Yellow Maple Valley was the largest market square in the Zhang Province and was one of the largest markets under the administration of Haoran Academy.
Yellow Maple Valley was the first market square established by Haoran Academy. Because of its superior location and the various preferential policies issued by Haoran Academy, Yellow Maple Valley was very popular.
In another two months, Yellow Maple Valley's once-in-a-century auction would be held.
As early as a month ago, Haoran Academy had dispatched a large number of people to each market square to advertise and attract a large number of cultivators.
Inside Yellow Maple Valley, the stream of people was like a tide, bustling with activity.
A young man wearing a gray robe was pacing on a stone street in the valley. As he walked forward, he sized up the shops on both sides of the street.
The young man was Wang Changsheng.
At this time, more than half a year had passed since the Huang Clan's extermination.
The reason why Wang Changsheng appeared in the market opened by Haoran Academy was, firstly, to buy some rare materials, and secondly, to find a person. To be precise, he was here to kill a person, a cultivator with the Wood Attribute Celestial Spiritual Root.
At that time, he controlled three Taiqing Palace's law enforcement disciples and stole some information, including information on wood attribute and metal attribute heavenly spiritual root cultivators.
The Great Song Dynasty was vast and had abundant resources. There were more than ten heavenly spiritual root cultivators, but most of them were disciples of great cultivation clans or sects.
Among them, there were two cultivators with Wood Elemental Celestial Spiritual Roots. One of them was a Nascent Soul Middle-stage cultivator whose whereabouts were unpredictable. The other was a disciple of Haoran Academy who was in the Core Late-stage.
Wang Changsheng didn't have the time to find a Yuanying cultivator whose whereabouts were uncertain, so he set his sights on the Haoran Academy disciple.
This person's name was Lin Qingshu. He usually lived in seclusion and rarely appeared in front of others.
Haoran Academy was one of the ten great Righteous Dao sects. Wang Changsheng naturally couldn't sneak into Haoran Academy to kill a late Core Formation cultivator. He planned to use Yellow Maple Valley's auction to lure Lin Qingshu out.
As he pondered, Wang Changsheng stopped. In front of him was a white palace that was over a hundred meters tall.
The white palace was gorgeously decorated. The plaque at the entrance had the words "Pearl Palace" written on it.
There were two men in scholarly robes guarding the door, but they were only in the late stage of the Foundation Establishment realm.
Immortal Wang chuckled, raising his feet and walking in.
As soon as they entered the door, a huge fan-shaped screen blocked their way.
The screen was white in color. On it, there were fish, prawns, beasts, birds, mountains, and trees. The fish and prawns swam freely in the water, the beasts ran wildly in the forest, and the birds soared high in the sky. This screen was a high-grade magic tool.
On both sides of the screen, there was a semicircular arched door that was about ten feet high. The words "Appraisal Hall" and "Auction Hall" were written on the door.
Beside the screen, there was a middle-aged man in his thirties. He was dressed in a white robe and was talking and laughing with a man in a green robe.
When the middle-aged scholar saw Wang Changsheng, he hurriedly put on a smile and said respectfully, "Senior, how can this junior help you?"
"I want to appraise some things. Give me the information," Wang Changsheng ordered.
The middle-aged scholar complied and led Wang Changsheng to the arched door that had the words "Appraisal Hall" written on it.
After entering the arched door, Shi Mu was greeted by a hall that was thousands of feet in size. There were five stone rooms in the hall. The doors of three of them were closed, and the other two were open.
The middle-aged scholar led Wang Changsheng into a stone room. The room was simply decorated. There was a rectangular yellow wooden table. An old man in a green robe was sitting behind the wooden table. He had a scholarly look on his face. He was holding an ancient book in his hand and reading it with great interest.
A tea set and an exquisite purple incense burner were placed on the wooden table. Bursts of sandalwood fragrance were floating out of the incense burner.
"Master Yan, this senior wants to appraise some treasures," the middle-aged scholar introduced. Then, he turned around and left.
The old man in a green robe put down the book. He turned his hand and took out a yellow disk array. Then, he cast a spell on it.
The door of the stone room closed automatically. A layer of deep yellow light curtain appeared on the surrounding walls. His spirit sense was blocked as soon as it came in contact with the yellow light curtain.
"How should I address you, Fellow Daoist?" The old man said with a smile. He picked up the teapot and poured a cup of fragrant tea for Wang Changsheng.
"My surname is Li. I have a few things that I would like Fellow Daoist Yan to appraise," Wang Changsheng said without beating around the bush.
He had used the Shaman Concealment Technique to control his cultivation to the level of a middle Core Formation cultivator.
"So it's Fellow Daoist Li. You can take out whatever you have. After the Old Man appraises it, he will give you a reasonable price. You can choose to auction it or sell it. Our shop won't force you. We won't charge you for the appraisal either," the old man said with a smile.
Wang Changsheng nodded. Then, he stroked the wooden table with his sleeve. With a flash of light, three things appeared on the table.
A piece of bamboo sparkling with red light, a foot-long black object that was emitting bursts of fragrance, and a palm-sized piece of green wood. The wood's surface was sparkling and translucent, and it was emitting a faint spiritual light.
When the old man saw the three things on the table, his expression froze. He picked them up and examined them one by one.
Wang Changsheng picked up the teacup and drank the tea as he waited.
After a quarter of an hour, the old man reluctantly put down the green wood in his hand. After a moment of silence, he said, "Fellow Daoist Li, if the Old Man isn't mistaken, these three things are three thousand year old Red Coral Bamboo, two thousand year old Rosin Ink, and two thousand year old Jade Spirit Wood. These three things are worth a conservative sum of one hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones. Would Fellow Daoist Li like to sell or bid? If you sell them, our shop will immediately pay you one hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones. "
Wang Changsheng had obtained several pieces of thousand year old Red Coral Bamboo in the Demon Sealing Secret Realm. He kept the brightest piece and gave the other two to his master, Zhao Qingshan.
These three things could be used to refine magic weapons, especially the three thousand year old Red Coral Bamboo. For cultivators who majored in wood attribute cultivation methods, it was an irresistible temptation.
"I want to put these three things up for auction in two months. I want to exchange them for the shell of a level eight demonic turtle or a level nine demonic dragon's life source scale. A level nine demonic beast's hide is also fine, but it must be at least a hundred feet long. If you don't have these things, then you can auction them!" Wang Changsheng said calmly.
"If you want to exchange them for other materials, Fellow Daoist Li will have to pay us five thousand spirit stones. If you want to auction them, we will take a commission of ten percent of the total price." The old man asked.
"No problem." Wang Changsheng agreed.
The green-robed old man nodded and swept his sleeve towards the wooden table. The three items were sucked into his sleeve and disappeared.
In front of Immortal Wang's face, he personally wrote down two documents as proof. After signing his name, he had Immortal Wang also write down his name, and then stamped it with his seal.
The old man handed the documents and a white jade pendant to Wang Changsheng and said, "Fellow Daoist Li, after the auction is over, you can come here with this document and this jade pendant to receive your bid. In addition, would it be convenient for Fellow Daoist Li to tell us where to stay? If there is anything, we will inform you."
"I have just arrived at Yellow Maple Valley and have yet to find a place to stay." Wang Changsheng received the documents and the jade pendant and said with a frown.
"The Vast Pavilion was opened by our Vast Pavilion. There should be guest rooms there. If Fellow Daoist Li doesn't mind, you can stay at the Vast Pavilion." The old man enthusiastically introduced.
"That's good. If the Vast Pavilion still has guest rooms, I will definitely stay there. If I stay elsewhere, I will inform Fellow Daoist." Wang Changsheng pondered for a moment and said.
The old man nodded and struck the yellow formation plate with a hand seal. The door automatically opened.
Wang Changsheng asked for the location of the Vast Pavilion and turned to leave.
After leaving the Vast Pavilion, Wang Changsheng ran to a few large stores. He sold a few materials he didn't need and bought a batch of materials.
At dusk, Wang Changsheng arrived in front of a twenty meter tall white pavilion. The signboard at the entrance had the words "Vast Pavilion" written on it.
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