Chapter 72 Xintiandi
At the auction table.
Zixuan held the scepter representing the auction right in her hand and said seriously: "Dear guests, this scroll of map was identified by the appraisers of our auction house and determined that it was a treasure map. We could not identify the location marked on the specific treasure map.
What I need to make clear is that this treasure map was not entrusted by the guests to sell it, but the gains of our strong men from Baishun Trading Company when they ventured in a vast ruins.”
"So, we can't judge its value, so our auction finally decided to set a reserve price of one or two blue gold, and each price increase is no less than one or two blue gold, and the bidding begins now."
Ye Tong tried hard to restrain his emotions and did not rush to bid. He had already made up his mind that even if the blood demon worm could not buy it, he had to buy this Kunlun picture.
"Do you want to buy it?" Mu Xiaochen often observed Ye Tong's expression. When he found out that he was strange, he immediately asked in surprise.
Ye Tong nodded and said, "I want to buy it."
Mu Xiaochen said: "Is this picture scroll a treasure map? Even Baishun Trading Company can't tell it clearly. It doesn't make much sense to buy it rashly, right?"
Ye Tong did not answer.
Kunlun Picture does not mean much to people in this world, but it means differently to him. His soul traveled to this world inexplicably, as if it was broken with one knife, which made him confused.
Treasure map.
For adventurers in this world, it is definitely a very tempting thing. If you can find treasures through the treasure map, you can reach the sky in one step and enrich your life.
The starting price of one or two blue gold.
With the bidding of a large number of bidders, the price soared. In just a few quarters of an hour, it soared to 80,000 taels of blue gold.
"One hundred thousand taels of blue gold."
There is a distinguished guest on the fourth floor and the price is directly raised by 20,000 taels of blue gold.
"Fifty thousand taels of blue gold."
"Two hundred thousand taels of blue gold."
"Three hundred thousand taels of blue gold."
"Grandma, this thing is so valuable?"
Mu Xiaochen sat beside Ye Tong with an incredible face. As the prince of the Prince's Mansion, he naturally did not understand the thoughts of the adventurers and murmured: "Are they all crazy? Let's not talk about whether there is any treasure. If there is really, it's still unclear how much the treasure is worth! Why... why did they buy a scroll of reckless things?"
Ye Tong said calmly: "The horse is not fat without night grass, and the person is not rich without windfall. There are many adventurers in this world. For wealth, countless practitioners often linger on the edge of life and death. Now a treasure map appears, so naturally there are many who want to fight. If you win, you will make a fortune. If you lose, you will lose hundreds of thousands of taels of blue gold."
"Gambling psychology." Mu Xiaochen said with a complicated expression.
Ye Tong agreed with his words and said: "Life is not only a choice, but sometimes it also requires bets. For example, I am very boring to live in addition to practicing, so I need to be a little exciting, so I also have to bid for that treasure map. If I can get it, I can find something to do in the future."
"Okay!" Mu Xiaochen nodded with a bitter smile.
Suddenly, Mu Xiaochen seemed to remember something and hurriedly said, "In a few days, the assessment of the three sects and two halls will be. If you can pass the assessment, you can join the Falan Sect. There will be a lot of things to do at that time, so where can you still have time to explore the treasure?"
Ye Tong asked back: "Do you think I can pass?"
"This..." Mu Xiaochen's face stagnated. Thinking of Ye Tong's cultivation, he said angrily: "What if you are lucky and pass it in a confused way?"
Ye Tong asked again: "Do you think it's possible?"
Mu Xiaochen laughed dryly, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, if you are willing to bid, then buy it!"
Ye Tong smiled slightly, and when he heard the new bidding sound, the price of Kunlun Picture had been raised to 460,000 taels of blue gold, and immediately shouted: "Five hundred thousand taels of blue gold."
"Five hundred and fifty thousand taels of blue gold!"
A moment later, another sound rang out.
Ye Tong said, "Five hundred and sixty thousand taels of blue gold."
"Six hundred thousand taels of blue gold."
"Sixty thousand taels of blue gold."
"Seven hundred thousand taels of blue gold."
"Seventy-one thousand taels of blue gold."
Every time Ye Tong raises the price, he will no longer raise the price too much, only 10,000 taels of blue gold.
There was no quotation in the box upstairs for a while. Finally, there was a lot of brilliant colors in Zixuan's eyes. When she was about to ask again and again, the other party smiled bitterly: "It turns out that a hero is a boy. I admire you. Since you want this treasure map, I will give it to you!"
"Thank you!" Ye Tong said loudly.
On the first floor seat.
Alotta frowned. This was the third time Ye Tong participated in the bidding. Each time he would spend at least 500,000 taels of blue gold. Three auctions had already spent nearly 2 million taels of blue gold. How could he, a country bumpkin from a remote area, have so much wealth?
Or is that guy keeps pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger? In fact, the background is amazing?
Alota's hatred for Ye Tong has decreased a lot, and he thought to himself that if he has the chance in the future, he must find out the details of Ye Tong and see who that kid is?
Soon Kunlun Picture was sent to Ye Tong. When he paid the gold ticket, he couldn't wait to look at the parchment in his hand.
"That's right."
"The topography is Kunlun Mountain."
"Is there any existence similar to Kunlun Mountain in this world?"
"If not, how could this Kunlun picture appear in this world? Who drew it?"
"Is this world related to the earth?"
Ye Tong's mind changed rapidly, and it was rumbling in his mind for countless years. His eyes were frozen in the two rows of traditional Chinese characters:
"Once you leave Kunlun, there will be no Kunlun."
"Cut off the past and bravely go to the heavenly gate."
Ye Tong thought about these two sentences in his mind for a moment, looked up at Mu Xiaochen and asked, "Do you know what Tianmen is?"
Mu Xiaochen was stunned, then became weird and asked, "Don't you know?"
Ye Tong shook his head. In this world, except for knowing about poisons, he didn't know much about anything else, and he was even worse than the medicine slave around him.
Mu Xiaochen said with a giggle and cry: "Do you know that all the practitioners are working hard to become stronger and want to become stronger? Do you know why there are only a few powerful people in the Jiedan realm in Dongmu Continent and even the five continents in this world? Do you know where those cultivators who are stronger than Jiedan realm or Jiedan realm have gone?"
Ye Tong felt shocked, as if she realized something, and asked hurriedly: "Why? Where did you go?"
Mu Xiaochen thought for a while and said relievedly: "No wonder you have been living in Hanshan City and the level you have come into contact with is too low. I will popularize it for you today."
Gradually, Ye Tong finally learned more about the situation in this world through Mu Xiaochen's explanation.
World of stars.
The real name of this world.
There are five continents in the Star World, namely: Dongmu Continent, Nanyao Continent, Xichen Continent, Beili Continent and Zhongzhu Continent.
There are four continents in the four directions of southeast, west and northeast respectively, while the Central Pillar Continent is at the center of the four continents, and between the five continents there is a vast sea area, boundless.
In the middle of the Central Pillar Continent, there is a road to heaven, and the top of the ladder of heaven is the Heavenly Gate called by the practitioners of this world. It is also the entrance to the previous level of the world and the only entrance.
The expression on Ye Tong's face has completely changed.
His worldview was changed forcibly. He listened to Mu Xiaochen finishing his words in a daze. After a long time, he murmured: "In other words, the world we are in is just the lowest level. Can practitioners in this world enter a higher level of world by climbing the ladder of the sky?"
"That's right!" Mu Xiaochen said solemnly.
Ye Tong swallowed his saliva and his eyes became hot. He thought the world was already very exciting, but he didn't expect that what he learned was just the tip of the iceberg. There was a more exciting place and a more exciting world here.
Perhaps Kunlun on earth also has some inexplicable connection with the Tianmen of this world.
Mu Xiaochen looked at Ye Tong's face changing and smiled bitterly: "You should think about it now, you must enter the previous world to take a look, right?"
"Yes!" Ye Tong had no intention of hiding it.
Mu Xiaochen smiled bitterly and said, "Don't dream, let's not talk about the entire star world, just our Dongmu Continent, the number of cultivators is hundreds of millions, but what's the result?
How many people can cross the entire continent and reach the edge of the sea? Even if they can do it for a lifetime, how many people can cross the vast sea and reach the Central Pillar Continent? Even if they can be lucky or arrive at the Central Pillar Continent, how many people can come alive to the Ladder? Even if they can come to the Ladder and climb the Ladder, how many people can climb up?"
"What?" Ye Tong felt like she fell into an ice cave and was stunned by Mu Xiaochen's series of inquiries.
Mu Xiaochen waved his hand and smiled bitterly: "I am a genius in Zifu County. I can easily enter the three sects and two halls to practice. In the future, I will have the opportunity to go to the Central Pillar Continent, but I don't have any confidence. I can climb the ladder and push open the heavenly gate!"
Ye Tong was silent.
He knew that what Mu Xiaochen said was not false. Just from his words, he could hear that this journey was full of difficulties and life-threatening death. If the ladder of climbing the heavens had strict conditions and constraints on cultivators, he would probably eliminate many people.
After a while, Ye Tong asked, "What conditions can you ensure you can pass through that Tianmen?"
Mu Xiaochen said seriously: "A strong man in the realm of Jiedan."
"The realm of knotting!" Ye Tong pondered, and a firm look appeared in his eyes. The road was long and arduous. I will search up and down. As long as I can see hope, he will overcome all obstacles and face the wind.
Mu Xiaochen didn't know what Ye Tong was thinking, and his longing also appeared in his eyes. He hoped that one day through his own struggle, he could climb the ladder of the sky, push open the gate of heaven, and appreciate the magnificence of the upper world.
This is a dream! It is his dream! It is also the dream of all practitioners in the entire Star World!
Chapter completed!