Chapter 41: Spirit Stone

  About the update, after it's released, I will explode, definitely!

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  Kung fu and martial skills are far more precious than weapons, and their value is also multiplied.

  In just a few minutes, the Nine Yin Scripture was raised from 10 million to 55 million, causing Ye Ming to sigh that these guys have money and finally know that buying lottery tickets is not as fast as killing a few monsters.

  Today is Sunday, and there will be a Double Color Ball lottery drawing tonight. However, Ye Ming thought about it and decided to forget it. It's too much trouble to redeem the prize money, besides, that little bit of money can be earned by killing a few more monsters.

  "80 million!"

  The bidding for the Nine Yin Manual was getting more and more intense, with each bid surpassing the previous one. Finally, a young man with a slightly magnetic voice suddenly spoke up, directly raising the price from 65 million to 80 million. It was Han Feng, the eldest son of the Han family, who had just bought the Dragon Slaying Dagger.

  "This guy really has guts." Ye Ming said with his legs crossed.

  Song Qingyu beside him, if placed in summer, can completely replace air conditioning. Because of the 'Jade Girl's Temperament', not to mention talking to Ye Ming, she didn't even bother to look at him.

  Ye Ming didn't care, took out a cigarette, thought about it and put it back in his pocket.

  Song Qingyu was looking ahead, but when Ye Ming took out a cigarette, he successfully caught her attention. She was about to scold him, but saw that Ye Ming had put it back, so she glared at him and turned away.

  But unexpectedly, after Ye Ming put the cigarette in his pocket, he took out another pack of cigarettes from the other side of his pocket, pulled one out, lit it up and muttered to himself: "How did Zhonghua only have one left? I'll smoke Little Panda first!"

  Damn it, Ye Ming! This stinky bastard!

  Song Qingyu immediately saw that this guy was deliberately provoking her, his two eyes like knife edges, fiercely slashing at Ye Ming's body, but not having the slightest effect.

  "Whoa, it's already 100 million in the blink of an eye, damn, he's really rich!" Ye Ming suddenly slapped his thigh and exclaimed.

  Song Qingyu was made nervous by Ye Ming's teasing, her full chest heaving up and down, the perfect S-curve making Ye Ming thoroughly enjoy himself.

  It is indeed as Ye Ming said, the price of Jiuyin Zhenjing has been raised to 1 billion and is steadily rising. Among all those who have raised the price, Han Feng is the most powerful, each time increasing by more than 10 million, gradually suppressing the voices of others around him.

  "One billion seven hundred million for the second time... Mr. Han bid one billion seven hundred million, is there any further bidding?"

  "One hundred and seventy million for the third time! Congratulations to Lord Han for obtaining the middle-grade merit law of the Nine Yin Scripture." The old man smiled and tapped his hand with a fragrant wooden mallet.

  "The fourth item up for auction is the Spirit Stone."

  The old man looked at the LCD screen, where a pile of fist-sized crystals in the shape of ordinary stones were emitting a bright glow. The crystals rotated towards the remote control in the old man's hand, and everyone present could see clearly that there were exactly ten crystals with properties.

  "What is this?" Ye Ming asked in confusion.

  Song Qingyu glanced at him, although somewhat annoyed, but seeing Ye Ming seemed to be really unaware of the look, just coldly said: "Ling Stone, the Ling Stone used by warriors for cultivation."

  Ye Ming slapped his forehead, "It's inside, those stones that can store spiritual energy?"

  "I suppose so!"

  Song Qingyu was speechless and slowly said: "But I hope you can distinguish clearly, that is just an illusory and empty thing."

  "Who would have thought that the things in it actually exist? Those authors are really gods, they can even guess this."

  “……”

  It was clear that after the appearance of this set of spirit stones, the breathing of everyone in the hall became slightly urgent. Compared to weapons, skills and martial techniques, spirit stones were the greatest auxiliary items.

  The earth is now lacking in spiritual energy. These spiritual stones have been buried underground for countless years before being discovered by someone with a keen mind.

  Having spiritual energy will greatly increase the speed of cultivation and the power of martial techniques, overall it is one of the things that warriors want to get.

  Ling stones are usually found at medium-sized auctions and large-scale auctions, but these people didn't expect to see them even at such a small auction.

  "I believe everyone knows the rules. The Ling Stone cannot be auctioned with ordinary currency, and the owner of this set of Ling Stones requires a spiritual beast's pelt."

  The old man smiled and said: "No reserve price, you can bid as you like."

  "Spirit beast fur?"

  Ye Ming listened to the old man's explanation and nodded to himself before Song Qingyu could explain, "I know, it must be that kind of spiritual beast too."

  Song Qing gave him a white eye and was too lazy to care about it.

  In the auction hall, after the old man's voice fell, Han Feng immediately stood up and shouted: "Five pieces of thousand-year-old alligator skin."

  "Mr. Han, you've already taken half of the four items for yourself, shouldn't you back off this time? And you're actually bringing out five crocodile skins, isn't that beneath your dignity?" Another man, wearing a yellow collar suit, with slightly curly hair, high nose bridge and deep blue eyes, stood up and said sarcastically.

  Dongcheng, as a municipality directly under the Central Government, has always attracted many foreign visitors and investors. This time, one-third of the bidders at the auction were foreigners.

  These foreigners, although they don't cultivate Huaxia's martial arts, also need spirit stones because the spiritual energy they require is the same as that of Huaxia warriors.

  Sneered at by the white man, Han Feng didn't take it to heart, only slightly shrugging his shoulders and smiling faintly: "Since Mr. LeFrancois says so, he must be able to offer an even higher price."

  "Ten thousand years of alligator skin!" The white man known as 'LeFran' snorted.

  Hearing this, Han Feng shook his head and smiled lightly: "No matter how you turn it around, it's still alligator skin. And for someone like Mr. LeFrancois, the big alligator merchant, apart from alligators, I don't think there's anything else he can use for bidding."

  "Wait and see," Lefranc said with a sneer.

  Although the two were arguing, others did not stop bidding, and the "Ling Shou" that came out of their mouths made Ye Ming realize that the saying "Three years of thunder, no monsters in the world" was not true at all.

  "Thirty whole snow fox skins from the Western Regions!"

  "American leopard skin, fifty pieces, five hundred years!"

  "A pair of iron plowshares and eagle claws, two thousand years!"

  The last person's words had barely fallen when they triggered a commotion.

  "What? Iron plow and eagle claw?"

  "Who could possibly catch even an iron plow vulture, and that's two thousand years ago!"

  "It's someone from the Shen family, no wonder..."

  Everyone's eyes followed him and saw a middle-aged man with a refined temperament, a warm smile standing up, nodding slightly to everyone, then looking at the old man on stage.

  The value of the iron plow claw was self-evident, and those who still wanted to continue bidding immediately shut their mouths. Although they were resentful in their hearts, they still put on a smiling face and congratulated the middle-aged man with a hypocritical smile.

  The old man's experience was very high, and seeing that no one else was bidding, he immediately shouted: "Iron Plow Eagle Claw for the first time... Iron Plow Eagle Claw for the second time... Iron Plow Eagle Claw for the third time... Congratulations to Shen family master Shen Liushu, you have obtained this set of spiritual stones."

  Shen Liuxi burst out laughing and clenched his fist, knowing that if this set of spiritual stones were to be auctioned off at a medium-sized or large-scale auction house, the price would definitely not stop at this. But in a small-scale auction like this, the pair of iron plow eagle claws was already the ceiling. After all, the people who participated in small-scale auctions didn't have such high net worths, and he had gotten a good deal for himself.