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After Yu Yi continued to lie still for a while, she sighed faintly, then got up slowly, like whispering, like sighing to herself: "The water in Damofang this year is really muddy...someone tried to pretend to be your junior, Don't you plan on going to see it?"
"But to me, it doesn't sound like the other party is trying to impersonate, but your subordinates seem to have failed to find out anything valuable." A middle-aged man with a handsome face suddenly walked out of the shadowy corner of the room, He walked leisurely and relaxedly, as if walking in his own home, "The things you are going to auction this year are very attractive to many people, so it is inevitable that the water will be so muddy. "
The red lady was noncommittal, but asked, "Then tell me, who is that person?"
"It's not Ye Yunchi, it's Su Anran." The middle-aged man said confidently, "The Huang family doesn't like this kind of thing, so they won't come to fight. Since our Sima family has already let me come, it's impossible Let Xiaofeng come again. Shen Zaian from Wujianzong may come, but if others don't know the tricky watershed of the new list, you and I don't know?...So it's not Ye Yunchi who can easily solve the Heiling Shuangsha with that kind of method It's Su Anran."
"It can't be ruled out that the other party has signs of deliberately pretending to be martial arts." Hong Niangzi said suddenly, "I met someone from Jingshitang a few days ago."
"Shocking Hall?" The middle-aged man kept his proud expression of holding Zhizhu, and it disappeared in an instant.
Chapter 010
The hustle and bustle of Damofang is even more frenzied than Su Anran imagined.
Although he didn't specifically investigate and find out, when he was wandering around the next day, he found that the inns in Damofang seemed to be in short supply.This kind of situation naturally promoted the economic growth of the whole Damofang—even if it was only for a few days, Su Anran guessed that this would be worth the usual monthly income of Damofang.
Fangshi basically relies on two sources of income.
One is the monthly funds of the shops in Fangshi, which is the source of taxation.Unless you are rich and powerful and don't care about such small money, or there is a big force behind it, focusing on improving popularity, otherwise, the shops in Fangshi will not buy and sell to others at one time, and they will rely on monthly payments to help The income of the market.
The second type is similar to various promotional methods.
The more commonly used ones are auctions, which are also activities that are held every once in a while in various cities and towns, and are the most important source of capital income.
The Desert Workshop can hold a small regular meeting auction every month, a small auction at the end of each year, and a large auction every five years, which is enough to prove that the Desert Workshop has a very stable and fixed channel for obtaining auction items .
You must know that the auctions in the monastic world are not those auctions on earth, where anything can be auctioned.
There are only a few types of things that can really be put up for auction.
High-level magic weapon, high-level elixir, high-level exercises, rare materials, etc.
Of course, occasionally there will be things like a treasure map of certain treasures, or an entry quota for a certain secret realm, and so on.
The monks who are normally invited to participate in the auction will inevitably have a jade slip introducing the auction item.
Su Anran came to participate on a temporary basis, so naturally there would be no such thing, which is why he wandered around the Great Mofang, just to see if he could get news about the auction items from other people in advance.
But unfortunately, he didn't gain anything in this regard.
So after nightfall, he returned to the red building.
It was still a few ordinary side dishes, Su Anran didn't have the idea of extravagance and waste, anyway, the food was not tasty, it was enough to barely fill his stomach, as for the others, he didn't think much about it for now.If it wasn't for the fact that the Bigu Pill was really unpalatable, he even felt that it would be better to eat the Bigu Pill instead of wasting money on such things.
"Friend, is there anyone here?"
Su Anran was tossing with the food in front of her, when a voice of inquiry suddenly sounded beside her.
In recent days, the number of tourists in the Desert Square has increased sharply, and there are almost not enough accommodation rooms. Naturally, there is even a lack of table seats near the meal time.
Therefore, if there is a slight vacancy, people will naturally ask, which is a normal phenomenon.
"Yes." Su Anran said lightly.
But what does it have to do with him, Su Anran, as a normal phenomenon?
Anyway, Tai Yigu never played their cards logically.
"Uh." The other party didn't seem to expect Su Anran to answer like this, and his body, which was about to sit down, froze immediately, "There are too many people in this meeting, and the space is limited. I see my friend, you are here for a while No one is seated..."
"Aren't there still vacancies over there?" Su Anran pointed to a table not far away, where three female editors were feasting.
Although their eating looks are considered elegant, their speed is not slow at all. It only takes a few seconds for a dish to be served before the bottom is seen.
"There are all female cultivators over there. It's not polite to approach rashly." The young man showed a bit of embarrassment on his face.
Su Anran looked up at the other party.
This male cultivator has a long breath and a calm aura. Although he is at the fourth level of the Tongqiao Realm like himself, Su Anran knows at a glance that the other party's real strength may be comparable to his own.Moreover, his face is fair and clean, giving people a very refreshing and sunny feeling. He is dressed in white clothes and holds a simple long sword with a scabbard in his left hand. However, his sword intent is extremely restrained, and he is obviously a sword with extraordinary strength. build.
It is absolutely impossible for a person like this to be an unknown person on the Sword God list.
Su Anran was suddenly a little puzzled, why did Wanshilou make so many lists, but these lists never included the person's image?
If there is an accompanying image, then he can recognize who the other party is at a glance.
Su Anran has almost zero experience in walking in the mysterious world, so it is naturally impossible to tell who the other party is just by the breath or some movements of the other party.
"I feel impolite to female cultivators, and feel embarrassed. Don't tell me they are all men?"
It seemed unexpected that Su Anran would ask such a question. The young male cultivator was taken aback for a moment before he smiled and said, "You and I are both male, so how can there be such troubles?"
"Of course." Su Anran took it for granted, "Haven't you heard of homosexuals?"
"Old Chicken?" The young man blinked, "Which senior is this? Has he ever done anything?"
I used to be your uncle.
Su Anran was speechless, so naturally she didn't bother to talk to the other party.
Seeing that Su Anran didn't respond, the young man hesitated for a while, then sat down, and at the same time called the waiter to start ordering.
"Friends, meeting is fate, let's have a drink together?"
The young man ordered a jug of wine and two glasses.
"No." Su Anran pouted.
Who would drink with a strange man as soon as they met, he must be gay.
Su Anran strengthened her guess.
Want to get me drunk?
Oh, when I was a three-year-old child?
"Oh." Seeing Su Anran's refusal, the young male cultivator didn't care too much, and poured a glass on his own, "When I was in the teacher's school, I always wanted to try the taste of wine. It’s just that the master disciplines him strictly, so there’s never been a chance to drink.”
Hearing the other party's words, Su Anran was taken aback for a moment, and then asked, "Drinking for the first time?"
"Yes." The young man's smile was very clean, but there was a bit of unconcealable excitement in his eyes, "Friends, together?"
"No."
Su Anran still refused, and after looking at the other party with some sympathy, she began to move to the side, as far away from the other party as possible.
Seeing that the other party had already handed the wine glass to his mouth, Su Anran thought for a while and said, "Drinking for the first time..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw that the other party had already breathed a sigh of relief.
have to.
Su Anran needless to say.
The next second, as he expected, the young man suddenly coughed violently, and even spit out all the wine he drank.
The whole table instantly became extremely messy.
Many people nearby seemed to have watched this scene, and laughed loudly, but most of them did not have any malicious intentions, they were just watching a joke.
The young man's fair face suddenly turned red.
I don't know if it's because of the smell of alcohol, or because of the laughter of others.
"Chicken." Su Anran looked disgusted, "It's the first time I drink alcohol, it must be tasted, and I'll be bored... Tsk."
This time, even the roots of the young man's ears turned red.
Obviously shy.
But Su Anran can be sure, the other party is not gay, so she probably has no intentions towards her.
"I'm really sorry, I will compensate you." The young man glanced at the messy table, and couldn't help showing an embarrassed look.
"No need." Su Anran shook her head, "I'm already full."
After finishing speaking, Su Anran got up and left.
Since being disturbed by the incident of Hei Ling Shuang Sha last night, Su Anran is now maintaining a high degree of vigilance. It is naturally impossible to say that she has no doubts about the other party.Even at this moment, subconsciously making Su Anran feel that the other party is not coming for him, he will not relax his vigilance because of this.
But people who meet by chance, why should they care what the other person's name is?
So Su Anran returned to her room after leaving the banquet.
He didn't continue to go out for a stroll the next day, and even the three meals were delivered to the room - the meal delivery service is also one of the supporting services of the guest room on the seventh floor.
On this day, Su Anran practiced in the room all the time. He didn't leave the room until after the auction started, and then went to the eighth floor along the stairs in the backyard.
After verifying Yuhuan, Su Anran was quickly invited to a hall.
At this time, hundreds of monks were already sitting in the hall.
The cultivation bases of these monks range from high to low, but even the lowest ones are at the third or fourth level of the Tongqiao Realm, while the higher ones are at the Natal Realm.
Su Anran didn't find any of the monks in the Yunling Realm and Soul Condensing Realm.
However, the monks with the largest base in the hall at this time are the monks in the Tongqiao state, and there are only a few people in the life state.
Su Anran thought about it for a while, and probably understood.
Cultivators in the realm of life are already considered masters in the mysterious world. They are generally the backbone of various sects. They either practice in different secret realms, or retreat and cultivate in sects. Even if they occasionally walk down the mountain, most of them will not participate. In this kind of no-grade event, unless there is something special about this kind of auction.However, if there is something special about it, there must be many sects who have heard the news and directly asked Fangshi for an invitation to enter the venue in advance, and it is unlikely that they will come to participate in the bidding for this kind of invitation.
Therefore, the few monks in the natal realm in the field are probably the suzerains of those small sects in the nearby area.
Hei Ling Shuang Sha is considered to be the most talented disciple of the nearby sect Hei Shan.
Su Anran had just brought these two people up and down, so she still didn't want to meet the head of the Black Mountain Sect.
He found a place far away from these natal monks and sat down, and soon someone next to him brought a jade slip and explained in a low voice how to use the jade slip.
It turns out that this time, those who participated in the bidding for the quota of the Damofang Auction Conference did not use the usual auction method of item by item, but directly adopted the method of simultaneous bidding.All bidders only need to pass the Jade Slip to participate in the auction. The five people with the highest betting amount will get the five quotas. If the bidders need it, invitations can also be sent to the designated location through secret channels. The identity of the bidder will not be revealed.
Obviously, the Red Mansion has already considered all possible dangerous situations.
Su Anran just sat down for a while, and the auction started.
Because everyone knew the rules, the auction officer didn't say anything nonsense, and after a few introductions, he directly announced the start of the auction.
The auction uses Condensing Qi Pills as the transaction currency, and the base price is ten bottles of Condensed Qi Pills. Each bid must not be lower than one bottle of Condensed Qi Pills. No barter or other valuations will be accepted.So if you don't prepare enough Qi Condensation Pills, then you will miss out on this auction.
Su Anran was not in a hurry to bid, he just quietly observed the situation of his own people, and looked at a projection stone hanging in front of him from time to time.
Five bidding prices will be displayed immediately on the top, and behind the bidding price is a set of numbers. This set of numbers corresponds to the jade slips in the hands of every bidding monk, so as to prevent someone from shouting out the same price without knowing who actually got the bid. An invitation post.
When the auction first started, it was obvious that all the monks were a little cautious, and the asking price was not too high.
Su Anran had already inquired about it yesterday. Generally, the admission quota for the Damofang Auction Conference is between [-] and [-] Condensing Qi Pills. Even if the invitation post allows three people to enter the venue, the bidding price must be multiplied by three times. Usually there will be no more than [-] Qi Condensing Pills.
Although he is indeed rich now, he has no idea of wasting money, so if he can get the invitation at a lower price, of course he will not be taken advantage of, so he plans to use it at the end. Time to shoot again.
Soon, after a cautious trial and bidding, the bidding quickly entered a feverish intensity.
Five invitation cards, with a base price of ten bottles of Qi Condensing Pills, quickly surpassed the price of a hundred bottles of Qi Condensing Pills in just a few seconds. The highest price even reached 150 bottles, and the lowest price was 110 for three bottles. The middle price is maintained at between 120 and 130.
Su Anran silently calculated, this is already more than the price of a thousand Qi Condensation Pills.
But the bidding is clearly not over yet.
This made Su Anran realize a problem.
I'm afraid that there is something in the auction meeting in Damofang that makes these monks crazy about it.
Sure enough, the bidding price quickly exceeded 230 bottles of Qi Condensing Pills, which was still the lowest price.
The highest price was close to 260 bottles of Qi Condensing Pills, and the middle prices of the three bottles of Qi Condensing Pills were all between [-] bottles of Qi Condensing Pills.
But by this time, the auction was almost coming to an end.
Su Anran thought for a while, and then entered a price of three hundred through the jade slip.
Soon, the highest price on the projection jumped, and Su Anran's asking price of 290 appeared.In second place is the previous highest price, 260 four.The next three digits are 250 two, 250 nine, and [-] one.
Perhaps Su Anran's bid was the last signal that this auction was about to end.
Almost in the next second after he shot, several numbers appeared in succession, directly squeezing Su Anran's [-] to the last place.
It's just that this time, there wasn't such a big difference between the five asking prices, and they were generally between 310 and [-].
Then the asking price never changed again.
The bidder yelled a few more times, waited for about 30 seconds, and after confirming that there were no bids, he announced the end of the auction.
Su Anran won the invitation for three places at the price of three hundred bottles of Qi Condensation Pill.
He did not choose to trade on the spot, but had someone send it to his room.