The Greatest Disciple of the Evil Sect
Chapter 289- Star Whisker Grass

Chapter 289: Chapter 289- Star Whisker Grass

Yao Ming spoke. His introduction was kept short and he didn’t bother others by saying some needless things. Especially since recognising that everyone here was eagerly waiting for treasures to come up. This also showed his experience as an auctioneer.

"Everyone please pay special attention to this item. To start off this auction our first item is unusual even among all the other items up on auction"

Yao Ming clapped and a few people wearing the purple gold robes of the Star Dragon Chamber, walked up to the stage holding an item covered in clothes.

"The first item is called Star Moon Whisker a grade 5 alchemy item so rare that all alchemists go crazy just to possess a single stalk of it"

On those words of his, the cloth covering the item was removed and a plant that had three stalk coming up from the same root appeared in front of everyone’s eyes.

"This is..." Yang Chen who was seated in the middle section of the auction house, had his eyes widened when he saw the item come up right at the start of the auction.

"Hm?" Noticing his unusual behaviour, Tang Xun’er couldn’t help but tilt her head "Do you know what this item is for? The auctioneer said that alchemist would go crazy for it. It shouldn’t be of any use to a battle practitioner like you".

Yang Chen smiled, his eyes still glued to the item on the stage "Use or not, I’m an alchemist. I know exactly what this item is for".

Thanks to reading the second and third volumes of the Great Sage Emperor’s diary, he was now much more knowledgeable about the mystical plants and herbs and their uses.

Volume 3 even mentions about a mystical plant whose description perfectly matches with the item on the stage.

"What!! You are an alchemist? But aren’t you a battle practiotioner?"...

"Ah, I am both— a soul cultivator and battle practitioner. In fact, I’m a certified tier 3 achemist"...

"What?!!"

This time it was Tang Xun’er’s turn to be shocked. In her surprise, she even lost control of her voice causing quite a few stares to be diverted towards their seat.

Thankfully, all the attention was on the stage right and the people who looked at them only threw annoying stares at them before shifting their gazes away.

That said, it was understandable why Tang Xun’er was so shocked. Alchemist was already considered an extremely difficult profession in this world and needed its own aptitude and talent for it.

Even if one was a genius in sould energy cultivation, it was not necessary true that one would also have the aptitude to become an alchemist.

In fact, many genius and reputed soul energy experts who had overestimated themselves, tried to learn alchemy only to end up defeated. The skill needed for it was even more challenging and not just anyone can become one just because they wished to.

Yet what was it that she just heard? Putting aside the fact that he also cultivated soul energy side by side battle energy, he was a certified tier 3 alchemist?!!

It needs to be mentioned that a tier 3 alchemist was considered a master who had honed his craft to a level where even Battle Overlord class practitioners had to curry favour to them in hopes of having their pills refined.

Wherever they went, they enjoyed an unconditional reputation and fawning from all people. Even if one searched the entire Tainyun Empire, one wouldn’t be able to find many tier 3 alchemists.

Heck, A tier 3 Alchemist could even become an elder of a first class faction in the empire with that kind of skill. Yet the young man in front of her had the audacity to tell her that he was a certified tier 3 alchemist.

How young was he? He didn’t even look more than fifteen years old and as per Yun, he might even be younger than her.

A fifteen years old Three Star Battle Grandmaster and a Tier 3 Alchemist. No wonder, she had difficulty believing him.

Seeing her disbelief, Yang Chen simply shrugged his shoulders and shifted his attention back to the stage. There, the host Yao Ming had already started explaining about the Star Whisker Grass.

"The star Whisker grass is born when a demonic beast who has reached the peak of the Battle Overlord realm dies. It absorbs the life essence of the demonic beast and could be said to be full of life essence"

"This kind of mystical plant is a key ingredient in many high tier pills. Even the tier 5 Returning Essence pill needs the Star Whisker Grass to be fully refined. I believe the value of the item is self explanatory now and I do not need to explain any more. As such, let’s start the bidding. The starting price for the Star Whisker Grass is five hundred gold profound stones"...

"Five hundred and ten gold profound stones"

As soon as Yao Ming declared the starting price, a counterbid came from one of the middle sections of the auction hall. A middle aged man with refined looks, raised his token and shouted.

Of course, getting the Star Whisker Grass for just five hundred and ten gold profound stones was like a bargain. There was no way he was getting the item with just that bid.

Just as his voice sounded another bid came from behind him.

"Five hundred and Fifty gold profound stones"...

"Six hundred gold profound stones"...

"Six hundred one"...

"Seven hundred..."

The price continued to rise higher. The refined looking middle aged man continued to fight for the Star Whisker Grass. However, even he couldn’t keep bidding once the price rose beyond eight hundred gold profound stones.

While the price of the Star Whisker Grass continued to rise higher, seated in his seat, Yang Chen couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

At present, the liquid money that he had with him was only around a thousand gold profound stones. He had received two hundred and fifty gold profound stones from lIn mang mst of which he had spent during his journey. The rest was from looting the Zhang clan.