No hope for eternal life

Chapter 133: The Black Pearl Reappears

"A large-scale spirit stone mine?" Song Zhi was a little surprised, and then murmured to himself: "The spirit stone resources in Tianshuang Realm are really rich."

She still remembered that when she was in the Heavenly Demon Realm, she often fought to the death for a few spirit stones, because there were too many demon cultivators, and the resources controlled by the demons only existed in the Heavenly Demon Realm, which was not enough to share.

"The higher-ups speculate that the King of the Divine Wind will use the Nine-Transformation Golden Pill as bait to lure you palace examination monks to participate in the trial of life and death." The dragon man continued.

"A group of old guys are unwilling to fight to the death, so they let a group of early Jindan cultivators fight to the death. It's a good plan." Song Zhi sneered, laughing at those arrogant human powerhouses.

"Your mission is to infiltrate the Kamikaze Nation's team and participate in the trial. Once the trial actually begins, you will naturally know what to do next." The dragon man finally told Song Zhi's mission.

After hearing the mission, Song Zhi immediately got up and left.

"Don't forget, before taking part in the trial, you need to get the black bead first." The dragon man reminded Song Zhi from behind. Song Zhi is still under suspicion. Only by getting the special black bead can he clear some of the suspicion.

"You don't need to remind me." Song Zhi said coldly without turning her head.

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A month later, Mu Changsheng came out of his cultivation state leisurely. Just now, Sha Tongmo sent someone to remind them that tomorrow evening is the time to go to the palace treasury to select treasures, and then to attend the palace banquet. Today is the day when the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce will hold an auction. The three have all staggered their time intentionally or unintentionally.

Mu Changsheng found Mu Xun and Song Zhi and invited them to go to the auction together.

Song Zhi gladly accepted the invitation, but Mu Xun refused and said, "I won't bother you two anymore." Then, Mu Xun handed the sign for the auction of the Eighth Rank Golden Pill to Mu Changsheng and said, "Just help me get back the spiritual stones I got from the auction."

"Okay." Mu Changsheng agreed reluctantly and went to the auction with Song Zhi.

As usual, Mu Changsheng and the others sat on the free seats on the first floor. He casually flipped open the auction item preview brochure in his hand and saw another Nine Revolutions Golden Pill.

Then, Mu Changsheng couldn't help but ask Song Zhi: "Miss Song, do you have any idea of ​​bidding for the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill?"

Hearing this, Song Zhi shook her head slightly and said, "Not for now."

Seeing this, Mu Changsheng couldn't persuade him any more and could only give up. He then flipped through the booklet again, but suddenly his pupils shrank as he saw something familiar.

"Nameless black bead, a treasure of the hunting type, the material is unknown, the function is unknown, but the hardness is comparable to that of seventh-grade fine steel stone. Starting price: 30,000 middle-grade spirit stones, and each bid increase must not be less than 2,000 middle-grade spirit stones."

Mu Changsheng's eyes widened. The more he looked at the black bead in the book, the more it looked like the black bead that Mu Xun had obtained before. So, Mu Changsheng handed the book to Song Zhi beside him and said, "Miss Song, look at this."

Song Zhi took a look and her beautiful eyes widened in shock. She quickly thought in her mind: "Could it be that there is more than one black bead? However, this black bead is so hard that it must not be an ordinary thing."

On the surface, Song Zhi replied nonchalantly: "Let's wait and see when the auction begins. Maybe it's just similar."

"That makes sense." Mu Changsheng nodded slightly, and became even more excited about the auction.

Afterwards, Wan Changlong, the branch president of Wanbao Chamber of Commerce, appeared again as the host of the auction.

Wan Changlong made an opening statement as usual: "The palace examination held every three years has ended. I think many of you have received a large amount of spiritual stones as rewards from the palace examination. However, spiritual stones cannot reproduce in your hands. It is more reliable to transform them into strength. I hope that you can all win the items you like in this auction."

"This auction is still divided into four rounds of auctions: Foundation Establishment Realm, Golden Core Realm, Nascent Soul Realm, and Spiritual Transformation Realm. Without further ado, let's start with the first group of items in the first round. There are a total of five eighth-level golden cores, which will be auctioned individually. The starting price is 5,000 medium-grade spirit stones, and each bid must not be less than 500 medium-grade spirit stones."

As soon as Wan Changlong finished speaking, a round of bidding sounded at the scene: "Five thousand five hundred middle-grade spirit stones."

"Six thousand middle-grade spirit stones."

The popularity of the Eight-Turn Golden Pill is evident. In the end, the first Eight-Turn Golden Pill was sold for 8,500 medium-grade spirit stones.

The following four eighth-level golden pills were sold at the prices of eight thousand five, eight thousand, eight thousand five, and nine thousand medium-grade spirit stones respectively.

"It's a little less than last time, but it's still more cost-effective than selling it to the Chamber of Commerce for 7,000 each." Mu Changsheng thought to himself. He thought that it was because the quantity of Eight-Turn Golden Pills was larger this time that the price was slightly lowered.

Afterwards, there were auctions of some Foundation Establishment items, as well as the finale of the first round, the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill.

This time, the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill was sold at the price of ninety-nine thousand medium-grade spirit stones, which shows that its price is still stable and expensive.

In the second round of Jindan-level auction that followed, something caught Mu Changsheng's attention: "The third-grade Tongwen Leaf is a spiritual medicine that coexists with the Jinwen Fruit. Although its effect is not as magical as the Jinwen Fruit, it can greatly speed up the cultivation speed of Jindan-level cultivators, and it has no side effects. It can be said to be the best substitute for the Jinwen Fruit and should not be missed. There are a total of ten Tongwen Leaves, each of which will be auctioned separately. The starting price is five thousand medium-grade spirit stones per piece, and each bid must not be less than one hundred medium-grade spirit stones."

"I'll give you five thousand five!"

"I'll give you six thousand."

While others were bidding in full swing, Mu Changsheng frowned slightly. He was hesitating. One golden-patterned fruit could help a Jindan realm cultivator break through a small realm. If he used Tongwen leaves instead, at least three or four pieces would be needed, and it would take longer.

In the end, the first Tongwen leaf was sold for eight thousand seven hundred medium-grade spirit stones, and Mu Changsheng finally made up his mind to give up the auction for the Tongwen leaf. On the one hand, he wanted the Golden-patterned Fruit more, and on the other hand, he also planned to keep the spirit stones in his hand and concentrate on auctioning the newly appeared black bead.

Mu Changsheng had seen the specialness of the black bead with his own eyes. If the black bead at the auction was exactly the same as the one owned by Mu Xun, he thought it would be worth it even if he spent all his spirit stones on the auction.

Afterwards, the two rounds of auctions for the Jindan Realm and Yuanying Realm were over, but the black bead still hadn’t made its appearance.

"It looks like it will be put in the last round of auction." Mu Changsheng thought to himself.

As expected, the first item to be auctioned in the final round was the black bead.

Wan Changlong introduced solemnly: "Everyone is here. This black bead was not originally intended to be auctioned, but our association urgently needs a large amount of spiritual stones to turn over, so we took it out. I think you already know something about this black bead, so I will tell you something you don't know."

"After investigation, it was found that the surface of this bead is shrouded in a very thin, yet extremely condensed, powerful sword intent. The cultivator who left this sword intent must have reached at least the seventh level of sword cultivation, which shows that it is extraordinary. Even if the effect of this bead is unknown, it does not prevent it from hiding some shocking secrets behind it, just waiting for the right person to discover. Starting price: 30,000 middle-grade spirit stones, and each bid increase must not be less than 2,000 middle-grade spirit stones."

Below the stage, Mu Changsheng and Song Zhi looked at each other. If they had some doubts before, they were now more certain, because Mu Xun's black bead was also related to the sword.

However, the atmosphere at the scene was cold and no one made a bid.

Mu Changsheng could still hear waves of discussion:

"Since ancient times, buyers have never been as shrewd as sellers. No matter how much you talk, it's still a useless bead. Even if you have spirit stones, you can't waste it like this."

"That's right. Those guys in the Chamber of Commerce must have studied the black pearl thoroughly and found that there was nothing to be gained from it, so they put it up for auction."

Mu Changsheng was upset after hearing such things, and he also had similar thoughts: Is it really worth spending tens of thousands of medium-grade spirit stones to buy a black bead of unknown efficacy?