Chapter 58: Buy Buy Buy

“Don’t worry.” Zhen Yuan said, soothingly rubbing his wife’s hair.

“I took precautions before putting the thing on auction.”

“You did?”

“Mmmm.” Zhen Yuan smiled.

“If someone tries to use it on us, it will shatter.”

When he heard this, Shen Xu was shocked and subconsciously looked around before he began to whisper.

“Is it okay to do it like this? Won’t we get into trouble if the appraiser of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion discovers the trick?”

“Don’t worry, they won’t.” Zhen Yuan declared with a confident expression.

Seeing the person’s confidence, Shen Xu stopped worrying and turned to the auction platform.

“As everyone knows, the barrier thickens if one fails to build a foundation.” Song Wanqing was saying and soon continued.

“If one wants a second chance at building a foundation, a barrier-breaking pill is necessary. This bottle contains a mid-grade level two barrier-breaking pill. The starting price is two hundred thousand and every increase must be more than ten thousand.”

“Two hundred and ten thousand”

“Two hundred and thirty thousand”

“Three hundred thousand”

Listening to the bids, Shen Xu sighed.

“What’s the matter?” Zhen Yuan asked.

“I can’t wait to learn alchemy.” The double said and winked at the older boy.

“I initially planned to study alchemy but the matter has been delayed until now. Do you feel cheated?”

Hearing the question, Zhen Yuan chuckled and hugged the person.

“How will you compensate me?”

“What kind of compensation do you want?”

However, Zhen Yuan didn’t answer the question.

Instead, he leaned over and kissed Shen Xu.

For a brief moment, their lips touched and their hearts trembled.

Shen Xu lost strength and Zhen Yuan held him closer.

Unfortunately, they were in a public place and couldn’t act recklessly.

“Rogue.” Shen Xu muttered.

“Only for you.” Zhen Yuan whispered.

“The thirtieth lot is a bottle of late level three water serpent blood.” Song Wanqing announced and Zhen Yuan immediately paid attention.

“The bottle has one hundred drops of blood equivalent to one litre. The starting price is one million and every increase must be more than one hundred thousand.”

“Do you need this thing?” Shen Xu asked when he saw Zhen Yuan’s reaction.

“I need it.” Zhen Yuan nodded.

“For talisman liquid?”

“No, rune liquid.”

Shen Xu frowned and looked at Zhen Yuan with a bewildered expression.

“Isn’t rune liquid the same as talisman liquid?”

“No.” Zhen Yuan shook his head and began to explain.

“Talismans, formations, and inscriptions are descended from a single art. However, at some point, the art broke into three. As a result, each gained its own rules and tools.”

“Talismans need talisman liquid, inscriptions need inscription liquid, and formations need formation liquid. However, rune liquid is a special blend of liquid that can be used for talismans, inscriptions and formations. Water serpent blood is an excellent material for refining rune liquid.”

“Is that so?” Shen Xu said and immediately raised the bid.

“One million and five hundred thousand spirit stones.” He shouted.

“One million and six hundred thousand.”

“One million and seven hundred thousand.”

“Two million.”

[What’s the upper limit?] Shen Xu transmitted.

[Five million.]

“Okay.” Shen Xu said and continued to bid.

Fortunately, his opponents didn’t feel the blood was worth more than three million.

When the price reached three million, the bids dried up and Shen Xu got the blood.

“I got it.” He excitedly said.

“Thank you.” Zhen Yuan smiled and Shen Xu chuckled in happiness.

Soon after, the bottle was delivered to their private box and Zhen Yuan paid the price.

After that, the two focused on the auction.

Lot thirty-five, low-grade body strengthening pills…

Lot forty-three, space ring with sixty mu of space…

Lot fifty-nine, twenty kilogrammes of level two vajra black iron…

When Shen Xu heard that, he immediately perked up.

“The starting price is five hundred thousand and the price increase cannot be less than ten thousand.”

“Six hundred thousand.” A voice directly raised the bid by one hundred thousand spirit stones.

However, Shen Xu was not be outdone.

“Eight hundred thousand.” He called.

“Nine hundred thousand.”

“One million.”

“One million and five hundred thousand.”

“Two million.”

“Who are these crazy people?” Someone whispered.

“One of them should be young master Qi.” Another said and pointed at the Qi box on the third floor.

“Why are they bidding so madly?”

“Who knows? Maybe they have too many spirit stones.”

“What do you know?” Someone snorted in disgust.

“Do you know something?”

“Vajra black iron is one of the best refining materials for hard weapons. Unfortunately…”

“Unfortunately?”

“The amount is too little. If the piece was fifty kilograms, it wouldn’t be the turn of level two refiners to fight for it.”

“Is it so good?”

“Three million.” Qi Yang spoke through gritted teeth.

“Who is bidding against the second brother?” A female cultivator asked.

“I saw them at the entrance.” Another Qi family said and quickly continued.

“One was at the mid-stage of the foundation establishment realm but I couldn’t see the other’s cultivation.”

“Is he a golden core cultivator?”

“They are sitting on the third floor. He should be a casual golden core cultivator.”

“Second brother, do you need the Vajra black iron? If you don’t, why don’t you sell them a favour?”

Hearing this, Qi Yang frowned.

As a weapon refiner, he naturally didn’t want to give up a good piece of refining material.

However, he didn’t urgently need the Vajra black iron.

Thinking of this, he sighed and nodded.

“I will give up if he follows the price.” He said but hoped the opponent wouldn’t increase the price.

Unfortunately, his hope was misplaced.

As soon as he finished speaking, a voice rang in the auction hall.

“Four million.”

In the end, Shen Xu bought the Vajra black iron for four million.

Although this price was too high for the amount of Vajra black iron, Shen Xu didn’t mind.

After all, he planned to refine his hammer using the Vajra black iron.

Since it was for personal use and not for sale, any price was worth it.

After the water serpent blood and Vajra black iron, Shen Xu bought a bag of random ancient seeds, a roll of crystal silk, a fire peach, and an incomplete body refining technique.

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