9 o'clock in the evening, in the lakeside dormitory, Su Xiao's residence.
The lights in the room are bright, and a variety of delicacies are placed on the dining table. Although the richness is not as rich as at the luncheon, it still makes people appetite.
Penny, Greenway, and Lady Luck were enjoying a delicious supper. To be precise, Penny invited her friend Lady Luck to have a supper, and Greenway was the one enjoying the meal.
In the past, Lady Luck was not familiar with Su Xiao, who was disguised as the Holy Flame Pharmacist, so even if she knew that Beni was in the next room, she was too embarrassed to come. But today, she is more familiar with her, and with Beni's invitation, she naturally came.
Su Xiao didn't enjoy the delicious meal. He was sitting cross-legged on the sofa with an ancient book on pharmacy and a cup of tea. It seemed like it was most of the night.
Any skill that is beyond the reach of others must be mastered at a corresponding price, either resource cost or time cost. For example, Su Xiao's potion science cannot rely solely on the inheritance of the alchemy secret book.
You have to put in enough effort.
In the past, when there was no title bonus, Su Xiao could read an ancient book and a cup of tea for a whole day, let alone the title blessing now. Yes, the promotion of the six-star title [Ancient Scholar] has been completed.
Advance to:
[ancient scholar]
Place of Origin: Samsara Paradise
Quality:★★★★★★★
Tip: After this title is upgraded to the ultimate quality, you can make a characteristic choice. This choice will be related to the final attribute direction of this title.
Category: Rare·Title
Title Effect 1: After a scholar (passive) wears this title, his reading efficiency will be +82.5%, his reading immersion will be +32.7%, and his knowledge imprint interpretation efficiency will be +10%, which greatly improves his knowledge mastering efficiency.
Title Effect 2: Inspiration (Passive), when mastering knowledge and ingesting it, your mental strength will be permanently increased (the more profound or mysterious the ingested knowledge is, the permanent increase brought by this bonus will be
the more obvious).
Introduction: Please do not explore too weird knowledge, although they are so fascinating. Of course, if your reason is beyond others, you may... try it with caution and awe, to explore the mysterious charm.
Knowledge, taste the mysterious sweetness.
Selling price: Unable to sell.
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[Ancient Scholar] After being promoted to the seven-star title, the gain intensity has changed qualitatively. The first is the "Scholar" passive. After triggering this passive, Su Xiao felt that when he mastered the knowledge of pharmacy, his efficiency increased by more than ten times.
Yes, it's such an exaggeration.
As for the second passive "Inspiration", this is simply tailor-made for the interpretation of the Alchemy Secret Code. With the depth and mystery of the Alchemy Codex, Su Xiao can use the title of [Ancient Scholar] to improve his spirit every time he interprets it.
Force intensity.
What's even more wonderful is that Su Xiao's efficiency in deciphering the alchemy secret book is determined by the strength of his mental power. The higher the strength of his mental power, the more knowledge imprints he can decipher at a time.
The more knowledge imprints are interpreted in a single time, the "Inspiration" passive effect of [Ancient Scholar] will bring about a greater permanent increase in mental strength. In this way, a snowball effect will be formed, and the interpretation of the alchemy secret book will be greater.
Getting faster and faster, thus making the knowledge level of Pharmacy and Explosives higher and higher.
In addition to the gains in this area, Su Xiao also discovered that the title [Ancient Scholar] has another different characteristic.
The initial star rating of the [Ancient Scholar] title is six stars, and its level can be upgraded up to three times through conventional burning. In other words, the limit of the [Ancient Scholar] title is a nine-star title.
After upgrading [Ancient Scholar] to the nine-star title, you can make a characteristic selection. From the current attributes of the [Ancient Scholar] title and the content given in the introduction, there should be two final selection routes for this title.
1. Knowledge intake limit gain.
2. Gain in knowledge acquisition from the mystery system.
Of the two branch routes, Su Xiao naturally prefers the first. No matter how you look at it, the second option reveals the style of the ancient gods and the aura of the evil sect. The introduction of the title with crazy sanity points has already hinted at this.
"How do you understand these ancient books? I can recognize all the ancient characters in them, but they are too obscure when combined."
Lady Luck, who was sitting on the sofa opposite, spoke up and picked up an ancient book on the tea table to read. The more she read, the more confused she became.
"Meow."
Beini jumped on Su Xiao's lap, looking aggrieved. It meant that after finishing the supper just now, the goddess of luck asked her to play beast chess. In this regard, Beini was very confident. In the past, she had played with Bubu Wang, Eminem, and Ba.
Playing chess, Penny won nine out of ten games, but she lost miserably today.
"Mr. Shengyan, how many games of beast chess should we play?"
The goddess of luck placed the chessboard on the tea table. Seeing this, Su Xiao did not put down the ancient book in her hand.
"I'm not good at board games."
"It's boring to have nothing to do. It's only around nine o'clock in the evening."
"..."
Lidya Su said nothing.
"Mr. Sheng Yan, do you think you don't have any chips to win or lose? How about we get 10 soul coins per game?"
"Forget it."
"Oh~? Mr. Shengyan, are you afraid of losing to me?"
The goddess of luck smiled as she spoke. After hearing this, Su Xiao squeezed the book with one hand and closed it.
Two hours later, Lady Luck bit the nail of her thumb and stared at the chessboard. With the look of "this is impossible" on her face, she almost wrote that she lost more than 300 souls in a game of Beast Chess with 10 soul coins.
Coins, no wonder she is so doubtful about life.
"Damn it, I'm only one step away from winning."
Lady Luck angrily packed up the chess pieces, then breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "It's a pity that I can't play chess with Anna and the others recently. Why did I offend that guy?"
After saying this, the goddess of luck sighed, with a look of despair.
"Who did you offend?"
Su Xiao spoke like a casual chat.
"I..." Goddess of Luck hesitated for a moment, then said in a discouraged tone: "Actually, I offended an exterminator. You should have heard of him. It is said that he is the only exterminator left."
"Oh? What grudges do you have with that destroyer?"
Hearing this, the goddess of luck on the other side was immediately discouraged. She smiled a little awkwardly and said: "Fundamentally speaking, it's actually my fault. When I discovered that exterminator, he was still a new exterminator. Why should I offend him at that time?"
He, am I crazy, and why did he become stronger so quickly?"
Speaking of this, Lady Luck went a little crazy, and she continued to confide: "It's too late to apologize now. I can feel that the exterminator is not planning to kill me, but he is targeting me for other reasons.
, it’s over, I was targeted by a growing exterminator.
"So, you don't have any mortal grudge?"
"Of course not. With how vengeful those exterminators are, if they have a mortal grudge, the exterminators will most likely do nothing, just look for me all day long, and then kill me."
At the end of her sentence, Lady Luck let out a long and feeble sigh.
"I recognize that destruction method. He is one of my old clients. Maybe I can mediate between them."
"Really!"
The goddess of luck opposite suddenly became excited.
"certainly."
"If you can help me get through this, I will be very grateful."
There is a bit of joy in Lady Luck's eyes, and I don't know what she will look like when she discovers the truth.
After Lady Luck left and went back to the next room, Su Xiao looked at the time and it was almost eleven o'clock.
Tomorrow is the second day of the Arcane Celebration, but there is no movement at all from the assassins who have been booked at the Ashen Bunker. This makes Su Xiao wonder whether the assassins sent there were killed by the Arcane before they even got close to her.
The casters of the Eternal Star were dealt with.
If this is really the case, although it has no impact on the overall plan, after this incident is over, Su Xiaodong will go to the Death Ash Bunker again. After collecting money and failing to accomplish anything, he must give an explanation.
Su Xiao returned to the bedroom to rest. The next morning came quickly. He used the teleportation device to go to the island in the middle of the lake alone and began to check whether the various instruments and solar solution in the underground laboratory were stable.
Su Xiao's move was naturally passed on to Sefilia by the caster who monitored the island in the middle of the lake. Sefilia did not give any attitude towards this. Su Xiao, as the layout and user of this underground laboratory,
, come regularly to check the equipment here, and naturally you won’t be able to find any problems.
As the sky darkened, the Arcane Eternal Star, which had been bustling for another day, returned to a bit of silence. At the same time, there was a knock on Su Xiao's door.
After opening the door, Su Xiao saw the three disguised Caesars outside the door.
"The auction starts on time at eight o'clock. It's almost seven o'clock now. Let's get in earlier."
Violent Rat is very interested in this auction, or in other words, this guy is very interested in getting 600,000 soul coins for free.
The group of people took the rail train and arrived at "Li Guang Manor", it was almost half past seven.
The entire Liguang Manor, said to be a manor, is actually a group of buildings, divided into four major areas. Su Xiao walked to the second half of Liguang Manor, entered a magnificent building, and passed through a long long road.
Corridor, as the servant opened the thick dark red curtain, Su Xiao arrived at the auction venue.
The entire venue can accommodate about a hundred people. Although it is very large, the seats are not arranged neatly. This seemingly messy furnishing makes people feel at ease. It is said to be an auction venue, but it is not a traditional staircase.
The seating here is more like a banquet hall.
As for VIP rooms or VIP seats, Su Xiao didn't see it. As soon as he arrived at the venue, a waiter came up to him and gave him a number plate, representing the table he was at. This was obviously a first-come, first-served basis.
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Not everyone is likely to come to this auction. The threshold has been set high enough, that is, more than a hundred people will participate. Adding more restrictions on top of this will inevitably make people feel disgusted.
Su Xiao sat down not too far away from the stage, next to him were Caesar, Toad, and Rat.
Beini first climbed onto Su Xiao's shoulder, then jumped onto its exclusive special seat, which was on Su Xiao's head, and began to look around.
"Meow."
Beni called out, meaning to ask Su Xiao to look to the right. Su Xiao looked in the direction indicated by Beni, and several old friends came into view.
The first thing Su Xiao saw was a flowing dress, and he was also looking at the Saint on his side.
Almost at the moment when their eyes met, Saint Virgin looked away calmly, as if she had not seen Su Xiao. The reason for this was because she still owed Su Xiao 250 soul crystal cores, and she felt guilty.
On the seat in front of the Virgin's seat is the leader wearing a metal mask, and next to him is the white bull.
Nairo, who was still drinking heavily with a bottle of wine at the dinner last night, has returned to her well-behaved appearance. After all, the white cow is beside her.
In addition to the three people in the Starry Sky Constellation, Su Xiao also saw many familiar faces, such as the old immortal of the Yu Clan, and the younger generation of the Yu Clan sitting beside him, namely Yao Yi and Yu Li.
Looking forward, there is Walpole, the old immortal of the demon clan. On his left are Mond, Lilim, Lilith, and Aba who participated in this fighting competition.
The couple Sias and Ona were also there, and they came quite early and were seated very near the front.
Su Xiao's eyes turned to the other side, and the tree sage was the first to catch sight. In addition, there were several older pharmacists of his generation who noticed that Su Xiao was paying attention. These older pharmacists were all polite.
Xing said hello, and Su Xiao raised her hand in response.
In addition to these people, Su Xiao also saw Sefilia, King Howling and others. On the seat between the two of them was a skinny old woman. The old woman's eyes were dark, pure black.
It's as if it wants to swallow up all the light.
There are a total of five holes as thick as an index finger on the old woman's forehead. The holes are pitch black. Not only that, these holes are arranged neatly and spread to both sides of the head. It is conservatively estimated that the old woman has at least a dozen holes on her head.
Hole.
There is no doubt that this must be Juven Garwitch, one of the four leaders of the Arcane Eternal Star, also known as Lord Soul.
Seeing this person, Su Xiao had a feeling that the other person's soul strength should have reached an almost incredible level, much higher than his own.
Thinking that the other party is the leader of the Arcane Eternal Star Soul Faction, Su Xiao is not surprised. He has such high soul strength because of his natural ability, while the other party specializes in developing this aspect.
Counting Lord Soul, Su Xiao has already met three of the four leaders, and only Dean Gu Ya of Zhongshi Academy has not met yet.
Su Xiao looked at the corner diagonally behind, and saw a figure sitting there alone. She was Wood's sister, and she didn't know where Wood had gone.
After a while, the auction venue was packed with seats, and noisy chatter could be heard. When the time reached eight o'clock, the lights in the venue were turned off, leaving only a row of small lights on top of the stage curtain in front.
Under some dim lights, the curtains opened to both sides, and with a click, a beam of light shone in the center of the stage, revealing the host.
Taking a closer look, the host standing on the stage, tonight's auctioneer, was actually Wood. After thinking about it, this was quite normal. Eight of the ten auctions in the void were hosted by demons.
The aura is so suitable.
"Welcome everyone to participate in this auction..."
Wood spoke, and his voice spread throughout the venue. Just when everyone thought he was going to make an opening statement, his second sentence changed:
"I announce that this auction has begun, and the first thing I will bring to you is a miracle."
As soon as Wood finished speaking, a waiter came onto the stage with a tray on the side. On the tray was an old money bag. It not only looked dirty, but also seemed to have been swallowed by wild animals and eroded by stomach acid.
The moment the money bag came on stage, Su Xiao found that Caesar's eyes were straightened.
"My dear friend, no matter how much it costs, I will buy this thing."
What Caesar means by this is that even if the bidding price exceeds his share of the share, he will pay for the soul coin out of his own pocket. It can be said that he will win this thing regardless of the cost.
"This object was discovered by scavengers on an ancient battlefield. After identification, this object is called an ancient money bag. It is connected to an ancient treasure house. However, because the money bag itself is cursed, it can only be opened once every three days..."
After Wood's explanation, Su Xiao understood the function of the [Ancient Money Bag]. In short, this thing can be opened once every three days. After opening, either treasures will be taken out from it, or curses will be placed on it, which is particularly bad luck.
If so, it may also release evil spirits, ghosts, etc. in the connected treasure house.
Someone tried to use this money bag as a coordinate to find the ancient treasure house before. It turned out that this was almost impossible. The ancient treasure house was located in an "unknown land". The unknown land was too erratic and difficult to detect. More importantly, it was
Yes, there are many void and alien existences there.
If you encounter an ordinary alien being in the void, that's it. If you just want to escape, you still have some chance of survival. But if you encounter the madness of Maosheng, the Lord of the past, the candle girl, it's over.
"The first lot is priced at a low price of 5,000 soul coins. You are free to bid."
As soon as Wood finished speaking, a Reverse Teeth Clan bid 8,000 soul coins, but in the next second, Yu Li, a talented young man from the Yu Clan, bid 10,000 soul coins, which shows that the Yu Clan is still very wealthy.
"100,000!"
As soon as Caesar said this, the venue suddenly became quiet. Taking advantage of the atmosphere, Wood on the stage did not shout 31 at all. In other words, the auctioneer could actually drop the hammer without shouting, as long as the bidder bid high enough.
Bang~
"Deal, the ancient money bag is bought by this customer."
Wood on the stage had just dropped the hammer, and the tree sage who was about to raise the sign below the stage froze, and there was a bit of doubt and confusion on his old face.
Su Xiao absolutely does not believe that Caesar and Wood did not collude secretly, but this matter does not involve the use of goblin checks.
Facts have proved that Caesar quietly contacted Wood, and such a move was necessary. If the tree sage had realized that with the old guy's financial resources, Caesar would definitely have to pay a higher price if he wanted to win this [Ancient Money Bag].
"Everyone, Lot 2..."
Wood began to introduce the second lot, which was a soul fruit. Su Xiao was not interested in it.
Su Xiao did not bid, but Caesar on the side was completely opposite. Caesar had to bid a few bids for almost every item, which immediately aroused dissatisfaction from other bidders.
Caesar did this on purpose. First of all, he was disguising his identity. Secondly, even if he didn't disguise his identity, he didn't care about reputation.
Furthermore, Caesar's behavior of constantly bidding will make people feel that the shareholders of Goblin Company are too difficult to deal with. As a result, there will be fewer people bidding against him in the future.
Only by avoiding bidding with others can you maximize the value of the Goblin Check. Only by using the Goblin Check to buy more things can you sell more Soul Coins with these things.
As the auction continued, the value of the items on the stage became higher and higher, until a secret treasure called the "Eternal Heart" was acquired by Walpole, the old immortal of the demon clan, for a price of 1.59 million soul coins.
Down.
Lots of astonishing value were put on the stage one after another. After eight consecutive high-value lots were sold, the atmosphere became less enthusiastic and some peculiar lots began to be served. It was the so-called relaxation.
"Lot No. 30, extremely pure blood of the abyss, starting price is 1,000 soul coins."
As Wood spoke, he naturally moved away from lot 30. He didn't want to see anything related to the abyss or dad-level artifacts.
"1100."
Su Xiao made a bid. This was his first bid tonight, and then there was no more. He bought [Ultra Pure Abyss Blood] for 1,100 soul coins.
After a while, Su Xiao took a fancy to another auction item, which was called [Fire Sun Badge]. He discovered that this thing was related to [Fire Sun Disk]. The groove on the front of [Fire Sun Disk] could just hold it.
Put this badge on.
What surprised him was that he actually got this [Fire Sun Badge], which looked pretty good, for 3,000 soul coins.
Then he thought that his current identity was the Holy Flame Medicine Master, a distinguished guest of the Arcane Eternal Star. Many of the spellcasters present were arcane Eternal Star casters, and they would not argue with him. The leader, Bainiu and the others would not even compete with him.
, tree sages and those older generation of pharmacists don’t either.
Thinking about it this way, those representatives of the medium-sized races will bid with him. In addition, the items he takes are all rare items, not mainstream high-value items, which results in few people competing with him.
After several rounds of auctions, Su Xiao found another interesting item. This thing is called [Corrupted Flesh]. It is a rare item and a rare ritual item. However, there are risks when using it. The side effect is that if used improperly, it will attract evil gods.
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In Su Xiao's view, the main function of this thing is of no use to him, but its side effects are more valuable to him. In the end, he paid a price of 3100 soul coins to a spirit hunter competitor.
Give up. In fact, if the other party doesn't give up, Su Xiao will stop bidding.
The fierce bidding that was imagined did not appear. Even when the [Eternal Heart] was auctioned before, the old guys present were very restrained.
Soon, a batch of high-priced bidding items came on the stage, and Su Xiao even saw [Spirit of Skill·Blood] among them, which was a necessary item for him to become a blood gun master.
Unexpectedly, this [Skill Soul·Blood] is the same as【Skill Soul·Heart】,【Skill Soul·Ice Soul】,【Skill Soul·Spirit】,【Skill Soul·Death】,【Skill Soul】
Soul Blade] were packaged and sold together. Everyone seemed to know that although the Soul of Technique was valuable, it was difficult to find a buyer. This time the seller took advantage of the presence of representatives from all major forces to package and sell it.
In the end, these skill souls were captured by the demon clan, which made Su Xiao very happy. His [skill soul blood] was obtained. As for what to exchange with the demon clan? Of course, it is produced by the black maple tree.
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The second batch of high-value auction items were sold one after another, and the auction came to an end. The last item was brought to the stage. It was a heavy wooden box. The strange thing was that before Wood could introduce the item, the waiter who brought it up
Open this wooden box.
The cold air was spreading, and an old thread-bound book about the thickness of a thumb, with uneven edges on each page, was frozen in a wooden box. This ancient book was actually a lot of leather pages stapled together.
The first time he saw this object, Su Xiao recognized that it was actually the "Necronomicon". Almost at the same time, he thought of another problem. The Supreme Being was more powerful than imagined.
Although this auction was held at "Li Guang Manor", the items actually came from many parties, so the "Necronomicon" was mixed in, and the buyer could not find out which party commissioned the auction.
There is no doubt that the "Book of the Dead" was brought to the Arcane Eternal Star by Crow Woman. The last holder of this thing was Su Xiao, and the last holder was a priest. As for the previous holder, it has to be traced back ten thousand years.
forward.
In addition, the "Necronomicon" is frozen by a very special kind of ice at this time, so the probability that someone among the bidders will buy the "Necronomicon" is actually not low.
As for why the Arcane Eternal Star chose to sell this thing through bidding, the reason is very simple. The most difficult thing about the "Necronomicon" is cause and effect. Once it is connected with cause and effect, then even if it is thrown into a certain
In the native world, it will reappear in the Arcane Eternal Star in the next second.
Therefore, selling the "Necronomicon" is tantamount to transferring the cause and effect. This is the fastest and most effective way to get rid of the "Necronomicon". It can be seen that there are people on the Arcane Eternal Star who are interested in "Dad"
Level" artifacts are very familiar, or in other words, the Arcane Eternal Star consulted the Devil Clan?
Wood on the stage naturally saw the "Necronomicon". His straight eyes showed that this matter had nothing to do with the Devil Clan and he was not allowed to speak. He was also an auctioneer and had replaced Wood once in the midfield.
The auctioneer said:
"This is the last item to be auctioned today, the Book of the Unknown. Because it is completely unknown, the starting price is 1,000 soul coins."
The introduction by the Yu Clan auctioneer made some bidders in the audience become interested in the "Book of the Dead" and gradually increased their bids to more than 5,000 soul coins.
In the audience, Su Xiao figured out the key and had a strategy in mind, and he immediately raised his hand to bid.
Master Soul, Sefilia, and Dean Gu Ya, who had just arrived at the scene not long ago, all noticed that Su Xiao was about to bid, which made the three of them gradually look solemn.
