"Shoulder to shoulder, the crowd is surging."
In Yunzhong City, Lin Jiang looked at the crowd in front of him and sighed in his heart. A centennial celebration attracted countless immortal cultivators to come, which directly made Yunzhong City crowded.
There were so many people that all the restaurants and inns in Yunzhong City were full. Various temporary modified inns and homestays were still full. Even some restaurants and inns outside Yunzhong City were still full.
Not to mention the streets, even the streets where few people usually walked were full of people at this time. Even the city guards could not patrol on foot. The city defense formation of Yunzhong City had to release its authority and let the guards patrol by plane. The Yuanying cultivators guarding the city were even more vigilant at all times, and their spiritual consciousness swept the whole city again and again to deter those scoundrels.
The spring of small vendors has also come. When Lin Jiang came to the big market, the stalls of Zhang Ruifeng and his sister and the beautiful young woman were crowded with people. It seemed that the business was very good.
Lin Jiang took out the talisman, and people immediately started asking for the price. The first-grade talisman is almost considered a top-grade commodity in this big market, because above that, it is the items used in the foundation building period, which are almost never seen in the big market, and most of them are traded in the shops.
So soon, Lin Jiang's stall was crowded with people, attracting a large group of people. Lin Jiang was naturally unwilling to lower the price. The discount was used by the shops, and had nothing to do with these small vendors.
In less than an hour, all the hundreds of talismans prepared by Lin Jiang were sold out, and Lin Jiang was ready to call it a day.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, Yunzhong City is now overcrowded, and most of them are in the Qi training period. The demand for food has skyrocketed. I suggest you go back and get some food to sell. You may make more money. You can give it a try."
Lin Jiang was about to leave, and kindly mentioned to the beautiful young woman, didn't you see that the vendors selling food in the big market were too busy?
"Oh, how could I forget this?"
The beautiful young woman patted her head, feeling suddenly enlightened. She could not earn a few spirit stones from her talisman paper and the like even if she sold them all. But the demand for food was higher. Qi training cultivators also needed to eat, no different from ordinary people. How many hundreds of thousands of Qi training cultivators would pour in? How long would it take.
"Thank you, Brother Jiang."
Zhang Ruifeng, who was standing by, also heard it and immediately thanked Lin Jiang with a smile. He accepted it even faster and ran away. He probably went back to tell his family that he would sell food tomorrow.
Lin Jiang smiled and then left. Selling food would definitely make more money, but he was not going to do it. The reason was that he was lazy. Catering was always very tiring.
Lin Jiang went to find a middleman to buy information. During the celebration period, thousands of businesses in Yunzhong City would launch their own preferential measures and hold a large number of auctions. Some were jointly organized by several businesses, and some were held by a single business. For example, Duobao Pavilion, with the support of Yunjian Sect, had the strength to hold large-scale auctions without finding anyone to cooperate.
It was precisely because there were too many auctions that a new business was born, that is, middlemen buying and selling information. They would specifically go to various businesses, and then integrate their activities and sell them to those who needed them. It was not expensive, just one spirit stone would do.
"Details of Duobao Pavilion's three-day activities..."
"Sihai Business Unites Seven Business Units..."
Lin Jiang bought the information and looked through it bit by bit. He could not participate in most of the activities of the big businesses because these activities also depended on identity. He did not even have the qualifications for the Qi training period. Even if he went, he could not afford to buy things. The auctions at the Jindan Yuanying level, the worst items would start at tens of thousands of spirit stones, which was not something he could participate in.
Lin Jiang focuses on the Qi training and foundation building level, and there are many activities of this kind. Who makes the world of immortal cultivation have the most people at this level? With more people, the profit is not low.
"There will be a special auction of cultivation techniques on the sixth day. This is what I need, but it requires capital verification, 50,000 spirit stones."
Lin Jiang quickly found the information he needed. Eight medium-sized companies, led by Sihai Company, will hold a special auction of cultivation techniques on the sixth day.
In order to select accurate customers, these companies even have capital verification. If you don't have money, don't get involved. However, Lin Jiang's side is okay. He came with about 50,000 spirit stones. In the first two years, he was unable to make ends meet, but in the past two years, he has made a small profit and has more than 40,000 spirit stones on him. When he clears out the spirit talismans in his hands, 50,000 will barely be enough.
What's more, he still has good things on him. The Qingyan Pill given by Lin Ying has not been sold yet. Lin Jiang has already inquired about it. The price of Qingyan Pill is very expensive. Most of them are exchanged for goods. If it is converted with spirit stones, it will cost at least 80,000 spirit stones. If it is at an auction, it may be even more expensive.
On the second day of the celebration, Lin Jiang sold all the talismans early, and then went to Duobao Pavilion. However, he changed his clothes and disguised himself as a newcomer, and proposed to auction items.
Duobao Pavilion heard that Lin Jiang had Qingyan Dan to auction, and immediately became enthusiastic. The responsible manager checked the information and decided to add Qingyan Dan to the auction today.
In this way, Lin Jiang got a ticket for tonight's auction and participated in the auction of Duobao Pavilion today.
The auditorium, which could accommodate 500 people, was full. Lin Jiang sat in the corner, watching the auction of items on the stage one after another. They were all good things, and Lin Jiang drooled, but unfortunately he couldn't afford them.
This auction was mainly for immortal cultivators in the foundation-building stage. There were not many people in the Qi training stage. The items auctioned were also mainly for the needs of the foundation-building stage, so the prices were naturally expensive.
"The first item to be auctioned is a Qingyan Pill. Everyone must know the efficacy of the Qingyan Pill. It can extend one's life by twenty years, and its efficacy can suppress most longevity treasures. Even if you have taken some ordinary longevity treasures, it is still useful.
According to the appraisal of our Duobao Pavilion appraiser, this pill has good efficacy. Twenty years may not be enough, but eighteen years is certain. Therefore, the starting price is 70,000 spirit stones, and each increase in price must not be less than one thousand spirit stones. The auction begins now."
"Seventy-five thousand"
"Seventy-six thousand" "
Eighty thousand"
As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, people immediately started to bid. Lin Jiang had obtained this Qingyan Pill for some years, and the efficacy had been lost a little, but not much, more than 90% of the efficacy was still there.
The key is that longevity treasures are extremely scarce. No matter which force or individual, most of these treasures are for personal use. After all, no one will dislike their own short life span, so the number of them that flow out is extremely scarce.
In the blink of an eye, the price rose to 100,000 spirit stones. At this time, only three people were still bidding. Their bids were not so fierce, and they were all increasing by 1,000.
When the final price reached 120,000, no one bid anymore. It was not worth it to bid more than this. No one knew whether there would be a longevity treasure in the future.
However, in the end, Lin Jiang only got 114,000 spirit stones. The remaining 6,000 were taxes and handling fees. The auctioneer and the bidder each paid 6,000, totaling 12,000, which was 10% of the fee.
With the spirit stones, Lin Jiang was sent away through a secret passage by the people of Duobao Pavilion. This was also to protect Lin Jiang. Otherwise, he would inevitably be targeted. Every time there was a big celebration like this, there would be a lot of killing outside Yunzhong City. I don’t know how many people were waiting outside for the fat sheep to come.
If you go outside the city to search in a few months, it is estimated that the bones will be piled up into a mountain. This is the cruelty of the world of immortal cultivation. However, no matter how dangerous it is, it cannot resist the surging crowd. There are still people coming one after another. No one knows whether these people are robbers or fat sheep.
On the third day, Lin Jiang heard the beautiful young woman and others discussing the tragedy outside the city at the big market. There were hundreds of bodies found by the guards of Yunzhong City alone.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, it's too dangerous outside the city these days. Can I go to your house for a few days?"
The beautiful young woman looked at Lin Jiang timidly with her eyebrows and eyes. Her family lived outside the city, and it was very dangerous to go back and forth every day.
"Sorry, fellow Daoist Liu, it's not very convenient."
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, I just want a place to stay, nothing else."
"Go ask Zhang Ruifeng, his sister Zhang Ruifang also lives alone, you two can squeeze in."
Lin Jiang refused again. He thought he was not a gentleman, and he couldn't be Liu Xiahui. A man and a woman living in the same room were bound to have accidents.
Lin Jiang felt that he still had a bottom line and would never mess with the people around him. Besides, he knew the character of this beautiful young woman. If he got involved, he might not be able to get away. There was a big forest in front of him, so why hang on a tree?
After being rejected several times, the beautiful young woman stamped her feet in anger, but Lin Jiang was determined, so she didn't want to continue pestering him. She really went to find Zhang Ruifeng, who agreed to it, but he had to pay for it. He wouldn't do it without money.
That day, Lin Jiang still sold out the talismans quickly. The goods that were originally prepared for half a month were sold out in three days. Lin Jiang also regretted not preparing more. This kind of prosperity only happens once a hundred years. If you miss this opportunity, you will never see it again.
Fortunately, there are still a lot of raw materials for drawing talismans. Lin Jiang immediately rushed home and started to work overtime to draw talismans. Is this a talisman? It's money.
In a blink of an eye, several days have passed. The special auction of the secret skills of Sihai Business has begun. Lin Jiang came to the auction early, ready to win a high-level skill tonight.