Chapter 77: Lotus Auction House

"You two, be quiet!"

"Young people, don't talk about killing all the time, not to mention you are a scholar!"

The voice of the old man guarding the book building entered, making the angry Xu Zhizhi calm down.

He gritted his teeth and looked at Lin Jing: "Are you really going to do this?"

Lin Jing put down the alchemy book: "Is there anything inappropriate? Aren't these all things that really happened?"

Xu Zhizhi clenched his fists: "Of course it’s inappropriate. You are planning to take our fame to cultivate your Hidden Dragon Secret Art!"

"Extremely inappropriate!"

"Didn't you listen to the teachings of the seniors in the book building? The cultivation world is not just about killing, but also about human feelings!"

"How about this!"

"You have no proof. How can the authenticity of the combat achievements of mechanical creations be determined? But if I also come forward to create momentum for you, it will be different. The victim himself appears to speak, recognizing the power of the mechanical creation, which will definitely spread widely! And in exchange, you only need to add my glorious image of fighting against the Snow Plains cultivator in the cave heaven in the promotion!"

Since he couldn't change Lin Jing’s idea, Xu Zhizhi planned to join.

"Better to have one more friend than one more opponent. What do you think, Brother Xu? The higher my image is, doesn't it highlight how powerful your mechanical bamboo gun is?" He tried to persuade Lin Jing with his three-inch tongue.

Commercial mutual blowing, right? Lin Jing was silent.

"That’s right." As a person who had come before, the guardian of the book building nodded slightly. He played like this when he was young.

Not long after, Lin Jing left the book building.

Although it was a temporary idea, he felt that his idea was not wrong.

Not to mention the entire Ancient Country, just this Hidden Dragon City had countless fights every day.

No one would be remembered forever. As time goes by, names will be forgotten, which is normal.

But... if a person’s name is bound to a festival, a popular item, or a special symbol, it will undoubtedly spread longer than general fighting events.

"Compared to ordinary magic tools, the advantage of the mechanical bamboo gun is that it does not require true qi to urge. No matter how low the cultivation is, it can be used."

"Besides that, the attack distance, power, and frequency are also top-notch among the treasures that Qi Refining stage cultivators can use. Very few props can combine these advantages."

"The most important thing is that it is convenient to build. If you don't engrave array patterns, if the materials are enough, I can assemble hundreds of them easily in a day. It’s all a process, no technique."

"And the materials for making mechanical bamboo guns are essentially not very rare things. The raw materials are all ordinary spiritual plants, and the cost is extremely low."

"The core ammunition, the spirit beans that have the power comparable to a serious blow from a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator, are just ordinary spirit bean synthesis. This kind of spirit bean, if dropped on the ground of Hidden Dragon City, even the wild dogs on the side of the road don't like to eat it. The profit is huge."

"The provision of ammunition can be done independently by the Pine Needle Mouse. With its current ability, manufacturing these is already very easy. Moreover, the stock it has hoarded these days is completely enough to sell."

"Let the mechanical bamboo gun and my name be bound together. Whenever I have an event, people will think of the mechanical bamboo gun I endorse. Whenever the mechanical bamboo gun is used by someone, the viewers will think of me again."

"Besides, if it sells well, it can be considered to have solved the resource problem."

The only thing Lin Jing is worried about now is whether the Pine Needle Mouse’s production capacity can keep up if the mechanical bamboo gun suddenly becomes popular. It’s a pity that synthesized things cannot be replanted; otherwise, he could contract a few acres of spiritual fields and let the gun body and ammunition grow freely.

Lin Jing looked at the Pine Needle Mouse that was still hoarding goods in the hanging gourd... [7

Suddenly, an idea sprouted in his mind.

If only he had many Pine-Leaf Rats that could synthesize resources.

Clones!

He remembered there was a spell like that, capable of splitting into many clones to fight enemies. Since clones could fight, could they be recruited to work?

Presumably, the Pine-Leaf Rats themselves wouldn't refuse a spell that could accelerate their hoarding speed.

"Senior Divine Pine?"

After leaving the academy, Lin Jing called out secretly.

After a while, the Divine Pine indeed replied: "What is it now?"

"You created wooden men in the Great Wilderness; this method is somewhat similar to creating clones. Do you know any cloning techniques? I want to teach them to the Pine-Leaf Rats."

The Divine Pine said: "Cloning techniques? Why learn that trashy spell? Ordinary clones are useless, wasting magic power while being weak. As for external incarnations, your cultivation base is too low; consider that after Nascent Soul! Wait until its Green Emperor Longevity Art reaches great completion; it should be able to create plant-based clones. That will have to do!"

Lin Jing asked: "Can those plant-based clones possess the spells and divine abilities of the original?"

"They can, but the effect will certainly be much worse!"

"Anything else? If not, I'm going back to taking care of your broken fish."

Lin Jing chuckled and said: "Nothing else. With your word, I am relieved."

He turned and headed straight for the Lotus Pavilion.

Lotus Pavilion.

As the largest chamber of commerce in the ancient kingdom, it naturally contained an auction house inside.

Lin Jing planned to take one bamboo gun and put it up for auction at the Lotus Pavilion to test the waters.

He strode along swiftly; the Pine-Leaf Rat was in the beast-taming space, Long Li was under the care of the Divine Pine, and he himself was light and unburdened.

Long Li... because it had just awakened a top-tier beast fire and seemed unable to control it well, keeping it by his side was prone to causing fires.

He... did not want to be fined again!

As for whether the Divine Pine would get burned, that was not something he needed to consider.

Dragon City was a major city for cultivators, second only to the capital in fame within the ancient domain. The Lotus Pavilion here was naturally of a very high level, occupying an entire commercial street.

No matter when one stepped onto this street, it was always a scene of extraordinary bustle and clamor, attracting cultivators from all directions.

Elixirs, magic treasures, secret techniques, crystal ores, spirit plants, demonic beasts... it had everything; they sold everything.

And in the center of this street stood a sculpture of ingenious design—a blooming lotus flower, marking that everything here was property of the Lotus Pavilion.

Shops lined both sides of the street. Lin Jing went deep into it and quickly arrived outside a pavilion with the five large characters "Lotus Auction House" written on it.

He entered the auction house, and immediately a female cultivator wearing a qipao with lotus patterns walked over, wearing a professional smile.

"May I ask, Young Master, is there anything you need help with?" The female cultivator smiled brightly, her tone gentle and her attitude approachable.

"I want to auction an item," Lin Jing said straight to the point. "A mechanical creation!"

"Very well, Young Master, please follow me to the treasure appraisal room." After the qipao-clad female cultivator invited him, she walked in front with a light gait.

Before long, Lin Jing arrived at one of the appraisal rooms under the guidance of this female cultivator.

Inside the appraisal room, a man in a gray robe stood up to welcome him and smiled: "Is this Young Master planning to have a spirit tool or magic tool appraised?"

"Master Shi, this Young Master intends to auction a mechanical creation," the qipao-clad female cultivator said.

"Oh? A mechanical creation? That is rare. I must take a close look." He looked at the dashing Lin Jing and did not ignore him because of his Qi Refining seventh-layer cultivation, but instead made a gesture of invitation quite seriously.

"I want to... auction this item!"

Seeing the appraiser, Lin Jing took the mechanical bamboo gun out of his storage bag.

"Hmm?" Master Shi swept his spiritual sense over it slightly, his brows furrowing. This mechanical creation, whether it was the blue bamboo material on the outside or the thing inside suspected to be a spirit bean, though familiar, was very different from anything in his memory. It was his first time seeing it!

"What is the use of this item?"

"An attack-type mechanism, similar to a hidden weapon, but it can also be used openly. It is called a mechanical bamboo gun," Lin Jing replied. "Even if a squirrel holds this, it would have few rivals in the Qi Refining stage."