Jin Quanyou was dumbfounded. Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine that Xia Fei would actually take out more than three thousand spatial rings! If every ring was filled with valuables, just how much would that be?
Xia Fei smiled and pointed at the pile of spatial rings. "Do I need to open them all?"
Jin Quanyou waved his hand. "No need! No need! Please wait here for a moment. I'll be right back. " With that said, Jin Quanyou wiped the sweat off his forehead with a handkerchief and struggled out of the room, a look of horror on his face.
The saying that strength determined everything was true. The moment Xia Fei took out his inventory, he was immediately invited to the VIP lounge. The person who received him changed from the plump Jin Quanyou to the chief appraiser of the Haotian Trading Company, Li Ning.
Li Ning was a kind-looking old man who spoke calmly and without stiffness. He took Xia Fei's deerskin backpack and opened it one by one, using his consciousness to look inside.
"There are a lot of things here, and there are several hundred of them that are of sufficient grade. Our Haotian Trading Company will accept them all, but I'm afraid that we'll have to give a discount," Li Ning slowly said as he put down the rings in his hand, a sly look in his eyes.
'This old man sure has sharp eyes, huh?' Xia Fei muttered to himself. Before coming here, Xia Fei had specially chosen and destroyed the items that contained his personal information so that no one would be able to discover their origins. However, this did not escape Li Ning's eyes, and he still managed to discover that there was something wrong with the items.
Xia Fei smiled. "As you wish. I'll accept the discount from the Haotian Trading Company, but I wish to pay in cash in one go, and I only want grade 5 Origin Crystals."
Li Ning was startled at first, but he quickly regained his composure and nodded. "That's fine. The conversion price is one to four hundred. That's the best price that the Haotian Trading Company can offer to a major client. I can't go any lower." The energy reserves of a grade 4 Origin Crystal and a grade 5 Origin Crystal were a hundred times that of a normal grade 5 Origin Crystal. After all, a grade 5 Origin Crystal required a high-level Energy Master to complete the conversion, and in the Law Realm, Energy Masters were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
Li Ning's offer of 1: 400 was neither too low nor too high, just enough for Xia Fei to accept. It was evident that the old man was quite good at reading people's minds.
Ye Renlai took the spatial rings, and Li Ning handed Xia Feis golden card. This is a gift from Haotian Trading Company to you. We hope that you will be graced with your presence in the future. With this card, you can enjoy VIP treatment at any of Haotian's trading companies. Xia Feis heart was filled with excitement.
"It will take some time to sort out everything. Before that, you can go to each of our shops to take a look." "I heard that Clear Sky is the largest merchant organization in the entire Law Realm. I wonder if your esteemed organization has something like the Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalises in stock? If you do, I'd like to buy some." Li Ning chuckled. "Buy some? The Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalises are divine tools in the hands of artificers and are extremely precious. I might be able to help you buy one or two, but I'm helpless if you want to buy them in bulk. "Xia Fei was slightly taken aback. Did Li Ning mean that Haotian Trading Company really had Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalises? As expected of the number one merchant organization in the Law Realm, they were quite generous. Xia Fei had been having a headache trying to find the Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalises. If he had known this would happen, he would have come to Haotian Trading Company directly.
Li Ning turned on the screen and looked up some information. "At present, we have a total of three Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalises. One of them will be auctioned off at the Haotian Auction Company tomorrow afternoon. If you need it, you can go and bid for it." Xia Fei asked, "What about the other two?"
Li Ning shook his head. "The other two aren't in our branch, and we don't have any plans to auction or sell them. They're in the trading company's stock." Xia Fei had been a merchant before, so he understood the hunger marketing strategy. The truly good stuff had to be left for sale slowly, making it difficult for others to get their hands on it. If he auctioned off all three at once, the price would naturally be discounted, and the merchant would not be able to make the most out of it.
"Having one is better than not having one at all. I'm guessing that Huo Yutong also needs one. Giving you a list of nine is completely making things difficult for you, asking you to help her make a profit. With one in hand, you'll have the capital to negotiate with Huo Yutong," the old demon lord said to Xia Fei.
Putting away the gold card, Xia Fei went to the main street of Haotian Capital, ready to take a look at the items that would be auctioned off the next day. All auctions would have an advance display, and Xia Fei had never seen the Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalis in person.
The Haotian Auction House was to the right of the general trading company, separated by two streets. When Xia Fei walked in, he saw that it was already packed with people. Tomorrow was the day of the auction, and those who wanted to participate in the Haotian Trading Company's monthly auction were all rushing over.
There were a few familiar faces in the crowd, such as Lang Jiulin of the Law Enforcement Board, who was Brother Wolf's uncle. Even Mu Fuping's father, Mu Nanchen, was among them. This was enough to show just how attractive this auction was to the Law Realm. No one recognized Xia Fei with his disguise, which saved him the trouble of greeting these people.
Frowning, Xia Fei muttered to himself, "The people from the Nine Great Clans are here, too? It looks like the competition at the Haotian Trading Company is quite fierce. If I want to get the Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalis tomorrow, I'll probably have to go through a fierce competition. "
Oro replied, "That's not necessarily the case. The Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalis is a treasure favored by artificers, so what use do these warriors have for it? Perhaps they're here for something else. Xia Fei did not comment.
Xia Fei did not comment, searching for traces of the Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalis amidst the countless exhibits, but the more he looked, the more surprised he became. This was because Busey and Duo Caier of the Dragon Ascension Martial Hall had also appeared in the crowd.
There was also Jiu Mingyu of the Nine Fan Clan and other heavyweights.
So many heavyweights appearing at the Haotian Trading Company at the same time? Xia Fei could not help but let his imagination run wild. And this was just the human race. Xia Fei did not recognize any of the heavyweights of the other sapient races, so he had no idea how many heavyweights had gathered here today.
Xia Fei mingled in the crowd, searching for traces of the Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalis. Finally, Xia Fei found it in a corner.
Through the transparent glass, he saw that it was a golden object that looked very much like a Wan Dou. Its round appearance was irregular, but it had a decent luster, as if it were a golden crystal.
"High-grade! This Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalis is definitely high-grade! " Oro exclaimed in shock. "Look! It's round and sparkling, a rare high-grade item. It's a pity that its appearance is too irregular, so it'll probably add quite a few variables to the forging process." Xia Fei curiously asked, "Can the appearance be related to the forging process?"
Oro sternly replied, "I heard it from others. The Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalis are an important catalyst for forging high-grade weapons. The fuller and brighter the appearance, the better the catalysis effect, but it mustn't be irregular. It's best if it's oval, and this one looks like a Wan Dou, but it's already crooked." Xia Fei asked, "So what if it's crooked?" Oro dejectedly replied, "Variables. The catalysis process will produce quite a number of variables. You'll have to ask those artificers for the specifics. I've only heard about it from others." Xia Fei shrugged. Even though this was a crooked Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalis, Xia Fei was still determined to obtain it. After all, these things were very rare, and there would not be another opportunity like this one.
"Variables? What kind of variables could there be? " Xia Fei muttered to himself. After taking a look at the Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalis, he continued walking into the exhibition hall. Though there were many people, there were not many who were paying attention to the Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalis, which made Xia Fei feel a little more at ease.
There was a large group of people in front of him, all of them holding onto a bottle of cream colored medicine and sighing.
Xia Fei took a closer look and discovered that this medicine was called the Cloud Swallowing Elixir, and its starting price was actually ten thousand grade 5 Origin Crystals!
"Why is a bottle of medicine so expensive?!" Xia Fei exclaimed.
Oro disapprovingly replied, "The Cloud Swallowing Elixir isn't any ordinary medicine. It can forcefully expand the seventh brain region. Normally, warriors can open up their seventh brain region by consuming optimization fluids or through training, but the width of their seventh brain region isn't guaranteed. If their seventh brain region isn't wide enough, it'll have a huge impact on their future cultivation and improvement. "The Cloud Swallowing Elixir is tailor-made for those extremely talented warriors who have insufficient seventh brain region. If a warrior's seventh brain region is fifty percent, they should be able to reach eighty percent after consuming it. Of course, people like you won't need it at all. After all, your seventh brain region has already reached an astonishing one hundred percent. " Xia Fei was slightly taken aback, but he immediately understood the value of this bottle of medicine. It was a bottle of brain-modifying fluid!
Under normal circumstances, once a warrior opened up their seventh brain region, their openness would never change. For example, if a warrior's seventh brain region was seventy percent at the age of ten, it would still be seventy percent at the age of a hundred, and it would still be the same even at the age of a thousand.
Meanwhile, the Cloud Swallowing Elixir could undergo a second modification on the basis of opening up one's seventh brain region, forcefully expanding it. Warriors who had reached a bottleneck due to their insufficient seventh brain region would naturally flock to it, willing to pay exorbitant prices to purchase it. After all, it was extremely difficult to increase one's cultivation by even a little bit, and without the use of this medicine, there was no hope at all. One could only remain stagnant at this level, unable to advance any further for the rest of their lives.
After walking around, Xia Fei suddenly discovered that there were some medicines that were also abnormally expensive, easily going for tens of thousands of grade 5 Origin Crystals!
"That's very normal. In the Law Realm, low-end Apothecaries aren't of much use, only able to treat injuries and the like. Meanwhile, don't be fooled by the Law Realm's reverence for individual strength, and the level of technology is also very high. Ordinary injuries and illnesses don't even require the help of Apothecaries, unless it's a barbaric area like the Exiled Grounds.
"However, once an Apothecary reaches the Advanced Rank, they'll become a hot commodity, and medicines that can modify one's seventh brain region are even more expensive! As one of the three major support professions in the Law Realm, Energy Masters and Artificers are highly valued from the very beginning, while Apothecaries won't be noticed until they reach the Advanced Rank, "Oro explained.
After looking at the auction, Xia Fei returned to Li Ning's office.
"It looks like this auction is going to be very big, and the people who come are either rich or wealthy," Xia Fei casually remarked.
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