Chapter 552: Monster Auction 1

After selling pills at an elixir shop, the group went to the auction hall to buy invitations.

Invitations were divided into four levels: hall invitations, first floor invitations, second floor invitations, and third floor invitations.

Because the auction was only a day away, most of the invitations were sold out and only second and third floor invitations were available.

"How much for a second floor private box?" Zhou Man asked.

"One million immortal stones but a second floor box can only accommodate five people." A clerk said and Zhou Man subconsciously frowned.

However, she eventually paid for a box and received the auction invitation.

After that, the four returned to the inn and didn’t leave the courtyard until the next day.

With a second floor invitation, the four easily entered the auction hall and were shown to their private box.

Like ordinary auction halls, the room had five chairs and a fruit platter was placed on the lone table.

’Not bad.’ Shen Xu thought, looking at the fruit platter.

Although he and Zhen Yuan had collected many seeds and seedlings since arriving in the immortal realm, their collection wasn’t complete and Shen Xu was happy to see fruits that they didn’t have in the space.

’I must keep the seeds.’ He thought.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and the host finally stepped on the stage.

"Welcome to our Qianshan city’s monster auction." The host said and quickly continued.

"My name is Li Yang and I will be the host for this auction."

After saying that, Li Yang waved his hand and two male cultivators pushed a cage to the auction stage.

At a glance, the cage contained a black creature that looked like a lizard but had two small horns on its head.

"Fellow immortals, this little monster is an impure black dragon." Li Yang said and the guests immediately became excited.

Dragons were divine monsters and stood at the peak of the monster clan.

Unfortunately, dragons lived in the upper heaven and most importantly, the dragon clan was notoriously protective.

If anyone dared to hunt a dragon clan cub, they would surely face the clan’s wrath and may not be able to save their life.

Because of this, dragon cubs had high demand but low supply.

Although the little creature was an impure black dragon, its body was still full of treasures. Additionally, raising it would surely add a powerful ally for one’s protection.

"Manman, do you want to consider this black dragon cub?" Zhou Xuan asked and Zhou Man narrowed her eyes.

She naturally liked the black dragon.

On one hand, a black dragon would be the perfect monster companion and on the other, she was an alchemist and knew many pill recipes that required dragon parts.

However, raising a dragon was not easy.

Even with pills, Zhou Man worried that she would not be able to raise the dragon cub to adulthood.

[Ayuan, we should have consigned some blood cleansing pills, blood awakening pills, and other monster treasures to the auction hall. We would have made a fortune.] Shen Xu transmitted.

[It’s not too late to consign them.] Zhen Yuan said but the double shook his head.

[It’s troublesome.] He said.

[We can send a level thirteen or fourteen puppet.] Zhen Yuan said and Shen Xu lowered his head with a thoughtful expression.

[I hadn’t thought of it so I don’t have readymade pills. We can only send immortal grasses.] He said and a hint of regret flashed in his eyes.

However, he didn’t dwell on it.

Instead, he asked Xiaoren to harvest and pack a dozen stalks of monster-related immortal grasses.

At the same time, he used his soul power to pour one litre of divine monster blood wine into a gourd.

Soon after, an invisible puppet exited the private box and went to find the auction manager.

[Ayuan, I also sent one litre of divine monster blood wine.] Shen Xu said and Zhen Yuan nodded.

Although the divine monster blood wine was precious, the two had a lake of it and didn’t need to ration it too much.

Since they could use the blood wine to earn immortal stones, Shen Xu decided to take a chance.

After all, his daily cultivation consumed a lot of immortal stones and he occasionally needed to feed the space to preserve its aura.

[How many immortal stones do we have?] Zhen Yuan asked and Shen Xi sighed with a helpless expression.

[Fewer than ten million.] The double answered and Zhen Yuan couldn’t help but be surprised.

[How come? Didn’t we earn more than three hundred hundred million in Jieshou city?] He asked and Shen Xu nodded.

[We bought jade stones for sixty million and used more than two hundred million to feed the space. I used the rest for my cultivation.]The double answered and Zhen Yuan frowned but suddenly thought of something.

[We still have the leftover spirit stones from the cultivation world.] He said.

[I know.] Shen Xu said and quickly continued.

[I recently discovered that although the original spirit stones veins have transformed into immortal stones veins, they are low-grade and can’t fully support the space’s consumption.]

[I have been using a combination of spirit stones and immortal stones to maintain consumption and a rich space aura. However, this is not a permanent solution because the spirit stones will eventually be exhausted.]

[We need a true immortal stones vein.] Zhen Yuan said and Shen Xu nodded before speaking.

[I was hoping to encounter one in the cities we will be stopping by in the future.] The double said.

[I will keep an eye out.] Zhen Yuan said.

[The matter is not too urgent since we still have a lot of spirit stones.] Shen Xu said.

In fact, he didn’t need to use immortal stones to feed the space.

However, he did so because he wanted to use the immortal energy to invigorate the original veins and possibly improve their quality.

Unfortunately, the consumption was too high and Shen Xu knew he couldn’t keep it up unless he and Zhen Yuan found ways to earn more immortal stones.