Half an hour later, Zhong Xiu and Shi Mu returned to their residence.
"Xiu'er, what's wrong?" Shi Mu asked, seeing that Zhong Xiu was depressed all the way and still frowned a little when he came back.
"Brother Shi, take a look." Zhong Xiu said, handing the jade slip that recorded the auction list to Shi Mu.
Shi Mu took the jade slip and penetrated it with his spiritual consciousness. After a moment, he looked at Zhong Xiu and said:
"If I remember correctly, some of these things come from the batch of goods we shipped. These things can be considered high-end at some ordinary auctions, but if you want to win with these things alone,
Elder Zhao, I'm afraid it's impossible. Besides, these items can only be regarded as mid-range in that batch of goods."
"It's what I thought. Brother Shi, you are also tired these days. Let's take a rest here first. I will go out if I have something to do." Zhong Xiu nodded and stood up.
"Okay, be more careful." Shi Mu said.
Zhong Xiu nodded, stood up and walked out of the courtyard.
Shi Mu sat down cross-legged and glanced around.
Cai'er is not in the yard at the moment and has gone to play somewhere, but this is Cangxu City. With Cai'er's cleverness, nothing will happen.
He exhaled, took out a medium-grade fire attribute spirit stone, held it in his hand and began to absorb the pure spiritual energy inside.
In the past few days, he had been fighting fiercely and traveling all the way. The mana and energy in his body had been greatly damaged, so he took the opportunity to recover at this moment.
Threads of red threads flew out from the spirit stone and continued to merge into Shi Mu's body...
Time passed bit by bit.
When Shi Mu opened his eyes, it was already approaching dusk, and the sky outside was gradually getting dark.
He threw the dim spiritual stone in his hand aside, where there were already seven or eight red spiritual stones that had also lost their spiritual energy.
He stood up slowly, feeling refreshed and exhausted. The physical fatigue was gone. The energy and magic power in his Dantian had been restored to fullness again, and there was some obvious improvement. He felt happy in his heart.
This method of cultivating Qi and mana directly by absorbing spiritual energy from spirit stones was something he only slowly started to try recently. Before, it was only used to restore Qi and mana for emergencies at critical moments in battle.
After all, in Dongzhou Continent, spirit stones, as an important resource and transaction currency, are already very scarce. Although many people know that spirit stones can be used for cultivation, basically no one will do so.
At that time, after killing several innate and even earth-level masters, he was considered to be somewhat wealthy, but he didn't have the courage to directly use spiritual stones to practice.
However, after trying it a few times now, he immediately tasted the benefits and understood why so many people are trying so hard to earn spiritual stones.
The aura in the spirit stone is actually a highly concentrated aura of heaven and earth. After being absorbed into the body, it will be transformed into extremely pure true energy and mana, which will flow along the veins and flow into the qi palace and mana vortex in the Dantian.
This speed is countless times faster than practicing bit by bit by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
And he discovered that when the true energy and mana in the body were exhausted, the cultivation effect would be better by absorbing the spiritual energy from the spiritual stones.
The warriors and warlocks in Xihe continent practice much faster than those in Dongzhou, which may be related to the abundance of spiritual stones here.
At this moment, a sound of footsteps came from outside the yard, interrupting Shi Mu's thoughts.
After a while, the courtyard door was pushed open, and Zhong Xiu walked in, with a somewhat unsightly expression on his face.
"Xiu'er, what's wrong?" Shi Mu asked.
"Brother Shi, I just made inquiries through various connections." Zhong Xiu sighed lightly and said.
"Is it about the auction of goods?" Shi Mu asked.
"That's right, I have inquired clearly. Among the things that the Lord of Linghu City sent to the Chamber of Commerce for this auction, all the good quality ones have been taken away by Elder Zhao." Zhong Xiu said angrily.
"It seems that this matter has something to do with Wang Ruikun," Shi Mu said.
"Brother Shi is right. Vice-President Wang did have the tacit approval of this matter. I just found out that Elder Zhao seems to be somewhat related to Vice-President Wang." Zhong Xiu said.
"I see. That Wang Ruikun seems to be an upright and fair man, but I never expected that he would resort to such despicable means." Shi Mu said.
"Actually, to a certain extent, he was fair. Although the items assigned to me were of average quality, they were of larger quantity. In other words, comparing the market value of the goods that Elder Zhao and I received, they were basically
Pretty much." Zhong Xiu said.
"This is the shrewdness of the old guy. If he does this, others will not be able to get any handle on him. But in fact, in auctions, the value of ordinary items will not fluctuate greatly, but
We can't tell for sure about those items with high value. But this problem is not big yet. The auction cannot rely solely on these items. Let's find a way." Shi Mu pondered for a while and said.
"It's not just about auctioning goods. I just went to the auction venue in the west of the city. The surrounding environment and popularity there are much better than Yingxian Pavilion." Zhong Xiu added.
"This old fox is really bullying people!" Shi Mu couldn't help but clenched his fists when he heard this.
Shi Mu also heard from Zhong Xiu about the process of allocating the venue. Thinking back to Wang Ruikun's upright appearance in front of everyone that morning, he couldn't help but sneered in his heart.
At this moment, a pair of soft little hands grasped Shi Mu's fist. Shi Mu was startled, and his originally angry mood immediately calmed down.
"Xiu'er, if these two things are combined, it will really be detrimental to you. You..." Shi Mu looked at Zhong Xiu and said with some pity.
He knew that Zhong Xiu seemed weak, but in his heart he was extremely strong.
"Brother Shi, I thought about it carefully when I came back. There are still two months until the auction, and the supply of goods and popularity can be slowly brought back through other methods. Even if the situation is unfavorable at first, I will try my best.
"Zhong Xiu took a deep breath, and the look in his eyes gradually became firmer.
In front of Shi Mu, she would not give up under any circumstances. She did not want to be a burden to Shi Mu, and she wanted to take this opportunity to do something for Shi Mu.
"Good Xiu'er, don't worry, I will do my best to help you. I also have some things here that can be sold at auction in the name of the Chamber of Commerce." Shi Mu felt warm in his heart, waved his hand, took out five or six spiritual weapons, and finally he
He took out another jade box.
Zhong Xiu was startled, and after a brief inspection of several spiritual weapons, his face was overjoyed.
The quality of these spiritual weapons is very good, much better than the spiritual weapons sent by Wang Ruikun.
"Brother Shi, don't you use these spiritual weapons? Don't do it for me..." Zhong Xiu seemed to have thought of something and asked with some worry.
"It doesn't matter. I usually don't need these spiritual weapons at all. I was planning to find an opportunity to take action. Now I just take advantage of this opportunity. It can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone." Shi Mu said with a smile.
"Okay, then I will take Brother Shi to sign the entrustment agreement tomorrow." Zhong Xiu felt relieved after hearing this.
She immediately picked up the jade box next to the spiritual weapon, and after opening it, there was a small piece of fiery red stone the size of a fingernail placed inside, which was a star stone.
Shi Mu snatched two star stones from Di Feng that day. One was returned to Lord Linghu Kuan, and the other is here.
"Brother Shi, this... this star stone is too valuable. Liu An and others deliberately planned to plunder it because they covet this thing. It should be of great use. You'd better keep it and sell it at auction."
What a pity." Zhong Xiu said solemnly.
"What a pity. It's just a star stone. Compared with Xiu'er's freedom, it's not worth mentioning at all. Just think of it as the grand finale of this auction." Shi Mu waved his hand casually.
said.
He also has a much larger star stone in his hand, so naturally this small piece is not missing.
However, he would not take out the star stone no matter what, not because he was reluctant to part with it, but once he took it out, he would probably put Zhong Xiu into an unexpected situation.
After all, whether it is Dongzhou Continent or Xihe Continent, a small piece of star stone will cause bloodshed. If a fist-sized star stone comes out, I am afraid it will cause great chaos.
"Brother Shi, thank you." Zhong Xiu looked at Shi Mu, with something crystal clear rolling in his beautiful eyes.
"Okay, you and I don't have to thank each other like this. I'm still counting on you to take me for a walk at Lingtian Peak!" Shi Mu stroked Zhong Xiu's hair and said with a smile.
Zhong Xiu's tense expression finally relaxed. He took a few steps forward, hugged Shi Mu, and buried his head in his chest.
Shi Mu felt the warm fragrance of nephrite in his arms, and the faint fragrance of virgin body lingered between his nose. His heart couldn't help but sway, and his breath became heavier.
Zhong Xiu seemed to feel the subtle changes in Shi Mu's body, and his face turned red, but he did not push Shi Mu away.
"Wow, you guys hugged each other again while I was away!" At this moment, a harsh voice sounded.
Cai'er flew over from nowhere and landed in the yard. She looked at Shi Mu and the others with a joking look on her face.
Shi Mu frowned, turned his head and gave Cai'er a fierce look.
Cai'er looked away and pretended not to see it.
Zhong Xiu's cheeks turned red at this moment and he quickly left Shi Mu's body.
"Brother Shi, I'm going to rest." She said in a voice like a mosquito, and quickly walked towards the room with her head down.
Shi Mu glared at Cai'er fiercely, and as soon as he raised one hand, Cai'er immediately fluttered his wings and flew away, running away.
Shi Mu did not go after Cai'er. He took a deep breath and calmed down his somewhat restless mind.
After a while, he did not go back to his house, but came to the courtyard and jumped onto the roof.
On the horizon, a crescent moon slowly rises.
Shi Mu sat down cross-legged and put his hands in the air.
All in all, he had not practiced the Moon Swallowing Style for several days and needed to make up for it.