Alchemy Master

Chapter 561, Spirit Dissipation Crystal

Translator: Silavin

True Crystal Appraisal techniques were not merely about distinguishing whether there were Spirit Seeds contained within Shooting Star Spirit Crystals, but also about determining the Grade of the Spirit Seeds.

Only those who mastered proper Crystal Appraisal techniques could be called Divine Appraisers!

“Brother Qin, everyone is waiting for you to select something.”

Seeing Qin Yichen standing motionless, Ouyang Haotian thought he wanted to back down, and immediately urged him on smugly.

“Select?” Qin Yichen shook his head and said self-deprecatingly, “I don’t know any Crystal Appraisal techniques. I rely only on luck. Perhaps everyone should help me select crystals together.”

He employed the same tactic again.

“Boo!…”

Immediately, a chorus of jeers arose from the surrounding crowd.

Relying on luck to defeat a Crystal Appraisal technique?

How was that possible!

If luck were that useful, what would be the point of Divine Appraisers?

“Master, choose this one! I guarantee there’s definitely a Spirit Seed inside this one!”

The same gamblers from before appeared again, with one of them pointing at a Shooting Star Spirit Crystal worth 1.1 million gold coins and shouting.

This Shooting Star Spirit Crystal had a rather strange shape. The oval-shaped Spirit Crystal looked like half of a split pomegranate, with a crack running from top to bottom, extending almost halfway down.

“Haha!…”

Seeing this scene, laughter erupted from all around.

The price of that Shooting Star Spirit Crystal had already exceeded the value of an ordinary Spirit Seed. It would be fine if a Spirit Seed could be extracted, but if not, it would be a massive loss.

Moreover, judging by its quality, it was not as good as other Spirit Crystals worth millions of gold coins.

It had better quality than ordinary Spirit Crystals, but compared to similar ones, it was far inferior. Yet this Spirit Crystal was priced so high, so it had always been left unattended.

“Right, buy that one! If Ouyang Wensu can’t extract a Spirit Seed, you’ll win!”

“If there’s no Spirit Seed inside, Water Moon Crystal House wouldn’t have priced it so high…”

Mocking voices continued from the crowd.

Clearly, in their eyes, this guy with legendary good luck was just a clueless fool who understood nothing, and they seemed eager to see Qin Yichen make a fool of himself.

“This Spirit Crystal…”

Qin Yichen moved slightly closer, and after glancing at that Shooting Star Spirit Crystal, a hint of amusement flowed through his slightly narrowed eyes. As if he could not hear the mocking tone in the surrounding people’s words, he went along with them, saying, “Very well, I’ll take this one!”

“Uh…”

Suddenly, the surroundings fell completely silent.

Clearly, they thought they had misheard.

It was not until Qin Yichen took out his gold card to confirm the purchase that a sudden uproar erupted from the crowd.

“Haha, this is killing me! Is this person a fool? He’s actually buying this kind of Spirit Crystal?”

Many people were laughing so hard they were doubled over, some even laughing to tears.

Originally, everyone was just casually trying to mock him, but no one had expected Qin Yichen to be so decisive and buy it directly.

Because this Shooting Star Spirit Crystal had quite a history, mainly regarding its high price.

It was said that a Divine Appraiser had once observed this Shooting Star Spirit Crystal and declared that it contained a Spirit Seed, but for some unknown reason, that Divine Appraiser did not purchase it. It was precisely because of that Divine Appraiser’s words that this Shooting Star Spirit Crystal’s price became so high.

They were laughing, and Qin Yichen was laughing too.

Because he remembered something.

Something about this Shooting Star Spirit Crystal.

This Shooting Star Spirit Crystal had been left unattended due to its high price, but decades later, a drunk gambler had bought it.

What happened afterwards, Qin Yichen remembered very clearly.

Because at that time, this incident had caused a sensation throughout the entire Heavenly Dragon Imperial City.

“Brother Qin truly has exceptional insight.”

Ouyang Haotian laughed very happily. Though he was praising him, his tone carried thick mockery, “Brother Qin must have heard some rumours that a Divine Appraiser said this Spirit Crystal contains a Spirit Seed… But you Qin might not know the reason why that Divine Appraiser didn’t buy this Spirit Crystal.”

When he said this, many people around who knew the inside story could not help but smile.

This matter actually was not much of a secret in Noble circles.

Because that so-called Divine Appraiser was from the Ouyang Family… Ouyang Zhutian!

Speaking of inside information, probably no one knew better than Ouyang Haotian.

According to Ouyang Zhutian, this Shooting Star Spirit Crystal indeed showed traces of Spiritual Energy inside, which was a sign of it containing a Spirit Seed.

However, the Spiritual Energy inside had already dissipated.

The reason for the Spiritual Energy dissipation was actually quite simple.

Originally, Spirit Seeds were formed by absorbing Stellar Essence, and the condensation of Stellar Essence into Spirit Seeds was actually a lengthy process.

If, during the condensation process, the meteorite cracked due to certain reasons, then the originally absorbed Stellar Essence would dissipate, and naturally would not condense into Spirit Seeds anymore.

However, although the Spiritual Energy had dissipated, traces of the Stellar Essence’s previous existence could still be detected by a Divine Appraiser’s Divine Eyes.

Obviously, this Shooting Star Spirit Crystal before them had encountered an accident while its Spirit Seed was still condensing, and the crack on top was the best proof of it.

As for what kind of accident it might have been, no one could say clearly. It could have been a collision between meteorites in outer space, or it could have been caused when falling to the ground.

And for this type of Shooting Star Spirit Crystal actually had a name… Spirit Dissipation Crystal.

Spirit Dissipation Crystals were actually quite easy to recognise, because their characteristic was that they always had some cracks or similar marks.

This was why, after Qin Yichen bought it, everyone mocked him.

Someone who would buy even a Spirit Dissipation Crystal could be said to truly understand nothing about Spirit Crystals.

However, what amazed them was that this person who understood nothing had extracted four Spirit Seeds, and one of them was even a Mid Grade Spirit Seed.

So, they very much wanted to see Qin Yichen’s expression when that million-plus gold coins turned into a pile of powder.

Just thinking about it made them somewhat impatient.

After buying this Spirit Dissipation Crystal, Qin Yichen, with the help of the gamblers, selected three more Spirit Crystals of varying prices.

He selected them very easily, not even touching the Shooting Star Spirit Crystals. Whichever one the crowd clamoured for most fiercely, he would buy that one, as if he was purely there to entertain the crowd.

Soon, Qin Yichen had made his selections.

Ouyang Wensu had chosen five Spirit Crystals of similar prices, while he had only chosen four, and because of that Spirit Dissipation Crystal, the prices of the other three were all on the low side.

“Let’s cut the crystals open.”

Ouyang Wensu said confidently to the crystal cutter nearby.

Then, the crystal cutting began.

From just the first Shooting Star Spirit Crystal, an ordinary Spirit Seed was extracted, and immediately, exclamations arose from the crowd.

In everyone’s view, Ouyang Wensu becoming a Divine Appraiser was already a foregone conclusion.

In the end, from Ouyang Wensu’s five Shooting Star Spirit Crystals, two ordinary Spirit Seeds were extracted!