Commander-level Soul Essence Not Worth Ten Million?

Downtown apartment.

This entire building consisted of apartments, and Li Xingze's rented apartment was on the sixth floor.

For the past few days, Li Xingze had been cultivating the Lightning Element.

Although he was only at Level One of the Basic Tier, after being enhanced by the Blessing Element Forbidden Curse and amplified 2.5 times by the Spirit Seed, his magic had effectively received a fivefold boost.

With a fivefold magical boost, even a Level One Thunder Seal was no weaker than a Third-Level Thunder Seal.

As for why he was not cultivating the Summoning Element, it was naturally because Li Xingze did not yet have a Nebula Magic Tool.

With a Spirit-grade Stardust Magic Artifact, cultivating the still-Basic-Tier Lightning Element offered the greatest returns.

Speaking of which, Mo Fan's Little Loach was truly incredible. It could be used all the way from the Basic Tier to the Forbidden Curse level.

Even Baxia's companion vessel did not have that function. Azure Dragon truly deserved to be called a Sacred Totem.

"I still need to get a Nebula Magic Tool."

There were also the resources required by the Summoning Element. As one of the most expensive Elements, the Summoning Element did not only require money to purchase Contract Beasts.

Raising Summoned Beasts and Contract Beasts both required money, and not a small amount at that.

Of course, he could choose to nurture them solely with the Summoning Element's magical energy, but that would obviously be much slower.

The Goldflame Dragon Lion and Abyssal Dragon had extremely high Bloodlines. Relying solely on magical energy to nurture them would definitely not be enough.

The Goldflame Dragon Lion would face no bottlenecks before reaching Commander-level, but breakthroughs still required tremendous amounts of energy. Without relying on beast souls, beast blood, and the like, he could only depend on the gradual accumulation of resources.

There was even less need to mention the Abyssal Dragon. It would most likely grow all the way to Emperor-level, and the energy it needed to be fed would be immeasurable.

Many Summoners chose to specialize solely in the Summoning Element. Jiang Yu, the disciple of the imperial court's chief, was one such example, because the Summoning Element consumed far too much money.

Of course, it was worth it. A Monarch-level Contract Beast could rival several Super-Order Mages.

With his mind made up, Li Xingze packed his things and decisively headed out.

After doing a quick search on his phone, Li Xingze found the nearest auction house. It was only ten kilometers away, easily reached by taxi.

"Zhao Auction House."

Li Xingze looked at the large characters on the signboard, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

Was it really such a coincidence?

But on second thought, it was not much of a coincidence.

The Zhao Trading Company controlled most of Magic City's auction houses. Any random one he found could belong to the Zhao family.

Li Xingze walked into the lobby, and a sweet-looking young receptionist immediately approached him.

"Sir, are you here to attend the auction? May I ask whether you have an invitation?"

Her voice was soft and pleasant. Combined with her professional smile and snug, form-fitting attire, even Li Xingze could not help taking a few extra looks.

Fortunately, Li Xingze had already seen peerless beauties like Mu Ningxue and Xin Xia, so his self-control was fairly good. Anyone else might have gotten all worked up.

"An invitation?"

Li Xingze frowned. Magic City truly deserved to be a major city. Attending an auction actually required an invitation.

It seemed he could only take out the Soul Essence first and see whether they were still accepting consignments.

Li Xingze looked at the receptionist in her tight outfit and said calmly, "I have something I need to auction. I wonder if your auction house is still accepting items?"

"So you're here to auction something, sir." The receptionist let out a small cry of surprise before bowing slightly. "I'm sorry, but I cannot make that decision. Auction items need to be assessed by a specialized appraiser."

"Please wait a moment."

A few minutes later, the receptionist returned with a middle-aged man.

This person was presumably the appraiser.

Seeing how young Li Xingze was, the middle-aged auctioneer immediately frowned, his tone carrying a trace of impatience.

"What do you want to auction?"

Li Xingze raised an eyebrow and said directly, "A Soul Essence."

"A Soul Essence?"

The appraiser gave Li Xingze two surprised looks. He had not expected this kid's luck to be so decent.

It was probably a Servant-level Soul Essence, worth four or five million at most.

"I'm sorry, sir, but our auction house does not accept items valued below ten million. If you're in a hurry to sell it, though, I can make the decision to purchase it at market price."

The appraiser's tone had noticeably softened, though not by much.

At the end of the day, he was only an appraiser. Li Xingze did not bother getting upset with him and merely said, "I wonder whether a Commander-level Soul Essence is worth ten million?"

"A Commander-level Soul Essence?!" The appraiser stared at the young man in disbelief, but quickly shook his head repeatedly. "I'm merely following the rules, young friend. That joke has gone too far."

A Commander-level Soul Essence—even Hunter groups with Hunter Masters would find it difficult to gather one.

Commander-level Soul Essences were exceedingly rare. How could an eighteen- or nineteen-year-old youth possibly possess one?

Li Xingze said nothing further and simply displayed the vessel containing the Soul Essence.

The appraiser examined it and found that it really was a Commander-level Soul Essence!

In an instant, the way the appraiser looked at Li Xingze changed. The mage backing this young man was no simple figure.

Even if he was not the scion of some aristocratic family, he was definitely no ordinary person!

This Commander-level Soul Essence was of excellent quality and worth at least four hundred million. (P.S. The original work mentioned that high-quality Soul Essences were worth around five hundred million.)

Although it was immensely valuable, the appraiser did not dare entertain any thoughts of robbing him. The person behind this young man had to be at least a Super-Order Mage.

Only a Super-Order Mage would possibly give a Soul Essence to a junior to auction off, and they were probably no ordinary Super-Order Mage either.

"Young master, please forgive any offense I may have caused earlier."

After a pause, the appraiser continued, "The handling fee for this item will be waived as compensation to you, young master."

Li Xingze naturally accepted gladly. Even a one-percent handling fee amounted to several million!

Seeing that Li Xingze showed no sign of holding a grudge, the appraiser immediately breathed a sigh of relief and took out a card.

"This is a VIP card for the Zhao Auction House. Anything purchased through the Zhao Auction House will receive a two-percent discount."

"For him to be able to hand this out, this appraiser's status must be far from ordinary."

Li Xingze happily accepted the VIP card. He happened to need to buy some things, and any savings were welcome.

Although his current wealth was more than enough to buy Spirit Seeds and magic artifacts with ease, it was still insufficient when it came to natural Soul Seeds and certain rare magic artifacts.

As for Armor Magic Gear, Li Xingze had no particular plans for it at the moment.

As a summoner, especially one with the two ultimate weapons that were the Goldflame Dragon Lion and the Abyssal Dragon, he usually did not need to take the field personally at all.

"If young master wishes to attend the auction, you may enter directly with this card," the appraiser added.

"Thank you."

After placing the Soul Essence up for auction, Li Xingze walked straight into the exclusive passage leading to the auction.

Watching the young man's retreating figure, the appraiser lowered his head, his eyes flickering as though he were pondering something. In the end, after giving the receptionist a few instructions, he headed in another direction.

In the entirety of Magic City, he could not think of a single faction that had a young person capable of producing a Commander-level Soul Essence.