The Legendary Master’s Wife - Chap 104

Chapter 104: A Stupid Pig

Seeing his expression, the old man thought that he was not satisfied with this price, so he explained, “Although spiritual liquid can replenish the spiritual energy, the stronger the practitioner, the more spiritual liquid is needed. For example a Moon level practitioner. One drop of spiritual liquid can only replenish one fifth of their spiritual energy. For the higher ones, even more is required.”

Even though it was only one fifth, but in a moment of crisis, it could still provide some safety. That was why the price was not less than one hundred thousand. Furthermore, since it would be sold by auction, when the time came, no one knew how high the price would go.

You XiaoMo nodded his head as if he understood. He was not very familiar with the world of practitioners. But he knew the different levels of practitioners which were divided into: Man level, Earth level, Sky level, Sun level, Moon level, Star level, Celestial level, Spiritual level, Imperial level, Emperor level, Divine level and Sacred level. Twelve levels altogether, similar to the twelve levels for mages.

Anyway, this meant that this price was not considered low.

Seeing that he didn’t disagree, the old man heaved a sigh of relief. Actually, things like spiritual liquid were not something that anyone would give up for auction. Most people would keep it for their own use. That was why it was priceless yet never sold.

“The price assessment is complete. How many drops would you like to put up for auction?”

You XiaoMo also didn’t say much. He simply took out two ice sculptures the size of a person out from his magic bag. The cold air that was released by the ice sculptures immediately increased the moisture level in the secret room but there was not much change in the temperature.

The old man’s eyes opened wide when he brought them out, his face completely stunned. He thought that this young man would at most bring out five to six drops of spiritual liquid. He didn’t expect that it would be such a big ice sculpture and there were two of them.

The old man made clicking noises with his mouth. Although he was used to seeing treasures, he was still shocked. After some hesitation, he said, “Two ice sculptures can probably produce ninety drops of spiritual liquid. But the old me suggests that it would be better for the two sirs to first refine this spiritual liquid before auctioning them off.”

“Why is that?” You XiaoMo asked immediately.

“Because only mages can refine it. Even if the practitioners win the auction, they still have to find a mage to help them refine it, adding one extra step in the process. The one hundred thousand price can only be reduced to ninety thousand. But this should be done as soon as possible because the auction is tomorrow.”

The old man stroked his beard, with a gleam in his eye.

You XiaoMo frowned. It was just refining and the price dropped by ten thousand. This seemed wrong. It was better if he just did it himself but there was only half a day left. After this he still wanted to go buy other things with Ling Xiao. There didn’t seem to be enough time. What should he do?

You XiaoMo looked helplessly at Ling Xiao, putting on a pitiful look.

Ling Xiao received the message and couldn’t help but smile. Then he looked at the old man and smiled knowingly, “Just say it.”

The old man hesitated and coughed. Clearly he couldn’t get passed this man. If this man wasn’t here, he would be able to find a way to trick the young man at his side. One look and it was obvious that the young man was completely clueless when it came to auctions. But it was not the same with this man. He felt that he wouldn’t be able to get anything passed him, so he said, “The old me can find someone to help the two sirs. But when it was done, hopefully three drops of spiritual liquid will be given as repayment.”

You XiaoMo immediately made the calculations. Three drops of spiritual liquid was three hundred thousand. Although that was just the base price, but if he auctioned it off without refining, he would lose nine hundred thousand. Counting this way, it was more worth it to get someone to refine it before the auction.

“Ling-shixiong, is this acceptable … ” You XiaoMo lightly tugged on Ling Xiao’s sleeve.

Ling Xiao rapped him on the head impatiently. It was clear from his expression what he was thinking. He thought that he was the one that was getting a deal. The reality was there was no loss to the other person. Some people wouldn’t be able to get one drop of spiritual liquid even after spending one million.

“Two drops.” Ling Xiao said with no room for negotiation in his tone.

The old man seemed to have expected this reply so he answered without hesitation, “Deal. But eighty eight drops of spiritual liquid is not a small number. Would the two sirs like to divide them into two or three batches for the auction?”

Ling Xiao smiled meaningfully, “No need. Auction it all off in one go.”

The old man was stunned for a moment. Then he shook his head smiling wryly. He could almost see it. Tomorrow’s auction would be very fierce. Eighty eight drops of spiritual liquid was not a small number. If one won the auction, it could guarantee one’s life in battle. Those powerful forces would definitely not let go of this excellent opportunity.

Then the old man took out a black and gold tablet that was made out of emerald jade from under the counter. He hands it over to Ling Xiao, “This is our Seven Stars Auction House status card. Because the two sirs are auctioning over five million, it is enough to reach our distinguished guest level. This is the seat number. When the time comes the two sirs will just have to take a seat according to this number. On top of that, this tablet can also be used at all the auction houses and shops under the Seven Stars banner.”

Not waiting for Ling Xiao to stretch out his hand, You XiaoMo eagerly took the tablet.

The black and gold tablet looked very distinctive since on it was drawn seven five-pointed stars. It made him think of the mall member discount cards. This tablet must be the same as those discount cards and the like, he could try it out in little bit.

The old man unconsciously glanced at Ling Xiao, the latter’s expression was all gentle and elegant.

He could perceive that this young man was only a low level mage. Maybe not even level two. But the man together with him, he had no way of telling his power. For a level four mage like him to not be able to perceive, this person could not be any less than Moon level.

A person of this strength actually allowed a low level mage to act so presumptuously in front of him. Clearly their relationship was quite extraordinary.

After sending the two of them off, the old man immediately called over the attendant from before. He told her to not let anyone disturb him for the next few hours before returning back to the secret room and locking the door securely.

Spiritual liquid was a good thing. Although it was just two drops, he did not plan on giving this opportunity away to anyone else. Besides replenishing a practitioner’s spiritual energy, it had an even bigger use. That was to increase the rate of success in refining magic pills and the quality of the magic pills especially for high level magic pills. The rate of failure was so high that most mages were unable to bear it but it was different when spiritual liquid was used. One just needed to pour in one drop of spiritual liquid when refining, and it would increase the rate of success by ten percent. Such a high rate of success, every mage would find it attractive.

Coming out of the auction house, You XiaoMo looked into the distance while standing at the side of the street. He didn’t find any trace of the Raging Fire Horse.

Ling Xiao had no intention of calling the Raging Fire Horse and simply walked towards the stream of people.

You XiaoMo hesitated for a moment and then ran to catch up. He finally figured it out, it seemed from now on they would only use their own two legs to get around. The things he wanted to buy was quite a lot. It was really not convenient to be taking a carriage to find those shops.

The street they were on was HunJi City’s busiest street. The number of people was more than two times that of the other streets. Although the street were already very wide, two to three times that of HePing town, it was still packed with people. A moment of inattention would result in bumping into other people.

Terrified of being separated by the surging crowd, You XiaoMo with a pair of lively eyes were looking randomly in all directions while gripping tight Ling Xiao’s clothes and following Ling Xiao’s exact steps.

Although Ling Xiao didn’t turn around, he could still guess what he looked like now. His lips started to curve up knowingly. He then stopped in his tracks, and the person behind immediately crashed his head onto his back. Turning around he saw him looking resentful, rubbing his nose. Just when he was about to say something, an uproar suddenly erupted in front of them.

“Get aside! If you don’t want to die, give way for the great me!”

A group of people with sharp swords at their waist, with fierce and ruthless faces suddenly rushed out from among the surging crowd.

The leader was a rather chubby person. From the faint aura from his body, it was possible to tell that this middle aged man should be of Moon level strength.

At this moment, this group of people were walking menacingly in their direction.

You XiaoMo poked his head out from behind Ling Xiao with one look, his eyes opened wide. He actually recognized a few people behind that middle aged man because not long ago, they met outside the city gates. He quickly withdrew his head, terrified that he would be recognized by them.

What he forgot was that those people had a deeper impression of Ling Xiao than of him. On top of that, Ling Xiao’s presence was extraordinary becoming the point of attention while standing in a crowd of people. Those few people already caught sight of him when they were still over ten meters away.

“Boss, that’s him!”

“That’s right. He’s the one that injured the second boss.”

Several people strived to be the first to point out Ling Xiao. They no longer appeared fearful, and actually seemed quite pleased. The looked directed at Ling Xiao appeared more aggressive and sinister. Dare to touch people of the Wolf Fang Gang? Today we will definitely demand a hundred fold repayment as thanks.

Very quickly, twenty over men rushed to the front of Ling Xiao. The middle aged man stopped three meters away. He held a large axe in his arm as he walked forward a few steps. The flesh on his face shook menacingly as he said sinisterly, “You are the ones that injured my younger brother?”

Younger brother? You XiaoMo poked his head out again and looked him up and down a few times. He mumbled, “No resemblance at all.”

Ling Xiao heard his mumbling and lowered his head, looking at him with laughter in his eyes. Then he moved his line of sight to the middle aged man, smiling while saying, “Excuse me. I don’t know your younger brother. But not long ago I actually came across a stupid pig. Don’t tell me that he is your brother?”

“Pfft … ” You XiaoMo couldn’t hold back his laughter.