The abandoned cannon fodder girl's path to immortality

Chapter 179 Tracing the Price Increase
The sun was high in the sky, and the area in front of the Xieyue Tower in Pingwufang was already packed with carriages and horses.

Xuanming Sect cultivators in black robes, family disciples pacing with fans, and brokers in coarse clothes and short jackets were all constantly coming and going in front of the vermilion gate.

The Slanting Moon Pavilion is also one of the properties of the Xuanming Sect, but it does a different business than the Water Moon Pavilion.

If Shuiyue Pavilion receives a high-quality spiritual item, it will send it to Xieyue Tower for auction.

The Xieyue Tower holds an auction every three days, but a larger one usually only happens once a month or three months.

For example, the auction that Chen Jinshu is preparing to attend today is quite large, and there are many high-quality spiritual items on display.

After arriving at Xieyue Tower, Chen Jinshu used his status as an inner disciple to obtain a small room on the second floor.

The entire Slanting Moon Pavilion is openwork, with carved railings near the edge on the second floor. However, the formations in each small room will be activated during the auction, so even cultivators on adjacent floors cannot see what is happening inside the small rooms.

Of course, although Chen Jinshu knew that Li Chenliang was very likely to participate in the auction, she could not confirm his location at the moment.

And whether they disguised themselves before attending the auction.

All she can rely on now is Li Chenliang's appearance and voice when he robbed her.

If he were cautious, he would have concealed these two things.

"Yinshan Sparrow, are you sure you still remember that guy's scent?"

Several years have passed since her last encounter with danger, yet Yinshan Que still remembers Li Chenliang's truly heaven-defying talent.

"Hmm, it's a bit blurry. But he carries the aura of a bee-like spirit beast, which is still easy to identify," said Yinshan Sparrow.

"I see!" Chen Jinshu understood after hearing this.

It should be the inherent spiritual beast characteristics of the Yinshan Sparrow, which makes it extremely sensitive to spiritual insect-type demon beasts, thus enabling it to remember the aura of bee-type spiritual beasts.

"That makes things easier. Just let me know if you smell that kind of scent later."

Spirit bees are rare insects, and not all cultivators raise them. Only sects like Insect Valley have a few of them.

Therefore, she has a high chance of confirming the other party's location.

"Greetings, fellow Daoists! I am Yu Yaxin, the host of this auction!"

Soon, a beautiful female cultivator with Foundation Establishment cultivation walked up to the center of the auction hall. She had an elegant demeanor, and her yellow dress embroidered with phoenixes added to her charm.

"I won't go into the rules of Xieyue Tower. Next is the first item up for auction."

"Foundation Establishment cultivator's South Sea Mermaid Pearl, second-tier, low-grade. It can be used for weapon crafting; if made into a spiritual weapon, its appearance would be exquisite. Starting price: 500 low-grade spirit stones. Each bid must be at least 100 low-grade spirit stones! Fellow cultivators, please raise the bid!"

As soon as Yu Yaxin finished speaking, a cultivator immediately called out a price.

"Six hundred spirit stones!"

"Seven hundred spirit stones!"

...

In the end, this South China Sea Mermaid Pearl was sold for a price of one thousand spirit stones.

Because there are many spiritual items in this auction, they are of various qualities and are interspersed among them, which will help to retain them better.

“Master, the aura of the spirit bees has appeared. Although it is very faint, I can confirm that it is nearby. However, there are two auras in different directions.”

The sound of the Yinshan Sparrow immediately perked Chen Jinshu up.

She then got up and walked out of the small room, strolling along the corridors next to the small rooms on the second floor, letting Yinshanque confirm the small room where the person was.

A moment later, Yinshan Que confirmed the location of the aura; it was only five rooms away from her small room.

The other one is a smaller room, one that's right across from hers. "These rooms aren't far apart. I wonder which one is Li Chenliang's."

After confirming the location of the two auras, Chen Jinshu returned to the small room, intending to participate in the auction while keeping an eye on the situation in the two small rooms.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and the most anticipated Foundation Establishment Pill was finally brought up.

"The next item for auction is probably the reason why many fellow cultivators have come here today: the Foundation Establishment Pill."

The Foundation Establishment Pill area was instantly abuzz with activity, with all sorts of noises erupting from the scattered cultivators on the first floor and the small rooms on the second and third floors.

"The Xuanming Sect is preparing to auction five Foundation Establishment Pills this time. Therefore, fellow cultivators are welcome to participate."

"The starting price is eight thousand low-grade spirit stones! Each bid must be no less than one hundred!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the cultivators sitting on the ground floor started bidding, and in just a few breaths the price was raised to 10,000, and it was still climbing.

"With my current wealth, I can buy a Foundation Establishment Pill. If not, I can trade with the spiritual herbs I have." She was certain that once the cultivators in the two highly suspicious rooms made an offer, she would also make an offer.

Until the price is driven up to an artificially high level, forcing the other party to bleed heavily.

When the price of the first Foundation Establishment Pill was raised to 12,000, the noise subsided considerably.

Twelve thousand low-grade spirit stones—a price that countless independent cultivators dream of, yet still cannot reach even after years of hard work.

At that moment, the small room across from her finally made a price quote.

"The smaller room across the street is more likely!"

If the shop next door also offers a price, she will have to reassess her decision.

However, even after the Foundation Establishment Pill reached 13,500, the cultivator in the other small room still did not make a bid.

Instead, the cultivator in the small room opposite almost got the better deal.

Chen Jinshu immediately raised the price, and only stopped when the other party quoted 15,000 spirit stones.

She could also vaguely hear low, cursing voices coming from that small room.

In the past, a Foundation Establishment Pill would fetch a maximum of 12,000 to 13,000 spirit stones at auctions; anything more would be considered overpriced.

She was able to raise the price so high only because the other party was a bit desperate, which allowed her to succeed. She won't be so lucky next time.

After the second Foundation Establishment Pill was obtained, the price gradually returned to normal and reached more than 13,000 spirit stones.

Even until the very last Foundation Establishment Pill, the small room next door, which exuded the aura of spirit bees, never put it up for auction.

"It's most likely that guy over there. But we can't rule out the guy next door as a suspect either."

What if the other party had no intention of bidding at all, but instead intended to rob the other party?
After all, Li Chenliang had previously committed highway robbery.

"Let's wait a bit longer. We might get an unexpected result."

Chen Jinshu suppressed his increasingly agitated emotions and prepared to bid on the next Phoenix Blood Stone to be displayed.

She browsed through the auction list and this was the only item worth bidding on.

The rest were mostly miscellaneous spiritual items.

In the end, she bought the Phoenix Blood Stone for a thousand spirit stones. After all, it was a second-tier spirit item, so the price was reasonable.

"Master, both of these auras have disappeared together!" Yinshan Sparrow's voice came, causing Chen Jinshu to frown slightly.

Could it be that both of them are from the Insect Valley?
She then stood up, handed over the spirit stones from Phoenix Blood Stone, and left the Slanting Moon Pavilion.

Upon entering the outside, the Yinshan Sparrow detected the two scents again and headed in one direction.