"Yes master, it's the Spacetime stone and you must get it at all cost, I can feel the Spacetime has changed in many ways, it wasn't with a blue stripe before and why does it look so smaller, or I'm I the one his brain not setting me right,
Well whatever, master just get it all cost, I feel like I can merge with it to upgrade myself and the IMPERISHABLE GOLDEN ABODE, master quickly get it the auction is starting"
The fatty blabbered and hurriedly urge Ryu to buy the blue-striped stone.
The universe dragon too woke up from his slumber when he heard the Spacetime Void spirit shriek and looked outside to spot the unfamiliar blue-striped stone, he was stunned as the Spacetime stone wasn't supposed to be blue-striped, it was just natural grey colored before, but the blue stripes on it is baffling.
The dragon can also feel that the stone is now changed from before and Universe restrictions on it are...kinda lifted! When the dragon discovered this he was amazed and began to scrutinize the stone while going in thought.
Meanwhile, Ryu who was still in the excitement that he will be getting the Spacetime stone is confused when he heard the fatty's explanation, he scowled,
"What the hell are you saying?!, You don't recognize the stone! And what did you say? you can merge with the stone to upgrade the Abode! Are you crazy or what, since you extract and merge with that lazy fatty physique you have been stupid, aren't the natural god-grade artifacts separated from each other? So how can they merge?" Ryu asked multiple questions at a time from agitation and confusion.
"Master, don't worry I will explain all that after getting the stone, I just feel I can merge with the stone the moment the metal table was brought up from the stage, let's get the stone first, the auction is already starting!" Void said and exclaimed seeing the auction starting.
Ryu turned to the stage and see that the bidding will be starting now and stop his questions for now,
'I have to get this stone, Spacetime stone or not, it's not like I don't have money to get it and also I don't think the people will bid this unknown stone right?'
Ryu thought and heard Feng Ling's voice
"Now guest, this treasure though unknown, we are sure that it should be a great treasure so the starting price will be 5,000 middle-grade spirit stones and every increment will be 500 middle-grade spirit stones upward.
The bid starts now"
When Feng Ling's voice died down silence also cover the auction hall that if a pin dropped now It will be heard throughout the hall.
Silence enveloped the hall for sometime when a man exclaimed in anger
"What! A stone too can be sold for that huge amount, an ordinary stone! I heard that the auction's last object is always epic but what is this, I better be going home now, I'm not interested in just a stone"
The man said and many people also nodded in acknowledgment, it was baffling that the last object for this year's auction is this bad, the man that talk and many other people stand up to move out of the hall when an overpowering aura burst out from the front of the hall where the stage is.
"You know the rules right? Nobody is allowed to leave the hall till the last object is auctioned to maintain order in the auction, so please guest go back to your seat and wait for the stone to be auctioned"
Feng Ling who was observing before said in a calm but frigid voice, she also know that although the stone is hard and is put for the last thing to be auctioned, it's still a stone and nobody knows the uses, for their firm to not be able to find out the uses, not many will be willing to bid on that kind of thing as they also will likely not be able to find out the uses
But, she is also unwilling to sell it low than the said amount as they lost some men when they were taking the stone in the ruin.
Seeing the men seating back, she turned to the remaining audience and seeing nobody bidding,
Disappointed, she raise her hand to signify the end of the auction when he heard a voice
"I bid 5,000 middle-grade spirit stones since anybody is not interested, I will go research it when I get home," Ryu said in a calm voice to hide his anticipation.
He wouldn't want the price to go higher due to his excitement or he will regret it
The fatty beside looked at Ryu skeptically and when he saw the excited expression on Ryu's face he was even more skeptical but shrugged as even he didn't understand this his brother sometimes.
With a calm voice, Feng Ling said
"The guest in room 4 bid 5,000 middle-grade spirit stones, anybody else wants to bid"
Looking around and hearing no response,
"Okay, the winner for the last auctioned object this year is the guest in room 4 and this signifies the end of the auction for the year"
Feng Ling said calmly though disappointment and relief are shown deep in her eyes.
She is relieved that at least the stone is auctioned away but disappointed with the amount.
Hearing Feng Ling's voice, the people in the hall started moving out to go to their respective place
Inside Ryu's room after collecting the stone, mad excitement is shown clearly in his eyes and also in the fatty face inside the Spacetime Void.
The dragon is also smiling happily inside Ryu dantian, he can feel that the stone is really the Spacetime stone and is happy that his master will get stronger faster with both the Spacetime stone and the IMPERISHABLE GOLDEN ABODE with him.
With the blue-striped stone in his hand, Ryu instantly asks,
"Now explained to me what you saying earlier, I don't understand what you are saying earlier, so explain clearly, fatty void"
" Master, to understand what he was explaining earlier you have to know what is the Spacetime stone and how it is before getting these stripes"
It was instead the dragon that answer Ryu's questions.
The dragon continues,
"You already know that the Spacetime stone was only natural grey colored before getting these stripes right? But you didn't know the uses as it's not in the memories of your master, nobody should know about those natural god-grade artifacts, it's just that your master is more exposed but even he only should know only speculations.
The Spacetime Stone is a natural god-grade artifact as its name implies, it controls Spacetime, but don't get me wrong, though it is called Spacetime Stone, it has only one concept part of the time and has the full space concept. It only controls Spacetime"
The dragon explained and look at the still confused Ryu, shocking his head and he continued.
"Master, I know you may not understand but just know that time is in three concepts which are; present, past, and future and Spacetime Void contains present, but it doesn't even contain the full concept of 'present concept' as it can only make time faster and can't slow down time as even the universe doesn't know the full concept of time, the universe should only know two of the three concepts which are present and future, though the past concept isn't really useful for the universe, so it didn't even try to know"
After explaining fully, the dragon looked at Ryu who have a look of understanding after his explanation and was instantly surprised, he doesn't think Ryu can grasp the explanation so fast,
'I'm always amazed by master comprehension, what a monster!
When Ryu and the dragon were communicating, the maid that delivered the stone was confused when she saw the myriad of emotions that is changing on Ryu's face, she was confused why Ryu was showing many expressions on his face just by gazing at the stone.
Nonetheless, she still cleared her throat and said,
"Guest, you have not collected the spirit stones from the auctioned scrolls, so I was instructed to guide you to collect your spirit stones"
Ryu who was talking to the dragon was startled, he has forgotten that he still have some wealth to collect and to pay for the stone also.
After regaining his wit he nodded to the girl and simply said,
"Okay, guide me there"
The maid nodded and guide Ryu to backstage, when they get there, Ryu meet a chubby beautiful middle-aged woman with average height.
'This should be the manager Bryt is talking about
Ryu thought and see the woman gazing absentmindedly at him and cleared his throat loudly to bring the woman back to the present, and it worked as the woman was startled and flustered, she instantly said with a flushed face
"You are here, I heard you are young master Bryt's friend so the auction due will be discounted by 50% so the auction due for the scrolls altogether will be 410,500 middle-grade spirit stones, and also after deducting the money for the stone which is 5,000 middle-grade spirit stones, your money remains 405,500 middle-grade spirit stones"
The middle-aged woman said and give Ryu the spirit stones.
Ryu who was already wild with joy calmly nodded, thanked, and collect the spirit stones, while turning back to meet Bryt in the room.
When Ryu was gone the woman said inwardly.
'Hmm how embarrassing, but that man was really handsome'
Ryu arrived at the room and shook his head and said to Bryt who was excited to think about the scheduled wine.
"Let's get out of this place, I need to refine a pill for myself, so let's quickly move out," Ryu said and added inwardly,
'And there is specific somebody that is impatient here also'
Bryt nodded and they move out of the firm.
When they are on the way to the inn Ryu was lodging, Bryt stopped and said,
"Brother, I will see you tomorrow as I need to deliver this formation to my father, as he is the one who gave me money to buy the array, so we will meet two days now to drink the wine as I will be busy tomorrow also, so see you two day to now," Bryt said and Ryu nodded while he moved towards the vintage mansion at the west of the city.
While Ryu moved towards the MYRIAD BEAST INN which is in the north-central of the city.
After arriving in his room in the inn, he heard an urgent voice,
"Master quickly give me the stone, I feel like I can merge with the stone and I can upgrade the Spacetime Void"
"But you haven't explained to me why two natural god-grade artifacts can merge, I don't get it so explain now I want to know, " Ryu said curiously and adamantly.
"This...master even I don't know how but I feel I can merge with it, let me just try, it..." Void want to continue when the dragon interjected,
"Master let him try, I can also feel that it may be possible as it's like the universe restrictions on the stone and the Abode is like kinda.. lifted, he will only be able to feel it and won't know this as I'm more closer to the universe than him as he is only just an artifact spirit," the universe dragon said while thinking inside Ryu dantian.
Ryu was surprised when he heard that the universe restrictions are lifted in both the natural god-grade artifact, but didn't dwell on it and nodded while sending the stone inside the Spacetime Void to the impatient fatty.
'it won't hurt to try, so let him try'
Immediately after the fatty see the stone he instantly grabbed it and started the process of fusion when,
"Booooom"
An explosion was heard by both Ryu and the dragon which startled them and looked up at the ceiling of the room where the sound came from.
Hearing the sound, the dragon was stunned and shouted
"What!
The restrictions are lifting ".