I will survive with proficiency

Because of the approaching auction, there are more and more foreign monks in Tianyan City, and the city is becoming more and more lively.

Chen Ping went to Guo Zizhao's house, but Guo Zizhao and Lin Changshou were not in the house.

Their Taoist companion is at home.

"Senior Chen, come in and sit down. This junior will go and call them back. They are all in Fangshi at the moment." Lin Changshou's Taoist companion greeted.

Chen Ping thought it was a rare visit, so he entered the room and waited for a while.

"Senior Chen, you drink tea." After Taoist Lin Changshou hurried to Fangshi, Taoist Guo Zizhao brought over a cup of spiritual materials, and smiled kindly with bright eyes:

"Thanks to the work that Senior Chen arranged for Lao Guo, I didn't need to go out to take risks for more than a year, and it was much safer."

Guo Zizhao and Guo Zizhao sold magic weapons like this every day, and they could hide it from others, but they certainly couldn't hide it from the person next to them.

Besides, Chen Ping came here often.

The two said it outright, but they only said that it was a temporary job introduced by Chen Ping to them, selling second-hand magic weapons for others.

Not much else to mention.

Chen Ping took the spirit tea and said with a smile:

"You don't need to thank me. It's Guo Daoyou and the others who are careful in their work. I'm just pulling the strings."

"Senior, you are humble." Guo Zizhao said with a twist of his hair, judo:

"Don't juniors know what Lao Guo is capable of? Without Senior Chen's support, he would still be thinking hard about tomorrow's cultivation resources day and night. Senior Chen is our benefactor."

While talking, Guo Zizhao added some more tea to him. When pouring the tea, he bent slightly, and the neckline of the skirt was lowered intentionally or unintentionally.

... It’s okay for Guo Zizhao to be able to earn spirit stones all the time, but when he earns less spirit stones one day, I’m afraid life will be difficult.

Chen Ping sat in the yard with the excuse of basking in the sun.

After chatting with Guo Zizhao for a while, I realized that she and Ling Changshou's Taoist couple used to be helpers in a refining workshop in the city. They met Guo Zizhao when they were delivering magic weapons to the shopkeeper.

After that, they came out, and several people started collecting herbs together.

After a while, the three of Guo Zizhao came back.

Seeing Chen Ping sitting in the courtyard and chatting with his Taoist companion, Guo Zizhao said excitedly:

"Brother, are you here?"

"Go in, it's uncomfortable to stay outside."

The three of them entered the house, while the two women went on to do other things wisely.

Chen Ping first checked their magic weapon sales.

After more than a year, Chen Ping intermittently gave them a lot of magic tools, and intermittently collected some spiritual stones and stored them separately, while others were confiscated to facilitate their turnover, and did not calculate the share between the two of them.

A total of 566 magic utensils were sold.

Among them, there are 43, 123, and 292 lower-, middle-, and upper-grade instruments of the first rank, respectively, and 108 handles of the lower-rank instruments of the second rank.

None of the 31 second-order middle-grade instruments were sold.

There are still 30 second-tier low-grade magic weapons left.

Second-tier middle-grade magical artifacts are relatively less in demand, and are usually some magical artifacts that monks in the middle stage of foundation establishment will use. The situation of the second-order low-grade magic weapon is also somewhat similar. In addition, Guo Zizhao and the others are only in the Qi training period, and they can't hold back. In order to avoid accidents, they can only sell one by one, and have to sell another one at intervals.

As far as the second-tier low-grade products currently sold, most of them were sold point-to-point through some relationship networks that their Taoist couples had previously mastered.

After deducting Guo Zizhao's 10% commission, Chen Ping earned a total of 6,191 middle-grade spirit stones.

hey-hey.

'I'm a millionaire again. '

Chen Ping smiled inwardly, collected his belongings, and said:

"After this auction is over, I will return to Lingxiaozong. Do you two want to go back to Lingxiaozong together, or stay here?"

Hearing this, both of them were taken aback.

They originally thought that Chen Ping might stay in Tianyan City forever when he came to Tianyan Domain this time.

"Brother is going back? Will you come again in the future?" Ling Changshou asked hurriedly.

Chen Ping thought for a while and said:

"I will come, but not too many. Most of the time I will still stay in Ling Xiaozong."

Yu Lingchun is still in Tianyan Sect, and still owes Fairy Xiyue so much nameless wine, Tianyan City will inevitably come again.

But certainly not too much, after all, 80,000 miles away.

Lin Changshou asked a few more questions, but Guo Zizhao remained silent and didn't say much.

He is not alone now, and he is bringing his Taoist companions with him. Migrating back and forth is too much trouble.

More importantly, I got used to staying in Tianyan City.

Although this city is a gold-selling cave, it is relatively safe, which is incomparable to the Sanxiu City of Lingxiaozong.

Guo Zizhao was worried when he thought of the days in Lianyuncheng.

Besides.

Today's Qingyun Territory lacks resources, and there are no monsters or spiritual materials. It will be even more difficult for them to survive when they go back. There are also many difficulties such as not being able to leave the domain, magic gas, and miasma.

Chen Ping saw the hesitation in their hearts and said:

"You don't need to rush to answer this matter. I have more than ten days here, and I will go back later. You can think about it carefully, and discuss it with your Taoist companions. After all, it is not a trivial matter. It doesn't hurt to stay in Tianyan City."

Chen Ping didn't really care, this was Guo Zizhao's own business.

In Tianyan City, there is Tianyan City and the cooperation method, and in Lingxiaozong, there is the work direction of Lingxiaozong.

all will do.

Respect their own choices.

"Thank you, brother. I will think about it later and give brother a reply as soon as possible." Guo Zizhao said.

...

Coming out of Guo Zizhao's house, Chen Ping did not go back to the inn, but went to the auction hall.

There is almost no need to ask for directions. On the way to the auction hall, as long as it is uphill or downhill or around the corner, there are road signs.

The guild hall is located in the center of the city, very close to the waterfall that fell from the sky.

As soon as Chen Ping arrived around the guild hall, disciples from the auction house greeted him with smiles:

"Senior, did you sign up for the auction?"

"This auction is the largest in recent years. There are countless rare treasures at the meeting. There are rare treasures of heaven, material and earth that are rare in hundreds of years. The category covers a wide range. If you need anything, seniors, just come. Absolutely no loss."

this……

Are the advertisements hitting the streets?

besides.

Although I didn't participate last year, I also heard your promotional slogans when I passed by, and it was said that it was the biggest event in recent years.

Year is the biggest, right?

Every year, the treasures are hard to come by in hundreds of years, right?

Chen Ping slandered endlessly.

But it's just a complaint in my heart, not only the disciples here, but also many brick masters.

This is normal.

"I'm really interested. Can you introduce the rules of this auction?" Chen Ping said calmly.

The auction will last for three days.

It is very simple to participate, you only need to register in advance to reserve seats or private rooms to participate.

Seats are open halls.

The private rooms are divided into upper, middle and lower levels.

Superior privacy is the best, and the price is also the most expensive.

You need to pay a fee of 8 middle-grade spirit stones, and you need to pay an additional deposit of 50 middle-grade spirit stones.

If there is a bid for any kind of Tiancaidibao and the equipment in the private room is not damaged, the deposit will be refunded in full. However, if a model is not photographed within three days, only half of the deposit will be refunded.

The auction house has printed a special list of auction goods in advance, and those who are interested can preview them in advance.

"Senior, take a look. If you don't say anything else, let's just talk about these pills. Many of them are not sold in shops on weekdays, and many of them are limited editions. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are extremely precious." The auction house The disciple opened a page of the handbook and showed it to Chen Ping. This page was full of the names of the pills to be auctioned.

Chen Ping took the booklet and flipped through it.

Well, there are the arrays I need inside.

"Please book a first-class private room." Chen Ping said.

The upper-class private rooms are much more expensive than the middle-lower class and hall seats.

But at an auction, safety is the most important thing.

This is Chen Ping's first time participating in an auction, and he would rather buy a safe if it is more expensive.

"Of course, there are only a few upper-class guest rooms left, and this junior will reserve it for senior. Senior, please..." The disciple of the auction house bowed to make way for Chen Ping, and invited him into the negotiating room of the guild hall.

After a while of registration, I paid the fee and deposit, and received a private room sign with the number of the private room engraved on it.

After 12 days, you only need to use the number plate to enter the venue.

Go back to the inn.

Chen Ping flipped through the auction brochure.

The booklet is divided into three parts.

The first part is the name and summary of some items that will be auctioned.

The second part provides a one-sentence summary of some potential auction items, but the item names and more detailed information are missing.

The third part is even worse, only the serial number, and the rest is left blank.

Chen Ping didn't believe in evil, and looked through it several times, but only vaguely saw a few words in the blank space of the large film - "once in a hundred years".

Good guy.

So many once in a hundred years.

What exactly it is will not be known until the day of the auction.

In the past few days, Chen Ping has been practicing in the inn. Considering that the three maids should not be idle, he assigned each of them the task of copying scriptures a thousand times.

Twelve days passed in a flash.

Chen Ping changed his appearance early in the morning, put on an ordinary Taoist robe, and then went to the auction hall.

When entering the arena, Chen Ping actually saw Li Feiyu.

Unexpectedly, Li Feiyu also came.

This guy didn't even change his appearance, he just walked carelessly among the crowd, holding a sign in his hand. When he showed the sign, Chen Ping saw that it was an inferior private room—inferior private room No. 23 .

There was a monk walking beside Li Feiyu, Chen Ping didn't know him, and he was occupying another inferior private room.

Because he was about to enter the arena and he had already changed his appearance, Chen Ping didn't come forward to say hello.

After showing the token, Chen Ping was led by a special person and brought into his exclusive upper-class No. 18 private room.

"Senior, when you need to bid, just inject spiritual power into this piece of red jade. The method of increasing the price is the same every time, and the lights outside will naturally light up."

"After the auction starts, the formation in the private room will be activated. Except for the seniors, only the auction house will hold the tokens that can be entered. If the seniors need to go out temporarily, they can enter and exit with the tokens."

"..."

Some of these information were included in the brochures, while others were not. The disciple who led the way introduced them in detail.

After the disciple leading the way left, Chen Ping carefully checked the private room. One side of the private room was a square spiritual power barrier. From the spiritual power barrier, one could see outside, but the situation inside could not be clearly seen from the outside.

Single room, one-way mirror.

Not only the picture, but also the sound.

Although expensive, but the privacy is indeed much better.

Auction will be held soon.

First, there are some low-value commodities, as small as a bottle of rare pills, a relatively rare second-level magic weapon, second-level magic robes, etc., there are all of them.

Bidding is also fast.

When it was the turn of a bottle of rare pill called 'Yu Xian Pill', there was a tug-of-war over the price.

"63 medium-grade spirit stones, the last quotation this cultivator made was too expensive, and the premium was too much. Hey, if my friend hadn't entrusted the auction, who would be interested in this thing? This pill is rotten in Zhongzhou. , no one wants it." On the seat in the atrium, a blue-robed monk held up a placard in 'reluctantly'.

"64 medium-grade spirit stones, my friend told me to take them, so I can only reluctantly increase the price." In the atrium, a gray-robed monk followed up and raised a sign.

"70 medium-grade spirit stones." The blue-robed monk who claimed to be the last bid suddenly raised the bidding price.

After the auctioneer dropped his voice three times, the gray-robed monk who claimed that he would keep increasing the price did not keep up, and the blue-robed monk finally got the bottle of desire elixir.

‘This group of people, none of them keep their word. ’. Chen Ping couldn’t complain.

I thought in my heart that when I bid for the auction later, if someone maliciously provokes me, I will give up decisively and not be taken advantage of.

At about noon, it was finally Chen Ping's turn to pay attention to - a set of Nine Palaces psychedelic array equipment produced by the master.

"Although it is only a second-order formation tool, this set comes from Master Nangong of Nanzhaowuqimen. The prohibition pattern is very perfect, and all the scales are controlled just right. One point is too much and one point is too little. Yes. A real masterpiece... I won't talk about too much, you formation masters will know after seeing the finished product... Okay, the starting price is 220 middle-grade spirit stones. Dang~, the auction is officially started."

After the auctioneer showed the whole set of equipment on the spot, the bidding officially started.

There are usually 5-15 array disks in the first-order formation method, and the unit price of each array disk or control token is about 4-8 middle-grade spirit stones.

After reaching the second-order array, the number of arrays will increase slightly, but the fluctuation range of the unit price will be much larger.

The number of disk arrays is usually 7-20, but the unit price ranges from 5-30 middle-grade spirit stones.

It is related to the quality, and also related to the situation of the formation.

In terms of complexity, the Jiugong Psychedelic Array belongs to the middle level of the second-order array, and the unit price of the array is also the same.

This set of Jiugong psychedelic array has 15 array disks and 5 control tokens.

The starting price is 220 medium-grade spirit stones, which is almost the price of the custom-made Nine Palaces Psychedelic Array on the market.

It is a conscience price.

Every increase in the next step is a premium brought by quality.

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"240 medium-grade spirit stones."

"245 medium-grade spirit stones."

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"It's the first time for 250 middle-grade spirit stones, do you still want fellow daoists? 255 middle-grade spirit stones again, do fellow daoists still need to raise a placard? I see, room 18 is offering for the first time today, and the price is 255 middle-grade. Pin Lingshi."

Chen Ping didn't participate in the quotation until the price was almost the same.

A high-quality array is good, but it is not only the array that determines the strength of an array, but also the ability of the array mage itself.

If the formation ability is not strong, it is useless to give the best formation.

It is precisely because of this that if the price is slightly higher than the custom-made price in the market, there will still be many formation masters participating in the auction.

If the price premium is high, many formation masters will lose their enthusiasm to participate in the auction.

Sure enough, after Chen Ping quoted 255 middle-grade spirit stones, no other colorful jade bidders made any offers.

Chen Ping breathed a sigh of relief.

'The first one I got, the price is not bad. '

‘There is not much premium. '

A high-quality array may not be useful to others, but it is very valuable to Chen Ping.

His formation skills can be very good, a good formation board can guarantee the stability of the formation, and will not become the weakness of the entire formation.

After the auction ended, the disciples of the auction house sent a complete set of formation disks into the private room in a short while.

"Senior, the entire set of equipment for the Nine Palaces Psychedelic Array is here, please check." The auction house disciple carefully brought a delicately decorated and luxurious gift box.

The gift box is half open for Chen Ping to inspect.

The auctioneer wasn't bragging. As a top Tier 1 array mage, Chen Ping immediately saw the extraordinaryness of this set of arrays.

It can be seen that the craftsman behind it has put his heart into it.

"No problem, let's put it here." Chen Ping ordered.

After completing the payment procedures, the disciple of the auction house said again:

"When leaving at noon, the seniors can wait for the juniors here for a while, there is a special passage to send the seniors out, so as not to be targeted by Jiexiu."

That's professionalism.

It's still very thoughtful.

That afternoon.

Chen Ping continued to bid 185 medium-grade spirit stones and 280 medium-grade spirit stones to bid for the Longqian Gathering Spirit Formation (second-order) and Liuxun Liuyao Formation (second-order).

At the end of the first day, Chen Ping originally wanted to find Li Feiyu, but he didn't see him after waiting outside the door for a long time, so he probably left early.

Continue on the second or third day.

During this period, Chen Ping tried to take pictures 3 times, one time was a magic weapon, and the other time was a third-tier magic sword.

The other time was a pair of male and female Muhong carp, which cost 366 middle-grade spirit stones and were successfully photographed.

Muhong carp has a mouthful of terrible fangs, the teeth are very sharp, it doesn't look cute at all.

But Muhong carp is a spiritual beast that can purify water quality and breathe out aura to increase the content of aura in water quality.

This makes perfect sense.

For most of the rest of the time, Chen Ping mainly watched the excitement.

For example, on the second day, a Meizu woman from the Western Regions with a very unique appearance was actually auctioned.

There are too many unbelievable things in this world, and there are too many people with special hobbies. Chen Ping didn't think it was a big deal at first, but the problem was that Li Feiyu, who was in the inferior private room, actually participated in several consecutive biddings at the end. In the end, it was because the price was too much. , this guy finally gave up, and it seemed that he was very reluctant to give up.

I didn't expect Li Feiyu to be so good.

After the three-day auction ended, Chen Ping deliberately came out early, waited outside for a while, followed Li Feiyu for a while, and finally recovered his normal expression, walked over to say hello:

"Li Daoyou, why are you here?"

When Li Feiyu met an old acquaintance in a foreign country, he was both surprised and pleasantly surprised when he saw Chen Ping:

"Master Chen? Are you here too? You also participated in the auction just now?"

"Master Chen? It's me, Ji Yan." Another monk walking with Li Feiyu also greeted Chen Ping in surprise, obviously changing his appearance.

"It turned out to be Fellow Daoist Ji, what a coincidence. There are so many people here, it's not a place to talk. Go to the inn for a chat?"

"Very good!"