klisemfg Chapter 157 Difficulty
Chapter 157 Difficulty
"Hey, the goods have arrived."
Lang Yi was feeling a bit drowsy, but the sudden appearance of such a large bag on the table immediately woke him up.
He couldn't wait to open the bag and dump everything out. After rummaging through it a few times, he picked up a crystal core and examined it closely, shaking off his previous laziness.
After a short while, he put it down and picked up another one, observing it for a while. Then, he took out four boxes from somewhere, laid them out in pairs, and began sorting them without saying a word.
Nearly forty crystal cores were sorted out in the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea. After sorting them out, he picked up the square cloth draped over the table, wiped his hands, and put it back in its place before speaking:
"Third and fourth tiers, water and wood elements, all sorted out. Thirty-seven beast cores, only two are of slightly inferior quality, the rest are all excellent, and there are even six more fourth-tier cores than third-tier cores. Your strength is truly impressive."
However, Liu Jun didn't want to chat with him any longer: "What's the estimated price?"
"Each third-tier stone is worth two hundred, each fourth-tier stone is worth five hundred, and the two missing fourth-tier stones are worth three hundred each, totaling fourteen thousand five hundred. After deducting a ten percent handling fee, there are still thirteen thousand seven hundred and seventy-five left. Of course, this is just a minimum estimate. As for the auction result, it depends on your fortune."
A fourth-tier crystal core can be exchanged for five hundred silver coins. Back when I was a little grass, even after completing all those miscellaneous tasks, I only managed to save up about five thousand silver coins, and three thousand of them were used to make puppets and two thousand were given to me.
That sum of money was enough for Xiaocao to live on for the rest of her life, but here it was just the starting price. Auction houses and auction buildings are indeed money pits.
If the money from the auction of nearly forty crystal cores were converted into spirit stones at a ratio of 1:5, it would only amount to five mid-grade spirit stones at most, which is not even worth a quarter of what she made from selling a single pill!
However, more than 10,000 silver coins was a lot of money for everyone present. Liu Jun could create a puppet with the strength of a Nascent Soul with 3,000, so 10,000 was indeed a lot.
"Hehe, hehe..."
Liu Jun struggled to control the pain mask behind hers, gritting her teeth as she asked again, "When does the auction start?"
"There is still an hour left. If you are sure you want to participate in the auction, I will have my men reserve a seat for you. You can then go and watch the auction, and if you find anything you like, you can bid on it."
"confirmed."
"That works."
Lang Yi summoned his auctioneer and handed all four boxes to the man, giving him a few instructions before turning to Liu Jun after the man had left.
"You have one more hour. You may rest here for now. If you are interested, you can also take a stroll around the courtyard."
"Ah."
After glancing around the hall and seeing a few people still chatting, Liu Jun decided to go outside.
After walking around, Liu Jun concluded: the courtyard was very large, and there were many side rooms, but it was not a place that someone like her, who had only sold her property for a little over ten thousand yuan, could afford to live in.
The owner of the courtyard is indeed casual; there is no design, no display, no flowers and plants, and certainly no artificial hills or water features. Only the central area used for the auction is somewhat well-designed, and it is a large circular space that offers a 360-degree panoramic view.
After walking around for a while, the auction was about to start, but it was almost midnight. These people didn't seem to need to sleep at all; they were all very excited and took their seats one after another, waiting for the show to begin.
"clang!!!"
The sound of a gong jolted me awake, and I was jolted awake. The surrounding noise gradually subsided.
"Fellow practitioners, tonight marks the 342nd anniversary of our establishment. We hold an auction every month, and to date, we have held 4,104 auctions without interruption. Tonight is the 4,105th. Thank you all for your continued support!"
"it is good!!!"
A round of applause broke out from the crowd.
"Now, let's officially begin this auction. Our first item is..."
Throughout the night, not a single item met Liu Jun's needs, but the constant bidding never stopped, indicating that there would be no success today.
Before the auction even ended, Liu Jun returned to the inn with the 20,000 silver coins he had earned from the crystal core auction. This was the only consolation; at least he hadn't sold it at the reserve price.
Tomorrow she still needs to visit other auction houses to see if there's anything she needs. As for Qing Liye, Yan Tu is dead, so let's just pretend she's dead too.
I imagine the news about Yan Tu will spread by the time I wake up tomorrow. The position of protector belongs to the capable, so let's see how long Xi Ling can hold that position. Anyway, she has already settled the money and goods, so consider the 20,000 as the final payment she received.
next day
Liu Jun didn't know how she fell asleep, but when she woke up again, it was already bright daylight, although there was no sun.
She stretched lazily, tidied her slightly disheveled clothes, put on her outer robe, tied her hair in a high ponytail, grabbed her mask, and went out.
Today, she went to the auction house again to inquire about those three items, hoping to hear something interesting along the way. However, she didn't hear what she wanted to hear, but instead heard something else.
"Have you heard? Ji Shen from the Bounty Hunter Guild is dead."
"Is it that Ji Shen?"
"Yes, that's him!"
"How could that be? Isn't he quite capable?"
"Well, he hasn't met any tough guys yet. I heard he took on a case involving a fallen immortal, and it's a nightmare, no less."
"A fallen immortal? That's impressive. No wonder he failed. Hey, I remember the Second Protector was also a fallen immortal..."
"Of course, let me tell you..."
Ji Shen?
That name sounds familiar. Isn't that the leader who rejected her from joining the group a few days ago? Oh well, what a pity...
If he had agreed to let Liu Jun join back then, things might not be like this now. Let's respect other people's fates.
"You don't know, I just heard someone say at noon that the Seventh Protector is dead, and the new one seems to be a girl."
"Ah, when did this happen? How come I didn't hear a word about it?"
"It was this morning, I heard that the Seventh Protector had only been in the Fengye Mountains for less than half a day when he went crazy and started biting people. He also said that he saw some divine beast and wanted people to chase it, and then he went mad."
"Tch~ I heard that the Seventh Protector was greedy and wanted to go deeper into the mountains to hunt beasts. As a result, he got caught in some kind of trap and was surrounded by a pack of beasts, almost killing his men. Fortunately, they were rescued by a hunter who knew the way. That hunter is now the new Seventh Protector."
"You're talking nonsense. If a hunter could move freely in and out of the heartland, why would she be a hunter? She would have been rich long ago!"
"How am I talking nonsense? They've made a fortune now and even become one of the Seven Protectors. You're just jealous!"
The conversation quickly turned sour and ended unhappily, leaving Liu Jun standing behind, silently watching the drama unfold.
It seems Xi Ling succeeded, but she still hasn't found out a single thing about those three items. Searching aimlessly like this, she doesn't know how long it will take.
Just as he was about to pack up and move on to the next day, a sudden inspiration struck him, and he immediately headed towards the Bounty Hall.
Upon arriving at the location, he immediately set up a reward notice and posted it on the bulletin board. After posting it, he went to stand in the independent section for a while, looked around but didn't find anything he liked, so he gave up and went to the first section instead.
Murder and robbery, revenge from enemies, missing person notices, teaming up to catch pets, herbs to save lives... herbs to save lives! This is the Liu Jun Society.
Liu Jun took off the list and began to study it carefully.
Eight thousand silver coins, purple bamboo grass, two qian of raw herbs, twenty years of ice crystals...
These things are not uncommon, but they are extremely rare in the Demon Realm, and most of them only grow in the Fengye Mountains.
It was Fengye Mountain Range again. Liu Jun had a bit of a headache. He stood on the bulletin board for a while before he was sure that there was no better order than this.
"……never mind."
Taking this job will give me some extra money; otherwise, a single bounty could bankrupt her.
There's no time to lose; since they clearly stated it's for saving a life, we can't delay.
She returned to the Fengye Mountains after only one day, which was heartbreaking. However, this time she was traveling alone. Although it was dangerous, she was also much freer.
Because she didn't buy a storage ring, she only brought a dagger with her last trip. She couldn't even take a decent third or fourth-tier animal hide with her, otherwise she wouldn't be so poor.
Now that I've bought a storage ring and equipped it with all the gear, if I come across any valuable land, I'll just grab it and take it all. Even if it's full, I'll take a bite out of it before throwing it away. I'm really terrified of being poor.
As for what was left behind last time, without a doubt, it has already been cleaned up. There might even be someone keeping watch over it. You should avoid that path as far as possible, let alone think about it.
Since there wasn't just one entrance to this vast mountain range, Liu Jun deliberately chose a more distant route to enter the mountain range and took out a mountain animal hide map that he had bought for ten silver coins.
Except for the terrain of the center and the fourth layer which is not marked, the terrain of the outer three layers is quite clear, and the fixed resource areas are also clearly marked.
Liu Jun looked up at the environment, which had begun to darken after only a few steps, and followed the map step by step into the darkness.