"What are you planning to buy this time round?"
After removing the sound barrier, Gu Xi looked at Su Zimo and asked with a smile.
"Nothing much, I'm just looking around."
Even though he did not know what the two of them were talking about, Su Zimo could tell that it had something to do with him. Naturally, he would not reveal the truth foolishly.
Smiling, Gu Xi did not probe any further and changed the topic. "The auction is about to begin. Why don't you sit here? If there's anything you fancy, I might be able to help."
Given the difference in status between them and the fact that Gu Xi had invited him repeatedly, Su Zimo made up his mind and thought to himself, 'Since I'm here, I might as well take things as they come. It's not like they can do anything to me.'
At that thought, Su Zimo sat down boldly and picked up the fruits on the table, eating them as though there was no one else around.
Through the crystals in front of him, he could clearly see that the seats outside were already filled.
It was extremely lively and bustling.
Before long, a bell rang and the auction officially began, causing the place to quieten down gradually.
A middle-aged man in luxurious robes walked up to the round platform in the middle. Surveying the surroundings, he smiled and cupped his fists. "I'm the shopkeeper of Chiyu City's Sky Treasure Auction House. Welcome, fellow Daoists. I hope that everyone can return with a full load today."
"Hurry and begin!"
A cultivator who had long since grown impatient shouted loudly.
The shopkeeper smiled and did not say anything else. Waving his hand behind him, a beautiful maidservant walked forward with a tray in her hands, swaying her hips.
The shopkeeper removed the gauze covering the tray, revealing a flying sword inside. The blade of the sword was like autumn water and shone brightly – there were three spirit patterns on it!
It was a superior-grade spirit weapon!
"This is the Autumn Water Sword. It was created by the most famous Advanced Weapon Refinement Master of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Mr. Lian. I believe everyone has heard of it before so I won't introduce it further. The starting bid for this sword is 2,000 spirit stones and each bid must not be less than 100! "
Su Zimo was secretly speechless.
The auction had just started and it was already a superior-grade spirit weapon. He did not know what else would appear later on.
He did not know who this Mr. Lian was either.
As though she could sense the doubts in Su Zimo's heart, Gu Xi explained, "That person is called Lian Feng and he's from True Fire Sect. He's famous because he once refined a supreme-grade spirit weapon. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, a high-level refiner is considered a rare talent. Out of respect, cultivators who are not familiar with him all call him Mr. Lian. "
Su Zimo nodded.
The numerous cultivators outside had already begun to bid. In just a short while, the price of the Autumn Water Sword had already risen to three thousand spirit stones!
Su Zimo was not very interested in spirit artifacts.
Very quickly, the Autumn Water Sword was sold to a Foundation Establishment cultivator at the price of three thousand seven hundred spirit stones.
The shopkeeper smiled in satisfaction. With a wave of his hand, the second item was brought up.
Lifting the gauze, there was a jade bottle on the tray. It seemed to contain some kind of pill.
"This is a Tier 2 pill, low-grade. I believe everyone has heard of its name before. It's the Meridian Unlocking Pill! The base price is 5,000 spirit stones, and each increment must be no less than 500 spirit stones. "
Su Zimo's eyes lit up.
After Foundation Establishment Cultivators entered perfected cultivation, they had to unlock their eight meridians. The amazing thing about the Meridian Unlocking Pill was that there was a high chance of unlocking a meridian after consuming it!
Of course, the better the quality of the Meridian Unlocking Pill, the higher the chances of unlocking a meridian. Furthermore, it was only effective the first time it was consumed.
Even so, that effect was terrifying enough.
Once a cultivator unlocked seven meridians and consumed the Meridian Unlocking Pill, they had a chance of unlocking their eight meridians!
The Meridian Unlocking Pill was extremely famous in the ancient era. Unfortunately, there were not many left and even the recipe was lost.
Su Zimo was tempted and leaned forward slightly.
Gu Xi's gaze shifted and she noticed Su Zimo's slight movement. She said, "If you're interested, you can bid here. The maidservants outside will help you spread the word."
This was a privilege exclusive to the rooms on the top floor.
The rooms were all marked with numbers. For example, Su Zimo's room was number 1 and there were 10 rooms like that at the top.
The lower floors were occupied by Perfected Jin Dan and there were 90 rooms, numbers 11 to 100.
In just a short time, the Meridian Unlocking Pill was bid for 10,000 spirit stones by many Jin Dan Perfected Beings. That was only an inferior-grade Meridian Unlocking Pill!
Those Perfected Jin Dan Perfected Beings were definitely not for their own use and were mostly prepared for their personal disciples.
Su Zimo took a deep breath of air and gave up on the thought of bidding for the time being.
It wasn't that he did not have enough spirit stones, but that he did not fancy the quality of the pill.
Su Zimo had obtained quite a number of middle-grade spirit stones from the spirit mine outside Linfeng City previously. Right now, he had more than a hundred thousand of them in his storage bag!
"Hey, are you short of money?" The girl in pink blinked and whispered, "If you're interested in anything, I can help you."
"There's no need. I have the ability to buy it myself," Su Zimo rejected indifferently.
A look of surprise flashed through the girl in pink's eyes as she asked with a smile, "I couldn't tell. You're only at early-stage Foundation Establishment but you have the ability to buy these things?"
Pausing for a moment, the girl in pink rolled her eyes and suddenly asked, "Do you know … what kind of spirit stones they're using to bid?"
Su Zimo's heart skipped a beat as he suddenly realized that he had miscalculated something.
The bids in the inner house did not mention inferior-grade, middle-grade or superior-grade spirit stones. Subconsciously, he thought that they were using middle-grade spirit stones.
One had to know that the value of spirit stones of different grades differed greatly.
Under normal circumstances, a hundred inferior-grade spirit stones were equivalent to a middle-grade spirit stone. However, a hundred middle-grade spirit stones were equivalent to a superior-grade spirit stone.
Of course, there were supreme-grade spirit stones above superior-grade spirit stones.
If the spirit stones mentioned in the inner house Just Now were superior-grade spirit stones, Su Zimo's hundred thousand middle-grade spirit stones would only amount to slightly more than a thousand superior-grade spirit stones – that was not enough to buy anything!
Gu Xi said from the side, "Anyone who has been to the Sky Treasure Auction House knows that the transactions in the inner house are all conducted with superior-grade spirit stones by default. It's only when supreme-grade spirit stones are used that they are emphasized."
Su Zimo nodded, looking calm and composed as though he had known about it long ago. However, he was lamenting internally, "Now, this is awkward …"
If anyone else saw Su Zimo's composure, they might not be able to tell anything. However, he could not hide it from Gu Xi and the girl in pink.
What was Gu Xi's cultivation realm?
She saw through Su Zimo's facade with a single glance and smiled faintly.
The girl in pink looked at Su Zimo from the side with a mischievous smile. She did not expose him and merely chuckled.
Suddenly, the girl in pink felt that this green-robed scholar was rather amusing.
Under the gaze of the girl in pink, Su Zimo could not sit still any longer.
"I won't be able to buy anything even if I continue staying here. I might as well leave earlier."
At that thought, Su Zimo stood up and was about to bid farewell to the two of them when another item from the auction house outside attracted his attention.
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