Having absorbed the Time Control talent of the time-space controller, Chu Tian looked around at the people present and then returned to VIP room number 6.
Seeing Chu Tian come back, Wu Xiuer took a puff from her long smoking pipe and said, "The items coming up next aren't valuable anymore. I'm planning to go back. Do you want to come with me?"
"Why? You're not planning to bid for the time-space controller coming up next?" Chu Tian asked casually.
Wu Xiuer laughed and said, "In the river of time, any little deviation can change a lot of things. You should understand now."
At these words, Chu Tian's heart skipped a beat. He seemed to understand what Wu Xiuer's talent was: Prophecy, and her prophecy talent must have reached an incredible level.
Seeing Chu Tian seemingly scared, Wu Xiuer smiled seductively, tossed the SSS-level core into her spatial bracelet, and left the room.
Watching Wu Xiuer's departing figure, Chu Tian got up to follow. Although he was somewhat frightened, there weren't many people with the prophecy talent in this world.
Moreover, so far, Wu Xiuer didn't seem to have any intention of harming Chu Tian. In fact, it seemed like she had been unintentionally boosting his combat strength.
From Wu Xiuer's previous words, Chu Tian was certain that this woman truly knew his past life.
Without paying attention to the auction hall, he left the auction house. As for the fate of Kaiwei, Chu Tian couldn't manage that anymore.
Exiting the auction house, Chu Tian saw Wu Xiuer at a nearby medicinal herb shop. Out of curiosity, he walked over.
"The young man here, are you looking to buy something? My medicinal herbs are all top-quality, and Master Wu can vouch for me," the shop owner, a tall and thin middle-aged man whose half body was mechanized, greeted enthusiastically. His spiritual energy fluctuations were very strong, clearly having been a formidable being before mechanization.
Seeing Chu Tian curiously looking at his shop, the owner warmly greeted, "What do you need? I assure you my medicinal herbs are top-notch."
"Alright, Walid, stop boasting about your goods. He's with me," Wu Xiuer said, selecting a few herbs and handing them to the half-mechanized Walid for packaging.
"Is Master Wu preparing to make a transformation pill again?" Walid's mechanical arm worked in tandem with his normal arm to quickly package the items.
Chu Tian curiously asked, "What is a transformation pill?"
"It's used to help Xueji and the others completely transform into human forms. Anyway, it's not for human consumption," the pharmacy owner answered for Wu Xiuer.
After chatting casually with Wu Xiuer at the entrance of the black store, Chu Tian returned to the inn.
Seeing Xueji still at the counter doing accounts, Chu Tian took the elevator upstairs.
Back in his room, Chu Tian hurriedly checked the options for advancing his talents.
Currently, Chu Tian's talent value was not low, reaching over 26,000, but it was not enough to advance his talents.
Moreover, on close inspection, Chu Tian had several talents that had already reached the third tier.
Looking at his newly acquired Time Control talent, Chu Tian decided to prioritize its advancement and took out his talent value.
Some special talents require a higher starting point of talent value to advance. For example, Prophecy and the recently acquired Time Control, which required 2,000 talent value to advance to the first tier.
Without hesitation, Chu Tian clicked the small plus sign next to Time Control.
Instantly, the system's prompt sounded in his mind.
[Time Control advancement successful, current talent level: tier one. Next level requires 6,000 talent value.]
After the upgrade, Chu Tian found that the required talent value for this talent was exponentially increasing.
To advance from tier two to tier three, he needed 18,000 talent value.
Spending all his talent value, Chu Tian managed to reach only tier three.
However, his Time Control talent could now go back up to five hours. If he wanted deeper time rewinding, Chu Tian found his mental strength and brain could not withstand the pressure caused by time rewinding.
Moreover, frequent use of the talent could cause discomfort to the brain and mental strength.
On careful thought, it wasn't hard to realize that the Time Control talent was definitely one that could turn a person insane if used excessively.
Currently lacking the talent value for further advancement, Chu Tian thought of going hunting. After all, defeating beasts was the main way to increase talent value.
Leaving the room and greeting Xueji at the first-floor counter, Chu Tian left enough money for the room and sent a message to Black Mouse to continue gathering information about the red-dressed woman. Then, he left the Ghost Market.
Considering his current level, he found the Death Shore to be the most suitable.
Thus, he concealed his form and flew