By this time, it had already darkened and merchants had taken out their lighting tools. The market was as bright as day, and the streets were crowded with people and traffic.
Standing at the street corner, I could hear shouting, hawking, and conversation, and the sound of people was bustling.
More than a year has passed, and Jinlong City is still as lively as before.
Han Changming and Ye Xin were strolling on the street, and before they knew it, they came to the square where independent cultivators were setting up stalls.
The two walked around and saw a lot of interesting gadgets.
Han Changming did not like these little gadgets, but they did dilute the sadness in his heart and made him feel much more comfortable.
"No, no, your wine is too bad. Don't even think about exchanging it for these two golden thunder grasses of mine. These are hundred-year-old golden thunder grasses. Your wine is too bad. I, Cheng Guangbei, have drunk many good wines."
"I bought this fine wine from Sitonglou, and you don't like it? I think you don't really want to sell it, but you're trying to trick me into giving you the wine."
A fierce quarrel was heard from the front. Han Changming heard the three words "Cheng Guangbei" and pulled Ye Xin forward.
Not long after, they appeared in front of a small stall. The stall owner was Cheng Guangbei. Some refining materials and alchemy materials were placed on the stall. Among them was a green wooden box about a foot long. Inside it were two two-inch long golden grasses. There were traces of golden arcs jumping on the surface of the golden grass, and the leaves were diamond-shaped.
A spiritual herb with thunder attributes, this is a very rare spiritual medicine.
Generally speaking, spiritual herbs with thunder attributes grow in places with more frequent thunderstorms. These two golden thunder herbs are over a hundred years old. It is indeed rare that they can grow for a hundred years without being discovered.
A handsome young man in a blue shirt stood in front of the stall, holding an exquisite green wine jug in his hand, with a look of unwillingness on his face.
"Cheating for wine? Humph, do you think I will drink any kind of wine? Go away, don't bother me if you don't have good wine."
Cheng Guangbei disagreed and waved his hand, signaling the young man in blue to leave.
Han Changming's mind turned, and he was about to say something when a familiar male voice suddenly sounded: "I want these two golden thunder grasses."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Yuan squeezed into the crowd and looked at the two golden thunder grasses with joy on his face.
He took out an exquisite jade wine jug and handed it to Cheng Guangbei. Lin Wan'er followed him.
Cheng Guangbei opened the lid of the pot, sniffed a few times, made a swallowing motion, and an intoxicated expression appeared on his face.
"Friend Cheng? I also have a pot of good wine in my hand? Why don't you try mine? How about trading with me? I'll wait for you in Yuchun Tower."
Han Changming sent a message to Cheng Guangbei, and he and Ye Xin quietly left the crowd.
Cheng Guangbei looked up at Han Changming. When he saw Han Changming, he smiled happily.
Wei Yuan seemed to have noticed something and followed Cheng Guangbei's gaze, only to see the backs of Han Changming and Ye Xin. There were many cultivators around, and he couldn't be sure who Cheng Guangbei was looking at.
"I'm sorry, fellow Taoist? I have to go meet an old friend. I'll find you after that."
Cheng Guangbei returned the jade wine jug to Wei Yuan, put away the things on the stall, and left quickly.
A quarter of an hour later, Han Changming and Ye Xin appeared in a private room on the fourth floor of Yuchun Tower. They ordered a pot of spiritual tea and two plates of snacks. Not long after, Cheng Guangbei pushed the door and walked in.
"Long time no see, Fellow Daoist Cheng."
Han Changming spoke in a warm tone. He picked up the teapot and poured a cup of spiritual tea for Cheng Guangbei.
"Long time no see, Fellow Daoist Hu. I don't drink tea. Bring out your spirit wine so I can have a taste."
Cheng Guangbei urged impatiently, his saliva almost flowing out.
Seeing how impatient he was, Han Changming chuckled and winked at Ye Xin. Ye Xin understood what he meant and flipped her jade hand. A blue light flashed and a light blue wine jug appeared in her hand, with some exquisite patterns carved on it.
Ye Xin poured a glass of spirit wine, the wine was light green and exuded an enticing aroma.
Cheng Guangbei picked up the wine glass, put it to his nose and sniffed a few times, an intoxicated expression on his face. He dipped a finger in a little wine, put it in his mouth, his eyes lit up, and drank it all in one gulp.
"Good wine, not bad, what kind of wine is this?"
Cheng Guangbei asked, looking very excited.
"This is Qinghua Lu, which is said to come from the South China Sea Xiuxian World. We don't understand wine, and we don't know whether it's good or bad."
Ye Xin smiled brightly.
"Blue Flower Dew, from the South Sea Immortal Cultivation World. No wonder, I thought so! I have drunk most of the spiritual wine sold in Golden Dragon City. If you want to exchange it for two Golden Thunder Grasses, a pot of Blue Flower Dew is not enough. This is a spiritual herb with thunder attributes. I spent a lot of money to get two Golden Thunder Grasses."
Cheng Guangbei's expression was solemn. The East China Sea world of immortal cultivation was very large, with an area of more than 50 million miles in one sea area. Many immortal cultivators had never left the East China Sea world of immortal cultivation. The two worlds of immortal cultivation shared what they had, but for most immortal cultivators in the East China Sea world of immortal cultivation, the South China Sea world of immortal cultivation was somewhat unfamiliar.
He loved drinking, and whenever he arrived at a new sea area, he would buy fine wine to taste, but he had never drunk Blue Flower Dew.
"Two jars should be enough!"
Ye Xin smiled knowingly, took out two jars of wine and handed them to Cheng Guangbei.
After Cheng Guangbei confirmed that there was no problem, he took out two golden thunder grasses and handed them to Han Changming.
"Friend Hu, do you still have Qinghua Lu? I am willing to pay a high price to buy it from you."
Cheng Guangbei stared at Han Changming with anticipation on his face.
"I'll give you a jar! If you get something good in the future, please give me priority, Brother Cheng."
Han Changming left his contact information to Cheng Guangbei and asked Ye Xin to take out a jar of blue and white flower dew and give it to Cheng Guangbei.
There are also alcoholics in the Han family, but they have given up on themselves because they have lost hope in cultivation, so they buy alcohol for fun.
"It's a deal. Thank you, Fellow Daoist Hu. Since you gave me a jar of spirit wine, I'll tell you something. The Golden Crow Merchant Alliance is holding an underground auction in three days. If you don't have an acquaintance, you can't get in. It is said that there will be a third-level spirit wine auction. If you are interested, wait for me here in three days and I will take you with me."
Cheng Guangbei poured himself a glass of spirit wine, drank it all in one gulp, and an intoxicated expression appeared on his face.
"Golden Crow Merchant Alliance?"
Han Changming was slightly stunned. He had been in the Golden Dragon Sea for so long, but had never heard of the Golden Crow Merchant Alliance.
Generally speaking, a business alliance is supported by Nascent Soul cultivators. Several Jindan cultivators cannot establish a business alliance. A business alliance is a chamber of commerce organization.
"Golden Crow Merchant Alliance? Fellow Daoist Cheng, are you talking about the Golden Crow Merchant Alliance founded by the Jin family on Golden Crow Island in the South China Sea? The Jin family is one of the most powerful forces in the South China Sea cultivation world. It is said that the Jin family has a Nascent Soul cultivator in charge."
Ye Xin said in surprise, seeming to see the confusion in Han Changming's heart, and quickly explained: "Husband, the Golden Crow Merchant Alliance only came to the Golden Dragon Sea half a year ago to develop. It is said that the Golden Crow Merchant Alliance helped the Haitong Merchant Alliance to recover the robbed goods, and the Haitong Merchant Alliance helped the Golden Crow Merchant Alliance to gain a foothold in the Golden Dragon Sea. I also heard Uncle Jiu talk about the Golden Crow Merchant Alliance by chance."
Han Changming suddenly realized that it was no wonder that he had never heard of the Golden Crow Merchant Alliance. It turned out that they had only come to the Golden Dragon Sea to develop half a year ago.
"Yes, this Golden Crow Merchant Alliance was indeed established by the Jin family. The Jin family has the support of five Nascent Soul cultivators, and is one of the most powerful forces in the South China Sea cultivation world. The underground auction was held by the Jin family to make a name for themselves. In addition to the underground auction, they will also hold a formal auction. The formal auction will be held later, but there will be more goods."
The difference between an underground auction and a formal auction is whether the source of the goods is clean or not. Items stolen from murders and robberies can also be put up for auction at an underground auction. Underground auctions accept consignments, and customers can put items of questionable origin up for auction at the auction, and the organizer will charge a certain fee as commission.
Generally speaking, underground auctions must be led by acquaintances, and strangers are not allowed to participate. This is also to protect the safety of the goods.
"Three days later? If we are free, we will definitely go."
Han Changming agreed. It was a rare opportunity to come across an underground auction, and it would be a shame if he didn't attend it.
"In three days, I will wait for you here. I will not wait for you beyond the time limit. I heard that in addition to the third-level spirit wine, there will even be a Dan-forming Jade Liquid auction. I don't know if it's true or not."
Cheng Guangbei said in an envious tone that the Golden Elixir Jade Liquid was a spiritual object that aided in forming the elixir. It was said that if a cultivator who had established his foundation could take the Golden Elixir Jade Liquid to reach the elixir forming stage, the chance of forming the elixir could be increased by 20%.
The speaker may not have intended it, but the listener took it to heart. When Han Changming heard the words "golden elixir and jade liquid", he immediately became interested.
After chatting for a few minutes, Cheng Guangbei said goodbye and left.
"Husband, we are not familiar with Fellow Daoist Cheng, and this underground auction may not be reliable. Why don't we just not go!"
Ye Xin suggested that we should be on guard against others, because if Cheng Guangbei had bad intentions, it would be troublesome.
"We have three days, which is enough time for us to investigate. How about this! You ask Second Brother about it, and I'll ask Fairy Hongchen about it. If we can confirm the news, then there will be no problem."
Han Changming made this analysis. He was cautious in doing things. If there really was an underground auction, many people would definitely know about it. They also made friends with many cultivators over the years.
Ye Xin took out the communication disk and contacted Han Changshuo.
"Sister-in-law, you haven't contacted me for a long time, how are you guys?"
Han Changshuo's tone was familiar and he looked very happy.
"We are fine, second brother, how have you been lately?"
After a few simple pleasantries, Ye Xin got down to business: "Second brother, my husband and I learned that there was an underground auction recently. Have you heard about it?"
"Are you talking about the underground auction held by the Golden Crow Merchant Alliance? I'm going to participate. Do you want to join me?"
Ye Xin looked at Han Changming, and Han Changming nodded in agreement.
In comparison, they trust Han Changshuo more.
"Yes! Let's go together!"
"Okay, come find me the day after tomorrow morning! I heard that there will be many monks participating in this underground auction, so it's better for us to go early so that we can get a good seat."
Putting away the communication disk, Ye Xin smiled happily and said excitedly: "Husband, if we can take a picture of the Golden Elixir, can we go back?"
When Ye Xin thought of her two sons at home, she wanted to rush back to the Han family immediately.
Judging from the time, if Han Benzhi and Han Benyong had spiritual roots, they should have become immortal cultivators.
"It depends on the situation! If there really is a Golden Elixir, there will definitely be a lot of competition. It would be best if I can get one, but if not, forget it."
Han Changming was also unsure. Compared with the underground auction, he was considering the impact that the Jin family's development in the East China Sea cultivation world would have on the East China Sea cultivation world.
The East China Sea's immortal cultivation world is currently in a state of balance. If external forces intervene, this balance will be disrupted.
Half a quarter of an hour later, they walked out of Yuchun Tower. As soon as they walked out of Yuchun Tower, Wei Yuan and Lin Wan'er came towards them.
"Friend Hu, Madam Hu, what a coincidence!"
Wei Yuan smiled slightly and said with a half-smile.
"Yes! Fellow Daoist Wei."
Wei Yuan's smile froze, and he asked in a friendly manner, "Daoist Hu, do you have any more spiritual water?"
Han Changming just shook his head to indicate no.
"Forget it if you don't have any. If you have any spiritual water, remember to contact me."
Wei Yuan exhorted enthusiastically.
Han Changming agreed immediately, chatted for a few minutes, then said goodbye and left.
Wei Yuan looked at the receding backs of Han Changming and his wife, the smile on his face suddenly turned cold, and a sinister look flashed in his eyes.
Han Changming has quite a few good things on him. Before he had spiritual water, and now he has spiritual wine.
After returning to his residence, Han Changming took out the communication disk, contacted Han Daogui and Han Daoxiu, and asked them to come to his residence.
Ye Xin didn't say anything and silently prepared tea and snacks.
Half a quarter of an hour later, Han Delei, Han Daogui and Han Daoxiu arrived at Han Changming's residence. Ye Xin had already prepared spiritual tea and snacks.
After two cups of tea, Han Changming got down to business: "Uncle Daoluo, Uncle Daoxiu, Uncle Jiu, have you heard that the Golden Crow Merchant Alliance is going to hold an underground auction?"
"We were just about to tell you about this! We've all heard about it. Strictly speaking, this auction is not an underground auction. The Golden Crow Merchant Alliance wants to gain a foothold in the Golden Dragon Sea. They want to make a bigger fuss and advertise it as an underground auction, but too many people know about it, so it's no longer an underground auction."
Han Delei frowned and said that he ran a business and came into contact with many customers and merchants, so he had a wide range of sources of information.
At the beginning, it was said that the Golden Crow Merchant Alliance wanted to hold an underground auction, but due to excessive publicity, it turned into a formal auction, which forced another merchant alliance to hold a formal auction. The two major forces competed with each other, and the beneficiaries were the small forces and independent cultivators. However, without sufficient financial resources, no matter how good the things were, they would have nothing to do with them.
"I plan to participate in this underground auction. It would be the best if I can win a portion of the Golden Elixir Jade Liquid. If I can't win a portion, that's fine too. I'll wait for the official auction. But once I win a portion of the Golden Elixir Jade Liquid, it's time for us to leave here."
Han Changming spoke slowly with a serious expression.
He didn't want to leave here for the time being. According to his plan, he would hunt monsters here, resolve the bottleneck, participate in the auction in a few years, and then leave here.
More than a year ago, a beast tide broke out, and now the Golden Crow Merchant Alliance has moved into the Golden Dragon Sea, interrupting Han Changming's plan. He had to arrange for his departure in advance. A bottle of golden elixir costs at least 300,000 spirit stones, which is a sky-high price for the Han family.