Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 70 Auction Ends
Blood Sun Star, in a magnificent palace atop a towering sacred mountain.

An old man with black, keratinous skin, red curved horns, and a hint of snow-white skin peeking through the horns, sat cross-legged.

In front of him, a dozen or so figures dressed in various robes were reporting something to him.

Suddenly, the old man's expression shifted slightly, and he quickly answered a communication request.

"Haha, Brother Gu, you're contacting me at this time, does it mean there's been a result regarding the Origin Crystal?"

The old man with the curved corners spoke with anticipation in his voice.

"I'm sorry, Narcia, there were indeed Origin Crystals at this auction, but the prices were driven up quite high, and you haven't prepared enough money."

A sigh came from the other end of the communication, "You should try to raise more funds. It would be safer to prepare more than 3 trillion cosmic coins. You can contact me again if you need anything."

The call was abruptly ended after he finished speaking.

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Inside the shrine, the smile on the old man's face gradually faded, replaced by an extremely violent and insane aura of terror brewing around him.

"grown ups."

The dozen or so subordinates standing below were trembling, shaking as they tried to speak.

However, the next moment, they met a pair of blood-red eyes filled with endless terror and savagery!
"Humph!"

The old man with the curved corners suddenly raised his hand—

"Boom~~~"

The entire palace hall seemed to be swept by a terrifying cosmic storm. Exquisite ornaments, decorations, and even the dozen or so trembling subordinates who looked over were all torn to shreds by a powerful force field.

"Damn it, damn it, you ancient dog! If I hadn't helped you back then, you would have been thrown into the Star Domain Prison long ago. Now it's so difficult for you to help me get a single Origin Crystal, and you won't even pay a single penny for me!"

"Hmph, they all deserve to die!"

The old man with the curved horns vented his anger, leaving the entire temple in a mess.

Fortunately, the temple itself was imprinted with many reinforcing runes, and although it was still trembling, it managed to withstand the raging energy storm.

After a long while, the rumbling within the shrine gradually subsided, followed by a cold, low growl that echoed from within—

"No matter what method you use, whether it's stealing or robbing, you have three years—three trillion cosmic coins—to gather them for me! Otherwise..."

Lanting Continent, Floating City Auction Hall.

On a massive seat, a bald world lord clad in black armor and sporting two ugly, fleshy wings on his back, chuckled after hanging up the communication:
"Hmph, you keep bringing up some trivial matter from hundreds of thousands of years ago. If you weren't hiding on Blood Sun Star all day, I would have personally sent you on your way."

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but sigh silently, "There are really a lot of rich people at this auction. Not to mention the mechanical race's spaceship, even the Origin Crystals can be sold for over 2.7 trillion cosmic coins, which is several hundred billion more than in previous years."

"Sigh, I've been with the Ash Organization for millions of years, and I haven't even earned one percent of what someone casually photographs on a spaceship. Really, tsk tsk."

Each batch of items at the Lanting Auction consists of 1000 pieces.

After all the auction items were sold, Qi Yuan paid for the original crystal and agreed on a physical delivery location.

"This auction is such an expensive place! Two Origin Crystals cost me over five trillion Cosmic Coins. Now my savings are less than five Chaos Yuan levels."

Qi Yuan sighed silently and continued watching the next part of the auction.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we will now present the sixth batch of auction items." Under the guidance of the beautiful female auctioneer Xue Chang, the auction continued.

One by one, precious treasures were displayed like flowing water, making Qi Yuan's mouth water.

However, Qi Yuan's funds were limited, so most of the time he could only look around or casually click on the detailed descriptions of each item to broaden his knowledge.

It wasn't until the 30th batch of auction items appeared that Qi Yuan finally saw an item that piqued his interest once again.

"The neem fruit is the fruit that the rare neem tree grows for hundreds of millions of years. When consumed by those below the World Lord level, it can greatly transform their sea of ​​consciousness and enhance their soul power!"

Although Qi Yuan used the nutrient capsule to simultaneously raise his body and mental power to the ninth level of the universe level, compared with those geniuses of the same level who specialize in mental cultivation, he is naturally somewhat lacking in terms of soul and mental power.

The soul is the most mysterious force among most life forms in the universe.

Increased soul power not only enhances the ability to resist soul attacks or unleash soul techniques, but also improves the speed of mental processing and the speed of comprehending laws.

Whether considering enhancing the power of the "Thousand Tribulations Heart Abyss" or improving the speed of comprehending laws and deducing formations, the Lianxin Fruit is an extremely suitable treasure for Qi Yuan.

"There are eleven neem fruits in total, each with a starting price of 3000 billion cosmic coins. You may now begin bidding!"

As auctioneer Xue Chang's voice fell, the powerful figures on the throne immediately began to place their bids rapidly.

Soon, the price on the central screen broke through the trillion cosmic coins mark.

However, the value of the Neem Heart Fruit is still somewhat inferior to that of the Life Fruit and Origin Crystal mentioned earlier, and the price increase rate has become very slow after this stage.

Finally, the number on the screen settled at 13276 billion cosmic coins.

Qi Yuan successfully bid for two Lianxin Fruits at prices of 13300 trillion and 13310 trillion cosmic coins respectively.

The plan remains the same: give one to the disciple and keep one as a backup.

However, after the auction of the Lianxin Fruit, Qi Yuan's funds had shrunk to only about 20,000 Universe Coins.

In the next 20 auctions, apart from acquiring three units of Lanco Fruit for 1800 billion, 1810 billion, and 1820 billion cosmic coins respectively, he had no other opportunities to make a move.

However, just seeing one treasure after another, which was almost impossible to find outside, constantly appearing, was quite an eye-opener for Qi Yuan.

"All items for this auction have been sold. Xue Chang would like to express her sincere gratitude for everyone's support. I now declare this auction officially closed!!!"

Finally, as the alluring female auctioneer's voice faded, this triennial grand event of the Lanting Universe Kingdom came to an end!
"it is finally over!"

Qi Yuan stood up from his seat with some excitement and waited quietly for the queue to leave.

He reaped considerable rewards from this auction.

Three high-potential plant life forms, 'Thousand Yu Vine', specially cultivated by the plant master; two Origin Crystals that can greatly enhance the speed of understanding laws in a short period of time; two Lianxin Fruits that can transform the sea of ​​consciousness and improve soul power; and three units of Lan Ke Fruit.

This contains not only treasures useful to oneself, but also 'gifts' to be given to disciples in the coming period.

He couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation. What rare and precious treasures would he receive in return if he gave the precious items he had just acquired as gifts to his disciples?
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