a few days later.
Levi was in the small tailors room, a gloomy air hanging over him. looking up, he saw both old gray, and old lin. he had only come to show old gray the starlight inscription, who would have thought that what happened the last time would repeat itself? "...suu.." he suddenly sat up straight, and sucked in a breath. "hmmm?" old gray's smile deepened, giving Levi goosebumps. a few hours later. " ah, this is no fun." old gray suddenly spoke. since Levi was quietly reading both books about inscriptions and pill refining, old gray found it boring. on the other hand, old lin just had a slight smile on his face, as he watched Levi read through the book about pill refining.
although both books were the size of human thighs, Levi swiftly read through them. " oh yeah, boy. i heard something interesting." old gray suddenly said. " something interesting?" Levi looked up. " apparently there is going to be a big auction in a few days." old gray smiled. " an auction? i'm not int-" old gray interrupted. " you should go, if only to widen your horizons. in fact, i'm sure you will find something interesting there, something that you will want, but can't have." old gray snickered. " alright." Levi nodded. since old gray said that much, didn't that mean that something incredible would be there? after a few minutes of thinking, he went back to reading the two books.
a few days later, Levi had read the books from cover to cover. he was feeling tired since he hadn't eaten or slept during these few days. " hmm, you can keep this book." old gray said after some thought. although Levi read the whole book, that didn't mean that he would remember everything, and old gray knew this. " then, you can keep this book on pill refining, too." old lin said, after some thought. Levi was too tired to respond, as he fell asleep. waking a few hours later, he found that both old lin, and old gray were gone, while the black feather coat was on the table, along with the two books. he put the books into the spacial ring and put on the coat, before leaving the cloths shop. after going to the inn and bathing, he left for the everything guild, that was where the auction was being held, according to old gray.
" what can i help you with today, sir?" the attendant recognized Levi. " i'm here for the auction." Levi said. " ah, then have you paid the entrance fee?" the attendant asked, as Levi shook his head. " it is 2 gold coins." she said with a smile. Levi handed the money to her as multiple inscription patterns appeared beneth his feet, and before he knew what was happening, he appeared in a large, dark room. rows of chairs descended, while behind them, high up, were large boxes, with a shiny black front. he sat in the corner seat at the top. "....you.." after a few minutes, an angry voice rang out, causing Levi to look around. he saw one of the soldiers that were standing in front of the blacksmith workshop, along with a feminine boy with long black hair, wearing an elegant white robe. the boy, just like Levi, ignored him after a glance. " ah, it's him..." the voice of a girl rang out. " lily, didn't i tell you to forget about him? didn't you see how the second prince looked at him just now? come, don't cause any trouble." two familiar voices rang out.
"....i might as well review what i read in that book." Levi mumbled as he closed his eyes, silently reviewing something in his head. when he had time, he would go to the everything guild, so that he could learn about the human body's structure in the physicians library. he had read something about strange, tiny channels, that were spread all over the body. the person who wrote the book referred to them as, the primordial meridians. the book stated that most living things had these meridians, explaining that these meridians were the reason why mutated beasts, or even those terrifying beasts of legend were able to cultivate, despite not having a dantian. however, when he asked the guardian of the physician's library about the book, he said that the author of the book was known as a crazy man. despite this, Levi continued to read the book. finding a page where the author explained that mutated beasts, from a young age, slam their bodies against large trees or boulders in order to strengthen them, which would allow them to be able to store qi in their bodies when they were old enough, then use those primordial meridians to utilize that qi. but just as he thought that he would be able to use this method to start qi cultivation again, the book continued to say, the primordial meridians in humans had either long shriveled, or been blocked by various impurities, with the only way to unblock them being to bathe in lava, or something of that scale.
" ahem!" an old man appeared on the stage and cleared his throat, causing the murmuring to stop, and Levi to open his eyes. " we have two special items for todays auction, but they will be auctioned off last. since i know that you are impatiently waiting for the auction to start, i won't continue speaking. let the auction..." the old man paused. " begin!" he shouted. " the first item we have, is a bone tempering grass!" the old man said, as a well endowed lady brought a box toward him, her chest bouncing as the blue dress she wore hugged it tightly. " bone tempering grass? what the hell is this?" we are here for real treasures, not nonsense like bone tempering grass!" some people began complaining. it's not that they didn't know that bone tempering grass was rare, but all of them were over the age where bone tempering grass could do anything for them. " the starting price will be 500 gold coins!" the old man shouted.
"550 gold coins." a female voice rang out. it was lily's older sister. " 600." another voice rang out. this time, it was a youth wearing a golden flame robe, he looked at the two with disdain. " 650!" she continued, ignoring the boy. " 700." the boy sneered. " 750! don't go to far just because you are from the scorching sun clan!" the girl said through gritted teeth. " what are you going to do about it, alysa? you want this bone tempering grass for your trash little sister, but i want it for my little brother! why don't you just let someone who will actually benefit from this bone tempering grass have it? instead of wasting it on your trashy sister!" the boy sneered, while multiple people tried to force down their laughter. the trash of the flowing water clan was well known around the imperial city, but even more famous, or infamous, was her older sister alysa, who defended her despite her being trash. "..." Levi listened to the murmuring of the people. '....if i had someone like her to look out for me...would i have become like this?....what am i thinking about...it is far to late for that.' these thoughts passed through his head, as his gaze returned to the stage.
"you...." alysa's expression darkened. " sold! the bone tempering grass goes to the girl!" the old man shouted, startling everyone. " what?! why was it sold to her?!" the boy shouted. after he said so much, wasn't selling the bone tempering grass to her, just slapping his face? " my job is to move the auction along, when i began the count down, the girl was the last to place a bid. i am simply announcing the winner of this bone tempering grass." the old man said without a change in expression. what he meant was that, who's fault was it that you decided to run your mouth instead of bidding? i'm here to carry the auction along, not wait for brats to finish bickering. " you! i'm from the scorching sun clan! if you don-please escort this noisy guest out." before the boy could finish, 4 men appeared out of nowhere. when he resisted, his arms and legs were broken. " how ruthless..." this one thought was going through the heads of those present, but they dared not say anything. this was basically killing the chicken to warn the monkey. ' we don't care who you are. obediently participate in the auction, then go back to your worthless lives.' this message was clearly portrayed.
"moving on, we have a pair of accompanying jades! these jades helps you recover your qi faster. the starting bid is 2000!" the man shouted, wasting no time. people placed their bids, and the auction continued. a few hours later, only 3 more items were left. " next is this moon dragon sabre!" the woman walked out, carefully holding a sabre with a cloth. this sabre's blade was a smokey silver color, while the handle was a gold, coiling dragon. Levi's eyes widen slightly, before going back to normal. " the starting price of this sabre is....50,000 gold coins!" the old man shouted. this price caused a number of people's faces to twist. " now now, this sabre is worth the price. although it does not have any kind of inscription or rune, it was made from meteor smoke!" the man said with a smile. " meteor smoke?" Levi mumbled. " meteor smoke....wait! you mean that legendary metal?! it is said that a weapon made from meteor smoke can sever the skys and seas alike! erasing mountains in a single strike! why is such a rare treasure being auctioned here?" an old man shouted. " what?" is that true?" who cares, we can't afford that price!" the people began discussing.
"55,000." a lazy voice rang out, causing everyone to freeze, the second prince had placed his first bid, and it was 55,000! " 60,000" suddenly, a voice came from one of the large boxes. " 65,000." the second prince responded lazily. " 100,000." the person in the box responded without emotion. the second prince turned his head and glanced back, looking at the 4 boxes. he just returned to sitting silently afterward. " next, is one of the two special items! a treasure jian with the destruction inscription!" the old man said as he narrowed his eyes, a flickering gleam quickly dissapearing. " the price of this sword will be decided by you." he spoke with a light smile. " 500,000 gold coins." a different voice escaped one of the boxes, causing the people to freeze yet again. " 5-5-500,000?!?" what is this destruction inscriotion?!" oh! i heard about it from an old acquaintance of mine! it is said that this destruction inscriptions is one of the strongest inscriptions ever made! it is suppose to break things down completely, destroying everything in it's path! but there is also supposed to be a huge risk when using this inscription, that is why even if someone got something with this inscriotion on it, they would either just keep it for keeping it sake, or sell it!" se-seriously..." the people discussed. the children of the large clans were shocked. that 500,000 gold coins was the annual income of their 3 clans combined, and they still probably didn't have that much! along with such a heaven defying sword, although they were from large clans, even they could only look at the sword with envy.
"700,000." a female voice rang out from a different box. " 1,000,000." the first voice said calmly, causing even the girl who bid 700,000 to choke on her saliva. " very good! sold to the VIP in box 3!" the old man said with a shameless smile. " and finally, our last item for the day." the old man spoke, as two women pushed a large metal trolley towards him. " the heart....." the old man paused. " Of a lesser dragon!!" he shouted.