Chapter 292: Fighting for a Marriage

On the square, Madam Zhuohua's few words caused tens of thousands of soul cultivators to discuss.

"Martial arts competition to recruit a husband! I wonder if it's true or false?"

"It should be true since it's said in front of so many fellow Taoists."

"I wonder what Madam Zhuohua's daughter looks like?"

"I've heard of this! It is said that Miss Qingyun is the most beautiful woman in Taoxian Mansion!"

"You idiots! Miss Qingyun is the next master of Taoxian Mansion! Are you still thinking about her appearance? Even if she is a grown man, I can welcome a man!"

"Taoxian Mansion has always respected women. Madam Zhuohua's intention is to recruit a son-in-law! How can I, a grown man, marry into the family?"

"Hey! You must stick to principles when you are a man, and don't lose the big picture for the small. How can you give up your money for the dignity of a man!"

"..."

Martial arts competition to recruit a husband, no, it should be called fighting to recruit a husband in Taoxian Mansion. In short, this way of recruiting a son-in-law is very rare in the Xuanxiu world.

However, there are several precedents in Taoxian Mansion. In the 500 years since Taoxian Mansion was established, three male masters of Taoxian Mansion have been recruited through the Doufa Conference.

The purpose of Taoxian Mansion is also very simple. Taoxian Festival can gather soul cultivators from all over Yunzhou. Not to mention all of them, at least 20% to 30% can come.

That is naturally a gathering of talents and forces from all sides. The gold content of the Doufa Conference is very high. The final winner is either one of the best talents in Yunzhou, or the family is powerful in Yunzhou, or both.

In the end, Taoxian Mansion either has one more genius son-in-law or one more powerful ally.

In history, the three male masters recruited by Taoxian Mansion were all like this. Two brought allies to Taoxian Mansion, and one became a congenital master and became the backing of Taoxian Mansion.

However, the last time Taoxian Mansion recruited a husband through the Doufa Conference was more than 150 years ago. Now Madam Zhuohua said that she wanted to recruit a husband again, so a group of cultivators were surprised.

While people were arguing, a young lady in gorgeous clothes slowly stepped onto the platform. She looked about 60% to 70% similar to Madam Zhuohua.

However, the lady was obviously younger and more beautiful. Her every frown and smile was charming. It is said that one look can conquer a city, and another look can conquer a country.

She smiled on the platform and said, "I greet all Taoist friends. I wonder if my ideal husband is among you..."

Facing such a beautiful lady, the square was boiling again. All the young male soul cultivators were eager to win the beauty.

With Li Qingyun's appearance, the celebration officially began. The cultivators on the square gradually dispersed. Some went to buy spiritual peaches according to the plan, and some went to prepare to participate in the magic battle.

"Magic battle? It's interesting!"

To be honest, Gu Xia was also tempted. If he could marry Li Qingyun, he could get the help of the entire sect of Taoxian Mansion, and his strength would surely increase rapidly.

Countless romantic figures in past and present lives have proved that having a good mother's family can greatly reduce the time of struggle.

So he went to find out that there were 56 peach orders for direct sale, 50 black crystals for each, and 64 auctions, with a starting price of 20 black crystals.

Gu Xia lost most of his interest immediately. He only had more than 10 black crystals on him, and his financial resources were obviously insufficient.

He wanted to buy another fairy peach, but the third-level fairy peaches used by monks in the Zang/Yeyou realm were all auctioned.

There were a total of 1,000 third-level fairy peaches, 900 of which were auctioned, and 30 were auctioned a day during the celebration.

Gu Xia went to the auction and found that the starting price of a third-level peach was 5 black crystals.

I don’t know if it’s because the first batch is more popular. Gu Xia looked at the auction of the first 15 soul peaches, and each one was sold at about 20 black crystals.

Gu Xia seemed to have returned to the time when he first entered Tianxuanmen. There were resources everywhere around him, but he was short of money.

He could only sigh and get up and leave.

After leaving the auction hall, Gu Xia did not return to the outer city, but continued to wander around the open area of ​​the inner city, providing data to Xingchen, perfecting the modeling of Taoyuan City, and looking for an opportunity to expand his hunting ground.

As he walked, he was suddenly stared at by a pair of eyes.

"This Taoist friend, please stay!"

Gu Xia turned around and saw a tall, thin, middle-aged man standing there, wearing black crystal glasses, with two thin and long mustaches at the corners of his mouth, like a catfish spirit.

Before Gu Xia could speak, the man said in a duck voice: "This Taoist friend, I see that you are majestic, and you walk even faster! It's like a world away!

You can tell at a glance that you are an extraordinary person!"

"Hehe, what do you want to say? Just say it!" Gu Xia smiled indifferently. He was not stupid, and he would not lose his way after a round of compliments.

Man: "My name is Shen Haihu. To be honest, I just happen to know a little about qi-reading. I can tell at a glance that your fortune has been sluggish recently, but your martial luck is extremely prosperous!"

"I am indeed short of money recently, but how can I say martial luck?"

Gu Xia was not surprised to be guessed to be short of money. He had been wandering around the inner city without buying anything. It was obvious that he had no money. Just staring at him for a while would be enough to guess it.

Shen Haihu twisted his beard and smiled: "You must have come to Taoyuan City for the spiritual peaches! But as the saying goes, a penny can make a hero fall.

And my goal is to solve your difficulties and make heroes no longer short of breath!

Please look at this, fellow Taoist!"

Shen Haihu took out a scroll that was one foot wide and three feet long and unfolded it for Gu Xia to see.

He looked at it and found it was a promotional poster.

There were eight conspicuous characters on it.

"Secret Realm Challenge! Generous rewards!"

Shen Haihu: "As long as you participate in our secret realm challenge, there will be generous rewards!

Not only can you get Xuanjing, but also Taoist and martial arts secrets, fairy peaches as rewards, and even the inheritance of mental skills!

Daoist friend, would you like to consider it? It's a huge profit!"

"So he's a salesman!" Gu Xia already understood.

He said: "It looks good, then tell me how much this book is?"

"This guy..." Shen Haihu realized that his previous remarks did not catch the young man in front of him.

He said honestly: "Hehe, to be honest with you, one ticket for one Xuanjing."

"I'll think about it. "Gu Xia took the scroll and read the terms carefully.

It said to participate in the designated secret realm challenge. There are nine levels of secret books. If you pass the third, fifth, seventh, and ninth levels within the specified time, you can get the corresponding rewards.

Passing the third level will get 500 taels of gold, passing the fifth level will get a black crystal, passing the seventh level will get a martial arts or Taoist secret book, and passing the most difficult ninth level will get a fairy peach.

Every time you pass a level, you have the opportunity to end the challenge and leave with the reward, but if the challenge fails, all rewards will be invalidated.

"So this is the celebration event that Madam Zhuohua mentioned. Well, there is no final right of interpretation, so why not..."

Gu Xia is very clear about the routines of these businessmen. He doesn't need to think about it to know that most cultivators can't pass the fifth level, and even if they pass, they will only recover their costs.

The secret book of the seventh level is probably only a little better than the goods on the street.

Only the reward of the ninth level is really valuable, and of course it is the most difficult.

Thinking of this, Gu Xia immediately threw out a black crystal: "Give me a ticket."

"Daoyou don't consider it? "

Shen Haihu was delighted when he took the black crystal. He thought Gu Xia was a rational guy, but he didn't expect him to take the bait.

Gu Xia smiled: "Don't think about it, I'll take all the rewards!"