Chapter 77A - Auction
Not long after, on the Scented Cloud Mountain, Bai Xiaochun was hobbling, his hair had stood up and his face was slightly black as he crawled back to the courtyard with fear lingering in his heart. Once he rembered how countless lightning bolts chased after him just now, his heart trembled and swore that he would absolutely not use a sword to fly in a thunderstorm ever again.
This was not flying, this was gambling with his life!
Inside the wooden hut, Bai Xiaochun grimaced in pain, and only after a long ti did his mind calm down. He sat cross-legged on the bed and looked at the storm outside the window. His cultivation was slowly settling down as it coursed through his body.
“Grade Two spiritual dicine is suitable for eighth level of Qi Condensation and below. If I want to continue increasing my cultivation, I can only refine Grade Three spiritual dicine.” Bai Xiaochun supported his chin and muttered to himself.
“The difficulty of refining a Grade Three spiritual dicine is definitely going to be extrely high. I must beco familiar with a large amount of Grade Two spiritual dicine for my foundation to be stable. If not, the foundation will be unstable and the chances of success will not be big.” Bai Xiaochun opened the storage pouch and took a glance at his own savings with a sigh. He had previously relied on his status as the Honourable Disciple to receive a lot of presents.
It was only that the consumption was quite terrifying during this period of refining dicine. Even though he had a habit of using his resources sparingly when refining pills, his saving had still decreased quite a bit.
“Ah, this won’t do, my reserves will eventually run out.” Bai Xiaochun lowered his head in contemplation.
“I am already a very formidable dicine Apprentice now. I can sell the dicines that I have refined, yeah.” When Bai Xiaochun thought of this, he beca excited. Once the rain had stopped outside the next morning, he imdiately left his residence and went to the market at the foot of the mountain to ask about the pricing of the dicine pills. After that, he bought a large amount of herbs, going as far as to exchange so of his Contribution Points at the Sect.
After which, he returned to the dicine Refinent Pavilion and started refining dicines.
He did not refine Grade Two pills. Even though their price was higher, their ti-consumption was not small and Bai Xiaochun was well aware of his habit of taking a long ti when refining dicine.
Therefore, he chose the Grade One dicine pills that he was most familiar with. A few days later, he had refined three different types of spiritual dicine pills and two spiritual incense sticks. Only then did he head off to the market at the foot of the mountain.
The market model at the South Bank of the Spirit River Sect was not big. Other than the Sect’s seniors and a few capable Inner Sect Disciples who could own a shop, most of them were established by the cultivator clans from the Eastern Forest Continent.
It was like a small town. The Inner Sect Disciples from the three mountains in the Spirit River Sect would often co and go, making things quite lively. Bai Xiaochun had already ca here a lot of tis. He now familiarly walked in the market and entered a dicine shop. He coughed dryly and a shop assistant from within the dicine shop quickly went up to him.
“Call your shop’s manager over. This ti, not only do I want to buy herbs, I also want to sell so dicine pills.” Bai Xiaochun sat on the chair and said with a cheeky smile.
Not long after, a middle-aged man wearing a long purple-coloured robed ca quickly, and when he saw Bai Xiaochun, a smile appeared on his face.
“Fellow Bai, I am Sun Chen. I had already heard a lot about the glorious things that Fellow Bai has done, but because I was afraid of disturbing you, I didn’t take the initiative to pay my respects to you. Please don’t hold it against .” This middle-aged man’s smile was courteous as he sat beside Bai Xiaochun, cupping his fist as he said those words. He did not dare offend Bai Xiaochun as he knew that the other party’s status was extraordinary in the Sect. Especially his status as the Honourable Disciple, it still made all the cultivator clans wonder how to please him despite the Sect Head postponing the matter by a hundred years.
Bai Xiaochun laughed and exchanged formalities with this middle-aged man, after which, he took out three dicinal bottles and the two spiritual incense sticks, putting them on the table.
“Fellow Sun, appraise these items then.” Bai Xiaochun raised his chin.
Sun Chen smiled as he took these dicine pills into his hand. After looking through them one by one, surprise appeared on his face. Even though these Grade One dicine pills were all Low Tier with their impurities occupying a little over 80%, they were still very close to the Middle Tier unlike the dicine pills that they usually purchased. Those they usually purchased were similarly in the Low Tier, however, it almost had 90% impurities.
“Brother Bai’s dicine skills are exquisite. My Sun Clan wants all of these spiritual dicines. How about this, I am offering you a price of a hundred and twenty Spirit Stones, what do you think?” Sun Chen raised his head and glanced at Bai Xiaochun. Both his eyes brightening.
Bai Xiaochun was pleasantly surprised. This price was more or less equal to the ratio of one spiritual dicine for four Spirit Stones and was already the highest price for Grade One Low Tier dicine pills.
In reality, a dicine pill averagely costed only one and a half Spirit Stone.
Bai Xiaochun talked things over with Sun Chen with a delightful mood and seeing Sun Cheng was determined to make a good impression, the duo conversed quite long. In the end, Bai Xiaochun agreed that whenever he sends dicine pills in the future, instead of Spirit Stones, he would get herbs of equivalent value. Only then did he leave, feeling satisfied.
Ti flew and a couple months quickly passed. In these past few months, other than refining Grade One spiritual dicines in exchange for a large amount of herbs, Bai Xiaochun was also continuously familiarising himself with the refining of various kinds of Grade Two spiritual dicines.
Gradually, he beca even more skilled in refining Grade Two spiritual dicines.
As he worked with the Sun Clan’s dicine shop, he noticed that his connection with them was getting increasingly solid. Most of his dicine pills were bought by them. One day, Bai Xiaochun arrived in the Sun Clan’s dicine shop to trade a few bottles of spiritual dicine for herbs. As he was conversing with Sun Chen, Sun Chen sighed as he lanted.
“Brother Bai, based on your achievents in refining dicine, why don’t you refine so Grade Two spiritual dicines? The Hundred Clan Auction that is held once every couple years is going to be held in three months. If Brother Bai can refine Grade Two spiritual dicines before that ti, I can arrange for them to be auctioned and the price would definitely be quite high.” Sun Chen looked at Bai Xiaochun. In these past few months, Sun Cheng had realised that Bai Xiaochun had a very cheerful personality and was very tactful. Furthermore, associating with him was quite pleasant, so Sun Chen proposed this matter to him.
Bai Xiaochun had also heard of this Hundred Clan Auction that was held once every couple of years. A hundred cultivator clans in the Eastern Forest Continent gathered together to organise that auction. There were three venues in total. The first venue was chosen to be at the market in North Bank, whereas the second venue was at the market in the South Bank. The last venue was held in the Eastern Forest City, Eastern Forest Continent’s largest cultivator city.
In the years that Bai Xiaochun had spent in the Spirit River Sect, this auction had been previously organised once before. However, at that ti, he had only just beco an outer sect disciple and was too busy stealing Spirit Tailed Chickens to eat and didn’t have any interest in the auction.
Pondering for a few monts, Bai Xiaochun had a slight change of heart, and after enquiring about the ti for the auction at the South Bank, Bai Xiaochun bid Sun Chen farewell and returned to the dicine Refinent Pavilion. He sat cross-legged and thought long and hard before finally reaching a conclusion.
“Sun Chen has a point. Rather than selling a little bit here and there, wouldn't it be better for to take this opportunity to auction the dicines I refined for a good price? This way, I can exchange them for even more valuable herbs.” Bai Xiaochun thought to this point as the Grade Two spiritual dicines surfaced into his mind. In the end, he chose… the Purple Rising Qi Pill that he was most familiar with.
Once he set his heart to it, Bai Xiaochun closed himself in the dicine Refinent Pavilion and started refining Purple Rising Qi Pills. Two months later, Bai Xiaochun had spent most of the herbs traded for the dicine pills that he had refined. He had already refined three whole bottles of Purple Rising Qi Pills, with ten pills in each bottle.
There was especially one pill which was coloured slightly differently from the rest of the pale-purple dicine pills. It was deep purple in colour and the rich dicinal aroma seed to be trapped within it.
When he was refining this dicine pill, the pill furnace in front of Bai Xiaochun had been slightly shaking, much different than usual. Even the fire had suddenly swelled up.
He now held this deep purple spiritual dicine in his hands, and when he held it out in front of him, pride and excitent appeared in his eyes.
“Middle Tier! I, Bai Xiaochun, have finally refined another Middle Tier spiritual dicine!”
“Middle Tier spiritual dicine, I think that there wouldn’t be many of these seen in the auction. But, if I wish to achieve a sensational effect, it is still sowhat lacking… after all, this auction is held only once every couple of years and there are sure to be a lot of rare treasures.” Bai Xiaochun pondered for a bit as he clenched his teeth. He took out his Turtle-shell pot and started spiritual refinent.
After three spiritual refinents, silver light flashed and the spiritual dicine was no longer a Middle Tier item, but had broken through the Fine Tier and had even beco… a Great Tier item!
This kind of Great Tier item was already shocking and only had 10% impurities.
Bai Xiaochun had a satisfied expression on his face as he looked at the Great Tier Purple Rising Qi Pill in his hands. The colour of this pill was nearly black, and even though the three spiritual lines on its surface were faint, it was obvious that this dicine pill was extraordinary with a single glance.
Looking at the dicine pill in his hands, Bai Xiaochun suddenly felt that he had once again found a way to spread his na across the world. He laughed loudly, proud of himself. He took out a small knife, and on this dicine pill, he drew a… small good-looking turtle.
“The great Turtle shall appear once more!” Bai Xiaochun stood up excited, an expectant look could be seen in his eyes.
Bai Xiaochun made his way down the mountain with the spiritual dicines in his hands. When he returned an hour later, he was refreshed and had a gleeful expression on his face. Sun Cheng’s surprised expression when he saw Bai Xiaochun take out three bottles of Purple Rising Qi Pills floated into his mind. And when Bai Xiaochun took out that Great Tier spiritual dicine that had been refined three tis, the other party looked as if his jaw was going to fall off.
“I can’t wait for the auction next month.” Bai Xiaochun looked at the jade token in his hands. This was the qualification token that allowed him to participate in the auction.
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10th guaranteed chapter from last week. This chapter is the longest chapter yet with over 4000 words. The new sponsored chapter (first one being the sponsored chapter posted last week) would be for tomorrow, and we would then proceed to a new schedule which is 5 guaranteed and 3 sponsored a week as announced in a chapter posted a few days ago.
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