Chapter 231: The Arrogant Third Young Master

He had already made his decision: of the two World Tree Seeds, one would be planted, and the other used for Gu Refining.

Just as he was thinking this, the fat man on the High Platform scanned the crowd, and seeing that enough people had gathered, finally stood up to speak.

"Heh heh, I am honored that you all could grace my Treasure Hunting Assembly with your presence."

"I am the Third Young Master of the Qian Clan Merchant Association; just call me Third Young Master. I can now arrogantly tell you that I possess absolutely everything in this world below Second Grade!"

"No matter what you lack, you can ask me for it; regardless of what you are missing, I will definitely have it on my person!"

"If you disagree, come fight! The Treasure Hunting Assembly officially begins now; anyone who disagrees, feel free to come up, and I will accept all challenges!"

The Third Young Master shouted down with overwhelming dominance, his tone as arrogant as could possibly be.

The crowd below immediately erupted in an uproar; arrogant, truly too arrogant—to dare claim to have everything below Second Grade, such immense wealth had shocked everyone present.

Even Long Xuan was stunned; being this arrogant, was he really not afraid of being beaten to death?

Someone below immediately couldn't wait to shout, "I want a Spirit Pill capable of breaking through to the Spirit Sea Stage; do you have one on your person?"

The Third Young Master glanced at him indifferently and said expressionlessly, "I have exactly one hundred and thirty-seven types of Second Grade Realm-Breaking Pills on my person; which kind do you want?"

"Hiss..." As soon as these words were spoken, the sound of the entire audience inhaling sharply in unison rang out.

"Bold enough! Do you dare to have a Top-Grade Spirit Artifact?" someone in the crowd shouted again, unconvinced.

The Third Young Master glanced at him apathetically and said calmly, "There are truly too many varieties of Top-Grade Spirit Artifacts; excluding those exclusive Artifact Recipes that cannot be sold, I currently have two thousand six hundred and eight types of Top-Grade Spirit Artifacts on my person; how many do you want?"

"Hiss..." As soon as these words were spoken, the sound of the entire audience inhaling sharply rang out once more.

"Damn it, I want a beautiful woman! I don't believe you have this too!" someone in the crowd shouted loudly again.

The Third Young Master immediately yawned, glanced at him contemptuously, and said, "I have the indenture contracts of tens of thousands of beautiful women on my person; may I ask, do you prefer the cute type, the fiery type, or the aloof type?"

"Hiss!" At this moment, everyone felt a chill in their gums; he actually had everything—could it be that no one could stop this Third Young Master?

Who could step forward to dampen his arrogant spirit? Everyone had been shown up by him.

At the same time, the Third Young Master's wealth once again left everyone awestruck; exactly how immense must his fortune be to dare claim he had everything? This Third Young Master was truly too rich.

His wealth made everyone's eyes burn with greed.

At this point, people had already begun rushing onto the High Platform to trade for the materials they needed.

The rule of the Treasure Hunting Assembly was that no matter what a trader wanted, they must offer treasures of higher value; this was an unequal trade, and anyone who went on stage would definitely suffer a loss.

But even so, those who wished to trade with this Third Young Master flocked to him like ducks to water, scrambling to conduct transactions with him.

Even Long Xuan was now tempted; he was not afraid of spending more money, only afraid that he could not collect the things he wanted.

With this Third Young Master present, collecting anything was incredibly convenient; it seemed he could directly gather all ten thousand materials needed for his Heaven Mending Pill from him, which was simply terrifying.

Long Xuan's eyes darted, and without further hesitation, he immediately handed his Storage Bag to his Fire Clone, ordering him to cover his face and go trade with this Third Young Master, while his main body secretly withdrew from the crowd to hide.

He did not plan to wait; although this Third Young Master claimed to have everything, each item certainly had a fixed quantity, and once traded away, it would be gone forever.

Therefore, while his treasures were still most complete, he should hurry up and trade with him; whoever hesitated would suffer the loss.

Thus, just as the first trader finished their transaction and walked down smiling, the Fire Clone rushed up as the second person.

With the speed of Treading Stars, no one could be faster than him.

Seeing him appear before the Third Young Master with speed akin to teleportation, those who had already stepped halfway forward could only helplessly withdraw their feet.

The Third Young Master looked up at him and said lazily, "What do you want?"

Long Xuan directly took out a thick list of materials and said, "All the materials on this list, plus one Fire-attribute Top-grade Spirit Stone, and Spirit Soil of Upper Grade equivalent to two Spirit Trees; do you have these on your person?"

Long Xuan looked at him; the latter two items he requested exceeded the category of Second Grade treasures, and he was unsure whether this Third Young Master possessed them.

"Naturally I have them; it just depends on whether you can produce treasures exceeding the value of these items."

Seeing that the second trader demanded so many expensive items upon ascending, the Third Young Master smiled wickedly.

He took Long Xuan's material list, swept it with his Soul Power, and calculated the total value of these materials within an extremely short time.

Seeing that his expression remained unchanged, Long Xuan was even more astonished; many materials required to refine the Heaven Mending Pill were Spirit Medicines on the verge of extinction, exceedingly rare, with many people never encountering them in their entire lives—yet this Third Young Master actually had them all?

He once again realized just how astonishing this Third Young Master's wealth was; when he said he had everything, he truly had everything.

However, precisely because these near-extinct Spirit Medicines were so valuable, not to mention he had also requested Top-grade Spirit Stones and Upper Grade Spirit Soil, he momentarily found it difficult to decide what treasure to offer that would exceed their value.

His spatial capacity was limited, and what he carried when traveling was also limited; most of his treasures were kept at home, and treasures too Heaven-defying could not be brought out, so he truly did not know what to use to exchange for those materials.

However, recalling that the rules of the Treasure Hunting Assembly placed no restrictions on the types of treasures, it seemed the value of all worthless treasures could be accumulated together.

Thus, an idea formed in his mind; he packed piece by piece of his useless junk into a Storage Bag and then handed it to this Third Young Master.

He indeed had quite a few treasures he could not use; he had just packed up Li Laodao's treasures, and although the value of the items on his person was astonishing, there were not many he could actually use.

There was also Jun Zaitian's Storage Bag and the Storage Bag of that Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivator; both of these individuals had extraordinary backgrounds, and their Storage Bags indeed contained many good items.

He selected some that he could not use and threw them into that Storage Bag as well, then handed it to the Third Young Master.

After the Third Young Master took the Storage Bag, he quickly swept his Soul Power through it; although there were extremely numerous treasures inside, he still estimated their value within an extremely short time.

"Acceptable; the value of all treasures within this Storage Bag is roughly ten percent higher than these items; the transaction can proceed."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Three-Legged Golden Toad beside the Third Young Master suddenly opened its eyes, widened its mouth, and treasures continuously flew out from within.

Before long, it had spat out a mountain-high pile of materials.

Each type of Spirit Medicine was already packed in a Medicine Box to prevent the medicinal energy from dissipating; with over ten thousand Medicine Boxes piled together, it was no small number and possessed immense visual impact.

Among them, one box containing a Fire-attribute Top-grade Spirit Stone and several dozen large sacks containing Upper Grade Spirit Soil were also detected by him immediately.

Long Xuan's spirit felt somewhat dazed; had the things he needed really been collected completely in just an instant? Was this fake? Why did he feel as though he were dreaming?

Previously, in order to collect these things quickly, he had worried until his hair turned white; unexpectedly, when the cart reached the hill, a path appeared, and matters proceeded with unexpected smoothness—such a difficult task was now easily completed; truly, the ways of the world are unpredictable.

Those two Divine Trees could be planted within the World Tree Seeds today, and he could begin refining the Heaven Mending Pill today as well.

Long Xuan had no time for joy; he hurriedly swept all the boxes on the ground into his own Storage Bag, then quickly walked down from the platform.

The Third Young Master picked up the Storage Bag left by Long Xuan, poured all the treasures from inside into the mouth of the Three-Legged Golden Toad beside him, and smiled, saying, "Apologies, that person traded for too many rare items; currently, at least four hundred types of treasures are out of stock."

"However, this person also left behind quite a bit of new stock, so my treasures are essentially endless; who else wants to come up and trade now?"

Upon hearing that four hundred types of treasures were already out of stock, the crowd below immediately became anxious.

At this moment, they had already realized that although the Third Young Master's treasures were becoming more numerous with each trade, the hard-to-collect items were surely dwindling with every exchange, meaning those who arrived later would suffer greater losses.

Thus, the people below, fearing that the items they needed would be traded away by those ahead of them, grew anxious and rushed forward in a scramble, instantly throwing the scene into chaos...

As for Long Xuan at this time, after trading away a large quantity of materials, he feared someone might be tracking him, so he first ordered his Fire Clone to exit the city; only after confirming no one was following did his main body confidently leave the city.

However, these two exits from the city had cost him another sixteen hundred Lower Grade Spirit Stones in City Exit Fees, which was truly black-hearted.

Tianyue City, doing absolutely nothing, had already made a fortune just from collecting City Entry Fees and City Exit Fees.

After leaving Tianyue City, Long Xuan immediately found a remote place rarely visited by humans, used his Earth Master ability to quickly dig out a Shandong, then rushed inside to immediately begin alchemizing the Heaven Mending Pill, for he could wait no longer.

The reason he had run to this location to refine pills instead of staying in Tianyue City was entirely because, in this world, refining Spirit Pills that were too Heaven-defying would summon Heavenly Phenomena or Thunder Tribulations.

He was certain that a Spirit Pill capable of repairing Aptitude absolutely belonged to the category of Heaven-defying Spirit Pills, and once the pill was formed, it would inevitably summon a Heavenly Anomaly.

The commotion caused by such a Heavenly Phenomenon was far too great, sufficient to attract people from very far away; if he were to refine the Heaven Mending Pill within the city, the consequences need not be stated—once the Heavenly Phenomenon appeared, it would inevitably draw the attention of the entire city, and by then his troubles would be immense, with it being uncertain whether he could even keep the freshly refined Heaven Mending Pill.

It is worth mentioning that in this world, the birth of any kind of Heaven-defying thing would summon a Heavenly Phenomenon or a Thunder Tribulation.

This included Spirit Pills, Spirit Tools, Gu Worms, Cultivation Methods... and even people.

However, for something to summon a Thunder Tribulation, it had to be a treasure of at least Fourth Grade or above; a Second Grade treasure could, at most, only summon a Heavenly Phenomenon.

Therefore, he did not need to worry about the Heaven Mending Pill summoning a Thunder Tribulation; otherwise, there would be absolutely no necessity for him to refine the Heaven Mending Pill now, for with his current strength, if the Spirit Pill he refined could summon a Thunder Tribulation, he himself would surely be struck dead by the lightning.

(End of Chapter)