Alchemy Master

Chapter 548, Producing Results

Translator: Silavin

“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”

The crystal cutter’s palms were wrapped in a faint layer of Yuan Energy. As his palms danced with practised skill, the Shooting Star Spirit Crystal scraps that resembled iron lumps in front of him continuously shed fragments. Before long, the Shooting Star Spirit Crystal scraps had been reduced to the size of a bowl, yet they still appeared as metal lumps with no signs of Spirit Seed whatsoever.

“Brother Qin is truly generous—over two hundred thousand wasted like that, *tsk tsk tsk…*” Witnessing this scene, Ouyang Haotian could not help but sneer, deliberately emphasising the word ‘generous’ with evident heavy sarcasm.

“Hehe, looking at him, he’s clearly a country bumpkin. Coming here to pay some tuition fees is only appropriate.”

“His brain really has problems. How could such scraps without even a trace of Spiritual Energy possibly produce a Spirit Seed?”

Behind Ouyang Haotian, several people who had gathered to watch the crystal cutting casually echoed his sentiments. Although those Young Masters from prominent Families deliberately maintained some distance from Ouyang Haotian, for those from Family influences far inferior to theirs—First and Second Tier Forces—this presented an excellent opportunity to curry favour with Ouyang Haotian.

Amidst the chorus of mocking voices, anger flashed across Shen Ling’s face. However, those who could afford to frequent this establishment were not people her Shen Family could afford to provoke. She could only suppress her fury and silently curse herself for bringing Qin Yichen here to suffer such humiliation.

Among those present, apart from the staff who had long expected this outcome, probably only Qin Yichen and Gongshu Zhiyi maintained relatively unchanged expressions.

This behaviour, observed by several Young Masters from afar, caused them to regard Qin Yichen with renewed respect. To remain so composed after losing over two hundred thousand gold coins suggested considerable wealth and influence.

“Eh?” The crystal cutter, who had been maintaining a professional smile, suddenly exclaimed softly. Then, in his hands, a glimmer of light appeared along the edge of the Shooting Star Spirit Crystal scraps that were no larger than a bowl.

Those who had been mocking Qin Yichen to curry favour with Ouyang Haotian suddenly found their facial muscles stiffening upon seeing this glimmer. Their expressions of stunned disbelief, still tinged with lingering mockery, made them appear like a collection of buffoons.

“A… A Spirit Seed!”

After a long moment, someone finally reacted. The mockery in everyone’s eyes had completely transformed into shock.

Subsequently, a rhomboid-shaped Spirit Seed was revealed before everyone’s eyes. Instantly, the entire venue fell silent, with numerous gazes fixed intensely upon that Spirit Seed. Occasionally, the sound of heavy breathing, caused by envy, could be heard.

“Congratulations to this Young Master for opening a Spirit Seed from a Shooting Star Spirit Crystal scrap purchased for two hundred and forty thousand gold coins!”

The first to react were the staff of Moon Water Crystal House. The crystal cutter’s palms trembled slightly before he suppressed his voice and announced out loud.

“Opening a Spirit Seed from his very first piece?”

“Wait, and it was just a scrap Spirit Crystal worth two hundred and forty thousand gold coins!”

“Damn… his luck is Heaven-defying. This is the first time I’ve seen a Spirit Crystal worth less than four hundred thousand gold coins produce a Spirit Seed!”

“Bloody Hell, I’ve spent over a million gold coins and haven’t gotten a single thing!”

Throughout Moon Water Crystal House, various exclamations and curses continuously rang out. In people’s eyes were admiration, envy, and even more pronounced jealousy.

“Much obliged!” Qin Yichen smiled as he accepted the Spirit Seed, seemingly casually glancing at Ouyang Haotian. This gesture immediately caused the latter’s body to tremble with rage.

Shen Ling was also somewhat stunned at this moment. Only after Qin Yichen had stored away the Spirit Seed did she gradually regain her composure.

In truth, members of the Shen Family occasionally visited Moon Water Crystal House to try their luck. After all, if they could get a High Grade Spirit Seed, it might provide the Shen Family with a glimmer of hope for advancement.

However, over countless years, members of the Shen Family had never seen even a single Low Grade Spirit Seed, let alone a High Grade one. This demonstrated just how extraordinarily low the probability of opening Spirit Seed from Shooting Star Spirit Crystal scraps truly was.

Yet Qin Yichen’s first time here, on his very first attempt, he had gotten a Spirit Seed…

At this moment, Shen Ling could only attribute this to Qin Yichen’s Heaven-defying luck.

“Young Master’s eye is truly remarkable. Although this Spirit Seed is only Low Grade, it can sell for at least one million five hundred thousand gold coins!”

Seeing numerous people turning their attention to those cheap scraps that were usually ignored, the staff of Moon Water Crystal House smiled so broadly their eyes narrowed to thin lines.

Truthfully, for them, Qin Yichen opening a Spirit Seed not only caused no loss to Moon Water Crystal House but actually provided tremendous benefit.

These scrap Spirit Crystals had originally been purchased at extremely low prices, and they had never expected to open a Spirit Seed from them.

Ordinarily, anyone with experience would not cast their gaze upon these scraps. At minimum, their targets were Spirit Crystals worth four hundred thousand gold coins or more.

This time, a Spirit Crystal worth two hundred and forty thousand gold coins had actually produced a Spirit Seed. For Moon Water Crystal House, this would absolutely drive substantial sales for their low-priced Spirit Crystals.

“Young Master, why not select a few more to play with? With your current luck, you might open several more Spirit Seed.” Seeing the crowd already beginning to select Shooting Star Spirit Crystal scraps, the crystal cutter also encouraged Qin Yichen.

“Very well, I shall select a few more pieces.” After brief contemplation, Qin Yichen agreed.

Immediately, many people in Moon Water Crystal House gathered around. No one dared to gossip any longer. Nobody knew whether this young man’s luck would explode again, opening another Spirit Seed.

Watching Qin Yichen, who had become the centre of attention like stars surrounding the moon, Ouyang Haotian’s expression was as dark as water, with vicious intent flashing in his eyes.

“*Hmph!* I’ll let you show off for another day or two!” Finally, Ouyang Haotian snorted coldly with hatred and slunk away from the side.

He absolutely had to uncover how Qin Yichen had obtained that gold card from the Feng Family.

Qin Yichen paid no attention to the vicious look in Ouyang Haotian’s eyes as he departed. They were destined to be on opposing sides anyway, and he did not believe that compromising with Ouyang Haotian today would spare his life or anything of the sort.

Subsequently, Qin Yichen continued selecting Shooting Star Spirit Crystals in Moon Water Crystal House. During his selection, he chose several more pieces that secretly contained Spirit Seed, though this time he did not take them out. Instead, he only chose some without Spirit Seed for the crystal cutter to open on the spot.

After consecutively opening several Shooting Star Spirit Crystal scraps without producing results, this immediately caused a chorus of sighs. Indeed, Spirit Seeds were not so easily obtained. Otherwise, there would be far too many people becoming wealthy overnight in the Imperial City.