Longevity begins with loose cultivation

Chapter 183 The Spiritual Land Auction
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The room was filled with steam.

A bucket of expensive medicinal liquid is now as clear as water.

Lu Zhong looked at Yu Feng'er in his arms. She had been working very hard recently, as if to make up for the debts in her heart, so that her cultivation base had stagnated for a long time, so she couldn't help comforting him softly:
"You don't have to blame yourself so much..."

Although beauty pills can keep your face youthful, it will also bring about the phenomenon of "self-decay".

Once the self-decline begins, it means that the longevity is completely exhausted, and life is completely coming to an end.In this case, even if you take the life-prolonging spirit, the effect will be greatly reduced.

Yu Fenger's shoulders twitched, she buried her head and did not speak.

Seeing her appearance, Lu Zhong had no choice but to change the subject, "How is the chamber of commerce doing?"

Hearing this, Yu Feng'er wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, buried her head in her bosom and said, "Relying on the high-quality Huangya Pill, the Chamber of Commerce has regained a foothold in the pill market, and the next step is to nibble away step by step according to the established plan... …However, our expansion has also aroused the vigilance of many large chambers of commerce.”

"In particular, the Wangxi Chamber of Commerce, which we regard as our main competitor, has already responded fiercely. The stores of the Chamber of Commerce in the inner city and the southern district of Hong Kong City have begun to encounter inexplicable troubles frequently. Recently, people from Lintao Pavilion sometimes To cause trouble, my concubine has already arranged for Yuqing to sit in the city, as long as the other party doesn't ask Daoist Jindan to take action, the normal operation of the store can be guaranteed."

As Yu Feng'er said, her eyebrows frowned slightly, and she continued: "The biggest trouble is that three of the alchemy workshops that were originally determined to cooperate with the chamber of commerce have torn up their spirit contracts. They would rather pay a large sum of spirit stones than cooperate with us again. , It is expected that the handwriting of the Wangxi Chamber of Commerce is behind it. They have been rooted in Changchun Fairy City for many years. No matter in terms of relationship or financial strength, they are above the Chengde Chamber of Commerce. In this regard, I am going to start cultivating alchemy belonging to the Chengde Chamber of Commerce. At the same time, we will increase the external procurement of medicinal pills, even if we lose a little, we must maintain the market share we won.”

After hearing this, Lu Zhong was not surprised at all.

This was something he had expected a long time ago, cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents.

Switching to the realm of cultivating immortals is a unparalleled path!
It is foreseeable that as long as one side does not retreat in this matter, the situation will continue to escalate.

In the end, it is not impossible for the conflict to meet with the sword.

"Then continue to implement the plan." He pondered for a while and decided.

The reason why the Wangxi Chamber of Commerce was targeted at the beginning was because there was no Jindan real person platform behind the Wangxi Chamber of Commerce. Even if the situation got out of hand in the end, Lu Zhong was confident that he could suppress the matter with his own strength and let the Chengde Chamber of Commerce resume. Recapture the lost medicinal pill market.

Only by allowing the Chengde Chamber of Commerce to earn more spiritual stones can he obtain a continuous supply of resources, and then be able to refine and manufacture a large amount of spiritual liquid, and finally transform a lot of painstaking management into an improvement in cultivation.

Lu Zhong couldn't help it, after all, he was only a casual cultivator.

Without the full support of his family or sect, if he doesn't want to fight for luck, chances will fall from the sky, so he can only get involved in disputes in order to obtain enough resources for alchemy.

"Well, in the final analysis, it is still caused by the division of Helingzong."

If it wasn't for Helingzong's branch, then if he continued to stay in the sect, he might be listed as a seed of alchemy, and then he could be cultivated by the sect with all his strength. Although this is equivalent to being bound to the sect, it is better Now so worried about resources.

After staying with Yu Feng'er for a while, he got up and dressed.

On the other side, Yu Feng'er, who had dressed herself, was combing her hair in a bun facing the water mirror.

As the saying goes, moving Qi and raising body.

After serving as the head of the Yu family and the chairman of the Chengde Chamber of Commerce for so many years, she already has an air of superiority in her body.

Over time, it may not be impossible to develop momentum.

After finishing the second level of Yumai Kungfu practice, Lu Zhong is going to pick up spells, especially the two secret arts of star-stretching and star explosion, which may come in handy in the next struggle with the Wangxi Chamber of Commerce. .

I didn't practice before, but after the spells reached the foundation stage, the cost performance became lower because of the appearance of spiritual weapons.

The long casting time is a huge disadvantage, which makes it difficult to apply second-level spells to actual combat. Compared with this, it is difficult to learn, which is not a disadvantage. In addition, he has already obtained several spiritual weapons, so he has not learned spells before. necessary.

But the situation is different now. Lu Zhong's goal of fighting has changed, from a small-scale solo fight between monks to a large-scale fight that may participate in an formation.

And at the stage of intense conflict with the Wangxi Chamber of Commerce, such a situation is very likely to occur.

In this case, either quickly defeat the opponent's combat power of the same level, or mass-kill the enemy's low-level monks.

Therefore, it is very necessary to learn one or two powerful spells.

And precisely, whether it is the star pulling technique that can attract stars from the sky and bombard the ground, or the combined star explosion that gathers the true energy of the whole body in one blow, they are all powerful spells that can be fixed with one blow.

When it comes to mass destruction, Faxiu is definitely an expert in this way.

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A month later.

Changchun Valley, Palace of Foreign Affairs.

The hall was crowded with people, most of them were Foundation Establishment cultivators in cassocks. On the side teahouse, there were also two monks exuding powerful aura fluctuations. They were Jindan Daoist.

Everyone gathered here for the auction of the Changchun Yuling Land held once every ten years.

Lu Zhong also appeared here with Yu Feng'er.

As for the refining of the psychic liquid, he has already met the requirements of alchemy, but still lacks a spiritual vein that can provide a large amount of spiritual energy, so he made a special trip here to participate in the auction of the spiritual land.

"...Then start bidding for Lushuiyuan. This spiritual land was originally owned by Tiejianmen. Tiejianmen was unable to pay off its debts due to the sinking of the sea ship, so it sold the Lushuiyuan. To the north, adjacent to the Luyang Mountains, there are abundant elixir resources that can be collected. There is east water flowing through the territory, with its own weak aura. There are [-] mu of low-grade elixir fields that have been developed. The future development potential is huge. The mortals in Shuicheng are safe, and participate in the siege of monsters in the Luyang Mountains once every [-] years. The starting price is [-] spirit stones, and each increase must not be less than [-]!"

The person in charge of this matter was a deacon with real power in Changchun Valley. After he announced the start of the auction, everyone who participated in the auction began to bid one after another.

Among these bidders, there are the patriarchs of the family, who basically want to buy land to lay the foundation for the prosperity of the family, and there are also wealthy foundation builders who have two purposes, or they are planning to buy land to spread their branches and leaves. , establish a cultivating family, or purchase a spiritual land to establish a sect.

Under their bidding, the price of Lushuiyuan Lingmai rose again and again, and soon reached a huge price of [-].

Lu Zhong didn't intend to participate in the bidding for this spiritual vein.

Others buy spiritual pulses, looking at the future development potential and how many profitable industries can be developed. Lushui was able to fetch a high price of [-] yuan because this spiritual land can not only develop the elixir collection industry, but also open up A large number of spiritual fields can be produced for planting spiritual rice.

And all he needs is the aura of the spirit vein.

Although the level of spiritual veins can be slowly improved through various means after several generations.

But what Lu Zhong lacks is time, it is better to buy ready-made ones.

After a fierce competition, Lu Shuiyuan finally bid a high price of [-] spirit stones, which was won by a middle-aged man in brown clothes.

"The following auction is Ganquan Island, which belongs to the second-order large-scale spiritual vein. If you take the auction, you can own the ownership of the Ganquan Islands and the development rights of thousands of miles of waters. The Ganquan Islands are located in the sea outside Changchun Fairy City. The development potential is huge. The proviso is that the auctioneer needs to defend himself The sea beast wave attack, the starting price is [-] spirit stones, and each increase should not be less than [-]."

Unlike the Lushuiyuan Spiritual Land, which was looted by everyone as soon as the report was published, the Ganquan Island Spiritual Land, which only needs [-] spirit stones, has received cold reception from everyone.

The reason is that this spiritual land is located in the outer sea area two thousand miles away. Once it encounters a large-scale sea beast attack, it will not receive support from Changchun Immortal City. However, only Jindan Daoist can repel the sea beast tide attack alone. The general establishment family does not have this ability Therefore, it is not suitable as a clan area or a sect gate.

After half a day, there were only three bids, and the price increase was not drastic.

Deacon Changchun Valley frowned upon seeing this.

The transaction price of the spiritual land is related to his final commission, and in order to compete for the right to host this spiritual land auction, he has already spent a lot of spirit stones to clear up the relationship.

Under such circumstances, it is natural not to want to see the scene deserted.

After thinking about it for a while, in order to make more profits for himself, he resolutely stated the bottom line condition given by the sect, which is to allow the auctioneer to build a commercial port in the Ganquan Islands.

In the Changchun area, the construction of the commercial port will be strictly controlled by the Changchun Valley, because it will reduce the total volume of goods trade in Changchun Port, which is equivalent to reducing the income of the Changchun Valley. There is a commercial port built, and some are just private ports used by various families and sects. Commercial trade is not allowed in private ports, otherwise the ownership will be taken back by Changchun Valley.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

Even the two Jindan Daoist people sitting on the side showed expressions of emotion.

But soon, they gave up.

After all, the location of the Ganquan Islands is not on the route of the East China Sea. Even if a commercial port is really built, the result will be the same as other commercial ports in the outer seas before, and there will be no ships at all.

In the end, there were still only a few people bidding.

They either bought it to catch sea fish for profit, or they hunted animals and planned to use it as a hunting ground.

As for those who want to develop the Ganquan Islands, there is none.

"I offer [-] spirit stones."

Lu Zhong chose an opportunity to join the auction.

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately attracted a lot of attention.

Lu Zhong and the others didn't know each other, but Yu Fenger, the president of the Chengde Chamber of Commerce beside him, was a relatively well-known figure in Changchun Immortal City recently, so they couldn't help but wonder in their hearts what the Chengde Chamber of Commerce's purpose in buying the Ganquan Islands was.

Could it be that there are some undeveloped mineral veins on it?

Or, what rare resources are hidden in the waters of Ganquan Island...

The thinking of a businessman inevitably made them suspicious.

The deacon of Changchun Valley at the side also had these thoughts in his mind, and couldn't help but wonder if the monks sent by the sect to "plow the land" really missed something.

Immediately someone made a test.

Then, the security deposit was forfeited.

The rule of bidding for the spiritual land is that each family has to pay [-] spirit stones as a deposit before the auction. If you go back after bidding for the spiritual land, the deposit will be confiscated.

As soon as this person slapped, Lu Zhong immediately gave up.

According to his psychological price, Ganquan Islands' bid of [-] is already the highest.

Soon, a farce ended.

At this time, Lu Zhong proposed to re-auction the Ganquan Islands.

Just now, as the second highest bidder, he has the qualification to propose a re-auction. This is also the rule of the Changchun Valley Spiritual Land auction, but few people propose it on weekdays.

However, the premise is to get the consent of the bidding deacon.

At this moment, Deacon Changchun Valley was confiscating a security deposit, and he was overjoyed in his heart. After all, half of the confiscated security deposit belonged to him. Hearing Lu Zhong's request for a reshoot at this moment, there is no reason not to agree.

"The auction starts with [-] spirit stones, and the price increase should not be less than [-] each time. The auction starts now!"

"Five hundred and fifty thousand."

The first bidder was the Hunting and Fishing Chamber of Commerce. Their purpose of bidding was to own a unique fishing ground belonging to the Chamber of Commerce.

"I'll pay five hundred and ninety thousand."

A woman in colorful clothes said, she is the patriarch of Zhuge's family in the city, the family lives by hunting animals, they have taken a fancy to Ganquan Island's abundant sea animal resources, and plan to hunt and kill them for profit.

"Six hundred and fifty thousand." Lu Zhong bid again.

Hearing his bid, some people couldn't help being suspicious again.

After all, it is indeed quite strange to be so persistent and always want to take pictures of the Ganquan Islands.

Deacon Changchungu also murmured in his heart.

Finally, some people couldn't help but try again, and they might really succeed if they gave it a try.

"I'll pay [-]!"

He thought very simply, since Lu Zhong's last bid was [-] spirit stones, it means that the psychological price should be this price.

Unexpectedly, Lu Zhong directly shook his head, expressing his withdrawal from the auction.

"What, what..." The man froze.

Why are you so decisive?

Not surprisingly, it was another regret.

No one can spend [-] spiritual stones to buy a piece of spiritual land that is not beneficial to the family business association just by guessing, and they will definitely become sinners.

Again the security deposit was forfeited.

Seeing this scene, everyone's expressions couldn't help but become weird.

Could it be that this is Changchun Valley's trick, and is it going to cheat the idiot of the deposit?

They have seen many similar methods.

It's just that it has never been seen in an auction of this level.

The Eternal Spring Valley bid for the deacon on the side, seeing the expressions of the people at the moment, I don't know what they are thinking, and I am happy because I got [-] spirit stones, but I have to stand up and explain:

"Ahem, in Xiamu Qingyuan, I can guarantee the reputation of myself and the sect. This fellow Taoist and I have absolutely no intention of joining hands to cheat the deposit!"

Hearing his words, everyone was relieved.

With the reputation of Changchun Valley, since the guarantee is made, there is absolutely no problem.

Continuing the auction, Lu Zhong proposed to re-bid.

This time, he was the first to bid.

"I offer [-] spirit stones."

"[-], is there anyone else bidding?" The auction deacon looked around, but no one answered.

The president of the Hunting and Fishing Chamber of Commerce who had bid before, and the head of the Zhuge clan all shook their heads, saying that the price exceeded their psychological price and they had no intention of bidding.

Judging from the previous situation, it is impossible for them to beat Lu Zhong to take the ownership of the Ganquan Islands without bidding [-] spirit stones. Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons in their hearts, they all plan to do more than less, so as not to offend a chamber of commerce.

Sell ​​face to the Chengde Chamber of Commerce, maybe you can get some discounts when selling goods in the future.

"Then... Congratulations to this fellow Taoist, you have successfully won the auction of Ganquan Island Spirit Land!" The bidding deacon sighed in his heart, but he smiled on the surface, as if he was really congratulating Lu Zhong.

"Congratulations, congratulations!" Lu Zhongchao congratulated everyone and cupped their hands.

To be honest, he didn't expect that his filming of the Oasis Islands would attract so many inner dramas from everyone.

Fortunately, the goal was finally achieved.

The conditions required for refining and producing the psychic liquid are finally assembled
(End of this chapter)