Lord of Bones

Chapter 593 Treasure Scroll
After briefly washing up, Li Yuan opened the door.

Teng Qing sat quietly on a bamboo chair in the courtyard, with a waft of tea fragrance rising from the tea cup in his hand.

"How is the situation outside?" Li Yuan approached and sat on the bamboo chair opposite Teng Qing.
Teng Qing gently put down the tea cup, poured a cup of warm tea and handed it to Li Yuan, and said calmly: "From the information collected, the five major families have stepped up patrols.

“They don’t want the turmoil last night to happen again, not to mention there is a grand auction today.

"Zheju Zhu's side should not make any big moves."

After hearing this, Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, took a sip of warm tea, and sighed: "Last night was really thrilling, I shouldn't have provoked those people.

"I didn't expect Zheju Zhu's snake-shaped crutch to be so powerful."

Teng Qing said solemnly: "Although the conflict last night was a bit sudden, it was still a good thing.

"At least the five major families have strengthened their defenses, and the Zheju Zhu family has much fewer opportunities to attack.

“However, we need to be cautious on this trip and must be closely tied to the Longshan Tan family.

"If they cannot protect the guests in the Tianzang Room, then the business on this Yuanzhou will come to an end."

Li Yuan nodded, thought for a while, and said: "The main purpose of our trip is Longshan Tan's Ziquan Tan.

“I hope nothing will happen in the next few months.

"In the end, it all depends on whether Miss Tan will go there."

Just as he was talking, Li Yuan's mind suddenly moved, and he noticed the thunder mark planted in Tan Wenshu's body, and said with a smile: "As soon as you say it."

"Let's go and see this Miss Tan." Teng Qing also noticed it and smiled lightly.

The two of them had just stood up when Teng Qing suddenly stopped and said, "By the way, when I first came back, I noticed that people from the Wenhe Baijia in the other four rooms had already left for the auction house.

"And the other three guests in the Tianwai Room who have not left the house finally showed up today."

"Oh?" When Li Yuan heard this, a trace of curiosity flashed in his eyes, "The people in the three rooms finally came out?

"I don't know who this person is that can be so calm."

Teng Qing said solemnly: "They seem to know each other. They are all wearing black armor. Their cultivation has reached at least the late Yuan Shen realm. There are more than a dozen of them."

Li Yuan frowned slightly, gently rubbed his chin with his fingers, and fell into deep thought.

After a moment, he said in a deep voice: "Their room has not been able to be explored by soul power before, so it is obviously a deliberate precaution.

"Today's sudden appearance is probably not just to participate in the auction.

"I feel like something big is about to happen. Please don't act alone today and stay with me."

After hearing this, Teng Qing nodded.

The two looked at each other and vaguely noticed an unusual smell in the air.

.........

"GuluGulu——"

An extremely luxuriously decorated hearse, like a bright pearl, drove slowly on the street.

The car body is full of brilliance, and various gemstones and gold ornaments complement each other, exuding dazzling brilliance.

The originally bustling street automatically formed a spacious passage for this luxurious ground hearse.

The decoration inside the carriage is equally luxurious, with soft cushions, exquisite coffee tables, and fragrant incense.

Li Yuan, Teng Qing and Tan Wenshu sat separately, each lost in thought.

"Li Yuan, how did you rest last night?"

Tan Wenshu came with a mission, shook his jade hand slightly, lightly opened his red lips, and finally broke the silence in the carriage.

Hearing this, Li Yuan withdrew his eyes from the bustling street scene outside the window, stretched out, and showed a relaxed look on his face.

"Well, it's not bad." Li Yuan said casually, "The environment in the inn is quite comfortable."

As he said that, he raised his brows slightly, as if he remembered something, and said: "By the way, when I came back last night, I felt that the whole Yuanzhou was shaking. Was it a storm?
"But I remember that the moonlight was quite good last night, and it didn't look like there was a storm."

Tan Wenshu was startled, but before she could answer, Li Yuan asked again: "Won't Xie from the Medicine Capital come with us today?

"Where are the other guests in the waiting room?"

After pondering for a long time, Tan Wenshu finally answered: "On the day of the auction, we will arrange special cars to pick up and drop off all guests in the Tianwai Room.

"Last night, you and the Xie family met.

"As for the turmoil last night, it seems that someone mistakenly opened the entry and exit channels of the Yuanzhou formation, causing airflow to flow in.

"The Yuanzhou's speed suddenly dropped, causing turmoil. I don't know the specific situation."

"Oh." Li Yuan leaned against the window, propped up his head with his arms, and stared ahead, "The person driving today turned out to be a senior who is at the peak of the late Yuan Shen Realm.

“That flattered us a little bit.”

After laughing twice, Tan Wenshu marveled in his heart, how could the other party so easily detect the peak cultivation level of the late Yuanshen realm, and then said softly: "We Tan clan members on Yuanzhou all need to do something, regardless of their strength. How high."

Hearing this, Li Yuan sat up straight and said: "The information on the auction items that you gave me before was not very rich and not very attractive. It is somewhat inconsistent with what I heard about the Yuanzhou auction."

Tan Wenshu smiled bitterly in her heart. She asked a polite question, and Li Yuan asked a series of jumping questions.

She took a breath and said softly: "That's only 40% of the auction items.

“In addition, everyone will know about the attractive lots only when they are actually auctioned.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yuan opened his mouth slightly, as if he still had something to say.

This move made Tan Wenshu feel nervous, worried that Li Yuan would raise any difficult questions or demands.

However, just as she was nervously waiting for Li Yuan to speak, the latter suddenly paused and swallowed his words again. Tan Wenshu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, the carriage fell into silence again.

The three of them fell into deep thought.

.........

The auction house is located at the end of Huangxuan Yuanzhou, a towering huge five-cornered and five-sided pavilion.

Each side of it presents a different style, the coldness of the Lu family of the Northern Qing Dynasty, the elegance of the Yu family of Fengxi, the heavyness of the Tian family of Heyang, the mystery of the Jiang family of Tianshui, and the majesty of the Tan family of Longshan.

Each of the five major families is in charge of one aspect.

The pavilion is five stories high, and each floor is surrounded by a spacious circular corridor.

The railings of the corridor are carved with complex patterns and sparkle with a faint sheen.

Through the gaps in the corridor, you can see the bustling scene inside the auction house.

When Li Yuan stepped into the auction house, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice.

The place where he had a fierce battle with the strong men of the Zheju Zhu family last night was not far from the auction house.

Fortunately, he cleverly used the formations set up on the Yuan Zhou and was not discovered on the spot.

Under the guidance of Tan Wenshu, they successfully passed numerous security levels.

The guards were wearing uniform uniforms, holding sharp weapons, and their eyes were like torches. They were mighty and mighty, and their cultivation had reached the perfection of Nirvana.

Li Yuan noticed that the powerful Heavenly King driving the hearse had been following behind him silently.

As they gradually entered the auction house, the surrounding atmosphere became more and more lively. The display of countless rare items and strange ingots is dizzying, and all kinds of bids and discussions come and go.

The center of the pavilion is the real auction venue.

A huge five-pointed stone platform occupies the center position, glowing under the light.

There are five levels of auditoriums surrounding the five-cornered stone platform.

The bottom floor is surrounded by densely packed seats. These seats are specially prepared for those in the Yuanshen Realm who have 300,000 Xuanyuan Stones or 30 Earth Yuan Stones.

Although this threshold does not seem high, most Yuan practitioners know very well that 300,000 Xuanyuan Stones can only be regarded as entry-level capital here, and the value of most auction items will far exceed this amount.

The auditorium on the second floor appears to be more high-end, and the threshold has been raised to one million Xuanyuan Stones.

The seats here are more spacious and comfortable, and every detail reveals nobility and luxury.

As for the third floor, the threshold is as high as tens of millions of Xuanyuan Stones, and only the strong with both true wealth and strength can set foot here.

Tan Wenshu arranged Li Yuan and Teng Qing on the third floor of Tan's area.

With the rich yuan stones they won at the Bendan venue last night, they are fully qualified to enjoy the rooms here.

The room is elegantly decorated and has a wide view, overlooking the panoramic view of the entire auction house.

As for the fourth level that goes up, not only do you need to have strong financial resources of 10,000 earth element stones, but you also need to have the cultivation level of a heavenly king to enjoy that kind of respect.

Every powerful person who enters the fourth floor will undergo strict identity verification to ensure the safety and order of the auction house.

Although Tan valued Li Yuan very much, he did not think that he had the cultivation level of a heavenly king.

After all, such a young and powerful Heavenly King is rare among the seven Wenhe Sects.

What's more, after a night of investigation, it was impossible for even an ordinary king to kill a group of people from the Zheju Zhu clan without being aware of so many half-step transformation realm experts on the Yuanzhou.

As for the fifth level at the top, only those who have reached the half-step realm and above are qualified.

As soon as he entered the room and sat down, Li Yuan felt a cold gaze coming directly towards him. He looked up and the two gazes immediately met.

"Zhu Xianyi!" Li Yuan sighed secretly, but a grateful smile appeared on his face, which made the coldness on the old man's face even stronger.

Although this auction was not the grandest scene Li Yuan had ever seen, it was undoubtedly a grand event where powerful people gathered.

He withdrew his gaze from the bustling venue, looked sideways at Tan Wenshu beside him, and said with a smile: "Miss Tan, although I am young, I have not been born for a long time, and I know very little about the outside world.

“I don’t know most of the powerful people on those seats.

"As the organizer, you must know their details. Can you introduce them to me?"

When Tan Wenshu heard this, he nodded slightly, raised his jade finger, pointed at the VIP seats opposite, and introduced Li Yuan one by one.

"The Weide Song family is ranked thirty-second. Their family is famous for refining medicine, and their strength should not be underestimated."

"The thirty-ninth one is the Dong family of Tao Yuan. This family has extremely high attainments in refining treasures."

"The forty-eighth one is the Peng family of Xuzhou. Their family inherits Yuan Shu...

"Sixty-three Linle Zhuo clan...

"Seventy-three Yuanyang Hao clan...

"The eighty-eight Shanchao Tang clan...

……

With Tan Wenshu's introduction, each name and the characteristics of the family gradually became clear in Li Yuan's mind.

He couldn't help but be shocked by the scale of this auction. Nearly 30% of the forces of the Hundred Families of Wenhe had gathered here, and there were also many families with the strength to squeeze into the Hundred Families.

At the same time that Li Yuan was receiving this information, the introduction of the first lot began on the five-cornered stone platform in the middle.

The person presiding over the auction today is an old man from the Lu family of the Northern Qing Dynasty. He has white beard and hair, a calm temperament, and his cultivation has reached the peak of the half-step pattern realm.

When the first lot was displayed, Li Yuan's palm involuntarily pressed hard on the table.

The price was far beyond his expectations, which made him feel frightened.

"Li Yuan, what's wrong with you?" Tan Wenshu frowned slightly and looked at the young man beside her in confusion.

She found that Li Yuan, who was usually as calm as water, had a strange excitement on his face at this moment.

This kind of look was never seen even when Li Yuan won the big bet of the Bendan Society.

"It's okay." Li Yuan forced out a dry smile, trying to hide his inner fluctuations, "It's just my first time to participate in an auction of this scale, so I'm a little excited."

His words revealed a bit of reluctance, and it was obvious that even he himself didn't quite believe this explanation.

Although Tan Wenshu still had doubts in his heart, he did not ask too many questions.

She understands that everyone has their own secrets.

At this moment, the old man on the auction stage is holding a treasure scroll of Yuan patterns, showing it to the Yuan people.

There are three hundred and seventy elemental patterns engraved on the scroll. Once activated, a powerful defensive array can be deployed instantly.

Even a strong person in the late stage of the Transformation Realm would have difficulty breaking through its defense.

"The starting price for this scroll is 50,000 Earth Element Stones."

As soon as the old man finished his quotation, there was a buzz of discussion in the venue.

Such a powerful defense scroll is a rare treasure for many forces.

Especially those who are less powerful regard it as a life-saving straw.

Scrolls with more than 360 elemental patterns can automatically absorb the energy of heaven and earth and continue to function without worrying about energy exhaustion.

When this kind of scroll is attacked, as long as it is continuously supplied with yuan stones, it can maintain its defensive power, making it difficult for attackers to succeed.

After some fierce bidding, the scroll was finally sold at a high price of 130,000 Earth Element Stones.

Although Li Yuan was moved, he finally chose to give up.

He was well aware of the unusual movement in the Yuanzhou formation caused last night, so it would not be a wise move to take action at the beginning of today.

Moreover, for a Yuan Zhe who is in the middle stage of Yuanshen Realm, possessing this scroll is simply a waste of natural resources.

What's more, this scroll seems to have been predetermined and is only being traded through auction.

These defensive scrolls are usually used by one force to set up a large formation to protect the clan or the sect.

With Li Yuan's current strength, having an enemy of the Zheju Zhu family is already very troublesome, and it is not appropriate to make enemies with other major forces.

"Today's second lot is one of the three most important treasures in this auction - the Mysterious Bone Shield.

"This is a top-grade earth treasure. I believe everyone here has heard about it and knows something about its characteristics.

"Its main material is derived from the original animal bones of the sixth-level perfect monster. It is indestructible. Even a strong person at the peak of the late stage of the transformation realm can hardly shake it.

"It's just that during the refining process of this mysterious bone shield, an unexpected situation occurred, which caused it to consume a lot of energy when activated.

"As for how much defensive power it can exert, it all depends on the owner's own strength."

An old man from the Lu family of the Northern Qing Dynasty caressed the four-foot-sized white bone shield on the auction table.

(End of this chapter)