Chapter 1096 – Auction
Chapter 1096 – The Auction
The Snake-tailed Demoness thought that she was able to monitor Xu Chuniang’s every move by virtue of the Prying Array.
Unbeknownst to her, this peeping formation had long been seen through.
In order not to alert the snakes, Xu Chuniang didn’t forcefully destroy the peeping formation, but instead added an illusion formation outside of it.
Everything the Snake-tailed Demoness saw through the peeping formation was what she deliberately wanted the other party to see.
After collecting the Superior Grade Star Soul Grass and the Wood Scented Soul Recovery Pill, Xu Chunniang catalyzed the illusion formation, replacing the real her with the scene in the illusion formation.
On the other hand, the Snake Mal on the other side of the peeping formation was oblivious, still monitoring the “Xu Chuniang” in the phantom formation as she had done in the past.
After activating the illusion formation, Xu Chuniang stroked her brow, and after a while, the tearing sensation emanating from her soul gradually subsided.
Since the other party was able to set up a snooping formation, it was evident that he had some attainments in formations, and if she wanted to use the illusion formation to fool the other party’s snooping, she would definitely have to put in more effort on the illusion formation.
And now her soul has not yet recovered, it is not appropriate to use soul power, the reason why the pain in her soul has intensified is precisely due to her hastily using her soul power to catalyze the formation.
After easing up for a while, Xu Chuniang took out a medium-grade Star Soul Grass anew and stuck it onto her brow.
The Star Soul Grass shimmered with an ethereal blue luster, transforming into a starry shimmer that drilled into her brow.
Xu Chunniang only felt a coolness surge into her divine soul, instantly soothing the hidden pain deep within her divine soul.
However, this feeling only lasted for a short twenty to thirty breaths before the coolness disappeared, and her divine soul vaguely ached again.
Looking at her empty palm, Xu Chuniang frowned slightly.
She had thought that the effect of the Medium Grade Star Soul Grass wouldn’t be very good, but she hadn’t expected it to be this bad.
After consuming a Medium Grade Astral Soul Grass, only one percent of her damaged soul power had managed to be replenished.
A middle grade astral soul grass was worth 160,000, and to replenish her overdrawn soul power, one hundred middle grade astral soul grasses would have to be consumed.
Xu Chuniang took out the dan bottle and poured out a lower-grade Wood Fragrance Soul Recovery Pill into her mouth.
The pill instantly melted in her mouth, and within a short time, a coolness once again surged through her soul, but it only lasted for about ten breaths.
The effect of the Lower Grade Wood Scent Soul Recovery Pill was inferior to that of the Middle Grade Star Soul Grass, about two or three Lower Grade Wood Scent Soul Recovery Pills were equivalent to the recovery effect of a Middle Grade Star Soul Grass.
As for the top-grade Star Soul Grass, the effect was only slightly better than the middle-grade Star Soul Grass.
After consuming the remaining two Wood Fragrance Soul Recovery Pills and the Star Soul Grass, one-twentieth of her missing soul power was made up.
Moreover, replenishing the soul power was only the first step to nourishing the soul, to repair the tear in the divine soul, not only did it require soul nourishing items, but it also required the accumulation of time.
In contrast, Xu Chuniang had expected this and was not surprised.
She had thought that there would be such a day when she had overused her divine soul and overdrawn her soul power.
The soul nourishing effect of the mid-grade astral soul grass was only slightly worse than that of the top-grade astral soul grass, so the next time she went out, she could acquire more.
As for the lower-grade Soul Recovery Pill, the effect is very general, and taking a large amount of the same kind of pill in a short period of time, it is very easy for the body to become resistant to the pill, resulting in the pill’s effect getting worse and worse, there is no need to acquire too much. Xu Chuniang flashed this thought in her mind, sat down on her knees, operated the secret method taught by the old man of the Soul Witch Clan, and urged the soul power in her soul, sending it towards the soul talisman at the center.
The soul power followed a special path, entering the soul talisman and surging out of it, slowly nourishing her divine soul.
This soul talisman was the first soul talisman that the old man of the Witch Race had taught her, and when she performed her gongfu, she was able to use this soul talisman to draw soul power from all things in the world, to strengthen her body, and to make her divine soul permanent.
Using this method to nourish the soul, although the effect was a bit slow, but there were no consequences, and it didn’t need to consume any heavenly materials or earthly treasures.
After recuperating in the cave for two months, it was only when the auction approached that she stopped her seclusion, found the invitation letter she had gotten years ago, and left the cave.
At the entrance of the venue, after receiving a cloak and number plate that was uniformly issued by the venue and was able to conceal her figure and face with the invitation letter, Xu Chuniang casually draped the cloak over her head, entered the auction venue, and found the position that corresponded to the number plate.
There were already quite a few people sitting in the hall of the venue, and all of them were wearing cloaks that covered their bodies and faces so tightly that even those who knew them well couldn’t see through the cloaks.
After Xu Chuniang found a seat, she closed her eyes and waited for the auction to begin.
Half an hour later, as an old man with a charitable face walked onto the auction stage, the venue suddenly quieted down.
The old man arched his hand towards the entire arena and said with a smile, “My name is Xu Haidong, invited by all the major chambers of commerce to preside over this auction, this auction has a number of new arrivals of fine products and masterpieces, and will certainly not call you all disappointed!”
After a short pause, Xu Haidong clapped his hands, and immediately a valet walked onto the stage with a tray covered by red silk.
He pointed at the tray in the attendant’s hands, and introduced with a slight hint of mystery, “The old rules, this first item for auction, is always the best of the best, this Purple Precious Wood originating from the secret realm of the Hala, I believe that quite a number of people here have heard of its great name, right?”
Said, he gently pulled down the red silk, revealing a small section of purple precious wood within it.
This section of purple precious wood, only a thumb thick, a foot long, the whole body is dark purple, cut off there are four circles of clearly visible wooden lines, a scene attracted the attention of the crowd.
Xu Haidong observed the crowd’s reaction and said with a slight smile.
“As we all know, the longer the age of this Purple Precious Wood, the better the effect of the medicine, look at its lines, you can know its age, today’s auction of this section of Purple Precious Wood, there are four circles of complete wood grain, meaning that it grows in more than 40,000 years, 50,000 years below.
This quality of Purple Precious Wood is always a treasure, as the first item in today’s auction, its starting price is 50,000 magic crystals, and each increase shall not be less than 10,000 magic crystals, all of you please bid!”
As soon as Xu Haidong’s words fell, there was immediately someone who couldn’t wait to raise his hand, “Sixty thousand!”
“I bid seventy thousand!”
“Eighty thousand!”
……
Soon, the crowd of bidders pushed the auction price of the Purple Precious Wood up to one hundred thousand, and after the price surpassed one hundred thousand, the number of people who were interested in participating in the bidding was obviously much less, but the competition was still fierce.
Xu Chuniang did not participate in the auction, her purpose was clear, she had come to the auction to look for heavenly treasures and supreme yin objects that could warm the divine soul.
She watched idly as the auction price of the Purple Precious Wood rose all the way up, until after the price surpassed the two hundred thousand mark, the number of bidders instantly became much smaller.
Although the Purple Precious Wood was good, after all, it was only a material, and at 200,000, the price had almost reached the top.
(End of chapter)