Chapter 599: Spirit of the Barrier One (1/2)

Chapter 599: Spirit of the Barrier (One)

“Shopkeeper Ochire, thank you for your information.” Jian Chen cupped his hands in gratitude. “But where might this yearly auction house take place? There are plenty of auction houses in this city after all.”

“Perhaps you are not as familiar to Mercenary City as I thought if you know not even this, my lord.” Ochire spoke in between a small burst of laughter. “Then, please allow this servant to explain. There are indeed plenty of auction houses within Mercenary City, but those are all privately owned auction houses. There is only a single auction house that is regulated by the entire Mercenary City. As long as my lord makes the proper inquiries, you will learn of the place almost instantly.”

“It is how this auction house is run and what it sells that marks it different from the others. With Mercenary City itself running the auction every year, many extremely rare objects can be seen from it, ergo the ten thousand year old heavenly resource. They have always been sold off by this auction house.”

“Relevantly, the ten thousand year old heavenly resource that my lord wishes for will always appear here. But each time they appear, it has always been a fight of money to purchase it. If my lord is adamant on purchasing it, then you must prepare yourself to use a large sum of purple coins to purchase it.”

“Indeed, thank you for your warning.” Jian Chen replied gratefully.

The shopkeeper smiled, “My lord, you are far too polite. This is nothing that could warrant your thanks. The future patronage of my lord would be more than enough to keep this servant happy.” She spoke before handing the purple coins back to Jian Chen after processing it. Taking out a exquisite Space Belt, she handed it over to Jian Chen, “My lord, here is your purple card and the heavenly resources are within this belt. Please hold it well.”

Obediently taking the purple card back into his own Space Ring, Jian Chen took the Space Belt and inspected the inner contents to ensure everything was there. Smiling, he stored it away into his Space Ring and left the pavilion after bidding farewell to Ochire.

Freely walking up to the windowsill, Ochire watched as Jian Chen walked further and further away into the streets. With furrowed eyebrows, she began to mutter to herself, “Just who is that person? It is strange to think that he is familiar to me, as if I’ve seen him somewhere before. But I have never left Mercenary City as of late, and the amount of acquaintances I have is very few; where could I have possibly met a youngster like this before…”

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Taking the Class 3 Magical Beast mount for a ride, Jian Chen held a radish shaped heavenly resource for the tiger cub to munch on. With bright and spirited eyes, the cub devoured the entire thing happily.

Heavenly resources for the tiger cub were an extremely rare and delicious delicacy. They were the most delicious and blessed objects in the world to the cub.

Eying the cub with a small trace of adoration, Jian Chen could not help but smile fondly. In the short period of time the cub had been in Jian Chen’s care, it had managed to worm its way into his heart so to see the tiger cub so happy had made him feel equivalently happy.

By asking the people of the city, Jian Chen had managed to find out the auction house Ochire had been talking about.

At the center of Mercenary City, this auction house was extremely large and stood at about thirty meters tall. Grand and impressive in its architecture even in comparison to the mighty city it was in, this auction house was very distinguishable like the head of a beast out in the open plains.

Right as Jian Chen was about to take another step, Ziying’s voice suddenly popped into his mind, “Ah! Master! This is stardust! Master, we’ve found some stardust!”

Repeating Ziying’s words, Qingsuo spoke up excitedly, “Master, quickly now! Take the stardust with you, that is a priceless item needed to forge the sword!”

Ignited by the words of Ziying and Qingsuo, Jian Chen could feel a joyous smile appear on his lips. He knew that in order to craft the Azulet swords, he would need a specific amount of materials. And as long as he had those materials, he would be one step closer to forging the said swords.

Excited by the two spirits, Jian Chen began to question the two, “Ziying, Qingsuo, where is this stardust located?” He had no idea what stardust looked like and so if it were not for the two spirits, he would simply never be able to distinguish it from the entire city.

Right away, a strange but mysterious sensation began to pull at his mind as he spoke. In this moment, he could feel a strange attraction as if some sort of magical connection was drawing him to a very specific location.

When Jian Chen’s eyes hovered over the auction house run by Mercenary City in front of him, a response from within his head could be felt. With this sensation, he could more or less surmise a general approximation that the stardust would be located within this auction house.