The Emptiness Dragon System
CH.60. Black Jade Furnace

The cultivators who hesitated to raise the bid were now extremely annoyed, while on the other hand, the man who made the final bid rose from his seat with an excited face. He rushed backstage to finish the payment.

After seeing the impatient drunken style earlier, the cultivators started bidding vigorously. When they see something they want, they will not hesitate to raise the price. Everyone was afraid that the Drunk would knock on the table before they managed to bid.

That way, the auction suddenly went very fast and in less than half an hour, more than forty items had been auctioned off.

Pills, artifacts, Cultivation Techniques, Secret Techniques, all appeared one by one. Some of them were auctioned off by cultivators from their personal collections or family inheritances, but most of the items auctioned were from the Five Ranges Pagoda.

The relics of the ancient war era made many people compete to get it, so the atmosphere of the auction became hot.

Qin Shan obtained an overview of the market price of each item sold.

Low Level Dao Source Artifacts cost between 1 million to 1.5 million Source Crystals, whereas in his System Shop a High Level Dao Source Artifact cost 5 million System Points and a Low Level cost 1-2 million System Points.

He traded 100 million System Points to 100 million Source Crystals.

Initially, Qin Shan thought the artifact would be pegged at an expensive price, but in fact it was in the very rich with millions of source Crystals in its pockets.

But to date, none of the auction items had caught his interest.

From backstage, a servant walked out carrying a mysterious item on a jade tray covered in a red cloth. The audience could not see its true form.

As the waiter approached, the Drunk suddenly grinned at the audience meaningfully, "This item is extremely valuable and will usually be auctioned off in the finals, but due to my suggestion, this item was auctioned off early. Presumably, many people here could guess what it was. Now let's start."

He lifted the red cloth on the jade tray and revealed his true form to everyone.

This thing is a small furnace the size of a melon. This furnace was sparkling black and many carvings of dragons and phoenixes were imprinted on its surface.

The drunkard took the furnace with one hand and said with a laugh, "I and the City Lord have been studying this Black Jade Furnace for days, but we do not know from what materials this furnace is purified. We only know that this is the Dao Source Intermediate Pill Furnace."

"Furnace Pill Intermediate Level Dao Source!" The audience shouted in shock in the hall.

Many priceless treasures and artifacts had appeared at the auction so far, but few were at the Intermediate Level Dao Source.

More importantly, this was a treasure that all Alchemists would fight for.

Alchemist experts were extremely wealthy, they would not hesitate to spend a lot of money on a good Pill Furnace. Moreover, the Sects and large families had always developed their own Alchemists, so this Dao Source Intermediate Pill Furnace would definitely increase their strength.

With a good Pill Furnace, an Alchemist not only increased the chances of succeeding while refining pills, but also improved the quality of their pills.

Even Qin Shan who had not bid anything during the auction, at this moment his eyes started to flicker. He circulated his Dragon Sense onto the stage to scan the furnace carefully.

Many people did the same, which caused the stage to be flooded by the Spiritual Sense of the cultivators.

"Have you all investigated it? I'm not an Alchemist Expert, but since the Secret Technique I developed was the Flame Attribute, I can also bring out a bit of power from this Pill Furnace." Finished with his explanation, the Drunk threw the Black Jade Furnace he held into the air and formed some hand seals.

He poured his Source Qi into the furnace, and the furnace began to enlarge to become as tall as a human then fell onto the stage.

After the Pill Furnace enlarged, the intricate patterns on its surface became more apparent.

Not only that, everyone could now see the inside with their Spiritual Sense. There were four dazzling dragon heads engraved inside.

"The "grandmaster who refined this furnace was clearly a genius for carving countless Spirit Arrays into it, and all of them were useful in aiding the Alchemy process. As long as one could understand the usefulness of this Spirit Array, they would no longer need to bother creating a Spirit Array during refining, this saved time and energy. Furthermore, four dragon heads were useful for controlling the heat temperature inside the furnace."

After saying so, the Drunk suddenly lifted his lab and gulped down his wine. He then patted his chest and spat towards the Black Jade Furnace.

A Fire Dragon came out of his mouth. This dragon shook its head and wagged its tail then crashed into the Black Jade Furnace. The dragon sank into the furnace like a stone that fell into the ocean, disappearing from everyone's sight.

The drunkard immediately formed a hand seal while backing a mysterious smile on his lips.

Suddenly a fire gushed out from one of the dragon heads inside the furnace. The flame is very hot and blue. Subsequently under the control of the Drunk, the flames grew bigger and less.

The second dragon head also started spitting out flames.

Then the third, then the fourth.

The drunk then pulled his hand and stood beside him motionless.

But the fire in the furnace was not extinguished but continued to burn. From the looks of it, it will take some time before this fire goes out.

"This Pill Furnace can even store fire?" Someone knowledgeable commented.

"Just right! Dude, you have sharp eyes," The drunk laughed out loud, "This old man didn't even use his full strength, but it was enough to provide energy for this furnace to burn for half an hour. Moreover, once the intensity of the flame is set it will not change until the energy supply is exhausted or the Alchemist changes it. Presumably, everyone understood just how great a favor one would give to an Alchemist, huh?"

Just as the Drunk said that, the hall became noisy.

He might not explain in detail, but all the cultivators present understood how precious this Pill Furnace was.

When an Alchemist was refining pills, he would often add various potions and draw different Pill Formations or Spirit Arrays while carefully controlling the temperature. All processes require extreme focus and precise control.

However with this Black Jade Furnace, the situation was completely different. An Alchemist only needs to set an appropriate temperature and pour enough energy to maintain it.

Often times the Alchemists failed in their purification not because of mistakes in their methods, but because of their physical limitations or Spiritual Energies.

But with this Black Jade Furnace, there was no longer any need to worry about the matter.

In the eyes of the Alchemists, this Pill Furnace was no less precious than an Emperor Artifact!

"Time is limited, so I won't show you any other features of this Pill Furnace, but I guarantee that if any Alchemist Master obtains them, their strength will increase by one level!"

Everyone gasped and was amazed when they heard this.

The level of an Alchemist Expert was much harder to raise than the level of a cultivator, especially when it came to the Great Realm. Many Alchemists would be stuck in the Origin King Rank for not being able to make progress for the rest of their lives, but if what the Drunkie said was true, it would be true, an Origin King Alchemist had the chance to refine a Dao Source Grade pill as long as they possessed this Black Jade Furnace, and the chances of success would not be low.

All these features and benefits not only made the Alchemists present unable to contain themselves, but also made the representatives of the various Sects and families enthusiastic.

"The starting price ... one million ..." Qin Shan smiled hearing this.

After listening to the description of the Drunk, he was slightly tempted to bid for this Black Jade Furnace.

His current Golden Pill Furnace was only a Low Level Origin King, clearly different levels to this Black Jade Furnace.

After a while, no one made an offer. The hall was silent as everyone was waiting for someone to make the first move.

The atmosphere in the auction house became tense.

If someone else were to host the auction this time, they would not be anxious and instead wait confidently. This time, however, it was the Drunk who hosted the auction.

After waiting for a while and seeing no one bid, the Drunk grinned and exclaimed, "It looks like this will be the first item not to be auctioned off. Good, if so…"

"Wait, Vice City Lord, aren't you too impatient?" A man shouted from one of the private rooms.

"Since no one had bid, this old man would buy it himself. Maybe I can sell it later and make a big profit!" The drunk looks at the person who is talking and smiling.

Hearing those words, many people rolled their eyes at him.

The auction host wanted to participate in the auction, it was completely unheard of before. Only a Drunkard could act so insolently.

"Well, since all my friends are so quiet, then I will offer you a million," said the man in the private room helplessly.

"One million is too low, the Du Family bid 1.5 million for this Black Jade Furnace."

"You dare to think 1.5 million is enough? It's ridiculous! The Chu family bid 1.8 million!"

After the first offer the others began to follow. Moreover, each of these bidders represented a powerful family or Sect, as only such power was capable of depleting so many Source Crystals.

Suddenly all the private rooms began to enthusiastically participate in bidding, this made the Drunk smile meaningfully.

Just thirty breaths the price of the Black Jade Furnace had reached 3.7 million and was steadily increasing without anyone willing to give up.

After another half cup of tea, the Black Jade Furnace reached 5 million and only then did some families stop bidding. Clearly, the current price had exceeded their limit.

Although this Black Jade Furnace was a good treasure, the Source Dao Fruit was clearly more valuable, so many people could only give up on this given.

"My Chu family needs this Black Jade Furnace, please give us a face. 5.1 million!" A furious voice suddenly echoed from the Chu Family's private room.

The others fell silent as many did not dare to compete with the Chu Family. After all, the Chu Family was one of the strongest in the Sky Water City, so it would be unwise to offend them.

Seeing this, the representative from the Chu Family said happily, "Master, if you can …"

But before he finished talking, Qin Shan suddenly opened his voice, "7 million."

Upon hearing this offer, the entire auction hall became silent, even the Drunk stopped in place and turned to the source of the sound.

The man with the thick eyebrows of the Chu Family already thought that he had finally won but did not expect that anyone else would fight him. His eyes shrank sharply and his face turned furious.

"7 million? Did I not hear wrong?"

"Who is this guy? He raised the price by two million Source Crystals! Is he crazy?"

"Shhh, lower your voice! Whoever he was, he was sitting in Block A so he was definitely a Dao Source master. If he hears you, you're dead!"

"What if he's a Dao Source master? Was the Source Crystal meaningless to him? Two million ... if he gives it to me …"

After a moment of silence, suddenly the hall became in an uproar. All the cultivators whispered amongst them. It was truly frightening for one to raise the price of two million Source Crystals at once.

Inside his private room, the mood of the Chu Family representative became bad. Victory is in sight but at the last moment is snatched away by others.

After a moment of silence, he asked coldly, "May I ask what is the name, Senior?"

Qin Shan was just silent, he did not intend to answer her.

The Chu Family man was annoyed and snapped, "Displaying the tail but hiding the head. Senior, don't you dare reveal your name?"

Hearing that Qin Shan sneered, "Really a joke, I only participated in the auction according to its rules. Do I have to report my name before I raise the price? What kind of auction house has such rules? Vice City Lord, does the auction house of Sky Water City have this kind of habit?"

The drunk furrowed his brows, but after pausing for a moment, he cupped his hands and said, "Buddy, you must be kidding! The Heavenly Water City Auction had no such rules."

"Good! This time I will let go of this offense because you are the representative of the Chu Family, but if you dare to use such an arrogant tone again to me, don't blame me for acting ruthless!" suddenly Qin Shan released an intense Dragon Sense attacking the Chu Family representative.

The man turned pale as he realized that Qin Shan did not care at all about his identity.

Even if this Man had the support of the Chu Family, Qin Shan could have killed him secretly.

After realizing this, the man backed away with a smile, and said, "Since Senior is interested in this Black Jade Furnace, then I will retreat. Congratulations, Senior."

Judging from the Spiritual Sense just now, his opponent's strength was much stronger than his.

Moreover, the fact that 7 million Source Crystals had surpassed his bottom line, and his opponent was a master he was incapable of hurting. If he competes with her, he will suffer.

No one would have expected that the Black Jade Furnace championed by so many Sects and families would eventually fall into Qin Shan's hands with just a single bid.

After the Drunk came to the front of the stage and knocked on the table. Eventually the Black Jade Furnace became Qin Shan's.

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