The saddest thing than loneliness is not knowing that you are lonely, or clearly lonely, but deceiving yourself into believing that you are not lonely.
Dragon Emperor Douluo, Tang Lingluo
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Early in the morning, the five people in the dormitory woke up in high spirits.
"Let's go! Wulin, Ling Luo, let's go eat." Xie Xie jumped off the bed.
"We haven't washed up yet," Tang Lingluo said helplessly.”
"Uh…I'm a little hungry. Hurry up and wash up!”
"Xie Xie, let me ask you something." Have you heard of the Ice Crystal Fruit and the Scarlet Flame Fruit?”
Xie Xie was stunned." Ice Crystal Fruit? Scarlet Flame Fruit? I've heard of it! Wasn't this a very ordinary spiritual fruit? It was sold in the market and had a good nourishing effect on ice and fire attribute martial soul owners. However, your martial soul is of the plant attribute, so it shouldn't be of much use, right?”
Tang Wulin was overjoyed when he heard this. He was most afraid that no one would know where these things were.
"Then, are these spiritual fruits very expensive?" Tang Wulin asked in a low voice.
"It's alright. Ten or twenty thousand federal coins for one. It depends on the quality."”
Ten or twenty thousand? He could still bear this! Tang Wulin was overjoyed." Is it a hundred-year-old Ice Crystal Fruit of good quality?”
Xie Xie rolled his eyes. Spiritual fruits that were more than ten years old were already very good. Only auctions could sell spiritual fruits that were more than a hundred years old. It could be considered a spiritual treasure. If it was more than a thousand years old, it would be a heavenly treasure. The meaning of heavenly treasure was equivalent to a priceless treasure.”
"How much are the hundred-year-old Ice Crystal Fruit and Scarlet Flame Fruit?" Tang Wulin smiled wryly.”
"These two kinds of spirit fruits are quite common, and there's a high demand for them as well. The price is still acceptable. I estimate that they'll be around eight to a million yuan each at the auction."”
Tang Wulin was dumbstruck. Eight hundred to a million? Or one?
According to the golden light shadow, he only had half a year. However, how could he earn so much money in half a year? This was simply impossible. Not to mention the 10 drops of blood from the 100-year dragon-type soul beast…
"Wulin, what's wrong? Why did you suddenly ask this? Spiritual fruits were rarely used by people because the medicinal effects were too overbearing and there were risks for the human body to bear. Unless it was a special situation, no one would use it easily. Otherwise, once his foundation was affected, it was very likely that there would be the opposite effect. Of course, those that were over a thousand years old were an exception, but not everyone could get their hands on them. A thousand-year-old spirit fruit could be considered a soul beast. At ten-thousand years, it would have its own intelligence.”Tang Lingluo asked in confusion. He had read about heaven and earth spiritual items in the academy library.
Tang Wulin gradually calmed down. He looked at him and said,"Xie Xie, bring me to the auction house during this week's rest day. I've never been to an auction before.”
"I'll go too, Wulin. I'll see what you're up to!”Tang Lingluo said as he looked at the slightly embarrassed Tang Wulin.
"Alright!" Xie Xie agreed immediately. He had always been cold to outsiders, but as long as it was a friend he acknowledged, his personality was actually very straightforward.
Xie Xie went to wash up first. Tang Wulin took out his rarely used soul communicator from his storage ring and dialed a number recorded on it.
"toot."
"Wulin? What's wrong?" Mang Tian's familiar voice came from the other end of the communicator.
"Teacher, will you be coming to Eastsea Metropolis on your day off?”Tang Wulin asked Mang Tian.
"What?" Mang Tian asked. Do you have any questions regarding forging?"
"No, I have something to discuss with you."”
Mang Tian was silent for a moment before replying,"Teacher also has something to tell you and Ling Luo." I'll arrive in the afternoon on my day off."
"Okay, then my brother and I will wait for you at the studio.”said Tang Wulin respectfully.
He hung up the call, his eyes filled with contemplation. The seal was there, and he only had half a year. What he needed the most now was money. With his current situation, it was obviously impossible for him to earn more money. He had to think of a way.
Eating, studying, and the Class Promotion Tournament.
A day passed quickly. However, Tang Lingluo and the other three were pointed at many times throughout the day. Naturally, it was because of yesterday's incident. However, after Tang Lingluo glanced at them, they quickly ran away.
What made many people feel strange was that Tang Ling and Luo Wenxuan were not punished by the academy. Everything was normal as if nothing had happened.
More students gathered to watch Wu Zhangkong. Many teachers had joined in as well. The battle yesterday had raised the prestige of the cold and arrogant Prince Charming to another level in the academy. He was no longer just the Prince Charming of the girls, but the Prince Charming of the entire academy.
However, Wu Zhangkong didn't seem to have any reaction to all of this.
Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie didn't expend too much effort in their match against first grade class two after school. Their opponent only had one soul master with a yellow hundred-year soul ring. There was nothing they could do against Tang Wulin's trio's teamwork. With Gu Yue's support, Xie Xie easily defeated his opponents.
Three wins in three matches, plus the incident that happened yesterday, first grade class five finally became the center of attention.
Tomorrow was the rest day. After the rest day, they would welcome the challenge to the first grade's class one. Every grade's class one was different from the other classes because the most outstanding geniuses of the year were gathered in class one. It had been at least twenty years since Eastsea Academy had a record of the same grade class being defeated by a subsequent class in the Class Promotion Tournament.
After dinner, Tang Lingluo, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie were about to return to their dormitory when Gu Yue stopped them.
"What are the three of you doing tomorrow? Hurry up and tell me the truth. Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite to you.”Gu Yue placed her hands on her hips and looked extremely fierce. Although she was not particularly beautiful, she was still very handsome. Her current appearance really made people unable to help but laugh.
"Why should I tell you what we're doing?”Xie Xie snorted.
Gu Yue pursed her lips." I overheard your conversation while you were eating just now. It's fine if you don't tell me that you're going out tomorrow. I'll look for Teacher Wu right now and ask him for extra training. None of you can escape tomorrow." Anyway, we're going to compete with class one, so it's best to practice a little more.”
"Why are you so annoying?" Xie Xie's eyes widened as he glared at Gu Yue.
Gu Yue snorted coldly." I'm already so annoying. So what? Are you going to tell me or not?"
Tang Lingluo quickly tried to smooth things over,""Gu Yue, Wulin wanted Xie Xie to bring me and Wulin to the auction tomorrow. I've never been there before.”
"Alright, let's go together then." Gu Yue smiled.”
"Who wants to go with you?" Xie Xie said with a look of disdain. This is between us men."
"I didn't say I wanted to go with you. You look like a man. I'll just go with Ling Luo."”
Xie Xie looked at her in confusion. He then looked at Tang Lingluo, who was only nine years old but was already very handsome."Don't tell me you've fallen in love with Ling Luo? How old are you? It's too early for you to develop.”
"Do you want to die?" Gu Yue raised her hand and an ice ball flew toward him. Xie Xie hurriedly dodged." Haha, I was right. I'll tell Teacher Wu that you're not learning well at such a young age.”
"If you want to die, I'll fulfill your wish." Gu Yuefei also pounced forward. Rays of light lit up on his hands as he chased after Xie Xie.
Tang Lingluo and Tang Wulin looked at each other helplessly. He was already used to their banter, so he could only raise his hands and withdraw from the battle.
In the end, the four of them set off together the next morning. Xie Xie had wanted to shake off Gu Yue early in the morning, but he failed. Gu Yue was waiting for him at the entrance of the dormitory.
"Xie Xie, where is the auction?”Tang Wulin asked curiously as they walked.
Xie Xie glanced at Gu Yue, who was smiling beside him." It's at the Eastsea Museum! The auction house in Eastsea Metropolis is jointly organized with the museum. The museum had a special auction item display area, and auctions would be held regularly. We'll just go to the exhibition area to take a look. There's also an announcement of when the auction will begin.”
Gu Yue asked Tang Wulin curiously,"Wulin, why do you suddenly want to go to the auction house? I've never seen you interested in this before!”
"It's just a sudden impulse. We're just going to take a look."”
Sudden Inspiration? Tang Lingluo looked at his brother strangely. He felt that things were not that simple.
East Ocean Museum was located in the south of the city center of East Ocean. It was an ancient building. It consisted of one main building and two auxiliary buildings.
The main building displayed all kinds of rare soul beast specimens, Eastsea Metropolis's history, and some items from different eras.
The side building on the left was the auction hall's display area that Xie Xie had mentioned. As for the auction venue, it was located on the upper level of the main building.
There was no need for a ticket to enter the side building where the auction hall's exhibition area was located. One could enter directly, and there were many people who came to watch.
The building had four floors. Although it was only a building, it was huge. From the outside, it was 200 meters wide.
Eastsea Metropolis was the second largest city in the eastern coastal region, and it was the only auction house. One could imagine how large it was. From the first floor to the fourth floor, all the auction items were displayed according to different categories and levels. Of course, some extremely rare and expensive items would only be displayed in special places, and not everyone could see them.
The three of them saw a huge sign as soon as they entered. The first level of the auction item display area was divided into two large areas, the soul device area and the non-soul device area. Among them, the soul device area was further divided into the rare metal area, the finished soul device area, and many other areas.
"Where should we go first?" Xie Xie could vaguely guess that Tang Wulin had come to the auction house with a purpose, so he asked him directly.
"Let's go to the non-soul device section. I want to see if there's an auction for the two spirit fruits I told you about the other day."”
"Spiritual fruit? What spirit fruit do you want?" Gu Yue asked curiously.
"I don't want it. I'm just curious and want to take a look."”Although Xie Xie and Gu Yue were his friends, the truth about the Golden Dragon King was too shocking. Although he was young, he knew that this kind of secret should never be revealed.
Tang Lingluo narrowed his eyes as he looked at Tang Wulin. He had a nagging feeling that it was related to the Golden Dragon King bloodline.
"Then let's go and take a look." It was obvious that this was not Xie Xie's first time here. He led the three of them into the auction item display area with ease.
The surroundings were filled with huge glass shelves. There were many things that Tang Wulin had never heard of before, but they were common things to Tang Lingluo. The cheapest one would cost at least 100,000 Federation dollars. These glass grids were made of a special transparent alloy, not ordinary glass.
"This is the spiritual fruit area. Take a look for yourself.”Xie Xie stopped when he arrived at a spacious rectangular room.
This room was about 300 square meters. All kinds of spiritual fruits and rare plants were displayed in it. Every spirit fruit had a label on it.
Dragon Spirit Grass, ten-year-old, rare plant. Starting price: 260,000 Federation dollars. Estimated bid: 300 to 350,000 Federation dollars.
Crystal Peach, 20 to 30 years old, nourishing spiritual fruit, starting price: 150,000 Federation coins. The estimated price was 180,000 to 210,000 Federation dollars.
They were all so expensive! Tang Wulin could not help but be speechless as he looked at the spirit fruits.
Soon, he looked around and finally found the spiritual fruit he was looking for in the last area.
Ice Crystal Fruit, 30 years old, Ice Attribute Spiritual Fruit, rare, nourishing Ice Attribute Martial Souls, has a certain effect of increasing soul power. The starting price was 180,000 Federation coins, and the estimated selling price was 220,000 to 250,000 Federation coins.
Scarlet Flame Fruit, 40 years old, fire attribute, rare, nourishing fire attribute martial soul, has a certain effect of increasing soul power. Starting price: 160,000 Federation coins. Estimated selling price: 200,000 to 230,000 Federation coins.
The Ice Crystal Fruit was a kind of crystal clear fruit that was light blue in color. This forty-year-old Ice Crystal Fruit was only the size of a longan. Under the illumination of the light, there was a faint white halo circulating inside.
The Scarlet Flame Fruit was a dark red spirit fruit with some light golden spots on it. It was also slightly larger than the Ice Crystal Fruit.
Tang Wulin could not help but believe the words of the golden light shadow even more when he saw that the two spirit fruits were real. However, the age of these two spiritual fruits was much different. They were still far from a hundred years.
"Yes, that's them." Xie Xie came out of nowhere and moved closer to Tang Wulin." These are the Ice Crystal Fruit and the Scarlet Flame Fruit.”
"But it's not a hundred years old!" Tang Wulin said.”
"This is an auction. The more precious the item, the higher the level." The first floor only has some ordinary items. I estimate that the second floor has 100-year-old items. However, we can't go up to the second floor."
"Why?" Tang Wulin asked.
"You'll have to pay a deposit to qualify for the auction on the second floor." Or professionals above grade-3 could also visit as they pleased.”
"Security deposit? How much is the deposit?" asked Tang Wulin.
Xie Xie looked at him strangely." It seems like you really want the hundred-year-old Ice Crystal Fruit and the hundred-year-old Scarlet Flame Fruit. Otherwise, why are you so serious?"
"Don't ask anymore. Tell me quickly." Tang Wulin sighed softly.”
Tang Lingluo could not help but frown when he saw the bitterness in his eyes." Wulin, did something happen to you?”
Tang Wulin shook his head." I don't want to lie to you. I can't tell you either. If you don't tell me, I'll ask him myself.”
Xie Xie hastily said when he saw that he was about to leave,"Alright, I'll tell you. A deposit of 100,000 yuan was required to enter the second level. On the third level, it would cost a million. The higher the level, the higher the value of the item. And the deposit is non-refundable."
A hundred thousand?
Tang Wulin had really saved up some money over the past few months. He had at least a hundred thousand. However, the word 'no' made him retreat.
However, he immediately recalled Xie Xie's words. The words "Level 3 Professional","What type of 3. Is it possible for even a Level 1 professional?"
"Of course. Three." A level-1 professional is already an elite class, but you're still quite a distance away from the corresponding third level Spirit Grandmaster for us Spirit Masters. I'm almost there."
A soul master? Tang Wulin was still far from rank-20, but he was still a blacksmith!
After completing his tasks at the Blacksmith's Association and gaining a deeper understanding of the association, he knew that Thousand Refinements were the third grade. It was the entry threshold for a 4th rank blacksmith. It was only because Mang Tian didn't want him to reveal it that he didn't do it. It was the 2nd rank blacksmith examination.
Mang Tian would be coming to Eastsea City this afternoon. He had called Mang Tian yesterday to ask him for instructions on how to proceed with the third step. Blacksmith's assessment. After becoming a third rank blacksmith, the reward for completing a mission would be much higher.
"Wulin, let me know if you need any help. I'll do my best to help you."”
"Yes, I'm fine. Alright, let's go look at something else.”He concealed his emotions. Since he had already confirmed that there should be something he wanted here, then he would come back when he was really qualified to get them from here.
As for the ten drops of blood from a 100-year soul beast with a dragon-type bloodline, there should be a chance to find them here. However, he was with his brothers Gu Yue and Xie Xie now, so he didn't say anything. The main purpose of today was to get to know the place.
However, the auction was not in vain. The three of them walked around the first floor. Other than many things that they had never heard of, they also saw some familiar things. For example, forged metals.
The rare metals on the first floor were only Hundred Refined. It seemed that the value of the Thousand Refined metals should be able to reach the second floor.
This discovery gave him hope. If he could become a third rank blacksmith, he would be able to accept the third rank. As long as he had enough time, he should have a chance to gather enough money for the Level-3 forging mission. Become three. After becoming a rank 3 blacksmith, he would be able to go to the second floor to look for what he wanted.
After leaving the auction, the four of them returned to the academy for lunch. It wasn't that he didn't want to eat outside, but Tang Wulin's appetite was simply too shocking. He didn't want Xie Xie and Gu Yue to treat him either, so it was more cost-effective to eat free at the academy.
"Big brother and I will go to the forging workshop in the afternoon. You guys can go back and cultivate. Oh right, gather information about class one. We still don't know anything about them.”Tang Wulin said to Xie Xie.
Xie Xie was aware of his habit. Every week, the two brothers would head to the studio during their rest days.
"Alright, you can go. Isn't it just a class one? I alone can take care of them.”Xie Xie said proudly.
"Aren't you afraid that the wind will hurt your tongue?" At this moment, a somewhat strange voice sounded." Four small fries from Class Five, and now they're even acting arrogant.”
Tang Lingluo, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue turned around at the same time. Not far away, there were a few intermediate division students who looked about the same age as them.
The person who had just spoken was a young man with a middle parting. He was good-looking, but his lips were a little thin. Coupled with his harsh words, it was even more difficult for people to have a good impression of him.
The people around him also looked at Tang Ling and the others with disdain.
Xie Xie slammed the table with a cold expression and was about to walk toward the other party. However, Tang Wulin pulled her back. "We've been giving Teacher Wu a lot of trouble lately," he whispered to Xie Xie.”
"You guys are from Class One, right?" Tang Lingluo asked coldly. After tomorrow, you will be in Class Two.”
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