16 Auction part 2

The first ten items sold were not really interesting.

Demonic Cores of tier-2 Demonic Beasts, hundred years old spiritual plants, Spiritual Lightning ores… Although these items were rare, they were only of interest to alchemists or blacksmiths.

"The next item is the Mysterious Box. I'm sure you have all heard about it. This box has been found in the Dark Forest a few years ago. No one knows what it contains since no one has been able to open it." Announced the auctioneer.

"What? You're still trying to sell this stupid box? It has been years and no one has been able to open it. Every time someone buys it, they will immediately resell it after a few days." Said a young man.

"He is right, this Mysterious Box is a scam!"

Everyone agreed with them. A lot of people already tried to open it, but even the most knowledgeable elders of the kingdom couldn't do it.

Li Jing became excited. This was exactly the item he has been waiting for!

This Mysterious Box was the size of an adult hand and was entirely black with no sign of lock or slot. It has been crafted thousands of years ago by a blacksmith who used an ancient and lost blacksmith technique called 'Blood Binding Forging Technique'. It was not surprising that nobody could open it because the technique to open the box was very peculiar.

The blacksmith who created the box stored his family's inheritance inside and never parted from it. Unfortunately, he died in the Dark Forest attacked by a group of Demonic Beasts while searching for rare ores. Only this box remained and was coincidently found three years ago by a cultivator of the White Jade city who decided to sell it since he couldn't open it.

Li Jing knew the item inside the box thanks to the web novel. It was a spiritual plant called 'Yin Yang Soulgrass'. For normal cultivators, consuming this plant will give a huge boost to their cultivation. However, for Teng Fen, this plant was inestimable since it was the main ingredient needed to craft the 'Immortal Talent Enhancing Pill'. With this pill, Teng Fen would be able to increase his trash E-grade talent to A-grade talent!

This was the reason why Li Jing was determined to never let Teng Fen obtain this item. This Yin Yang Soulgrass was one of the last in this world, meaning that if Teng Fen didn't obtain it now, he would have to wait dozens of years before finding another one.

Unfortunately, the author of the web novel never revealed the complete recipe of the Immortal Talent Enhancing Pill, or Li Jing would have tried to craft it. But, of course, he could still consume the plant to gain thousands of Experience Points.

"You can start to bid for the Mysterious Box!" Announced the auctioneer.

From his private room, Teng Fen was watching with interest this Mysterious Box. He, of course, has recognized that it was crafted using the Blood Binding Forging Technique. The item inside it couldn't be simple. He was about to bid on it but…

"I, Li Jing from the Li clan, use my Priority Pass to buy this item." Exclaimed a voice from the private room next to his.

Li Jing didn't want to risk losing the auction so he directly used his pass. Although he didn't think that Teng Fen would use thousands of Spirit Stones to buy the box, it was better to be safe than sorry.

Everyone was surprised to hear that the young master of the Li clan was here. They all looked up at the direction of the voice and saw a handsome young man holding a yellow piece of paper.

"The Mysterious Box has been brought by Young Master Jing. Congratulations!" Exclaimed the auctioneer.

Although no one understood why he used the inestimable Priority Pass to buy this useless box, no one dared to question it, they were too afraid of offending the powerful Li clan.

Teng Fen was surprised that someone brought the box before him. Unfortunately, the original owner of his body already used his Priority Pass months ago and he couldn't use the new one he had received without exposing his identity as the respectable Master Alchemist, so he couldn't do anything about it. But it didn't matter to him because he was sure that Li Jing or anyone else would never be able to open the box and would, therefore, resell it in a few days. Then, he will be able to obtain it.

Li Jing's heart was beating fast, he tried his best to hide his excitement.

'I did it!' He thought.

"Young Master, why did you use your Priority Pass to buy this box? No one seemed to want it." Asked Li Hua, who was sitting next to him.

"It's because I'm really curious about this Mysterious Box so I didn't want anyone else to buy it." He answered.

"But you could have use Spirit Stones instead. I heard that the Priority Pass is only given to important members of the Great Clans and the royal family and they can only have one in their life!" She explained.

Well, he didn't know that. But he didn't care because the item inside the box was worth thousands of Priority Passes…

"Hehe, I suppose it's too late now." Said Li Jing, smiling brightly.

Li Hua was too shocked to continue arguing. It was the first time that she saw her young master acting like that. Usually, he rarely smiled and talked but recently he was a lot more expressive. She realized that he had, in fact, changed a lot since the day of the Awakening Ceremony...

The following items presented didn't attract Li Jing's attention, except for the thirtieth item.

The thirtieth item was supposed to be the original top item of the auction. It was a Middle-grade Yellow Spiritual Sword.

Although for a Great Clan a weapon like that was nothing, for a martial family or a minor clan it held a lot of value. Therefore, a lot of people 'fought' for it. After almost fifteen minutes, the minor Zhou clan won the auction with a bid of 14500 Spirit Stones!

Finally, it was time for the top item of this auction to be sold.

As expected, everyone wanted to buy these Qi Condensing Pills. Many people were stuck at the Qi Gathering realm because of their lack of talent or insight to breakthrough the Foundation Establishment realm. However, if they could breakthrough with the help of these pills, it will not only increase their own strength but also the overall strength of their clan or family.

After ten minutes of bids, insults, and threats, the bottle of pills was sold to Hong Mei who brought it for 30000 Spirit Stones!

Li Jing sighed, it was finally over. Now he could retrieve the Mysterious Box and go home.