Later, Zhao Sheng walked into the living room and met Zhou Yingze.
After the two exchanged pleasantries, Zhou Yingze got to the point first, asking, "Fellow Daoist Zhao, what brings you here today?"
Zhao Sheng first looked at Zhou Yingze carefully.
Zhou Yingze was a man of imposing appearance, with a pair of molten-gold eyes that gave him a sense of authority without even being angry. Coupled with his profound cultivation, which had reached the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment, he looked as if he was standing on the edge of an abyss, unfathomable.
Although Zhao Sheng had a grudge against the Zhou family, he couldn't help but secretly praise him: "This man is worthy of being in charge of a piece of heaven and earth. He has quite the spirit of a hero."
Zhao Sheng bowed and said, "Brother Zhou, I'm here to say goodbye to you!"
Zhou Yingze's eyes narrowed. "Hmm? Why do you say that, Fellow Daoist Zhao? Could it be that my Zhou family has done something wrong to you?"
Zhao Sheng smiled and waved his hand. "Brother Zhou, you misunderstood! The Zhou family treated me like a distinguished guest, and I am deeply touched. I am not here to resign my position as a guest official, but to return to my hometown to visit old friends. It won't be long, I will be back in a year or two at most."
Zhou Yingze felt relieved and said with a smile: "I see, that's how it is. I feel relieved now.
When you set off to return home, Zhou will definitely give you a generous gift!"
Zhao Sheng immediately declined, "No need! I appreciate Brother Zhou's kindness, but the Zhou family's spiritual stipend is already generous enough. There's no need to add to it. Otherwise, I'd be uneasy."
Zhou Yingze insisted on giving it to Zhao Sheng, but Zhao Sheng repeatedly refused.
After a few rounds, Zhou Yingze saw that Zhao Sheng was sincere and was very satisfied with his statement, so he stopped insisting.
After the two chatted for a while, Zhao Sheng asked to leave. Zhou Yingze was busy with many things, so he did not try to keep him.
A moment later, Zhou Yingze personally sent Zhao Sheng to the door, watched him fly away on his sword, and then returned to the mansion.
Three days later, Zhao Sheng said goodbye to Zhou Zhongyu and others, and then drove the cloud boat out of Zhoucheng.
After crossing the border of Hongyangzhou, the cloud boat suddenly made a big turn, passed through the wind and sand, and flew towards the southeast with difficulty.
That's where Yongjing is!
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Yongjing, Wanbaofang.
Wanbao Auction House is extremely large, with many buildings, occupying most of Wanbaofang. There are nearly a hundred registration stores responsible for receiving bids from cultivators, forming a treasure street.
Jibao Street has a large flow of people every day. People are coming and going on the street, and people are going in and out of the shops along the street. It is very busy.
Arriving at Jibao Street, Zhao Sheng found a store with the most luxurious decoration and walked in.
As soon as he entered the store, a clever servant ran up to him and said with a smile, "Senior, do you have any treasures to auction?"
Zhao Sheng hummed and said, "Well, I want to auction a spiritual weapon! Find me a second-level treasure appraiser."
At Wanbao Auction House, there are appraisers who are responsible for identifying the authenticity of treasures and estimating their prices.
According to the value of the treasures, treasure appraisers are divided into several levels.
A second-level treasure appraiser corresponds to second-level treasures, such as second-level elixirs, talismans, spiritual weapons, magic arrays, etc.
Upon hearing that it was a spiritual weapon, the servant did not dare to delay and quickly led Zhao Sheng into the backyard and into an elegant room.
Behind the desk in the north of the room sat an old man with a vigorous look and sharp eyes.
After the servant came forward to explain the situation and left, the old man's eyes flashed. He looked at Zhao Sheng who was sitting down and asked, "Senior, could I take a look at the spiritual weapon you sent for auction?"
Zhao Sheng nodded, took out a small black seal from his storage bag and placed it on the table.
The Xiaoyue Seal is a low-grade spiritual weapon. Ever since Zhao Sheng advanced to the late stage of foundation building, this thing has become less useful.
This time Zhao Sheng came to Wanbaofang, he used the Xiaoyue Seal as a prop and also sold it by the way.
Some people may have guessed it.
Zhao Sheng's main purpose of coming here today was not to send treasures for auction, but to "show up".
In order to attract some people's attention, he deliberately changed back to his clothes and appearance from two years ago.
After a while, the appraiser confirmed the grade and integrity of the Xiaoyue Seal, and gave an estimated price.
Zhao Sheng nodded nonchalantly and agreed to send Xiao Yueyin for auction.
After the two men agreed on some details of the auction, Zhao Sheng left the store.
Then he did not stay here for long and quickly left Jibao Street.
The next day, Zhao Sheng suddenly appeared at an auction and bought most of the items, making quite a splash on the spot.
Two days later, he appeared on Jibao Street again, went in and out of several stores, and bought three or four treasures.
Five days later, a special auction for talismans ended and Zhao Sheng walked out of the venue.
After walking a few steps, he suddenly groaned, his body froze, and he stopped on the spot.
Zhao Sheng was shocked and looked up. He saw a bald old man smoking a pipe about ten steps away, looking at him with a smile.
Feeling the spiritual power in his body being suppressed by a powerful pressure, Zhao Sheng was not afraid but happy, thinking to himself: "It's not slow!"
Although he "walked into a trap", he still had to act when it was time to act.
Zhao Sheng looked at the unfamiliar Jindan Zhenren with a terrified expression, forcing himself to remain calm and saying, "Master, please be kind. I have never met you before. I wonder how I may have offended you."
The bald old man took a few puffs of his cigarette, exhaled a purple smoke ring, and said calmly: "You haven't offended me! But someone wants to see you. They're just afraid you'll run away, so they asked me to help. Will you go willingly? Or will you go only after you've been beaten half to death?"
Zhao Sheng couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing this, and immediately nodded knowing the situation, "Junior will follow the master!"
"Well, you're smart! Let's go."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Sheng felt his body lighten, the wind whistled in his ears, and purple smoke filled his vision.
After a while, when the smoke in front of Zhao Sheng dissipated and he saw the scenery outside, he was refreshed. The building in front of him was very familiar to him. It was the Black Ice Platform of Wubingfang.
A moment later, Zhao Sheng was taken to a dark, enclosed underground secret room where no sunlight could be seen.
At this time, an ordinary middle-aged man with ordinary appearance, who could not be found in the crowd, was in the secret room.
Looking at the middle-aged man in black clothes, Zhao Sheng's eyes couldn't help but twitch slightly. He had never seen such a murderous aura on this man in his life. What's more important is that this man was actually a real Jindan Zhenren.
Because the void behind this person is an absolute darkness from which not even light can escape.
And in this darkness, a dense mass of blood-red eyes actually "appeared".
These bloodshot eyes, as big as glass beads, all stared at him intently, countless of them containing naked murderous intent.
Just as Zhao Sheng was enveloped by endless murderous intent and his body was instinctively trembling slightly, the middle-aged man spoke: "Name?"
There were only two words, but in Zhao Sheng's ears they sounded like thunder and sword, and like golden spears and iron horses. A strong smell of blood emanated from the voice.
In an instant, the bloodshot eyes in the golden elixir vision brightened, and an unknown terror suddenly descended upon him.
At this moment, Zhao Sheng instinctively realized that he must not lie in front of this person.
"Zhao to Qin!"