The second temporary item was also covered by a red cloth. There was a restriction placed on it by immortal energy, so the people participating in the auction could not know in advance what was under the red cloth.
Spiritual Master Ling Yun removed the red cloth and saw a wooden dragonfly that looked like a boxwood carving on the plate.
"Wood Dragonfly!"
"It's a Wood Dragonfly!"
"This is a good thing!"
"Rare thing, absolutely rare thing!"
"…"
All kinds of voices sounded in the main hall.
The Wood Dragonfly was indeed a good thing. To a certain extent, having it would increase the possibility of survival in a hopeless situation. Gu Zheng was no stranger to this thing. When he was on Earth, he had obtained one during the tribulation of the angry man. Later, he gave it to his father, Gu Zheng. When Zhao Yifeng was about to kill Gu Ming, it was the Wood Dragonfly that saved Gu Zheng's life and teleported him from France to Mount Shu.
Logically speaking, such a precious Wood Dragonfly should not be placed in an intermediate auction. But since it was placed here, there must be a reason for it.
It was true that the Wood Dragonfly could allow people to escape from hopeless situations. If the teleportation position of the Wood Dragonfly was set in advance, then as long as they did not encounter cultivators above the Jin Xian Realm, they could escape in an instant. However, when facing cultivators of the Jin Xian Realm, it would be extremely difficult to escape with the Wood Dragonfly. After all, cultivators of the Jin Xian Realm were already considered high-level cultivators. Even if they did not understand much about the Dao of Space, they could instantly mobilize enough Heaven and Earth energy to affect the Wood Dragonfly's relatively fragile teleportation path.
If the user of the Wood Dragonfly was affected by the teleportation path during the short period of teleportation, then the consequences would be very serious. The user of the Wood Dragonfly would be drawn into the space turbulence and die without a doubt!
Even though the Wood Dragonfly had its drawbacks, it was still placed at the end of the Intermediate Auction. After all, the Wood Dragonfly could allow people to escape from desperate situations, and this desperate situation was not only limited to facing enemies, but could also be used in dangerous situations such as exploration.
"The starting price of the Wood Dragonfly is fifty-five yellow immortal coins. Each increment must be no less than one yellow immortal coin. The bidding starts now," Spiritual Master Ling Yun said.
"Fifty-seven yellow immortal coins!"
"Fifty-eight yellow immortal coins!"
"Sixty yellow immortal coins!"
"Sixty-five gold coins!"
"…"
The bidding continued, and in the end, the wooden dragonfly was sold for eighty yellow immortal coins. The auction in the afternoon came to an end.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, are you not interested in the Wood Dragonfly?" Huang Qi transmitted her voice.
"I'm tempted. No one can have too many of these things, but I already have one," Gu Zheng replied with a smile.
Gu Zheng did indeed have a Wooden Dragonfly. This Wooden Dragonfly had been given to him by Dao Master Ziyun when he left Shushan. Therefore, although he was tempted by this Wooden Dragonfly today, he didn't bid for it.
Gu Zheng and Huang Qi chatted as they walked. Not long after they returned to their residence, someone came knocking on their door.
The person who came was looking for Huang Qi. He was the long-bearded old man who had a conflict with Huang Qin in the backyard.
During the auction, the person who had competed with Huang Qi for the Void Return Pill was the long-bearded old man. Through some unknown means, he found out that Huang Qi was the one who had caused him to spend eighty-five yellow immortal coins to win the Void Return Pill. Therefore, he came to cause trouble.
"I don't want to talk to you anymore. This is the Cool Breeze Temple. Do you want to fight here? Don't forget Dao Master Ling Yun's warning at the auction! "Huang Qi said indifferently.
The auction had its rules. One was not allowed to threaten others verbally. The Cool Breeze Temple also had its rules. One was not allowed to cause trouble here.
No matter what, it was very embarrassing to have someone come knocking on their door. Although the other two cultivators in the guest room didn't say anything, they were also laughing at Huang Qi.
"Coward, you only know how to use the Cool Breeze Temple as a shield."
The long-bearded old man looked at Huang Qi with disdain. He didn't dare to fight in the Cool Breeze Temple. Now that he had shown off his might, he turned around and wanted to leave.
Gu Zheng had been paying attention to the development of the situation. However, he didn't say anything and only watched quietly.
The long-bearded old man stopped in his tracks. He looked at Gu Zheng's unyielding gaze and said provocatively, "Brat, what are you looking at?"
"I see that you are quite impressive!"
Gu Zheng sneered and narrowed his eyes.
"I am very awe-inspiring. Could it be that you're not convinced?"
The long-bearded old man took a step toward Gu Zheng and narrowed his eyes.
"I am indeed not convinced. Why don't we go out and have a chat?"
Gu Zheng was already unhappy with the long-bearded old man. Now that he dared to cause trouble, he felt very helpless!
"Fellow Daoist Bai, this is my business. If you want to talk outside, I should be the one going out with him!"
The reason Gu Zheng had a conflict with the long-bearded old man was because of Huang Qi. Therefore, Huang Qi also spoke at this time.
The long-bearded old man was already surprised by Gu Zheng's courage. Now that he saw that the weak Huang Qi also dared to stand up straight, he frowned and scratched his head.
"I'm really puzzled. Who gave you the courage to do this? Both of these brats wanted to have a chat with the Patriarch? Sure! Don't be modest. Let's have a chat together! "
The long-bearded old man laughed. Since the two of them wanted to die, he didn't mind sending them on their way. Therefore, he left the guest room in a flash and walked in the direction of the mountain gate.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, this is my business. I will settle it myself," Huang Qi said.
"He provoked me. This is no longer just your problem."
Gu Zheng also left the guest room as he spoke.
When the other two people in the guest room saw that Gu Zheng and Huang Qi had left, they, who wanted to watch a good show, immediately followed.
However, they thought that there would be a good show to watch. Who would have thought that they would be stopped by the people from the Cool Breeze Temple?
The Cool Breeze Temple didn't allow anyone to leave because they had sealed the mountain after the auction began. If they wanted to leave the Cool Breeze Temple, they could only wait until the auction ended.
"You two brats, wait for me after the auction ends if you have the guts. We will have a good chat then!"
The long-bearded old man said and left with a laugh.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, this is strange! Why did you seal the mountain? No new bidders will be accepted after the auction begins. Then, you can just get the Daoist children to block people outside the mountain gate. There is no need to seal the mountain! "Huang Qi said.
"The reason for sealing the mountain is a little far-fetched. Let's wait and see!" Gu Zheng said.
"I wanted to let you leave, but after seeing the attitude of the people from the Cool Breeze Temple, it will be very difficult for you to leave even if you have something important to do," Huang Qi said worriedly.
"Fellow Daoist Huang, don't worry. I chose to stay because I have something to rely on," Gu Zheng said with a smile.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, may I ask, what is your cultivation level?" Huang Qi asked.
"Jin Xian Late Stage."
"What?"
Gu Zheng's answer made Huang Qi exclaim. This was within Gu Zheng's expectations. After all, immortal cultivators could roughly tell each other's age.
"I really didn't expect you to have such a cultivation level when you look so young!"
Huang Qi paused for a moment before continuing, "It is naturally a good thing that you have such a high cultivation level. If anything happens, we have to take care of each other!"
"No problem," Gu Zheng said.
At the start, Gu Zheng felt that Huang Qi was a little talkative. However, he reminded Gu Zheng to be careful last night. This made Gu Zheng feel that he was a good person. If anything happened in the Cool Breeze Temple, he would naturally take care of him.
At night, the Cool Breeze Temple had food and wine. Although there was nothing fishy about it, Gu Zheng and Huang Qi didn't eat it.
After dinner, everyone came to the side hall and waited for the high-grade auction to begin.
They didn't have to wait too long before Daoist Ling Yun appeared with a few Daoist children holding plates.
"Tonight's auction is a high-grade auction. During this time, the items that appear are not bad. Fellow Daoists, if there is anything that catches your eye, please don't miss it. Now, let's start the auction for the first item!"
Following Daoist Ling Yun's voice, the Daoist children brought the first item to the table.
The first item was placed in a jade bottle. According to the booklet, it was the Purity Jade Liquid that Huang Qi wanted.
"High-grade alchemy material, Purity Jade Liquid. I don't need to introduce its wide range of uses. Now, let's start the auction. The starting price is sixty yellow immortal coins. Each increment must not be lower than one yellow immortal coin."
After Daoist Ling Yun finished speaking, the bidding sounds immediately rang out.
"Sixty-eight yellow immortal coins!"
"Seventy yellow immortal coins!"
"Seventy-five yellow immortal coins!"
"Eighty yellow immortal coins!"
"Eighty-five yellow immortal coins!"
When the price of the Purity Jade Liquid was raised to eighty-five yellow immortal coins, there was a temporary silence.
Huang Qi gritted his teeth and bid, "Ninety yellow immortal coins!"
After hearing Huang Qi's bid, Gu Zheng couldn't help but frown. From what he knew, the Purity Jade Liquid was worth at most eighty yellow immortal coins. After all, it was only an alchemy material. Alchemy had the possibility of failure.
"Daoist Huang, is the Purity Jade Liquid really worth ninety yellow immortal coins?" Gu Zheng couldn't help but ask.
"Yes!"
Huang Qi's answer was without hesitation.
In the end, Huang Qi won the Purity Jade Liquid that he wanted for ninety yellow immortal coins. Compared to the Purity Jade Liquid, the auction for the next few items was more or less deserted. There was even a situation where an alchemy material was not sold.
However, when the sixth item appeared, the auction hall became noisy again. This was because it was the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed, which had a wide range of uses.
"Good stuff!"
"I've been waiting for the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed!"
"I must get the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed this time!"
"I must get it too. I want to use it to refine the Seven Ginseng Seven Zoysia Pill!"
"…"
The appearance of the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed livened up the atmosphere, but Gu Zheng's brows were tightly furrowed.
"Weapon spirit, have you seen the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed before?" Gu Zheng asked.
"No, why?" The Weapon spirit asked.
"This ginseng looks the same as the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed, but its effects are completely different!" Gu Zheng said.
When Gu Zheng first learned about the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed, he had discovered it while reading through the records in the Shu Mountain library. There were pictures of the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed in the records, as well as descriptions of its medicinal effects. Gu Zheng had used this information to deduce that it was suitable to be used as a supplementary ingredient for the Sacred Fruit Cultivation.
However, while others might not be able to see the problem with the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed, Gu Zheng could! After all, all ingredients could be 'digitized' in his eyes. He could tell at a glance that this Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed was not the same as what was recorded in the records. It did not have the characteristics of the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed at all. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was a different kind of ginseng.
"But this really is a high quality ingredient! What's going on? "
The Weapon spirit was a little depressed. It had finally seen the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed, but it was a completely different kind of ingredient.
Almost immediately after the Weapon spirit's voice, Perfected Ling Yun on the stage announced the start of the auction for the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed. The sound of bidding immediately filled the air.
"Wait!"
Gu Zheng's voice finally rang out, giving everyone a fright like a clap of thunder.
"What's wrong with the fellow cultivator who spoke? Disrupting the auction for no reason will lead to punishment! "Perfected Ling Yun was clearly unhappy.
"I want to ask if this is really the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed?" Gu Zheng laughed coldly.
"Of course this is the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed. What do you mean by that?" Perfected Ling Yun frowned.
"Fellow cultivators who want to buy the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed should know the medicinal effects of the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed. Do you dare to test this Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed?"
Gu Zheng's voice caused Perfected Ling Yun to frown even more. The cultivators who had been bidding for the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed also spoke up.
"Perfected Ling Yun, what's going on?"
"That's right! Why would someone say that this isn't the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed? "
"What's going on? Is it that the fellow cultivator who spoke up doesn't know the value of the item, or is there something wrong with the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed? "
"Let's test the item! We'll know once we test it. After that fellow cultivator's words, I'm a little uncertain. The Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed really does seem a little strange! "
"Everyone, quiet down!"
Perfected Ling Yun's voice was like a large bell. The crowd immediately quietened down. "This is an auction. We can't stop the auction just because of one person's doubts. After all, testing whether this is the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed is not something that can be done in a short time. The most convincing way is to use it to make soup and see if there's a reed pattern on the soup."
Perfected Ling Yun's voice paused, then she continued. "Since we can't test it immediately, and the auction can't be delayed because of this matter, then let's put the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed aside and continue the auction for the next item. After the auction is over, we'll see what the truth is. How about that?"
"Alright, let's do that!"
"That's not a bad idea!"
"Continue, continue the auction!"
"…"
The bidders all spoke out. After all, Perfected Ling Yun's words were reasonable. Those who didn't want the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed were also impatient to be delayed because of it.
"The Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed has attracted a lot of cultivators. To be able to hold an auction, their ability to identify items shouldn't be wrong. This Cool Breeze Temple is ruthless!" The artifact spirit laughed.
"Let's continue watching. Let's see what other tricks they have up their sleeves." Gu Zheng also laughed.
At the same time, under the Cool Breeze Temple.
A man, a woman, and a child were in an underground space. They were quietly looking at a screen of light in the air. The three of them were wearing very ancient clothing. Their faces were ashen, and they gave off a feeling of being the living dead. If Gu Zheng saw the three of them, he would definitely be able to recognize that they weren't humans, but three mature corpse cultivators.
The so-called corpse cultivators referred to corpses that had gained intelligence and could cultivate. They included zombies and refined corpses.
The three corpse cultivators were looking at the screen of light in the air. The screen of light was displaying the situation in the auction hall.
"This kid can actually tell that the Immortal Ginseng of Northern Reed is fake through the immortal array. How did he do it?"
The voice of the male corpse was very cold. His eyes were fixed on Gu Zheng on the screen of light. Last night, it was his spiritual will that scanned Gu Zheng's room.
"Husband, after looking closely, this kid gives me an extremely dangerous feeling!" The ashen-faced female corpse bit her lips and said.
"Oh?"
The male corpse suddenly turned his head and looked at the female corpse with a serious gaze. "Your husband's strength is equivalent to Daluo Jinxian. He can actually make you feel extremely dangerous?"
"That's right!"
The female corpse nodded with a similarly serious gaze.
"My wife's sixth sense has always been very accurate. What should we do?" The male corpse seemed to be a little hesitant.
"Why don't we just let it go this time?" The female corpse asked.
"No!"
A fierce look flashed across the male corpse's eyes. "This time is different from the past. If we give it up, we can just wait for another five years. This is a rare eruption of corpse energy. If we miss this opportunity, it will be difficult to find such a treasure land in the future! How will you enter the Corpse Ancestor Realm? How will Lin 'er enter the Corpse Demon Realm? "
After a corpse cultivator entered the Immortal Cultivator Realm, there were five stages: Corpse Monster, Corpse Demon, Corpse Demon, Corpse Immortal, and Corpse Ancestor Realm. They corresponded to the Qi Transformation, Soul Formation, Void Return, Jin Xian, and Daluo Jinxian Realms.
"Mother, I don't care. I want to eat their Immortal Power Balls. Lin 'er hasn't eaten Immortal Power Balls from the Immortal Cultivators for five years. Lin' er misses that feeling!"
The child corpse shook the female corpse's arm and stuck out his tongue to lick the sharp teeth at the corner of his mouth.
"Don't worry, my wife. Your sixth sense has always been accurate, but it doesn't mean that it has never been wrong. This time, we are perfectly prepared. Could he be a Daluo Jinxian?" The male corpse sneered.
"Alright!"
The female corpse also licked her teeth with a trace of madness in her eyes. "However, it's better to change the original plan. It's safer to defeat them one by one!"
With the passage of time, the last item of the auction was auctioned off. During this period, Gu Zheng didn't bid for anything else. At the same time, he also told Huang Qi not to bid for anything else. Huang Qi already felt that the Cool Breeze Temple was strange. In addition, he had obtained the Crystal Jade Liquid that he wanted the most. Therefore, he didn't bid for anything else.
"Ahem!"
Immortal Ling Yun cleared her throat.
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