Drunk Immortal Gourd

No matter where they are, monks in the late Jindan period are the focus of care. After seeing Qingyang, the people at the auction did not dare to neglect, and a woman took the initiative to greet her. This woman looked very young, with a delicate appearance, and only practiced Although he is in the early Qi stage, he looks a bit shrewd. He should be responsible for receiving and serving high-level monks.

The woman came to Qingyang, bowed respectfully, and then said: "My little girl Ji Ming has met the senior. Did the senior come to participate in the recent auction?"

"Exactly!" Qingyang nodded.

After hearing Qingyang's confirmation, the woman Ji Ming pointed forward and said: "Senior, please follow me."

Then the woman Ji Ming led Qingyang into the auction. After entering the gate, the two of them first came to a registration place. While helping Qingyang register, Ji Ming said: "Senior, please forgive me. According to the requirements of the auction, in order to ensure that the auctioned items can be traded smoothly, all monks participating in the auction need to pay a deposit of three thousand hell stones. You see..."

Qingyang understood what the other party meant. The purpose of charging a deposit was to prevent some people from malicious competition, raising the price during the auction and bidding for something but not wanting it in the end. Three thousand underworld stones are not too much for high-level monks, but they are a lot of wealth for monks at the foundation establishment stage and below. Therefore, this is also an auction with a threshold, and not everyone can participate.

After Qingyang took out three thousand underworld stones and handed them to the person in charge of registration, Ji Ming received a sign from the person who registered, and then the two of them continued to walk in. Qingyang didn't feel it clearly outside before, but he realized it after he came in. , this auction is really not that big.

The entire auction site covers an area of ​​at least several hundred acres and is more than a dozen feet high. On one side is a huge platform on which the auction is held. Behind it are rows of seats, each seat is spaced There is about a foot, and there is a simple separation between them. I can only vaguely see figures around me, but I can't see who it is, and I can't hear other people talking.

The auction house also has a second floor, which is suspended in the middle, revealing the auction platform below. There are VIP private rooms on three sides against the walls, and there are corridors connecting them in front. The settings of these private rooms are much more luxurious than the temporary seats below. There are many tables, chairs, beds, and spiritual tea and incense. There are also restrictions outside to isolate spiritual thoughts and prying eyes. Just sit in the room and you can Seeing the auction platform below, you have a wide field of vision, which does not affect your participation in the auction at all.

Of course, there are good and bad locations on the second floor. The location facing the auction platform is the best. Generally, it is reserved only for important figures in Chujiang City and Yuanying monks. The closer to the middle, the higher the status, like Qingyang Such late-stage Jindan monks with no background can only be assigned to rooms on both sides of the second floor. As for the middle-stage Jindan monks and below, they are not even qualified to go upstairs.

Ji Ming and Qingyang came to the second floor together, and then led Qingyang to the corresponding room according to the number on the sign in his hand. After that, Ji Ming did not leave, but stayed in the room. During this auction Before the end, her only mission was to serve Qingyang well.

There are many women like her in the auction. They are attached to the auction and serve the guests who attend the auction. They are usually not paid and rely entirely on the rewards from customers to make a living.

These maids have a very low status and have almost no dignity. They just do it when they meet easy-to-talk customers. If they meet those difficult customers, not only will they not be paid a penny, but they will also be beaten, scolded and insulted, and even their sex will be betrayed. In the end, the income will be low. Half of the pitiful reward should be given to the auction, because the auction provides a platform, otherwise there would not even be this opportunity to earn spiritual stones.

Qingyang also cultivated from the lowest level. He knew how difficult it was for low-level monks to cultivate. It was better to find someone from the sect as a backer. Those low-level casual cultivators rarely had a way to earn spiritual stones. They often fought for a piece of spiritual stone. To obtain a spiritual stone or an elixir, you have to risk your life to fight for it. Male casual cultivators rely on hard work and hard work, and female casual cultivators rely on selling their looks or finding a good Taoist partner. However, very few can survive in the end. In this way There are too many people there, and Qingyang can’t even take pity on them.

Qingyang is a gentleman, and naturally he will not do things like beating, insulting, or asking the other party to betray her. Of course, he will not treat her specially just because he sympathizes with the other party. Ji Ming has adapted to this kind of life, Qingyang If you are too polite, you will scare the other party. If you feel that the other party's service is good, you can at most reward a few more spiritual stones when you leave.

The auction hadn't started yet, Qingyang was sitting in the room with his eyes closed, while Ji Ming stood quietly at the door, not daring to disturb Qingyang. The atmosphere in the room was a little dull, but Ji Ming seemed to feel that Qingyang was not a difficult person to take care of, so he was not very difficult.

As time goes by, more and more people come to participate in the auction. In less than two hours, less than 10% of the empty seats below have been occupied. About half of them are monks in the early and middle stages of Jindan, and the rest are all He is a monk in the middle and late stages of foundation building, and there is no one with lower cultivation level.

Qingyang deliberately counted those seats when he passed by them before. There were at least more than 3,000 seats below. Including the rooms on the second floor, there were nearly 2,000 Jindan monks participating in the auction. From this It can be seen how influential this auction is.

Qingyang once inquired about the fact that the city lord of Chujiang City was behind this auction. He not only had a profound knowledge, but also had a strong background. No one in Chujiang City dared to provoke him, and no one dared to cause trouble here. The auction was held twice a year, and the business was very high. It is prosperous. Chujiang City's influence spreads hundreds of thousands of miles around. Those who came here to participate in the auction were not only the Chujiang City monks, but also the sects and casual cultivators in the surrounding radiation range. Two thousand golden elixir monks coming at one time did not seem to be too many.

At this time, a group of people suddenly walked in outside the auction. Because there was a lot of movement when they came in, Qingyang couldn't help but open his eyes. Walking in front was a red-haired old man, walking with wind, holding his head high, and having an extraordinary momentum. Behind him were several Jindan monks, one of whom Qingyang knew, it was the goatee who told him about the auction of the weapon refining quota before. , looking at him following step by step, could it be that the old man in front is Zhenjun Chiye?

Sure enough, Ji Ming next to him saw that Qingyang seemed to be very interested in the people outside, so he took the initiative to introduce: "Senior, the person who came in just now is the famous Chi Ye Zhenjun in Chujiang City. This person is extremely skilled in weapon refining. Even the Lord of the City has to personally come to the door to refine weapons."

"I heard that there will be an auction for Zhenjun Chiye's weapon refining quota this time?" Qingyang asked.