Chapter 199: A Trade? Friend

Jiang Cheng found an Intermediate Spirit Nourishing Pill among many auction items.

It is also a First‑grade Material pill; because its quality reaches Intermediate, the recovery speed of Spiritual Power is twice that of a Primary Spirit Nourishing Pill, and its duration is also six hours.

Ten per bottle, base price is ten thousand yuan, each raise is one thousand yuan.

Jiang Cheng feels he can observe for a while.

If the final price is below twenty thousand, he will take it without hesitation.

But the chance of picking up a cheap one is probably low.

Everyone knows the effect of one Intermediate Spirit Nourishing Pill equals two Primary ones; given the nature of auctions, twenty thousand certainly won't hold.

"Let's see if there's a High‑grade Spirit Nourishing Pill, or an even higher‑grade Spiritual Power recovery pill."

Jiang Cheng muttered, searched again, and to his surprise found no High‑grade Spirit Nourishing Pill; he wondered whether it was due to difficulty—no one had refined it—or some other reason.

Moreover, there is no higher‑grade pill for restoring Spiritual Power either.

"No way, the best is this Intermediate Spirit Nourishing Pill?"

Jiang Cheng was stunned.

One should know that a Primary Spirit Nourishing Pill can only restore one‑third of his Spiritual Power.

Even switching to Intermediate, restoring two‑thirds is about as good.

High‑grade might fully restore once? But that's still not enough.

Suddenly, a possible explanation flashed in his mind.

That is, this auction, the participants are basically Force Warriors.

Or rather, Force Warriors who follow the mortal path; for them, an Intermediate Spirit Nourishing Pill is already fully sufficient.

If it were High‑grade, the recovery might be too fast for them to assimilate, causing waste.

"So these second‑stage, third‑stage Spiritual Power recovery pills must be found elsewhere?"

Jiang Cheng frowned.

It is easy to imagine that if his Visualization Method reaches Proficient level, the Spiritual Power recovery pills he will need later will only increase.

Moreover, this batch of auction items seems also to lack Visualization Method.

"I'll ask someone later."

Jiang Cheng feels this problem is serious.

He still hopes to save up later to purchase Visualization Method on the Black Market.

But thinking carefully, he feels it's unlikely there isn't any.

After all, the Black Market has a big reputation; Dawn Society already has Mental Power Secret Martial Arts, the Black Market Auction cannot lack them.

Perhaps there is also an auction dedicated to Spiritual Thought Masters?

Jiang Cheng's gaze fell on the Spirit Nourishing Pills.

In short, his main purpose this time is to buy this.

If he can't get an Intermediate Spirit Nourishing Pill, a Primary will do.

He began browsing the auction items again.

Then he discovered that indeed there were no items specifically for Spiritual Thought Masters.

Just like the Steel Needles Ye Ying has in hand.

There are none of those either.

But this obviously defies common sense.

"Dong dong, dong dong."

At that moment, a series of knocks sounded outside the door.

Jiang Cheng was delighted, thinking it might be the woman from before, but the voice that followed was that of a man.

"Is anyone inside? I mean no harm, just looking to make a trade."

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng's heart stirred.

He came this time not only to purchase Spiritual Power recovery pills, but also to exchange Cultivation Methods with others.

With a Panel, he doesn't have to worry about receiving the wrong Secret Martial Arts; of course, if the other party lies repeatedly and refuses to improve, he can only retaliate in kind.

Now someone is at the door, and having glanced at the auction list, he has a rough idea; it's time to talk with someone.

"I'm here."

After deciding, Jiang Cheng set down the booklet he was holding and went to open the door.

A person wearing a Niutou Mianju stood at the doorway.

"Friend, sorry to disturb you."

"No need for formalities, come in and speak."

"Alright."

The other party didn't even hesitate, seeming a regular here.

The Niutou Mianju stepped in, glanced at the auction list half‑turned on the tea table, and laughed, "Friend looking at the auction items? This batch is indeed fine, especially the last Bursting Sigil, equivalent to carrying an Artillery, making defense impossible; in my view, the upcoming auction will surely spark a storm of blood and gore."

"Yes, but the price is too high; I can only envy."

Jiang Cheng shook his head, "By the way, friend, I see there are hardly any items for Spiritual Thought Masters here, especially no Visualization Method at all—what's going on?"

The Niutou Mianju turned to Jiang Cheng, surprised, "Could it be that you are a Spiritual Thought Master?"

"No, just curious."

"I see."

The Niutou Mianju said meaningfully, "Looks like this is your first time here; actually this auction has two sessions."

"Two sessions?"

Jiang Cheng also did not deny it.

"Not bad, the first session will be held at 7 p. m., and all participants are Spiritual Thought Masters; because there are fewer people, it basically finishes in about an hour."

"For us Force Warriors, there are more people, so we'll be scheduled for the second session, which will last two hours."

"I see."

Jiang Cheng was suddenly enlightened.

"So, does that mean the auction list we obtained is different from theirs?"

"That's natural."

Niutou Mianju laughed, "It's like a pill that restores Spiritual Power; a First‑grade Material one is enough for us, but for mid‑ to high‑level Spiritual Thought Masters, not even a First‑grade pill—let alone a Second‑grade or Third‑grade—makes much difference,

and their weapons—customized flying needles, flying shuttles, flying knives—if they fall into our hands they can at most be used as hidden weapons, but in their hands they are astonishingly powerful, so naturally they have to be sold separately."

"Friend, if you're a Spiritual Thought Master, just go and prove to the people below that you can move objects with Spiritual Power, and they'll let you join the first auction. If not, you can't. It was possible at first, but later those Spiritual Thought Masters had strong opinions, and there's also a Spiritual Thought Master stationed here, so," he shrugged.

"I understand, thanks for the reminder, friend."

Jiang Cheng replied quickly.

The status of Spiritual Thought Masters really isn't ordinary.

The Black Market organizers are eager for as many participants as possible, because that raises the final transaction price, and under pressure they end up dispersing the crowd.

He still wants to take a look, but his Spiritual Power isn't strong enough yet to move objects.

"Heh, you're welcome. As they say, meeting is fate. It's not even five o'clock yet, and the first auction starts in a little over two hours, so no need to rush."

Niutou Mianju said, "How about we trade the items we brought, or the Secret Martial Arts we each have learned?"

"Sure, but I came this time without any good items on me, and the two Secret Martial Arts I've learned are both Human Weapons; I don't know if you'd consider them."

Jiang Cheng said honestly.

If the other party is level 5 or below, there shouldn't be much of a problem.

But if the other party is level 6 or above, they'll probably look down on a mere Human Weapon.

(End of Chapter)