"You brat, aren't those things enough for me to handle?
I just want to quietly be a participating cultivator. I'll just bid for something I like, "Master Jing Yang said leisurely as he swirled his wine glass.
"Since your Mount Baizao is in charge of this auction, why do you have to take the unnecessary step of auctioning? Why don't you just go there yourself?
If you really can't do it, can't you just buy it from the sect? "Han Li asked in puzzlement.
"Fellow Daoist Li, there's something you don't know … The items in this auction don't just belong to our Hundred Zao Mountain. Some of them were confiscated by the Black Mountain Immortal Palace, and some of them were sent by some sect elders to be auctioned … All in all, this auction involves a lot of people, and it's not something that I can meddle with." Esteemed Jing Yang shook his head and finished the wine in his cup.
"In that case, it's impossible for me to rely on your relationship to spend less Immortal Essence Stones?" Han Li nodded thoughtfully and drank a glass of wine as he asked.
"The auction has its own set of rules, and it's supervised by the people from the Immortal Palace. Even I have to rely on my own luck to bid, let alone you. You can't do anything about it.
The only thing you can do is to prepare as many Immortal Essence Stones as possible. Good things are priceless like good wine. Once you like it, you should get it as soon as possible to avoid regrets, "Master Jing Yang said with a smile.
While the two were talking, there were already people coming in one after another from the entrance of the building using the "Gold and Jade Silk". They began to choose the VIP rooms on the third floor of the building.
After about two hours, the hundreds of VIP rooms in the entire Jade Kun Building were all filled with people.
After Han Li looked around, he found that almost all of these people's cultivation were at the early Golden Immortal Stage or above. Among them, there were some old fellows who concealed their aura, making it hard for him to detect them.
However, after thinking about it for a while, he figured it out. The Gold and Jade Silk was precious and rare, so it was naturally not something that ordinary cultivators could obtain. Those who could obtain the Gold and Jade Silk to enter the Jade Kun Building were naturally not cultivators below the Perfected Immortal Stage.
Those with insufficient cultivation or status would naturally not come for nothing. There were hundreds of auctions and trade fairs prepared for them in the city, as well as countless other gatherings.
At this moment, the old man from Mount Hundred Zao, who was in charge of this place, and a white-clothed man wearing the uniform of the Black Mountain Immortal Palace walked up to the circular auction stage at the center.
"By the way, I haven't introduced you yet.
That person's name was Fu Yuhai, and he was the person in charge of the temporary residence that the Black Mountain Immortal Palace had set up in the northern part of the Immortal Region. He was also a late-stage Golden Immortal cultivator.
However, he didn't have any real power here. The one in charge was the supervisor of the Heavenly Court.
It's just that this person has always lived in seclusion and rarely shows his face, "Master Jing Yang explained to Han Li.
"Looks like the Heavenly Court values this place quite a bit. I wonder how is the cultivation of the supervising immortal envoy?" Han Li raised his brows slightly and asked in a seemingly indifferent manner.
"It's hard to say. This person is really mysterious. Even I have never seen his real body." Master Jing Yang shook his head and once again placed the wine cup that he had just filled into his mouth.
In the time it took to converse with Han Li, he had already gulped down an entire flagon of fine wine, and the palace maid brought over another flagon.
At this moment, Fu Yuhai had already finished his introduction and his pompous opening speech.
The old man with the tall hat stepped forward and continued, "In an auction, one must act according to one's ability. Don't blindly increase the price. Once the auction is decided, one cannot go back on their word.
If someone deliberately abandons the bid, we will definitely pursue the matter to the end. "
"Now, the Jade Kun Pavilion auction officially begins!" Fu Yuhai looked around and announced in a clear voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, the two of them left the stage at the same time. A foreign race man wearing a five-colored feather robe floated up.
His appearance was very strange. His cheeks were extremely wide, his mouth was rather large, and his neck was very slender. He looked like the neck of a five-colored bird with the head of a toad.
This person from the foreign race was the auctioneer who presided over this auction.
"Welcome, distinguished guests, to the Jade Kun Pavilion and join us in this grand auction …" His appearance was unbearable, but his voice was clear and bright. It had a special magnetism and sounded very pleasing to the ear.
"Let's not talk too much. Let's invite our first collection today, the 'Phoenix Cry Zither'."
As soon as he finished speaking, a graceful and beautiful female cultivator walked up with a fiery red zither in her hands with a decent smile on her face.
Everyone's attention was naturally attracted by the zither.
Han Li swept his gaze over it and found that this zither was just like its name. The body of the zither was made of a precious wood called "Chicken Blood Wood". The head of the zither was carved into the shape of a phoenix's head, and the tail of the zither was decorated with feathers that were carved into the shape of a phoenix's tail.
The entire body of the zither was as warm as jade, and there were traces of red inside like blood-colored clouds. It looked extremely gorgeous.
Under the direction of the auctioneer, the beautiful female cultivator's slender fingers gently plucked the strings of the zither. Immediately, waves of pleasant music came from it. Even those who didn't know much about the zither would know that it was a top-grade zither.
However, although this zither was very good, it was only an ordinary item and didn't have the slightest fluctuation of spiritual power.
The first item of this famous Jade Kun Pavilion auction was actually an ordinary item?
This greatly puzzled Han Li, but the starting price that followed shocked Han Li even more.
"I believe that everyone has heard of the name 'Thousand Fingers Illusory Sound', Pei Qingling, right?
This Phoenix Cry Zither was the instrument that he treasured the most before he started cultivating.
After he officially started cultivating, he gradually abandoned it. It has been passed around for many years and has been covered in dust.
The starting price is 50 Immortal Meta Stones, and each bid must be no less than 5 Immortal Meta Stones. "The auctioneer spoke with fervor and assurance as he explained the origin of this zither.
"50 Immortal Meta Stones, I'll take it."
As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, a gentle female voice came from a VIP room on the third floor.
Immediately afterward, someone said, "I bid 60 Immortal Meta Stones."
"70 Immortal Meta Stones …" Someone else bid.
"75 Immortal Meta Stones …"
"Who is this Pei Qingling?
Why was an ordinary item that she had once used auctioned here?
Why is the starting price so high? "Han Li asked in confusion.
It was just an ordinary item, not an immortal magic treasure. Even if it was an immortal magic treasure, if its quality didn't reach a certain level, no matter who used it, it shouldn't be worth dozens of Immortal Meta Stones.
It wasn't a matter of Immortal Meta Stones, but it wasn't even worth dozens of Spirit Stones.
Dozens of Immortal Meta Stones was not a small amount. It could even be used to buy pills that were beneficial to the advancement of Golden Immortal cultivation, or spiritual materials and immortal weapons.
"I didn't expect Fellow Li to have never heard of the 'Thousand Fingers Illusory Sound'.
Pei Qingling came from a musical family in the Golden Origin Celestial Realm. She was extremely talented in cultivation since she was young, but she was obsessed with music and didn't cultivate.
On her sixteenth birthday, after she played the Neon Phoenix Formation Breaking Song, she suddenly announced that she wanted to start cultivating. From then on, her cultivation improved by leaps and bounds until she entered the Dao with the five notes and cultivated to the Grand Heavenly Realm, "Lord Scenic Yang was slightly surprised at first before he slowly explained.
"So that's how it is …" Han Li said thoughtfully.
"Don't think it's not worth it. Once this item has a chance to be returned to its original owner, it will form a great relationship.
If Pei Qingling really becomes a Dao Ancestor of five notes, the value of this item will skyrocket by more than a hundred times, "Master Jing Yang said with a smile as if he had seen through Han Li's thoughts.
"That is indeed the case." Han Li nodded in agreement upon hearing this.
"Hehe, it's said that Pei Qingling is a rare beauty, be it a mortal or an immortal. Look at how fiercely those male cultivators are fighting over her, they might have some romantic thoughts in their hearts … Of course, that's just wishful thinking," Master Jing Yang said to Han Li through voice transmission after drinking a cup of wine.
When the latter heard this, he silently nodded, looking as if he deeply agreed with what he said.
In the end, the zither was won by a middle-aged man with a silk scarf on his head, a solemn expression, and a scholarly temperament for 120 Immortal Meta Stones.
"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist, for obtaining the Phoenix Tail Zither.
Next, please bring out our second treasure, the 'Purple Yang Pill'. "
After the auctioneer announced, the female cultivator from before walked down with the zither. Another female cultivator walked up with a purple tray that contained a palm-sized white jade box.
"This item is a transition pill for Golden Immortals to Primordial Immortals. It is beneficial to cultivators of both major realms.
There are a total of 13 pills in one furnace, all of which are perfect and of excellent quality. I hope Fellow Daoists won't miss it.
The starting price is 100 Immortal Meta Stones, "the auctioneer said as he opened the white jade box.
As soon as the box was opened, 13 exquisite pills the size of a pinky finger were revealed. They flashed with purple light, and there was a faint mist rising from them. A medicinal fragrance immediately filled the Jade Kun Pavilion.
This pill was one of the many spirit medicines that Han Li had appraised, and its quality was indeed excellent. The Jade Kun Pavilion's starting price of 100 Immortal Meta Stones was not much, and it was considered a very low price.
"110 Immortal Meta Stones." Soon, someone made a bid.
"120 Immortal Meta Stones." Immediately after, someone else followed.
"130 Immortal Meta Stones …"
Round after round of bidding, the price of the Purple Yang Pill was soon raised to 160 Immortal Essence Stones.
This price was already quite suitable, and it was not worth it to raise it any further. Therefore, after a cultivator in a black robe made this bid, no one else continued to raise the price.
After asking three times, the auctioneer sold the item to the black-robed man.
The third auction item was an extremely high-grade Acquired Immortal Artifact. It was an extremely powerful Thunder Fire Token that was suitable for late-stage Golden Immortals. The starting price was 130 Immortal Meta Stones, and it was finally sold for more than 200 Immortal Meta Stones.