"Can this guy even buy a decent Magical Beast Gift Box? He's buying four in one go. Even if he opens one Magic Core, he'll still lose money!"
"Unless he opens a rare-attribute Magic Core."
"Brother, it's guaranteed loss, all right? Last time someone played with this shop's Magical Beast Gift Boxes, thought he had a sharp eye, and opened a Silver Moon Wolf. He thought he'd made a killing, but who knew that Silver Moon Wolf had already been dead for months? It only looked fresh and pretty because they'd smeared preservatives on the surface. Five hundred gold coins went straight down the drain."
"I don't know what Xun'er sees in this brat. His figure has a bit of bearing, but he doesn't even dare show his face. Too timid. He's not worthy of my Goddess Xun'er!"
"I recognize the mask on that kid's face. Isn't that the Rakshasa Ghost Mask Goddess Xun'er bought at the auction a few days ago for Three Thousand Gold Coins? She actually gave it to this guy!"
"He couldn't be spending Goddess Xun'er's gold coins too, could he? Living off a woman! What the hell!"
Outside the magical beast shop, passersby pointed and whispered, and more and more people gathered around.
Even the staff of the Mitel Auction House ran over to watch the fun.
When Xun'er heard those words mocking Su Qingyun, she snapped her head back and glared. The aura of a Dou Zhe burst from her body as she said viciously, "Shut up! If anyone dares say another bad word, I'll kill him!"
These people were truly hateful. Brother Qingyun could spend however much he wanted. It was not like she lacked money!
Brother Qingyun spent her money, and she could not be happier! Two Thousand Drops today, Two Thousand Drops tomorrow. Little by little, one day, drops would gather into a stream, streams into a river, and rivers into a sea!
At that time, she would swim freely in Brother Qingyun's Rice Essence Sea! In an instant, the noisy crowd was Deterred by Xun'er.
After all, a Dou Zhe who was not yet Fourteen Years Old still had great deterrent force.
Those two faces, one obedient and one icy, formed an enormous contrast, leaving many of Xun'er's admirers heartbroken. Wuwuwu~ Goddess Xun'er was fierce to me! Why does this masked brat get to see Goddess Xun'er's gentle and adorable side, while she's so fierce to us!
At this time, Su Qingyun had already paid two thousand gold coins and Walked Into the warehouse for Magical Beast Gift Boxes. He had four minutes inside to select four magical beast corpses.
Xun'er actually did not care whether the magical beast corpses Su Qingyun picked made a profit or loss. As long as Su Qingyun was happy, that was enough.
Xiao Yan was a little nervous.
A stunning woman dressed in a vivid red, tight-fitting brocade robe stood on the balcony of the fifth floor of the central Mitel Auction House, overlooking everything in the central market.
The brocade robe perfectly outlined the woman's beautiful curves. Her snow-white, dazzling long legs appeared and vanished beneath it, stirring a fiery impulse in people's hearts. Around her willowy waist, slender enough to grasp in one hand, was tied a silver sash that showed off that delicate waist to the fullest. Every gesture she made carried an air of endless charm.
Seeing that many people in the market had gathered in front of the magical beast shop, Ya Fei could not help asking the Maid, "What's going on in the market today?"
The Maid answered respectfully, "It seems there's a young man wearing a Rakshasa Ghost Mask opening Magical Beast Gift Boxes over there."
"Rakshasa Ghost Mask? Is it the one auctioned off from my hands a few days ago?"
"Yes. I still remember Young Miss saying at the time that this Rakshasa Mask looked quite strange, and was both light and hard. Its material was special, something even I had never seen before, and faint dark Dou Qi flowed over it. If it had been a weapon or armor-type equipment, perhaps dark-element cultivators would have been willing to spend tens of thousands of gold coins. Unfortunately, it was an uncommon mask, and few people wanted it. In the end, it was bought by a young girl named Xun'er."
"A little interesting. I paid attention to this Xiao Xun'er before. Her talent is very high. At merely Thirteen or Fourteen Years Old, she is already a Dou Zhe, and her identity is mysterious. She has always been used to coming and going alone and is close to no one. This time, she is actually so intimate with a young man. I'm somewhat curious about this young man's identity."
A playful smile hung at the corner of Ya Fei's lips as she twisted her waist and went downstairs.
When Ya Fei, with guards clearing the way, arrived in front of the magical beast shop, Su Qingyun had just finished choosing the Magical Beast Gift Boxes.
With the help of several Dou Zhe assistants from the magical beast shop, four Magical Beast Gift Boxes were neatly placed at the shop entrance, ready to be opened.
The shop owner smiled. Those with a truly high probability of containing Magic Cores had long since been picked out by them. The remaining magical beast corpses were a mix of good and bad. To maximize profit, they had come up with this Magical Beast Gift Box. It would already be good if one out of ten contained a Magic Core, and there were only forty or fifty magical beasts in the gift-box warehouse altogether. The odds were terribly low.
He confirmed with Su Qingyun again, "Young Master, are you certain? If you are sure it is these four Magical Beast Gift Boxes, we will prepare to open them. Once they are opened, you cannot regret it."
Su Qingyun nodded. "Open them. I want these four."
At this moment, Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and those passersby all held their breath, somewhat curious about what magical beasts would be opened.
With Su Qingyun's words, under the shop owner's instructions, several shop workers began opening the boxes.
Xun'er also grew a little nervous and could not help grabbing Su Qingyun's hand.
Su Qingyun smiled faintly. "Xun'er, don't be nervous."
At this time, the first and second gift boxes had already been opened.
Visible to the naked eye were two dark-red magical beasts. Very soon, someone recognized the species of the two magical beasts. "They're a Fire Phosphorus Young Snake and a Stone Melt Flower. The meat of this Fire Phosphorus Snake can still be eaten and can nourish the growth of fire-attribute Dou Qi, so it's not bad. But this Stone Melt Flower is a magical beast mutated from a plant. Its edible value isn't high either. Usually, selling it for Fifty Gold Coins would already be decent."
"A blood loss! Even the corpse of a Fire Phosphorus Snake is only worth Over Two Hundred Gold Coins. It depends on whether there's a Magic Core."
"How could Magic Cores be so easy to open? Otherwise, Magic Cores wouldn't be worth money..."
"Oh! Magic Core! There really is a Magic Core!"
"Holy crap! It opened a Magic Core?"
"Two Magic Cores! What the hell! A magical beast like the Stone Melt Flower can also open a Magic Core? Even one hundred Stone Melt Flower beasts might not drop one Magic Core, right? This brat actually ran into one! Ridiculous!"
"It's not without reason that he could gain Goddess Xun'er's favor. This kid has some dog-shit luck in him!"
"Calm down! Calm down! Even if he opened two Fire-element Magic Cores, he's only just broken even!"
"The remaining two magical beasts definitely won't drop Magic Cores!"
"Flash Spirit Cat and Green Feather Bird, hahaha, they're small magical beasts. The probability of Magic Cores appearing is extremely low. Usually, when Mercenary Groups run into them, they don't even want to waste the energy hunting them. Their Young Beasts are at most sold to noble young misses as pets, but dead Flash Spirit Cats and Green Feather Birds aren't worth a single coin!"
"Ah, comfortable~"
When the shop owner saw the two Fire-element Magic Cores opened earlier, he was already deeply Shocked. Looking at the young man wearing the Rakshasa Ghost Mask before him, he exclaimed inwardly, I underestimated this kid's eye.
Fortunately, the magical beasts opened from the next two gift boxes let the shop owner breathe a sigh of relief. If two more slightly precious magical beasts appeared, then he would take a loss.
Thankfully, they were two pet-type magical beasts with little value.
However, according to the core-opening process, the master responsible for dissecting magical beasts and extracting Magic Cores still split open the heads of the Flash Spirit Cat and Green Feather Bird.
Unexpectedly, with one cut, faint light actually flickered inside.
The next moment, all the onlookers erupted.
"There are Magic Cores again!"
"And they're Light-element Magic Core and Space-element Magic Core!"
"Are you kidding me? Fake, right? All four magical beasts opened Magic Cores! Heaven-defying!"
"What kind of lucky guy is he?!"
Even Ya Fei's Eyes Narrowed:
"Rare Light-element Magic Core and Space-element Magic Core. Although the quality of the Magic Cores isn't excellent, their value far exceeds Fire-element Magic Cores!"
"Especially the Space-element Magic Core. Even our Mitel Auction House's reserves don't exceed three."
If the shop owner had previously thought Su Qingyun had stepped in dog shit luck, then now, even if beaten to death, he would not believe it was merely luck!
Just relying on luck, everything picked out from a pile of junk was treasure? Likewise, the shop owner felt somewhat covetous. Added together, the value of these four Magic Cores was not just two thousand gold coins, but tens of thousands! Especially the two rare Magic Cores at the end! Even with money, one might not be able to buy them!
Xiao Yan's eyes widened, and he clenched his fist, waving it fiercely. "I knew it! Brother Qingyun is the chosen one!"
Xun'er's face blossomed into a flower-like smile. She suddenly fell in love with this sort of surprise from opening boxes.
Of course, the premise was that there was both joy and surprise, not only shock without joy.
"I am Ya Fei of the Mitel Auction House. I am willing to spend One Hundred Thousand Gold Coins to purchase the four Magic Cores opened by Young Master. May I ask what Young Master thinks?"
With an enticing, charming smile, Ya Fei could not help twisting her plump hips as she stepped forward and made an offer.
One Hundred Thousand Gold Coins had already far exceeded the value of four Tier 1 Magic Cores.
But in her heart, she faintly had a feeling that this mysterious young man who had suddenly appeared would accomplish great things in the future. This could also be considered forming a good connection.
As everyone knew, the Mite'er Family was rich in Angel Investors.
Since Ya Fei personally stepped in to purchase them, the others coveting these four Magic Cores could only look from afar. After all, the Mitel Auction House belonged to one of the empire's Three Great Clans. To a certain extent, its status was even higher than the Three Great Clans of Wu Tan City.
It was just that the Mitel Auction House's main purpose was to make money, and it had never taken the initiative to participate in Wu Tan City's struggles.
Therefore, the others were also quite wary and respected the people of the Mitel Auction House.
Unexpectedly, the young man actually refused Ya Fei:
"Sorry, we still have use for these Magic Cores ourselves and don't intend to sell them."
Su Qingyun decisively put the four Magic Cores into his bag. Magic Cores of all attributes were not easy to collect.
If not for his innate Immortal Emperor's Physique, his affinity with All Elements, and his having reached Nine Stage Immortal Qi, making his perception of all elemental fluctuations very keen, he feared he would also have missed these Magic Cores.
"Use them yourselves?"
Ya Fei's enticing gaze flowed over Su Qingyun as she thought:
Magic Cores, on the Dou Qi Continent, were also called Magic Crystals and were the embryonic form of Spirit Elixirs. As the name implied, they were a type of energy crystal core inside magical beasts. They were filled with extremely violent energy of heaven and earth. As for this violent energy, even a Dou Wang would not dare risk exploding his body by forcefully absorbing it.
However, although Magic Cores could not be directly absorbed by people, they were indispensable main materials when alchemists refined medicine. After Magic Cores were refined by alchemists using secret methods, some miraculous medicinal herbs would neutralize their violent properties, transforming them into all sorts of pills countless people longed for to the extreme, capable of increasing strength. Their value would immediately soar!
This young man said they were going to use them themselves. Could he be an alchemist?
Such a young alchemist, looking across the entire empire, would be a talent worth recruiting! Wait, they? More than one? They seemed to be disciples of the Xiao Clan. Could it be that an alchemist was hidden in the Xiao Clan? She had never heard of it!
"Since that is the case, Ya Fei will not force it. This is my card. If you need anything, you can come to the Mitel Auction House to find me."
Ya Fei's slender, snow-white Soft Hands handed Su Qingyun a card.
In an instant, Xun'er seemed to smell a sense of danger. She had a sort of sixth sense that the woman before her was very dangerous! Perhaps in the future, she would fight her for Brother Qingyun's Rice Essence!
"That woman from the Mitel Auction House definitely has other intentions. Brother Qingyun, we must be careful of her."
After opening four Magic Cores, Su Qingyun bought some medicinal herbs he needed in the central market.
Without lingering, Su Qingyun took Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er back to the Xiao Clan.
On the way back to the Xiao Clan, Xun'er whispered in Su Qingyun's ear, somewhat jealous.
Brother Qingyun had actually accepted that woman's little card!
And she could sense that Brother Qingyun somewhat admired that woman!
In Xun'er's eyes, that was undoubtedly something like a token of love! What surfaced in her mind was this scene: Ya Fei: Hi, little handsome boy~ want to meet? The hotel address is on this card~ Big sister will put on black stockings and wait for you. You must come~
Su Qingyun: Sister, got it!
If Su Qingyun knew what Xun'er had imagined, he would probably vomit blood on the spot.
Su Qingyun only felt that Ya Fei was not an extremely evil person. In addition, he and Xiao Yan had become alchemists and would need to trade with the Mitel Auction House. Leaving a good relationship was better than having none.
On the road back to the clan, Jialie Ao, who had led several experts over to intercept Su Qingyun, had long since lain in ambush on the only road to the Xiao Clan.
Seeing Su Qingyun's figure appear, he waved his hand. A sinister look appeared in his eyes as he snorted:
"You'd better pray you really are that child from back then. Otherwise, you'll die here today! And the Magic Cores in your hand will also belong to this young master!"
"Go! Whoever smashes this kid's mask, this young master will reward him with ten thousand gold coins! A great merit!"
On the surrounding pavilions, six middle-aged burly men instantly appeared and leaped down to block Su Qingyun, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er from front and back.
Seeing that the six had come with ill intent, Xiao Yan and Xun'er subconsciously protected Su Qingyun at his side. "Brother Qingyun, be careful!"
"Brother Qingyun, these people's eyes are very similar to those fellows back then."
Under the Rakshasa Ghost Mask, Su Qingyun's Eyes Narrowed as he said calmly:
"If they're not from the Aoba Family, then they're from the Jialie Family."
"These guys are truly hateful. Could they have recognized your identity, Brother Qingyun?"
"Whether or not they recognized my identity, the rare-attribute Magic Cores we opened in the central market were learned of by them. They would definitely grow greedy too."
"Brother Qingyun, don't be afraid. Xun'er will protect you!"
Dou Qi surged around Xun'er's body. After more than two months had passed, she had actually broken through another two stars, reaching the realm of Dou Zhe Stage Three.
Xiao Yan also did not get stage fright. Although he was only at Dou Zhi Qi Stage Five, dying in battle for Brother Qingyun would be worth it!
"A Dou Zhe Stage Three and a piece of trash at Dou Zhi Qi Stage Five are no match for us!"
"That masked brat acting tough, consciously take off your mask and let this uncle smash it, and you can suffer a little less pain!"
The Dou Qi of those six burly men leaked outward. They were all experts above Dou Zhe Stage Five, and among them were even one Dou Zhe Stage Eight and one Dou Zhe Stage Nine.
Although Xiao Yan was very brave, as soon as he charged up, after only three moves, he was blasted back by a Dou Zhe Stage Six expert. He half-lay on the ground, looking wronged, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.
"Brother Qingyun, I'm really useless!"
The Flame Emperor's pitiful expression nearly made Su Qingyun laugh.
Su Qingyun helped Xiao Yan up and had him sit to the side, comforting him:
"It's not that you're useless. It's that the gap between your realms is too huge. But your courage is commendable."
Xiao Yan: Didn't I beat a Dou Zhe Stage Five person last time? Why is the plot different this time? "Xun'er, stop them. Don't let them run. It's just right for me to try out my Dou Technique."
Su Qingyun turned calmly and said to Xun'er.
Those few High-Level Dou Zhe were so angry they laughed:
"Kid, are you mistaken? Us run? You're simply courting death, refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit!"
That Eight Star Dou Zhe snorted coldly. Yellow Dou Qi condensed over both fists as he suddenly rushed toward Su Qingyun. "Collapse Origin Fist!"
Collapse Origin Fist, a Yellow Tier High-level Dou Technique!
Unexpectedly, this punch did not even touch the edge of Su Qingyun.
Su Qingyun's every step stirred wind, as if he were treading on clouds, unpredictable. His figure was extremely free and natural. With only a slight sideways movement, he dodged the Collapse Origin Fist.
Immediately, Immortal Spirit Aura surged. Su Qingyun's arm fluctuated as if stirring clouds and mist, using four ounces to shift a thousand pounds, borrowing force to counter force.
Dou Technique: Cloud Hand.
He grabbed the other party's wrist and actually snapped the arm of this Dou Zhe Stage Eight expert outright.
Not only that, the young man in Red Robe seemed like the incarnation of a rakshasa, immortal cloud in one hand and asura in the other. One after another, he broke the other party's other arm, then finally backhanded a slap across his face.
It actually made that Eight Star Dou Zhe's head spin one hundred and eighty degrees on the spot!
Dead!
An Eight Star Dou Zhe expert had been Instantly Killed! Dead silence.
Deathly silence.
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