I Just Won't Play By The Book
chapter-113

In the end, Jiang Beiran managed to bid the Yunlin Flower with four Vital Spirit Pills and two wood spirit stones, which was a bit cheaper than the Hundred Meters Ice Silk.

“Hu…”

Although he had been telling himself to calm down, Wu Qingce was still so nervous after another round of bidding.

Shaking his head, Jiang Beiran said to Wu Qingce who had sat back down, “Sigh, what’s there to panic about? You can’t have this kind of mindset. If I sell the Thunder Flame Body Tempering Pill that I gave you last time, it could be sold for at least 50 middle tier spirit stones.”

“Cough…” Wu Qingce, who had just swallowed a grape, almost choked to death. He patted his chest and looked at Jiang Beiran. Just as he was about to open his mouth. He heard his senior brother spoke first, “If you dare to say something like, ‘can I dig it out and return it to you?’ I will smack you to death.”

Wu Qingce immediately choked back the words he was about to say. He shook his head and said, “I just want to admire you for being the best in the world no matter what you do. You are really too amazing.” Shaking his head, Jiang Beiran looked back at the auction stage and said, “Hurry up and become stronger. I have many good things waiting for you here.”

“Yes, thank you great kindness. I will remember…”

“Alright, alright, stop saying such useless words. Go back and practice hard and strive to break through to the mystic king realm as soon as possible.”

Although Wu Qingce wanted to say, “Brother Jiang, aren’t we setting the goal a little too high?” He really did not dare to say it out loud.

“Why? Do you think you can’t do it?”

Wu Qingce hurriedly stood up and patted his chest and said, “No! I will definitely become the mystic king as soon as possible!”

“Sigh, it’s just a simple sentence from you. If you can make it sound so boring, it’s to break through to mystic king as soon as possible. Mystic king is just a starting point for you. You say that as if becoming a mystic king would make you great.”

“Isn’t mystic king great enough?!”

Wu Qingce looked at his senior brother with a shocked gaze. Back then, before he came to the Sect of Returning Hearts, Wu Qingce thought that he could die with no regrets if he could become a mystic spirit. But now, Jiang Beiran wanted him to become a mystic king as if it was just a piece of cake

How many mystic kings were there in the entire Fengzhou? Many people were stuck at the level of great mystic practitioner and could not break through to the mystic spirit realm, let alone the mystic king realm. That was a realm that many people did not even dare to imagine. “Why are you looking at me like that? Do you feel that what I said is wrong?”.

“No, no.” Wu Qingce quickly shook his head. “You’re right.”

“Don’t take the mystic king too seriously. Look at our sect master, do you think he’s satisfied of being a mystic emperor? He is still working hard to break through to the mystic master. Among the true experts, the mystic king is just a little brother. You must remember this, understand?”

“I will remember it!”

When Jiang Beiran looked at the auction stage again, Wu Qingce sighed in his heart, “Brother Jiang is always so different from the others…”

In the Sect of Returning Hearts, his master, the Order Master, and even the Sect Master would always say, “Qingce, you’ve already performed very well.”

“Cultivation should be done slowly and step by step. Don’t always think of ascending to the heavens in one step.”

“There’s no rush, there’s no rush. You need to build up your foundation first. You’ve become a great mystic practitioner at the age of 19, and you have a bright future ahead of you.” Only Jiang Beiran felt that his cultivation progress was too slow, and Jiang Beiran did not hold back at criticizing him at all.

“But no one in the entire Rivernorth Region is faster than me… I still hope that Brother Jiang would praise me sometime.” Wu Qingce thought.

“Are you thinking that why do I still have to criticize you despite you already have the fastest growth rate in the entire Rivernorth Region?”

Hearing his senior brother’s sudden words, Wu Qingce’s breathing stopped.

“Brother Jiang, you really know how to read minds!”

Jiang Beiran laughed after listening to him. “Yes, so be careful when you say bad things about me in your heart in the future.” “I would never dare! In my heart, I also have profound respect for you!”

“It’s just a joke. Why are you so serious? Hurry up and make a bid.” “Yes!”

Wu Qingce stood up after saying that, but he still said with some lingering fear, “Brother Jiang, can you stop reading my mind all the time?”

“Oh? Do you have a secret?” Jiang Beiran laughed.

“I don’t have any. It’s just… It’s just…” Seeing that Wu Qingce’s face was almost red, Jiang Beiran shook his head and said, “Where did this mind reading technique come from? How many times have I told you? You’re just too easy to read.” “Okay.”

Wu Qingce did not believe it in his heart. How could Brother Jiang guess his mind so accurately every time. “I’ll have to think more about how to improve my cultivation.”

With this thought in mind, Wu Qingce stood on the sound transmission array.

“Add one more.”

“Yes!”

It was almost midnight, Jiang Beiran had bought a lot of stuff. He bought a pile of all kinds of materials, and even bought the supplementary medicine for the soul baby fruit. Now, as long as he went back and settled the charcoal, he could refine soul baby fruit.

“The system suddenly treated me so well… No, it went too smoothly. Maybe the system let me buy all the stuff, but I can’t use none of them. D*mn it, what the hell is going on in this masked moon sect? Can’t the danger hurry up and come? It’s too torturous.’

At this time, Lin Nianshan kept everyone in suspense, saying that she would let everyone rest for a while. Soon, the most exciting part would begin. Jiang Beiran, who had bought a bunch of favorite items, was now very satisfied. He leisurely ate two grapes and thought to himself that it was fortunate that he had brought a lot of treasures for self-defense this time.

“Yum…”

Meanwhile, Wu Qingce sat beside him as if his body had been hollowed out. This kind of experience was too exciting for him.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Jiang Beiran put on his mask and asked, “Who is it?”

“Hello, I have brought the treasure that you bought. Please rest assured that all our transactions will be carried out through the door. There is a magic array in the room to ensure that your information will not be revealed.”

“It really is very considerate.”

Jiang Beiran walked to the door while sighing.

With a click, a piece of the door opened in the middle. The two parties happily completed the transaction without seeing each other. Jiang Beiran also received the storage ring that contained all the treasures. Jiang Beiran passed a few items. It was to prevent the officials from being too curious about him and he didn’t really need those treasures.

But even so, he should still be the person who had bought the most treasures today.

“There’s still no options pop out. The security measures of Sect of Masked Moon are simply perfect, or it could be said that this special period is really too perfect.” Jiang Beiran thought.

After completing the transaction, Jiang Beiran looked at the increasingly nervous Wu Qingce and said, “Can’t you just man up.”

After hearing that, Wu Qingce couldn’t help but say with a sad face, “Brother Jiang… no one can withstand this pressure. We bought so many treasures from a bunch of mystic emperor and mystic king level sect masters. What if they don’t let us go?”

“Are you afraid?” Jiang Beiran laughed.

“I’m not afraid! The world would be fine without me, but if the world loses someone like

you…”

“Pah! What are you talking about? Don’t worry, I have my arrangements. Nothing will happen to us.”

After hearing this, Wu Qingce immediately felt a great sense of security. This was because he knew that his senior brother would never speak without thinking. If he said that nothing would happen, then nothing would happen.

After resting for about ten minutes, Lin Nianshan finally returned to the auction stage amidst the music.

Lin Nianshan was extremely excited for the past two hours. She had never sold these many treasures before.

“I really hope that the sect master will celebrates his birthday like this every year.” Lin Nianshan thought.

She took a deep breath, Lin Nianshan shouted, “The next item is the final treasure of today’s auction. I believe it is definitely a peerless treasure that is worth fighting for. So, without further ado, let’s bring the treasure up.”

As soon as Lin Nianshan finished speaking, the four small flags were moved onto the auction stage.

Jiang Beiran focused his gaze and did not know what kind of treasure it was.

“It is indeed a good item!”

To be able to be the final item of the auction, and it was something that he had never seen before, Jiang Beiran was sure that this was definitely a rare treasure.

“Could it be…”

Just as Jiang Beiran was guessing in his heart, Lin Nianshan mustered her mystic energy and shouted, “This item is called the Illusory Spirit Treasure Flag. It is a middle tier yellow grade magical item refined by Master Hongxuan!”

“It really is a magical item!”

Jiang Beiran was shocked. Although he had thought that these four small flags were very likely to be magical items, Jiang Beiran still did not believe it when Lin Nianshan said it.

This was a yellow grade magical item!

Having lived in the Land of the Black Dragon for five years, Jiang Beiran was already very clear about the rarity of magical items in this world. He only heard earth grade and heaven grade magical items and never saw them. It was said that these two grade magical items had the power to destroy an entire county.

As for black grade magical items, they could only be owned by the mystic emperor. Of course, Shi Fenglan, who relied on her father, did not count. When Shi Fenglan casually took out a black grade magical item to protect herself, Jiang Beiran had already suspected that she was related to some super large sects or some families that had been passed down for thousands of years.

For example, those who didn’t have a family background to rely on, didn’t have a super large sect to nurture them, and relied solely on their unrivalled talent to become a mystic king, a large portion of them had never owned a black grade magical item. Thus, yellow grade magical item was an existence that most cultivators fought for. A high tier yellow grade high tier magical item could even raise the strength of a mystic king by a level.

Moreover, magical item was something that depended on its performance. At the right time and place, some yellow grade magical item’s effects were even better than black grade.

After understanding this, Jiang Beiran was even more determined to choose to upgrade his basic attributes through the options. This was because almost all magical items could be top tier magical items in this continent. Even if it was a yellow grade low tier magical item, it could also display a huge effect if it was used by a mystic master.

Such a powerful top-tier magical item was extremely rare. Anyone who could refine a yellow grade magical item was a famous top-tier big shot in the mystic world. No matter how strong a cultivator was, they would have the magical item refiner as master.

Moreover, even if one had the ability to make a yellow grade magical item, this material was extremely difficult to find.

Sect of Masked Moon was able to take out a yellow grade magical item to sell at the auction. It was truly an extremely grand display.

“The foundation of the number one sect is indeed terrifying. They are actually willing to take out a yellow grade magical item to sell. This reveals too much information.”

After recovering from his excited mood, Jiang Beiran began to listen to Lin Nianshan describe the effects of the Illusory Spirit Treasure Flag.

“This Illusory Spirit Treasure Flag can form illusory spirit formations on its own. As long as you stand in the formations, your mystic sense will become extremely powerful, and you can even control people’s hearts.” Wu Qingce could not help but tremble when he heard that. He said, “Brother Jiang, this magical item is too powerful… if it can control people’s hearts, doesn’t that mean we can do whatever we want?”.

“It can only control some cultivators with relatively low cultivation. Otherwise, this Illusory Spirit Treasure Flag is not a yellow grade magical item, but a heaven grade magical item.”

“You’re right.” Wu Qingce heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, but he immediately thought of something else, “Am I not a cultivator with lower cultivations?”

Then, Lin Nianshan continued to talk about the magical uses of this Illusory Spirit Treasure Flag, such as spiritual sense separation, cloning, changing one’s own aura, and so on. However, Jiang Beiran only believed a little of these words. This girl was too good at bragging. Moreover, it was also proven just now that even if she faced a group of mystic emperors, she still tried to raise the bidding price without any fear.

“This is probably also the reason the Sect of Masked Moon arranged for her to be an auctioneer today.’ After talking for a few minutes, Lin Nianshan finally realized that she seemed to have talked for too long, he hurriedly stopped and said, “Then let’s get straight to the main topic. Illusory Spirit Treasure Flag, yellow grade middle tier magical item. The starting price is ten high tier spirit stone, the fire element and the metal element will be counted as two pieces, the tier 6 medicinal pill will be counted as one piece, the tier 7 medicinal pill will be counted as two pieces, the tier 8 spirit wine will be counted as one piece, and the tier 7 spirit talisman will be counted as one piece…”

Lin Nianshan listed out a series of exchange criteria in one go. In short, all kinds of rare items could be exchanged.

“High… high tier spirit stone?!” Wu Qingce was completely dumbfounded.

A high tier spirit stone was a legendary item to him.

High tier spirit stone was the most excellent tier spirit stone that gathered the most essence of spirit energy in one’s body. It could only be produced in a few specific places. Obviously, these places had already been occupied by some super large sects. And there wasn’t a single place in the entire Fengzhou that could produce high tier spirit stone. This was also the reason why the Fengzhou could was never a big and prospect province. If there was a place in the Fengzhou that could produce high tier spirit stone, how could a mere mystic master control it.

After taking in a few deep breaths, Wu Qingce said, “This price is too outrageous. I haven’t even seen one… she actually wants ten pieces.”

However, just as Wu Qingce finished speaking, he heard a deep voice shout out, “I offer one high tier gold spirit stone, one high tier fire spirit stone, four high tier spirit stones, one tier 7 medicinal pill, and one tier 8 spirit talisman.”

“These sect masters… are really rich…” Wu Qingce originally thought that there would be a moment of silence, but he didn’t expect that someone would make a bid so quickly. Moreover, after he calculated for a moment, he realized that the bidding price just now was equivalent to twelve high tier spirit stones.

What he didn’t expect that another bidder instantly bid a higher price.