In the past few days, he finally made this stingy monk bleed a lot of money several times. Whenever he saw him, Zongyun would subconsciously cover his purse.

It has been quite a while since I came to the Imperial City from Yun.

The monk had no intention of leaving and shamelessly stayed in the princess's mansion.

Kong Ju naturally would not drive him away.

Anyway, my master's wife has said that no matter how long this monk stays, there are plenty of vacant rooms in the princess's mansion.

Time passes.

It has been more than ten days since Zaifu Qiaoqiao left the imperial city. Kong Ju calculated the time and she should have arrived at Tianquan Sword Sect.

With her own badge and the two's previous encounter in the wilderness, Zaifu Qiaoqiao would definitely be able to gain Shangguan Yuzhou's trust.

"I just hope that senior brother will listen to my advice this time." Kong Ju thought.

There were less than three days left until the Xunyu Pavilion auction began.

As Kong Jue was eagerly waiting, Manager Ma finally bought the third-grade elixir recipe Fengchun elixir from the descendant of the medical officer and personally delivered it to Kong Jue's courtyard.

Kong Ju took the recipe and listed the medicinal herbs needed for refining one by one, and came up with a price that made him toothache.

The cost of refining one batch of this spring elixir is as high as eight or nine thousand, nearly tens of thousands of spirit crystals.

In other words, if he makes a mistake once, Kong Ju will face the loss of nearly ten thousand spirit crystals.

Kong Ju calculated that all his money plus the balance from the auction might only be enough to refine three or four furnaces.

"Being an alchemist is such a money-burning profession. No wonder there are so few third-grade alchemists in the major sects."

"It was smashed out completely with spirit crystals."

Kong Ju once again faced a financial crisis.

Kong Ju had no idea about the success rate of the third-grade elixir. He estimated that even with the help of the Xuanwu furnace, it would only be around 30%.

In other words, under normal circumstances, he can refine one out of three batches of medicine.

"That's a cost of 30,000 to 40,000, which is comparable to the price of a third-grade pill."

"Let's bet!"

Kong Ju gritted his teeth and decided to give it a try.

If he could succeed once, it would be much easier for him to refine this third-grade elixir in the future.

But he doesn't have that much money now to purchase the spiritual herbs needed to refine the elixir of spring.

I can only wait silently for the day of the Xunyu Pavilion auction.

Finally, three days later, under the watchful eyes of all the dignitaries in the imperial city, Xunyu Pavilion’s monthly auction officially began.

Kong Ju ended his day's practice early in the morning and went out to Xunyu Pavilion.

Xunyu Pavilion is a well-known treasure place in Tianqi, and there are always many guests coming here on weekdays.

Today it is even more crowded.

The spacious road outside Xunyu Pavilion was almost blocked by luxurious carriages.

Being able to travel in this imperial city by car not only symbolizes wealth, but also status.

Kong Ju saw from afar several figures dressed in luxurious royal costumes walking out of the car.

You Peng, the deputy leader of Xunyu Pavilion, had already been waiting at the gate of Xunyu Pavilion, welcoming the dignitaries with a warm smile.

His conversation was as refreshing as always, his smile was warm, and he did not show any flattery because of the visitor's status.

Kong Ju took a look from a distance and exclaimed in amazement: "This Xunyu Pavilion auction is so lively, many royal nobles such as princes and princesses have come."

He then blended into the crowd, and waited until those eye-catching nobles entered before he slowly walked towards the gate of Xunyu Pavilion.

After showing the Xunyu Pavilion waist badge engraved with the word "Yu" in front of the gate guard, he stepped inside.

When he passed by You Peng, he was seen by the deputy leader of Xunyu Pavilion.

He immediately smiled and nodded as a greeting.

Kong Ju also nodded slowly and returned a salute imperceptibly, and the two of them tacitly agreed not to talk.

One reason is that You Peng has too many people to entertain, and it is inevitable that he will not treat them well enough.

Secondly, Kong Ju had no intention of striking up a conversation, so he still had some insight.

The auction venue is on the right side of the Xunyu Pavilion main hall, an empty enclosed space guarded by a powerful formation.

A yellow crystal the size of a human head hangs high at the top of the space, emitting a soft light that illuminates the huge conference hall.

Those guests of distinguished status would naturally not be in this hall, but in the second floor of the auction house, where there is a separate VIP room.

Kong Ju glanced around the conference hall and found that all those with status were on the second floor. Those who could appear in the hall were not too important figures, most of them were cultivators in the Shenglun realm.

There are even cultivators at the Yanglun realm.

Kong Ju was just wondering whether he should find a corner to hide and wait for the auction to begin.

A passionate voice suddenly sounded from the left side where he stood.

"Master Bingpo, here, here!"

"Hmm?" Kong Ju heard someone calling his nickname and subconsciously looked over.

But he saw a handsome young man holding a folding fan and waving at him from a seat not far away from him.

Kong Ju glanced at his face, a little confused at first.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Obviously he didn't know the boy.

However, Shenglun monk had a photographic memory, and he soon found the memory related to the young man's figure in his mind, and exclaimed in astonishment: "It's him!"

The night when he and Shangguan Yuzhou first arrived in the imperial city and were preparing to leave overnight.

That was the night when they were intercepted by the four commanders of the Imperial Guards.

There was a handsome young man who was chattering loudly in the formation barrier not far from the street.

At that time, Kong Ju was busy confronting the four military commanders and ignored him, let alone any interaction between them.

People who didn’t know him would think that he and Kong Ju were old acquaintances because of his enthusiastic look.

However, since the other person had already greeted him, Kong Ju could not try to save his face. He could only return the greeting with a smile, and then wanted to continue walking away.

The young man, however, acted very familiar and followed without any hesitation.

Kong Ju was sitting in the corner near the left side, and he ran over and sat down next to Kong Ju.

This made Kong Ju frown and he tilted his head to look at him.

The young man had a thin figure but big eyes and always had a smile on his face. As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person, but this made Kong Jue feel uncomfortable to get angry.

The young man was completely unaware of what was wrong with his behavior. He just bowed and introduced himself generously, "Master Bingpo, I am Bai Xiaoyuan. I saw you fight against the four commanders with my own eyes."

"Mr. Bingpo's methods are truly admirable."

Kong Qi simply ignored the polite words and captured the key message.

"Bai?"

In Tianqi, especially in the Imperial City, everyone who has anything to do with the word "white" is a royal relative.

Obviously, the identity of this young man must be extraordinary.

But he did not appear on the second floor, but in the hall of this conference hall, proving that his status was not yet at the level of a prince.

Kong Ju's eyes swept over him and found that although he was dressed tightly and his voice was well disguised, he did not have the Adam's apple unique to men on his neck.

Kong Ju saw through the poor disguise and thought to himself, "It's a woman."

Kong Ju did not expose him, but smiled gently and bowed in return: "So it is Mr. Bai, I am honored."

"You're polite! You're polite!" Bai Xiaoyuan said "you're polite" twice in a row with a smile.

Then he lowered his voice mysteriously and asked, "I heard that Master Bingpo went to the Imperial City Division to collect the reward money. It's said that you killed a ghost fairy and two Taiguang witches in Quanzhou by yourself."

"Is this true?"

At first, Kong Ju suspected whether Bai Xiaoyuan had some purpose in approaching him.

It was not until I heard her barrage of questions, mostly groundless, that I realized that this girl was here to gossip.

He immediately rubbed his brows with a helpless expression, and sighed to Bai Xiaoyuan: "Mr. Bai, please don't affect others."

"Oh!" Bai Xiaoyuan was stunned for a moment, and seemed to think that what Kong Ju said made sense, and then sat up straight.

Just when Kong Ju breathed a sigh of relief and thought it had finally stopped, Bai Xiaoyuan's excited voice rang in his ears again: "So what realm is Master Bingpo at now? Can you beat the Second Prince?"

This Bai Xiaoyuan was actually communicating in secret, and it seemed that he had reached the highest level of cultivation.

Kong Ju's face twitched. The character of Bai Xiaoyuan reminded him of an acquaintance, Zhou Shangxiang's niece, Zhou Tingyu. (End of this chapter)