NCCnovel Chapter 61 is about dragon scales
Chapter 61 is about dragon scales
"The Heavenly Origin Pill costs 10,000 spirit stones, the blind auction item costs 100,000 spirit stones, plus the handling fee, the total is 110,020 spirit stones. If there are no objections, please proceed with the transaction."
Gong Qin handed the transaction list to Bai Yan, but Bai Yan refused to take it. She had no choice but to awkwardly hand it to Tao Tao, saying, "If you don't have that many spirit stones, you can also exchange them for goods of equal value."
When she saw Tao Tao take out so many treasures, she thought there must be more than that, and she must have more on hand.
"Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking." Tao Tao nodded, touched the storage bracelet, and soon several items appeared on the table, including spiritual materials, pills, and magical artifacts.
Gong Qin glanced at it briefly, then smiled and said, "You certainly have a wealthy background. However, this is far from enough. The spiritual materials are all over five hundred years old. I'll offer the highest price of one thousand spirit stones for the three plants, and two thousand for the remaining thousand-year-old one, for a total of five thousand spirit stones. As for these magical artifacts, they total three thousand, and the rest of the pills..."
As she spoke, she picked up the jade bottle, opened it, and sniffed it. She was immediately shocked. "It's actually Snow Melting Pills, and Grade Three Snow Melting Pills at that... Two whole pills..."
"It's more than enough to cover 10,000 spirit stones, right?" Before she could finish speaking, Bai Yan, who rarely spoke, suddenly asked. Gong Qin nodded excitedly, "It's enough, absolutely enough, but it's still far from 110,000 spirit stones."
"I still have more than 10,000 spirit stones here." Tao Tao took out more than 10,000 spirit stones from his storage bracelet and handed them to Gong Qin, but this only filled part of the gap; the bulk of the problem was still far from being covered.
Gong Qin's voice was a little hoarse. She tried her best to compose herself and said, "There are a total of 30,000 spirit stones so far. I wonder if there are any other items?"
Seeing that even with all the things Tao Tao had brought out, it was still far from enough, Song Chaofeng touched his storage bracelet and walked over, saying, "I have more." As he spoke, he took out three thousand spirit stones. Gong Qin looked him up and down, her eyes full of disdain, "Still not enough."
This is not even enough to fill a tooth gap, so naturally it doesn't catch Gong Qin's eye.
Song Chaofeng awkwardly touched his nose, but that was all the spirit stones he had, almost all his possessions. He simply couldn't afford any more. As for the magical artifacts he had, they were even less worthwhile. He might be able to buy a few dozen or a hundred, but that wouldn't be enough to fill such a huge hole.
“I have another treasure.” Tao Tao patted Song Chaofeng first, then spoke to Gong Qin.
Sure enough, she had more. Having already seen so many wonderful things, Gong Qin was naturally extremely interested in the treasure that Tao Tao mentioned.
The reason Tao Tao dared to ask for such a price was because she was confident. She did indeed have another treasure, which was the high-level puppet she obtained during Xiao Bie Tian. This thing was extremely rare and valuable, and it wouldn't be unreasonable to ask for an astronomical price. It would easily offset tens of thousands of spirit stones.
However, she was still a little reluctant at first and struggled with the decision for a long time. It was the most expensive thing she had at the moment, so she had to take it out no matter how reluctant she was.
Song Chaofeng was numb. He didn't know what else Tao Tao could come up with. Anyway, it wasn't surprising. As long as there was something, that was fine.
"Please take it out and let me see it." Gong Qin looked at Tao Tao excitedly, her eyes full of anticipation.
Tao Tao nodded and reached for the storage bracelet. Just as he flipped over to find the puppet, Bai Yan suddenly stepped forward and handed a silver scale to Gong Qin.
"This is..." Even with her extensive knowledge, Gong Qin couldn't tell what it was. When she took it, she clearly felt that there was a very terrifying power hidden inside, which made her want to back down and even feel that she dared not be negligent.
Bai Yan spoke calmly, "Dragon scales."
"Dragon..." Everyone present, except Bai Yan, stared at him in disbelief, their mouths agape. What a joke! That's a dragon, a legendary deity. They'd only ever seen it in picture books. Where did they get dragon scales from?
This put Gong Qin at a loss. She knew very well that the thing Bai Yan had given her was extremely precious, and the power it contained was far beyond her reach, but it couldn't exactly be called a dragon scale.
"It should be more than enough to offset the remaining spirit stones," Bai Yan said casually, showing no remorse whatsoever. Tao Tao, however, sensed something amiss and immediately shook her head, "No, absolutely not!"
How could she bear to let Bai Yan exchange her scales for spirit stones? That was absolutely unacceptable!
"Why?" Bai Yan didn't understand why Tao Tao was trying so hard to stop her. She needed spirit stones right now, and why wouldn't she do something that could be solved with just a scale?
"No, I can't bear to!"
Tao Tao refused righteously; she couldn't bear to let Bai Yan pluck her scales.
Bai Yan frowned slightly, somewhat puzzled. "Reluctant to part with it? It's just a single scale."
"But it's very precious!" She doesn't even own one, how can she just sell it to an auction house like this?
Hearing the two arguing, Song Chaofeng tugged at Tao Tao's sleeve and whispered, "If we don't use it, we won't have enough spirit stones."
"That's enough, I still have some more!"
Tao Tao was eager to release the puppet, but found that her storage bracelet suddenly became unusable, and inexplicably lost its connection with her soul.
"Ignore her. Do you want this or not?" Bai Yan didn't even bother to look at Tao Tao and simply asked Gong Qin.
"This..." Gong Qin was also at a loss for words, mainly because she only had a vague understanding of the treasure in her hand and could not give a conclusion. She could only look to Wu Sanduo for help, "Why don't we invite Old Gray out?"
"Are you sure?" Wu Sanduo was clearly wary of this gray-haired old man and dared not approach him easily. It seemed that this person was most likely an elder of their auction house, and his cultivation level was probably at the Core Formation stage.
Anyone would be afraid of such a powerful figure; if you accidentally anger him, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Seeing that Wu Sanduo was having trouble making a decision, Gong Qin transmitted her voice to him, saying, "Although we don't know if this is a dragon scale, it is definitely a treasure, more precious than anything we've encountered before. We must get it, but I'm not sure what level it is. Let's ask Elder Hui to take a look."
“That’s the only way.” Wu Sanduo nodded and said to the guards outside, “Go and invite Elder Hui. Tell him it’s urgent and he must come in person.”
It was clear that they valued the scales highly, and Song Chaofeng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that they valued them; at least it meant that they could definitely pay the more than 100,000 spirit stones.
However, since they already had dragon scales, he even wondered if Tao Tao and the others could come up with something even more powerful.
At this moment, he was like an outsider, just like Gong Qin and the others, eager to see what kind of treasure Tao Tao was talking about.
"What's the matter with me?"
Suddenly, an old voice pierced the air, carrying an extremely terrifying aura that caused Song Chaofeng to cough up a mouthful of blood.
Naturally, Gong Qin and Wu Sanduo were in no better shape; both were deathly pale and struggling to breathe. The pressure from these high-level cultivators was truly terrifying.
"what?"
Gray exclaimed in surprise and released his divine sense to probe Tao Tao and Bai Yan, who remained expressionless.