Chapter 138 - 112: A Lucrative Deal, Everyone Stunned

Chapter 138: Chapter 112: A Lucrative Deal, Everyone Stunned

Every Trade Master had started as a Treasure Evaluator.

Jiang Hao nodded slightly at this and slowly stood up. His action left everyone baffled, but a second later, they were all dumbfounded.

It was the same scene, the same familiar action. With a grand wave of his hand, a myriad of items emerged from his Spatial Ring. Unlike before, however, Jiang Hao did not bring out pills this time. Instead, he produced various useless items he had filtered out from his loot—all of which originated from the Eighteen Peaks of the Ancient Emperor Sect ruins.

When the diverse array of objects appeared before their eyes, everyone paled in shock. The sheer variety and countless number of items were dazzling. There were Cultivation Techniques, martial arts, Pill Formulas, Spirit Medicines, heavenly materials, earthly treasures, Secret Techniques, Magical Artifacts, Array Dao Manuals, and more.

"Th-these are...?"

The items quickly piled up into a mountain, nearly filling half the booth.

Looking at the scalp-numbing amount of goods, Tang Cheng stood straight up from the main seat, staring blankly at the scene. "Cultivation Techniques and martial arts? Pill Formulas and Spirit Medicines? Heavenly materials, earthly treasures, Secret Techniques, Magical Artifacts, and Array Dao Manuals?"

Leng Tianlin and the others were equally stunned, their eyes filled with disbelief. It was simply way too much.

Yet, this was not even a tenth of what Jiang Hao had in his Spatial Ring.

The reason he brought out so much at once was twofold. First, he was in urgent need of Spirit Stones. Second, he wanted to free up some space in his Spatial Ring, which was completely stuffed. Back then on the Eighteen Peaks, he had swept through the Pill Pavilions, Artifact Towers, and other buildings across several peaks, amassing a fortune so massive he was practically dripping with wealth.

"Elder Tang, your auction house can take all of these, right?" Jiang Hao asked calmly. The Magical Artifacts were all masterless items that had not yet been bound to anyone. As for the rest, they all exuded an ancient aura of time—one look was enough to tell where they came from. They were all artifacts from ancient ruins.

"We can, we can. Of course we can." Tang Cheng’s aged body trembled as he looked at the mountain of items. He casually picked up a Cultivation Technique manual. After reading just a few lines, his breathing grew heavy with excitement. "Is this... a Celestial Tier Technique?"

Realizing the grade of the manual he had grabbed at random, Tang Cheng was utterly stupefied. He hurriedly picked up a few more martial arts and Cultivation Technique manuals.

"A Celestial Tier Seventh Grade martial art?

"A Celestial Tier Eight Technique?

"Is this... Dragon Soul Grass?"

After examining several manuals and a stalk of Spirit Medicine in succession, massive waves of shock rippled through Tang Cheng’s eyes.

Off to the side, Leng Tianlin and the others were filled with even greater horror. Tang Cheng’s words struck their hearts like consecutive bolts of heavy thunder.

"E-Elder Tang, what did you say? C-Celestial Tier Techniques and martial arts?" a young descendant of the Ice Race asked, scarcely able to believe his ears. Even though he had sensed the items’ extraordinary nature the moment they appeared, hearing it confirmed out loud was still incredibly hard to believe.

"It is a Celestial Tier Technique, alright. There’s no mistake." By now, Tang Cheng had completely forgotten about the unparalleled prodigies of the Ice Race; his eyes were filled only with wild ecstasy.

"We’re rich, we’re rich. We’ve really struck it rich this time.

"So many Cultivation Techniques and martial arts, all at the Celestial Tier... These can fetch an astronomical price at auction."

Tang Cheng’s hands trembled as he held the manuals. Amidst his excitement, he caught sight of countless more treasures from the corner of his eye.

"An Upper Spirit Seventh Grade Magical Artifact, a Tier Four Pill Formula... Is this a Tier Four Pill Formula?"

There were not only Tier Four Pill Formulas, but also Tier Five Pill Formulas and Celestial Tier Ninth Grade martial arts. As for Profound Tier Techniques and martial arts, they were simply too numerous to count.

The martial arts and Cultivation Techniques here were enough to drive countless Great Powers of Transcendence into a frenzy. Those Tier Four and Tier Five Pill Formulas would even make Pill Dao Giants salivate with envy. Tang Cheng could hardly imagine the massive uproar these items would cause if they were put up for auction. But the most important point was the sheer quantity. There was just too much—a dazzling, overwhelming amount.

Watching Tang Cheng’s eyes shine like a money-grubbing miser’s, Jiang Hao couldn’t help but interrupt, "Elder Tang, can the Tiancheng Auction House absorb all of these?"

It would be best if they could settle the payment in a single lump sum. Even if they couldn’t, Jiang Hao hoped the accounts could be cleared within a short timeframe.

"We can, we can," Tang Cheng replied subconsciously. If the Tiancheng Auction House couldn’t swallow this hoard, very few places would have the appetite for it.

Hearing Jiang Hao’s voice finally snapped Tang Cheng back to reality, though the excitement on his face was instantly replaced by profound shock. "Y-young friend, may I ask... did you obtain all these from those opened ancient ruins?" Although he already knew the answer, Tang Cheng couldn’t resist asking one more question in his capacity as a Trade Master.

Jiang Hao nodded slightly at his words. "Yes."

BOOM!

As soon as those words left his mouth, not only did Tang Cheng feel as if he had been struck by lightning, but everyone else also froze in place.

One of the Ice Race’s top unparalleled prodigies began to breathe heavily, panting as he stared blankly at the endless items piling up in the booth. "Heavens, so many Cultivation Techniques, martial arts, Pill Formulas, Magical Artifacts, and more... Did—did he empty out an entire ancient ruin?"

One had to understand that randomly picking out even a single item from that pile would be enough to trigger a bloodbath. Indeed, this was the truth. Back in the Ancient Emperor Sect ruins, the appearance of a single Magical Artifact or the unearthing of one Celestial Tier Technique had invariably sparked heaven-shaking struggles filled with the flashing of swords and sabers.

When Jiang Hao swept through the Eighteen Peaks, the number of Magical Artifacts he obtained from those Artifact Towers was no small amount. However, the Artifact Spirits within these Magical Artifacts had all been erased by the Ancient Emperor Sect back in the day, leaving the items stored away in various Artifact Storage Towers. Among them, the sheer volume of Upper Spirit Magical Artifacts was beyond imagination.

For Cultivators, Magical Artifacts without Artifact Spirits were, in a sense, even harder to come by. They were like masterless objects that could be used straight away. Conversely, if a Magical Artifact had birthed an Artifact Spirit, the Cultivator would have to subdue the spirit first, running the risk of suffering a backlash.