Jinyiwei: Starting by Killing a Traitorous Superior – Chapter 35

Ch 35: Auction

Jiang Chen returned to his small courtyard and directly opened his personal panel.

“Activate comprehension of 《Ancient Demon-Suppressing Fist》.”

Immediately, he seemed to step into a strange space-time domain. Everything around him became blurred, and only the essence of the 《Ancient Demon-Suppressing Fist》 became clearer in his mind.

Under the guidance of this power, he began to deeply understand this fist technique at an unprecedented speed.

As soon as he finished speaking, the proficiency of the Ancient Demon-Suppressing Fist began to climb at an astonishing rate.

Every minute and every second, it was as if thousands of drills flashed through his mind. Each drill made his understanding of the fist technique deeper and his mastery of the moves more precise.

After about a cup of tea’s time, the proficiency of this Ancient Demon-Suppressing Fist had undergone earth-shattering changes.

From the initial uninitiated state, it advanced all the way, finally reaching the stage of First Level Completion.

At this moment, he was already able to skillfully display every move and stance in the fist technique. Every gesture contained ancient power, as if it could suppress all evil.

At the same time, an invisible fist intent quietly poured into his mind.

This fist intent was profound and majestic, as if it contained the most primitive fighting will in the world.

It was like a fist technique expert who had cultivated for many years, completely integrated with him, constantly demonstrating the highest realm of the fist technique to him.

Under the influence of this fist intent, his state of mind became more tenacious, and his understanding of the fist technique also reached a new height.

At this moment, he seemed to be no longer a simple cultivator, but had become the embodiment of the Ancient Demon-Suppressing Fist. Every punch and every kick contained endless power.

Just reaching the First Level Completion cost him a full three thousand Sin Points.

Moreover, he felt that if he wanted to have the Second Level of the Ancient Demon-Suppressing Fist imparted to him, the Sin Points required would only be more.

“Huff…”

Although he still had extra Sin Points on hand, he didn’t want to continue to have them imparted.

Currently, with the blessing of this Thirteenth Level Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill and the First Level Ancient Demon-Suppressing Fist, it was enough for him to run rampant within the Grandmaster Realm.

Comprehending one more level of the Ancient Demon-Suppressing Fist would not be of much significance.

“Start the lottery draw. I choose the green lottery wheel, eight draws.”

Jiang Chen said softly to the system.

The next moment, eight green lottery wheels appeared in front of him.

The lottery wheels spun for a moment and then gradually stopped.

“Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 100 taels of gold, three-hundred-year-old wild ginseng*2, Great Revitalizing Pill*2, Thunderclap Pearl*2, Black Gold Spider Silk Gloves*1.”

“Damn, eight thousand Sin Points and I only got this stuff.”

Jiang Chen frowned deeply, obviously extremely dissatisfied with the results of the lottery draw.

If he could have drawn a high-level cultivation method, he could have taken it to the auction to sell it and raise money to buy that Life and Death Token.

But now, relying on these things alone, he had a big question mark in his heart about whether he could win that Life and Death Token.

He still held one thousand Sin Points in his hand, enough to support him for another lottery draw.

But Jiang Chen was still a little hesitant, whether to do a white ten consecutive draws.

Or to do another green lottery draw.

After about a moment, he still gave up the idea of continuing to draw, intending to save these one thousand Sin Points to guard against unforeseen circumstances.

……

Early the next morning, Jiang Chen arrived at the auction held by the Gathering Treasure Pavilion.

There were many people here. In the crowd, Jiang Chen also saw several big figures who were very familiar to him.

For example, Meng Wangjin, Situ Lang, and Tie Junzhuo, who had suffered a loss in front of him that day.

However, he did not focus his attention on these people, but looked around.

In this auction venue, there were several people whose Sin Points were as high as tens of thousands.

But without exception, they were all highly skilled people.

Among them, several had even reached the Dharma Aspect Realm.

However, there were a few who were not strong, but their Sin Points were very high.

After recording their names one by one in his heart, Jiang Chen turned his attention to the stage of the auction.

Soon, the auction began.

Treasures were sent to the stage one by one, but none of them aroused Jiang Chen’s interest.

It wasn’t until after the halfway point that a delicate wooden box wrapped in red cloth was sent up to the stage.

Seeing this thing, Jiang Chen’s eyes moved slightly.

Because this thing was exactly what he had sent for auction.

“Three-hundred-year-old wild ginseng! Whether for alchemy or for diet, the effect is excellent. The starting price is 1,000 taels of silver, and each increase must not be less than 100 taels.”

As the auctioneer on the stage shouted loudly, the audience below also began to bid.

1200 taels!

1500 taels!

2000 taels!

……

Soon, the price of this three-hundred-year-old wild ginseng was raised to a full three thousand six hundred taels.

However, the number of people who continued to increase the price began to gradually decrease.

Facing this result, Jiang Chen could only say that it was within his expectations.

After all, in this world, there were more heavenly materials and earthly treasures that were more precious than ginseng, so ginseng seemed not as precious as imagined.

Soon, the second three-hundred-year-old wild ginseng was also brought up. The two ginsengs were auctioned off for a total of seven thousand taels of silver.

Jiang Chen sat upright in his seat, without sorrow or joy in his heart.

This result was roughly within his expectations.

However, wanting to use so little silver to bid for that Life and Death Token was tantamount to a fool’s dream.

Soon, the auction reached its end.

That Life and Death Token was also brought up.

“Everyone! This is the Life and Death Token issued by the Life and Death Devil Doctor. With this token, you can go to Myriad Flowers Valley in Jingzhou and have the Life and Death Devil Doctor, Chou Jiu, treat you once.”

The auction official on the stage said slowly: “The starting price for this Life and Death Token is one hundred thousand taels of silver, and each increase must not be less than ten thousand taels. The auction now begins.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd below began to frantically raise the price.

“Ten hundred thousand taels!”

“Thirteen hundred thousand taels!”

……

Soon, the price of this Life and Death Token was raised to a sky-high price of two hundred thousand taels.

From beginning to end, Jiang Chen had never spoken to bid.

“Twenty hundred thousand taels!”

A voice rang out from the corner, instantly overwhelming everyone.

Everyone did not speak again, and soon this Life and Death Token was auctioned off.

Jiang Chen looked towards the corner. The person who auctioned off this token was a high-spirited young man with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes. He had a good appearance.