Chapter 1164: Smuggled Goods
Li Zhirui certainly knew that the other party could profit from it, but he had to admit that as a local who had been here for many years, the recommended rental cave was very good in all aspects.
So much so that when the service was over, he gave another bottle of treasure pill with a lower price.
"Thank you, senior! If you have anything else you want to know, you can contact me at any time."
The man was overjoyed and quickly gave a communication talisman, saying: "In half a year, Zishizhou will hold a grand auction. If you want to participate, I can find a way to get you a regular ticket."
Li Zhirui raised his eyebrows and looked at him meaningfully. He had also heard about the Zishi auction and knew that it was one of the most famous auctions in Dongzhou. Its feature was that there would be a large number of spiritual objects that were not suitable to appear in the open, that is, the so-called black goods.
Moreover, the degree of confidentiality and security was extremely high. Over the years, there was almost no rumor that someone had successfully ambushed and killed people to steal treasures.
It is said that this was because the auction house arranged a special formation to conceal the secrets of heaven and delay the cognition of time and space, and there were a large number of secret exits.
Because of these special features, tickets are required to enter the Purple Stone Auction.
And a broker of ordinary status was able to get an admission ticket. It seems that Li Zhirui still underestimated him.
"It just so happens that I also want to see the famous Purple Stone Auction. Just tell me what you need."
Li Zhirui originally had no such plan. After all, he didn't know the time of the auction, but since he happened to meet it, he didn't have to spend any energy, so he naturally wanted to take a look.
"By the way, please help me collect some information about the Three Spiritual States."
Zhang San's smile became brighter. Even if he didn't make much profit in this process, the invisible benefits were definitely huge. He said, "I'll go and ask first, and come back to bother you in a few days."
"Okay."
After watching him leave, Li Zhirui rearranged a formation in the cave, and then he recuperated. He planned to take advantage of Zhang San's ticket operation to sort out the gains during this period.
Along the way, he saw a lot of scenery and encountered a lot of things, which were all somewhat helpful to his cultivation.
Although it is very little, after practicing to a certain level, it has become a slow accumulation process, just like the cicadas underground, which accumulate for several years before they can "see the light of day". The same is true for high-level creatures, but the time is stretched dozens or even hundreds of times longer.
Moreover, during this period, Li Zhirui's harvest has been rich. He has seen the shortcomings of his methods, improved his mentality and state of mind, and his bottleneck has also loosened.
What he is doing now is to integrate these gains and turn them into a ladder for himself to go higher and farther.
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A few days later, Zhang San visited again.
The first time he saw Li Zhirui, he couldn't help but report the good news and said, "Senior, I successfully helped you get a ticket. You only need to pay three bottles of the seventh-level lower-grade treasure pill."
If converted into spirit stones, this price is not low!
But for Li Zhirui, it was just that, and he was too lazy to ask about the details. He directly took out four bottles of treasure pills and handed them to Zhang San. The extra bottle was his hard work fee.
With such a huge harvest, Zhang Zhirui naturally left happily and promised to send the tickets in the afternoon.
In fact, he didn't even wait until the afternoon. After more than an hour, he came to the door with the tickets.
"Thank you for your hard work."
After Li Zhirui confirmed that there was no problem, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "If I have any other needs, I will contact you as soon as possible."
"Thank you for giving me this opportunity, senior. I will help you with anything you need in the future." Zhang Zhirui promised hurriedly, unwilling to lose this generous high-level alchemy master.
"Okay."
In fact, with the tickets and the details of the Three Spiritual States in hand, Li Zhirui no longer needed him.
Moreover, Li Zhirui planned to go to practice for a period of time after understanding the Three Spiritual States, and come back before the auction starts.
After seeing him off, he turned back to the quiet room, sat cross-legged on the futon, and checked the jade slips that Zhang Zhirui brought, which recorded in detail the distribution of forces in the Three Spiritual States, which were dangerous areas, what dangers there were, what kind of rare spiritual objects were produced, etc.
Li Zhirui memorized all of this and quickly chose the place he would go to in the next six months, a place called Luoxia Mountain Range, which is the border between the demon race and the immortal path.
If you are not brave enough, you can find some spiritual objects nearby, or fight with demon beasts, or you can choose to directly enter the demon race's territory. Given the fierceness of the demon race, as long as they encounter a cultivator with the same cultivation level, they will attack.
If you can't get out as soon as possible, you are likely to be besieged by a large number of demon beasts. Many cultivators died in this way.
There was no conversation that night. On the morning of the second day, Li Zhirui left the immortal city and headed straight for the Luoxia Mountain Range.
"Daoyou, I see that you have reached the level of Mahayana cultivation. I guess you are here to find an opportunity to break through the immortal realm. Why don't you and I join forces and take care of each other? It will not only be safer, but you may also gain more." As soon as he landed, a Mahayana cultivator came up to him and said enthusiastically.
"Okay, with fellow Taoists accompanying me, I think I will be able to return safely. Shall we set off now?"
The monk's eyes suddenly lit up. He was worried that things might change, so he nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay!"
In a place he couldn't see, Li Zhirui's mouth curled up a sneer, and the two flew into the depths of the mountains at the same time.
In fact, this cultivator was not looking for someone to team up with for training, but was specifically harming the cultivators who were alone.
And the reason why he could survive until now was that he had good eyesight and would not choose those who were higher than him or had extraordinary backgrounds; secondly, he mastered a secret method that could not only change his appearance at any time, but also modify the fluctuations of his soul, so every time he appeared, he was a brand new cultivator.
But what he didn't know was that Li Zhirui saw the clues of his identity. He mastered the law of purification and was very sensitive to evil spirits and resentment. This person was surrounded by strong resentment and death, and even "launched" attacks from time to time, which was abnormal at first glance.
Because creatures that died in normal battles and fights would not leave such strong resentment.
If there were no other cultivators nearby, Li Zhirui would have wanted to slap him to death, but the moment he led him into the depths of the mountains, he instantly took him down.
"You!"
As soon as he uttered a word, he seemed to understand something, and his face was full of despair.
Li Zhirui certainly did not have good intentions. The biggest reason was to want to know how he could harm so many cultivators and still be alive and well.
Not long after, he got a "Mysterious Method of Ten Thousand Faces and Ten Thousand Phases".
As for other spiritual objects, there were only a few that he could take a fancy to, just a ninth-level spiritual medicine that he had not had before, and a piece of scattered immortal-level spiritual ore.
From Li Zhirui's perspective, this can be regarded as an extremely good secret method, which can better modify the identity without worrying about flaws.
If he had not mastered the law of purification, he would probably not have noticed that the man was wrong.
You know, there is a huge gap between the two people's cultivation and realm, but Li Zhirui did not notice it at all, which shows the power of the secret method.
He didn't know much about the methods of earth immortals, but human immortals should not be able to find any clues in the secret method.
After all, although Li Zhirui was not a human immortal, his two children were both gods in the human immortal realm, and he got a lot of knowledge from them.
Speaking of which, he has a clear understanding of the human immortals. Maybe he won't encounter too many obstacles and thresholds when he breaks through the human immortals in the future.
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Roar!
An angry roar sounded in the mountains and forests, and a lot of smoke and dust rose into the air, followed by a loud bang and the shaking of the earth.
"Finally, this monster has been solved!"
Li Zhirui looked at the monster corpse in front of him, which was more than a hundred feet in size and looked like a small mountain, and gently exhaled a breath of turbid air.
It has been five months since he entered the Falling Mountains!
In the past hundred days, he has been looking for monsters to fight and fight. Including the one in front of him, there are already five monsters in the scattered immortal realm who died in Li Zhirui's hands.
Among them, the one in front of him is the most powerful. It really took him a lot of means and even took out a lot of mana. Otherwise, he might not be able to kill this monster here.
The battle has an effect on Li Zhirui's bottleneck, but it is not significant.
Fortunately, he was not in a hurry to break through, so he could tolerate it, and he took this time to sort out his own practice and slowly polish it.
In addition, he also found a lot of spiritual objects, but they were all ordinary and he didn't encounter any treasures.
"It's time to go back."
As the Purple Stone Auction approached, Li Zhirui didn't forget the tickets he got by buying a few bottles of treasure pills.
But he didn't expect that the way back would be so bumpy.
Along the way, Li Zhirui ran into several scattered fairyland monsters, and the number was so large that he couldn't help but be surprised.
'What is the demon clan planning to do? Is it going to launch a beast tide? '
But if it is a beast tide, there won't be only a few high-level monsters. Could it be that some treasure has come out? These high-level monsters came here to protect the spiritual objects, which makes sense.
'Do you want to follow them and see? '
Li Zhirui's strong curiosity made him quickly answer, and he quietly followed to see what spiritual objects the demon clan found.
Not long after, he followed the monsters to the destination, and saw the spiritual creatures guarded by the monsters, and he couldn't help but be shocked.
There were more monsters than he imagined, and they were also very powerful, with several human fairyland monsters.
'Blood-transforming root! '
As a master of alchemy, Li Zhirui remembered all the recorded spiritual creatures.
And from its name, it can be seen that this is a spiritual creature that can transform the blood in the body. For cultivators, this is not important, but if it is a monster, then it is a very important treasure!
Although there are only a few human fairyland monsters now, it won't be long before the number will double, and there may be earth immortals.
So Li Zhirui chose to evacuate as soon as he recognized the spiritual creature, and didn't dare to delay too much.
But what he didn't expect was that just a few days after he returned to the temporary cave, a piece of news quickly spread, saying that the earth immortal defeated the monster and took the blood-transforming root!
"It's amazing! He was able to snatch the spiritual objects from so many monsters."
Li Zhirui sighed, then couldn't help shaking his head and muttering: "With the temperament of the monsters, they will definitely launch a beast tide in a short time to retaliate against the immortals."
"I just hope it won't break out a few days before the auction."
Once affected by the war, the situation will be tense, and I don't know if the auction will be held smoothly. Wouldn't he have wasted those spiritual objects in vain?
Fortunately, the auction was held smoothly!
When the day came, countless monks had already put on clothes that blocked other people's consciousness and eyes. After verifying the tickets, there would be another layer of protection to ensure that everyone's privacy would not be leaked.
Li Zhirui naturally followed the crowd and entered the interior. There was a wide hall that could accommodate at least 2,000 people. There were also six floors. The higher you went, the fewer private rooms there were, and the more powerful the monks inside were.
Ding Ding Ding——
With a crisp sound, the originally noisy hall suddenly became quiet, and a white-haired old man appeared in front of everyone.
Without any greetings, the first auction started directly!
"The ninth-level Tongxin Mingzhi Baodan can greatly improve the comprehension in a short period of time and help break through the small realm, but it is limited to the fairyland. Of course, it is still useful for breaking through the scattered fairyland."
This person's auction was very calm, and there was no intention to mobilize the atmosphere.
However, this ninth-level Baodan was still popular among the crowd. A large number of monks started bidding, and the price rose wildly, which made Li Zhirui a little dumbfounded.
But thinking about it carefully, it felt normal.
This is a treasure that can help improve and break through the realm of scattered immortals. Those cultivators who have been trapped in the mortal realm for many years may be able to break through the realm of scattered immortals by taking this precious pill, and enjoy limited immortality from then on, and will hardly worry about their life span anymore.
‘It would be great if we could get the pill formula, then the family would not have to worry about the problem of insufficient spirit stones. ’ Li Zhirui thought a little whimsically.
But even if he got it, he would not take it out publicly, because with the current strength of the Li family, it is not certain that they can keep it.
In the end, this ninth-level precious pill was bought by someone on the third floor at a sky-high price of spirit stones.
The next few auction items, although not as good, are all high-grade spiritual objects, which make Li Zhirui very jealous.
But so far, he has not seen the feature of the purple stone auction - black goods.
But unexpectedly, the next one is!
"This sword is called Changhong, an eighth-level magic weapon. It is the natal spiritual sword of a true disciple of the Zuijian Xianzong. Although the person died and the power of the spiritual sword dropped significantly, it is still a top-grade attack magic weapon. The starting price is one million spiritual stones."
Generally speaking, the natal magic weapon will break due to the death of the owner, but there are some special cases, such as stripping the magic weapon before death.
This will only cause the spiritual power and power to drop sharply, but it will not break.
This price is almost free for an eighth-level magic weapon!
But considering the source of the spiritual sword, this price is appropriate. After all, the person who bids for it will be hunted down by the Zuijian Xianzong. (End of this chapter)