The gaurds let Julian inside and he was greeted by the old man was eagerly awaiting his arrival.
" You're just in time sir! The auction is about to start and we have advertised your core throughout the city so it should be a big night. "
Julian placed Noah on a chair and spoke to the old man.
" Please take care of my friend here, he had had a bit too much to drink. "
The old man nodded and spoke politely.
" Of course! He will receive the best possible treatment i assure you. "
Satisfied with his answer Julian followed the auction house's servant to his seat. Unlike last time he asked for a regular seat amongst the crowd as he didn't plan on buying anything. He sat down and looked around. The auction house was filled to the brim With several thousand people. There were dozens of. faces he hadn't recognized and many different banners from powerfull sects and clans. Julian laughed evily and rubbed his hands together.
" I can smell the moneeyyyyyy "
The men around him looked at him strangely and he shut up. The auction began and Julian ignored most of the items up for auction. Several dozen items passed by and Julian didn't bat an eye to anything. He quietly sat down ordering drinks from the servant's walking around and waited.
Soon The time he had been waiting for came. The announcer brought out a Wooden box engraved with silver and gold and began to speak.
" Finnally the moment everyone has been waiting for! Tonight we have managed to get ahold of a Incredibly Rare and powerful perfect condition Rank 5 drake core. "
He spoke and opened the box revealing the item to everyone in the hall. Several men in the audience gasped and Julian smile grew so big it filled his entire face.
" So its real! "
A man in grey robes on one of the VIP rooms spoke up loud enough for the entire venue to hear. Many voices like his filled the room and the Annoucer continued.
" The starting price for this item is 50,000 HQ "
To Julian the price was through the roof but to others it wasn't too high. In a city like Luohe with no one in the ensoulment stage finding a rank 5 core was next to impossible. if a Nascent soul stage expert tried to take on a rank 5 beast they would be wrecked. Forget the core even making it out alive would be Damm near impossible unless it was a spitrual beast that had just advanced. Rank 5 Spiritual beasts were also way smarter than rank 4 beast so they were more likely to intentionally damage their cores making harvesting one extremely hard for even ensoulment stage cultivators.
The Annoucer commenced the bidding and the venue became heated. Within 30 seconds the price rose to over 123,000 HQ and several powerful experts were at eachothers throats. The aura of Nascent soul stage cultivators exploded throughout the venue. Julian was the highest rank in the room so the aura didn't affect him and he calmly drank his beverage while giggling inside.
After an incredibly heated auction the final price was 193,560 HQ Spirit stones. Julian looked up and saw the man who bought it.
The man looked to be at least in his 80's or maybe even higher and had rinkles all over his face. Of course he could look 80 but actually be something crazy like 500 but Julian didn't know nor did he feel like asking. The man had long white hair and wore a black robe with a dragon Insignia plasterd on the front and back. Julian only looked at him for a moment then turned away. He got up from his chair and walked to the front room where he saw An incredibly angry City lord yelling at a drunk Noah.
" Drunk on the job! How disgraceful, especially when your supposed to be helping a valued trade partner! "
His voice shook the room and he threw Noah out of the doors.
" You're Fired! "
Julian's smile disappeared and he looked to the old man who was supposed to be keeping an eye on him. The old man looked back at him with a helpless expression. This was the city lord and the one he was supposed to look after was a servant of the city lord so there wasn't really anything he could do in this situation.
Although Julian was mad he didn't pursue the old man and instead chucked the cup he was holding at the back of Chad with a little bit of of strength. The cup bounced off chads back and he looked around angry.
" Who Dare- Ah sir Julian its you. "
He looked at the cup on the floor and could smell the alcohol coming from it. He then looked back up at Julian and realized he too was drunk. He thought back to the servant he had just fired and put two and two together.
" Uhhhhh Did you two drink together?
He spoke a bit nervously.
" Yes, Yes we did. He did such an amazing job today that I treated him to a meal and some delicious mead. I had asked this useless old man here to take care of him for me but what do I find when I come out? My friend beating my wonderful helper and an old man letting it happen. "
Chad didn't know what to say. He wanted to be mad but the man in front of him was an important trade partner and also a higher rank than him. He only possessed a city lords badge but Julian owned a Royal badge personally given by the king. He sucked in his pride and lowered his head in front of several onlookers from the various clans and sects around luohe city.
" I am sorry. I had thought he was ditching work to party. I will immediately reinstate him and triple-no quadruple his pay! "
As he spoke Julian walked up to his shoulder and laughed.
" Don't worry about it. As of today he is one of my men. Now I want you to give him a recovery pill and give him a nice bed at the Mansion. I will leave with him tomorrow. "
He patted his shoulder and walked to the old man.
" My pay? "
The old man was mad at being called useless and felt bad he had failed his benefactor so he reduced the fee to 5% and handed him the Spirit stones in front of every one.
+ 183,882 HQ Spirit stones
Everyone in the room including Chad were shocked. This man in front of him was the one who sold the Rank 5 core?
Normally a transaction like this was to be done in private but because Julian was drunk he had completely forgotten his common sense. He collected the stones and walked outside the doors while several people stared at him with greed in their eyes.
Chad picked up Noah who was knocked out and healed him before returning to the Mansion. Instead of going to the Mansion to rest Julian instead chose to walk around the city. At night the city was lit up by beautiful lanterns all different colors and there was no light pollution so the sky was bright and full of stars. After about an hour of walking he noticed he was being followed again. Unlike the young boy from before he was now being followed by several Powerful Nascent soul stage cultivators. He ignored them for now and walked to the city wall where he sat down and pulled out a bottle of wine. Just as he finished a bottle several masked men landed around him.
" Hand over everything you have and I'll consider letting you live. "
Julian looked at the men and spoke in a mocking voice. He was so drunk he didn't even understand he was in an incredibly dangerous situation. These men were all masterful warriors who had lived for hundreds of years and trained to the Nascent soul stage from scratch. The alcohol gave Julian a false sense of power and he stood up while laughing.
" And what if I don't. "
As he said this he Equipped his armor and Warhammer while flaunting his aura and psychic might. Seeing the Royal guard armor and the Rank 8 aura the men suddenly hesitated. They were about to pull back but then their leader shouted and ran forwards.
" I don't believe we can't kill a drunkard! "
He slashed his spear forward and in his stupor Julian actually managed to dodge the attack. In retaliation he slammed his hammer downwards with every ounce of strength he had. The man looked up in terror and could only watch as the Warhammer crushed his head in between it and the wall.
[ You killed Nascent soul 5th stage cultivator ]
+ 45 Million EXP
He got several other items but at the time he only cared for the EXP. As he was looking at the EXP on the screen with a loving expression he got another notification.
[ You leveled up ]
Exp 33,134,240/89,000,000
[ You gained heavenly skill ( The Drunk
hammer ) ]
[ Nascent soul stage 9 + 1.3 Million Stat points to Strength, Agility and dexterity, + 650,000 Stat points to Intelligence ]
An incredible amount of information flew into his mind and he suddenly became an expert in fighting while drunk.
The other men upon seeing their leader get crushed so easily became afraid and tried to flee but Julian was quicker than them and attacked. He teleported directly in front of one of them and slammed his War hammer sideways blasting the man into the city wall. The force of the impact broke a hole in the wall and shook the Eastern side of the city alerting the city guard who quickly made their way to this location.
[ You killed Nascent soul 3rd stage cultivator ]
+ 35,000,000 EXP
[ EXP 68,134,240/89,000,000
Seeing that they couldn't run the men turned around and tried to attack him but were shocked when Julian masterfully dodged their attacks and counter attacked them. A man who had just missed his sword attack watched as a war Hammer came flying towards his face. The hammer made contact with his jaw, ripping his face in two and killing him instantly.
[ You killed Nascent soul 5th stage Cultivator ]
+ 45,000,000 EXP
[ You leveled up ]
[ EXP 24,134,240/189,000,000 ]
[ Nascent soul stage 10 + 1.9 million Stat points to Strength, Agility and Dexterity, + 950,000 to Intelligence ]
To the last man's horror, the man in front of him suddenly went from stage 8 to 9 straight to stage 10 just below the ensoulment stage. The man dodged the first Warhammer strike but then Julian grabbed his face with his right hand and sucked in the blood of those around him. The man tried to break free but it was no use. Once all the blood came to Julian it collected into a tiny realm within his palm. He looked at the man with a sinister look the same way a predator looks at prey and activated blood palm as well as fire manipulation at max output.
The palm of blood melted the mans flesh around his head killing him, than a burst of fire came out and turned his skill into ashes. As the mans lifeless corpse fell to the floor the still hammered Julian looted their spatial rings and sat back down on the wall. He opened another bottle of wine and continued to drink. The system was great, no matter how much he drank he would never succumb to alcohol poisoning but he could still experience the effects of alcohol.
The citiy guards along with Chad arrived and they saw Julian clad in Royal Armor casually drinking from an entire bottle of wine. They saw the several dead bodies around him and Chad motioned for his men to retreat.
Julian noticed them and laughed to himself.
The night quickly passed by and then came morning.
[ You killed Nascent soul 4th stage Cultivator]
+ 40million EXP
[ 64,134,240/189,000,000 ]
Julian woke up and had a killer headache. He didn't know when but sometime during the night he had fallen asleep. Luckily he was too drunk to have any type of dreams so he was spared from that torture.
He stood up and saw the 4 dead bodies around him and checked his stats.
[ Character ]
Name: Julian Sanchez
Bloodline: Asura Bloodline
Job: Beginner Mechanic 5/10
Energy Storage 89 Kilowatts / 500 Kilowatts
Titles: Dragon Nemesis, Slayer
Psychic Force: Psychic Apprentice 9,000/12,000 ( Black soul state )
Cultivation: Nascent soul stage 10 64,134,240/189,000,000
12 Tiers of Mechanical Godhood: Tier 3
Stats: Strength- 7,108,588 Dexterity- 7103038 Stamina- 11,100 Intelligence- 3,428,710 Charm 12 Luck- 5 Endurance- 11,100 Agility- 7103038 Vitality- 11,100
Unlock points- 0
Chaos Tokens- 1
Divinity Tokens- 1
Confirmed Kills: 78,456
Kill points: 5
Julian saw the disparity in his stats increase buy there wasn't anything he could do at the moment. The system said only quests could be used to level up his body but he hadn't received any yet.
He put his Warhammer back into his inventory and walked towards the city lord's mansion. Along the way many people saw him and discussed various rumors regarding him from last night.
Some talked about him being the man who sold the Rank 5 core while others talked about how he killed 4 nascent soul stage cultivators during the night. Julian heard these rumors as his hearing was excellent but chose to ignore them as they were true.
He walked through the streets and could feel the fear of many citizens as they looked at him. Last night his Overwhelming aura shook the city. His psychic burst however was the main cause of their fear. It contained an incredibly amount of hate and pain within so it terrified them when they felt it.
Soon he arrived at the City lord's mansion and was greeted by The city lord himself who had been informed He was on his way.
" Sir Julian its good to see you again. "
Julian looked at him and with his right hand shook chads left and then placed his own left hand on chads shoulder.
" I'm sorry if my partying last night caused you any problems. Where is Noah at? I wish to speak with him. "
Chad nodded and asked a servant to bring Noah to the front gate. He looked at Julian and felt a bit nervous. The man in front of him easily disposed of some powerful cultivators while stupidly intoxicated. He had originally thought that Julian was only slightly drunk but once he visited the Jumping Tiger he learned Julian had drank several bottles of The famous Dragon mead. This drink contained enough alcohol to make an actual dragon drunk, and he had several bottles alone. Not only this but when he talked to the old man at Phoenix Auction House he learned that Julian ordered alcoholic beverages all night long. For a cultivator to fight perfectly normal while he had enough alcohol in his system to kill an elephant was quite impressive.
While he was still thinking of such things Noah was escorted to the gates. He had sobered up now and was briefed on the situation. He was distraught as he didn't know what was going to happen to him. His memory of yesterday was blurry and he forgot most of what had happened. All he knew was he had been fired from his position. When he came up to the city lord and Julian he bowed and spoke.
" Hello Lord chad And sir Julian. "
Chad looked at him and spoke.
" Sir Julian would like to speak with you. I will take my leave for the moment. "
Chad walked away leaving the two alone at the gates. Noah looked at Sir Julian nervously and spoke up.
" How can I help Sir Julian? "
Julian looked at Noah for a second before asking a question that made Noah Completely Flabbergasted.
" I would like to take you in as a disciple. What do you say? "
Noah didn't know what to say. He Really really wanted to say yes but years of being called trash and garbage had made him believe he was worthless.
" Why me! I am just a weak and poor servant. "
Julian sighed at his reply and spoke in a stern voice.
" I don't give a shit about any of that. I asked you a yes or no question. If you don't wish to then that's alright. I've already discussed with Chad and he's promised me he'll give you a good life. However if you say yes then I promise you I will make you a Legendary cultivator. A man everyone in the world will look up to. This tiny city will be nothing but dust in your eyes. Plus if you have any requests I will do my best to help you.
Noah couldn't quite believe his ears. He honestly thought he was still asleep in his bed. He looked up at Julian and spoke strongly.
" I accept! This humble disciple Greets master! "
He fell to his knees and kowtowed 3 times before standing back up.
" Great Great! hahaha "
Julian was full of joy at his response and then spoke again.
" Now before we leave Luohe city is there anything you need? "
Noah went quiet for a moment before speaking in a saddened tone.
" I originally came to luohe city with my family to pay for my sister's medical bills but several bad things befell our family. My mother was kidnapped by the young master of the Blue silver clan and my father had his legs broken by his men. Recently I've been having a hard time paying for my sisters medical bills and I don't know what to do! "
As he spoke tears began to flow from his eyes and he looked up to Julian clad in armor.
" I don't know what to do! "
Julian patted him on the shoulder and spoke with a fire in his voice.
" Well what are we standing around here for? Let's go get your mother back! "
Noah looked up at Julian surprised by his words and clenched the sword at his waist.
" Let's Do it! "
Just before leaving Julian looked over at Chad and yelled.
" I'm Going to cause another disturbance in the city today. I'm just letting you know in advance. "
Chad groaned when he heard these words and ordered some men to keep an eye on Julian and report back everything that happened.