C689 Remembered
The waiter's face turned red from the woman's words, but he still said politely to Zhong Ming: "Senior, we have reached our destination, we will meet again if fate wills it. Goodbye." With that, he quickly left.
Zhong Ming only glanced at the man's back as he left before he followed the woman into the wooden house.
The light inside the house wasn't bright, but it did not affect Zhong Ming's line of sight. It was a messy place with a few low-levelled crafting materials and herbs everywhere.
Zhong Ming looked around, and at this time, the lady spoke in a serious tone: "Follow me."
There was a hidden button in the corner. When she pressed it, a yellow light flashed and the floor actually left, revealing an underground passage. The woman then led Zhong Ming down the stairs.
Zhong Ming carefully followed along, and before long he reached a stone door. There were two black robed gatekeepers, and what surprised Zhong Ming was that the two of them were Foundation Establishment cultivators, which made Zhong Ming a little fearful.
The lady ignored the two and directly opened the stone door, bringing Zhong Ming in. The two Foundation Establishment cultivators did not try to stop them.
Once Zhong Ming stepped in, everything in front of him became bright and clear, as if he was in a different world. There were blood-red carpets, clean white walls, and illumination crystals hanging high in the air, reflecting off of the walls as if it were day.
In the middle of the room, there were a few rows of wooden chairs. In front of the booth was a square table, but it was empty, and beside the table were a few chairs, and the wood was actually sandalwood, it seemed that the boss here was very rich, no wonder the woman, although only a Qi Condensation cultivator, didn't put him, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, in her eyes. It seemed like this person wasn't simple, the power behind him must be very strong.
When Zhong Ming entered, everyone in the hall looked at him. Zhong Ming's heart tightened and his face changed slightly, so it turned out that all the cultivators here were at the Foundation Establishment stage.
"Alright, let's find a place to sit when we arrive. The auction is about to begin, I still need to go out and receive them." The woman did not wait for Zhong Ming to speak, and turned to leave, leaving Zhong Ming speechless.
Zhong Ming found a rather remote seat alone. The cultivators here practically all hid their faces, as they did not want others to see their real faces.
There were not many people here, and the hall was very quiet. No one said anything, making the air very tense.
Zhong Ming was afraid that he would run into someone he was familiar with here. If his identity was recognized, then he would be in danger, since this place spoke of money with his fists, so he didn't want to reveal it.
Just like that, Zhong Ming waited patiently for around two hours. Just then, the door at the back of the empty table opened, and three people walked out.
The people who came out were all dressed in black like gatekeepers.
The person standing among the three people behind the table said in a coarse voice: "My fellow colleagues of the Cultivation World, welcome to our auction and trading assembly. No matter if you are our regular customer or a newcomer, we will treat you fairly."
The person on the left opened his mouth and spoke, but his voice was fake, it was sharp and ear-piercing as he said: "Old rules, the items that we are talking about are all auctioned with Spirit Stone s. If we do not have enough Spirit Stone s, we can use other materials to exchange for them.
"After the auction, everyone can exchange their goods. During this period, we will not participate, but you are not allowed to create trouble here, otherwise you will not be forgiven." The Man in Black said without a trace of politeness.
The cultivators here also knew that their powers were very strong. These staff members were all late Foundation Establishment cultivators and were not people they could afford to offend. Thus, no one dared to act arrogantly here.
"Now I announce the start of the auction." This loud and clear voice allowed everyone present to hear it clearly.
"This time's auction item is a Magical Ardent Flame Sword …" The host would really say that even Zhong Ming was infected and wanted to buy it, let alone the others.
In the end, when the higher ups just announced the prices, it went from two hundred to three hundred and everyone was fighting over it. In the end, it was bought by a Qi Cultivating Stage disciple for four hundred and fifty Spirit Stone.
This cultivator happily brought the sword back and carefully looked at it. His appearance as a treasure caused everyone to laugh out loud. He did not mind and continued to sit down to wait for the next auction item.
"This is a furnace used to refine weapons, called the Red Flower Furnace. It can refine many high level Dharma treasures, and during the refining process, it will increase the price of the Dharma treasures by two hundred and twenty thousand Spiritual Energy."
This cauldron was red, it shone with a red light, the blood of everyone was ignited again, Zhong Ming could see the heat in their eyes.
Zhong Ming remembered that he didn't need this to participate in the auction at the time. In the end, a female cultivator bought it for 801, which was also a sky-high price.
Today's cultivators might really be rich, but they could be said to be very rich. Not a single item appeared that they auctioned at a high price, causing the several people in the chairman's seat to be extremely excited.
Although the competition was intense, there were already dozens of items. However, the lack of Formation Flag and method plate, which Zhong Ming wanted, made him a little depressed.
It would be better to buy a few more ordinary Formation Flag and magical formation tools at the Morningstar Pavilion.
Just as Zhong Ming was panicking, a voice came out from the platform, "Exquisite quality thousand year spirit medicine, one Sesame Flower. Even though it's not extremely rare, it's still a thousand year old treasure, so its value can be imagined. " Then, a jade box appeared on the table. Opening it, a strong aroma wafted into the air.
Everyone was attracted by this. "Thousand year old! It has been several hundred years, but only a few have appeared in a thousand years. If this pill is used to refine pills, it will have a miraculous effect on breakthroughs."
"Yeah, the price isn't cheap at all. It's not something that you and I can afford. We'll be satisfied just by looking at it."
"Unfortunately, I just bought a magical equipment, the Spirit Stone were all gone, I have no fate with this spirit medicine."
After everyone's eyes were moved, they raised the price, "The starting price is one thousand, whoever wants to buy it, hurry up."
"Fifteen hundred."
"Two thousand …"
Zhong Ming was stunned, this was something he found when he first entered the forbidden grounds during his time in the Wilderness. There were spirit herbs and elixirs growing everywhere, he did not know if the owner of the medicine garden had fallen or not, leaving so many spirit medicines behind, allowing him to take advantage of it. This was something he had previously sold in order to exchange for the Spirit Stone, he did not expect to find it here.
To Zhong Ming, being able to obtain a medicinal garden's medicinal herbs that were more than a thousand years old was nothing. For safety's sake, he did not take out any more precious herbs.
He never thought that such a medicine would be fought over and bought by everyone here, Zhong Ming could not help but to be proud of himself.
Those who did not have Spirit Stone s all evaluated their valuable magical equipment and exchanged them for this spiritual medicine.
"I have a set of Cosmic Star Five-elemental Eight Trigram Formation tools here for this elixir."
It was unknown who was shouting at the top of their lungs, but the surrounding people all stopped and looked in that direction when they heard his shout.
It was not that this person's voice was attractive, but rather that the Universe Eight Trigrams Formation was a very harmful array formation. The power of the array formation was different depending on the cultivation level, this was a Defensive Formation that all the big sects needed, and it was much more useful than elixirs.
Not only can this formation be used for defense, it can also be used for attack. Inside is a magic array with infinite illusions.
Every sect was willing to pay a huge price to protect their own sects.
Hearing that, Zhong Ming's eyes lit up, immediately becoming spirited.
The one who spoke was actually a young man wearing a black snake mask, and he was even a Qi Cultivating Stage disciple.
There was a bit of anxiety in his eyes. It was likely that the spiritual medicine was bought by someone else, but from his actions, he didn't seem like a strange person. How could there be such a formation?
When the man in the middle of the stage heard this, he was pleasantly surprised. If it was a complete set, it would be very valuable. In the future, they would be able to earn even more with this bidding.
"Are you talking about the Universe Five Elemental Eight Trigram Formation magic tools?"
After saying that, he carefully looked at a large number of youngsters. One really couldn't judge a book by its cover. For such an unremarkable kid to have such a rare treasure, if it was real, then he would have to exchange it for this spiritual medicine.
"Yes, but it is still incomplete. It can only display part of its power. As long as I buy this spiritual medicine, I will be able to use at least fifty percent of it within a few years."
"Tsk, so it's not complete!"
"Is this person retarded? A half finished product could be exchanged for a thousand year old elixir. Keep dreaming."
"Of course, we still have to wait for a few more years. Whether we succeed or not, we can't even say for sure. We can't just treat others as fools."
In this Cultivation World, there are very few formation masters. This requires one to have a certain level of comprehension, not someone like you who is willing to painstakingly cultivate.
Formation masters required a large amount of time and effort to learn them. For cultivators, no one was willing to give up their own path for this, so very few were able to become formation masters.
"Hmph, junior, this is not a place for you to mess around in. On the account of you being young and insensible, I'll let you off today. If you cause trouble, don't blame me for being rude." The host said angrily.
The young man wanted to say something, but seeing how angry the old man was, he quickly sat down in fright. He didn't say anything else and could only helplessly shake his head and sigh.
Zhong Ming saw all of this, he remembered this young man's dressing.0
This elixir was obtained by a Foundation Establishment cultivator for five times the price. Thus, the auction came to an end.
The cultivators that did not plan to change their purchase had already decided to leave, there were still some who stayed behind to sell the items they brought, and some of them wanted to see if they had anything they needed, that included Zhong Ming and the young man.
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