Chapter 87 - 84: Auction Aftermath

Chapter 87: Chapter 84: Auction Aftermath

The bloodline aura emitted by Little Black was even stronger than that of the Mountain Furred Beast, clearly reaching the purity of a Third-Grade High-Class Bloodline.

Upon returning to the Zone A No.6 Water Area, Chen Jianghe dove to the bottom of the lake, carefully and thoroughly sensing the oppressive bloodline aura emanating from Little Black.

"It really is above the Mountain Furred Beast. Doesn’t this mean I will definitely have a Tier Two Spirit Beast in the future?"

Watching Little Black swimming back and forth and rolling around to curry favor, Chen Jianghe chuckled foolishly.

Seeing Chen Jianghe laugh, Little Black rolled even harder, soon forming a small whirlpool at the bottom of the lake.

"Master, can you give me the Spirit-Encompassing Flower now?" Having finished his performance, Little Black narrowed his Doudou eyes and sent a voice transmission to Chen Jianghe.

"Alright, alright, here you go."

In an excellent mood, Chen Jianghe took out a Spirit-Encompassing Flower and handed it to Little Black.

"Little Black, you must remember—raising fish is important, but your Cultivation is even more important. You absolutely must not slack off on your Cultivation. I’ll be relying on you in the future."

"Don’t worry." Swallowing the Spirit-Encompassing Flower, Little Black replied with a cheeky grin.

Sensing that Little Black’s attitude wasn’t resolute enough, Chen Jianghe said, "Even though you have extraordinary talent, you were also born with a defect. If you don’t Cultivate hard, your lifespan will stop at one hundred and twenty years. You won’t even live as long as an ordinary Black Crystal Profound Turtle."

"Cultivate! I will Cultivate hard! I’m going to live to be an ancient turtle with a ten-thousand-year lifespan!"

As if a sensitive nerve had been struck, Little Black transmitted his voice in a firm tone. Only then did Chen Jianghe nod in satisfaction.

After returning to the boat, Chen Jianghe suddenly thought of a terrifying matter.

Before a Spirit Beast advanced to a Tier Two Spirit Beast, its bloodline aura could not be concealed. In other words, as long as Little Black was discovered, his Third-Grade High-Class Bloodline would also be exposed.

Having Little Black stolen would be a minor issue. Losing his own life over it would be a major disaster!

"A Spirit Beast Circle... A High-Level Spirit Beast Circle costs three hundred Spirit Stones!"

There was only one way to hide Little Black’s aura: buying a High-Level Spirit Beast Circle. Such an item could not only house a Spirit Beast but also conceal its bloodline aura.

However, it cost three hundred Spirit Stones. He only had ninety-two Spirit Stones on hand. It would take at least four or five years to accumulate three hundred.

Moreover, he realized that while Little Black could become a Tier Two Spirit Beast, it would require a massive amount of resources to nurture him.

It was all going to cost Spirit Stones!

SQUAWK SQUAWK.

Right then, a White Egret flew over and landed on the bow of the upturned boat.

Chen Jianghe looked puzzled. Who would send him a letter at a time like this? It couldn’t be Yu Daniu; he had just returned from Jingyue Marketplace. Then it could only be Zhou Miaoyun.

After opening the letter, however, he found that it was signed by Gao Peiyao.

The letter stated that there was finally a lead on Lan Yunyi’s Storage Pouch. The person who had picked it up was seen by someone else.

"Wang Kui? It’s actually him!"

Looking at the letter in his hand, Chen Jianghe revealed a look of surprise. He couldn’t believe that the one who found Lan Yunyi’s Storage Pouch was Wang Kui.

That Cultivation deadbeat who loitered around the harbor, asking everyone to borrow money. He had even borrowed fifty grains of Spiritual Sand from Yu Daniu and never paid it back.

Chen Jianghe had seen Wang Kui ten years ago. At that time, the man was already sixty years old and beginning to show his age. Without a fortunate encounter, it would have been absolutely impossible for him to break through to Late-Stage Qi Refining.

Gao Peiyao mentioned in her letter that two people had originally found Lan Yunyi’s Storage Pouch, and one of them was Wang Kui. The reason the Storage Pouch ultimately fell into Wang Kui’s hands was because he had a Cultivation of Sixth-Layer Qi Refining. The other person was only at Fourth-Layer Qi Refining.

They had agreed that Wang Kui would hold onto it first, and they would split the contents equally once the heat died down. But after three years, few people still brought up the matter of the Demon Cultivator’s Storage Pouch. Thinking the time was right, the other person went to find Wang Kui to split the Demon Cultivator’s wealth.

Only to find that Wang Kui had long since disappeared. He had left the Jingyue Lake harbor a long time ago, his whereabouts unknown.

In a fit of rage, that person exposed the matter to the Yun family. Since it involved a Demon Cultivator, the Yun family didn’t dare to be negligent and reported it to the Celestial South Sect.

"It’s been three years. Who knows where Wang Kui ran off to? The Celestial South Domain is boundless—how could they possibly find him?" Chen Jianghe shook his head. To think that someone actually trusted a Cultivation deadbeat like Wang Kui.

If that person hadn’t exposed it, they might have lived. But since they did, and Wang Kui was nowhere to be found, death was their only outcome.

Gao Peiyao’s letter also conveyed another piece of news: she had already broken through to Eighth-Layer Qi Refining and would reach Ninth-Layer Qi Refining in three years at most.

She had already descended the mountain and was residing long-term in the Immortal Sect Marketplace. There, she was taking on Sect missions to accumulate Contribution Points in preparation for her attempt at Foundation Establishment. At least until she reached Foundation Establishment, Gao Peiyao would remain in the Immortal Sect Marketplace. Thus, she had given Chen Jianghe her address to make it convenient to stay in touch.

"Gao Peiyao is at Eighth-Layer Qi Refining, Daniu is at Seventh-Layer Qi Refining, and Fellow Daoist Zhou is also at Seventh-Layer Qi Refining. I’m the only one still at Sixth-Layer Qi Refining. I’m still a bit slow.

"However, I’m only forty-three years old. I’m still very young, and I have plenty of time to steadily Cultivate."

Relative to a lifespan of three hundred and sixty years, forty-three was like a youth who had just passed childhood; adulthood was still a long way off. He currently had six Qi Storage Pills on hand. He wouldn’t even need to use them all to push his Cultivation to the peak of Sixth-Layer Qi Refining.

After that, it would just be a matter of slowly chipping away at the bottleneck.

As for the Tribulation Pill, he had no intention of taking it. A Loose Cultivator inherently had a low success rate when attempting Foundation Establishment. He certainly wasn’t going to prematurely drain his potential and further reduce his chances of success.

WHOOSH.

Sitting cross-legged at the bow of the boat, Chen Jianghe circulated the Returning Origin True Water Technique, a Basic Water Element Cultivation Technique, breathing in Spiritual Qi to enrich the Magical Power in his Qi Sea Dantian.

Zone A No.6 Water Area was close to Huxing Island—separated by less than a mile—so the Spiritual Qi here was relatively abundant.