The immortals of the two worlds started from farming and refining pills.

Chapter 286: Charm Skills, Pixiu Puppet (3K)

The Tide-Watching Conch is a unique snail creature found in the delta where the Cangjiang River meets the sea.

It is said that every year on August 18th, the tidal waves of the Canghai Sea will flow upstream into the Cangjiang River, and then flow upstream with thunderous waves, causing all kinds of incredible changes.

On this day, a kind of conch sleeping below the Cangjiang Delta was awakened by the sound of waves. It climbed to the highest peak in the delta and looked back at the Cangjiang tide, hence the name "Tide-Watching Conch".

This kind of conch belongs to the water element, and has a tide-listening stone inside its body. It can use its spiritual energy to evolve the magnificent scene of the Cangjiang River's waves crashing on the shore, as well as the heavenly sound of waves and thunder.

Those who practice water-based techniques use this spiritual object to build a solid foundation and add these two changes to their true essence.

But at the same time, controlling these two changes is naturally a bit more difficult than building an ordinary foundation.

Li Qing frowned slightly and asked Li Yu, "Have you thought it through? This tide-watching conch is much more difficult to refine than the black water stone."

Li Yu said firmly: "Now that you have taught me the superior method of "The Secret of the Rising Sea Tide", I will not give it up if I don't try again."

"Forget it!" Li Qing shook his head. "Go and bid for yourself. The family has given you a quota of 8,000 spirit stones to buy two foundation-building spirit objects."

"You spent 3,400 pieces on the Vein Protection Grass, and you have 4,600 pieces left. If the price difference for the Tide-Watching Conch is within this amount, I'll give you credit first."

Li Yu was delighted when he heard this: "Then I'll thank you in advance. The total price is 9,200 low-grade spirit stones. It should be no problem to bid for the tide-watching conch."

Li Qing only reminded him: "According to the rules of the Immortal City, the tide-watching conch must be auctioned behind the black water stone. If you don't take the picture, then this trip will be in vain."

Li Yu was silent for a moment: "Even so, I still want to give it a try."

The two men left the rented temporary cave and walked to Rong Bao Zhai, the organizer of the auction.

Rong Bao Zhai is not an official business of Tanyuan Fairy City, but the family business of a founding prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It has branches in all the Jindan sects and popular markets in the country.

This branch of the Tan Yuan Immortal City covers an area of ​​50 acres. It is located in the core area of ​​the immortal city where every inch of land is precious. Its size is second only to the cave of Tan Yuan Zhenren.

The entire building has golden tiles and red walls, and a pair of puppets are placed on both sides of the gate. Their strength is said to be close to the third level.

The two puppets were carved from gold and jade respectively, with bodies shaped like tigers and leopards, heads and tails shaped like dragons, wings on shoulders that could not be stretched out, and two horns on heads that tilted backwards.

It is the legendary Pixiu mythical beast.

Li Qing had seen it before he established his foundation, but did not find it magical.

Now that he has laid the foundation and his spiritual consciousness has been condensed several times, and after he has refined the Taihao Palace into reality, he finally discovered the wonder of it.

He activated his foundation-building consciousness, with the blessing of Taihao Palace, and watched the two Pixiu puppets from afar.

People passing by Rong Bao Zhai were surrounded by a faint golden light, which swirled into the mouth of the Pi Xiu.

The faint light went in but not out, and was refined several times in its belly before it was able to nourish the puppet itself.

As time went by, the puppet not only did not become old and aged, but became more and more powerful, making ordinary cultivators dare not look directly at it.

He couldn't help but sigh: "As expected of a founding prince, he has an amazing background."

"Just this pair of golden and jade Pixiu, given time, may be able to be promoted to the third level and become equal to the host."

Li Yu didn't feel it deeply. Seeing that many people were rushing into Rongbaozhai, he quickly hinted to Li Qing to enter as well.

Li Qing smiled slightly, and the Taihao Palace in his spiritual center trembled slightly, suppressing the energy around his body. The two Pixiu could not absorb his golden light.

"Come in!"

Li Yu had already arranged his itinerary. As soon as he entered, a receptionist led the two of them to a private room on the third floor of Rongbaozhai.

Looking down at the auction hall below from the box, it is as clear as looking at the lines on the palm of your hand.

"My two distinguished guests, this third-floor private room is prepared for foundation-building cultivators like Senior Li. It is equipped with magical instruments specifically for bidding, so you don't have to bid in person like the Qi-cultivating cultivators below."

The receptionist introduced eagerly, "In addition, we also provide a pot of second-level spiritual tea, a portion of spiritual fruit, and spiritual snacks. Please enjoy your meal."

Li Qing nodded slightly, gave a small bag of spirit stones as a reward, and then let Li Yu escort the person out of the box.

He shook his head and said with emotion: "After the foundation building period, compared with the Qi training period, it is indeed incomparable."

"I went to the auction house before and spent spirit stones but could only enter the private room on the second floor, not to mention these services. Now I don't have to pay a cent to get them."

Li Yu felt even more deeply: "In other Rongbaozhai branches before, I didn't even dare to rent a private room. I could only bargain with people in the lobby on the first floor. After all, I was short of spiritual stones."

"That's fine. But if you come across a treasure you like and it's liked by customers on the third floor or above, they won't even dare to bid too loudly."

The two looked at each other in silence and had to raise their glasses to taste the second-grade spiritual tea sent by Rong Bao Zhai.

Just like that, about a quarter of an hour later, a bell rang in the hall downstairs, and the auction officially began.

"Dear guests, welcome to the quarterly Class C auction of Rongbaozhai Tanyuan Branch. I, Yujizi, have been ordered to preside over this auction."

A smiling old man walked up to the stage, bowed to all directions, and without much nonsense, he directly kicked off the auction.

Li Qing's eyes flickered as he discovered that this Jade Machine seemed to have cultivated some kind of "charming skill" that could increase the friendliness of her smile and the appeal of her words.

If Li Qing had not refined the Taihao Palace into something real, with his original consciousness at the foundation-building stage, he would not even be able to realize this.

"This is a bit outrageous!" He shook his head secretly, "Charm can be used like this? It's really eye-opening."

I have to say, although this move is a bit unconventional, it is quite effective.

The old man only provoked a little, and the monks in the hall and on the second floor began to bid frantically for various items. Even many boxes on the third and fourth floors had offers coming out from time to time.

Li Qing was greatly impressed when he saw with his own eyes that a group of Fengyang grass, which was worth only 600 spirit stones, was sold at a high price of 1,000 spirit stones.

"We'll make arrangements for the managers of our Qinghe Market later." He turned his head and instructed Li Yu, "Let them all practice a charm skill."

"Ah?!" Li Yu was dumbfounded. "Our managers are mostly grown men! They are not young anymore."

Li Qing glanced at the frenzied auction and said, "Open your mind. The purpose of practicing charm skills is not to seduce married women..."

Li Yu was a little bit confused, but he still took note of it.

While drinking spiritual tea and tasting spiritual fruits and spiritual food, the two of them paid attention to the items that were auctioned one after another.

Many of them were useful to Li Yu. If he hadn't been thinking about the tide-watching conch, he would have bid for it four or five times.

After an hour, Yu Jizi opened a jade box, revealing a light blue gem.

"Dear guests, this is a Mysterious Water Stone, an excellent spiritual object for water-based cultivators to build their foundation. Its properties are neutral and peaceful. Using it as an aid can increase the probability of building a foundation by 20%."

"I'll offer two thousand spirit stones!" A cultivator at the peak of Qi training in the hall raised his hand impatiently.

"Two thousand two!"

"Two thousand three!"

"Three thousand and one!"

The bidding sounds came one after another, and there was no need for Yu Jizi to say anything, as more than thirty monks could not help but raise their hands.

"Four thousand spirit stones!" Someone suddenly made an offer in a private room on the third floor.

Li Qing glanced at Li Yu and said, "You really don't want this? If you miss this opportunity, you'll never get it again."

Li Yu shook his head and simply turned away, not looking at the auction items below.

Four thousand spirit stones are very close to the value of the black water stone.

The atmosphere at the scene was slightly stagnant for a while, and someone in a private room on the second floor called out a price: "Four thousand and fifty pieces!"

"Four thousand two hundred!" The box on the third floor raised the price without hesitation.

"Four thousand two hundred and fifty pieces!" The man on the second floor hesitated for a while before gritting his teeth and raising the price.

Obviously, this price is close to his limit.

But the man on the third floor just replied lightly: "Four thousand four hundred!"

Having said that, without waiting for the people on the second floor to continue bidding, he directly abandoned the auctioned magic weapon from Rongbaozhai and said loudly: "Daoyou Yujizi, this price is already much higher than the Xuanshui Stone, it's fine..."

"It turns out to be the ancestor of the Leng family!" Everyone present reacted and started talking.

"This ancestor is extraordinary. Ten years ago, the previous ancestor was killed by a robber cultivator, and the foundation-building seeds were lost along with him. The foundation-building pills that he had just bought were also lost."

"He accepted the order in a time of crisis and resolutely decided to build his own foundation, and he actually succeeded!"

"The Leng family had originally fallen out of the ranks of foundation-building families, but he brought them back up. He is truly a legendary figure!"

There were originally a few people present who were interested in this Mysterious Water Stone, but after knowing that it was the ancestor of the Leng family who made the offer, they all gave up.

After all, great cultivators who build their foundation on their own are usually stronger than those who take foundation-building pills.

It is really unnecessary to offend such a promising foundation-building master for a black water stone that is worth a lot of money.

Yu Jizi was prompted by the Leng family's ancestor's words, but he was not angry: "Since Fellow Daoist Leng is interested, and other fellow Daoists have not continued to raise the price, then..."

Li Qing's eyes flickered slightly, and with the help of his spiritual sense, he could hear all the discussions in the field: "Hey, this is really a narrow road for enemies to meet..."

He picked up the quotation instrument and input a number with his spiritual sense.

"Four thousand five hundred!"

There was an uproar in the field.

"My fellow Daoist, spending four thousand five hundred low-grade spirit stones to buy a Mysterious Water Stone is a bit impulsive, isn't it?" The ancestor of the Leng family was a little unhappy.

Li Qing smiled and retorted: "Money can't buy what you love! I'll take this black water stone back to pave the pool, it's also pretty good."

"Four thousand six hundred!" The Leng family's ancestor said in a low voice.

This was Li Yu's original bottom line when he bought the Xuanshui Stone.

Li Qing didn't even frown: "Four thousand eight hundred! If you want to raise the price, I will also accompany you."

“You——” The ancestor of the Leng family snorted coldly and wanted to raise the price, but finally held back.

Li Yu looked at Li Qing in confusion, wondering why he suddenly became angry and wasted spirit stones.

Li Qing chuckled and said, "I still have some grievances with the Leng family. Since he wants this Xuanshui Stone, I will not let him get his wish."

(End of this chapter)