Chapter 438 Dongtian Auction

After gathering the spiritual stones, Xiao Lin began to live a secluded life.

Every day he hid in the cave, comprehending the book [Forbidden Yuan Formation Dao] given to him by Jiang Yingxue. In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed. During this period, he also went to the south of the city several times, on the one hand to ask Jiang Yingxue for advice on the formation, and on the other hand to check on her injuries.

Jiang Yingxue's injuries were more serious than Xiao Lin had imagined. Jiang Yingxue's Dantian Qi Sea was broken, and her magic power could not be condensed. The Yuanying in the Dantian was also increasingly haggard. She was only a cultivator in the early Yuanying stage. Over the past few decades, the spiritual energy in the Yuanying body had been almost exhausted.

Xiao Lin took out some of the healing elixirs he had refined before and gave them to Le Hu, asking him to feed Jiang Yingxue with them every day to delay her illness. Even so, in Xiao Lin's opinion, Jiang Yingxue would only live for another year or two at most.

On this day, Xiao Lin walked out of the training room and turned into a black-faced young man in his twenties, exactly the same as when he first entered Black Stone City and Dongtian Trading Company.

However, his cultivation of the middle stage of the Golden Core was not hidden. According to the address of the auction provided by Lu Kexin, he soon came to a very remote alley in the city.

As soon as he entered the alley, Xiao Lin saw two monks in hemp robes standing at the end of the alley. The cultivation of these two people was not hidden at all. The aura of the great perfection of the foundation building was permeated, bringing waves of spiritual energy fluctuations.

Xiao Lin came to the two people without paying attention, and after sensing the spiritual pressure like a mountain emanating from Xiao Lin, the two people hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"Senior, please stay. Please show me the token for participating in the auction." Although the two stopped Xiao Lin, they did not dare to be disrespectful, but instead looked respectful.

Xiao Lin said nothing, the star ring on his finger flashed, and a dark red token appeared in his hand.

"So you are the distinguished guest of our Dongtian Commercial Bank. I am sorry for the inconvenience. Please come in, senior." One of them took out a three-color round bead from his arms, pointed at the bead with his other hand, and then uttered an obscure spell.

A ball of spiritual light suddenly flashed in the alley that was originally empty. After the spiritual light became extremely dense, it suddenly dispersed, and a door appeared at the bottom of the alley.

After doing all this, the two stood on both sides of the door with their hands hanging down, and then respectfully made a "please" gesture to Xiao Lin.

Xiao Lin was secretly surprised in his heart, but there was no expression on his face. He just nodded and walked straight into the door.

After passing through a dark screen behind the door, Xiao Lin came to a house. At the same time, a strong fragrance came to his face. Xiao Lin showed surprise on his face and looked at the various exotic flowers and plants in the house.

After a moment of contemplation, Xiao Lin walked along the stone path in the courtyard and headed to the back. Soon he crossed the path and came to the inner courtyard. In front of the door of the inner courtyard, there stood two beautiful and charming female cultivators.

Xiao Lin was not unfamiliar with the female cultivator on the left, because she was Lu Kexin, who was responsible for receiving Xiao Lin when he was in Dongtian Trading Company.

"It turns out to be Senior Xiao. I didn't expect you to come so early. There is still more than an hour before the auction starts." Seeing Xiao Lin, Lu Kexin showed a charming smile on her pretty face.

"It turns out to be Miss Lu. Xiao has to come early to support the auction held by your company." Xiao Lin said with a smile.

"Haha, then Kexin would like to thank you first. Please come this way." As she said that, Lu Kexin took Xiao Lin into the main house of the inner courtyard. After entering the house, Xiao Lin saw that the whole house was empty. Only at the innermost part of the house, there was a white teleportation array, which was emitting soft white light.

"The auction of our Dongtian Company is held at a depth of a thousand feet underground, so we have to use the teleportation array to enter and exit. Once the auction is over, many seniors can leave through the teleportation array at the auction site. Moreover, the teleportation array is randomly teleported, and the range is all in this Black Stone City."

When Lu Kexin came to the teleportation array, he introduced the entry and exit to Xiao Lin.

"In addition, if you don't have urgent matters, it's best to attend the entire auction." Xiao Lin, who was about to enter the teleportation array, stopped when he heard this.

"Why is this? Is the last treasure more precious?" Xiao Lin knew that the girl in front of him was very smart. She would never reveal a word to him that she shouldn't say. Since she said so, she must have a purpose.

"This is because in our Black Stone City, after every auction, there will be a trade fair for cultivators, and finally a cultivation experience exchange meeting. If the seniors did not get the items they wanted at the auction, they can also exchange with other cultivators at the trade fair to get the items they urgently need."

"I see." Xiao Lin was delighted when he heard this. He would not miss such an opportunity. You know, it is not an easy thing to gather so many Jindan cultivators together.

Which of these Jindan cultivators does not have one or two rare items in their hands? If they can't use them, they will definitely want to exchange for the items they urgently need at the same price.

This kind of trade fair is also a supplementary benefit for many cultivators after these business houses hold auctions. Of course, the business houses will also send people to maintain the order of the trade fair process.

"Because it is the first time for senior to participate in this kind of auction, Kexin is worried that senior will leave in a hurry after bidding for the items he needs, and miss the subsequent trade fairs and exchanges, so she informed him in advance." Lu Kexin smiled delicately.

"Thank you, Miss Lu." Xiao Lin really likes this girl. Not only is she thoughtful, but she also considers the customers and thinks carefully.

"You're welcome. Kexin wishes senior Xiao a great harvest." After a delicate smile, Lu Kexin made a gesture of invitation to Xiao Lin.

Xiao Lin nodded, and without further politeness, he went straight into the teleportation array. A white light flashed, and Xiao Lin's figure disappeared without a trace.

When Xiao Lin saw the scenery in front of him, he found himself in the belly of a mountain. At first glance, the whole belly of the mountain looked like a round deep pit, which was bottomless. A few dozen feet below where Xiao Lin was, there was a stand several feet in size. There were four stone pillars standing around the stand, and each stone pillar was inlaid with a fist-sized white bead.

The dazzling white light emitted illuminated the entire stand, and on the dark stone walls around, there were caves one after another, without cave doors, only a piece of gauze covering them.

The walls were full of such caves. At first glance, Xiao Lin roughly estimated that there were at least hundreds of them.

"Senior, you can find a private room around at will. If there is someone, there will be yellow light inside. If it is pitch black, there is no one yet." Two guards stood on the side of the path next to Xiao Lin.

Both of them were in the foundation-building stage. When they saw Xiao Lin appear, they bowed and saluted together, and then one of them spoke.

Nodding, Xiao Lin casually found a remote cave, lifted the veil, and walked in. There was only a stone chair with a thick mat inside, and next to it, there was a small table with a pot of tea and a few plates of fruits on it.

Xiao Lin sat on the stone chair, and then his spiritual consciousness probed out, wanting to check the surroundings. The spiritual consciousness penetrated the veil and reflected everything on the stand into the sea of ​​consciousness. At this time, Xiao Lin saw that several caves had yellow lights on. Out of curiosity, he began to try to use his spiritual consciousness to explore.

But when his spiritual consciousness just shot onto the veil, he felt a gentle force that bounced his spiritual consciousness away.

Xiao Lin's face showed surprise. This seemingly inconspicuous veil could actually block the spiritual consciousness of the cultivator, and there was no hindrance to probing the spiritual consciousness from inside. If you want to explore the situation in the cave from the outside, you can't do it. It seems that the place chosen by Dongtian Trading Company is also carefully selected.

Since his spiritual sense could not check who was coming, Xiao Lin was no longer obsessed, but closed his eyes and rested his mind.

An hour later, Xiao Lin felt a noisy sound coming from outside and couldn't help but open his eyes.

Through his spiritual sense, Xiao Lin saw that there were already three people standing on the stands, two men and one woman. The two men stood on both sides of the stands, with their hands on their chests, their eyes flashing with cold light, and stood quietly.

When Xiao Lin saw the two people, his pupils shrank slightly. In his perception, the two people were all Jindan cultivators, and they were two Jindan late-stage cultivators, which really surprised Xiao Lin.

Dongtian Commercial Bank had taken great pains to hold this auction smoothly, and even let two Jindan late-stage cultivators act as guards, which was really a big deal.

The woman in the middle looked to be about 23 or 24 years old, with fair skin and beautiful appearance. She wore a light red tight fish-scale robe, which outlined her curvy figure vividly, and even Xiao Lin couldn't help but take a few more glances.

The dark caves around were now mostly brighter, which made Xiao Lin secretly amazed. A small Black Stone City could gather hundreds of Jindan cultivators. Even if all the Jindan elders of a large sect were gathered together, it would not be as large as this.

After another half an hour, the woman on the stand seemed to feel that most people had arrived, and finally spoke.

"Seniors, I am Xie Lingshan. On behalf of our Dongtian Trading Company, I would like to thank you all for your support. This auction has been planned by our Dongtian Trading Company's Elder Feng for several years. I believe that you will not be disappointed."

"The rules of this auction are the same as before. I will introduce the functions and reserve prices of the auction items later. You can bid as you like, and in the end, the one with the highest bid will win. Of course, if a senior sees an item that he must get, but does not have enough spiritual stones on hand, he can also summon our Dongtian Trading Company's reception through the button beside him, and exchange spiritual stones from our company by evaluating the items."

"As for the items exchanged for spiritual stones, our company will keep them for three days as usual. Within three days, as long as you have collected spiritual stones, you can also exchange the items back, but after three days, the items will belong to our company."