"By the way, Ninth Brother, there will be an underground auction later. There may be Foundation Establishment Pills appearing there. Do you want to participate?"
"Underground auction?" Han Changming was slightly stunned.
In the world of cultivation, some resources for cultivation are of unknown origin and should not be traded publicly, so underground auctions came into being. The Han family had previously won a foundation-building pill at an underground auction in Kuixingfang City, but unfortunately Han Debiao failed to advance to the foundation-building stage.
Generally speaking, underground auctions are not open to the public, and one must be led by an acquaintance to enter.
"I've been here for so long and met a lot of people. They told me that there is an underground auction today. The location is Qingchen Pavilion, which is not far from Qingyue Hall."
Han Changming nodded and said, "Since there's nothing else to do, let's go and take a look. I hope I can buy a Foundation Establishment Pill."
Han Changming followed Han Changshuo and left Qingyue Hall and headed straight for Qingchen Pavilion.
Half a quarter of an hour later, they appeared at the door of a five-story green attic. On the plaque was written three large golden characters "Qingchen Pavilion".
This is a teahouse. There are not many customers in the lobby. An old man in a green robe who looks like a shopkeeper is checking the account books behind the counter.
Han Changshuo walked to the counter, took out a black round token, put it on the table, and said, "Boss, give me a pot of good tea."
The old man in green robe looked at the round token carefully and said with a smile: "Liu Er, take the two guests to the fifth floor."
Soon, a young servant in green clothes came over quickly and took Han Changming and the other two upstairs.
The third floor was guarded, and a young servant in green clothes led the way, which was unobstructed. The third floor was empty, with no one on it. The same was true for the fourth floor. There was a tall and strong man guarding the stairs leading to the fifth floor. The strong man had the cultivation level of the eighth level of Qi Refining.
"This mask can block spiritual detection. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, all monks participating in the auction must wear a mask." The burly man took out two ghost face masks and handed them to Han Changming and Han Changshuo.
They had also heard from the elders about the underground auction and knew the rules of the underground auction, so they obediently put on the ghost face masks.
After they put on the ghost face masks, the strong man let them go.
The fifth floor is quite spacious, with more than a dozen cultivators gathered there. Each cultivator has a ghost mask on his face. In the center are two green wooden tables.
Han Changming and Han Changshuo found an empty table and sat down.
As time passed, monks came up one after another, all wearing ghost masks on their faces.
Half a quarter of an hour later, more than fifty cultivators gathered on the fifth floor. Most of them were in the Foundation Establishment Stage, and there were also Qi Refining cultivators.
A tall middle-aged man walked to the wooden table in the middle, clasped his fists towards the cultivators present, and said, "Welcome all Taoist friends to our underground trade fair. The highest bidder wins. If you don't have enough spirit stones, you can use your belongings as collateral, or hold an on-site auction. Start bidding."
He took out a green wooden box, opened it and saw a pair of golden bracelets shining brightly inside.
"A complete set of second-level magic tools, the Golden Moon Bracelet, which is both offensive and defensive. The base price is 500 spirit stones, and each bid must not be less than 50."
Han Changming did not expect that the first auction item would be a set of magical weapons, and a set of magical weapons that could both attack and defend at that.
"five hundred!"
"Five hundred and five!"
"I'll give you six hundred!"
······
The competition for this set of magical instruments was extremely fierce, and it was eventually sold at a high price of 1,200 spirit stones.
"Three bottles of the second-level elixir Golden Sun Pill, which is made from the inner elixir of a second-level golden-eyed antelope. It has the effect of improving mana. The base price is 500 spirit stones, and each bid must not be less than 50."
······
The middle-aged man took out the auction items one by one, including magical instruments, elixirs, talismans and other common resources for cultivating immortals. Most of them were things used by foundation-building cultivators, and they were all sold at good prices.
"Five second-level purple gold scorpion poison sacs, which can be used to refine second-level detoxification pills. The base price is 500 spirit stones, and each bid must not be less than 100."
Han Changming's eyes lit up. The Purple Crystal Flying Scorpion would definitely like the poison sac of the second-level Purple Gold Scorpion, and maybe it could be used to advance to the first-level superior quality.
There were not many alchemists present, and Han Changming bought five poison sacs at a high price of 1,500 spirit stones.
After bidding away some more monster materials, the middle-aged man took out two green wooden boxes and said, "Two second-level lower-grade fire-attribute monster pills, which can be used to refine fire-attribute pills. The base price is 500 spirit stones, and each bid must not be less than 200."
These two second-level demon pills were bought by a female cultivator at a high price of 1,800 spirit stones. Han Changming listened to the voice and it seemed to be Mu Yunyao.
"Three second-level, mid-quality Golden Gang Talismans. Golden Gang Talismans are defensive talismans with relatively strong defensive capabilities. The base price is 500 spirit stones, and each bid must not be less than 200 spirit stones."
"A second-level, mid-grade defensive talisman?"
Han Changming immediately became interested. The second-level defensive talisman was quite popular and could save his life at the critical moment.
Han Changming spent two thousand spirit stones to buy these three golden talismans.
"A piece of third-grade refining material, iron essence, if it is refined into a flying sword or a flying knife, it can increase the power of the flying sword or the flying knife." The middle-aged man said loudly.
There was a green wooden box on the table, and inside it was a black iron block the size of an egg.
“Iron Essence! This is a refining material that can only be extracted by Jindan cultivators using Dan Fire!”
Han Changming was somewhat excited. The third-level refining materials could be used to refine magic weapons. This piece of iron essence was so small that it was a bit of a stretch to use it to refine magic weapons, but it should be no problem to use it to refine a dart.
"The base price is 700 Spirit Stones, and each bid increase must not be less than 200."
"Seven hundred!"
"Nine hundred!"
"I'll give you one thousand and one!"
······
The competition for this piece of iron essence was quite fierce, and it was bought by a tall man for three thousand spirit stones.
"Five bottles of Wu Yue Spiritual Water. The effect is not as good as the Foundation Establishment Pill, but it also has the effect of assisting in foundation building. The base price is 5,000 Spiritual Stones, and each bid must not be less than 500."
The middle-aged man pointed at five porcelain bottles and said.
"Black Moon Spirit Water?"
Han Changming had heard of the Wu Yue Spiritual Water. The Tiandan Sect used the three hundred year old Wu Yue Lotus and a variety of spiritual medicines to refine this spiritual water. It had a certain effect in assisting in foundation building. It was not as good as the Foundation Building Pill, but it was cheaper than the Foundation Building Pill.
"Five thousand!"
"Six thousand!"
"Six thousand five!"
······
The price kept rising, but Han Changming was not interested. The Han family had also bought Wu Yue Ling Shui, but the effect was not very good, so it was better to buy the Foundation Establishment Pill.
Five bottles of Wu Yue Ling Shui were sold at high prices of 15,000, 16,000, 17,000, 18,000 and 17,000 respectively.
A man in green clothes quickly walked up to the middle-aged man and communicated with him through voice transmission.
"This young friend doesn't have enough spirit stones, so he plans to auction some things off."
The man in green took out a green wooden box and took out a giant silver egg as big as a watermelon. There were traces of silver arcs jumping on the surface of the egg, and it was obvious that it was not an ordinary object.