Zhou Heng left the Great River Academy again, manipulated his spiritual power to alter his appearance, and used the Five Elents Rune to conceal his aura before arriving at the largest auction house in Great River City.
To operate an auction house in Great River City, one naturally needed a powerful background. What’s more, to open the largest auction house, without ntioning anything else, the re presence of eight Stellar Realm guards lined up at the entrance gave an impression of grandeur and prestige.
Zhou Heng simply stated that he had a treasure for sale and needed to et soone who could make decisions at the auction house. He sat still, waiting for soone with authority to arrive under the suspicious gaze of a young servant.
Not long after, an old man leisurely walked in. His cultivation level wasn’t high, only at the Star Emperor level, which wasn’t considered strong at a place like the Great River Academy. But as an appraiser for the auction house, he didn’t need to be too powerful, just having a good eye was enough.
"Sir, what do you wish to sell?" the old man asked.
Zhou Heng, currently in the guise of a man in his thirties, smiled faintly and took out a small pouch he had prepared in advance, placing it on the table. He then gently pushed the pouch toward the old man.
The old man also smiled, thinking it was so truly precious treasure considering how secretive it was presented. He opened the cloth bag and poured out a small, grayish stone that at first glance appeared no different from a random pebble one might find on the side of the road.
Is this guy trying to fool ?
Wait!
The old man was just about to get angry but suddenly thought of sothing, leading him to carefully examine it again and give it a firm squeeze, finding the stone completely unmoving.
Heavenly Mysterious Spirit Crystal!
The old man suddenly realized this must be the Heavenly Mysterious Spirit Crystal!
He hadn’t reacted imdiately because such a treasure was incredibly rare, and he had never seen one before, only heard that this treasure was known to be indestructible! Of course, being indestructible alone couldn’t prove it was the Heavenly Mysterious Spirit Crystal, as there were many ways to counterfeit it.
But the thod to confirm it was simple: By injecting Divine Sense into it, a martial artist of the Stellar Realm or higher could imdiately see a dazzling starlight and starry scene throughout it, sothing that cannot be faked by any ans.
—If such a level of forgery were possible, the Heavenly Mysterious Spirit Crystal wouldn’t be worth anything.
He eagerly injected his Divine Sense into the small stone in his hand; this was both an appraisal and a way for him to benefit, hoping to gain a glimpse into the mysteries of the universe, allowing his long-stagnant cultivation level to advance.
While the Heavenly Mysterious Spirit Crystal was indestructible, injecting spirit into it and extracting the starlight within slowly caused it to layer by layer disintegrate until the star power was exhausted and turned entirely to ash. However, such a "large" piece of Heavenly Mysterious Spirit Crystal could be pondered for more than half a year before the star power would be fully exhausted, certainly not sothing an old man could deplete by identifying it for a short ti.
With such a short period, the old man couldn’t truly comprehend anything profound.
After a while, the old man regrettably put the Heavenly Mysterious Spirit Crystal down. He was rely an appraiser for the auction house and didn’t have the privilege to enjoy such a treasure!
"Sir, do you wish to consign it to the auction house for an auction, or would you like to sell it directly to the auction house?" The old man, maintaining his professional ethics, soon suppressed the excitent in his heart and asked Zhou Heng seriously.
"Sell it directly!" Zhou Heng replied.
Although consigning it for auction might fetch a high price, he didn’t have the ti to wait and found it better to get the money directly.
"I can’t decide the price; please allow to seek instruction from above!" The old man apologized to Zhou Heng before leaving the room. However, soon after, he returned, accompanied by a middle-aged man, clearly showing a deferential standing behind him, indicating the hierarchy between them was imdiately apparent.
"My na is Ke Baohuo, the owner of the auction house!" The middle-aged man straightforwardly said, "Are there any more Heavenly Mysterious Spirit Crystals? I’ll take them all!"
This guy has quite the appetite; just one Heavenly Mysterious Spirit Crystal could sell for an astronomical price, yet he wanted more!
Zhou Heng couldn’t help but smile and said, "Shopkeeper Ke, do you think sothing like a Heavenly Mysterious Spirit Crystal could be procured in large quantities?"
Ke Baohuo fixed his gaze on Zhou Heng, his expression serious, but after a while, he smiled broadly and said, "Brother, may I know your na?"
"Hu, Hu Youdao!" Zhou Heng said casually; naturally, he wouldn’t reveal his true na to invite trouble, "Shopkeeper Ke, you should quickly na a price!"
"Ten million Great River Coins!" Ke Baohuo thought for a mont and offered a price.
Zhou Heng sighed, stood up, and began to walk out.
"Wait, Brother Hu, don’t be in a rush; the price is negotiable!" Ke Baohuo quickly stopped Zhou Heng. In fact, he wanted to kill Zhou Heng and secretly pocket the Heavenly Mysterious Spirit Crystal, but if even a slight rumor got out, his auction house wouldn’t be able to continue.
The other party clearly knew that the treasure in his hand was the Heavenly Mysterious Spirit Crystal and dared to co alone, surely having made comprehensive arrangents.
This risk couldn’t be taken!
Ke Baohuo laughed heartily and said, "I was just joking earlier, Brother Hu, how about ten billion, ten billion?"
Wow, that’s a hundredfold increase!
The price of the Heavenly Mysterious Spirit Crystal is hard to set because it’s so rare and precious. In fact, opportunities for it to be auctioned off are scarce. So, everyone knows the Heavenly Mysterious Spirit Crystal is valuable, but exactly how valuable is difficult to describe with a specific number.
Ten billion Great River Coins isn’t exactly a small amount.
Zhou Heng thought for a mont, then agreed, saying, "Deal!"
"Refreshing!" Ke Baohuo laughed heartily, patting Zhou Heng on the shoulder, and said, "Co, let’s have a drink to our partnership. If Brother Hu cos across any more such good things in the future, feel free to bring them to !"
Zhou Heng waved his hand and said, "No need for drinks, just bring the money!"
Ke Baohuo couldn’t help showing an awkward expression, saying, "To be honest, Brother Hu, I can’t possibly bring out ten billion in cash all at once right now. After all, my business is spread quite large! Right now, I can only give you two billion Great River Coins. Don’t worry, just wait until the auction concludes a month from now, and I promise to settle the remaining account!"
It’s true, no rchant prepares a large amount of cash, as long as they can manage their turnover.
Zhou Heng agreed; two billion Great River Coins were enough for him to sweep through the spiritual dicines he needed for the current stage, given the limited quantity of such dicines. Furthermore, there were quite a few spiritual dicines at the auction house, which he used as barter to acquire enough to be worth at least three billion Great River Coins.
After leaving the auction house, Zhou Heng went on a large-scale shopping spree at the pharmacy, then wandered around the city, and by the eighth circle, he had shaken off all the tails.
Quickly reverting to his original appearance, Zhou Heng swaggered back to the Great River Academy, leaving no one aware that the person who had just sold the Heavenly Mysterious Spirit Crystal was him, who had co from afar.
"Furnace, ti to work!" Zhou Heng said. He wanted to refine the Flying Star Pill again, because he only needed to accumulate spiritual power; things like Starry Secret Array and Realm understanding were no big deal to him.
"I’m already of a venerable age, can’t you show so respect and let have a bit more sleep?" the Fire Divine Furnace sighed in complaint. Although it ultimately couldn’t escape doing the heavy lifting each ti, it always refused to behave obediently and needed to lash out, seeking attention.
If Zhou Heng had to say, this was a sign that the furnace’s intelligence hadn’t matured fully—it couldn’t be content without being cheeky.
Muttering while opening the furnace to refine pills, when the pills were finally done, the Black Donkey had long since co hopping over, as it was never one to miss out on the benefits.
The Black Donkey now possessed formidable battle power, Little Fire was a Heaven-Earth Divine Beast, even more not to be underestimated. Zhou Heng split the Flying Star Pills into three once more, hoping that both the Black Donkey and Little Fire could break through into Star Sovereign sooner.
Even though each only got a third, each received as many as sixty Flying Star Pills. It was estimated that both Little Fire and the Black Donkey could break through to Star Sovereign with these.
Upon receiving the pills, the Black Donkey imdiately scampered off, acting as if afraid that soone might snatch them away; indeed, once accustod to thievery, it beca particularly sneaky itself.
Little Fire, on the other hand, remained the sa, quickly gulping down all sixty pills, since, being a Divine Beast, it had a sturdy physique and didn’t fear being stuffed to death.
Zhou Heng also began refining the dicinal power. It took a total of thirteen days to completely refine the sixty pills, advancing his cultivation level to nineteen stars in one go.
However, these stars were all accumulated through dicine, making their application sowhat clumsy; further advancent in cultivation level was inadvisable in the short term. Otherwise, with a foundation not solidly laid, a skyscraper might collapse, causing disastrous consequences.
Moreover, any dicine carries a fraction of poison, the more potent the dicine, the more pill poison it contains. Generally, this is not a problem, as it will be expelled from the body over ti, yet Zhou Heng’s body was currently filled with pill poison. Taking more spirit pills might indeed cause harm.
This is what is known as drug resistance, a side effect that occurs when one consus a large amount of dicine in a short period, and it can only be adjusted through ti.
He was a step ahead of the Black Donkey and Little Fire. When he stepped out of his chamber, the Black Donkey was sitting cross-legged in a man-like manner, surrounded by surging Star Power, precisely at a critical breakthrough mont, while Little Fire lay belly-up, sound asleep.
A Divine Beast is indeed a Divine Beast; its breakthrough thod is unique.
After stepping out of his courtyard, Zhou Heng noticed a few unfamiliar people had appeared. i Liping and Piao Yuan happened to be standing to one side, speaking sourly. It turned out these people were admirers of Geng Xinnuo.
Ever since they moved in here, many people had been coming because of Geng Xinnuo, making the two of them particularly sour—she was clearly the Dayuan Academy’s delicate flower, how could she be let to be rooted by others?
The ones coming here to pursue Geng Xinnuo weren’t just other academy mbers participating in the competition; there were also students from the Great River Academy. These people were conspicuously more arrogant, as even though they were only a few Star Emperors, they showed little respect for Yu Sichen and Mao Zixing, the two Milky Way Kings.
"Junior Brother Zhou, care to accompany shopping?" Just then, Geng Xinnuo gracefully approached, dressed in a light red long dress, like a beautiful butterfly, unabashedly offering a charming smile.
i Liping and Piao Yuan knew Geng Xinnuo was deliberately using Zhou Heng as a shield to drive away those pursuers, but why choose Zhou Heng and not them? Were they not n?
As a result, both of them, like the other n, turned jealous gazes towards Zhou Heng. (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welco to vote for it on Qidian (qidian) with recomndations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.)
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