Chapter 131 Ten-fold Tonic Pills
This iron cage is about half a person's height and is pitch black. It is impossible to tell what it is made of. There are many scary scratches on the bottom of the cage, like claw marks. No one knows what was once locked inside.
"Why are you interested in the cage?" Xu Chuchu walked around behind him and asked with a smile.
"What!" Xiao Yu seemed startled and turned around abruptly. "Ah, no, it's just... I can't figure out what it's used for and why it's being sold here."
Xu Chuchu took another closer look at the merchandise and explained, "This is a magic cage, used to trap demonic beasts. You see, each of its bars is engraved with inscriptions. It can trap demonic beasts and prevent them from unleashing any magical power."
"What if we lock a fortune teller in there? Will he also be unable to use his spiritual power?" Xiao Yu asked suddenly.
"Uh..." Xu Chuchu had never thought about this question before. After a pause, he said, "If it's an ordinary physiognomist, he won't be able to escape even from an ordinary cage, unless it's for a high-level physiognomist of the sixth or seventh level."
"I understand." Xiao Yu nodded.
Xu Chuchu wanted to ask why they suddenly asked this, whether they wanted to use it to imprison some fortune teller criminals in the future, but before she could open her mouth, the crowd around her suddenly surged and gathered in the center of the place.
"The auction has officially begun!" she whispered. "Let's go and take a look."
The stalls in the front are just appetizers, the real feast is in the back.
The two men silently squeezed into the crowd. They were surrounded by people wearing black cloaks, tall and short, fat and thin. No one could recognize each other, but both of them speculated that the mysterious person who invited them might show up soon.
"Be careful not to get separated." Xiao Yu gently grabbed Xu Chuchu's hand from under the cloak.
"Yeah." Xu Chuchu responded softly.
"Welcome everyone to Yuelai Auction House!" A tall booth was set up in the venue. A man dressed as a casino waiter came up to the stage and gave a long and enthusiastic welcome speech, showing great business skills.
Xu Chuchu originally thought that some important person would come out to give a speech, and wondered if he could guess the power behind the auction. However, that didn't happen. The guy directly started the auction of the first item, so for now, he could only judge that there was a huge business chain behind it, involving casinos and fortune tellers.
The first item is a secret manual of cultivation, and of course the contents of the manual cannot be read casually.
The guy read the first page to give everyone a general idea, and then started the auction with a starting price of one hundred taels of silver.
Perhaps because it was uncertain whether the contents of the secret book were valuable, not many people bid, and the bids were only raised to the lowest of fifty taels. In the end, the transaction was completed at a price of six hundred and fifty taels.
The last two items were more attractive. They were both magical weapons, a long whip and a sword. They were of very high quality and could not be compared with the ordinary magical weapons sold in the wreath and funeral clothing shop in Tailing County.
In addition, the guy who was in charge of the introduction was very eloquent, saying that once you own these magic weapons, you will be invincible in the world. Even Xiao Yu, who has always been a Buddhist, couldn't help but be attracted by the sword.
He secretly glanced at Xu Chuchu several times, probably wanting to ask her if she was worth taking a picture of. Xu Chuchu saw this and quickly shook her hand to stop him.
In the end, the whip and the sword were sold for 2,200 taels and 4,600 taels respectively. Xu Chuchu silently converted the amount into RMB and just wanted to sigh that the fortune tellers in ancient times were really rich.
"Next item, the Ten-Herb Tonic Pills!" The waiter enthusiastically opened a box of pills for everyone to see. "Needless to say, this one? Any man should grab it! I've got three pills this time, take them one by one. First, the first one, the starting bid is one hundred taels!"
As soon as the words fell, the scene instantly became lively.
"One hundred and fifty!"
"three hundred!"
"Five hundred and five!"
The price instantly increased to more than a thousand taels, as if many people came just for this Ten-Herbs Tonic Pill.
This posture scared Xu Chuchu. She stood on tiptoe to see the ingredients of the pill, but she was too far away and couldn't see anything.
They are all so enthusiastic, could it be some good thing that can improve their cultivation?
"What is this?" she asked Xiao Yu in confusion, "Why didn't you introduce it to me?"
There were few women present, and Xu Chuchu's clear voice immediately attracted the attention of the people around her. Several people turned around to look at her, and then looked at Xiao Yu, who was asked questions by her. They all had a gloating smile on their faces.
Xu Chuchu was even more confused.
"You..." Xiao Yu looked troubled. He tilted his head and asked her softly, "Do you really not know this time, or are you pretending not to know?"
"Ah?" Xu Chuchu was stunned. "I really don't know." When has she ever pretended not to know?
Xiao Yu became even stiffer after hearing this, and after a long while he said, "Don't worry about it. We don't need it anyway."
As soon as he said this, the fortune tellers around him started laughing again, and one of them even turned around and gave him a thumbs up.
Xu Chuchu: “?”
Why does it seem like everyone else knows everything except her?
These three pills were bought by three different people, and the prices were between two thousand and three thousand, which was the same price as the previous magic weapon, which was outrageous.
One of them happily put it in his sleeve after getting it, and said to the people around him, "I'll go back and teach my wife a lesson."
It was only at this moment that Xu Chuchu realized what the pill was. She was so embarrassed that she wanted to dig three feet into the ground and disappear.
This... No wonder Xiao Yu said he didn't need it. He had no feelings for her by nature, so of course he didn't need it.
After taking the three pills, the guy solemnly introduced a new high-level magic weapon, which was a short-handled lotus cane. The handle was made of rosewood and the lotus part on it was made of jade. It was crystal clear and very beautiful.
Xiao Yu, a wealthy man with a lot of money but nowhere to spend it, was tempted to buy it for Xu Chuchu, but was stopped by her again.
This lotus cane is indeed beautiful and powerful, but she already has a floating umbrella of the same level, so there is no need to waste money on it.
Unfortunately, there are too few female fortune tellers in this world, and male fortune tellers don’t like the lotus pattern. In the end, the cane was bought at a low price of 2,500 taels.
"The last one, and the highlight of today!" The waiter brought up a small cage from the backstage, "Dear fortune tellers, the monster is coming—"
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