In room 101, Chao Chen personally handed the exceptional grade Foundation Establishment Pill to the attendant. The attendant hurried away with the treasured pill and before long, a steward arrived in person to deliver the spatial cornerstone.
Chao Chen picked up the spatial cornerstone with careless ease and chuckled. “It is really just a useless chunk of rock. Why was she fighting over it as if her life depended on it?”
“Who knows,” Wu Bufan replied. “Perhaps it truly is something valuable after all.”
Chao Chen curled his lips and tossed the spatial cornerstone to Wu Bufan as if it were an eyesore. “Can it possibly be more precious than my exceptional grade pill? That pill was something my father left for me. If I had not already formed my foundation, I would never waste such a pill in exchange for a stupid stone. Take it. I do not want it cluttering my view.”
Wu Bufan could only smile helplessly. Taking advantage of the cover provided by his storage necklace, he secretly slipped the spatial cornerstone into his inner space.
The steward’s eyes flickered ever so slightly as he watched. After saying a few words of polite courtesy, he excused himself and left.
Once the private room door closed, Chao Chen raised his brows. “How was my acting?”
Wu Bufan could not suppress his smile. “It was very convincing.”
Since everyone at the auction would definitely come asking questions, it was crucial that they hid anything that might reveal the truth. Their earlier conflict with Chao Lingyue at the entrance was no secret. Anyone at the auction house could easily look into it.
As one item after another was auctioned off, the event soon moved to the exceptional grade Breaking Calamity Pill. Yet this time, the pill was not being auctioned alone. It was tied together with an exceptional grade Healing Restoration Pill.
Chao Chen blinked in confusion. “Why are they pairing the two?”
Wu Bufan pondered aloud, “The exceptional grade Restoration Pill may be even more impressive than we thought.”
After they had refined the exceptional grade Restoration Pill, neither of them had suffered any wounds, so they had never tested it themselves.
Chao Chen opened his mouth to speak again but the moment he heard the exclamations rising from below the stage, he stopped.
The auctioneer had begun introducing the two pills and the crowd was in an uproar. What shocked them even more than the one second healing effect of the exceptional grade Restoration Pill was the incredible ability of the exceptional grade Breaking Calamity Pill. It had the power to heal injuries suffered by a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.
This was astounding. Exceptional grade Breaking Calamity Pills found in the past had at most been capable of healing old internal wounds of a Golden Core cultivator.
Even Wu Bufan’s eyes flickered with disbelief. He had never seen other exceptional grade pills before, had no reference to compare against and truly had not known that the pills he made were this astonishing.
And these were only the pills he had sold to the Heavenly Treasures Pavilion. Those pills were refined without even adding spring spirit water.
Chao Chen looked at Wu Bufan with unrestrained delight, admiration and pride. His entire gaze sparkled.
His beloved partner was incredible. Even when refining pills, he always produced something better than everyone else.
Wu Bufan had not been especially excited at first but under Chao Chen’s worshipful gaze, his heart lifted slightly. He spoke softly, “It may have something to do with my constitution.”
“What constitution is that?” Chao Chen asked.
“The exceptional grade alchemy physique,” Wu Bufan replied.
Chao Chen’s eyes shone brighter than stars. “I do not even know what that is but it sounds absolutely amazing!”
Wu Bufan was caught off guard by those sparkling eyes. His heart stirred with warmth and he gently placed a hand over Chao Chen’s eyes. “We are rich now.”
Outside, the bidding had already soared to one thousand spirit pearls, equivalent to a lower grade spirit stone.
Chao Chen pulled Wu Bufan’s hand away, tilted his head and leaned lazily against his shoulder. Listening to the sharp sound of the gavel striking the table, he puffed his cheeks. “Room 104 won it.”
The final price reached one thousand five hundred spirit pearls, which counted as quite high. Even the most sought after exceptional grade Breaking Calamity Pills on the market would never sell for that much. The only reason for such an increase was the extraordinary effectiveness of the two pills.
Wu Bufan gently stroked Chao Chen’s back. “It was not Chao Lingyue. It was the man accompanying her.”
Chao Chen stared at him for a long moment before asking, “Do you think he will give the Restoration Pill to Chao Lingyue?”
“Under normal circumstances, no,” Wu Bufan said as he watched the auctioneer bring out the second set of pills. “Unless… he manages to win the second pill as well.”
No one had expected that there was still a second set of exceptional grade Breaking Calamity and Restoration Pills. The bidding grew even more intense and against all expectations, room 104 won this set too, this time for one thousand one hundred spirit pearls.
Chao Chen looked over at Wu Bufan. After a moment of silence, Wu Bufan finally spoke. “Next time I will not talk out of turn.”
Chao Chen scrunched his nose. “It is not your fault. At least we got the money.”
After the pills were done, the next auction item was the One Winged Herb.
Wu Bufan and Chao Chen exchanged glances.
Wu Bufan said, “One of the pills must have been used by them. Otherwise, they would not be so certain about the miraculous effects.”
Chao Chen nodded. “Then how will they calculate the earnings?”
Wu Bufan smiled. “Do not worry. The Heavenly Treasures Pavilion would never dare let us suffer a loss.”
There were many people interested in the One Winged Herb. When the bids rose to eighty spirit pearls, Chao Chen called out eighty five spirit pearls, instantly silencing the crowd.
It was not that he could not afford to raise the price. He simply did not want to offend the alchemist backing Chao Chen, let alone the powerful forces hidden behind him, all over a single piece of mystic grade spirit herb.
After obtaining the One Wing Grass, Wu Bufan saw that nothing else in the remaining lots interested them. He pulled his black cloak over his shoulders and together with Chao Chen, quietly left the auction.
The moment they stepped outside, they sensed that someone was tailing them. Yet the two of them slipped into the bustling crowd like fish darting into deep water and in only a brief instant, their traces vanished completely.
The few groups lurking in the shadows searched for them in vain. When they could not detect even the faintest breath from either of the two, they could only retreat and report back.
Wu Bufan and Chao Chen returned to their cultivation room. Wu Bufan took out one hundred and fifty spirit pearls and paid to extend the room for another three days.
Once they stepped inside, Wu Bufan closed the door behind them. Chao Chen looked up at him with eyes filled with anticipation.
Wu Bufan chuckled, took his hand and led him straight into the spatial domain.
Chao Chen stared, stupefied, at the wide expanse of spirit fields stretching out in a continuous sheet of lush green. He blurted out, “That broken stone is actually this useful?”
Wu Bufan laughed and said, “The space expanded to twice its original size.”
Chao Chen swallowed hard and immediately made a decision. “From now on, we should attend more auctions.”
Wu Bufan could not help laughing at that.
Something suddenly came to Chao Chen’s mind. “Where is Xiao Zi?”
He had originally assumed Xiao Zi was kept inside Wu Bufan’s spirit beast pouch but he soon realized Wu Bufan did not have any such pouch on him. That meant the little creature must have been taken into the spatial domain.
But he had entered space twice now and had not seen Xiao Zi even once.
Wu Bufan looked toward a small, inconspicuous stone shack in a distant corner.
Chao Chen followed his gaze. After studying it for a moment, he faintly recognized the stones used to build the little shack. They were the very stones he had bought from the stone gambling area. All the spirit stone essence inside them had already been absorbed by the space, leaving behind these useless husks. Using them to build a hut was, in a way, a form of recycling. Yet the tiny stone house had no door at all. It looked far more like… a cage.
Dian Dian reluctantly floated over and the stone hut parted open. In the next heartbeat, a streak of dark purple shot out like an arrow released from a bow, flying straight toward Wu Bufan.
Wu Bufan caught Xiao Zi in his arms. Xiao Zi immediately burst into wails, crying as though he had suffered a heaven shaking injustice.
Chao Chen was completely baffled.
Wu Bufan stroked Xiao Zi’s fur, half amused and half helpless, as he explained, “After entering the space, Dian Dian did not let it drink too much spirit water. So Xiao Zi deliberately stepped on the spirit herbs out of spite.”
He continued, “We know it was on purpose because it did it right in front of Dian Dian. After stomping on the herbs, it even continued provoking him.”
The spirit herbs were Dian Dian’s painstaking work. Enraged, Dian Dian had locked Xiao Zi up and made it reflect on its behavior.
Chao Chen said, “…Serves it right.”
Those spirit herbs were money. How could it trample them as it pleased?
Perhaps feeling guilty, Xiao Zi’s wailing grew softer and softer. Yet its eyes still darted around, clearly plotting something mischievous.
Wu Bufan patiently added, “Spirit water is good but drinking too much is not.”
Xiao Zi rolled over in Wu Bufan’s arms, its claws flashing with a trace of crackling lightning.
Chao Chen jumped in surprise. “Third rank already?”
Just like that, it had advanced into a third rank beast?
Both Xiao Dian and Xiao Zi are amusing! Xiao Zi is good at acting pitiful 😂😂
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ChaptersChapter 1 · Dream to RealityChapter 2 · Those who survive a great calamity are destined for good fortuneChapter 3 · Retrieve the tokenChapter 4 · Top-tier alchemistChapter 5 · A cooperative treasure hunt?Chapter 6 · Thousand mile Thundercloud LeopardChapter 7 · Chaotic Strange EntityChapter 8 · Back to Xichuan TownChapter 9 · How could Wu Bufan be stronger than him!Chapter 10 · Wu Bufan possess so many top-grade pills?Chapter 11 · This time, she will not let anyone take what is hers away againChapter 12 · Seize the luckChapter 13 · Mutant Purple Thunder BeastChapter 14 · I’m afraid he’ll get angryChapter 15 · PumiceChapter 16 · Enemies meet on a narrow roadChapter 17 · Becoming Daoist CouplesChapter 18 · Top-grade Calamity-Breaking PillChapter 19 · The amazing effects of top-grade pillsChapter 20 · Basic Body ForgingChapter 21 · One world cannot contain two chosen ones.Chapter 22 · PuppetChapter 23 · AuctionChapter 24 · Space FoundationChapter 25 · Top-grade Foundation Building PillChapter 26 · Increased space areaChapter 27 · The competition BeginChapter 28 · RobbedChapter 29 · Turn Defeat into Victory!Chapter 30 · The Death of Wu KeyuanChapter 31 · BetChapter 32 · Even the way Chao Chen talks is so cuteChapter 33 · Avenge Wu KeyuanChapter 34 · Finding Bodhi Wood at a BargainChapter 35 · Little PuppetChapter 36 · Explosive PillsChapter 37 · I’ll concedeChapter 38 · You are a genius, so your Daoist partner must also be a genius.Chapter 39 · The Third Elder was refused a disciple.Chapter 40 · Has the floating marrow stone secret been exposed?Chapter 41 · How Could There Be Such a Sinister Human!Chapter 42 · The Mutated Mugwort FoxChapter 43 · Wandering the JianghuChapter 44 · Ancient ElixirChapter 45 · I feel like I’m about to be struck by lightning!Chapter 46 · Earth-level Secret RealmChapter 47 · The spot is practically yours.Chapter 48 · His Daoist partner is truly amazing!Chapter 49 · The legacy in the libraryChapter 50 · Dual cultivation techniquesChapter 51 · First genius Ji Pu RanChapter 52 · Shifting the blame eastwardChapter 53 · The little puppet went to run errandsChapter 54 · The Explosive Pill once again demonstrated its power.Chapter 55 · Chao Lingyue’s cultivation levelChapter 56 · Little Money-GrubberChapter 57 · What a venomous mouth!Chapter 58 · Enter the secret realmChapter 59 · A huge windfall fell from the sky.Chapter 60 · The birth of a rare treasureChapter 61 · This alchemy furnace is quite uniqueChapter 62 · The alchemy furnace that walked right into the trapChapter 63 · Xiao Zi’s Self-Rescue GuideChapter 64 · Spirit Field Micro RealmChapter 65 · Someone Planning to Reap the Benefits?Chapter 66 · Are You Lost?Chapter 67 · Chao Chen, Corrupted by the Big Handsome PotChapter 68 · Is Your phoenix Fish Sect Collecting Trash?Chapter 69 · The Death of Hui SipingChapter 70 · No, Junior Brother Chao, Where’s Your Backbone…Chapter 71 · Has His Identity Been Exposed?Chapter 72 · This Child Is Far Too ShrewdChapter 73 · Young people are wonderful. They fall asleep the moment they lie downChapter 74 · Sparrow Alchemist Chao Lingyue?Chapter 75 · The Silver Tongued Chao ChenChapter 76 · What’s the rush? I have moreChapter 77 · Leave the sectChapter 78 · Showing Off on a Grand ScaleChapter 79 · The Sparrow Alchemist Returns to the Martial WorldChapter 80 · Does Junior Brother Chao know about this?Chapter 81 · The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole BehindChapter 82 · So FierceChapter 83 · They’ve been targeted by the local bulliesChapter 84 · The Kid Is Missing?Chapter 85 · A Thing from the Void: SilkChapter 86 · Chao Chen became famousChapter 87 · The Devil MentorChapter 88 · The four little ones went out to gain experienceChapter 89 · The Students Who Were Truly ConvincedChapter 90 · What a Bountiful Harvest!Chapter 91 · No Random KissingChapter 92 · Detoxification PillChapter 93 · Master Wu, your Daoist partner has disappearedChapter 94 · The Demonic ThiefChapter 95 · Fellow Daoist, are you selling this sparrow?Chapter 96 · Unexpected disaster, nothing moreChapter 97 · My Daoist partner was born in the Year of the PigChapter 98 · The Undying Devil ChildChapter 99 · Exotic Treasure! Buddha Flame Glazed Light!Chapter 100 · We stole the Beast Taming Sect’s treasure vaultChapter 101 · Waaaaah… Why is this strange fire so gay?Chapter 102 · The Mysterious Pill – Flower in the MirrorChapter 103 Part 1 · As Expected, You Can’t Produce Different Dreams from the Same Bed…Chapter 103 Part 2 · As Expected, You Can’t Produce Different Dreams from the Same Bed…Chapter 104 Part 1 · Separation and ReunionChapter 104 Part 2 · Separation and ReunionChapter 105 Part 1 · Renowned throughout the continent!Chapter 105 Part 2 · Renowned throughout the continent!Chapter 106 · Chao Chen’s RevengeChapter 107 · The Death of Chao LingyueChapter 108 · A Narcissistic Man or a Great Beauty?Chapter 109 · This Person Has No MannersChapter 110 · The Ancient Spirit Botanical GardenChapter 111 · Thousand-Thread Poison WomanChapter 112 · I am not kindChapter 113 · Are you the most handsome man here?Chapter 114 Part 1 · ReunionChapter 114 Part 2 · ReunionChapter 115 Part 1 · Diandian said that you got it into someone’s stomach yourselfChapter 115 Part 2 · Diandian said that you got it into someone’s stomach yourselfChapter 116 · Central ContinentChapter 116 Part 1 · Central ContinentChapter 117 Part 1 · The Ancient Dao Companion ContractChapter 117 Part 2 · The Ancient Dao Companion ContractChapter 118 · Heaven Above, Dust BelowChapter 118 Part 1 · Heaven Above, Dust BelowChapter 119 · Xiao Chen will also be embarrassedChapter 120 · The moon is so bright tonightChapter 121 Part 1 · Treasure ArrayChapter 121 Part 2 · Treasure ArrayChapter 122 Part 1 · Poisonous MushroomChapter 122 Part 2 · Poisonous MushroomChapter 123 Part 1 · Turmoil at the AuctionChapter 123 Part 2 · Turmoil at the AuctionChapter 124 Part 1 · Advancement! A Nascent Soul Cultivator Reaches the Divine Transformation Realm!…Chapter 124 Part 2 · Advancement! A Nascent Soul Cultivator Reaches the Divine Transformation Realm!…Chapter 125 Part 1 · Xiao Chen Displays His Great Divine Might: Wu Bufan…Chapter 125 Part 2 · Xiao Chen Displays His Great Divine Might: Wu Bufan…Chapter 126 · Ice spirit tower has explodedChapter 127 Part 1 · Meeting an Old Acquaintance AgainChapter 127 Part 2 · Meeting an Old Acquaintance AgainChapter 127 Part 3 · Meeting an Old Acquaintance AgainChapter 128 Part 1 · Being Followed?Chapter 128 Part 2 · Being Followed?Chapter 129 · Magical ArtifactChapter 131 · A Declaration of WarChapter 132 · A chaotic war of words: Friend or foe indistinguishable…Chapter 133 Part 1 · The Royal Grand CompetitionChapter 133 Part 2 · The Royal Grand CompetitionChapter 134 Part 1 · Adults Don’t Make Choices, I’ll Take Them All…Chapter 134 Part 2 · Adults Don’t Make Choices, I’ll Take Them All…Chapter 135 Part 1 · Little Daddy Takes a Bite, Big Daddy’s Form…Chapter 135 Part 2 · Little Daddy Takes a Bite, Big Daddy’s Form…Chapter 136 Part 1 · Where the Wild Geese Fly, Not a Single Feather Left BehindChapter 136 Part 2 · Where the Wild Geese Fly, Not a Single Feather Left BehindChapter 136 Part 3 · Where the Wild Geese Fly, Not a Single Feather Left Behind