48 Heaven Dou Auction House
1 week later, Heaven Dou City Train Station.
Getting off his train, Gloxinia looked around and smiled a bit.
The 1 week mandatory stay in the Fairy King's Forest had finished and he finally came out.
During the time he spent in the Fairy King's Forest, he made a plan to easily obtain a fairy during his vacation time.
This plan was simple, he would go to an auction house and buy a heaven and earth treasure from there!As for how he would get the money.. Well, let's just say a lot of gangs are going to be losing some money today.
Taking in the scenery around him, Gloxinia finally began to understand the difference in scale between an ancient city such as Heaven Dou City and Eastsea City.
Heaven Dou City has existed for over 20,000 years, as early as the era of the Martial Soul Hall. This was one of the greatest cities on the continent and had even held the title of being the greatest city back in the age of the Heaven Dou Empire.
The pre-federation Sun Moon Empire later annexed the Heaven Dou Empire and turned Heaven Dou City into an ordinary city. Gloxinia clearly remembered, however, that the city was founded on a splendid location. It was right beside the legendary Great Star Dou Forest—which teemed with soul beasts—and was fairly close to the great Shrek City, said to be the very core of the Douluo Continent.
'I wonder when I'll be able to visit Shrek City and Great Star Dou Forest. What will it be like?'
Heaven Dou City was completely different from Eastsea City. Gloxinia had thought Heaven Dou City would have taller and more developed buildings, but only when he saw Heaven Dou City did he realise that it was his own imagination.
His initial impression of the city was that it was simple and plain.
That was right, simple and plain!
The city was filled with old era-styled buildings, but what was most surprising was that not a single skyscraper could be seen. The tallest thing in his line of sight were actually some towering ancient trees.
The weather in Heaven Dou City was pleasantly warm and slightly humid. Coupled with the abundance of plant life, the air was exceptionally refreshing.
It only took a few minutes for Gloxinia to develop a liking for the city. Walking along these streets was a type of enjoyment.
At this moment, he saw out of the corner of his eye, a muscular bald man was holding a knife to the neck of a lady in an alley.
Walking up to the alley, Gloxinia didn't waste time talking and simply punched the back of the dude's head as hard as he could.
Now, although Gloxinia's strength isn't as good as his peers, that's only if you compare it to soul masters!
Compared with normal people, he would be one of the best!
Rummaging around the man's body, he found about 300 federal coins. This man was far too poor, heaven and earth treasures sell for more than 100,000 even at only 10 years...
At this moment, the woman he saved finally snapped out of her shock and immediately started speaking, "T, Thank you so much! How could I ever repay you?!"
Hearing her words, Gloxinia smiled and rubbed his fingers as if asking for something, "If you want to repay me then just give me money!"
"I only have 100 federal coins on me.. is that okay?" asking him worriedly, the lady felt bad as she knew she was poor.
"Hais.. yes its fine, just leave it here and go.." sighing disappointedly, Gloxinia lamented about his fate.
Why can't he meet someone rich who would save him from his troubles like in the novels?!
Getting the money from the lady, Gloxinia started reconsidering his plan, as it would take too long to gather enough money.
'Maybe instead of paying for a heaven and earth treasure I could trade for it!'
Reaching this line of thought, Gloxinia immediately looked around to see if no one was looking and entered the Fairy King's Forest.
Inside the Fairy King's Forest, Gloxinia took a branch from the Sacred Tree and went back to the "real" world.
Branch in hand, Gloxinia headed to the Heaven Dou Auction House!
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Appraisal Office, Heaven Dou Auction House
"Hmm.. this branch indeed has a lot of vitality, almost as much as a thousand year spirit fruit! It's effects are most likely to give vitality to those near it.. We can buy it for 1,200,000 federal coins!"
A scholarly-looking man gave his appraisal on a branch to the young boy infront of him.
This was Gloxinia and the appraiser at the Heaven Dou Auction House, Ju Dikong.
"Great! But, I don't want to sell it!' getting to here, Gloxinia purposefully paused in order to create tension before continuing, 'I want to trade for it!"
"Trade? Well, what is it that you want to trade?" Raising his brows at Gloxinia, Ju Dikong asked him.
"Of course it's for a thousand-year spirit fruit!"
"I see, take a look through this catalog and choose one, we'll trade with those." Handing him a small catalog, Ju Dikong calmly spoke.
It wasn't that rare to see people want to trade for things at their Auction House instead of selling it. Actually, it was even rarer to see someone sell something!
Glancing at the catalog given to him, Gloxinia found 3 spirit fruits that gained his interest.
The first one is a Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.
It is an extremely rare plant. It exudes extreme cold, one that could freeze ones heart to the core. It has to be handled with copper. It posses Ultimate Ice attribute. When the Frozen Grass reaches a certain age, its leaf produces a point. Every fifteen thousand years, it grows one point of the grass until eight pointed grass.
It can produce a Star Anise Ice Crystal every hundred thousand years. It can increase the cultivation speed of a Ice elemental Spirit Master. If it's embedded into a weapon, it can confer the strength of Ultimate Ice to any metal.
So, a fairy made from it would similarly have the Ultimate Ice Attribute.
The second one was a Water Crystal Peach.
It was a tad more common than the Octoganol Mysterious Ice Grass but it still had it's own perks. It not only nourishes the body and makes it stronger but it also speeds up the cultivation speed of water-based soul masters. Not only that, it also produces Water Crystals with immense durability as it ages.
This means that a fairy made from it would have a good defense and water-based abilities.
The final one was a Lava Fruit.
It is a fruit with a fire attribute, opposite of the previous two. Although the lava fruit has a fire attribute, it is the one with the densest life energy among all of the Heaven and Earth treasures. After consuming it, there is a high chance that it will stimulate the spirit master's bloodline. Once used, it will definitely increase the combat power by a large margin and even gain an ability that allows to become stronger the more you fight. This means that this fruit is most suitable for use in battle. The stronger the enemy, the more effective it will be.
Unfortunately, it is only 1,000 years old, so the effects aren't as exagerrated and there is also the side effect of madness. Madness makes the user lose their sanity gradually as they get stronger in battle.
A fairy created from this would become a sort of berserker, with the ability to continously get stronger.
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Author's Note: Just to clarify, romance isn't starting any time soon, I plan for it to start way later, not when Gloxinia is just a kid.
Also, tomorrow is my birthday, and I will be busy all day so I won't be able to post any chapters.
Finally, which fruit do you want to be chosen?
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