Urban All-Round Master

Capítulo 1597: Chapter 1631: The Mysterious Auction

After coming out of Nangong Bing’s office, Lin Zifeng continued to wander aimlessly around Huayu Group.

There were quite a few old acquaintances, but he didn’t dare to provoke any of them. There were already enough women around him; if he got tangled up any more, it would be disastrous…

Before leaving Huayu Group, Liu Ruyan called him to ask if he would join her for dinner that night.

Thankfully, this guy was smart enough to immediately respond that he was going to Yanjing the next day, busy for the moment, and didn’t have time to visit her. Damn! If he went again, their relationship would become even more complicated!

After hanging up the phone, Liu Ruyan’s eyes were firm, her beautiful lips slightly curved as she murmured, “Lin Zifeng, I will wait patiently. There’s still plenty of time, I know you can’t accept me right away, but when the day comes that you can’t be without me, there will definitely be a place for me in your heart.”

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That evening, Lin Zifeng summoned Mu Cangtian in a hotel. As soon as he pushed the door open, Lin Zifeng was already inside the private room, sipping wine by himself.

“Young Master Lin, with such refinement, surely you’re not just inviting me over for drinks and a chat.” Mu Cangtian, after drinking several glasses with him, got straight to the point.

Lin Zifeng’s thick brows first sank, then knitted, and finally relaxed, curving into a smile as he said, “Hehe… Old Mu, you know exactly what I’m up to like a worm in my belly, making it hard for me to bear.”

“Hehe, Young Master Lin, please excuse me. If there’s anything, just say it directly. As long as I, Mu Cangtian, can help, I absolutely won’t hold back.”

“Great! For Old Mu’s boldness,” Lin Zifeng raised his glass and took another drink. Gently setting down the glass, he said, “Old Mu, I just want to ask, how can one quickly enhance a cultivator’s strength and realm, achieving the fastest combat power?”

“Hmm?!” Mu Cangtian, who was pouring wine, frowned and looked at him: “Young Master Lin, you can’t do that, it’s no good for you. In serious cases, it can lead to deviation.”

“Haha… Old Mu, you’re thinking too much. What I meant by quickly enhancing a cultivator’s cultivation was asking if there are any elixirs to help low-level cultivators quickly reach one or two realms higher.” Lin Zifeng looked at him with annoyance, thinking this old fellow misunderstood him.

Mu Cangtian was silent for a while, drinking cup after cup of wine, finally nodding, “There are, but not everyone can buy them.”

“What do you mean?”

“In Yanjing, there’s a place where you can find herbs and elixirs that enhance a cultivator’s cultivation. But such places aren’t accessible to just anyone.”

“Oh? What place?” Lin Zifeng showed some interest.

“Yanjing Hai Family Auction House.”

“The so-called auction house is where anyone can hand over their items for auction, and the auction house people will confidentially auction them off. Once the item reaches a certain price, the auction house takes a commission. However, items at the auction house usually require Qi for purchase. The person who entrusted the auction house, after receiving Qi, can use it to bid on the items they need.”

“Qi? What is Qi? How is Qi purchased?” Lin Zifeng was hearing this strange purchasing method for the first time. Could money be worthless at the auction?

“Qi is just a collective term for the weight and quantity of Inner Vital Energy and Primordial Energy.”

“It’s said there’s a device at the auction that can extract the Qi from a cultivator’s body. The cultivator just needs to reach into the device to withdraw the corresponding Qi as per the auctioned item.”

“Is it that magical? If I want to bid on an item, how much Qi would it cost?” Lin Zifeng’s heart was in turmoil.

“Currently, it’s measured in terms of 100 Qi of a cultivator. The auction has a device to measure Qi,” said Mu Cangtian.

“Old Mu, what if the auctioneer’s body doesn’t have enough Qi to purchase auction items?”

“Then the auctioneer can bring their own Qi to buy. Moreover, the Qi-carrying device must be one that can hold Qi.”

“Is Qi also divided into Vital Energy Amount and Primordial Energy Amount?” Lin Zifeng pondered, thinking he lacked neither Vital Energy nor Primordial Energy.

“The Qi used in the auction is Vital Energy Amount. Only after reaching the Sub-Saint Realm can the body produce a single Elemental Power Seed, then generate enough Primordial Energy. Generally, Primordial Energy is crucial for cultivators, even those below the Sub-Saint Realm can use Primordial Energy to enhance cultivation, but it can’t be directly absorbed by cultivators; it’s only used as a barter for other herbs and elixirs for cultivation. To obtain enough Primordial Energy Amount, one must rob a Sub-Saint’s Elemental Power Seed.”

Lin Zifeng knew that his body was full of Primordial Energy, but this energy couldn’t be used to enhance others’ cultivation. If his Primordial Energy could boost Black Hawk and Bu Chen’s cultivation, he would’ve already transferred all his excess energy to them.

“If you really want to find a way to enhance a cultivator’s cultivation, the auction is a place you can explore, but whether you’ll gain anything is hard to say. Those auctions usually charge a high amount of Primordial Energy Amount as a fee, which is challenging for the average person to afford.”

“Qi? The weight of gas?” Lin Zifeng didn’t quite understand this Qi.

“Yes. Qi is just a simplified term for the weight and quantity of gas. Generally, a normal cultivator has 100 Qi in total, the weight and quantity of all gas in their body.

Consuming one Qi takes at least a day to recover. If all the Qi in the body is depleted, it’ll take months to recover unless they use Huaxia Coins to buy ‘Qi Grass’ from the auction to recover. However, Qi Grass is insanely expensive; one Energy Volume Grass costs 100,000 Huaxia Coins!

One Qi Grass can only restore one Qi in a cultivator’s body!

Primordial Energy Grass starts at 300,000 Huaxia Coins. Imagine the importance of Qi to people.”

“Moreover, auctions usually require carrying Qi yourself, which leads to considerable depletion of Qi, not a good thing for cultivators.”

“Can anything be auctioned? Can anything be traded?” Lin Zifeng asked.

“Auctions generally include things like Cultivator’s Treasure, Primordial Energy Pill, beauties, herbs; they all get auctioned, but the prices are too high. Without enough Qi, it’s hard to win your things at an auction. It’s really a game for those with real power.

Even a few hundred Qi is equivalent to a few cultivators’ lives. Generally, cultivators find extracting Qi from their bodies very difficult.”