Chapter 254

He He Pingsheng put away the items and then slowly walked to the first floor.

The first floor was empty.

Qiao Qiao Huizhu was not there.

Qiao Qiao Huizhu only used two years to restore her cultivation base to the sixth layer of the Foundation Establishment stage.

In the following ten years, she used another eight years to raise her cultivation base to the eleventh layer of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Then, she also encountered a bottleneck.

In the last two years, because there was no hope of breaking through, she liked to go outside to wander; on one hand, it was to find an opportunity to break through the bottleneck, because both she and He He Pingsheng had to face the problem of a bottleneck; and on the other hand, it was to find Qiao Qiao Xiaoqiao.

Twelve years have passed in total.

Qiao Qiao Xiaoqiao is still missing without a trace.

If He He Pingsheng is Qiao Qiao Huizhu's reliance, then Qiao Qiao Xiaoqiao is her only blood relative in this world.

Unable to find Qiao Qiao Xiaoqiao, she feels uneasy in her heart.

"Is Fellow Daoist Xu there?" Outside the small courtyard, a loud voice came.

As soon as He He Pingsheng heard the voice, he knew who had come.

Elder Ling.

This person is a low-tier elder of the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce, with a Foundation Establishment stage cultivation base, and his real name is Ling Ling Zhiwang.

Because after arriving at Red Shicheng, He He Pingsheng has been using the name 【Xu Xu Kunlun】, so it is no problem for Ling Ling Zhiwang to call him Fellow Daoist Xu.

In the past ten years, He He Pingsheng has not been in seclusion the whole time.

When he had nothing to do, he would go to the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce to wander around, and he also purchased third-tier formation materials several times.

Ling Ling Zhiwang also came here to deliver goods to him.

Later, seeing that He He Pingsheng had really set up third-tier formations outside this small courtyard, Ling Ling Zhiwang began to look at him with new eyes.

Even in Red Shicheng, formation masters who can set up third-tier formations are rare, extremely scarce, and each one is extremely noble.

Their status is extraordinary.

Therefore, Ling Ling Zhiwang also asked He He Pingsheng to help set up formations several times.

Of course, it wasn't to help himself, but introduced by other friends.

Every time he set up a formation, there was a good reward.

Coming and going, although the two cannot be called old friends, they can be considered acquaintances.

"Elder Ling... please come in, please come in..." He He Pingsheng invited Ling Ling Zhiwang into the small courtyard.

"I won't go to your dojo!" Ling Ling Zhiwang looked at the small building and said: "Fellow Daoist Xu, I have good news for you; it's here... it's here... the City Lord's Mansion has released a batch of shops this time!"

"They are being auctioned right here with us!"

"Didn't you need one?"

"Don't forget to go and bid in three days!"

"This is the token to enter the auction!"

Ling Ling Zhiwang took out a red token and gave it to He He Pingsheng.

He He Pingsheng was overjoyed and said: "Thank you, thank you... I will definitely be there in three days!"

"Alright, Fellow Daoist Xu, I won't delay you, let's meet in three days!"

He He Pingsheng sent Ling Ling Zhiwang to the door.

Opening a shop was not He He Pingsheng's intention.

It was Qiao Qiao Huizhu's idea.

Of course, opening a shop was not the original intention.

Her purpose was that by opening a shop, she could meet some people, and thus be better able to inquire about news of Qiao Qiao Xiaoqiao.

Or rather, to pick a name with special characteristics, so that if Qiao Qiao Xiaoqiao sees this shop later, she will definitely come over herself.

This idea was approved by He He Pingsheng.

Opening a shop in Red Shicheng is not an easy thing.

First, you have to bid for a shop.

And every shop auction is always bid up to a sky-high price.

Secondly, when you open a shop to sell items, you have to pay a certain amount of tax to the City Lord's Mansion every year.

The tax rate varies, but it is basically one percent of the total price of the shop.

It is similar to buying a house.

Finally, to protect the interests of the large chambers of commerce, all cultivators who open shops must ensure that their shops only sell a single category of goods.

For example, a pill shop.

Then you can only sell things related to pills.

For example, finished pills and herbs, these two types.

Besides these, nothing else can be sold.

Similarly, if it is a talisman shop, then you can only sell: talismans, talisman ink, talisman paper, etc.; it is absolutely impossible to sell pills and so on at the same time.

To put it bluntly, it is to protect the interests of the chambers of commerce.

And those large chambers of commerce, generally speaking, the City Lord's Mansion has a stake in them, or even, some chambers of commerce are opened by the City Lord's Mansion.

Of course, there are also some chambers of commerce that belong to the Liang Kingdom.

In the next three days, He He Pingsheng did not notify Qiao Qiao Huizhu, but tidied up the small courtyard.

Three days later, he went directly to the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce.

"Fellow Daoist Xu... please come in, please come in..."

Ling Ling Zhiwang looked at He He Pingsheng, his face glowing with health, and said: "I have already prepared a VIP seat for you, you can just sit on it later!"

He He Pingsheng said: "Is that necessary?"

"It is necessary!" Ling Ling Zhiwang said: "You are my good brother!"

"Good brother" is just polite talk.

In fact, Ling Ling Zhiwang used He He Pingsheng to set up third-tier formations for several big shots, which indeed benefited him greatly.

He obtained enough benefits from He He Pingsheng.

Of course, He He Pingsheng, as a formation master, also obtained enough benefits.

"Little brother!" Ling Ling Zhiwang whispered: "Are you bidding for this shop to open a formation shop?"

"If that's the case, then you will be busy in the future, I'm afraid you won't have the time to cultivate!"

He He Pingsheng smiled and said: "No... I'm opening a pill shop!"

"Ah?"

Ling Ling Zhiwang said: "You can also refine pills?"

"This... really?"

He He Pingsheng said: "Pill refining and formation setting are actually connected!"

After speaking, He He Pingsheng took the token and walked directly to the auction behind.

Leaving Ling Ling Zhiwang full of doubts: "This... pill refining, formation setting?"

"Connected?"

"Where are they connected?"

"How come I don't know?"

He He Pingsheng had already walked to the venue.

As for how pill refining and formation setting are connected, He He Pingsheng was speaking from the perspective of spiritual sense.

As long as your spiritual sense is strong enough, that is not a problem.

This auction venue, in terms of layout, was similar to the only auction He He Pingsheng had participated in before, which was hosted by Jiang Lan.

Below are ordinary seats.

Above are VIP seats.

He He Pingsheng looked, and his token was indeed for a VIP seat.

Let's sit down according to the number and wait slowly.

The auction won't start for a while.

Today's auction is not the kind of auction that has everything like before; today is a special session.

A special session of the City Lord's Mansion, only auctioning shops.

And there is more than one shop to be auctioned today; He He Pingsheng just looked at the promotion, and there are more than twenty.

Each one has a different location and size, so the starting price is naturally different.

After half an hour, the auction began.

He He Pingsheng noticed that there were not many people participating in the bidding here.

The entire auction venue can seat over a thousand people, but now there are not even two hundred.

However, the cultivation bases of these people are all very high.

Either at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage or at the Golden Core stage.

And everyone is in the VIP seats.