The Journey of Immortal Cultivation

Chapter 1050 - 573: Waiting for the Right Price (Part 2)

"In the end?" These two old folks truly have a scholarly spirit, but the price list is completely blank—what’s the meaning of this?

Steward Wu let out an awkward laugh: "In the end, no result came of it. So the old gentlemen meant that when you’re truly ready to bring out this Divine Brush as a pawn, they would reconsider it."

Ready for another showdown? She smiled awkwardly. So, essentially, it’s just temporarily unable to be priced.

Looks like she has another Treasure like this: the Treasure Bowl. The only thing is that it’s been in her possession for just a short time and the King Jinghai Mansion is still tracking its whereabouts, so it’s not wise to show it off in public rashly.

She shook her head and went to see the sales on the first floor. This floor was selling various raw materials, including metals that Faceless had always been interested in. It had to be said, this creature was indeed finicky, only fancying metals at the level of outer space meteorite iron and sea floor gold, a grape-sized piece of which costs nearly a thousand Spirit Stones. Since she had brought it in, she would meet its demands as much as her means allowed, not to mention that Faceless’s special abilities were valued by every Family Head.

Following Faceless’s requests, she bought every piece of metal it fancied, unknowingly spending more than seven hundred thousand Spirit Stones. Having made her spend so lavishly, the liquid gold monster felt a bit embarrassed, transforming into a silver ball that rubbed against her finger, and abruptly began to tremble violently!

What’s the matter now, is this metal life form experiencing a seizure? As she was wondering, Faceless suddenly sent her a message: "I need, I want, this!" Even its words were incoherent.

With its inherently detached nature, having cultivated years of calm and composure, what could cause it to lose its composure like this? Ning Xiaoxian said grumpily: "You need, you want, what? Where am I supposed to look if you don’t make it clear! Still wanting, wanting, wanting—how long have you been starving?"

Faceless hurriedly said: "This thing, being auctioned on the 13th floor. If I eat it, I can immediately advance in rank!"

She looked up, and the 13th floor was no longer auctioning raw materials but "Miracles." What aroused Faceless’s playful nature and made it unable to hold back was the auctioneer introducing a lump of black stuff.

Was it her illusion? Ning Xiaoxian frowned, as the shape of this thing really resembled feces. Listening closely, she couldn’t help but feel embarrassed:

Indeed, indeed, it was!

This thing turned out to be the excretion of the Iron-eating Beast.

The Iron-eating Beast is also a peculiar exotic beast, and of course, its diet includes more than just iron. The word "iron" represents metal, meaning it doesn’t eat ordinary things or drink water, only consuming various metals. As the saying goes, you excrete what you eat; after swallowing large amounts of metal, the Iron-eating Beast digests it through its intestines and excretes metal—metal that’s completely fused together. Everyone knows that when multiple metals merge, they can become either new useful metals or trash, the key lies in the ratio of the components.

Even if someone raises them, the Iron-eating Beast, with its extremely low intelligence, doesn’t eat strictly according to the golden ratio, so ninety percent of its produced mixed metals are waste, though occasionally once or twice, it produces a perfectly proportioned new metal. For instance, the item being sold on the 13th floor, is glowing with a silvery white light. Perhaps this attached sheen is why it was discovered and brought to Bai Yujing.

The appraiser at Heavenly Residence was indeed remarkable; the properties of metal produced by the Iron-eating Beast change significantly, often becoming strange and exotic, and they can even identify it!

Upon hearing this, Ning Xiaoxian immediately understood: "Ah, the Iron-eating Beast can actually fuse multiple metals into special steel or alloys!" No need for a high-temperature furnace; this creature can achieve this solely with its stomach, truly a testimony to the wonders of the world.

At this moment, the auctioneer was saying: "Through expert appraisal, this Iron-eating Beast presumably consumed a rare metal named Kua Silver, hence this piece of mixed metal has excellent malleability." Taking a silver thread from a dish in front, he displayed it to everyone; the silver thread was slender as human hair but stretched to nearly three feet, "This is what our Artifact Refiner formed from a grain-sized piece of the metal."

Anyone with a little Artifact Refining knowledge knows that the properties of a Divine weapon aren’t merely about hardness; as the saying goes, "the unyielding breaks easily." The attribute of this metal is exactly what many weapons require, so there are quite a few intending to bid on it and take it back home. Ning Xiaoxian watched Faceless’s restless behavior and reluctantly joined in the bidding, eventually acquiring this fist-sized mixed metal for eighty thousand Spirit Stones.

Faceless is a special life form; even Jade Paste cannot enhance its constitution, so even it cannot clearly articulate how it would advance. When she grasped that the characteristics of this metal closely resemble the rare Earth metal iridium, she understood why Faceless insisted on having it. But how will Faceless consume this metal? Cough, she imagined the process herself, feeling a chill down her spine.

Actually, she realized her astonishment was unnecessary; Faceless has no gender, no physical form, and its most likely method of consuming metals is by absorbing them into itself. Speaking of which, in her original world, whether cat feces coffee or bug feces tea, both are incredibly expensive luxuries with a large following, proclaiming their love of the flavor, and even ordinary folks could barely afford them with two taels of silver.

She observed several sessions until a servant quietly reminded her that the time was now the end of 酉时 and today’s auction was nearing its close, which left her satisfied as she departed. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)