longevity road trip

"It's Shopkeeper Xiaofeng."

Zhang Shiping, a black-faced monk surnamed Lin in disguise, had been to Xiangmingju many times before, but he hasn't been here for several years since the foundation was established.

Shopkeeper Xiaofeng took a few glances at Zhang Shiping, turned his head around several times, and then asked a little uncertainly, "But Senior Lin?"

Zhang Shiping looked at the shopkeeper Xiaofeng in surprise. He hadn't been to Xiangmingju for several years since he left Biyuan Mountain. He didn't expect the shopkeeper Xiaofeng to recognize him at a glance. Zhang Shiping took a high look at the shopkeeper Xiaofeng.

Although there are not many cultivators coming and going in Xiangmingju like general sundry shops, there are still several people a day. After a few years, even if regular customers are counted, there are more or less thousands of monks.

Zhang Shiping thought in his heart that the shopkeeper Xiaofeng was able to recognize him so quickly, he must be a very delicate person.

"It's the old man. I don't know if Shopkeeper Feng is here?"

Shopkeeper Xiaofeng knew that Zhang Shiping was asking about his father. His father failed to build the foundation a year ago, but fortunately he took a foundation-building pill, which only hurt the meridian, and now he is recuperating within the family.Naturally, there is no need to tell others in too much detail about these family matters.

"My father is practicing in the family." Shopkeeper Xiaofeng greeted Zhang Shiping, "Currently Xiangming Juyou is in the lower cabinet, please take care of Senior Lin in the future."

"Naturally, I happen to have some things on hand today, please come and have a look at the shopkeeper Feng."

When the shopkeeper Feng heard that the business was coming, he quickly invited Zhang Shiping into the quiet room for a detailed discussion.

Not long after, the spiritual pressure of the foundation building period suddenly erupted in the quiet room where Zhang Shiping was, and a green-robed monk who was meditating opened his eyes and rushed in in a blink of an eye.

Before it was time for a cup of tea, Zhang Shiping came out of the quiet room, and left Xiangmingju with a bad complexion. He turned his head and said to the green-robed monk in the shop: "Fellow Daoist, please stay and disturb your shop."

"Friend Daoist Lin, walk slowly."

Although Zhang Shiping failed to sell the elixir, he also learned from the green-robed monk that an auction in a secret shop was about to be held recently, and it would definitely be sold there.

The green-robed cultivator looked at Zhang Shiping with a thoughtful look, and then turned to look at the shopkeeper Feng who was behind him in cold sweat, and said lightly, "You did the right thing, the Heart and Soul Pill of the Ten Thousand Blood Sect must not Accept, during this period of time, our Feng family cannot get involved with the Ten Thousand Blood Sect."

Shopkeeper Feng smiled wryly. Zhang Shiping's cultivation level just now was similar to his. He called Senior Lin just out of politeness.

When Zhang Shiping took out the Heart and Soul Pill, he subconsciously thought that he was a member of the Ten Thousand Blood Cult, and his tone was unavoidable, but he didn't expect the other party to be a senior Foundation Establishment.

……

Just now, after Zhang Shiping and shopkeeper Feng came to the quiet room, he took out the heart and soul pill. After the shopkeeper Feng read it, his expression suddenly changed, and he stared at Zhang Shiping, "Senior Lin, I'm sorry, this small shop can't handle your business."

"Please go." He took tea to see off the guests.

Zhang Shiping originally wanted to do business politely, but looking at him like this, he didn't speak clearly, and he even put on a face, that's not how business is done.

At least he had to speak clearly, why bother to shake his face, seeing this, Zhang Shiping naturally wouldn't give him a good look.

The base-building stage cultivation that had been restrained was released directly, covering the shopkeeper Feng, and the shopkeeper Feng was dripping with cold sweat, looking in horror at Zhang Shiping, a senior who had suddenly changed from the qi training stage to the foundation-building stage.

However, the green-robed foundation-building cultivator sitting in the center of Xiangming quickly reacted, rushed into the quiet room, looked at Zhang Shiping, "This fellow Taoist, please forgive me if there is something in this shop that is not well taken care of."

Shopkeeper Feng’s lips moved slightly, and his words were quickly transmitted to the foundation-building cultivator. After listening to this, the green-robed monk waved to Shopkeeper Feng and let him go out first, while he talked with Zhang Shiping in the quiet room. Inform Zhang Shiping of the news of the auction in the secret store, and release the troublesome things about the Wanxuejiao Xinsoul Pill.

Chapter 96

After Zhang Shiping left Xiangmingju, he walked around a few streets, and in a remote corner, he found a longevity material store with white paper lanterns hanging on it.

The shop was very deserted, and the white paper lanterns were shaking with the wind. After Zhang Shiping walked into the shop, he saw an old woman sitting on a small stool and was carving with a knife. His pupils shrank. A mid-stage foundation-building monk, Zhang Shiping then walked over calmly.

"Guest officer, what do you want to buy?" She put down the knife, stood up and patted the sawdust on her body.

"Three sticks of sandalwood, weigh three, two, three coins, and are three minutes and three inches long." Zhang Shiping responded according to the code word given by the monk who established the foundation of Xiangmingju, and tapped three times on the counter with no light or heavy 'dongdongdong'.

"A piece of spiritual stone." The old woman stepped on her feet and took a jade slip from the high shelf, and handed it to Zhang Shiping.

Zhang Shiping took out a spirit stone from the storage bag, put it on the counter, took the jade slip away, and didn't say anything more to the old woman, who also picked up the knife again, sat on the stool, Carved one by one.

Half a street away from the shop, Zhang Shiping probed his spiritual sense into the jade slip, and after reading the information recorded in it, he crushed the jade slip into powder.

Then he walked out of Yunjinfang City quickly, drove the black disc flying magic weapon, and flew several mountains to the east. After seeing that there was no one around, he found a mountain with no aura and fell down.

……

Two days later, Zhang Shiping changed into a black cloak and a green-patterned mask engraved with formations capable of isolating the detection of other people's spiritual senses. fly away.

Of course, the effect of isolating spiritual consciousness is limited. If the opponent is a Jindan cultivator, or a foundation-building cultivator who has practiced the spiritual consciousness technique, it will basically have no effect. Therefore, Zhang Shiping did not return to his original appearance, and still had that black face.

Zhang Shiping drove the black disc, and when he was about to reach the birthday celebration peak, he immediately put away the flying magic weapon, and at the halfway up the mountain of Shifeng, he circled the mountain towards the south, and the place he looked at was covered by huge rocks The three entrances of the cave, keep them in my heart.

Then Zhang Shiping stood expressionlessly under the shadow of a stone, and not long after, several people flew in from a distance, most of them were wearing cloak masks similar to Zhang Shiping, watching others go in one by one, Zhang Shiping He didn't hesitate any more, followed the monks in front, one behind the other, walking far away into the cave.

Inside the cave, it was cool and quiet, with cold wind blowing inside, torches were stuck on the walls, and moonstones were inlaid on the top of the mountain. At first, the cave could only accommodate two people side by side. After Zhang Shiping walked for a while, the passage opened up a lot.

Zhang Shiping saw the light in the distance, and after walking about twenty feet, he came out of the cave, and what came into his eyes was a stone building with a height of more than ten floors, which was built against the mountain. The lights are brightly lit, illuminating the birthday celebration peak, as if it is never night.

Outside the stone building, there are more than a dozen maidservants in colorful clothes, stepping on the jasper-colored leaf flying magic weapon, their clothes fluttering, leading Zhang Shiping and other foundation-building monks who entered the stone peak, flying towards the stone building go.

If it were a mortal here, he would be amazed, and even some old superstitious mortals would kneel down, thinking that they had entered a fairyland and saw a fairy.

"Welcome senior", a maidservant with a pretty face landed in front of Zhang Shiping, and greeted Zhang Shiping with a blessing, "Senior, please follow me."

Zhang Shiping took out the black disc flying magic weapon and threw it in front of him, the black disc flashed with spiritual light, Zhang Shiping's figure flickered, and he stood on the disc.

Of course, there was also a monk wearing a cloak who stepped directly on the leaf-shaped magic weapon of the maidservant, stood behind the maidservant, with his arms around his slender waist, and kept groping up and down.And the maidservant still greeted her with a smile on her face, without any apparent reluctance.

In front of Zhang Shiping, the maidservant in colorful clothes led Zhang Shiping to fly towards the upper floors of the stone building, and the two of them landed on the ninth floor. Then she led Zhang Shiping into the building, and then walked back a few steps, leaning on the aisle with his head down.Zhang Shiping's first impression was that the building was very tall, the ninth floor alone was six feet high.

As soon as Zhang Shiping walked into the door, he saw a high platform standing in the middle of the room. The building was built on the inner wall of the stone mountain, in the shape of an inner semi-circular arc. The stairs have five floors, and each floor has 49 compartments. Far away, there are screens on the left and right, and the middle faces the high platform.

There are more or less monks in these compartments, most of them are alone in a compartment, and there are several monks sitting together.

I don't know if it's the habit of the owner of this secret shop, but when Zhang Shiping walked into the building from the very beginning, all he saw was red.

The tables, chairs and screens are red, the carpet is red, the pillars are red, the curtains are red, and even the hanging lanterns are red.

A maid came up from inside and led Zhang Shiping to an empty cubicle. Zhang Shiping saw the word "Yichou" on the screen.

After Zhang Shiping entered, he closed his eyes calmly, because the bright red all over the room was really annoying.

After waiting for about half an hour, a maid came in with a mahogany tray on which was placed a piece of jade slip. She whispered the rules of the auction to Zhang Shiping, and the jade slip recorded the price of this auction. After finishing talking about things and information, the servant girl withdrew and stood guard outside the screen.

Zhang Shiping picked up the jade slip, and after searching with his spiritual sense, he was surprised.

There are 81 items for auction here, the first one is beyond Zhang Shiping's expectation, a girl's cauldron furnace with three layers of Qi training, with Yinluan body.Although this physique is useless for breakthroughs in large realms, such small realms such as the middle and late stages of foundation building are very useful, and can increase the monk's chances of success.

Even Zhang Shiping was a little tempted, but he also thought that he would have a better chance of breaking through the golden core when he heard that monks kept the body of Yuanyang Yuanyin. , which is more or less credible.

Besides, relying on the bronze lamp to assist in cultivation, Zhang Shiping is confident that he can cultivate to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

If he can't break through at the first time, then he will continue to practice, purify his mana, and rely on his own pure mana to break through the realm naturally.

After Zhang Shiping hastily read the information on the jade slips, a middle-aged man in an embroidered robe and a bright red peony on his head walked up to the high platform.

The man's face was slick and smooth, and he looked like a little student. He spoke loudly, and with his magic power, the voice spread throughout the building, "Welcome to Hongyue Tower, I think everyone is waiting impatiently. I won’t say much more. Now the first treasure, Yinluan Maiden Cauldron, has a reserve price of [-] spirit stones.”

A well-dressed girl, followed by two maidservants in colorful clothes.A string of copper bells was tied to the girl's ankles, and she stepped on the carpet with her bare feet. Following the ringing of the bells, she walked up to the high platform, and looked charmingly at the Foundation Establishment cultivator sitting in the cubicle.

The host looked around at the hundreds of foundation-building monks in the stair compartment, "Dear friends sitting here, let's start bidding!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Shiping heard a monk shout impatiently: "450 spirit stones."

"Twenty dollars."

"five hundred."

……

There were bidding sounds from various compartments, but Zhang Shiping did not bid, and this was not his goal from the beginning.

Of course, if the price of this cauldron is lower, then maybe Zhang Shiping will also make a move, but the Red Moon Building has set the base price there from the beginning, plus the price of the foundation-building cultivators who need it in the field, the price will be high. rise.

Finally, after "830 spirit stones" came out from a compartment, the other foundation cultivators stopped bidding.

After the host on the high platform asked three times, no one made any more bids. He picked up a small wooden hammer wrapped in red silk and hit it on the gong, congratulating the Foundation Establishment cultivator in the 'Yishen' compartment for winning the bid.

Immediately afterwards, a maid took the cauldron girl to the 'Yishen' compartment, paid the money and delivered the goods.

On the high platform, the host wiped the storage bag on his waist, and there was an extra brocade box in his hand, and he showed it to the Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Zhang Shiping's eyes flashed with inspiration, and he clearly saw twelve small cow hair needles placed in the brocade box.

This kind of needle-shaped magic weapon is much more difficult to make than ordinary magic weapons, not to mention that this set of mother and child needles is still a second-order middle-grade magic weapon, which is even rarer in the world of cultivating immortals.

There are sects or family blacksmiths who create such magical artifacts, and the nine layers and nines are kept in the sect or family.

There is also this kind of flying needle magic weapon in the Zhengyang sect, but this flying needle magic weapon does not accept spirit stones in exchange, and can only be exchanged with sect merit points. If it is just to perform ordinary tasks, it will take too long, so Zhang Shiping Neither have any ideas.

Therefore, when Zhang Shiping saw this set of flying needle instruments, his heart was moved instantly.

Chapter 97

"Second-grade medium-grade complete set of phantom dust needles, the base price is 700 yuan Lingshi."

After the host showed this set of second-order middle-grade magical artifacts to everyone, he announced the name and reserve price of this set of magical artifacts.

After Zhang Shiping heard the price, the base price was 700 yuan for spirit stones, which made his heart beat faster, the price was too low.

But Zhang Shiping also knew that this was just a reserve price. As soon as the host finished quoting the price, the foundation-builder monks in the cubicle bid one after another.

"Eight hundred spirit stones."

"Nine hundred."

"One thousand and one hundred yuan of spirit stones." Zhang Shiping couldn't sit still when he heard other foundation-builder cultivators calling out 100 yuan of spirit stones, and followed up with a price.

"One thousand three hundred."

"Fifteen hundred."

……

"Two thousand and five hundred yuan."

Zhang Shiping originally wanted to continue bidding, but he saw that those foundation-building cultivators didn't intend to stop at all, and immediately called up the price, so he didn't continue to add fuel to the fire.

After reaching more than 2000 spirit stones, there were still more than a dozen foundation cultivators in the compartment who still called the price up to 3000 yuan spirit stones at a rate of one or two hundred.

When the price of the Phantom Dust Needle had reached three thousand, there were still five or six people bidding, but the price gradually slowed down, and the host asked loudly to the many Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"Is there any fellow daoist who bids. This set of phantom dust needles is from the forging master Hongye Zhenren, and its power is extraordinary. If you fellow daoists want to find such a complete set of mother-in-law needles, it will not be so easy. "

The real person is one of the respectful titles for Jindan monks. Zhang Shiping has also heard of Hongye real person's name. It is rumored that he can forge a fourth-order magic weapon. Forging skills with one hand, he will be regarded as a guest of honor wherever he goes.

This set of phantom dust needles was forged by Daoist Hongye, and it had already been written on the jade slips. The Foundation Establishment cultivators present knew the jade slips, so what the host said did not arouse too much surprise from everyone.

Zhang Shiping looked at the price and thought about it in his heart. He tried to call another price, "Three thousand and 100 yuan for spirit stones."

Originally, the monks in "Jiazi", "Jiaren", "Bingshen" and other compartments kept bidding, chasing after each other. When they heard that another monk joined in, they suddenly stopped.

A monk with a gray mask in the "Jiazi" compartment snorted coldly, "Three thousand one hundred and one spirit stones."

When Zhang Shiping heard that the other party made such an offer, he only pressed himself for a piece of spirit stone. He was also very unhappy, but Zhang Shiping didn't go back directly. After living for more than [-] years, he always thought things over before and after things habitually, and didn't fight for a moment. gas.

Seeing that Zhang Shiping didn't continue to bid and was stopped by himself, the monk with the gray mask couldn't help but feel a little proud.

When the other people heard the price, they stopped tacitly and did not follow up.

The host on the high platform frowned, and immediately opened it again. After waiting for a while, seeing no one bid, he knocked a gong. After waiting for a few breaths, the second gong sounded "boom".

Zhang Shiping in the cubicle tapped his fingers on the table, adjusted his mentality, and was thinking rationally.

This set of Phantom Dust Needles is a second-tier middle-grade product. If you count the complete set and the scarcity of the needle-shaped magic weapon, the current price of [-] spirit stones is far below it. the highest price.Zhang Shiping felt that he could bid for this set of phantom dust needles, but he wanted to wait for others to come out first. With so many people present, some people couldn't help it.

If this set of magic tools is sold at this price, Zhang Shiping reckons that Hongyue Tower will not agree, at least they will raise the price up.

As for the monk whose bidding price only lowered one of his spirit stones, Zhang Shiping didn't know if the other party really had such a temperament, or if he did so on purpose.

But no matter what the other party is, if I get on my head, those two people will raise the price because of their emotions, and this kind of thing will inevitably become a joke for everyone present.

Perhaps it was because Zhang Shiping did not continue to bid, and the monks in the two compartments of "Jiaren" and "Bingshen" saw that the third hammer was about to go down.

Bids were quoted for the two rooms at the same time.

"One thousand two hundred."

"Three thousand three hundred."

"Three thousand and three hundred yuan spirit stones, three thousand and three hundred yuan spirit stones, is there any higher one?" The host on the high platform spoke loudly.

"Three thousand three hundred and one yuan." The cultivator who had lowered Zhang Shiping's price just now spoke again.

"Three thousand four hundred."

"Three thousand four hundred and one yuan."

"Three thousand eight hundred."