Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 141 Bamboo Sword
"Guest, this is your private room!"

Led by the auction attendant, Gu Mo arrived at his own small private room. Basically, as long as they can, most monks will choose a private room so that they can maximize their privacy.

Many of the treasures that monks buy at auctions are used as trump cards. It is easy for people to see through your identity when bidding in the auction hall. If people know what treasures you bought at the auction, the effectiveness of the trump card will be greatly reduced.

But in a private room, this problem can be avoided.

It is easy to get a private room at an ordinary auction, but to get a private room at a large auction, certain conditions are required.

For example, one must have both cultivation level and financial resources to be able to get a private room at a large auction.

Gu Mo meets the requirements of both. He is at the level of Fake Dan and cannot get those big private rooms, but a small private room is more than enough for him. Gu Mo has 10 million spirit stones on him, which is enough for him to own a small private room.

After entering the private room and closing the door, the noise around him disappeared instantly. There was a special formation engraved in this private room that could isolate it from outside detection. Of course, the Immortal City should know the identities of the cultivators in each private room.

However, as long as Xiancheng does not want to ruin its reputation after so many years of operation, it will not reveal the identity of the guests in the private room.

Through the window of the private room, Gu Mo saw the huge auction house hall. At this moment, those monks who were not qualified for the private room were all in the hall.

When it was noon, a middle-aged man in a specially made suit came to the auction table. Seeing this, everyone in the hall fell silent.

The grand auction that everyone has been looking forward to is about to begin.

"Welcome everyone..."

The auctioneer on the stage first said some polite words, and then went straight to the point. The first item of this grand auction was actually a top-grade foundation-building pill.

Seeing the top-grade foundation-building pill, all the cultivators in the hall were excited, especially those independent cultivators. It was extremely difficult for them to get an ordinary foundation-building pill, let alone a top-grade foundation-building pill. The higher the grade of the foundation-building pill, the better the effect, and the success rate of breaking through the foundation would also increase.

Almost instantly, various quotes came one after another.

However, the people who were making the offers were the cultivators in the hall, while the private rooms remained quiet. It was obvious that the Foundation Establishment Pill no longer had much appeal to the guests in the private rooms.

"Foundation Building Pill, it's good for the opening." Gu Mo looked at the excited cultivators in the hall. He also had a top-grade Foundation Building Pill in his hand, which was given to him by Qi Chunde. However, Gu Mo didn't need a Foundation Building Pill to break through the Foundation Building Stage, so he kept this top-grade Foundation Building Pill.

After taking a look at the lively scene in the hall, Gu Mo closed his eyes. The opening stage of the auction was for the Qi Refining and Foundation Building cultivators, followed by the Golden Core and even Nascent Soul level treasures.

After the top-grade foundation-building pill at the beginning was bought by a casual cultivator at a high price, the next items that came out were some first- and second-grade pills, talismans, and some magic weapons and instruments.

However, items that can be auctioned at major auctions are not ordinary goods. They must at least be fine products, or even very fine products.

If items of very poor quality appear at a big auction, it will only lower the style of the auction.

"The next auction is for a secret technique called Wind Escape Technique. This technique..." When the auctioneer's words reached the private room, Gu Mo opened his eyes.

This secret wind escape technique is the beginning of a golden elixir-level treasure, and it is also the treasure that Gu Mo wants.

Compared with the brief introduction on the list, the auctioneer now explained the effect of this wind escape technique in detail, and Gu Mo nodded repeatedly after hearing it.

This wind escape technique is many times more powerful than the wind control technique. Of course, the price is also many times that of the wind control technique.

The starting price is 100 million spirit stones!
Such a high price made Gu Mo feel very pressured. The starting price was 100 million, and the final transaction price was estimated to be 500 million.

Because the auctioneer mentioned at the end that the Wind Escape Technique originated from the Gold Escape Technique among the Five Elements Escape Techniques. If one practices the Wind Escape Technique to perfection, there is a chance that one will be able to comprehend a hint of the Gold Escape Technique's mystery.

The Art of Gold Escape is a top-level magical power, part of the Five Elements Escape Technique. Its power is beyond doubt, and the Art of Gold Escape is definitely the most suitable escape technique for sword cultivators, because the Art of Gold Escape is no longer a simple escape technique, but also has a powerful killing power.

This is definitely an irresistible temptation for the sword cultivator who is the best at killing.

In other words, great magical powers of the level of the Five Elements Escape Technique, each of which is no longer a simple escape method, but more like the ultimate application of the power of the five elements.

Such a big pie made many monks jealous.

Sure enough, just as Gu Mo expected, the price of this wind escape technique was raised to 300 million in the blink of an eye. Only then did those hot-headed monks slowly calm down.

Because if you want to take advantage of the big prize thrown by the auctioneer, you need to practice the wind escape technique to perfection. To practice a secret technique to perfection is something that ordinary people cannot do.

Moreover, even if one really relied on great perseverance, great talent, and plenty of time to practice the wind escape technique to perfection, there was only a probability that one would be able to comprehend the secret of gold escape technique.

"400 million!"

Seeing that the quotations gradually stopped, Gu Mo thought about it and made an offer reluctantly. The improvement of this wind escape technique on the fake pill incarnation was very obvious. Besides, this secret technique could also be used by the original body. Gu Mo still valued the secret technique of increasing the escape speed.

As Gu Mo announced the price of 400 million, the whole audience fell silent. This price was such that those who wanted it could not afford it, and those who could afford it felt it was not worth it. After all, this was just the beginning of the golden elixir-level treasures, and there would be more treasures to come. If they wasted the spirit stones here, what would happen to the next auction?

"400 million, deal!"

Finally, as the auctioneer brought down the hammer, Gu Mo successfully won the wind escape technique, and this move directly reduced Gu Mo's assets by nearly half.

Fortunately, Gu Mo didn’t have any treasures he wanted next. He already had the sun essence for elixirs to increase his cultivation level, so he didn’t need it. How could talismans be as useful as cherry bombs?

As for the magic weapon, his top-grade abacus magic weapon will be in use soon. By then, Gu Mo should be able to exchange it for a top-grade magic weapon that suits his taste.

Not long after, Gu Mo's top-grade abacus magic weapon appeared on the stage.

"The next treasure to be presented is a top-grade magic weapon of the Dao of Formation. According to the seller's wishes, this top-grade magic weapon of the Dao of Formation will be auctioned by barter. Please write down the treasure you want to exchange, and the seller will choose it at that time." The auctioneer first introduced the function of this top-grade magic weapon of the Dao of Formation, and then explained the method of bidding.

It is very common to see barter auctions in large auctions. After all, many treasures are difficult to measure with spirit stones. Of course, the auction house will also charge a certain amount of commission for this kind of barter transaction. Anyway, the auction house will not make a loss.

However, being able to use the auction platform is definitely easier than looking for buyers yourself, and you can also exchange for more suitable treasures, so paying some commissions is not a big deal.

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a gentle knock on the door of Gu Mo's private room. Gu Mo knew that an offer had come. He opened the door and a messenger from a grand auction handed a jade slip to Gu Mo.

The auction has summarized and organized the information on treasure exchange provided by all parties.

When his spiritual consciousness probed into the jade slip, Gu Mo saw several top-grade magic weapons, in addition to which there were elixirs, talismans, formation plates and other items of the same level.

Especially, there are the largest number of formation plates. The abacus is a magic weapon of formation. Those who are interested in it should be formation masters. It is not surprising that the other party took out such a treasure as the formation plate.

But what Gu Mo wanted was a magic weapon, especially a flying sword. After scanning those top-grade magic weapons, Gu Mo quickly set his eyes on one of the flying swords.

It was a flying sword with wood attribute. Most flying swords were of gold attribute, and there were also some with fire and water attributes, but flying swords with earth and wood attributes were very rare.

But for Gu Mo, the incarnation of the fake elixir, the flying sword with wood attribute is just right. Although the killing power of the flying sword with wood attribute is not as good as those with gold and fire attributes, it is suitable for the attributes of his own martial arts and can be controlled more easily.

The wood attribute is not good at killing, but its nature is endless. Once entangled, the enemy can definitely be caught in a dilemma. It should be a good help for Gu Mo to comprehend the sword return in the sword manual.

"That's it!"

After selecting the target, Gu Mo returned the jade slip to the messenger. Then the auction house would conduct the transaction with the owner of the wood attribute flying sword.

After a while, the messenger and an auction house manager presented a small emerald green sword to Gu Mo. After checking that it was correct, Gu Mo signed the contract and paid a commission.

At this point the transaction is officially completed.

"This flying sword is actually still alive." Gu Mo held the emerald green sword. It was not only a top-grade flying sword magic weapon, but also a rank 3 spiritual plant, the sword bamboo.

That's right, this wood-attributed flying sword is made from the third-level sword bamboo. Gu Mo is already very familiar with sword bamboo. This second-level inferior spiritual plant has actually been cultivated to the third level. I wonder which spiritual plant master created this masterpiece.

To cultivate a 2nd level spiritual plant to 3rd level is what a true master does. Someone like Gu Mo who cultivated a 2nd level low-quality sword bamboo to a 2nd level mid-quality one can only be considered outstanding.

Since this flying sword is alive, if it is damaged, it can be restored by planting it and using the spiritual plant master's methods to treat it.

It's a pity that this 3rd level sword bamboo has reached its end, otherwise, if it continues to be cultivated, the quality of this flying sword can continue to improve.

There is even hope of cultivating spiritual wisdom in it and upgrading it to a spiritual weapon. It is obviously easier to cultivate spiritual wisdom in living plants than in gold and iron ore materials.

The spiritual plant master must have had this idea, which is why he cultivated the sword bamboo, which is most suitable for refining flying swords, to level 3. Unfortunately, the level 3 sword bamboo has reached its limit and cannot be further improved.

Unless some extremely precious natural treasures are used, such treasures are rare. Even if they exist, why should they be used on the third-level sword bamboo whose racial potential has been exhausted? Wouldn't it be better to use it on higher-level spiritual plants?

It was probably for this reason that the master of spiritual plants sold the bamboo flying sword, and it finally fell into Gu Mo's hands.

"Since you are made of sword bamboo, you will be called Bamboo Sword from now on." Gu Mo, who has never been good at naming, thought about it and reversed the two words "Sword Bamboo" to name the new flying sword.

After naming it, Gu Mo began to perform the ritual of refining. Afterwards, Gu Mo looked at the bamboo sword in his hand with a strange look, "The spiritual plant master who cultivated you must be a senior from Shennong Valley, right?" When Gu Mo practiced the Qingmu Sutra to refine the bamboo sword, he found it went unusually smoothly.

It seems that this bamboo sword was specially prepared for the cultivators who practiced the Qingmu Sutra, and the Qingmu Sutra is the practice method of Shennong Valley, and Shennong Valley is the top sect of spiritual plant masters.

Everything seems to be connected.

In this way, the time required for Gu Mo to refine the bamboo sword will be greatly reduced, and it won't be long before Gu Mo will be able to unleash the full power of this top-grade magical flying sword.

After obtaining the magic weapon he liked, Gu Mo then focused all his attention on refining the magic weapon, and his attention to the subsequent auctions decreased significantly.

Because Gu Mo's trip to the grand auction had ended successfully, the next auction had nothing to do with him. If he had not been interested in the final treasure, Gu Mo could have left at this moment.

However, before the final treasure, the auction actually reached a small climax, and the treasure that caused this small climax was the Bing Xin Fruit that Gu Mo had been paying attention to.

However, a lot of spirit stones had been spent on the previous bidding for the Wind Escape Technique, and Gu Mo knew that the remaining spirit stones were not enough to compete for the Ice Heart Fruit, so he chose to give up.

Now it seems that giving up is the right decision, because the price of that Ice Heart Fruit has now been driven up to 2000 million spirit stones. This price is definitely far beyond the value of the Ice Heart Fruit itself. The reason for the appearance of such a high level is precisely due to the fierce competition between the two parties.

"This price should be the limit." In a private room, He Shaogang was counting the resources taken away by the people of Qinglu Sect and calculating the number of spirit stones they could come up with.

The Ice Heart Fruit was the bait that He Shaogang used for fishing. However, He Shaogang was not going to simply let the people from Qinglu Sect take the Ice Heart Fruit away.

"2000 million at a time, are there any other customers who want to bid?" The auctioneer glanced at the private room where the bidding had been going on, but at this moment the room fell into silence.

"what happened?"

Seeing this, He Shaogang's heart skipped a beat. He was sure that those who had just competed with him must be the remnants of the Qinglu Sect, and this Bingxin Fruit was very important to them, so they would not give it up so easily.

"2000 million for the second time!"

As the auctioneer called out the price for the second time, He Shaogang couldn't help but sweat on his forehead. If the remnants of the Qinglu Sect didn't follow suit, then this thing would be a waste of money. Although the thing was his, with such a high price, the commission alone would be a large sum of spirit stones.

The loss of spirit stones is not a big deal. The key is that his subsequent plans all require this Ice Heart Fruit as a trigger. Without this Ice Heart Fruit, all his plans will be ruined.

(End of this chapter)