The Xu family follows Taoism and seeks longevity

Chapter 164: Getting what you want (please subscribe!)

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  I saw that the puppet in the tray was no more than a foot tall. It was bright yet solemn in color. The main body was red and blue, with sharp contrast in color.

The rest of the body is iron gray, thick in color and full of texture.

The shape is tense and full of tension.

Isn't this just a replica of Optimus Prime? Could it be that besides me, someone else has traveled through time and practiced puppetry? Xu Zhiyu thought to himself.

However, Mr. Chen, who was standing on the auction stage, did not stop introducing because of his random thoughts:

"This puppet, I believe everyone can see, is a beast-shaped puppet. In terms of strength, it is equivalent to the first level of foundation building."

"I think most of you here have higher cultivation than this, so I think this thing will not be of much help to you, but I still want to introduce it to you. This puppet has many advantages. The best thing is that it has added low-grade spirits. It can be driven with just a stone, unlike high-level puppets, which require mid-grade and high-grade spiritual stones to drive!"

"As for high-level puppets, they are also available in this auction, but they will not appear until the third-level spiritual objects auction later."

After listening to the old man's words, everyone here had disappointment and disdain in their eyes. It can be said that everyone here has a higher level of cultivation than this puppet, and it cannot be used to help in battles. It does not have much combat power, which is a bit useless.

Some people simply closed their eyes and waited for the next lot to appear.

Facing the cold scene, Mr. Chen was also a little disappointed, but he had expected this situation before, so after calming down, he smiled and said:
  "Actually, this puppet is of great use. The control of the puppet is that it can use the low to control the high. That is to say, if you have perfected your strength through Qi training, you can use it to fight the enemy. However, you must be a Qi training monk with extraordinary spiritual awareness. That’s fine! So if you don’t need it, you can give it to your nephews and descendants for self-defense, which is also a good choice.”

"In addition, this puppet also has the biggest advantage, that is, it can be ordered to self-destruct in times of crisis. You can think about it, how powerful is the explosion of a puppet that is equivalent to a monk on the first floor of the Foundation? We are in Taiyang Tower. When refining this type of puppet, a little thunder stone is specially added for this purpose."

After everyone heard this, some people were moved. This function is good. It sounds like this puppet is not so useless!

Of course, they basically buy them as gifts for direct bloodline or valued disciples. Again, this depends on the price of the puppet. If it is too expensive, it is better to buy other protective treasures.

Xu Zhiyu, who was sitting in his seat, was happy and distressed. He was happy that a puppet finally appeared. What was distressing was that the role of this puppet seemed to be a little different from what he thought. It was a combat puppet. It was unclear whether it could be used for mining. , he decided to wait, because just now Mr. Chen was talking about a group of puppets, not just one, and maybe the puppet he wanted would appear next.

Of course, it is still useful to buy two of these puppets and bring them back to the family. If a particularly qualified member of the clan shows up, they can also be given to him for self-defense. However, his main purpose today is to take pictures of the puppets used for mining. This Just try to create a combat type puppet.

At this moment, Mr. Chen chuckled and said:

"The starting price of this puppet beast is 20,000 spirit stones. Now each increase in price must not be less than 1,000. Fellow Taoists in need can bid now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was really a sporadic bidding sound on the second floor:

"Twenty thousand spirit stones, buy them back and give them to my useless disciple for self-defense!"

"I'll give you 21,000 spiritual stones!"

"Twenty-two thousand spirit stones!"

"Fellow Taoists, stop arguing. Please show your respect. I'll spend 25,000 spiritual stones to take a picture of such a worthless thing and use it for self-defense!"

"It's useful to you, and it's useful to me too. I'll give you 30,000 spiritual stones. If someone gives you even one more spiritual stone than me, I won't take it!"

Having said that, everyone knows that if you really add spiritual stones piece by piece, it will have to be regarded as troublesome and thrown out.

But this price did not scare everyone away. There were still monks who raised the price by one thousand two thousand, and in the blink of an eye it came to forty thousand.

When the price of 40,000 spirit stones came out, no one said anything. Forty thousand spirit stones were enough to buy a high-quality second-level low-grade defensive magic weapon. In the end, this person got what he wanted and took the puppet. beast.

Xu Zhiyu had mixed feelings. In this auction, his ancestor gave him a total of 120,000 spiritual stones for the puppet auction, and the other more than 70,000 spiritual stones were used by his ancestor to auction the foundation building pills. This one costs 40,000 spirit stones, so with all the 120,000 spirit stones he has on his body, he can take three pictures. This is far from what he thought. Even if he adds nearly 10,000 spirit stones, he can still take more pictures. Not one piece.

Seeing that the puppet beast was sold at a fairly good price, I immediately started to introduce the next puppet beast, which had the same function but different shapes. There were a total of six combat puppet beasts, and they were basically sold for about 40,000 yuan.

"The puppet beast that will be auctioned next is different from the previous ones. It is an auxiliary type. This type of puppet can be used to take care of the cave, take care of the medicine garden, and of course it can also be used to mine spiritual minerals. They are all very good. choose!"

Hearing what Mr. Chen said, many monks sneered. Do they need puppets to look after the cave? Even if it is a medicine garden, the family has its own clansmen to take care of it, and the sect has disciples to use it. What is the use of buying this thing? Mining, how can there be so much ore for them to mine? Besides, the puppet's ambassador needs spirit stones, and there are quite a lot of them. It's not worth the gain!
  Mr. Chen then continued to persuade:
  "Puppetry is actually a kind of cultivation art that originates from the weapon refining technique but is different from the weapon refining technique. After the weapon refining master buys this thing back, he can reflect it with his own weapon refining technique, and maybe it will also make him The level of the weapon refining skill has been improved, which is also a good thing!"

Xu Zhiyu shook his head. This was meant for laymen. Even he, a half-time weapon refiner, knew that the most rare thing about puppet refining was the 'soul stone'.

This 'Essence Stone' is a rare treasure from heaven and earth. The puppet master will add it to the process of refining the puppet. The 'Essence Stone' is equivalent to the brain of the puppet, which can make the refined puppet have a certain spirituality. Of course This is only limited to understanding simple commands, and it is impossible to communicate like normal people.

As for improving one's skills, that's even more nonsense. The puppet master's method of refining puppets is notoriously rough, and cannot be compared with the weapon refiners of the same level.

Let's put it this way, the group of people who became puppet masters all changed careers after they were determined that they could not become weapon refiners, because the refining of puppets did not have as strict requirements as weapon refinement.

Looking at the people who were still not very interested, Mr. Chen was not disappointed. He didn't need everyone to believe what he said, just some people believed it. He continued to laugh and said:
  "Okay, let's start the bidding now. The starting price is fifteen thousand spirit stones. Each increase in price must not be less than one thousand spirit stones!"

There was a brief silence, but someone still shouted out the price, and then it climbed up at a turtle's speed. Xu Zhiyu stood still and wanted to find a suitable opportunity to take action.

Just after the puppet appeared in front, Xu Deming, who was in the private room on the third floor, invited Zhao Qiang, who was also watching from the window:

"There is nothing surprising about the second-level spiritual objects. Fellow Daoist Zhao, let's go over and have a cup of tea. Let's take a look when the Foundation Establishment Pill appears!"

Zhao Qiang nodded, and returned to the table in the center of the elegant room with him, sat on his seat and began to drink tea.

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, is it really impossible to be accommodating about the third-level elixir I mentioned earlier?"

Xu Deming finished his cup of tea and asked Zhao Qiang.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, this is really not Zhao's refutation of your face. I am not the one who makes the decision in Shangqing Valley. There are two junior disciples from Zifu below. The main ingredients required for refining the third-level spiritual elixir are all from the sect's spirit." The harvest from the medicine garden is barely enough to provide the three of us with what we need for cultivation, so there really isn’t much left over to share with you.”

Zhao Qiang held the teacup and said with a wry smile.

"What about the second-level elixir?"

"Don't worry about this. From now on, all the second-level elixirs needed by the monks of the Xu family can come to me from the Shangqing Sect. I will definitely sell them to the Xu family at the lowest price!"

"Haha, thank you to Brother Zhao. If your sect needs magical weapons in the future, you can come to my Xu family to buy them. We will definitely respond to your requests within our ability!"

"sure!"

When Xu Deming used words to hold back Zhao Qiang on the third floor, the auction of the auxiliary puppet beast downstairs also came to an end.

During this period, Xu Zhiyu used 130,000 spirit stones to photograph a total of four puppet beasts. The remaining two were photographed by other monks, and there were no unsold pictures.

Seeing that his biggest wish to participate in this auction has been realized, he then relaxed and watched the spiritual objects being auctioned one by one. He gained knowledge and watched the excitement at the same time, killing two birds with one stone.

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