East Meet West

269- Daily Grinding and the Auction starts

After Orochi woke up, he looked at the number of Free Stat he gained in one night and smiled wryly,

‘502 Free stat Points’

Because at this rate, it will take him months or years to max out all his stats.

And just yesterday, he was getting all proud and happy with how fast his MP recovery rate is.

Sigh...

Getting up, Orochi made another excuse with Armelia and got back to the Dark Forest.

And once again, he started ‘grinding’ so as to level up his Sorcerer Job.

[Grinding, as in a term used by gamers to perform certain tasks like Killing enemies repeatedly to level up, or farming wood or ore to craft something which is commonly seen in RPG games.]

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Another 2 days passed, and there were still a few hours left for the sun to set.

It is the 3rd day since Orochi started coming to the Dark Forest and started grinding to level up his Sorcerer Job.

And all his hard work paid off when the system notification rang.

‘ding’

‘Congratulations to the host. Sorcerer Job has leveled up.’

‘Current Sorcerer Job: Level 10”

‘MP recovery rate has increased from 900% to 1000%’

‘ding’

‘Host can now recover 500 MP per second’

‘ding’

‘New Magic Spells, Devices and Equipment have been unlocked in the System shop.’

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Looking at the system messages, Orochi was happy but still, some had helplessness in his heart,

‘Another 8 days for the yearly auction of “Golden Cloud Chamber of commerce” to start. I was hoping to step into the Transformation realm before the auction starts. But at the speed I am earning Free Stat points, it will take about 1-2 months to max out all my stats.’

‘And another month or two to see to what level my Dantian Potential can reach after my stats are maxed out.’

‘I don’t know what I will have to face this time once the auction ends, will it be the same as what happened in the Town of Chans, or something worse...’

‘That’s why I was hoping to step into the Transformation realm before the auction starts.’

‘Not to mention, I have still another task- to punish Alex Xavier.’

‘And the plans I have for him, also requires me to have good strength.’

‘And now that too will be delayed...’

‘Sigh...’

Shaking his head with some helplessness and throwing away these distracting thoughts, Orochi got back to his grinding.

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Like this, another 8 days passed.

Orochi woke up early in the morning because today is the day when the yearly auction of the Golden Cloud Chamber of Commerce, is going to be held.

Orochi, Armelia, and June got ready early. They boarded the carriage and went to the Golden Chamber of Commerce.

After they reached the location, Orochi showed his Golden VIP membership card to a servant and the group was escorted to a Gold grade VIP room.

When compared to the items auctioned at the Town of Chans, the items that are on the list of today’s auction; are multiple times better.

Not to mention, there are a few Orange grade pills, herbs, cultivation methods, and fighting techniques.

And Orochi’s goal for attending the auction is to get them, especially the 4 main items appearing in today’s auction.

Soon, the auction began and a mature lady with a curvy body walked onto the stage.

“Hello everyone, my name is Lehri Dhun.”

Her voice was very sweet and had a special appeal to it that complimented her figure and beauty.

Almost every man in the auction had their eyes glued to the Lehri Dhun and her body.

Lehri Dhun had a professional smile on her face as she continued,

“Welcome to the yearly auction of our branch.”

Then she continued to tell a few things about the auction and its rules.

She also announced the conversion rate of Low grade energy stones to gold, which is similar to that of Town of Chans, 1 Low grade energy stone is equal to 1100 gold coins.

Lehri Dhun did not waste any time, soon she introduced the first item and the auction began.

Coincidentally, the first item that was being auctioned was brought by Orochi. It was one of the monster corpses that Orochi gave to Chand Roj and asked him to put in today’s auction.

And it was bought by some guy from the audience for 11000 gold coins.

Orochi did not pay much attention to the items that were being auctioned as he had very little interest in buying them.

The auction progressed and it was full of enthusiasm, as a large number of people made their bids and many items attracted the audience.

“Next item for today’s auction is the [Spiritual Qi Gathering Array] manual.”

As soon as Lehri Dhun’s voice fell, the whole hall went quiet.

Lehri Dhun continued,

“I am sure that everyone understands how important Spiritual qi is for cultivation.”

“And many cultivators still use Low grade energy stones to cultivate because the concentration of spiritual qi in our surroundings is very scarce.”

“But anyone cultivating using Low grade energy stones will surely understand how slow the results are. Not to mention, the required Low grade energy stones is a very large amount.”

“So, most cultivators will look for a place with an abundant concentration of spiritual qi for cultivation.”

“But such places are almost occupied by big sects or factions and have been monopolized by them.”

“Hence, for cultivators that do not belong to these factions or sects, they can only cultivate with Low grade energy stones or join one of the sects or factions.”

“Now, some people might have heard or may know that there are other things that can assist one to cultivate.”

“One such thing is [Spiritual QI gathering array].”

“This array has the ability to gather spiritual qi from the surroundings and provide it to the cultivators that assists them in their cultivation.”

“So, whoever has a [Spiritual Qi gathering array] in their homes, can save their wealth and use it to buy other things to enhance their cultivation further.”

“Not to mention, if you could learn how to arrange an array, then you can also start your profession as an Array or Formation guru. And it must be noted that many people will invite you to be their guest and arrange an array for them. So, an Array guru has many connections and wealth in their pockets.”

Various discussions began in the auction hall, and many got excited by what Lehri Dhun said.

Array and Formation Guru.

Vast wealth and connections.

Saving Low grade energy stones and using them to buy other things to assist in cultivation.

How could those cultivators with no background, not feel excited after hearing all this.

Cultivators that belong to the big factions or sects could easily get their hands on many resources for cultivation, not to mention they also have a good place for cultivation that has an abundant concentration of Spiritual qi.

But the same cannot be said for those cultivators with no background or those who did not join such factions for various reasons.

These types of cultivators are known as Free Cultivators.

Free cultivators have no one to support them or provide for them, they have to depend on themselves and gather every resource for cultivation by themselves.

Such that, they have to work very hard and put their lives in danger to earn those resources.

So, for such hard working and pitiful people, the Spiritual QI gathering array is almost like a peerless treasure.