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Chapter 768: A Bountiful Harvest
Chapter 768: A Bountiful Harvest
Lu Chen's bid successfully secured him the Seven-grade Yellow Spring Everlasting Tree Spirit Seed.
The other two Yuan Ying True Lords intended to compete for it, but the price had already far exceeded their budget. Bidding too much higher would not be wise, and they might as well shift their focus to the remaining Seven-grade magical artifacts and intermediate divine artifacts.
After winning the bid for the spirit seed, Lu Chen waited a while before stepping forward to pay the spirit stones and collect his prize.
As he placed the spirit seed, entwined with the ashen yellow river, into the Gluttonous Bug Pouch, he couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.
"Finally, I've obtained this Seven-grade spirit seed."
"The Yellow Spring Everlasting Tree... Going by Fellow Zhang's introduction just now, it's most likely an evil and unusual spirit plant. If I were to cultivate it in the Star Cave of Fengyuan Star, I wouldn't feel at ease leaving it to my incarnations." Lu Chen thought to himself.
"I'll decide what to do after finding out the cultivation conditions for this Seven-grade spirit plant. If all else fails, I can always wait until I obtain that incomplete Cave Heaven."
"Anyway, cultivating a Seven-grade spirit plant often takes more than a hundred years. A little more time won't make a difference."
With these thoughts, Lu Chen silently made his way back into the crowd.
"Little guy, you actually managed to get your hands on the Yellow Spring Everlasting Tree spirit seed? Not bad."
Suddenly, a voice that was both childish and ancient beyond its years echoed in Lu Chen's ear.
"Senior?"
Lu Chen's heart trembled slightly, and he immediately realized who it was. "Oh, it's you," he murmured.
All the cultivators present were within the high-grade magical artifact, and the restrictions on the meteorite were also set up by the artifact spirit. Naturally, nothing could escape its notice.
"Yes, you can speak normally. With me here, you don't have to worry about others overhearing us!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Chen nodded gently. "Indeed, Junior was the one who bid for that Seven-grade spirit seed."
"I was so enamored with it that I spent all my wealth to obtain it." He gave himself a relatively reasonable excuse.
"I noticed that you're only at the Core Formation stage, and that Everlasting Tree is especially difficult to cultivate. So, I wanted to give you a reminder."
"Remember to find a good piece of upper-grade Yin-attributed spirit field before planting it, and you must use Yellow Spring spirit liquid to water it."
"Yellow Spring spirit liquid?" Lu Chen asked.
"In the initial stages, you can use spirit liquid with similar attributes for cultivation, but in the later stages, you must use Yellow Spring water or related spirit liquids," the artifact spirit said with unusual seriousness.
"Thank you, Senior, for your kind reminder!" Lu Chen expressed his gratitude to the artifact spirit.
"You're welcome, you're welcome! I believe you can successfully cultivate that Yellow Spring Everlasting Tree. When it bears spirit fruit, let me taste it. I won't take your fruit for nothing!" The artifact spirit replied crisply, and Lu Chen could even faintly hear it swallowing its saliva.
"Of course, Senior. If Junior can successfully cultivate it, I will definitely leave a spirit fruit for you," Lu Chen promised the artifact spirit. This senior artifact spirit had always taken good care of him and was also notoriously generous. Giving away a Seven-grade spirit fruit was not a big deal.
Moreover, the main reason he so desperately wanted to obtain this Seven-grade spirit seed was to harvest the light group. The spirit fruit was secondary.
"By the way, Senior, I also won the bid for the Universal Grass Condensing Seed Technique."
"Unfortunately, I have the technique, but I lack the spirit seed for cultivation. I don't know if Senior has that particular spirit seed?" Since he was already known to have obtained these treasures, Lu Chen mustered his courage and asked.
After the auction, if he wanted to obtain the Universal Grass spirit seed, he would have to rely on the main treasury of the Hailou Chamber of Commerce or search through the other branch towers. It might be better to take this opportunity to ask the artifact spirit directly.
"Universal Grass spirit seed? That thing isn't worthy of my attention, so I probably don't have it."
"As for the Condensing Seed Technique, it was probably put up for auction by another cultivator. I wouldn't take out such a thing!" The artifact spirit replied with some disdain.
Seeing that Lu Chen wanted to express his gratitude, the artifact spirit quickly stopped him.
"Of course, Senior!" Lu Chen bowed respectfully, marveling at the generosity of the artifact spirit.
Of course, this was also based on the fact that he had demonstrated his exceptional talent in spirit plant cultivation. It was this talent that had caught the artifact spirit's attention, leading to his appointment as a guest advisor to the chamber of commerce and the entrustment of the incomplete Cave Heaven.
As the two chatted, the auction was gradually coming to an end.
The final few auction items even lured a few Yuan Ying True Lords to engage in a battle of bids, demonstrating the allure of the treasures on offer.
This made Lu Chen, who had bid a high price for the Yellow Spring Everlasting Tree spirit seed, seem less out of place, and he was barely noticeable among the multitude of cultivators.
After the auction ended, Lu Chen did not rush to leave.
Following the tradition, there would be a small game where the artifact spirit would present three extremely rare treasures. Any cultivator who could identify the treasures would be able to claim them with ease.
Even though Lu Chen now had substantial wealth and numerous treasures, he wasn't going to pass up on the opportunity to acquire high-grade spirit seeds for free.
During the last auction, he had obtained the Ghost-Eating Evil Vine for free and even used that opportunity to catch the attention of the artifact spirit, eventually becoming a guest advisor to the chamber of commerce.
Unfortunately, none of the three treasures presented this time had any relation to spirit plants, and Lu Chen could only give up and watch as other cultivators took their turns.
Thankfully, none of the cultivators managed to claim any of the treasures, which made Lu Chen feel a little better.
As he left the starry sky, he flew towards the entrance while taking inventory of his gains from this trip.
"What a bountiful harvest!"
"The fifth-grade Universal Grass Condensing Seed Technique, the sixth-grade Fu Yin Peach and Move the Stars and Change the Days Sword Grass spirit seeds, and the seventh-grade Yellow Spring Everlasting Tree spirit seed."
"Compared to these, the high-grade Spirit Soil Yuan Xi Soil and the fifth-grade Mind Ape Fruit spirit seed are almost negligible."
Of course, the cost was not insignificant either. Just the seventh-grade Yellow Spring Everlasting Tree spirit seed alone had set him back 2.1 million lower-grade spirit stones.
However, this was understandable. Seventh-grade spirit seeds were already in the realm of Yuan Ying cultivators and represented a qualitative change from sixth-grade seeds. Their value would naturally far exceed that of sixth-grade seeds, and he considered himself fortunate to have acquired one successfully.
As for the excess price, with the presence of the light group, Lu Chen was confident that he could recoup the cost tenfold or even a hundredfold.
The seventh-grade spirit seed, along with the other treasures, had cost him a total of over 2.8 million lower-grade spirit stones.
His substantial wealth accumulated over the years from the General Store was almost depleted.
However, with the constant supply of light groups from the numerous spirit plants in his cave's spirit fields, he didn't have to worry about running out of spirit stones anytime soon.
"A fallen whale brings life to all. The emergence of the Leiqi Cave secret realm has made this auction much larger in scale than the previous one. I wonder if the spirit seeds I acquired originated from that secret realm."
Lu Chen mused to himself.
"It would be great if there were more of those new high-level secret realms."
He even had an absurd thought flash through his mind.
As long as he didn't have absolute confidence, he wouldn't venture into those risky secret realms. By avoiding the pursuit of opportunities, he also avoided worrying about his life and wealth.
As long as a few high-grade spirit seeds flowed out of the secret realm into his hands, he would be content.
Of course, this also depended on luck, as not every cultivator would be willing to part with the treasures they had obtained from the secret realm.
When his strength increased just a bit more and he had accumulated even more treasures, Lu Chen would be happy to venture into the secret realm himself to obtain the spirit seeds.
(End of Chapter)
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