16: Chapter 16 Suppressing Lin Ming?

"Congratulations to the guest in booth twenty-one for winning the jiuming forged yin iron."

Three thousand nine hundred medium-grade origin stones.

The jiuming forged yin iron was finally secured at this price.

After winning it, Yu Yaoqin's expression relaxed, and a smile appeared on her face.

Although she had incurred some debt, as long as she secured the jiuming forged yin iron, it was enough.

"Senior Brother, shall we continue watching, or leave?"

Yu Yaoqin asked.

Her goal had been achieved; this auction no longer had anything to do with her.

"Let's keep watching,"

Lin Ming said.

After all, his items had not yet made their appearance.

"The twelfth item, a Bitter Sea Breakthrough Pill. This pill is of top grade and can increase the chance of breaking through to the Bitter Sea Realm by sixty percent."

As soon as these words were spoken, many people present grew excited, especially some Disciples from Sects and Families.

A sixty percent chance was already extremely high.

It could very well mean their Family or Sect gaining another Kuhai Master, which was definitely a fortunate event for them.

"Our Zhao Family wants this pill."

"To hell with your Zhao Family, our Wang Family wants it."

"What Zhao Family, what Wang Family? Our Nine Yang Sect wants this pill."

"..."

This pill was precisely the one provided by Lin Ming; for him, refining a Bitter Sea Breakthrough Pill was not difficult at all.

After all, the Bitter Sea Breakthrough Pill was only a Rank five pill, and he was a Rank nine Alchemist.

But for the crowd present, it represented the hope of becoming a Kuhai Master.

"A top grade Bitter Sea Breakthrough Pill... which Alchemy Great Master's work is this?"

Yu Yaoqin asked curiously.

There were people in their Sect who could refine Bitter Sea Breakthrough Pills, but top grade was another story.

She wondered which Alchemy Great Master had produced it.

Little did she know, that very Alchemy Great Master was sitting right beside her.

"Starting price: two thousand five hundred medium-grade origin stones."

"Two thousand six hundred!"

"Two thousand seven hundred!"

"..."

The price soared, directly breaking the four thousand medium-grade origin stone mark.

After passing four thousand medium-grade origin stones, the number of bidders began to gradually decrease.

"Wang Tianming, you're at such an age already, don't waste this Bitter Sea Breakthrough Pill. My Zhao Family bids four thousand five hundred medium-grade origin stones."

"Old Ghost Zhao, if you don't have the money, then you don't have the money. Don't talk so much nonsense. Four thousand six hundred."

"Four thousand eight hundred."

The price eventually broke five thousand medium-grade origin stones.

Finally, it was secured by a Cultivation Sect for five thousand five hundred medium-grade origin stones.

"Let's go,"

Lin Ming said as he stood up.

This price was acceptable.

"They're so rich,"

Yu Yaoqin muttered.

The three of them then left the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce.

"Senior Brother, we're taking the spirit boat back to the Sect tomorrow morning,"

Yu Yaoqin said.

She had booked the spirit boat for tomorrow morning to return to the Sect.

"Mm,"

Lin Ming nodded.

The three returned to the inn. Now that Yu Yaoqin was heavily in debt, she was no longer in the mood to go shopping.

Meanwhile, Su Lianxue performed Body Tempering cultivation in her room at the inn.

She could feel that by the time they reached the Sect tomorrow, she would be able to complete her fifth Body Tempering; the medicinal power from that Medicinal Bath left in her body was just about exhausted.

She finally understood why her Senior Brother said to take the Medicinal Bath when she was about to Breakthrough.

On the other side,

Not long after returning to the inn, Lin Ming went out alone and completed his disguise in a deserted corner as before.

He walked boldly into the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce, and the beautiful woman who had received him yesterday quickly noticed his arrival.

"Senior, please follow me."

The beautiful woman led Lin Ming to the VIP room, showing herself off during the walk in hopes of catching Lin Ming's eye.

But Lin Ming turned a blind eye to her efforts.

"Brother Yan, you've arrived a bit early today."

Manager Wang Hai rushed to the VIP room and greeted Lin Ming.

His words and expression both carried a certain degree of respect.

After all, the person before him was an Alchemy Great Master, possibly even reaching the level of a Grandmaster. For an Alchemist of this caliber, one could only befriend them and never offend them.

Furthermore, because of the Crimson Void Demon-Slaying Pill, he had also gained quite a few benefits.

"I'm leaving Mingshan City today,"

Lin Ming said indifferently.

"These are the five thousand medium-grade origin stones from the auction proceeds; no handling fee was charged."

"This is the payment for the Crimson Void Demon-Slaying Pill."

"And these are the items you requested, Brother Yan."

Manager Wang Hai naturally understood Lin Ming's purpose for coming. He took out three Storage Rings and introduced them.

"Additionally, this is a B-rank token of our Yunhai Chamber of Commerce. You can receive a twenty percent discount and a certain level of assistance at any Yunhai Chamber of Commerce location."

Manager Wang Hai took out another token and said.

The token Lin Ming had before was only considered the most common proof of VIP status at the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce, but this time his Rank had been raised to the second level.

This was enough to show the importance the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce placed on Lin Ming.

Seeing this, Lin Ming accepted the token.

He then left the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce.

Not long after leaving the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce, he sensed someone following him in the shadows.

In response, Lin Ming easily shook off all the people tailing him after a few streets, then changed back to his original appearance and returned to the inn.

The next day,

The three arrived at the spirit boat's location early in the morning.

They boarded the spirit boat using their identification.

An hour later,

The spirit boat took to the sky, flying toward Yuanxu Mountain.

"Senior Brother, I'm about to reach the fifth Body Tempering."

Su Lianxue took the initiative to find Lin Ming and told him.

"You really are hardworking,"

Lin Ming said as he looked at Su Lianxue.

He felt that this Junior Sister of his was becoming more and more like their Revered Master; both loved to Cultivate.

He guessed that during these few days in Mingshan City, she had spent all her rest time on cultivation.

"Senior Brother, you could also be hardworking,"

Su Lianxue said, staring at Lin Ming.

During these days, she had learned quite a lot about Lin Ming from Yu Yaoqin's mouth.

This made her certain that her Senior Brother's cultivation Aptitude and sword dao Aptitude were not weak, but he was just a bit too lazy.

This was something Su Lianxue found somewhat intolerable.

She couldn't watch Lin Ming waste his talent like this.

Moreover, since she wanted to build her own power, her Senior Brother was naturally within her scope of choice.

She had to find a way to make her Senior Brother devote himself to cultivation instead of living such a lazy life every day.

"Hardworking... we'll see,"

Lin Ming shook his head.

As for being hardworking, he'd worry about that later.

Life was pretty good right now.

"It's no use, Senior Brother is just like this,"

Yu Yaoqin walked over and said.

"Talk to me when you can beat me in a fight,"

Lin Ming glanced at Yu Yaoqin and said with a smile.

"Just you wait, Stinky Senior Brother, I will definitely be able to defeat you next time."

Yu Yaoqin said with a face full of determination.

"I'll be waiting then,"

Lin Ming waved his hand and said.

Su Lianxue's beautiful eyes also fell upon Lin Ming.

It seemed that only by having her cultivation surpass her Senior Brother and suppressing him could she make him devote himself to cultivation.

Just wait.