Chapter 198
Spirit stones are the hard currency of the Canglan Realm, and most of the spirit stones generally used in transactions are low-grade spirit stones. Therefore, although the bids at the auction are several thousand or tens of thousands, they are actually the default low-grade spirit stones.
One high-grade spirit stone is equivalent to one hundred low-grade spirit stones, and one top-grade spirit stone is equivalent to one hundred medium-grade spirit stones. In other words, one top-grade spirit stone is equivalent to ten thousand low-grade spirit stones.
After calculating the spiritual stones, Tao Youyu looked at the top-grade spiritual stone in Jiaojiao's hand, and suddenly felt that this immense wealth had finally come to him.
A spirit stone is half the size of an adult's palm, which is a bit too big for Jiaojiao. Her short, white fingers need to hold the spirit stone very hard to prevent it from falling out of her hand.
Tao Youyu's gaze was fixed on the glittering spiritual stone in front of him, as if he saw his own spiritual root. Just as he was about to raise his hand to take it, he suddenly stopped.
no!
He knocked his forehead. This money belonged to the child. He couldn't shamelessly take it for himself just because the child was young. Suppressing the urge in his heart, Tao Youyu glanced at it and forced himself not to look at the top-grade spirit stone. Just as he was about to say something righteously, Jiaojiao, who was holding the spirit stone, saw that his expression was not right. Thinking that it was not enough, she put the spirit stone in her arms and took out two top-grade spirit stones from her collar and handed them to him: "Brother, give it to me."
Tao Youyu swallowed back the words he was about to say. He looked at the three top-grade spirit stones in Jiaojiao's arms, then looked back at Jiaojiao. He was a little confused as he realized something, and swallowed subconsciously: "How many of these do you have?"
Jiaojiao lowered his head and thought for a moment. Unable to give an exact number, he could only place the spirit stones in his arms on his legs, freeing his hands to make a large circle as best he could: "There are many, many."
There are really a lot of them. Not to mention that the powerful people who enter the Dead Zone are at least at the Out-of-Body Stage, those cultivators at the Spirit Transformation, Mahayana, Hedao, and Tribulation Stages cannot be short of money. Low-grade spirit stones are not suitable for their status. The worst ones they bring are high-grade spirit stones, and most of those high-grade spirit stones have exhausted their spiritual power over endless years and become waste stones, so most of those left are top-grade spirit stones.
Of course, in addition to these, there is also the Blue Whale's own private property. The demon race is favored by heaven and earth. As long as they live long enough, their cultivation will continue to grow without too much practice and experience. The Blue Whale is a big demon in the Tribulation Period, which proves that it has lived for a long enough time. Therefore, even if it does not actively look for opportunities, it has encountered many opportunities.
In its cave, there are two veins of top-grade spirit stones, and the piles of top-grade spirit stones are as much as a small mountain, which can be said to be inexhaustible.
On Jiaojiao's first day in the Dead Zone, the Blue Whale happily gave Jiaojiao its own cave, and proudly wagged its tail for Jiaojiao to play with. It had never been able to use these things itself, and it had collected them just because it thought they were interesting and beautiful. Now that it could give them to Jiaojiao to play with, it was happier than anything else.
In addition, the blue whale also gave all the good things it caught from the sea to Jiaojiao.
The inheritance of hundreds or thousands of powerful people and the entire assets of a great demon in the tribulation period have made Jiaojiao rich. If you calculate carefully, Jiaojiao's current total wealth may be enough to match half of the Jin family.
Although he didn't know Jiaojiao's total net worth, just looking at the big circle he made with his hands was enough to make Tao Youyu's fingers tremble. He didn't just pick up a burden, he clearly picked up a koi that was walking with gold in its arms!
It's over. I feel more and more that what the protagonist said is right. This child was not abandoned at all. Maybe he just encountered something, such as a rival or enemy came to cause trouble, and in a hurry he temporarily left Jiaojiao on the beach to deal with it himself. Then when he met him, he thought Jiaojiao was abandoned, so he picked up the child self-righteously. Maybe this is the reason why the system announced to help Jiaojiao find her father.
Just as Tao Youyu was lost in thought, Gu Yufei lowered his eyes to look at Jiaojiao. After thinking for a while, he said a little uncomfortably, "Can you lend me one? I'll return it to you after I get out of the Taixu Secret Realm."
Unlike the spirit stones of Hua Taoyouyu, an adult who followed him with a purpose, the spirit stones of Hua Jiaojiao, a child of about three years old, would make him feel very uncomfortable, as if he was taking advantage of the child by taking advantage of his young age and ignorance.
Jiaojiao shook her little head: "No, give it to my brother."
As he spoke, he took Gu Yufei's hand, picked up the spirit stones in his arms one by one and put them all in his hand: "Brother wants it, buy it for me, and I won't return it."
Jiaojiao's eyes were very dark, but when he said this, they were bright as if mixed with starlight. Gu Yufei met his gaze and subconsciously tightened the spirit stone in his hand. His fingertips were a little painful from the irregular edges of the spirit stone, and he was a little at a loss for what to do.
He rarely received kindness without ulterior motives in his life, and the few kindnesses he occasionally encountered all had various motives, such as Tao Youyu. He followed him, treated him well, and was close to him. All the time, he spent spirit stones on him just to seek protection.
However, the original purpose of seeking shelter gradually became mixed with other things. He couldn't tell what was mixed in, but the only thing he was sure of was that he had no ill will towards him at the moment.
As long as this is confirmed, Gu Yufei will let him stay with him for the time being. After all, he needs his help many times.
This kind of goodwill with a purpose can be settled as long as you help him achieve his goal afterwards. It is more like a transaction where both parties get what they want. Gu Yufei is very good at dealing with this.
But at this moment, when he faced Jiaojiao's little face with a smug smile because she was able to buy him something, he didn't know what to do for a moment.
The spirit stones can be returned later, but what about this kindness?
Gu Yufei, who grew up immersed in malice, is really not good at dealing with this kind of pure kindness.
In the end, Gu Yufei still took the spirit stone, but he only took one: "One is enough."
The current bid is 102,500 spirit stones. Tao Youyu has 101,700 spirit stones in his hand. With this top-grade spirit stone, he has 111,700 spirit stones. As long as the bid does not exceed 110,000, this top-grade spirit stone will be enough.
"Okay." Jiaojiao obediently put the spirit stone back into the collar on her chest.
Jiaojiao's necklace was a bit fancy, so when he wore it, the malachite hanging underneath was just above his belly. This made Jiaojiao, who was used to putting things in his pockets, particularly like to take things out of the collar, so much so that he forgot about the bracelets on his wrists and ankles.
If he was willing to probe his spiritual sense into the hollow lotus bracelet carved with Xiuyan jade on his left wrist, he would be able to see many jade bottles inside, similar to the one containing the Guyuan Pill on the table.
After putting the spirit stones back, Jiaojiao thought for a moment and looked up at Gu Yufei: "If it's not enough, brother, talk to Jiaojiao again and she will buy it for you."
Gu Yufei looked down at him, pursed his lips and said nothing. He rubbed Jiaojiao's head, turned his gaze to the auction table, and waited patiently for the result.
Jin Bingwen on the fourth floor was about to press the bidding button.
"Brother!" Jin Yaoer, who was standing beside him, sat up from her chair and stopped him. She said in surprise, "Mom just took away half of your pocket money a while ago. Have you forgotten?"
The smile on Jin Bingwen's lips froze. To be honest, if his sister hadn't reminded him, he really wouldn't have remembered this.
"We are here on a mission. If you keep yelling, it won't be my business if Senior Sister beats you up when you get back."
Jin Yaoer reminded again, after all, it really hurts when the senior sister beats people.
"Yao'er..."
"Don't think I'm lending it to you. I want to use the money to buy the Jade Face Pill."
Jin Yaoer guarded the bracelet on her wrist with a vigilant look, as if she was afraid that he would snatch it away.
“…” Jin Bingwen was speechless. After hesitating for a while, he finally gave up raising the price.
I want to emphasize that it's not that Jin Bingwen is afraid, but that the senior sister really hurts when she hits people. She swings the whip with great force and won't stop until the person's skin is torn and flesh is broken. The important thing is that he can't beat her.
"The last Gu Yuan Dan is priced at 102,500 spirit stones. Is there anyone who wants to raise the price?"
This price is already extremely high for a Guyuan Pill, and people who can afford this price don't care about such a Guyuan Pill at all. Now that Jin Bingwen is no longer there to make trouble, after asking three times, the Guyuan Pill's whereabouts were decided.
"Congratulations to the owner of the Tianzi No. 1 Wing on the third floor for bidding on this Guyuan Pill for 102,500 Spiritual Stones."
Tao Youyu, who had spent all his fortune and whose heart was bleeding, gritted his teeth with a wooden face and said, "Congratulations! What the hell are you talking about?"
After taking the photo, Tao Youyu saw that the idiot on the fourth floor didn't leave. It was obvious that he wanted to take some photos of him. He had no scruples anymore and was ready to teach the idiot on the fourth floor a lesson.
You know, that idiot raised the price of the Gu Yuan Dan to over 100,000 yuan when he could have bought it for just over 30,000 yuan. How painful was that for him? He had invested his entire fortune in it! If he didn't let that idiot buy what he wanted at several times the price, his name would be written upside down.
The item that Jin Bingwen and the others wanted to bid for was called the Blue Sea Boat, a flying magic weapon refined by Venerable Baishou. It was engraved with the Five Elements Town and the Spirit Attracting Array, so it could be shrunk and enlarged. In addition, it was engraved with a space array on its body. Although it looked small, it was no problem to move the entire Asking Peak onto it.
Jin Bingwen shook his fan, his eyes dimly fixed on the shrunken Bi Hai Cang Zhou. Some time ago, he accidentally broke his junior sister's Xue Yan Ling with a sword, causing the entire Wendao Peak to be troubled by his junior sister's crying. So he had to follow his junior sister's wishes and take down the Bi Hai Cang Zhou to give it to her, otherwise the grumpy senior sister might chop him with a sword.
Thinking of this, Jin Bingwen felt wronged. It was clearly the Junior Sister who had insisted on sparring with him, and he had simply lost control of his momentum. Well, he was tired of being pestered and wanted to scare this indescribable Junior Sister, but he hadn't expected it… He hadn't expected the Junior Sister to be so neglected in her training that she couldn't even dodge such an obvious strike.
"The starting price for the Blue Sea Boat is 100,000, and each bid increment must be no less than 1,000 spirit stones."
Jin Bingwen, impatient with the entanglement, directly bid on the bidding device: "Fifteen thousand spirit stones."
“Wow!”
Tao Youyu, who was about to make trouble, was shocked by this big move.
After a moment's pause, he raised his eyebrows and pressed the bid button: "One hundred and fifty-five thousand spirit stones!"
Jin Bingwen, who thought he had no problem, squinted his eyes and looked at the room on the third floor. He sighed softly and pressed the bid button: "One hundred and fifty-six thousand spirit stones!"
Just start adding one thousand at a time. If you have the guts, continue adding ten thousand at a time!
Tao Youyu grinned triumphantly and bid again: "One hundred and sixty thousand spirit stones!"
Jin Bingwen on the fourth floor quickly opened his fan to cover the corners of his slightly raised mouth, raised his hand to call the waiter and said something.
After a while, there was a knock on the door of Tao Youyu and his room.
"Who is it?"
"Hello, sir. We are from the Eight Desolate Auction House. To prevent malicious bidding, we need to verify whether you can afford the spirit stones for the price you quoted."
Upon hearing this, Tao Youyu in the side room was startled. He didn't hold the tea in his hand steadily, and the water splashed onto the back of his hand.
Although he had been receiving the original owner's memories in bits and pieces during this period, most of those memories were scattered and disorganized. To him, it was like watching a low-quality movie. After watching it, apart from remembering some necessary things, most of the memories just flashed through his mind, and he had a vague idea of what they were like.
So even though he had seen scenes about the auction house in the original owner's memory, he really didn't know about the rules of the auction house, otherwise he wouldn't have bid so confidently and boldly.
Feeling that it was all over, he put down the teacup in his hand and subconsciously turned around to ask the protagonist for help.
Seeing her brother's hand splashed with tea, Jiaojiao finally slid down from the stool. She ran to Tao Youyu and held the handkerchief she had just used to wipe her hands, then stood on tiptoe to wipe his hands. "Brother, hand, Jiaojiao will wipe it for me."
Tao Youyu looked down at him when he heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he reached out to pick up Jiaojiao and put her on his lap: "Little ancestor, it's time to help the martial arts world."
Jiaojiao blinked in confusion, obviously not understanding, but he still obediently took out the spirit stones.
Tao Youyu, who had successfully fooled people with Jiaojiao's spirit stone, breathed a sigh of relief, turned around to look at Jiaojiao with a grin, strode forward and was about to pick up Jiaojiao.
Jiaojiao, who had noticed his intention in advance, glared and quickly slid down from the stool. She ran to Gu Yufei and buried her face in his legs. She waved her little hands behind her and kept saying, "No, no, brother won't kiss me."
It can be seen that in the past few days, Tao Youyu would pick up Jiaojiao and kiss her whenever he was happy, which left a huge shadow in Jiaojiao's heart.
After such a mistake, Tao Youyu was no longer in the mood to cause trouble for that person. He was really afraid that the person would suddenly stop shouting while he was shouting. Wouldn’t he become the one who was taken advantage of then?
Seeing that Tao Youyu stopped making trouble, Jin Bingwen upstairs breathed a sigh of relief. If he continued shouting, he would have no more spirit stones left, and then he would have to go back and get beaten up by the senior sister.
After leaving the auction house, Gu Yufei and his group went straight back to the inn. After staying in the inn for four or five days, they left Wushuang City and headed towards Jiutian City.
This year's Immortal Alliance Conference is held in Jiutian City. Although it is four months away, it is best to go there early just in case. After all, if you go too late, there will be no place to stay. In addition, there is another thing that Gu Yufei is about to lose his cultivation level, so he has to find a sparsely populated and secluded place to overcome the tribulation before going to Jiutian City.
After leaving Wushuang City and traveling for two days, Gu Yufei and his group arrived at a mountain called Tianheng, where they were attacked. When Gu Yufei stepped forward alone to stop the four people on the opposite side, Tao Youyu picked up Jiaojiao and turned around to run away.
Nonsense, aren’t you just waiting to die if you don’t run?
Of the three of them, one was in the Qi training stage, and one was still a three-year-old cub. Aside from Gu Yufei's powerful combat prowess, the other two were the type to fall down with a single poke. Wouldn't they just stay and become a burden instead of running away? Maybe they'd even be rewarded with the experience of being used as hostages to blackmail the protagonist.
Holding a small stone, she rushed over to help, but was picked up and tucked under her armpit before running away. Jiaojiao was stunned for a moment, and her little paws clenched the stone in her hand and said anxiously: "Brother Youyu, Brother Youyu, Brother Yufei is being beaten!"
"I know." Tao Youyu, who was running as fast as he could, spoke and was caught off guard by a mouthful of wind.
Jiaojiao, who tried hard to look up at him, asked doubtfully, "Aren't we going to help?"
Tao Youyu, who had been about to shut up and concentrate on running after a mouthful of wind, gritted his teeth and said, "Help? What kind of help? Are you going to use that stone in your hand, which is only two fingers big, to help? Then people who didn't notice you might notice that you, a little brat, have slipped through the net. I'm teaching you, next time you encounter something like this, just run away. If you really dare to come forward to help with that broken stone, be careful or I'll rip your pants off and spank you."
Jiaojiao quickly dropped the stone in her hand and covered her little butt with her small hands: "No, no!"
The attacking cultivators were all at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage. The difference between Qi training and the Golden Core stage was like a chasm. If Gu Yufei hadn't blocked him in front, Tao Youyu would never have been able to run so far.
When he felt a strong wind coming from behind, Tao Youyu didn't think twice and rolled on the ground with Jiaojiao in his arms. He was not satisfied after rolling once, so he rolled into a ball on the ground for several rounds. The posture was extremely ugly, but it helped him avoid the second attack from the casual cultivator.
After dodging the attack, he didn't even have time to stand up before he rolled and crawled forward. He caught a glimpse of the cracked gullies on the ground and the broken trees, and his heart went cold.
Not long after they ran, the wandering cultivator attacked from behind, and then a sword energy carrying terrifying pressure came from above their heads. Tao Youyu didn't have time to think. He took out a small ball that looked like a turtle shell and threw it towards the sword energy. Then he hugged Jiaojiao and lay on the ground, arching his back to hold Jiaojiao tightly in his arms. He was in a posture that was to use himself as a human shield to protect the person in his arms.
Tao Youyu's mind was blank. He was not a kind-hearted person, nor was he someone who would sacrifice himself for others, but protecting Jiaojiao was indeed his subconscious instinctive reaction at that moment.
Fortunately, the defensive magic weapon that looked like a small ball blocked the attack. While it itself cracked and was scrapped, it also bounced the wandering cultivator away for a short distance. Tao Youyu took this opportunity to pick up Jiaojiao and continued to run.
At this moment, he really wished he had eight legs!
As they were running, they met Jin Bingwen and his sister Jin Yaoer who were also running from the front. The three of them stopped at the same time. When they looked out and saw the wandering cultivators behind each other, they all showed disgust on their faces.
Chasing behind Jin Bingwen and the others were not only independent cultivators, but also three demonic cultivators.
Tao Youyu, who had dug up Jin Bingwen from his memory, saw this and immediately said to Jin Bingwen with a dull face, "Bad luck."
Isn't it unlucky? There is only one person behind him, but there are six people behind them.
Jin Bingwen fanned his face and rolled his eyes elegantly: "Who said it wasn't?"
After he finished speaking, he glanced at Jiaojiao, who was looking at him with a pair of curious big eyes in Tao Youyu's arms. After hesitating for a while, he took out a piece of talisman paper from the storage ring with a painful look on his face, injected spiritual power into it and threw it high into the sky.
A jade-white halo suddenly spread out from the talisman paper like water waves, falling down to form a huge semicircle that trapped several people upside down.
The attacks of the pursuing cultivators were blocked one after another as they landed in the semicircle. Seeing this, he looked at Tao Youyu and smiled, "Still unlucky?"
The look in his eyes seemed to imply that if you dared to say yes, he would throw you out.
"Unlucky? What kind of unlucky?" Tao Youyu looked as if he didn't understand what you were saying. He took out a few stools from his storage bag and looked at Jin Bingwen and Jin Yaoer attentively: "Brother, sister, aren't you tired of standing? Sit down, sit down!"
Jin Bingwen snorted softly, ignoring the casual cultivators and demonic cultivators outside who were constantly attacking the shield. He sat down slowly, his eyes falling on the child in Tao Youyu's arms: "When did you have a child?"
"It's not mine, I found it. Why, you want to hold it?" Tao Youyu was still very confident in Jiaojiao's charm: "For the sake of this shield, it's not impossible for me to hold it for you."
He skillfully stuffed Jiaojiao into Jin Bingwen's arms, and at the same time said with evil humor in his heart, look at his newly invented immobilization talisman, immobilized!
Jin Bingwen, who suddenly had a child in his arms, became stiff all over. He was afraid that he would accidentally kill the child, so he didn't dare to move. He kept signaling Tao Youyu with his eyes to take him away quickly.
Tao Youyu looked at him and smiled, showing no sign of wanting to hug Jiaojiao.
Don’t show off to me again!
Jiaojiao, who was suddenly held in a different embrace, blinked at the man in front of her who was so stiff that he dared not move, and twisted her little body to get out of his arms.
But as soon as Jiaojiao moved, Jin Bingwen, who was afraid that he would fall, subconsciously tightened his arms around him and hugged Jiaojiao tightly as he was about to slide down.
Unable to move, Jiaojiao looked up at him in confusion. Meeting his gaze, Jin Bingwen blinked uncomfortably. Just as he was about to say something, he saw thunderclouds gathering in the distance. He looked up, his brows slightly furrowed, "Who is this person about to undergo a tribulation?"
Hearing this, Tao Youyu was suddenly startled. He looked up and saw that the direction of the thundercloud was the same direction they were running from. He said in his heart, "Fuck!" This might be because the protagonist brother can no longer suppress his cultivation and is about to undergo a tribulation.
For a cultivator, going through tribulation is a matter of life and death, not to mention that the protagonist is going through it while fighting with others, the degree of danger increases linearly.
Just as he turned around and was about to run out, Jin Bingwen grabbed him and said unhappily, "No, it's fine if you just picked up kids when you have nothing to do, but why are you looking for death now?"
"I picked up the child because I was kind and I was happy to do it. But you are the one who is looking for death!"
Tao Youyu, who had come back to his senses after being pulled by him, stopped and looked at the cultivators and demon cultivators who were eyeing him covetously outside, but he could not hide the anxious aura around him.
Jiaojiao, who was lifted up by Jin Bingwen's collar, anxiously shook her short legs in the air, pointing her little paws in the direction of the thunderclouds: "Brother Yu Fei!"
Jin Bingwen frowned and looked at Jiaojiao in his hand: "Someone you know?"
Jiaojiao nodded.
Jin Bingwen bit his back teeth and made a click of his tongue, then stuffed Jiaojiao into Tao Youyu's arms. With a wave of his hand, densely packed talismans appeared in the air in an instant.
Seeing this, Jin Yaoer also pulled out the Fire Cloud Whip tied to her waist. With a "crack" sound, the whip tail rang in the air. She turned her head to look at Jiaojiao in Tao Youyu's arms, and then threw something to Tao Youyu: "Run faster later."
As soon as he finished speaking, the protective shield covering them dissipated. Knowing that he could not do anything, Tao Youyu picked up Jiaojiao and turned around and ran away.
Jin Bingwen faced the two wandering cultivators and three demon cultivators in front of him. Jin Yaoer beside him also whipped the wandering cultivator who was chasing Tao Youyu back and smiled: "What's the big deal about chasing children? Come and fight with your aunt!"
Two-in-one, sorry for being a little late, the kitten was retired, and I went to pick it up late at night.
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