Chapter 214: Horned Python's Reverse Scale

Xiao Lin was naturally polite to the ancestor. Xiao Lin's face was a little ugly now, so he was not so narcissistic as to think that the ancestor would like him.

She greeted him because they knew each other after all, and the ancestor, as the receptionist, naturally had to say hello. Secondly, she obviously hoped that Xiao Lin could buy more items at the auction. After all, she knew that Xiao Lin had a lot of spiritual stones.

Sure enough, after a few greetings, the ancestor excused herself and left to receive the rest of the people.

And the many cultivators in the hall only stayed for a moment, and then walked into the portal and entered the auction venue.

Xiao Lin didn't want to stay in this hall for long, so he followed a few people and entered the portal.

After entering the portal, Xiao Lin's eyes went dark, but soon, he came to a huge meeting hall. The auction venue in front of him seemed to be built in the belly of a mountain, and circles of guest seats were built along the surrounding cave walls.

It went around more than ten times, and above these guest seats, there were actually more than a dozen dug-out boxes at the highest position. Most of the people in the entire venue were already sitting. A rough estimate showed that there were at least three or four hundred people.

This shocked Xiao Lin, and at the same time he admired Sihaiju very much. One auction gathered hundreds of foundation-building cultivators. In Xiao Lin's opinion, if all the foundation-building cultivators in Dancao Mountain were gathered together, it would probably be no more than this.

Xiao Lin glanced at the row of boxes at the highest point, then touched his nose, found an empty guest seat, and sat down.

In the center of the belly of the mountain, which is the lowest position, a stand of several feet in size was built. There was a square table on the stand, covered with a red cloth, and around the stand, there stood a man in a linen robe, each holding a small flag that flashed with a faint spiritual light.

Needless to say, Xiao Lin also knew that the four men in linen robes should also be guards, responsible for protecting the safety of the auction items.

In the corners around the mountain, there were seven or eight men in linen robes standing, vaguely surrounding the entire venue in the middle. Since the stand was the lowest, everyone around could see the stand.

Apparently, the auction had not started yet, and the person in charge of the auction had not appeared. Xiao Lin, like the people around him, closed his eyes and rested.

After two hours, Xiao Lin was awakened by the movement around him and opened his eyes.

The entire mountain was very dark, and there were already three people standing on the middle stand. In the center was a beautiful woman in her twenties, wearing a snow-white long skirt and a silver hairpin on her head. She was looking around with a smile.

Behind them stood two thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls. The girl on the left held a three-foot-long sword in both hands, and the girl on the right held a jade plate, on which was placed a bracelet emitting a green and misty aura.

Xiao Lin recognized at a glance that the bracelet emitting a hazy green light was a star ring, a magical instrument that only high-level cultivators were qualified to use. This star ring alone was worth at least tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones.

With Xiao Lin's current wealth, he could still buy a star ring of this kind with a little effort, but he didn't want to do so. If he carried a star ring around, it would be like telling others that he had tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones in his hand.

You know, even a Jindan ancestor would definitely yearn for tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones, so none of the foundation-building cultivators Xiao Lin had seen wore a star ring.

However, Xiao Lin's eyes were fixed on the three-foot-long sword in the girl's hand on the left. The scabbard was inlaid with gold and jade, which looked extremely luxurious, but Xiao Lin could sense the cold and chilling sword energy emanating from the long sword.

This made Xiao Lin secretly frightened. This long sword looked very ordinary, not a magic weapon or spiritual weapon used by cultivators, but it always gave Xiao Lin a palpitation.

"Dear Taoist friends, welcome to the auction held by Sihaiju. First of all, let me introduce myself. My surname is Su, my name is Qiaoer, and I am responsible for hosting this auction."

"But before the auction starts, I have a few words to say in advance. I think you all know that we, Sihaiju, have shops in all the major immortal cities in the southern region. We have always been honest and trustworthy. In order to ensure the smooth holding of this auction, fellow Taoists can also see the good intentions of our Sihaiju."

After a pause, Su Qiaoer continued: "In addition, my daughter The Soul-Slaying Sword beside Zi contains the three sword energies of our Sihaiju Grand Elder. Our Sihaiju Grand Elder is a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage. The three sword energies he left behind can instantly kill even a Jindan ancestor, let alone a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator. "

There was a sudden gasp from the audience, and Xiao Lin was also horrified. The three sword energies sealed by the Nascent Soul old monster were enough to kill an ordinary Jindan ancestor. Obviously, Sihaiju also wanted to use these three sword energies to deter those malicious people at the auction venue.

"But I believe that you all came to our Sihaiju auction not with any bad intentions, but just to get your favorite items at the auction, and the items at our Sihaiju auction will never disappoint you."

Although Su Qiaoer's cultivation is also in the initial stage of foundation building, her words are both soft and hard, which is not only polite, but also makes everyone feel daunted. She can be said to be a veteran in the business world.

Seeing the commotion around her subside, Su Qiaoer smiled and said: "Then I will announce that this auction is officially open."

The entire auction venue fell silent instantly, and everyone stared at the stands with wide eyes, as if afraid of missing out on something good.

Xiao Lin also looked at the stands with expectation. The auction held by Sihaiju this time was different from the auction held by Babaozhai that he attended in Wuyin Xiancheng. The auction held by Babaozhai would give all participating monks a jade slip in advance, which detailed the items to be auctioned. Of course, the last three items were not included.

However, the auction held by Sihaiju did not provide a list of items and was completely confidential, which made everyone full of expectations.

After all, many rare and precious items are usually not available in those shops, and only appear in this kind of auction.

A pair of phoenix eyes looked around, and Su Qiaoer showed a satisfied smile on her face. She stretched out her right hand and waved it gently. The star ring that flashed with a hazy green light flashed and disappeared. Then Su Qiaoer put on a star ring on her wrist silently, which looked magnificent.

Then the star ring on Su Qiaoer's wrist flashed, and three palm-sized snow-white scales appeared on the jade plate, flashing a faint earthy yellow light.

"These three scales are the reverse scales of three horned pythons. Horned pythons are genuine mid-level monsters. These reverse scales can be said to be the essence of the horned pythons. Moreover, the reverse scales of the horned pythons are recognized as the best materials for refining defensive spiritual tools. If they can be refined by the hands of a weapon master, they can even be refined into mid-level spiritual tools."

"Horned python? Is it the real-level monster with a trace of dragon blood in its body?"

"Yes, it is precisely because the horned python contains dragon blood in its body that its reverse scales are extremely hard. It is rumored that even ordinary spiritual tools cannot hurt it at all."

"But it is too much of a joke to want to refine a spiritual tool with only three reverse scales. To refine a spiritual tool, at least a dozen kinds of materials are needed. This reverse scale is indeed precious, but if the materials cannot be gathered, it is useless."

"This is not necessarily , it is rumored that the Gongsun family in Xicheng once offered a high price for the horn python reverse scale, seemingly for the purpose of refining a spiritual weapon. "

"I don't know if anyone from the Gongsun family will participate in this auction. If they do, I'm afraid they will be determined to get these three reverse scales."

After taking out the first auction item, there was a discussion below. After the discussion gradually subsided, Su Qiaoer smiled and said, "The lowest price for these three reverse scales is one thousand low-grade spiritual stones. Each increase in price must not be less than one hundred low-grade spiritual stones. Interested Taoist friends can bid."

"One thousand and one hundred low-grade spiritual stones." As soon as Su Qiaoer finished speaking, someone shouted out a price. Following the voice, Xiao Lin saw that the person who shouted the price was an ugly man in his thirties. However, Xiao Lin also knew that most of the people who came to participate in this auction had undergone disguises, and their appearance could not be taken seriously.

"I'll bid one thousand two hundred low-grade spiritual stones." Then, not far from Xiao Lin, someone else started to bid, but it was an old woman who looked to be in her fifties.

"One thousand three hundred low-grade spirit stones."

"One thousand four hundred low-grade spirit stones."

"I'll offer one thousand five hundred low-grade spirit stones."

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In a moment, the three horned python reverse scales were bid up to more than two thousand low-grade spirit stones, which shocked Xiao Lin secretly. This was only the second-level monster material for refining spiritual tools. Xiao Lin knew very well that the most precious part of the materials needed for refining spiritual tools was not the monster material.

But those rare metal materials. For example, to refine the hidden shield, he needed wind crystals, cold stones, and the very rare soul refining crystals.

Xiao Lin now had enough spiritual tools in his hands, so he was not interested in participating in the competition for such materials. Of course, Xiao Lin didn't know that the number of spiritual tools on him was not as many as that on him, even if it was some large families that had been passed down for hundreds of years.

After more than a dozen rounds of bidding, the three horned python scales were bought at the price of two thousand three hundred low-grade spirit stones.

As the auction of this item was completed, a white-robed monk immediately walked to the stands and took away the three horn python scales.

The white-robed monk was also a guard arranged by Sihaiju. He took the horn python scales to the backstage, so that once the monks who had auctioned the required items did not want to continue to participate in the auction, they could go directly to the backstage, pay the spirit stones, and then leave with the auction items.

However, the person who auctioned the horn python reverse scales obviously did not intend to leave. For such monks, they could also go to the backstage to collect the auction items and pay the spirit stones after the auction was completed.

After completing the first auction item, Su Qiaoer took out the second auction item with a smile on her face.

As the star ring on her wrist flashed, a thumb-sized golden metal with a faint golden halo appeared on the jade plate.