Primordial Star Scripture

Chapter 371 The Supreme Treasure

After chatting with Huo Mei'er for a while, Ye Chen split up from her.

Huo Mei'er had matters to attend to at the Mystery Pavilion's branch at the Sand Sea Palace auction, while Ye Chen continued searching for treasures in the outskirts of the large scattered market outside the underground palace.

Before the slight incident with Ao Lei, Ye Chen's gains had already been quite good. In addition to the "Five-Leaf Celestial Fragrance Fruit" he had purchased for the little monkey, Ye Chen had also acquired a mysterious wooden token related to the three great adventures, a green bronze piece that could detect Wood Element Secret Treasures, and he had even spent ten top-quality Spirit Stones to buy a Saint Grade lower-tier Water Element Secret Treasure.

After making another round through the large scattered market, Ye Chen had successively found three more Saint Grade lower-tier Earth Element Secret Treasures, which counted as a significant haul.

Unfortunately, whether Gold Element Secret Treasures were exceedingly rare or just not present in this market, he hadn't come across any, nor had he found any Saint Grade mid-tier Five Elements Secret Treasures. This made Ye Chen sigh, and he could only hope for new acquisitions at that evening's formal auction.

Having scoured every stand in the market and finding no more items of interest, Ye Chen began to entertain the idea of setting up his own stall.

Any martial artist could set up a stall in the large scattered market on the outskirts of the underground palace.

Having spent a considerable amount of Spirit Stones on buying treasures, Ye Chen had some items of little use to him. He planned to bring these out and trade them for some Spirit Stones to use in the evening's formal auction.

Ye Chen took out some Rotating Pill Realm treasures that he had obtained on the Fourth Sea Island of the Heavenly Saint Ancient Tomb, as well as the "Eight Extremes Map" and the "Holy Light Heavenly Spirit Mirror," two of the three Sacred Artifacts he had gotten from Heavenly Saint Moya.

The Rotating Pill Realm treasures didn't need to be mentioned; they were of little use to Ye Chen now.

Of the three Sacred Artifacts acquired from Heavenly Saint Moya, aside from the "Heavenly Origin Boat," which was a flying Sacred Artifact and still of some use, the other two, "Eight Extremes Map" and "Holy Light Heavenly Spirit Mirror," were less useful to him now.

The Eight Extremes Map was a Saint Grade lower-tier Spatial Sacred Artifact for providing cultivation space. However, Ye Chen's spatial treasures included not only the Heaven Spirit Ring but also the Spatial Divine Artifact "Ice Snow Jade Pendant," which held the nine Ice Seal guards. If Ye Chen were to completely seclude himself for cultivation, he would naturally choose to enter the "Ice Snow Jade Pendant."

In comparison, the Eight Extremes Map was almost redundant, so Ye Chen decided to sell this Sacred Artifact.

As for the "Holy Light Heavenly Spirit Mirror," another Saint Grade lower-tier Sacred Artifact and an Attack Sacred Artifact, its greatest combat power lay in summoning combat puppets at a Heavenly Saint Level of force.

The force of Heavenly Saint against a Rotating Pill Realm powerhouse was incredibly dreadful, because it was a power akin to that of an early-stage Heavenly Saint. However, this level of power was still inferior to that of an actual early-stage Heavenly Saint, let alone comparing it to a mid-stage Heavenly Saint.

Ye Chen's own combat power had already reached the level of a mid-stage Heavenly Saint, so the "Holy Light Heavenly Spirit Mirror" was naturally even less useful to him.

Just like the "Eight Extremes Map," Ye Chen planned to sell the "Holy Light Heavenly Spirit Mirror" as well.

Setting the "Eight Extremes Map" and "Holy Light Heavenly Spirit Mirror" together with many Rotating Pill Realm treasures on his stall, Ye Chen sat down and waited for buyers.

Ye Chen's earlier scuffle with Ao Lei, though he did not directly take action, had his late-stage Heavenly Saint Ice Seal guards, Bing Shiba and Bing Shijiu, repel that arrogantly unruly Ao Lei, sending him away covered in dirt and dust. This bout of conflict had already drawn the attention of countless martial artists and inspired the admiration of numerous young ones.

While Ye Chen was still browsing other stalls, many martial artists were discreetly watching him. And when Ye Chen set up his own stall, numerous martial artists swiftly crowded around him, eager to see the treasures he was selling.

When they saw that Ye Chen was selling Rotating Pill Realm treasures, with the rarest being two lower-tier Sacred Artifacts, quite a few early and mid-stage Heavenly Saint martial artists weren't very interested. However, some of the young boys and girls who had come to the underground palace auction with their elder family members for excitement, were beyond thrilled.

"Grandpa, that big brother is so amazing. I must buy a few of his treasures!" A twelve-year-old adorable little girl, upon seeing Ye Chen setting up his stall, immediately pulled a mid-stage Heavenly Saint powerhouse and hurriedly rushed toward Ye Chen's stall.

A few youths, having converged around Ye Chen the moment he stopped to set up his stall, pushed their way to Ye Chen's side.

In a short while, the treasures on Ye Chen's stall were sold out.

The Holy Light Heavenly Spirit Mirror was directly sold to a girl in green.

The Eight Extremes Map was bought by a young boy.

The Rotating Pill Realm treasures were snatched up by the little girl and others.

Ultimately, Ye Chen's treasures sold for over thirty top-quality Spirit Stones.

Though the number of Spirit Stones was not incredibly high, it was quite good compared to the value of the treasures. Most importantly, seeing the adoring looks from these young boys and girls, Ye Chen felt a sense of pride welling up inside him.

There was a time when he was still in the True Qi Realm, Spirit Sea Realm, and struggling endlessly for a single True Qi Level treasure.

Now, he was able to bring out Sacred Artifacts to sell!

This was the result of his relentless cultivation and growth in strength!

"The day I can casually sell Divine Artifacts will probably be the day I become even stronger..." Ye Chen couldn't help but fantasize about a far more distant future.

To have dreams is to have a guide forward.

Ye Chen knew that his achievements were already commendable, but there was still a longer path ahead that he had to continue on.

After placing the thirty-plus top-quality Spirit Stones into the Heaven Spirit Ring, Ye Chen packed up his stall and stood up.

Selling off many of the now useless treasures, he felt a lightness about him.

However...

Ye Chen also felt somewhat wistful.

"The Primordial Star Scripture on me is absolutely untouchable, and the Beiming Secret Tome is a cultivation manual. Even the Ice Snow Jade Pendant is merely a spatial artifact."

"I don't even have any attack or flying Divine Artifacts."

"Don't even mention divine artifacts, I rarely even get precious sacred artifacts, that 'Heavenly Origin Boat', is merely an inferior sacred artifact, and my treasured sword, 'Black Fire Sword', is but a supreme treasure instrument, not even a sacred artifact."

"The only supreme sacred artifact I have, the life-bound flying sword 'Crimson Fire', suffered life-bound damage and hasn't been repaired yet."

"It seems I still need to strive harder to obtain more precious sacred artifacts!"

Having sold off the low-tier treasures, Ye Chen looked forward with anticipation to acquiring more high-tier treasures.

Nothing in the first morning session of the Sand Sea Palace auction appealed to Ye Chen.

Just like many others, Ye Chen waited outside the palace for the second session, the official auction in the evening, to commence.

An afternoon was but a moment of meditation and quiet cultivation for a martial artist.

Time passed in the blink of an eye, and unbeknownst to everyone, night had descended upon the vast desert outside the underground palace.

And now, the climax of the Sand Sea Palace auction, the formal auction, was finally about to begin.

Aside from those who had only planned to attend the dispersal auction outside the palace and had left after its conclusion, the other martial artists were still waiting inside.

As the formal auction began, these people surged toward the auction hall located deep within the palace.

Ye Chen followed along with the crowd, heading deeper into the palace.

The entry fee for the auction hall deep within the palace was even more expensive than the fee to enter the palace itself.

Previously, every person needed to pay ten high-grade spirit stones just to enter the palace, which left many martial artists astounded; and now, entering the formal auction hall required each person to pay a hundred high-grade spirit stones!

Such a quantity of spirit stones suggested that few with modest fortunes could even afford entrance to the formal auction hall.

When Ye Chen paid a hundred high-grade spirit stones and entered the auction hall, he was astonished by the number of people inside; despite the high fee, the hall was packed with well over ten thousand people!

The entire auction hall was a sea of people, with layer upon layer of virtual seats already filled with densely packed martial artists.

Ye Chen noticed that there were many more Heavenly Saint Realm warriors inside compared to those who attended the first dispersal auction outside—clearly, many Heavenly Saints were here specifically for this formal auction and hadn't bothered with the earlier one.

Moreover, Ye Chen sensed the presence of dozens of late-stage Heavenly Saint Realm powerhouses within the hall!

"Truly a gathering place for the powerhouses of the Thirty-Three Continents, the main event before the Five Elements Mountain Exploration. So many strong figures have come to this auction!"

"But it makes sense, even if just one or two late-stage Heavenly Saints from each continent came here, that alone would amount to dozens."

Ye Chen mused to himself and promptly found a virtual seat in the front of the hall to sit down.

The design of the virtual seats in the hall involved the Space Law; sitting there, regardless of one's position in the hall, one could see the auction stage at the front clearly.

Ye Chen also noticed that above the virtual seats were extremely luxurious void private boxes, but these required spending ten top-grade spirit stones to secure a spot. The late-stage Heavenly Saint Realm presences he had sensed mostly came from within those luxurious void private boxes.

Sitting in a void private box allowed a clear view of every martial artist in the virtual seats below, while those below could not see the faces of those in the private box, unless the latter chose to reveal themselves.

Those luxurious void private boxes symbolized both status and strength.

However, Ye Chen wasn't about to waste spirit stones on a void private box and instead chose to sit in the hall's virtual seats.

The virtual seats were quite nice too, each over two zhang in length, covered with precious spirit beast fur, emitting a faint fragrance and bathing sitters in a soothing true qi, making it exceedingly comfortable to sit on.

Ye Chen sat down and surveyed his surroundings, while in the void private boxes above, two groups of people were taking notice of him.

In one of the void private boxes, Huo Mei'er and two other young ladies sat, watched over by the elder who had been protecting Huo Mei'er discreetly from within a void rift; he was now visible within the box.

"Ye Chen has actually chosen to sit down below; it seems he has his moments of keeping a low profile," Huo Mei'er whispered with a light smile as she watched Ye Chen occupying the fifth row of the virtual seats.

In another void private box, however, there were no such smiles—sitting inside were Ao Lei and his companions.

It wasn't just Ao Lei and the two late-stage Heavenly Saints and three mid-stage Heavenly Saints with him previously; the box also held two new late-stage Heavenly Saint powerhouses.

The presence of these two newcomers was even more formidable than that of Ao Quan and Ao Hu, comparable to the combat power of Bing Shiwu, one of the top nine Ice Seal Guardians.

At that moment, Ao Lei, pointing downwards at Ye Chen, said to the two late-stage Heavenly Saints, "Uncle Xuan, Uncle Ming, that young man down there is the Ye Chen I was just telling you about."

"It's him who humiliated me severely out there in front of the palace!"

"I can't believe he's from the Barbaric Wilderness Continent, huh! A kid from the Barbaric Wilderness daring to swagger before our Ten Thousand Beasts Alliance, just because he has two late-stage Heavenly Saint powerhouses backing him. Uncle Xuan, Uncle Ming, you must help me kill this brat!"

Ao Lei had already inquired about Ye Chen's background earlier that afternoon.

The two new late-stage Heavenly Saint powerhouses, whom Ao Lei addressed as Uncle Xuan and Uncle Ming, similar to Ao Lei, both sported golden horns on their heads.

The two observed Ye Chen for a moment and then said to Ao Lei, "Young Master, there's no need to pay too much attention to this youth. We can deal with him later. What's more important is that treasure. I didn't expect both the Heavenly Evolution Tower and the Mystery Pavilion to disregard the face of our Ten Thousand Beasts Alliance, refusing to sell it to us privately. Well, it doesn't matter; since it's up for auction, we'll just grab the treasure during the bidding!"