On the second floor, in the box where the Tianjiao Club is located.
After a dead silence, a voice broke the silence.
Li Han forced a smile on his stiff face and said:
"It's just a cat. There are countless cats like this in the whole of Daxia. It may not belong to Mr. Shen."
As soon as the words fell, Wen Ya's voice sounded in the box:
"No, she is Mr. Shen's cat. Look, she is still greeting us."
Everyone followed the line of sight to the floor-to-ceiling windows on the third floor, and saw the black and white kitten waving its white-gloved paws excitedly, its big, lively heterochromatic eyes seeming to be greeting Wen Ya.
Bai Xue already had a good impression of this young lady who praised her for being cute, and with Xue Mingzhi involved, she naturally became even more interested.
The sound in the box fell silent again, and the smile on Li Han's face completely froze.
What should have been a lively gathering of geniuses became a little dull just because of a kitten that suddenly appeared.
Since the kitten is Mr. Shen’s pet, it means that Mr. Shen has gone to the box on the third floor, and Xue Mingzhi, who has been following Mr. Shen, must also be in the box.
The thirty-odd geniuses present here are not all members of the Tianjiao Club. There are also some people in the imperial capital who are not interested in the gathering or the Yunfu Market, so they did not come here.
But even so, the more than 30 people in the box are still the most outstanding group of people in the spiritual tide of Daxia.
If they are suppressed by the old sects and families, they will accept it calmly and believe that they will have the opportunity to reach the top and establish their own sect in the future.
However, it was difficult for them to accept the fact that they were being suppressed by Xue Mingzhi, a junior who had just joined the Tianjiao Club and a guy they had once looked down upon.
After a long silence, Qi Renyu broke the silence with a dry laugh.
"Coincidence, maybe it's just a coincidence."
“If Mr. Shen has some connections, it’s normal for him to be invited in by the owner of the third-floor box.
Relying on others to enter the box is nothing, relying on your own ability to gain the corresponding status is the real thing. "
Strictly speaking, Qi Renyu's words were a bit far-fetched, but they were unanimously agreed upon by most members of the Tianjiao Club.
It is easy to acknowledge a person who has always been strong, but it is difficult to acknowledge that a person who was originally weaker than you suddenly becomes strong. Before everyone completely adapts, they can only comfort themselves with the same words and tone.
Wen Ya ignored the fragile self-esteem of the Tianjiao Club members. She knew very well that Xue Mingzhi was her nephew.
As an elder, Wen Ya was quite happy that her younger generation had such connections.
Amidst this complex emotion, the lively atmosphere in the box gradually began to return. Everyone exchanged their cultivation experiences and interesting stories with each other, while paying attention to the many things being traded in the hall.
Although most of the geniuses were born in aristocratic families in the imperial capital and their own cultivation was not weak, in the early days of the spiritual energy tide when resources were scarce, the imperial capital families, which rose after the establishment of Da Xia, did not have much foundation in cultivation.
These imperial families may be able to easily mobilize tens of billions of resources in the mundane world and spend a fortune on an antique toy, but they are pitifully poor when it comes to spiritual practice.
Because the vast majority of the imperial capital's families had not experienced the last era of spiritual energy tide, the era of spiritual energy depletion had already arrived when Da Xia was established, and it was impossible to find any resources for cultivation in the world.
Moreover, without a blessed land to rely on, even if some remaining spiritual stones and spiritual objects were found, they would not be able to survive the long three thousand years of spiritual energy depletion.
In the more than half a year since the return of the spiritual energy tide, most of the spiritual veins and spiritual stone mines have not yet recovered, and some important spiritual veins were occupied by large sects with blessed lands as early as three thousand years ago.
The spiritual stone veins left for the Great Xia court are extremely limited, not to mention the ones that can be shared among the aristocratic families in the imperial capital.
The ancient sects needed a large amount of spiritual energy to maintain the blessed land, so before the spiritual energy tide came, they would accumulate mountains of spiritual stones and store them in the blessed land in order to survive the three thousand years of spiritual energy depletion period.
Now that the spiritual energy tide is gradually returning, the ancient sects no longer rely on spiritual stones to maintain the spiritual energy in the blessed land. They can use the spiritual stones that have been stored since the last spiritual energy tide era.
Although the number of these spirit stones left is not large, they are still retained from the peak period. Compared with the current spirit stone production of Da Xia, they are definitely a huge fortune.
The Great Xia court occupied hundreds of small and medium-sized spiritual stone veins in the Great Xia territory, and could use the newly mined spiritual stones. And with the return of the spiritual energy tide, a large number of spiritual stone veins in the territory continued to recover, which could be considered a good foundation.
Although the imperial capital's aristocratic families control a large amount of worldly resources, they can almost be said to be the poorest force in terms of cultivation resources, and they cannot even catch up with large aristocratic families like the Qingzhou Liu family that dominate a state.
Even though these geniuses look good, if they are asked to produce spirit stones, those who have more than ten spirit stones would be considered wealthy, and these are basically sponsored by their families at great expense.
Such financial resources are naturally not bad compared with those of ordinary practitioners in the hall. After all, the prices of spiritual objects are not expensive at this stage, and more than ten spirit stones can buy a lot of good things.
But compared with the sects and families on the second and third floors that participated in the auction, it pales in comparison.
The free trading time below did not last long. The noisy sounds gradually subsided, and a huge circular platform began to rise in the center of the hall.
Yan Xiao slowly flew to the center of the platform, holding a small hammer and gently knocked on the ancient bronze bell.
"Buzz!" Invisible sound waves spread in all directions. All the sounds in the originally bustling hall were completely suppressed, and the scene fell into silence.
In the Tianjiao Club’s private room, many Tianjiao saw this and many of them subconsciously exclaimed:
"magic weapon!"
"No, it's a rare treasure that has fallen from a spiritual treasure to a magical treasure level."
"As expected of Laojun Mountain, any item they take out is a treasure of this level. It seems that this auction is worth looking forward to."
"You talk as if you can afford it."
On the high platform, Yan Xiao looked around the entire venue and said loudly:
"Free trading has come to an end for now, and now we are entering the auction stage."
A maid dressed in palace dress walked up to the platform and opened the exquisite wooden box in her hand. Inside was a string of silver bells woven together with red ropes.
"This is the first lot of this fair, the Yin-Yang Hehuan Dao's standard magic weapon, the Hehuan Bell."
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the entire trading venue, and even Shen Yuan couldn't help but look towards the platform.
"I didn't expect that Laojun Mountain would spend so much money, and the first thing they bought was a treasure like this."
In the box, only Xue Mingzhi asked Shen Yuan with a bewildered look on his face:
"I've heard of the Yin-Yang Hehuan Dao, but what is the Hehuan Bell?"
Shen Yuan glanced at Xue Mingzhi with a strange look on his face: "Don't you read the Wen Dao forum?"
Xue Mingzhi answered honestly: "On the Daodao forum, I basically only read the answers to questions about cultivation in the mutual aid area. The rest of the time I basically practice cultivation and rarely pay attention to these."
Shen Yuan was a little surprised that Xue Mingzhi was actually a crazy cultivator.
Shen Yuan could only explain:
“Although the Yin-Yang Hehuan Dao does not have a good reputation, among all the sects and sects in Daxia, the Yin-Yang Hehuan Dao is the ancestor of many sects and sects, and has a very long history of inheritance.
The strength of Yin Yang He Huan Dao itself is also extraordinary, even much higher than that of Laojun Mountain."
“The Hehuan Bell was created ten thousand years ago. It is the standard magic weapon of the Yin-Yang Hehuan Dao. Only inner disciples are eligible to apply for it from the sect.
Although the Hehuan Bell is a magic weapon, it can enhance magical powers such as confusing the gods, taking away souls, and bewitching souls. It also has the ability to kill with sonic waves. Even among many magic weapons, it is an extremely outstanding one.
The greatest value of the Hehuan Bell is not its blessing on magic and supernatural powers, but as a standard magic weapon, the Hehuan Bell has a very special effect, that is, if you engrave supernatural powers on it, there is a certain probability that it will be promoted to a spiritual treasure. "
"Promoted to spiritual treasure!" Xue Mingzhi widened his eyes, with a tremor in his voice.
In today's Da Xia, let alone spiritual treasures, even magic treasures are rare. Even the Xue family of Changyuanbo has only two magic treasures.
The fact that a magic weapon requires hundreds of spirit stones is enough to show how precious the Hehuan Bell is.
Shen Yuan was very calm about this: "Don't worry, if this Hehuan Bell could really be promoted to Lingbao Laojun Mountain, it would have been kept long ago. Since it can be auctioned, there must be some problems."
Sure enough, just after Shen Yuan finished speaking, Yan Xiao began to explain:
“Everyone, please be patient. This is indeed a genuine Hehuan Bell, but due to its long history, its spiritual essence has dissipated and it has fallen to the level of a magic weapon. It is still unknown whether it can exert the true effect of the Hehuan Bell.
But Laojun Mountain can guarantee that the inscriptions and materials of the Hehuan Bell are intact, only the corresponding spiritual essence is missing."
“If any weapon refining master here is confident, he can buy this Hehuan Bell and repair it. Once successful, its value will surely increase a hundredfold.
Even if it cannot be repaired, we can still learn a little from it about the inheritance of Yin-Yang Hehuan Dao, so it is worth it."
Yan Xiao's words were like pouring a bucket of cold water on everyone's hearts, extinguishing the fire that had been burning in their hearts.
Yan Xiaoye didn't care, his loud voice echoed throughout the auction venue.
"The starting price for the Hehuan Bell is one hundred spirit stones!"
The starting price for a magic weapon is one hundred spirit stones, which is an unimaginable number for everyone in the Tianjiao Club box.
In other private rooms on the second floor, various sects and families were also frowning as they weighed the pros and cons, unable to determine whether it was worth spending 100 spirit stones to purchase a Hehuan Bell that they didn't know if it could be repaired.
At this moment, a slightly trembling voice sounded from the box on the third floor.
"One thousand spirit stones!"