Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest-Chapter 740 - : Journey to Green Hill (Continued 1)

Chapter 740: Chapter 740: Journey to Green Hill (Continued 1)

The ancient sealed jade on display at this stall numbered twenty to thirty pieces, each covered with a faint layer of spiritual light.

Due to the characteristics of the sealed jade, it was said that even a Divine Transformation True Venerable could not directly see through the items hidden inside. Therefore, whether one could unveil something good from it largely depended on luck.

Opening sealed jade was the best way to distinguish between the lucky ones and the unlucky ones!

This stall owner had some special rules, allowing all cultivators who wanted to purchase the ancient sealed jade to write their bids on talisman paper and hand them over. After comparing the bids, he would sell to the highest bidder.

That was a silent auction.

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A total of twenty-eight pieces of ancient sealed jade were available for anyone to bid on freely!

Wang Chen found this bidding method quite interesting, so he also bought five pieces of talisman paper from the stall owner.

He observed all the ancient sealed jades on the stall and then placed his bids based on intuition.

As for the bid amount, Wang Chen wrote down one thousand spirit stones for each.

Wang Chen estimated that with his bid, he probably could not win a single piece of sealed jade.

But he didn’t want to be a sucker either.

It was just for fun.

“Number one sealed jade, highest bid three thousand seven hundred spirit stones!”

“Congratulations to this fellow daoist!”

The first bid was called out, and the crowd around stirred—this price was too high.

The risk of opening sealed jade was very high, with nine out of ten losses.

If it were an open auction, there would inevitably be some people getting carried away and shouting high prices.

But now it was a silent auction, and the cultivators participating in the competition were all very calm.

All eyes were on the cultivator who won the first bid. After paying the spirit stones and receiving the sealed jade, he immediately disappeared into the crowd without a trace.

Clearly, he had no intention of opening the jade on the spot.

“Number two sealed jade, highest bid two thousand five hundred spirit stones.”

“Number three sealed jade…”

One after another, the bids for the sealed jade were called out, with most prices hovering around the two thousand range. No more high bids above three thousand were revealed.

Still, Wang Chen, who had put in bids of one thousand spirit stones for all, could only watch the excitement.

The gap was a bit large.

“Number twenty-seven sealed jade, highest bid… well, one thousand spirit stones!”

Huh?

Wang Chen was ready to leave when the next-to-last piece of sealed jade was bid for, and it turned out to be one thousand spirit stones.

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And one of Wang Chen’s five pieces of talisman paper was used to bid for number twenty-seven!

Had he won the bid?

By that time, the stall owner was already beaming at him, saying, “Congratulations to this fellow daoist!”

This stall owner had an excellent memory; he remembered clearly who gave which bid slip and in what order, never making a mistake before.

Wang Chen snapped back to reality, “Thank you.”

He had no intention of backing out, and immediately paid one thousand spirit stones to get the sealed jade.

It wasn’t until he had the ancient sealed jade in hand that Wang Chen understood why no one had outbid him.

This piece of ancient sealed jade was damaged and cracked; it seemed poorly preserved, with its spiritual light dim and lacking the outward appearance of treasure.

For experienced “players,” such a piece of sealed jade was too risky to gamble on.

And so, it had ended up in Wang Chen’s possession.

The stall owner, somewhat eagerly, asked, “Fellow daoist, do you wish to open it now, or will you open it later?”

The previous customers had all just taken their purchases and left, none of them cooperating with him to open the sealed jade, making him feel a lack of accomplishment.

It also prevented the onlookers from seeing any exciting scenes.

So even though Wang Chen’s piece of sealed jade was of poor quality, he still hoped for a bit of excitement.

But how could Wang Chen possibly grant his wish? Like the others, he took his purchase and left without the slightest hint of reluctance!

By now, it was past dawn, and Wang Chen did not linger any longer on the street.

He found a decent-looking inn nearby and rented a top-tier room for three days.

After checking in, Wang Chen then took out the ancient sealed jade he had just won.

He held it in his hand and injected a sliver of mana into it.

Upon hearing a crisp “crack,” the jade box shattered into pieces, and the item inside immediately presented itself before Wang Chen’s eyes.

It was a book.

This book was only about an inch thick, but it felt quite substantial in hand. Both the cover and the pages were made from a material that seemed like gold but not gold, like silk but not silk, displaying a pale golden hue that appeared very sturdy.

On the cover were three characters resembling oracle bone script, curved and enigmatic. The pages within were filled with dense black characters of the same style, exuding an air of ancient wilderness.

Wang Chen didn’t recognize a single word!

He tried to infuse mana, but the book showed no response and didn’t seem like a Spiritual Artifact or Magical Treasure.

Wang Chen inspected it over and over, but he couldn’t find anything particularly extraordinary about it.

It was probably just an ancient book of unknown age!

One thousand Spirit Stones down the drain.

Even if this book contained some divine skills or secret techniques, by today’s standards it might only serve as an introductory textbook.

For example, the Five Elements Skill that Wang Chen practiced was once the closely guarded secret of a great sect.

It seemed his luck had not been too good lately!

Shaking his head, Wang Chen placed the ancient book inside the Sumeru Ring, deciding to use it merely as a paperweight.

The next morning, Wang Chen left the inn to have breakfast.

At the entrance of the teahouse, he saw a bounty notice posted on the door, and the person depicted in the drawing was precisely his appearance from yesterday.

This meant Wang Chen was now a wanted man!

The content of the bounty notice was simple: anyone who reported his whereabouts on time would be rewarded with five thousand Spirit Stones.

Whoever captured or killed Wang Chen would receive a reward of fifty thousand Spirit Stones!

Ever Prosperous Immortal City was not as bustling as Thousand Star Immortal City; prices here were lower, and many Loose Cultivators lingered around, so fifty thousand Spirit Stones was a substantial sum.

Therefore, there was no shortage of people looking at the notice.

Wang Chen paused on the outskirts before nonchalantly entering the teahouse. He ordered a pot of Spiritual Tea and two plates of breakfast delicacies.

While eating, he listened attentively to the conversations of others.

In this way, he could pick up a lot of information.

Unsurprisingly, everyone was discussing the bounty outside.

“Did you hear, this guy killed Hei Laobiao?”

“Exactly, with a single strike!”

“That powerful, huh? Could he be a Golden Core True Person?”

“Nine out of ten, yes!”

“I heard from a fellow who was there at the time—it’s certain that the one who killed Hei Laobiao is a Golden Core.”

“No wonder, but the reward for this bounty is too low!”

“I know, right? Who’s to blame when Hei Laobiao’s reputation stinks so bad that even the bounty for killing him is worth so little Spirit Stone!”

The cultivators engrossed in their discussion couldn’t have dreamt that their topic of conversation was sitting right beside them!

Wang Chen was listening with great interest when he suddenly felt something amiss.

[Heavenly Merit -10]

A piece of information flashed across his vision.

Well, well!

Wang Chen understood that someone was trying to divine his whereabouts through the Heavenly Secret Technique.

But they were blocked by the Immortal Cultivation panel.

Ten points of Heavenly Merit—that must be the work of a True Person without a doubt!

The problem was, why on earth would a mere ruffian be worth the effort of a Golden Core True Person to expend lifespan and Qi-Blood to track down?

Wang Chen couldn’t figure it out.

In fact, the reason he was being divined by a Golden Core True Person through the Heavenly Secret Technique wasn’t because of Hei Laobiao.

It was because of the first person Wang Chen had killed.

The beggar-like young lad!

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