Frost Wolf Breathing Technique and Giant Bear Breathing Technique

[Frost Wolf Breathing Technique] and [Giant Bear Breathing Technique]

Holy Radiance Calendar year 1006, the last day of the Month of Vitality.

The Shining Auction was held as scheduled inside the Shining Tavern.

The one hosting the auction was none other than that bewitching, sexy Beautiful Madam.

She wore a revealing outfit and walked to the center under the hungry gazes of a crowd of burly men.

And the auction officially began.

Levi wore the White Wolf Mask and sat in the very last seat.

With his funds of one hundred Gold Coins, he could probably buy at most one item at this auction. After all, those who could come to the Shining Tavern were all wealthy people of the Northern Territory. In this era when nobles were everywhere and titles were worth less than dogs, who here was not a noble?

Each monthly auction would have ten lots, usually consignments from tavern members. As far as Levi knew, paying one hundred Gold Coins in a lump sum allowed one to become a Shining Member of the Shining Tavern, valid for five years.

During the valid period, members could waive the admission ticket and pay no handling fee on auctions.

Levi knew that many of those damned rich great nobles were members of the tavern. For example, his father had been a noble Shining Member while he was alive. Unfortunately, membership could not be inherited.

The first lot was a Knight Sword. With Levi's current Third Order forging standard, he could tell that this Knight Sword was exquisitely made, far beyond his own work. It should have come from the hand of some master. Its style was also simple and ancient, a little like the craftsmanship of the past.

"This is the sword once carried by a Great Knight of the Vigecode Family a hundred years ago. It is a divine weapon forged by Hager Eamon, the Master Smith known as 'Flame Hammer,' a hundred years ago. Whether for actual combat or collection, it has quite a high value. The starting bid is 10 Gold Coins, and each increase must be no less than 5 Gold Coins."

Along with the Madam's seductive voice, the atmosphere in the entire venue was instantly ignited.

"Heavens, the very first collectible is already this explosive."

"Flame Hammer, the famous Master Smith of the Northern Territory a hundred years ago. He was once the Royal Family's dedicated blacksmith. Anything he produced had to be top tier."

A knowledgeable blacksmith cried out in shock.

Levi was also astonished. Over the past year, besides studying forging, he had gained some understanding of the Kingdom's forging history from Little Milan and some forging books. "Flame Hammer" was definitely an extraordinary blacksmith.

In essence, blacksmiths did not have realm divisions similar to knights. However, based on fame and forging quality, people still divided blacksmiths into three ranks.

Blacksmith apprentice. The current Levi was at this rank. However, as someone with Third Order forging, he should count as a senior apprentice. He was only the distance of forging a suit of armor away from completing his apprenticeship and becoming a Formal Blacksmith.

Above blacksmith apprentice was Formal Blacksmith. Little Milan's father, Old Toby, was such a blacksmith. The armor worn by Levi and Knight Fred had been forged by Old Toby. Unfortunately, Old Toby had been taken away by the Boar Gang, but Levi would snatch him back sooner or later.

Those who reached the pinnacle of achievement in the forging trade and were publicly recognized by the Kingdom's nobles and knights as forging masters were "Master Smiths."

Such figures would receive large numbers of commissions every day. Countless noble knights would beg them to forge a divine weapon for them. Their status was honorable, and in any faction, they were absolute treasures.

The gap from Formal Blacksmith to Master Smith was comparable to the gap from knight to Great Knight.

In the end, this Knight Sword forged by a Master Smith was bought by a wealthy noble for 100 Gold Coins.

One had to know that no matter how good this Knight Sword was, under the technical limitations of this era, its own value definitely was not worth one hundred Gold Coins. It could only be said that the brand premium of a Master Smith was too great.

Levi also firmed up his resolve to keep grinding forging. Once he ground his way to Master Smith, he should be able to achieve financial freedom.

The second lot was a set of knight's Plate Armor forged from the finest Nether Iron produced in Rocky Mountain. It was said that a piece of Mithril the size of an entire thumb had also been melted into it. Compared with ordinary iron, Nether Iron's performance in all aspects was much higher, but its melting point was also extremely high, making it very difficult to forge.

As for Mithril, it belonged to the realm of legendary materials. Only where Extraterrestrial Meteorites had fallen could Mithril possibly be produced. According to Witch Gulveig, Mithril was a transcendent material universally recognized by Wizards, the most cost-effective "aether" conductive material.

This Knight Armor sold for four hundred and eighty Gold Coins.

"This trash Plate Armor is far worse than my Frost Giant Demon Armor, yet it can sell for several hundred Gold Coins. Mine is forged entirely from Mithril. Its value can no longer be measured with mortal Gold Coins."

Finally, Levi reached the Breathing Technique segment he needed.

"Everyone, the Breathing Techniques to be auctioned this time are being sold as a set of two. They are the Frost Wolf Breathing Technique of the Frost Wolf Family and the Giant Bear Breathing Technique of the Rock Bear Family. The starting bid is 100 Gold Coins, and each increase must be no less than 1 Gold Coin."

"Although both of these Breathing Techniques are shallow-quality Bloodline Breathing Techniques, as noble Breathing Techniques, they still have some collectible value. If there are any Breathing Technique Collectors present, you may consider them."

The Madam seemed worried that these two Breathing Techniques would not sell, and spared no effort in promoting them.

Hearing the female boss's words, Levi's expression stirred. He had not expected that the things being auctioned would actually be the Breathing Techniques of his two neighbors.

"Looks like after Father died, the descendants of my two neighbors, Frost Wolf Knight and Rock Bear Knight, have already fallen to the point of selling off their ancestral Breathing Techniques to make a living. But these two Breathing Techniques are only shallow level, and they're Bloodline Breathing Techniques. Aside from me, no one should buy them..."

At the auction venue, the other nobles and knights also began discussing it spiritedly.

However, after a while, there were only scattered bids.

In the end, after Levi called the price up to 120 Gold Coins, no one bid again.

Levi smoothly bought the two Bloodline Breathing Techniques for 120 Gold Coins.

This price was still reasonable.

If they had been non-bloodline Breathing Techniques, even shallow-level ones could not be obtained without several hundred Gold Coins.

Bloodline Breathing Techniques were priceless treasures to disciples who possessed that noble bloodline, but to most other outsiders, they were purely useless.

After all, buying them back did not allow one to cultivate them. They could only be used for collection. Even if the noble masters had money, they would not waste it like this, especially in this era of war and chaos. Money should be used to buy necessities such as weapons, armor, and grain.

After the auction ended, Levi obtained the Breathing Techniques and hurriedly left the auction venue. He changed into a new set of clothes, then went to the Emerald Merchant Guild to prepare all the other Secret Medicine ingredients. Aside from Ambergris, the other materials were very common. As for the snake blood needed for the Secret Medicine, Levi bought a basket of "White Crystal Snakes." This was a snake species unique to the cold climate of the Northern Territory.

In addition, Levi also browsed the library and some bookstores in Icewind City. Anything that might be related to Wizards, he bought at a high price.

After that, Levi traveled through the night. This time, he took a relatively remote mountain road. Aside from encountering some wolves on the way, he did not run into any bandits or mountain raiders.

Holy Radiance Calendar year 1006, the second day of the Month of Green Grass.

Travel-worn and dusty, Levi rushed back to Blackwater Valley. When Knight Fred in the ancient castle saw Levi return, his expression finally eased.