Lord of Deception

August 15th is a good day. The moon tonight will be very round, big and round.

Yu Ziqing also speculated that it was probably the time of Haishi when the bright moon was at its brightest.

Regardless of the day when Emperor Liujian appears, this day is when Haoyue's power is strongest.

And today is the day when the auction of Qiguang Company will be held.

Very early on, Yu Ziqing was also curious about what an auction in this world would be like, but unfortunately he never had the chance to go.

Later, I learned that many top-notch resources, resources with a high degree of scarcity, would not be reduced to auctions at all.

Just like the five-color soil he wanted, even Lihuoyuan and Langyayuan couldn't get it together. Lihuoyuan only gave him a little bit of white soil, which was not enough to plant a flower.

This was what Yu Ziqing had exchanged for a lot of black soil.

And Wen Lingyou doesn't particularly want to change, even though there is no intrinsic difference between black soil and white soil. Black soil was even rarer in the past.

But now, white clay is rarer.

Yu Ziqing's curiosity about the auction was not satisfied before he gave up.

This time I came to join in the fun, so it didn’t matter if I didn’t have an invitation. Qiguang Company wouldn’t be so shameless as to offend the Hungry Ghost Company in Busi Town and the big boss behind the scenes who monopolizes several resources such as Ganlin.

After Yu Ziqing arrived, he didn't even introduce himself. Someone from Qiguang Merchant Company recognized him and immediately arranged a place for him.

They served him delicious food and drinks, and he didn't even ask Yu Ziqing if he wanted to join in and auction something.

The auction items were compiled into a book and handed over to Yu Ziqing, who honestly said that except for the most critical items, they did not dare to sell them in advance, but if they liked the rest, they could sell them in advance.

Of course, this is confirmed by the seller and is not a fool's errand by Qiguang.

Look at what they do in business, and let profiteers and hungry ghosts come back to learn from it. Their service awareness is better than that of profiteers and hungry ghosts in terms of details.

Yu Ziqing was sitting in a private room divided into different classes. He was looking down from a high position, peeping at the bustling crowd below. He could also see a circle of semi-open private rooms around him, and people were already entering one after another.

Some people who don’t mind hiding their identity can be seen, and some people who mind it can’t see the inside from the outside.

While Yu Ziqing was drinking tea and eating snacks, he felt inexplicably that he was also a bit like a street lamp pendant.

This artificial division of classes is really interesting.

Not long after, Yu Ziqing saw an acquaintance, the current leader of Bai Shui Dan, Xin No. 5.

He didn't know where he got the painted skin, and he also hid his aura. Unfortunately, he looked so familiar. Yu Ziqing took a quick look and confirmed that it was him.

After a while, Fish Bones also came. One after another, there was a guy with hair, which must be the jellyfish Fish Bones mentioned.

That unique aura that comes from the deep sea and from the Black Ship Saints cannot be completely hidden no matter how hard you hide it.

Being unfamiliar with the land and being out of touch with the over-cautious nature of the times was really too strong.

Not long after, people came one after another in the opposite compartment, most of them had names, and a few had unfamiliar faces.

Yu Ziqing noticed someone looking at him, turned his head slightly and saw a man in robe looking from a box opposite.

He has a strange face, his appearance is very ordinary, his aura is obscure, and there is a faint sense of pressure coming from him, so he must be very strong.

Yu Ziqing showed a smile and cupped his hands.

The other party looked at Yu Ziqing, with a faint smile on his lips and a strange look in his eyes, and then he cupped his hands to express friendship.

Although he had heard about it for a long time and had a lot of information, this was the first time he saw Jinlanshan Qingziyu.

It was stronger than expected. What could be noticed at a glance was that Qing Ziyu's aura was clear and her qi and blood were thick. She should have reached the seventh level of the Immaculate Realm.

However, it is rumored that Qing Ziyu has practiced the Hungry Ghost Way with his human body, and has a method unique to Jinlan Mountain, so he cannot be regarded as an ordinary monk.

Seeing Yu Ziqing's casual look, the man in the robe must have come to watch the fun, not for his own goal.

Although he actually didn't care much about the sixty-four-sided crystal.

All he cared about was to prevent this sixty-four-sided crystal from falling into the hands of the Cliff God King.

As for whose hands it fell into, he didn't really care.

He is now at a critical stage and cannot spare the energy to study the 64-sided crystal that is not simple at first sight.

No matter how good this treasure is.

Because he already has a set path to follow, good interference and bad interference are both disadvantages.

On the contrary, he is now very interested in Qing Ziyu from Jinlan Mountain. He wants to confirm the specific time of Dadui's return, even if it can be more accurate.

Yu Ziqing looked around and saw no one of note except the strong man in robes.

The auction was more boring than Yu Ziqing thought, especially the first half of it.

Coming up with an item, from treasures to materials to classics, Yu Zi couldn't think of the alien beauty in his mind.

The bids are also very reasonable. If the price exceeds the estimated price too much, they will give up.

In the second half, when some rare materials began to appear, it became a little more exciting.

It is true that some people are in urgent need of a certain rare material, but they cannot get it from other places, or they cannot get it so quickly.

Yu Ziqing also randomly made a few bids. If he felt it was too expensive, or if the bidder clearly needed it urgently, he would give up without forcing it.

In the end, I only bought one ancient book. It was an ancient book from ancient times, and it happened to be a lost classic in Da Dui.

Qiguang Company said that there are three secret methods in it, but in fact it is just a travelogue, telling the author's process of creating these three secret methods during his travels, and they are not powerful ways to protect the Tao.

No one was very interested in it. After Yu Zi cleared the price three times, no one could compete with him.

Soon, the sixty-four-sided crystal was taken out, which was not considered the most important treasure.

Yu Ziqing drank tea and wanted to laugh a little. The boss of Qiguang Company was actually a wonderful person.

We would rather bear the reputation of being eye-catching than give this treasure a wrong valuation, which shows that we have no idea what this thing is and only think it has research value, so we sold it.

Even when introducing it, it was clearly stated that those cultivators would probably like this thing.

The implication is that apart from its research value, this ghost thing has no power whatsoever.

Sure enough, embarrassingly, as soon as this introduction came out, everyone felt that the price was too expensive.

Yu Ziqing kindly offered the first price, and it was the starting price.

He knew a lot of hospital leaders and could afford it, so it didn't matter if he gave it away.

With the first bid, the rest began to follow suit.

The new No. 5, who was dressed in painted skin and disguised as a man, shouted the price, and the jellyfish who changed his face also shouted the price, while the fish bones kept watching with cold eyes.

They competed for a while, and when the price increase slowed down, they also increased the price for the strong man in robes in the bread box.

At this time, another person in the box also made a bid.

Yu Ziqing was a little curious. To be fair, the estimate given by Qiguang Trading Company was low. Although it was deliberate, the price was already very high for an item that had only research value and did not know how valuable it was. .

Yu Ziqing saw the people from Lihuoyuan, but they didn't even bid.

Of course, it may also be that Lihuoyuan's funds are indeed a bit tight recently.

Yu Ziqing wrote down the identity of the other party. He came from an emerging force in the west of Dali. He also had business cooperation with Busi Town and was one of the large channel merchants downstream of profiteers and hungry ghosts.

At that time, the Prince of Dali was relieving disasters in the west and developing the west. Coupled with the abyss cracks becoming stable and the town of Bushi appearing, large areas of territory here began to be developed, and the population increased year by year. Over the past few decades, it was no longer what it used to be. Compare.

The forces rising here have more or less the shadow of other big forces. They may not have much background, but they are rich and have a lot of cash, just like nouveau riche.

If you bid this now, you are a typical nouveau riche.

Because a spiritual stone vein was discovered in their territory, and it was a rich ore.

The real poor only have money left.

Whatever money can buy is no problem.

Yu Zi cleared the price twice, then gave up and turned to watching the fun.

Not only was he looking at people who were bidding, but he was also paying attention to people who were not bidding. Maybe there was someone here who wanted to have sex for free.

For example, for jellyfish, he gave up after paying two prices. Obviously, the wealth of these people on land exceeded his expectations and what he could find out through public channels.

There was no price on the fish bones from beginning to end.

He wore a lunatic smile, as if everything here was different from what Yu Guili described, and it seemed to make him feel at ease.

These two saints are the ones who 10% want to have sex for nothing.

There was no big surprise in the auction of the hexadecahedron crystal. The crystal ball was bought by the upstart at a high price that was six times higher than the starting price.

There were three final treasures at the end, but Yu Ziqing didn't pay attention to them. The last one was a book, which recorded news about a place where green soil was produced.

Yu Ziqing spent a lot of money to bid with people from Lihuoyuan and Langyayuan, and finally got it.

After paying the bill and coming out, the nouveau riche who bought the hexagonal crystal had already left.

All the people who participated in the bidding for the tetracosahedron crystal also disappeared.

Someone left a message for Yu Ziqing. Yu Ziqing opened it and saw that it was the new No. 5. He pointed out the direction to the west.

Yu Ziqing took a flying boat and wandered towards Jinlan Mountain. Anyone who came to see him was not following him anyway.

Less than a thousand miles away, I saw a pale red light shining in front of me, rising with a hint of cruel power in the strangeness.

The Saints have already played each other.

Yu Ziqing turned the direction of the flying boat to avoid the battlefield. A beam of light flew from the side, and a man in robes appeared in mid-air.

"Excuse me, I have something to ask you."

"Senior, you're welcome, please excuse me." Yu Ziqing stood up and bowed politely.

"I want to know when Da Dui will return, a more specific time."

Yu Ziqing was a little stunned. There were not even ten thousand but eight thousand people who wanted to know the news.

But how could he know?

He hasn't decided yet himself.

"To be honest, I'm not sure. I can only roughly determine it. Between one hundred and four hundred years, the specific time cannot be determined."

"Thank you." The man in the robe was a little disappointed, but he still responded politely.

"I wonder what you call senior?" Yu Ziqing asked. Seeing that the man in the robe did not answer immediately, he immediately added: "If we can predict the time, we might as well inform senior."

The man in robe looked at Yu Ziqing's sincere look, pondered for a moment, and said.

"My name is Qingping."

After saying these words, the man in the robe turned into a ray of light and flew away.

"Senior, please leave your contact information, otherwise how can I inform you..."

Yu Ziqing waved and shouted to Dunguang in the distance.

After the light disappeared from the horizon, Yu Ziqing sat on the deck again, drinking tea and thinking about the name.

Maybe it was just his first name, not his last name.

Or maybe there is only a first name and no surname at all.

But if you sign up like this, the name must have meaning.

Yu Ziqing had never heard of anyone named this among the strong men, and even the figure and appearance of the other person were different from the strong man on the surface.

Go back and ask someone.

On the other side, the battle was still going on. Qingping didn't go to the battle at all. She didn't seem to care much about the 64-hedron. Just like Yu Ziqing, she just increased the price.

Yu Ziqing was watching the excitement from a distance. He could see the Saints taking action, and the new No. 5 also taking action. The upstart was much stronger than expected and could still withstand the siege.

Suddenly, Yu Ziqing raised his eyebrows and looked towards a mountain in the distance.

There was a strong aura of rituals emerging. He used his vision to the extreme and saw that the hilltop had been flattened, an altar had been set up on it, and a bald head with tattoos on his forehead and bridge of nose was performing rituals.

Yu Ziqing recognized it, it was the high priest mentioned by Yugu.

There were several bald heads behind him, chanting incantations and performing rituals together.

The faint blood flowed out, creating a glorious pattern that looked like a formation, but was not one.

In front of the altar, where the blood and light gathered, a crack seemed to have opened, and the edges of the crack were twisted and torn, like a mosaic.

The power filled with malice spurted out from the dark cracks.

In an instant, the rich blood light gathered and turned into a huge four-fingered claw, rushing towards the battlefield.

On the battlefield, New No. 5 just glanced at it, turned around and left.

He was just going through the motions, not really here to risk his life.

New No. 5 left, and the jellyfish quickly retreated.

The upstart was left alone and wanted to escape. Unfortunately, everything around him seemed to be distorted. He could only see the bloody claw getting closer and closer, and the brilliance of the magic weapons on his body emerged.

The divine light superimposed layer by layer turned it into a huge ball of light.

The bloody claws, which were hundreds of feet long, grabbed the ball of light, shattering its protection layer by layer, destroying each magic weapon.

Waiting for the last layer of divine light to dissipate, the upstart's face was as dark as water. He made a strange seal with his hands and assumed a posture like a rune.

In an instant, pure black appeared on his body. Black and red collided and intertwined with each other, arousing waves of scorched eyes. Everything around him seemed to be polluted and corroded.

After a moment, the black color turned into a cage, protecting the upstart inside, and the bloody claws continued to exert force.

Full of evil thoughts, madness, and bloodthirsty thoughts, they are constantly eroding the upstarts in the cage.

The upstart took out the sixty-four-sided crystal. He quickly turned the sixty-four-sided crystal and looked at the sixty-four sides.

In an instant, he got a message.

"The goddess is standing on the ground, but the dragon is unscrupulous."

He doesn't understand.

He could miraculously understand the meaning of each word, but when put together into one sentence, he couldn't understand it at all.

But he understood the meaning of the first two words, which seemed to refer to his current hesitation. Was this an instruction to him not to hesitate?

As soon as his thoughts changed, the upstart made a decision and shouted in a deep voice.

"Take the thing and let me go. Otherwise, if the fish is dead and the net is broken, I will take it and fall into the deepest darkness, and no one can get it."

The pure blackness around him slowly eroded towards the crystal in the palm of the upstart's hand.

At this time, the bloody claws, which were still exerting force and being corroded by thoughts, trembled slightly and slowly loosened the black cage.

After the opponent retreated a certain distance, the upstart dispersed the cage, wrapped a flying sword in the sixty-four-sided crystal in his hand, and used force to fire it in the opposite direction, turning it into a ray of light and flying away.

He himself turned into a black light and fled towards the west.

The jellyfish turned into a stream of light and chased away.

At this point, Yu Ziqing left in the flying boat, and there was nothing to see behind.

After a while, the jellyfish flew back and handed the crystal to the high priest.

The high priest just glanced at it and crushed the crystal in his hand with a sullen face. There was not a single rune in the crystal. He had been tricked.

Now it's too late to chase after him.

The high priest was not in a hurry to do anything. He stood in front of the altar and whispered quietly. Then with a cruel heart, he cut off one of his own legs and used it as a sacrifice.

Following the chanting of a low and strange mantra, a moment later, a ray of blood flew out and disappeared in an instant.

"Let's go quickly."

The high priest and the people left quietly, but the fish bones and jellyfish did not follow and continued their unfinished tasks.

Yu Ziqing flew halfway, and Fish Bones quietly caught up with him and told him what had just happened.

"Uh, fake? Have you, the high priest, been tricked?"

Yu Ziqing was stunned, how could the other party make a fake so quickly?

No, the other party already knew the size, shape, and color of the target before seeing the hexagonal crystal, and Qiguang Company had never leaked these details.

Even if there is only one shape and no runes in it, it is not something that can be made just by hearing about it.

So that upstart might know what the sixty-four-sided crystal is.

Thinking of the way the guy turned the crystal at the end, Yu Ziqing suddenly realized. Did he know that after reading the sixty-four chapters, there might be something similar to divination?

What did he see?

Can he really understand those garbled codes?

Yu Ziqing was shocked. Could those garbled codes really have any effect?

Does the juice give the enchantment real power?

No way, he told Juice that it was fake and used to fool people.

"It's okay, I know where he comes from. I'll ask someone later and give you the information, but you'd better keep a low profile these days.

The rituals and aura performed by your high priest are so evil.

Maybe some righteous person will kill you all if you don't like it.

Don't think I'm joking. There are crouching tigers and hidden dragons on land. There are some who are willing to meddle in other people's business, but there are even more who view evil ways and are extremely displeased.

Don't get involved or you might die. "

"I will follow your instructions." Yu Gu looked pious, taking Yu Ziqing's words as a golden rule and quietly escaped.

Yu Ziqing changed direction and returned to the battlefield.

He was originally only interested in the upstart's last strength, but now he is also interested in this person.

I looked up at the sky. It was almost midnight, and the bright moon was so bright that it was a bit dazzling.

Yu Ziqing sat on the flying boat and used the magical power of moonlight.

Adjust monitoring.

In an instant, Yu Ziqing realized that the power of the magical power this time was obviously much stronger than before.

He can observe every detail of the battle at close range.

The rituals performed by the saints, and the final power exerted by the upstart.

However, the next moment, Yu Ziqing's eyes narrowed slightly.

In the reflection of the moonlight magical power, he saw the upstart turned into a human-shaped black shadow.

Just like the dark figure I saw when I was looking back in front of the Dadui Archway.

They feel exactly the same, even if they are not the same person, they still have the same power.

The reason why I am sure it is not a person is because this time in the moonlight, there are a little more details in the dark shadow.

He could see that in the blackness, there were thousands of non-reflective pure black worms squirming.

This person is probably not as strong as the person I saw last time.

It is also possible that this person this time mobilized power directly and did not perform simple rituals.

Yu Ziqing thought back for an hour, taking a peek at the rituals performed by the high priest and the power of the upstart.

After midnight, before Yu Ziqing dispersed the moonlight, he cupped his hands towards the bright moon and expressed his gratitude to the moon god.

Bathed in the moonlight, Yu Ziqing flew towards the west of Dali.

He threw out the fake hexadecahedron crystal and unexpectedly caught an unexpected catch.

He had been looking for that dark shadow for a long time, trying to figure out what the other party wanted to do.

Unexpectedly, I caught the tail.

Now that we know who the other party is and where his power lies, we can directly bring someone to visit him another day to ask.

The next day, the upstart returned to the west of Dali and returned to his family's home.

As soon as he arrived home, he found that the house was completely silent. A man moved a chair and sat in the yard with his back to the door.

Corpses were kneeling around them, their bodies stiff, their mouths wide open, their faces full of horror. There was a wick in the mouth, burning with a faint blue flame.

The upstart stiffened and walked in slowly, his lips trembling slightly and his eyes full of disbelief.

"You exposed yourself rashly and violated a taboo. I left the things behind to give you a chance. You can commit suicide and give your whole family a happy time."

The upstart took out the sixty-four-sided crystal, looked at the corpses with flames burning in their mouths, and closed his eyes in despair.

If he commits suicide, he can die happily. If he is made into a human candle, he will not be able to survive but die.

He turned the crystal, hoping for another hint.

Last time, he successfully deceived those bald heads by using a crystal that couldn't be fake anymore.

This time he turned the crystal, and the person sitting there did not stop him, but just waited quietly.

He quickly read the sixty-four pages and got another sentence.

"Death comes from a small wave."