Chapter 189 Treasures confuse people's eyes
The scale and variety of this batch of treasures far exceeded Li Yan's expectations.
The apse is a huge space, with brightly lit candles, stacks of incense tables, and towering statues of Great Emperor of the Western Mountain, whose solemn faces are dim and uncertain in the firelight.
This place has been renovated, and the magical artifacts Spiritual Material for sale are divided into categories. Each area is guarded by Daoists.
Of course, they are not guarding here to prevent theft.
Everyone present represents Orthodox Xuan Gate. They are either elders in the sect or occupy important positions. How can there be any petty theft?
Once caught, I'm afraid he will become the whole Xuan Gate Laughingstock.
Their task is to register.
If you want to buy something, state your name and the required quantity, and after paying for the transaction, Daoist Pure Yang Palace will deliver it to your residence.
The prices of those numerous magical artifacts Spiritual Material are clearly marked, so you only need to purchase them according to the pricing.
This is the special treatment for Orthodox Xuan Gate.
After they finish selecting, they will get the Dharma lineage and side door.
The further you go, the smaller the number of items, and when people compete for them, the prices will inevitably go up.
But for some rare and rare items, even Orthodox Xuan Gate people have to bid to buy them.
Of course, Li Yan was only slightly shocked, so he immediately calmed down and looked around to find what he needed.
Soon, he discovered the pattern.
The treasures in the main hall seem to be dazzling, but in fact they are neat and orderly.
With the statue of Great Emperor of the Western Mountain as the boundary, the magical instruments are placed on the left and Spiritual Material is placed on the right. Spiritual Material is arranged in a regular pattern with gold, silver, copper, iron and tin Lead and Mercury.
He heard Manager Wan say the reason for placing it like this.
This is a simple classification of metals by the Great Xuan Dynasty Ministry of Industry. It is derived from the "Pipe·Ground Number" and is called Six Arts of Guanzi.
Without any hesitation, he immediately walked towards the copper department.
I saw several rows of smelted copper ingots lined up neatly below. They were all engraved with inscriptions, marking the time of forging and storage. There were also Cloud Pattern gossip around them, which looked quite mysterious.
Further up, there are some naturally formed pure coppers with irregular colors and shapes, each with its own characteristics.
Copper is a metal that generally needs to be extracted from ores.
If it could be formed naturally, it would be something extraordinary.
Li Yan looked up and quickly found Shoushan Copper Essence.
This object looks like a meteorite, irregular oval, slightly yellowish and black, with honeycomb-like holes on it, and its origin is clearly marked.
Li Yan looked at the card next to it and saw it said:
This copper came out of Luoyang Yanshi Shouyang Mountain and is said to be the Dao Ancestor retreat. There is a saying that "the first light of the sunrise must reach it first"...
The mountain is winding and majestic. The stone on the top was struck by thunder and cracked. The copper essence appeared in the world. After a hundred years of lightning strikes, it turned into Heavenly Spiritual Treasure...
Once the treasure is completed, there will be a strange phenomenon. The surrounding villagers said that Thunder Tiger is often seen all over the mountains and forests at night. At the Da Xing Dynasty, there are Treasure Hunter who go there and spend several months to retrieve the treasure. Great Xuan Dynasty stands and is hidden in the spiritual orifice of Huashan Mountain to be warmed.
Good guy, he has such a big background!
This thing can be inspected by hand. Li Yan couldn't help but touch it. Before he touched it, there was a crackle of static electricity, which made his hair stand on end.
Of course, this kind of Heavenly Spiritual Treasure, which has been picked, has already accumulated good fortune, just like a fruit. Only when it is just ripe can Great Luo Dharma Body swallow up the good fortune.
Li Yan looked at it for a while and put it down reluctantly.
A treasure like this must be expensive. Looking at the wooden box in front, there are several bamboo chips already placed.
The Daoist next to him saw it and smiled and said, "Friend Daoist, there is no need to worry, the price of this item will be announced later, just put it in the bamboo chip."
This thing contains thunder meteorite, there must be many contenders, and I don't know how high the price will be. Li Yan felt uneasy, but he still put the bamboo chip he received into it without hesitation.
Then, he looked down and quickly found the white copper needed for Quan Wanzhong, which had been smelted into copper ingots. The texture looked quite similar to silver.
The so-called white copper, also known as "nickel", is an alloy.
There is a record in the Eastern Jin Dynasty <Chronicles of Huayang>. Dian Prefecture is the most famous one and is called Dian White Copper.
This item is also quite valuable. <Old Book of Tang> mentioned that only first-class courtiers can use white copper as ornaments on the oxen that pull their carts.
Since the Qin Dynasty, overseas businessmen have traveled thousands of miles to buy it, which is called Divine Land Silver. After a hundred years of incense Attendant, it has become Spiritual Material.
Price per pound: five hundred taels.
Good guy!
Although he had a premonition, Li Yan was still secretly speechless after seeing it.
Although white copper is precious, its price has increased countless times. After calculation, fifty kilograms will cost twenty-five thousand taels.
Quan Wanzhong spent all his money to collect 30,000 taels. If he waits until the third batch of purchases, the price will probably increase a lot. No wonder the master and apprentice are begging for mercy.
I don't know what this thing is used for...
Li Yan thought for a moment and then took out the bamboo chip.
The Daoist next to him quickly stopped him, smiled and shook his head and said, "Fellow Daoist, there is no need to bid for this item. Just tell me how much you want."
Li Yan nodded, settled on the amount of fifty kilograms, and then ordered all the banknotes and handed them to the Daoist.
After finishing this, he ran to the place where the money was placed.
This time we opened a cellar, spending money was the key point, so a lot of people gathered, and the variety was Five Flowers Eight Tones.
There is Openwork Coin, the coin is hollowed out, or carved with peonies blooming, or carved with double dragons playing with beads, luan and phoenix singing in harmony, fish and dragon changes, etc...
Zodiac Coin, not only engraves Twelve Zodiacs, but also engraves the natal star official and Bagua zodiac...
Talisman Coin, some are used to press the bottom of the box, and some are used to bury them when building palaces and temples...
In addition, there are Longevity Blessing Coin, Talisman Coin, Evil Expelling and Blessing Coin, Horse Coin, Fortune and Prosperity Coin, Eight Immortals Coin, Treasury Coin, Furnace Opening Coin, Ridgepole Coin, Daoist Coin and Buddhist Coin...
Most of them, Li Yan have never even heard of them.
Everyone around them was making their own choices, and they were all silent. Li Yan didn't ask too many questions, so he lowered his head to look for what he needed.
The Twelve Yuan Chen Coins he was looking for was actually Zodiac Coin. When he found it, Li Yan suddenly felt something in his heart.
Sure enough, this Twelve Yuan Chen Coins is a unique product. There is no sample on the display, just a name.
Several bamboo chips have been placed in the bamboo tube in front.
In addition to the previous Shoushan Copper Essence, if I bid, I don't know if I have enough money...
Although he was worried, the matter was over, Li Yan had no choice but to throw in the bamboo chips, and then helped Wang Dao Xuan choose.
Wang Dao Xuan requires a lot of quantities, namely Demon Subduing Coin, Evil Expelling and Blessing Coin, and Fifth Day Noon Hour Coin.
Demon Subduing Coin, belongs to Talisman Coin, Li Yan found quickly.
On the front of the coin, one side is engraved with a mountain ghost talisman, one side is a thunder talisman, and the middle is engraved with a spell: thunder and lightning, kill ghosts and subdue spirits, kill demons and ward off evil spirits, keep the spirit pure forever, obey Taixuan's order, be as urgent as a law, edict.
On the back, there is the Fuxi Bagua, with its stem located due north.
The price is one hundred taels of silver.
Evil Expelling and Blessing Coin is unique. On the front is a picture of an immortal holding a magic weapon, and on the back are the five poisons, but they are different from the ordinary five poisons. They are tiger, toad, snake, gecko and spider.
There is also an inscription engraved with the four words "to drive away evil spirits and bring blessings".
Fifth Day Noon Hour Coin, also belongs to Evil Expelling and Blessing Coin, with the words "Noon on the fifth day" written on the front.
Noon on the fifth day is the Dragon Boat Festival, which is a time to ward off evil spirits and eliminate plagues. This batch of coins was made at that time. There are also five poisons on the back, but the spiders are removed and replaced with scorpions.
This money has strong yang energy and is best at destroying yin objects.
The amount of money spent is relatively large.
According to Wang Dao Xuan's request, Li Yan purchased them all.
Lin Lin finally calculated that it was more than ten thousand taels.
By now, he has a feeling that money is not money.
After buying the needed prayer money for Manager Wan, he started to wander around.
Now that the important things have been found, the rest are dispensable and you can buy them when you see good ones.
After going back and forth a few times, Li Yan was also eye-opening.
Needless to say, Spiritual Material is mostly made of various metals.
When it comes to magical instruments, there is something special about them.
First of all, there are disposable instruments such as incense candles, blessing paper, mugwort, and red rope.
Even if Divine Ability is suppressed at this moment, he also knows that these things that were built in Blessed Grotto-Heavens Attendant a hundred years ago are far from comparable to the rags of City God Temple.
Don't blame him for his high-mindedness, these things are very particular at first glance.
Speaking of incense alone, there are Jiang Zhen Incense, Faith Spirit Incense, Lily Incense, Tianxiang, Soul-Guiding Incense, Mind Calming Incense, all of which are exquisitely made, some are even as thick as a finger, with runes painted on them in cinnabar...
Li Yan glanced at it and saw that some incense cost Silver Taels a hundred taels.
It's a waste of money to do this thing.
I don't know under what circumstances it would be used...
In addition, it is the mandala magic weapon.
One is the so-called Ten Treasures of the Altar, which are bucket, lamp, sword, mirror, token, wooden fish, Hu Tablet, ruler, seal and wishful thinking.
Of course, there are also some large mandala ritual instruments, such as Dharma flags, Dharma platforms, turtle crane stoves, Boshan Censer, and even many musical instruments that are struck during rituals.
Unfortunately, Li Yan gave up the idea after looking at the price.
If you buy randomly, I'm afraid you won't have enough money for the two items in the auction.
Of course, once you have entered a treasure trove, you cannot return empty-handed.
Li Yan After thinking about it for a while, I bought some talisman paper.
In the pen, ink, paper and inkstone area, I also bought a box of fine talisman pens and cinnabar for the entire team to use.
Just these, more than five thousand taels of silver were scattered.
Looking at the people around me, their expressions remained unchanged. They were buying the whole set just like the goods, and they seemed not to care about the price.
At this moment, Li Yan completely understood the gap.
Orthodox Xuan Gate has a long history and rich heritage.
Just looking at the fact that Tai Bai Mountain Dipper Mother Palace can build an observatory and the terrifying magic weapon telescope, even if he runs out of money, he knows how terrifying his wealth is.
Also like this time when the cellar was opened, Pure Yang Palace's income increased sharply, but Blessed Grotto-Heavens, occupied by other orthodox religious lineages, also had cellars.
Once you open the cellar, you can get it all back.
To put it bluntly, it's like money is being transferred around in the hands of these people, and they, who have no foundation, will be sucked away completely.
Isn't this special girl's situation a kind of situation!
Li Yan The more he thought about it, the more he suffered, so he stopped being greedy and stopped taking random actions. At the same time, he secretly listened to the conversations of the people around him.
He originally wanted to hear some news and analyze what materials were needed to make a new magical weapon, a gun.
However, I unexpectedly heard a lot of strange things:
"The Yellow River is flooded, and Fish Demon is causing trouble. It's as big as a sailboat, with a black head and horns. It almost dug up the dam and caused disaster. The capital has invited many Demon Hunter to deal with it..."
"Ghost King appeared in the land of Bashu. It is probably related to 'Five Streams Barbarians' and 'Qianzhong Barbarians'. Many people from Mystery Exploration Branch ran there. I heard that zombies were also massacred in the village..."
"Near Dongting Lake in Ezhou, a rainbow appeared during the day. Many people had high fever for days and were in despair. After a Daoist called the spirits, the people who woke up said they saw dragons..."
Of course, there is another important news about overseas.
Divine Land There are natural treasures, but Xuanmen has a long history. Over the years, Xuanmen monks have discovered Heavenly Spiritual Treasure and there are fewer and fewer of them. It still needs time to brew.
Some monks have formed their own fleets to search for spiritual mountains overseas, and even had several battles with Foreign Lands Xuanmen...
Li Yan was stunned by all the news.
It seems that this Daoist world is far broader than I imagined.
Of course, he also heard useful information.
For example, the prices of several Spiritual Material metals suddenly increased. Some people complained, while others were thoughtful.
Li Yan, on the other hand, understood instantly and remained calm. He bought some of them, and even had a piece of Thunderstruck Wood forged for the gun handle.
The price was not low either, costing more than 10,000 taels of silver.
But if you can make a new type of musket and get the gunpowder formula, it will be worthwhile.
Soon, it was time for the auction.
The first is Shoushan Copper Essence. This object contains Thunder Gang, which is a high-quality material for making magical weapons. There are many people fighting for it, and they are all from the Tai Xuan Orthodox Sect, but they are from other branches.
Of course, they are all decent people from the orthodox religion, and they will not be like the merchants in the world, who will become red-faced, cold-faced, or even become enemies because of it.
They all bid silently and measure things secretly.
"Ten thousand taels."
"Fifteen thousand taels."
"Twenty thousand taels."
When Li Yan increased the price to 22,000 taels, he successfully won Shoushan Copper Essence.
A Old Taoist next to him couldn't help but laugh and said, "Little friend, is Living Underworld Messenger so rich? The price of this thing is exaggerated, you are paying too much for it."
Li Yan smiled helplessly, "This thing is of great use to the younger generation. It's more expensive, so I can't miss it."
The same goes for Twelve Yuan Chen Coins.
After all, it is a unique product, and the price was over 10,000 taels before I got it.
Li Yan calculated with his fingers that in this short period of time, excluding purchasing for others, he himself spent more than 60,000 taels, and the team's net worth was reduced by more than half.
However, I still try my best to restrain myself and dare not buy many things.
Although there is still a lot of money left, I dare not touch it.
He needs to use it when building a building, followed by Wang Dao Xuan and Lu San to build a building. In addition, he must keep some for protection.
After doing some shopping, two hours had passed.
Seeing that everyone in the hall had finished, Jing XuZi came in, cupped his hands and said, "Everyone, please follow me."
With that said, he led everyone out of the side door.
This is also a kind of protection. After all, murder and treasure grabbing have not happened in Opening Kiln Dharma Assembly.
Xuanmen Zhengdao has a lot of money, and the items he buys are of astonishing value. After getting the items, he will naturally leave first.
Li Yan was not in a hurry and returned to Chaoyang Peak. After meeting up with Wang Dao Xuan and others, he returned to Wangxian Temple.
In the evening, Manager Wan and Quan Wanzhong came in a hurry. After getting the things, they left with happy faces.
After they left, Li Yan took out the Twelve Yuan Chen Coins and admired it carefully under the candlelight.
These are twelve small copper coins with round square holes.
The front is engraved with Zi Rat, Chou Niu, Yinhu, Maotu, Chen Dragon and other Twelve Zodiacs. There are various complicated patterns on the back. The talismans are extremely small and surrounded by Sun Moon Star.
The four characters "Primordial Spirit" are written in the center.
He turned on Divine Ability and took a closer look, and immediately noticed something extraordinary.
Every copper coin is circulated by Gang Qi, forming its own situation.
Situation and potential are completely two concepts.
The momentum is exhausted, and the treasures are flowing.
Innate Firm Qi gathers momentum, and the consumption will eventually end.
But if it becomes a bureau, it is completely two concepts and can be transferred on its own. As long as it is preserved properly, it is like a small Feng Shui bureau and will not be destroyed for a long time.
The reason why his Three Talents Demon Suppressing Coin is precious is because it has its own situation, but it has a vicious aura.
The precious thing about Twelve Yuan Chen Coins is that when Twelve Yuan Chen is arranged in order, it can form a big situation.
"This is Original Life Spirit Coin."
Wang Dao Xuan was shocked when he saw it.
Li Yan is curious. "What is Original Life Spirit Coin?"
Wang Dao Xuan explained, "This Original Life Spirit Coin is a rare thing. Its greatest ability is that when you save the gods every night, you can inject the power of the gods into it by holding a copper coin in your hand."
"Oh... that's it."
Li Yan suddenly realized that this thing is equivalent to the blue bottle. After all, it does not have enough energy at critical moments, which is simply fatal to the warlock, so it is so precious.
But to be honest, he was a little disappointed. With Great Luo Dharma Body, if he really encountered such a crisis, he would be able to save his life in an instant.
It's not that this product is bad, it just didn't meet his expectations.
At this moment, Wang Dao Xuan on the side shook his head and said, "I heard that there are many ways to use natal life, but I have only heard of this kind of thing."
"Since it is used to make knives, maybe it can be used for other purposes..."
Li Yan thought it was right when he heard it, which made him look forward even more to how the old man made the knife...