Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 177: Divine Item "Spiritual Spring" (6k1)

After Gao Wen finished speaking, he put on a gentle smile and looked at the guests who were whispering in the audience.

The "Spring of Spirituality" is a "divine object", a treasure that has traces of the pillar gods or the "gods" who once hoped to become pillar gods. It is a rare treasure left by the gods when they still walked the world during the Age of Gods.

Generally speaking, for relics of ancient existences such as "divine objects", they can usually only be found from equally ancient relics or from "ancient seals" of high enough status.

In the extraordinary world, countless people flock to these "divine objects" because they all have one common characteristic - the true divinity that remains in them gives them abilities similar to "laws", which is independent of the destiny and ability of the extraordinary person himself.

When hearing Lord Gawain mention the term "divine object 'Spiritual Fountain'", most of the extraordinary people in the audience were deeply shocked and eager!
——That is a "divine object"! Under the credible authentication of the Black Sword Mansion, it is a genuine "divine object"!
Lord Gawain was actually going to auction a sacred object, which made many people begin to get excited.

The most shocking person among them was the young extraordinary person sitting in the seat on the left, who had just bought the broken heart of the god "False Vikara" for 13,000 gold coins.

……

The expression on Luo Xiu's face became a little complicated.

When he heard Gawain mention the "divine object" spiritual spring, his heart skipped a beat.

Luo Xiu was not unfamiliar with the concept of "divine objects", and was even quite familiar with it.

Because he has one in his hand. "The Divine 'Double-Faced Doll'", which is also a treasure with traces of gods. The power close to "law" it possesses is the function of "resetting points".

As for the "Spring of Spirituality" that Gao Wen mentioned, Luo Xiu immediately understood its true function.

"……grass,"

"I didn't expect that the 'Experience Pool' would appear here!"

Luo Xiu thought to himself, his pupils trembling slightly, and when there was no one in front of him, he no longer concealed the strong shock in his heart.

Luo Xiu was also quite familiar with the "divine object" the spiritual spring.

In the previous life, the "Spring of Spirituality" first appeared in the "Golden Country Bank" in Songyuan City.

Its owner is none other than the president of that bank, Qiao Dewen, who has the fifth level of destiny of [Nothingness]. Now it seems that Qiao Dewen must have obtained it indirectly through someone at this auction.

This is enough to show that the auction of the "Fountain of Spirituality" is indeed authentic.

The real ability of the "divine object" spiritual fountain, which is close to "law", is to "store" and "distribute" spirituality, that is, "experience".

Players can store experience points, and other players can also take out experience points!
This is a very important function. In his previous life, the "experience pool" held by Qiao Dewen allowed countless players to become stronger faster, and also opened up a new market for trading experience for money.

The main beneficiaries of the emergence of the "Fountain of Spirituality" are actually the player groups operating in the form of "guilds".

A large number of mid-level player members are responsible for gaining experience. After paying the usage fee of the "Spiritual Fountain", they can "store" their experience points in the "Spiritual Fountain", while the guild's high-end players "receive" these experiences from the "Spiritual Fountain", thereby achieving rapid upgrades of top members.

Although this method of transferring experience through the "Spiritual Fountain" results in a significant loss of experience points along the way, it is still an extremely efficient way to upgrade.

In the first major version of "God's Destiny", version 1.0 "War of Judgment", the highest level that players can reach is lv.30, and the highest number of destiny is three of any destiny.

Generally speaking, it takes an average of about three months for players to reach the level cap of version 1.0 by working hard on their own. However, by utilizing the power of the "Spiritual Fountain", they can shorten this time to one month!

When Luo Xiu recalled these things, a deep light flashed in his eyes, and an uncontrollable strong desire for this divine object, the "Fountain of Spirituality", emerged in his heart.

Listening to Gawain's previous description, he obviously didn't know the true function of the sacred object "Spiritual Spring". This is exactly the limitation of the natives! Luo Xiu thought with some complacency.

Luo Xiu could probably guess that the "friend" that Gawain mentioned did not understand the function of the "Spring of Spirituality", and thus blindly poured most of his experience, that is, "spirituality" into it, which led to his loss of extraordinary power.

However, Gawain's friend was able to discover the "spirituality storage" feature of the "Fountain of Spirituality", which means that he happened to turn on a certain "switch" and was able to take out the experience he had "deposited" - but in this case, for a single extraordinary person, some of the "spirituality" would inevitably be lost.

Later on, the "friend" probably understood the spirituality he took out as a "gift" from the divine object itself, so he "deposited" and "withdrew" his own spirituality again, which eventually led to him losing all his spirituality and all his extraordinary powers.

Similar things happen frequently in the world of Apocalypse, and the tragedy occurred because the "friend" was unable to control the "quantity" of storing and extracting spirituality from the "Spring of Spirituality".

Lord Gawain attributed this to "the price of power".

Luo Xiu's eyes suddenly became deep.

Luo Xiu had no time to think about why Lord Gawain would auction the "Spring of Spirituality" at this time. At this moment, he only knew one thing -

He is determined to obtain this divine object, the "Fountain of Spirituality".

We must take it down! While no one has discovered his true purpose, "One hundred thousand gold coins" is a very low price!

After completing this complicated thinking for a moment, Luo Xiu looked at the extraordinary people in other seats who were eager to try.

After Gawain announced the starting price, no one took up the bid - for most extraordinary people, "one hundred thousand gold coins" was indeed a very high price.

Moreover, the guests in the audience all have their own concerns.

Because of the price that Lord Gawain mentioned earlier, for most of them, it is something that must be carefully considered before they can decide how much they should pay for it.

Seeing that no one had taken up the bid of 100,000 gold coins yet, Luo Xiu turned sideways and said to Index who was standing behind him:

"Intis, lend me your bell."

...Bells? Index was stunned, but she did not ask why. Instead, she put her left hand on the bracelet on her right hand and took out the string of ancient bells.

Luo Xiu reached out to take it and opened the panel, on which new words had already appeared.

"Cat Soul Bell" is the bell that Index carries with her, and it is also a special extraordinary equipment of "rare" quality.

Before, when Luo Xiu asked Index to "interrogate" Saint and Naif, she used this string of bells to hypnotize them and confuse their minds.

After quickly browsing the panel, Luo Xiu roughly understood how to use the bell.

He then opened his palms and completely grasped the entire string of bells in his hands, so that when he shook them later, they would make as little noise as possible.

Then, Luo Xiu shook his palm lightly, and a certain hint immediately emerged in his mind...

"——【I have assets worth one million Nolan gold coins】."

He began to hypnotize himself and bewitch himself!

Because the offer Gawain had made was far too high, far exceeding the three hundred platinum coins that Luo Xiu only had - after deducting the price of the Broken Heart of the God, there was only a balance of one hundred and seventy platinum coins left. Even if the principal he invested in the "Golden Country Bank" was included, after deducting the depreciation on withdrawals, he could only withdraw assets worth more than a hundred thousand gold coins at most at one time.

This only reached the starting price of the divine object "Spiritual Spring", but Luo Xiu believed that if he wanted to get this divine object, this price was definitely not enough! Far from enough!

Therefore, Luo Xiu simply confused himself early on in order to bypass the restrictions of the "Black Sword Oath" and allow him to bid the highest price for the "Spring of Spirituality"!

As for what happens next, we’ll think about it later!

——Ding-ling... The originally clear sound of the "Soul Bell of the Spirit Cat" that was tightly held in the palm of the hand became tiny and dull after passing through the palm.

At the same time, Luo Xiu injected an appropriate amount of spirituality into the bell. He immediately felt that deep in his mind, the hint he had just set for himself seemed to be "replacing" some of his original intuitions in some way.

Because of Luo Xiu's tacit approval, the process went particularly smoothly.

However, this kind of self-hypnosis and self-suggestion is not permanent. The spirituality that Luo Xiu infused into the bell allows it to last for about half a day. After that, Luo Xiu's memory will return to normal.

After finishing all this, Luo Xiu returned the bell to Index.

At this moment, Luo Xiu knew that he had just performed self-hypnosis and had forgotten some "not so important" memories. His consciousness became a little confused for a moment.

However, as the fog of confusion gradually dissipated, an extremely clear idea gradually emerged in Luo Xiu's mind.

“——【I have assets worth one million Nolan gold coins】!”

This thought was gradually accepted as a "real memory" in Luo Xiu's mind. However, hidden around this memory, other "voices of memory" also emerged.

"Don't be too ostentatious", "Behave as usual", "This can only be used for quotation", "Don't mind the suspicion"... one reminder after another sounded from the side, allowing Luo Xiu to quickly understand.

This was all the protection that Luo Xiu had set up for himself when he was giving himself suggestions. Gradually, as the suggestion of "one million assets" came true, Luo Xiu became more cautious and more confident.

Only after he finished all this did Luo Xiu look around with a smile on his face.

Only half a minute had passed since Lord Gawain announced the starting price for the "Spiritual Fountain". No one had taken up Gawain's offer yet, and everyone was waiting and watching.

Finally, after about ten seconds, a lady with long blood-red hair in the "VIP" seat in the middle of the front row raised her hand.

"I'll go first. One hundred thousand gold coins, my lord. The sacred object is not important. What I care more about is buying your connections."

The lady's voice was high-pitched and rough, like the female mercenaries who often mingled in the Adventurer's Guild. When she was the first to accept Gawain's offer, Gawain smiled brightly and gently.

"Thank you for your generosity, ma'am." Gawain said with a smile, "Then, one hundred thousand gold coins each time."

When Lord Gawain finished speaking, a man in a white cloak with black stripes on the right side of the front row also raised his hand, "Haha...'divine object'... no matter how high the price is, it is still a divine object after all... I'll offer one hundred and five thousand..."

——One hundred and five thousand gold coins! This was only the second bid, and the price had increased by five thousand gold coins! This was enough to buy the entire lot that was previously put on the market!
Luo Xiu thought to himself, his expression at this moment was quite shocked, as if "so horrible" was written all over his face.

But this was not the final price. Luo Xiu soon heard the third voice.

"Cough, cough, cough..." The voice came from an old lady who sounded not in good health. There was a heavy sound of phlegm in her cough. "... I... cough, cough, I... 130,000 gold coins..." - 130,000 gold coins! This is 25,000 more than the last time! The shock on Luo Xiu's face became more and more intense.

However, Luo Xiu is not worried at all now. After all, he has assets of one million gold coins, which is still within his acceptable range.

When the old lady quoted a price of 130,000 gold coins, Luo Xiu immediately raised his arm and shouted in a low voice:
"One hundred and four hundred thousand gold coins."

This was the one who used the most concise words among the four bidders. Suddenly, many eyes gathered around him.

The guest sitting in the ordinary seat on the left is the first one to participate in the bidding among the "VIPs" as an "ordinary guest"!

After Luo Xiu made the offer, Lord Gawain on the stage cast a glance at Luo Xiu.

For some reason, Luo Xiu seemed to see that Gawain's brows seemed to be tightly furrowed for a moment, but soon relaxed again, with that gentle smile still on his face.

"One hundred and fourteen thousand gold coins. Ah, this is a new guest. What a surprise!"

When Luo Xiu offered a price of 140,000 gold coins, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became quiet, and no new offers came forward.

The red-haired lady sitting in the front row of the VIP seats suddenly laughed and said:

"Hey, 140,000 gold coins! How the hell did I not realize that this thing was worth 140,000 gold coins! Lord Gawain, I'm sorry, your connections don't seem to be worth this price."

"..."

"I'm so sorry, ma'am."

Unexpectedly, Lord Gawain was not angry, but nodded gracefully to the lady, "I am deeply sorry for not getting your approval."

"Uh..." The red-haired lady was suddenly choked by Gawain's words. She swallowed back the words she had originally wanted to use to "fight back" against Lord Gawain's anger.

Gao Wen no longer paid attention to the episode here. He scanned the entire venue, waiting for the next bidder to appear.

Three seconds later, a guest sitting in the middle seat on the right slowly raised his hand and said:

"I'll give you 150,000 gold coins."

Well... 150,000 gold coins! Luo Xiu's eyelids jumped.

It's fine if I have money, but why are these people bidding thousands or tens of thousands of gold coins? Luo Xiu raised his hand again and offered, "160,000 gold coins."

Swish! Luo Xiu once again felt the blazing gazes of the guests.

He vaguely heard that some people seemed to be discussing in whispers about the guest sitting on the left seat and where he came from.

Uh… If it’s exposed, I’ll just use the name of “Alaerdin Manston” to take the blame… The first heir of the Golden Country’s great family should be able to afford just a few hundred thousand Norlan gold coins…

As Luo Xiu was thinking, his left leg was crossed over his right leg, his hands were clasped across his chest, and he looked up at the guests in other seats, imitating the sitting posture of gangsters in the movies and TV dramas of his previous life, with an attitude of "I am invincible, do whatever you want".

"One hundred and sixty thousand gold coins at a time. This new friend is becoming more and more surprising." Gawain said with a smile.

"..." Luo Xiu had a blank expression on his face, and just nodded slightly. At the same time, he leaned back on the backrest of the sofa, waiting for possible bidding opponents to appear.

Three seconds later, the guest in the middle seat on the right who had previously offered $150,000 raised his hand again.

"I'll offer 180,000 gold coins."

Shit... 180,000 gold coins! Luo Xiu's thoughts raced, and he looked up to see who was bidding.

Looking across the rows of seats in the middle, Luo Xiu saw the figure of the person who was bidding with him in the seat on the left.

The man was wearing a gorgeous white robe dotted with delicate gold patterns. His hair was the color of gold scattered like stars in the night sky, and around his neck hung a necklace carved from gold.

This image gave Luo Xiu a premonition...

This person might not be from the "Golden Country"... Could it be that Qiao Dewen in his previous life obtained the "Spring of Spirituality" from him?
This possibility emerged in Luo Xiu’s mind.

Although he was wearing a mask, judging from the skin on his neck and arms, the man should not be too old.

If he really came from the "Golden Country", the reason why he wanted to buy the sacred object "Spiritual Spring" might be very simple...

To serve as the spy of President Qiao Dewen, to buy certain auction items with "investment value"; or for personal collection, as gifts or as favors, etc. With such simple and unpretentious reasons, the big businessmen in the "Golden Kingdom" will indeed spend a lot of money to buy what they like.

Which one would he be...? Luo Xiu fell into deep thought, but with millions of assets under his belt, he still had the confidence to bid against the person who was suspected to be from the Golden Country.

Luo Xiu then raised his arm and shouted in a deep voice: "Two hundred thousand gold coins."

——Two hundred thousand gold coins! Luo Xiu could already hear the exclamations from other seats.

He somewhat enjoyed this feeling.

Suddenly, Luo Xiu felt a cold touch coming from the back of his neck.

Luo Xiu turned around and met Index's eyes.

From those dark green eyes, Luo Xiu saw strong doubt, fear and worry.

"My Lord, you, you..." Intis leaned over and said softly, "Have you forgotten? We...we don't have that much money..."

Not having that much money? Luo Xiu frowned slightly, but his subconscious told him that even if that was the case, he had already prepared a way out.

"It's okay, Intis." Luo Xiu smiled and said, "Trust me."

"..."Intis said no more, but the worry in her eyes did not diminish at all.

Gao Wen on the high platform raised his eyebrows, and there was a little more appreciation in his eyes when he looked at Luo Xiu.

Gawain then said loudly:

"Two hundred thousand gold coins! This is already double the starting price of the 'Spring of Spirituality'! Is there anyone who wants to make a higher bid?"

Lord Gawain asked three times in a row, but this time, no one offered a higher price.

The man suspected to be from the "Golden Country" did not continue bidding, as he seemed to feel that the "Spiritual Fountain" worth more than 200,000 gold coins had lost its investment value.

"The final transaction price of the divine object 'Spiritual Spring' is 200,000 gold coins!"

Gawain clapped his hands, then looked at Luo Xiu again, a bright smile appeared on his face, and he announced:

"Congratulations, sir. The sacred object, 'Spiritual Fountain', now belongs to you."

Finally... Luo Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, feeling relaxed both physically and mentally.

He now felt like a soldier who had just returned triumphantly from a tough battle.

Luo Xiu then nodded slightly to Lord Gawain in response.

Although the person behind him...she seemed to be a little afraid of something, Luo Xiu felt that it shouldn't be a big problem.

Then, Lord Gawain bowed slightly to the audience, and then he said loudly:

"Thank you all. I hope that the 'Interlude' I inserted on a whim can bring you a moment of joy."

After saying this, Lord Gawain bowed again, then turned around and retreated behind the scenes.

Lord Gawain left the scene. He appeared in person, seemingly just to auction a sacred object, the "Spring of Spirituality"...

Luo Xiu thought to himself that as the final winner of the "Spring of Spirituality", he would definitely meet this lord again in the future.

Combined with the memories of the previous life, this should not be too dangerous. Even if I take a step back, I have not exposed my identity as a clergyman of the Sina City Church... The worst case scenario is that I will run away with the money, and let Mil, who has registered as a member here, take the blame... And when Mil registered as a member, he should have used a fake identity... Luo Xiu thought so, and stopped thinking about Lord Gawain.

The curtain on the stage was drawn again, and after a while, when it was slowly opened to both sides again, the graceful figure of the "Night Witch" Niafu reappeared on the stage.

Niafu lifted her skirt, bowed slightly to the audience, and then said in a soft voice:

“So, all the lots put up for auction by the mansion have found new homes.”

"This is exactly the significance of the Black Sword Mansion holding an antique auction. On behalf of the mansion, I would like to sincerely thank everyone who attended."

"Then, next."

Niafu paused for a moment, then announced to the audience in a clear voice:
"The ball at the mansion ends, and the feast for friends begins!"

"Please show us the valuable things you have collected."

"The Mansion will bear witness. A free and beautiful transaction was born in this hall!"

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(End of this chapter)