Acquiring the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures Needed to Break Two Seals

The second layer of the seal required four types of rare treasures: the Millennium Dragon Scale Fruit, the Millennium Blue Vein Vine, the Millennium Earth Dragon Tendon, and the Millennium Sea Dragon Marrow.

A millennium.

They were all millennium-grade.

Han Li felt this was quite absurd.

The first layer of the seal had only required two century-grade spirit fruits and ten drops of fresh blood.

The second layer, however, immediately jumped to materials entirely of the millennium level.

The leap was simply too vast.

Yet, Han Li was not particularly panicked.

After all, he had been saving up for three years.

Aside from the two millennium-grade plant soul beasts he had previously sold, he still possessed one ten-thousand-year plant soul beast and seven millennium-grade plant soul beasts. Combined with his thirty million in savings, obtaining these materials would not be difficult.

He had held onto the ten-thousand-year plant soul beast, waiting for the right opportunity.

After all, such an item was far too conspicuous.

Bringing it out rashly would only invite unnecessary trouble.

Having tallied his assets and feeling confident, Han Li stepped out.

The East Sea City auction was held at the East Sea Museum.

This was because the auction was jointly organized by the city and the museum.

Consequently, the museum featured a dedicated exhibition area for auction items and held regular auctions.

This model was not uncommon in the major cities of the Sun Moon Federation; the museum provided the venue and display platform, while the auction house handled organization and transactions.

It was a mutually beneficial arrangement.

The East Sea Museum was located in the southern part of the East Sea City center, consisting of a complex of ancient-style buildings.

Looking from afar, the grey-blue walls shimmered with a serene luster under the sunlight, with upturned eaves, bracket sets, and painted beams exuding a heavy sense of history.

The complex occupied a vast area, composed of one main building and two auxiliary buildings. The main building was the tallest, with the two auxiliary buildings flanking it in a symmetrical layout, creating a magnificent impression.

The main building displayed various soul beast specimens, artifacts witnessing the development history of East Sea City, and items from various eras.

The exhibits in the main building covered every aspect, making it the best place to understand the history and culture of East Sea City.

As for the auction, it was held in the upper levels of the main building.

Only those with an invitation or a certain level of wealth could enter; security was tight, and it was not a place just anyone could access.

The auxiliary building housing the auction exhibition area, however, did not require a ticket and could be entered directly.

It was open to the public year-round, allowing anyone to come in, visit, and learn about the specific details of the auction items in advance.

If someone took a fancy to a particular item, they could complete the relevant procedures before the auction began to obtain bidding qualifications.

Therefore, there was no shortage of people coming to view the items.

As Han Li walked through the gates of the auxiliary building, he was met with a bustling crowd.

There were merchants in refined attire, soul masters with serious expressions, groups of young people traveling together, and middle-aged individuals quietly observing on their own.

Everyone's gaze wandered between the various exhibits.

Some were whispering to each other, some were carefully studying the descriptions of the items, and others were already calculating how much they should bid.

The auxiliary building had four floors in total.

Although it was only an auxiliary building, its scale was immense.

From the outside, the building was a full two hundred meters wide.

After all, as the second-largest city in the eastern coastal region, and with this being the only auction house, the scale was to be expected.

The first to fourth floors were all exhibition areas for auction items, displayed according to different categories and grades.

The first floor held mass-market items with relatively accessible prices.

The higher one went, the greater the rarity and value of the items.

Of course, some particularly rare and expensive items were only displayed in specialized areas, which were not accessible to everyone.

Those items were usually not placed in the public exhibition area but were kept under special guard by the auction house, accessible only to VIP clients with invitations for a preview.

Upon entering, Han Li saw a large sign indicating that the first floor of the exhibition area was divided into two major sections:

The Soul Guidance Device Zone and the Non-Soul Guidance Device Zone.

The sign used eye-catching fonts to mark the location and direction of each area, making it easy for visitors to quickly find the categories they were interested in.

The Soul Guidance Device Zone was further divided into several areas, such as the Rare Metal Zone and the Finished Soul Guidance Device Zone.

The Non-Soul Guidance Device Zone was even more diverse, containing everything from spirit fruits and medicinal herbs to soul beast materials and antiques.

With his goal clearly in mind, Han Li walked straight toward the Non-Soul Guidance Device Zone, heading in the direction of the spirit fruit section.

Afterward, Han Li arrived at a spacious, rectangular room.

This was the Spirit Fruit section.

The room was approximately three hundred square meters in size.

Various spirit fruits and rare plants were displayed within.

Next to every exhibit was a detailed placard stating the name, age, origin, and estimated price.

Han Li walked slowly between the display cases, his gaze sweeping over each placard as he silently recorded the information of every spirit fruit he saw.

There were many century-old spirit fruits here; they were everywhere.

Century-old Red Flame Fruit, century-old Ice Crystal Fruit, century-old Vermilion Blood Fruit, century-old Clear Spirit Fruit...

Various types of century-old spirit fruits filled three rows of display cases, dazzling to the eye.

However, although century-old spirit fruits were considered precious, at an auction of this caliber, they were not exactly rare items.

But millennium spirit fruits were scarce.

After Han Li had walked through the entire spirit fruit section, the number of millennium spirit fruits he could see could be counted on one hand.

This left Han Li feeling conflicted.

What he needed were the Millennium Dragon Scale Fruit and the Blue Vein Vine.

But if he went to too many auction houses to search for what he needed, he would easily catch the eye of those with ulterior motives if he wasn't careful.

A nine-year-old child asking everywhere for information on millennium spirit fruits and running back and forth between major auction houses—such behavior was eye-catching enough on its own.

After all, there was no privacy in the information age.

In this era, a person's whereabouts, consumption records, and social connections were almost entirely transparent.

The Spirit Pagoda, the federal government, and all major factions had their own comprehensive information networks; it only took a few minutes to investigate someone.

Although Han Li had always been very careful, he knew he could not appear in the public eye too frequently.

However, under Han Li's search, he eventually found one Millennium Dragon Scale Fruit.

The fruit in the case was spherical, golden-brown all over, and its surface was covered in dense, scale-like patterns, resembling the scales on a dragon's body.

The placard read:

Millennium Dragon Scale Fruit, price four million.

Han Li stood before the display case for a moment, examining the Dragon Scale Fruit carefully. After confirming that there were no issues with its age or quality, he went to find the auction house staff.

After some communication, he successfully secured it.

At the same time, he also bought a century-old Blue Vein Vine.

He had not found a Millennium Blue Vein Vine, but there were several century-old ones available.

However, even though there wasn't a millennium-grade one, he had the Green Liquid in his possession.

As long as he dripped the Green Liquid onto the century-old Blue Vein Vine every day, it wouldn't take long to ripen it into a millennium-grade one.