An introduced.
"Greetings to Your Highness Princess Yueni." Shi Mu showed no surprise and bowed calmly.
"No need to be polite. Your Excellency is a good friend of Master Liu. Is he also a great expert in treasure appraisal?" Princess Yueni glanced at Shi Mu and Cai'er on his shoulder and asked.
"Brother Shi is not very good at appraising treasures, but he has some unique insights into martial arts. By the way, I happen to have something I want to ask Brother Shi for advice. Why don't we go together?" Before Shi Mu could speak, Liu An said
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"Oh, Master, just do as you wish." Princess Yueni heard this and immediately turned away, losing interest.
Shi Mu frowned slightly, and was about to say something when Liu An's voice suddenly came to his ears.
Shi Mu was startled, glanced at the door of the attic, and immediately said nothing.
At this time, Princess Yueni turned around, took the maids and guards behind her, crossed the long queue, and walked directly to the entrance of Baoguang Pavilion.
Shi Mu and Liu An also followed closely behind the crowd, chatting casually, looking like Princess Yueni's bodyguards.
At the entrance of Baoguang Pavilion, after one of Princess Yueni's guards showed a token, the guards and Tongtian Sect disciples at the door immediately let her go.
Shi Mu also followed Princess Yueni and entered Baoguang Pavilion directly and grandly.
Before entering, he also noticed that just to enter the Baoguang Pavilion auction, he had to pay the entrance fee for five low-grade spiritual stones.
This is nearly two hundred thousand taels of silver. This alone has turned many people away.
According to his estimate, there were at least ten thousand people entering Baoguang Pavilion today. Of course, many of them came to join in the fun and experience, but the income from the admission fee alone amounted to tens of thousands of spiritual stones.
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Stepping onto the first floor of Baoguang Pavilion, what Shi Mu saw in front of him was a magnificently decorated and spacious hall that could accommodate nearly ten thousand people. It was splendid and magnificent.
It was still early at this time, and there were only about five or six hundred people standing or sitting in the hall. Most of them gathered in small groups to chat. Most of the people pouring in from the four entrances went upstairs through the stairs on both sides.
Go.
From the chat just now, Shi Mu learned from Liu An that the Tianwu Chamber of Commerce would set up many shops on the third to eighth floors of Baoguang Pavilion before each Shengxian auction, and rent them to various people gathered here.
Although the rents of road merchants' associations and sects are high, it is often difficult to find a shop.
The reason is very simple. Those who have the confidence to participate in the auction conference are naturally wealthy people. However, those who want to come to the auction to gain experience know that they cannot afford to buy the rare treasures at the conference, so they tend to retreat.
Secondly, buy some other things before waiting for the auction meeting to be held.
As a result, one can imagine the booming business of these shops.
"Wu Chamber of Commerce is really good at making money today." Shi Mu thought.
Princess Yueni and her party didn't stay much, and went directly to the private room on the second floor from the side door passage, which was reserved for some people with status.
Shi Mu said hello to Liu An and stayed alone in the hall on the ground floor.
After watching several figures disappear at the end of the corridor, he walked towards the stairs on the other side.
"Why did this person suddenly become the princess's auction consultant?" Cai'er asked, tilting her head.
"Who knows! Stop meddling in other people's business and let's go." Shi Mu said.
He drew a lot of mid-level spiritual talismans in this month. Except for keeping some of them, most of them were exchanged for spiritual stones. Now he has five medium-grade spiritual stones and more than 120 low-grade spiritual stones.
It's considered small and valuable.
So he was going to go shopping upstairs first to see if there was anything suitable for him.
A moment later, Shi Mu appeared at the entrance to the third floor hall.
This is an open hall, with a size of more than two hundred feet, which is quite spacious. The shops inside are neatly arranged, and the hall is crowded. It seems that there are many people in each shop.
He drifted in the crowd for a moment, then ducked into a shop selling magic weapons.
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An hour later, Shi Mu walked out of a relatively large elixir shop on the sixth floor, with a hint of excitement on his face.
In this shop, he unexpectedly found Qianyang Pills for sale.
Qianyang Pill is also a kind of Zhiyang Pill used to practice Yang attribute skills or spells. It is much more expensive than Juyang Pill. Each pill requires a low-grade spiritual stone, but the effect is much better than Juyang Pill.
Considering the blood of demonic apes at the auction, he weighed it carefully and spent 20 yuan of low-grade spirit stones to purchase 20 pieces.
As long as the demon ape essence blood is obtained as he wishes, he can start practicing the sixth level of rebirth art.
Half an hour later, Shi Mu appeared in a shop selling classics on the seventh floor.
In addition to some common talismans and jade slips of classics on martial arts, the store also has many maps and other items introducing the Dongzhou Continent.
After some rummaging, Shi Mu spent more than twenty pieces of low-grade spiritual stones to buy a map of the Dongzhou Continent and a fire-attribute warlock technique called "Huoyuan Jing".
In addition to some methods used by ordinary warlocks to cultivate their magic power, this technique also records several fire attribute techniques.
Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly found an old animal skin drawing covered with dust in the corner of the shelf, with the words "西GA Continent" vaguely written on it.
His heart moved and he walked over immediately.
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Half an hour later, Shi Mu returned to the auction hall on the first floor.
At this time, it was not far from the start time of the auction. Nearly ten thousand people had gathered in the hall, almost all seats were occupied, and the first few rows were even more bustling and lively.
Shi Mu found an empty seat at the back and sat down. He flipped it over with one hand and took out an old animal skin drawing and looked at it with great interest.
It was the topographic map of Saiga continent that I found in the corner of the shop.
The map is quite rough, it only roughly outlines the outline of the Saiga continent and marks a few places.
The reason why he purchased this topographic map was purely out of curiosity, and he wanted to confirm whether this continent really existed.
Suddenly, his eyes stopped on a mountain peak in the center of the map.
According to the description on the map, this peak is ten thousand feet tall and steep, like a smooth stone pillar reaching to the sky. It is called "Lingtian Peak".
Shi Mu's heart moved.
This description was very similar to the peak where the white ape appeared in his dream when he was sleeping under Xiaotian Peak not long ago.
Just when he was about to study it some more, a crisp sound of copper bells echoed throughout the hall.
Shi Mu looked up and found that there was a large purple-red wooden table on the circular high platform in the center of the hall. A middle-aged Confucian scholar with a long black beard was standing behind the wooden table.
This person's aura is as deep as the abyss, and he is clearly an earth-level powerhouse!
"Dear friends from all over the world, I am honored to be the guest elder of the Wu Chamber of Commerce, Ouyang Lun, to preside over this year's Shengxian auction." The middle-aged Confucian scholar said, and raised his hands in all directions.
Although his voice was not loud, it reached the ears of everyone in the audience very clearly, causing the scene to become silent immediately.
"Everyone knows that the Tongtian Immortal Sect's Immortal Ascension Ceremony is held every thirty years, and our Chamber of Commerce's Immortal Ascension Auction is also held at this interval. It has been held for no less than fifty years, and every time it has not allowed people from afar to come.
"My friends have been disappointed, and this time will be no exception. As usual, I will show you the finale treasure of this auction. I believe many friends also come here for this treasure." The middle-aged Confucian scholar is very good at mobilizing the atmosphere.
The words attracted everyone's attention.
As soon as the middle-aged Confucian scholar finished speaking, light flashed in his hand, and a palm-sized golden brocade box appeared.
He slowly opened the brocade box, and a fiery red stone, only the size of a fingernail, lay quietly in the box.
There are faint dark red lines on the surface of the stone, and they flicker slightly as if they are alive.
As a result, when Shi Mu saw clearly what was in the brocade box, his heart skipped a beat.
Isn't this the mysterious stone that I discovered in the ruins of the Savage Warrior's Gate? And it is much larger than the stone in the brocade box, as big as a fist.
"Many friends in the audience have already said it. Yes, this object is the Star Stone. It is an ancient spiritual stone that can stabilize the space passage. It has endless magical uses. As for the starting price, it is kept secret for the time being." Middle-aged Confucian scholar
He twisted his long beard and said with a smile.
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole hall immediately became commotion, and the voices became louder and louder. Those who knew something about the situation began to brag to the people around them, while those who knew nothing were asking around.
"Okay, next is the first item of this auction." The middle-aged scholar was very satisfied with the atmosphere of the scene and said.
After saying that, he closed the star stone's brocade box and placed it on the table. A flash of light appeared in his hand, revealing a piece of purple dead wood as thick as an adult's calf.
"The century-old purple fragrant wood is produced deep in the Kunpan Mountains where miasma poisonous insects are rampant in the southern part of the mainland. It can contain a large amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth. It is an excellent material for refining high-quality talismans and can increase the success rate of talismans by about 10%. The lowest price of this wood
Sixty pieces of low-grade spiritual stones, every time the price is increased, it must not be less than ten pieces of spiritual stones." The middle-aged Confucian scholar said calmly.
Talismans are one of the most commonly used methods to defeat enemies. Although the success rate has only increased by 10%, it still arouses the interest of many people.
"Seventy spiritual stones!"
"Ninety bucks!"
"I'll pay you a hundred dollars!"
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After the price increased seven or eight times in a row, it was finally bought by a person dressed as a sect for 190 yuan of low-grade spiritual stones.
Since the price of the first lot was three times the starting price, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became lively.
The next items to be auctioned are mostly items that are relatively rare in the outside world.
Shi Mu watched one auction item after another being bought, his expression calm, but his heart was secretly filled with laughter.
For the first time, he deeply realized how useful spiritual stones were.
Whether it is a high-quality magic weapon, some rare elixirs, or some martial arts books, in this auction, as long as you have enough spiritual stones, you can win them all.
In addition, he also discovered that things related to warlocks often fetched high prices.
He had witnessed with his own eyes that a blue gemstone necklace that could increase the sensitivity of water-based elements by two degrees was finally auctioned by Princess Yueni in the second-floor private room for an astonishing price of two thousand three hundred spirit stones after being bid for more than ten times.
Walk.
This is just an ordinary auction item, so the price of the star stone in the finale must be exaggerated?
When he thought of the fist-sized star stone in his storage ring, Shi Mu felt an inexplicable excitement in his heart.