Monarch Of Time

Chapter 49 - 49 Preparations complete

ʼʼIt is the ʼfire-spirit fruitʼ.The minimum bid must be at least 5000 sect points while every increment must be at least 200 sect points higher than the last bid.ʼʼ

Every alchemist sitting in the outer seats had stood up. Even the people inside the private rooms like Shun Long couldnʼt stay completely calm as they looked with eyes full of fervor towards the ʼfire-spirit fruitʼ on the main stage. The only exception was Li Wei who looked down from his private room towards those people with a mocking look in his eyes as he thought

ʼLook at those bumpkins getting so excited over a single ʼfire-spirit fruitʼ. Our ʼAlchemistʼs Guildʼ has at least 5 of those fruits.ʼ

The bidding immediately started as people called their bids one after the other

ʼʼ5500 sect pointsʼʼ

ʼʼ6000ʼʼ

ʼʼ7000ʼʼ

ʼʼ7500ʼʼ

The price didnʼt stop increasing until it reached the 10.000 sect points.

ʼʼIs there anyone who is willing to offer a higher price? If not, this ʼfire-spirit fruitʼ will go to this honorable guest over hereʼʼ Lan Jinjing said as she pointed towards a guest at the side of the outer seats who had bid 10.000 sect points for the ʼfire-spirit fruitʼ.

In reality, although the ʼfire-spirit fruitʼ was rare, 10.000 sect points had already exceeded its value, but this was the reality of the auctions in the ʼcultivation worldʼ. When you needed something you would pay as much as you had to, in order to obtain it.

ʼʼ20.000 pointsʼʼ Shun Long called from inside the private room in a placid voice.

The people inside the auction hall who heard Shun Longʼs voice and remembered the terrifying aura he had emitted earlier all started to shudder. The alchemist in the outer seats who had bid 10.000 sect points earlier, now felt dispirited. He had a bit more than 13.000 sect points and he was confident that he could obtain the ʼfire-spirit fruitʼ but this senior had to ruin everything.

Even Yin Xing couldnʼt help asking

ʼʼSenior are you certain that you wish to spend 20.000 sect points for a rank 2 ʼfire-spirit fruitʼ?ʼʼ

20.000 Sect points was an astronomical price to pay for a rank 2 herb. However Shun Long didnʼt mind that. After selling the ʼQi barrier-breakingʼ pills earlier, his sect points were now more than 50.000.

Shun Long just nodded his head at Yin Xingʼs question

In the auction hall, Lan Jinjing was the first to recover as she said

ʼʼIf there is no higher offer, then this ʼfire-spirit fruitʼ will go to the senior in private room number 2.ʼʼ

Since no one put forth a higher offer than Shun Long, the staff of the ʼTreasure Pavilionʼ sent someone to deliver the ʼfire-spirit fruitʼ in his private room.

A disciple in yellow robes arrived carrying a small wooden box with the ʼfire-spirit fruitʼ inside. Shun Long paid the 20.000 sect points and after receiving the box, he opened it and saw a red fruit the size of an a.d.u.l.tʼs fist, with red lines all over its surface. Shun Long then closed the box and put it inside his robes along with the ʼwater element grassʼ.

After the disciple left the room, Shun Long handed Yin Xing a paper as he said ʼʼAlthough this recipe isnʼt as good as my original ʼQi barrier-breakingʼ pill recipe, the pills created from this will still have a 40 percent chance of allowing a peak rank 6 qi condensation cultivator to reach the middle stages or rank 7.ʼʼ

Yin Xing was overjoyed when he heard Shun Longʼs words and held the recipe near his c.h.e.s.t as he bowed repeatedly while thanking Shun Long.

Yin Xing had helped Shun Long a lot while he was in the ʼTreasure Pavilionʼ and as an alchemist, Shun Long knew what Yin Xing d.e.s.i.r.ed the most. Although this recipe was nothing in Shun Longʼs eyes, to Yin Xing it was a priceless treasure that could help him improve his abilities as an alchemist even further.

Shun Long then decided to leave the ʼTreasure Pavilionʼ as he had no more interest in the auction. He had already learned from Yin Xing what the rest of the items in the auction were going to be and the only interesting thing left was a ʼgolden lionʼ cub. However, Yin Xingʼs estimation was that the cub would be sold for at least 70.000 sect points.

An a.d.u.l.t golden lion was a rank 3 beast that could fight against experts at the late-stages of the Heaven grade. Anyone having such a mount would be near-invincible in the ʼfloating cloud sectʼ.

Shun Long walked around the city until he found a secluded corner to remove his black robes, before stealthily returning to the inn. After paying the inn owner another 4 sect points for the next month, Shun Long shut himself in his room.

He looked at the ʼwater element grassʼ and the ʼfire-spirit fruitʼ in his hands, as well as the rest of the ingredients that he had previously purchased from the ʼTreasure Pavilionʼ and after taking a deep breath he said

ʼʼFinally, I now have everything needed to refine the ʼinternal destruction pillʼ.ʼʼ

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